BART Oakland Shops Radio Tower Construction Scheduled for August 2007
In August the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, BART, will begin construction of a new radio tower at its Oakland Shop, located at 601 East 8th Street, in Oakland, CA. Construction of the tower will be done completely on BART property and will require the use of various construction equipment including trucks, drill rigs and cranes.
Site of tower construction at 601 East 8th Street, in Oakland, CA.
Simulation of towerat 601 East 8th Street, in Oakland, CA.
For additional information on the project please call our project information line at 510.464.6650 or send an email to lmaproject@bart.gov.
BART Awards Contract for Oakland Shops Radio Tower Project
On April 26, 2007 BART Awarded a contract to TPI Acquisitions Inc. to provide a new radio tower and supporting equipment at the BART Oakland Shops (OKS) complex. The OKS Radio Site will replace BART’s existing radio facility at the Lake Merritt Administration (LMA) Building, which BART plans to dismantle for seismic safety reasons.
Construction of the radio tower will require activities such as earth moving and removal, concrete work, antenna tower structure assembly, and trenching.Normal construction activities may generally result in increased noise and dust levels in the project vicinity.However, construction crews will attempt to keep disruption to a minimum.
For additional details on the OKS Radio Site construction, visit our construction update page.
Last Updated: November 4, 2009
