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    1. Rail

    BART Celebrates National Engineers Week with Twitter Q&A

    Feb. 21, 2018
    Bay Area Rapid Transit is joining in National Engineers Week this week by taking the public inside some of the many engineering disciplines at BART, to show how engineers make a difference every day to riders.
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    BART engineers work in the field as well as in the office, such as the engineer shown here in reflective vest preparing to oversee track work during the overnight period when BART trains are not in service.
    BART engineers work in the field as well as in the office, such as the engineer shown here in reflective vest preparing to oversee track work during the overnight period when BART trains are not in service.

    Bay Area Rapid Transit is joining in National Engineers Week this week by taking the public inside some of the many engineering disciplines at BART, to show how engineers make a difference every day to riders. Each day this week, read about a different engineering focus, which started with a look at Systems Engineering.

    That’ll be followed by:

    Tuesday, Feb. 20 – Electrical/Mechanical Engineering
    Wednesday, Feb. 21 – Structural Engineering
    Thursday, Feb. 22 – Civil Engineering

    “BART engineers face daily challenges of transitioning from the technology of the original system to leading-edge technology that transforms the infrastructure for service into the next century,” said Lori Lovett, assistant chief maintenance & engineering officer responsible for Engineering. 

    “We are a unique engineering community that brings together Systems, Train Control, Construction, Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, Structural, Communications, and other technical professionals to solve problems in a complex 24/7 environment serving the San Francisco Bay Area," she said. 

    BART will cap it off on Friday, Feb. 23, from noon -1 pm with a Q&A on Twitter featuring subject matter experts from all its engineering areas.

    The discussion will center on what kind of work BART engineers do, how that work improves the rider experience, and what kind of engineers BART is looking to hire as the agency rebuilds and modernizes its system (hint: all of them). Dozens of engineering jobs are open and posted on BART's website.. During each day of our engineering discipline profiles, BART will highlight jobs that are open in each area by job code for easier searching.

    “We are hiring creative engineering professionals who are interested in making a difference within a system that safely and reliably transports 450,000 people a day to work, school, and play,” Lovett said.

    BART will be answering as many questions as possible in the time allowed during Friday’s Twitter Q&A,  and will make every effort to respond to all engineering-related queries.

    Tag your questions #sfbart so we’ll see them, and #eweek2018 to be part of the national discussion. Visit the National Engineers Week website for more information on this nationwide campaign.

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