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Metra Union Pacific/West Commuter Railroad Station

BD+C

Construction of Chicago’s new Metra Union Pacific/West commuter railroad station in Lombard, Ill., marks a major improvement for riders as well as the residents of the Village of Lombard. Prior to building the sparkling new station, riders simply boarded from two uncovered platforms.

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PNT and MiFi Allow Drones to Inspect Railroads

Construction Equipment

Perspective Navigation Technology (PNT) has answered a challenge that the Union Pacific Railroad and other industries that work in and around heavy metal structures encounter.

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Feds Release $8.8B Expansion Plan for DC’s Union Station Rail Hub

ENR Construction

Federal Railroad Administration issues a supplemental draft environmental review for planned modernization of the 115-year-old facility.

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Best Small Project & Project of the Year Nominee & Safety Award of Merit: Gideon Street Overcrossing Project

ENR Construction

now links the old and the new with a bicycle and pedestrian bridge over five separate railway tracks, crossing the TriMet light rail and Union Pacific Railroad tracks, and restoring an important connection in the Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood. . The Gideon Street Overcrossing in Portland, Ore.,

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Bridge to be Replaced and Raised After Multiple Truck Crashes

Construction Equipment

Union Pacific Railroad will replace and raise a bridge in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, that has been hit multiple times by trucks that misjudge its clearance height. Kristen South, director of corporate communications for the railroad, told the Journal Sentinel that the bridge will be raised by three…

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Best Project Airport/Transit: Vineyard Commuter Rail

ENR Construction

The project added a new station to the existing FrontRunner commuter rail system, which shares a corridor with the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) freight main line.

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Tom Lyerla, the standard bearer

The Korte Company

Before he oversaw hundreds of thousands of square feet in projects, Tom’s introduction to construction started at home. I understood construction from an early life of helping my dad.”. A precedent for career goals had already been set in Tom’s family: working for the railroad. For Tom’s father, “the railroad was his life.”