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I N D U S T R Y T O D AY SUPPLIER NEWS Ansaldo STS has won a contract valued at 533 million euros to build the Mergellina-Municipio section of Line 6 of the Naples, Italy, metro. ASME Rail Transportation Division, IEEE Vehicular Technology and ASCE Rail Transportation Committee invite papers for the 2008 Joint Rail Conference. More details on submitting papers and the conference are at http://asmeconferences.org/jrc08/. Cross London Rail Links Ltd., tasked with promoting and developing a new West-East railway route through London called Crossrail, has joined Bentley Systems, Inc’s Enterprise License Subscription program. Hayward Baker Inc., a geotechnical contractor, opened a new Twin Cities sales, project management and engineering services office in Bloomington, Minn., headed by Ryan Benson. HNTB Corp. was re-selected by the Massachusets Bay Transportation Authority as the track general engineering consultant, signal and communications general engineering consultant and power general engineering consultant, with three-year contracts for each area. As the GEC, HNTB will serve as an extension of the authority’s staff and aid in the development, management and administration of MBTA’s facilities. Competitive Technologies, Inc., signed an agreement with ADI Corp. for exclusive worldwide rights to license and commercialize ADI’s patented technology for a radio-alert emergency warning system. Gammajet Cleaning Systems signed John Brooks Co., Ltd., as its exclusive Canadian distributor. As part of the rebuilding of its oldest and largest maintenance facility, MTA Metro-North selected Gannett Fleming Inc. to assess the existing conditions of the century-old Harmon Shop and how it functions. McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., was awarded a $44-million contract by Dallas Area Rapid Transit to convert an at-grade, singleline railroad into two elevated railroad lines for Trinity Railway Express in the city of Irving, Texas. Nascent Technology, LLC, has been awarded a contract from Norfolk Southern to provide its SYNAPSE™ Automated Gate System for the Rickenbacker Intermodal Facility in Columbus, Ohio. PB has been retained by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority to evaluate alternative alignments, prepare an environmental impact report and provide conceptual engineering services for the 10.5-mile Crenshaw-Prairie Transit Corridor project. Also, the American Public Transportation Association awarded first place to PB in the newsletter category for its company publication, Notes, at the 28th Annual Ad Wheel Award Ceremony. Global Rail Systems, Inc., a railroad automation company, has completely revamped its Website, www.globalrailsystems.com. RailComm, Inc., has successfully commissioned a Domain Operations Controller® system for the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District dispatch center located in Michigan City, Ind. The company also was selected to provide its DOC® system for track warrant control and centralized train control for Capital Metro, a new commuter rail service in Austin, Texas. BNSF’s Havre, Mont., terminal will expand its existing DOC® system by adding track protection and power switch automation capabilities to strategic locations throughout the terminal. Smith-Midland® Corp. won a $2.1-million contract to install 465 custom precast parapet sound wall panels on top of new, elevated railroad tracks on a CSX Transportation line near the Washington, D.C.-Maryland line. MTA Metro-North awarded a contract to STV Inc. to study how to improve the information available on video monitors in Grand Central Terminal. TieTek LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of North American Technologies Group, Inc., was awarded a contract to supply more than 63,000 composite crossties for the Chicago Transit Authority’s Blue Line tie replacement project. The U.S. House of Representatives approved a railroad safety bill that authorizes $18 million to build a railroad tunnel and station simulator at the Transportation Technology Center, Inc., Pueblo, Colo., to train emergency workers in how to respond to accidents and attacks. XJTAG was selected by Westinghouse Rail Systems to supply boundary scan development systems to verify the integrity of its prototype hardware designs, which are destined for use in safety-critical automatic train control applications. 6 Railway Track & Structures November 2007 www.rtands.com http://www.ansaldo-sts.com http://www.haywardbaker.com http://asmeconferences.org/jrc08/ http://www.hntb.com http://asmeconferences.org/jrc08/ http://asmeconferences.org/jrc08/ http://www.bentley.com http://www.competitivetech.net http://www.mccarthy.com http://www.gamajet.com http://www.nascent.com http://www.gannettfleming.com http://www.pbworld.com http://www.globalrailsystems.com http://www.globalrailsystems.com http://www.railcomm.com http://www.smithmidland.com http://www.stvinc.com http://www.tietek.com http://www.aar.com http://www.xjtag.com http://www.rtands.com

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