Fluor Set to Modernize Red & Purple Rail Lines in Chicago
13 December 2018 - 9:53AM
Business Wire
Fluor to design and build Chicago Transit
Authority’s largest capital project in history
Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that the joint
venture team of Walsh Construction Company and Fluor has been
selected as the preferred partner to design and build Phase One of
the Red and Purple Line Modernization Program for the Chicago
Transit Authority (CTA). The $2.1 billion project will be the
largest capital project in CTA’s history, ultimately resulting in
expanded capacity and improved infrastructure along the region’s
most used rail lines. Fluor plans to book its share of the
undisclosed design and construction contract value in the first
quarter of 2019.
“Fluor is pleased to have been selected by the CTA to deliver
this massive project on the nearly century-old Red and Purple
Lines,” said Terence Easton, president of Fluor’s infrastructure
business. “When complete, this project will help build prosperity
and empower progress for the region as well as improve transit for
the citizens of Chicago. This selection further solidifies Fluor’s
industry-leading expertise in North America as a frontrunner in
transit projects and the delivery of infrastructure
megaprojects.”
Fluor and Walsh, along with the team’s designer Stantec
Consulting Services, will bring decades of industry megaproject and
transit experience to this massive program that will deliver
state-of-the-art services, improved quality, safety and
reliability, and an upgraded customer experience to the users of
the Red and Purple Lines.
The project includes designing and building new elevated tracks
along a 1.9 mile section in Chicago including new bridges, support
structures and existing tracks; upgrading 3.2 miles of the signal
system; construction of a grade-separated bypass for the Brown Line
at Clark Junction that will result in improved mobility, and
replacing four of the CTA’s busiest stations. The project will
begin in the first quarter of 2019 and is scheduled to be completed
in early 2025.
About Fluor Corporation
Founded in 1912, Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) is a global
engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction and maintenance
company that transforms the world by building prosperity and
empowering progress. Fluor serves its clients by designing,
building and maintaining safe, well executed, capital-efficient
projects around the world. With headquarters in Irving, Texas,
Fluor ranks 153 on the Fortune 500 list with revenue of $19.5
billion in 2017 and has more than 56,000 employees worldwide. For
more information, please visit www.fluor.com or follow Fluor on
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