V&A Consulting Engineers Will Provide Corrosion Services For $4.193-Billion BART Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor Extension
Stray current from electrified rapid-transit systems can seriously corrode nearby facilities such as buried cables, pipelines, storage tanks, etc. V&A Consulting Engineers (Oakland), under subcontract to Earth Tech, Inc., will conduct studies and develop stray-current protection measures for portions of the planned $4.193-billion extension of the Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) into Silicon Valley.
(PRWEB) November 24, 2004 -- Corrosion specialist V&A Consulting
Engineers, Inc. (V&A) has been retained by the Santa Clara Valley
Transportation Authority (VTA), under subcontract to Earth Tech, Inc., to
conduct corrosion studies and develop criteria and design for stray current
protection and corrosion control measures for the Passenger Stations Segment of
the Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor Project, a $4.193-billion, 16.3-mile
extension of the Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) to Milpitas, San Jose
and Santa Clara in Santa Clara County, California.
Long Beach,
California-based Earth Tech, a top global transportation design firm with over
200 offices worldwide, was recently selected by VTA to provide preliminary
engineering, final design, and construction services for the passenger stations,
which include three above-ground stations and four underground stations located
beneath downtown San Jose. The project is scheduled to open in 2015 and expected
to carry an average of 83,600 weekday riders in 2025.
V&A, a firm
highly regarded in the field of stray current protection and corrosion control
measures, will develop a plan for the control of stray currents from the
project’s power systems at all passenger stations along the extension. Potential
stray current impact on VTA’s BART facilities, third-party structures, and
buried utilities will be evaluated as well as potential atmospheric and
soil/water corrosion levels.
V&A will define the criteria and
identify specific protective measures for stray current mitigation and corrosion
control as well as implement them during the project design phase.
Founded in 1979, V&A Consulting Engineers, Inc. (Oakland, CA) uses
its extensive experience and expertise in corrosion control, coating management,
and environmental monitoring to protect and preserve a wide range of
transportation, water, wastewater, and petrochemical facilities and
infrastructure.
NOTE: A project map of the BART extension to Milpitas,
San Jose, and Santa Clara is available in PDF format at www.svrtc-vta.org/vta.
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