Warm Springs Extension News

Warm Springs Extension to Hold Outreach Meeting for Line, Track, Station and Systems Contract

The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) is inviting all DBE, MBE, WBE, SBE and Prime Design and Construction firms to attend the upcoming outreach meeting to learn about the upcoming Warm Springs Extension, Line, Track, Station and Systems (LTSS) Contract.

 Wednesday, November 4, 2009

9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Joseph P. Bort Metro Center

101 Eighth Street, Oakland, CA

Why should you attend?

• Obtain firsthand information on BART’s upcoming Warm Springs Extension, LTSS Design Build Contract.
• Prime Contractor’s personnel will be on hand to assist with this networking session and answer any questions about contracting and subcontracting opportunities. Primes wanting networking tables should contact Don Demer at 510-464-6884.
• Construction firms and Design firms that wish to participate as sub-consultants and subcontractors are strongly encouraged to attend the outreach meeting.
• Attendees will be afforded the opportunity to meet with BART personnel to discuss technical aspects of the work in an informal setting.
• Possible sub-consultant and subcontracting opportunities … Architecture, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering, Electrical Construction, Fencing, Painting, Underground Utilities, Landscaping, Tile Work, Civil site work and Trucking.

Don’t miss this opportunity to join us for an informational and educational session to possibly help grow your business!

To register, please download and return the registration form by October 28th via fax to (510) 874-7470 or by email to ddemer@bart.gov. You can download the outreach meeting flyer here.

BART Warm Springs Extension Ground Breaking: The Way to San Jose

On Wednesday, September 30, 2009, over 200 people gathered in Fremont Central Park to celebrate the formal ground breaking for the BART Warm Springs Extension Fremont Central Park Subway Construction. “We have found the way to San Jose,” remarked Scott Haggerty, Chair, Metropolitan Transportation Commission and Supervisor District One, Alameda County Board of Supervisors.

The ground breaking ceremony, complete with music provided by the California School for the Blind Jazz Ensemble, included remarks from

representatives of organizations from both Alameda and Santa Clara Counties. “This is not just a Fremont project, but a project for the entire region,” commented BART Board of Directors President Thomas Blalock. Other agencies represented included the City of Fremont, the California Senate, the California Transportation Commission, the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, the Alameda County Congestion Management Agency, the Alameda County Transportation Improvement Authority, the City of Union City, Caltrans, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.

Lauded as the gateway to Santa Clara County, the $140 million Subway Contract will construct a mile-long subway for BART tracks from just north of Stevenson Boulevard, under Fremont Central Park, Lake Elizabeth and the Union Pacific rail road tracks to just south east of the park. The contract will also build a new dog park, basketball complex, and parking lot to replace facilities that will been removed next year to make way for construction of the subway. The project will also construct embankment between Walnut Avenue and Stevenson Boulevard for future trackway that will connect the Warm Springs Extension to the Fremont Station.

The subway construction is expected to conclude in 2013. Construction of the Design-Build Line, Track, Station and Systems (LTSS) contract is targeted to begin in 2010, with revenue service to Warm Springs anticipated for 2014.