Armstrong World Industries (AWI) has been selected to provide ceiling solutions for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's East Side Access project in the US.

East Side Access will be the first extension of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), and will provide riders from Long Island and Queens with services to a new train concourse.

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The development will connect the LIRR to a new concourse underneath Grand Central Terminal, which is currently under construction. 

The contract represents the third in a series of Manhattan transportation projects featuring Armstrong ceiling solutions, following the Fulton Center that opened in 2014, and South Ferry Station, which is due to open this spring. East Side Access is expected to open in December 2022.

Creative Construction is serving as the ceilings subcontractor for the South Ferry Station and East Side Access projects.

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"The new LIRR Concourse at Grand Central Terminal will be a modern passenger facility equipped with Armstrong standard and custom acoustical metal ceiling and component solutions."

Creative Construction owner Hanson James said: “I worked with the AWI team on the South Ferry project, and I couldn't have had a better partner.

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“As architects push the boundaries of design, ceilings are becoming more complex and more important.

“Both South Ferry and East Side Access are good examples of that trend. AWI delivers the ceiling design and engineering expertise these kinds of projects demand, from lighting and HVAC integration to, in the case of East Side Access, wind load requirements.”

The new LIRR Concourse at Grand Central Terminal will be a modern passenger facility equipped with Armstrong standard and custom acoustical metal ceiling and component solutions.

The ceilings are expected to be shipped early next year.