Cinquini & Passarino, Inc. Honored for the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit Top of Rail Survey AECOM Project

Continuing our series on the recent Engineering in Excellence Awards, a Merit Award was given to to Cinquini & Passarino, Inc. for the Sonoma ~ Marin Area Rail Transit, Top of Rail Survey. Cinquini & Passarino, Inc. was contracted by HDR, Inc. to perform a top of rail survey for the northerly 60 miles of the Sonoma ~ Marin Area Rail Transit corridor. Cinquini & Passarino, Inc. was the first surveyor in the United States to incorporate an Amberg GRP rail measuring instrument with RTK GPS connected to a virtual survey network to survey 60 miles. Performing the field work using conventional survey technology would have taken 90 days. Cinquini & Passarino, Inc. completed the field work in less than 10 days. Using the Amberg GRP, Cinquini & Passarino, Inc. was able to accurately collect the horizontal and vertical position of the existing rail, existing track stationing, existing rail gauge and superelevation as well as the railroad station of roadway, bridge abutments, and culvert crossings needed throughout the rail corridor. Incorporating the unique technology and creative approach to collect the top of rail information from a rolling platform, Cinquini & Passarino, Inc. was able to quickly and accurately collect all of the necessary rail data required by HDR, Inc. The survey was seamlessly incorporated into the project’s existing LiDAR survey.

AECOM Technology Corporation Honored for the Mineta San Jose International Area Improvement Project

Several Merit Awards were granted to firms who entered ACEC California’s Engineering Excellence Awards.

A Merit Award was presented to AECOM Technology Corporation for its participation in the design and implementation of the Terminal Area Improvement Program on behalf of Granite Construction and Fentress Architects for the Mineta San José International Airport. AECOM acted as the lead Roadway Design Engineer for Granite Construction and as the Civil Engineer for Fentress Architects on the terminals as part of a design-build team. The Terminal Area Improvement Program is the largest public works project in the City of San José’s history and the first project the City has undertaken using the design-build delivery method. It is also currently the largest design-build airport project in the United States. AECOM’s roadway improvements are saving travel time, lowering emissions, and improving air quality. The team’s commitment to sustainable design resulted in one of the largest airport solar power installations in the U.S., and the first LEED Silver certified new passenger terminal west of the Mississippi River. AECOM and its design-build partnersdelivered this project three months ahead of schedule and $60 million underbudget.