AECOM joint venture awarded $60M program-management contract, $22M contract in Singapore

AECOM Technology Corporation, in a join venture with Rummler, Klepper & Kahl LLP, has been awarded an eight-year, $60-million program-management contract by the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) of the Maryland Department of Transportation. The work is for the program management of major capital projects in Maryland involving new mass transit initiatives, including the Red Line, the Purple Line and the Corridor Cities Transitway light rail projects, which are currently in the planning and environmental phases of project development. Under the contract, the joint venture team will be responsible for project management of the Purple Line as well as systems preservation, enhancement and expansion for all of MTA's existing transport modes, including bus, metro subway, light rail, Maryland Area Regional Commuter Rail, commuter bus, paratransit and freight. The team will finalize planning and preliminary engineering activities, oversee final design and pre-construction work, and provide construction management/inspection, quality assurance/quality control, and systems start-up services. Project works are expected to be completed over an eight-year period. In similar news, AECOM was also awarded a detailed design contract worth approximately $22 million from the Singapore Land Transport Authority. Under the contract - one of five major architectural and engineering consultancy packages related to the creation of the Thomson Line within the island nation's Mass Rapid Transit system - AECOM will design five underground stations and complete nearly four miles of route-alignment work. The metro line runs through an area with a mixture of residential and commercial buildings. The Thomson Line is scheduled for completion during 2018.