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SUPPLIER NEWS Amtrak has awarded Accenture a multi-year contract to develop and implement enterprise resource planning solutions to standardize key areas of Amtrak’s business operations. with Tie-Gear International LLC, a specialty provider of lightweight railroad tie-changing equipment, to distribute Tie-Gear’s TC-2000 Mini Tie Changer to the railroad industry. manufacturer of ultrasonic couplants for the field of nondestructive testing. After nearly 10 years as master European distributor for U.S.-based Racine Federated Inc., Premier Control Technologies was acquired by Racine Federated. Adesta, LLC, a systems integrator and project management company for communications networks and electronic security systems, has established a new office location in the Springfield, Va., area to support federal government initiatives, security projects and communications networks. L.B. Foster Co. won two contracts in California, including 1,813 tons of 136-pound new rail for Caltrain in the Bay Area and 1,813 tons of 136-pound new rail for the Southern California Regional Rail Authority’s Metrolink in the Los Angeles area. Harsco Corp. won a $7-million new order from Germany’s Voestalpine GmbH & Co. for switch and crossing grinding equipment. Quantum Engineering has been purchased by the Invensys Rail Group to further consolidate Invensys’ position in the railway control and communication systems market. RailComm, Inc., received on order from BNSF to provide a complete Automation System to control derails within BNSF’s Amarillo Yard in Texas. The project manager of the FRA demonstration for Interoperable Communications-Based Signaling has congratulated Safetran Systems Corp. as the first supplier to integrate its subsystems into the ICBS system. The goal of the ICBS project is to demonstrate the ability of multiple signaling suppliers to achieve interoperability of their communications-based signaling systems by following the newly-issued AREMA Recommended Practices on Communications-Based Signaling. has won two contracts from CSX Transportation and CSX Intermodal to provide approximately $300,000 in engineering services to conduct environmental compliance assessments for CSXI and general engineering consultant services for CSXT. Arcadis Bentley Systems, Inc., has acquired Struc-Soft Inc., a Montreal-based reseller and developer of 2D and 3D engineering, construction and fabrication products for analysis, design and drawing production. Also, Bentley launched its Building Performance Group, headed by Noah Eckhouse, dedicated to helping architects, engineers, construction professionals and owner-operators design, build, and operate better-performing, more-sustainable buildings. Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc., in a tri-venture with Gannett Fleming Transit & Rail Systems and HNTB Corp. received a contract from NJ TRANSIT to provide design services for the Portal Bridge Capacity Enhancement Project, which is valued at $1.3 billion. The Business Council of Alabama and the Alabama Technology Network honored Knox Kershaw Inc. with the Alabama Manufacturer of the Year Award in the Medium Category. TKDA, an engineering, architecture, and planning firm, has acquired ECMC Services, Inc., of Tampa, Fla., a transportation fueling system design firm. Colo Railroad Builders is adding a track surfacing division to the company’ services. Magnaflux, a division of Illinois Tool Works, acquired Sonotech, Inc., a developer and ENSCO, Inc., has entered into an agreement Volkmann Railroad Builders was awarded a $30-million contract to build 36 miles of new railroad track with welded rail and concrete ties in central Montana to serve an expanding coal mine. www.rtands.com Railway Track & Structures October 2008 7 http://www.accenture.com http://www.racinefed.com http://www.lbfoster.com http://www.racinefed.com http://www.adestagroup.com http://www.railcomm.com http://www.harsco.com http://arcadis-us.com http://www.safetran.com http://www.safetran.com http://www.invensysrail.com http://www.bentley.com/microstation http://www.jacobs.com http://www.tkda.com http://www.knoxkershaw.com http://www.volkmannrr.com http://www.knoxkershaw.com http://www.colorr.com http://www.magnaflux.com http://www.ensco.com http://www.rtands.com

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