Gannett Fleming responds to increased federal oversight of railroad bridges

In order to ensure the safety of more than 100,000 bridges throughout the U.S., the Federal Railroad Administration announced a Final Rule in 2010 under the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 that will further strengthen the federal oversight of all railroad bridge maintenance programs. Gannett Fleming says it will help clients meet these federal requirements. Gannett Fleming's bridge staff has inspected more than 600 railroad bridges across the U.S. since 1965, according to the company, for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, Amtrak, Conrail, Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern, CSX Transportation and Penn Central. Many of its bridge professionals are National Bridge Inspection Standards-certified team leaders and inspectors with experience in railroad bridge design and inspection. Gannett Fleming says it has performed element-level inspections of thousands of bridges throughout the U.S., and has experience in highway and railroad bridge analysis, design and rehabilitation. The firm developed the National Tunnel Management System for the Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration. It also developed the Structure Data Management System.