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RailPros was recently selected to receive a contract for the LA County Metro’s Regional Rail Planning and Engineering Bench. Our full service, local team gives Metro a full spectrum of rail related services and experiences. The initial contract will be three years. We are excited to work with our team and support METRO!

RailPros is pleased to announce that Mr. Chris Mockus has joined our firm as Associate Vice President – Construction Management. Mr. Mockus has over 20 years of construction management (CM) and engineering experience. His past management experience has included assignments as Vice President of Construction for a major worldwide engineering firm and Office Chief of Construction for the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) District -12.

RailPros’ Irvine Office has moved! As of 11/22/2010, we have moved to 1 Ada, Suite 200, Irvine, CA 92618. We are still settling into our new space and we love the new building. Pictures of our new office will be posted as soon as we have everything unpacked and set up!

RailPros, Inc. welcomes David Obedoza, former Caltrain signal and communications manager, to its Los Angeles office. Mr. Obedoza will serve as a key member of the firm’s expanding signal and communications design and construction management division.

RailPros, Inc. has recently opened a Downtown San Diego office to better serve our San Diego area clients. The office is headed by Mike Ruth, PE and Joe Aroyo, PE. Mr. Ruth and Mr. Aroyo are managing projects for SANDAG, CCDC, NCTD and other major San Diego clients. Current projects include: Downtown San Diego Quiet [...]

RailPros is pleased to announce Mr. Joe Zerzan has joined the RailPros as a senior signal manager.  He has 33 years of railroad signaling experience, including 17 years with Southern Pacific Railroad and broad experience as a consulting engineer. He was responsible for signal design system wide for Southern Pacific and has directed numerous design [...]

Mr. Eric Winters is a civil and railroad engineer with 16 years of experience. He has extensive of design and construction experience on multiple railroad and roadways projects. He recently was the lead rail design engineer on the 15-mile Washington County Commuter Rail project that opened in Feb. 2009.  Additionally, Mr. Winters has designed and [...]

Under our On-Call PM/CM/Staff Augmentation contract with Metrolink/SCRRA (seehttp://www.railpros.com/news.php?nid=20), RailPros has been awarded the Contract Task Order (CTO) for SCRRA’s Positive Train Control (PTC) Project, providing Program and Project Management. Responsibilities include staffing and managing the Project Controls functions, assisting in drafting RFP documents, and managing the development and implementation team through the design, testing, [...]

Mr. Knepper has extensive experience in railroad operations and computer systems. His background has proven excellence in determining customer requirements, design, scheduling, and budgeting for control systems. He is highly experienced in the installation and implementation of office control systems for Class I, Commuter, Regional and Switching railroads. He has a keen knowledge of Operating [...]

RailPros, Inc. has recently been awarded a contract by Southern California Regional Rail Authority (Metrolink) to provide on-call Project Management, Construction Management, and Staff Augmentation services. Under this 3 year, $20 million contract, RailPros will provide services for such projects as Positive Train Control, OC Service Expansion Program, Perris Valley Line, and MOW Information Systems.

Mr. Crowell has over 24 years of railroad, structural and civil engineering experience in the design, construction and project management of a wide range of transportation projects including track construction, bridges, grade crossings, grade separations, drainage projects, stations and other railroad facilities.  He has dealt extensively with project stakeholders, resource agencies and host railroads in [...]

RailPros is currently providing quiet zone management, design, and feasibility studies for railroad quiet zones in 10 cities in Southern California. The cities are hoping to take advantage of recent federal regulations allowing the development of railroad quiet zones, where trains do not whistle at grade crossings. See RailPros Projects page for more details.

RailPros, Inc. is now part of a multi-discipline team studying reconfiguration and redevelopment of the Pier B Rail Yard for the Port of Long Beach.