{"id":15961,"date":"2024-04-06T06:27:31","date_gmt":"2024-04-06T06:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/?p=15961"},"modified":"2024-04-06T06:27:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T06:27:31","slug":"baltimore-tunnel-project-amtrak-appoints-delivery-partner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/?p=15961","title":{"rendered":"Baltimore Tunnel Project &#8211; Amtrak Appoints Delivery Partner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In order to move forward in the Frederick Douglass Tunnel Program, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amtrak.com\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amtrak<\/a> has selected Advance, that is a joint venture led by <a href=https:\/\/aecom.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Aecom<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jacobs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jacobs<\/a>, as delivery partner, which is due to manage oversight of design, construction management, contract management as well as other administrative support for the US$6bn project in Baltimore.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Additionally, the team comprises of Sener, Turner &#038; Townsend, RailPros, Aldea, and Dr Sauer, as well as 22 qualified disadvantaged and small business enterprises (DBE\/SBE) that will help meet the delivery partner\u2019s 14% DBE\/SBE goal, whereas it is the first time Amtrak has used a delivery partner model.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We\u2019re excited to welcome the Advance team onboard and appreciate the vast experience they\u2019ll bring to our integrated project management team,&#8221; said Amtrak assistant vice-president Luigi Rosa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Kiewit\/JF Shea joint venture has been chosen by Amtrak in February 2024 to build the 3.2km tunnel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As the B&#038;P Tunnel Replacement Program, the Frederick Douglass Tunnel Program will modernize and transform a 6.4km section of the Northeast Corridor. It is slated to be delivered under three contracts and includes the construction of two new high-capacity tubes for electrified passenger trains, new roadway and railroad bridges, new rail systems and track, and a new station at West Baltimore.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Considering that the existing B&#038;P Tunnel with 2.25km length is linking Baltimore\u2019s Penn Station to Washington and Virginia and it is almost 150 years old,it is known as Amtrak\u2019s oldest tunnel and so suffers from a variety of age-related issues such as excessive water infiltration, a deteriorating structure, and a sinking floor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Demolition work is under way, and major construction, including utility relocation and work on the first of five bridges, is scheduled to begin later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In order to move forward in the Frederick Douglass Tunnel Program, Amtrak has selected Advance, that is a joint venture led by<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,43],"tags":[3848,1387,3849,47,229],"class_list":["post-15961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-project-show-case","tag-advance","tag-amtrak","tag-baltimore-tunnel-project","tag-tunneling","tag-us","post--single"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Baltimore Tunnel Project - Amtrak Appoints Delivery Partner - Tunnelingworld<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In order to move forward in the Frederick Douglass Tunnel Program, Amtrak has selected Advance as delivery partner for the project.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/?p=15961\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Baltimore Tunnel Project - Amtrak Appoints Delivery Partner - Tunnelingworld\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In order to move forward in the Frederick Douglass Tunnel Program, Amtrak has selected Advance as delivery partner for the project.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/?p=15961\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Tunnelingworld\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-04-06T06:27:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Baltimore-Tunnel-3.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"567\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"283\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"lyndamyer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"lyndamyer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tunnelingworld.com\\\/?p=15961#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tunnelingworld.com\\\/?p=15961\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"lyndamyer\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tunnelingworld.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8ddd744e434f1c1283e3fea3a42e20ee\"},\"headline\":\"Baltimore Tunnel Project &#8211; 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