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 projects power systems at all passenger stations along the extension. Potential stray current impact on VTAs 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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