The $6 billion Frederick Douglass Tunnel project in Maryland, USA, will be managed by the joint venture of AECOM and Jacobs after American railroad company Amtrak signed its first partnership contract, this is reported by the railway transport news portal Railway Supply.

the Frederick Douglass Tunnel project for Amtrak

The contract means that the joint venture ADVANCE will create an integrated program management team, alongside Amtrak’s internal team, to supervise the design, construction management, and contract management for the project.

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While major tunnel construction work has not yet begun, initial preparation and demolition of some parts of the project have already started, and Amtrak has awarded two of the three largest contracts for the construction of this project.

In February, Amtrak selected the Kiewit and JF Shea joint venture to construct two single-track tunnel tubes.

The new tunnel is expected to be completed by 2035 and will replace the 150-year-old B&P tunnel, a 1.4-mile-long tunnel, with a safer and faster alternative for Amtrak and MARC passenger trains in the Baltimore area.

In addition to AECOM and Jacobs, the ADVANCE team will also include a consortium of other companies, including Sener, Turner & Townsend, RailPros, Aldea, Dr Sauer, as well as 22 other firms.

In November, the project received a $4.7 billion grant from the Federal Railroad Administration, funded under a bipartisan infrastructure law.

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