MARTA awards RailWorks multi-year contract for track upgrades
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) has awarded a seven-year, $133-million contract to RailWorks Corp., to perform upgrades along the agency’s rail network.
RailWorks anticipates work to begin in the spring 2019 and will include rail track improvements across MARTA’s entire 122-mile network including tie replacements, running rail replacements, direct fixation fastener replacements, special trackwork units and yard improvements. The project is scheduled for final completion in 2025.
“Our work with MARTA is a partnership in the truest sense of the word. MARTA is committed to providing safe and effective transport to its customers, and RailWorks is here to support those goals with this safe and successful project that will keep MARTA’s system among the most innovative in the country,” said Kevin Riddett, RailWorks CEO.
RailWorks says it will tap into experienced construction employment professionals in the Atlanta area and is looking to hire skilled workers in construction, welding and project management.
Mischa Wanek-Libman | Group Editorial Director
Mischa Wanek-Libman is director of communications with Transdev North America. She has more than 20 years of experience working in the transportation industry covering construction projects, engineering challenges, transit and rail operations and best practices.
Wanek-Libman has held top editorial positions at freight rail and public transportation business-to-business publications including as editor-in-chief and editorial director of Mass Transit from 2018-2024. She has been recognized for editorial excellence through her individual work, as well as for collaborative content.
She is an active member of the American Public Transportation Association's Marketing and Communications Committee and served 14 years as a Board Observer on the National Railroad Construction and Maintenance Association (NRC) Board of Directors.
She is a graduate of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and Mass Communication.
