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PB/RK&K JV appointed for statewide transport projects in Maryland

PB/RK&K, a joint venture of Parsons Brinckerhoff and RK&K in association with AECOM, has been selected to serve the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) as an on-call general engineering consultant for statewide transportation projects.
April 17, 2012 Read time: 1 min
RSSPB/RK&K, a joint venture of 4089 Parsons Brinckerhoff and RK&K in association with 3525 AECOM, has been selected to serve the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) as an on-call general engineering consultant for statewide transportation projects.

Under its contract PB/RK&K will provide project management, project controls, environmental, structural, tunneling, rolling stock, and train signal engineering services during the preliminary and final design phase of any open-ended transportation project throughout the state.  In addition, the JV will perform the associated safety and security, and quality assurance functions for these projects.

PB/RK&K’s principal assignment is the design of Baltimores proposed 22.5 km Red Line light rail system. The project includes 15 surface stations, five underground stations, a section of aerial structure and around 6.5kms of dual-track tunnel.

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