HNTB has multiple HSR contracts and serves as the project and construction management firm overseeing 22 miles of the new high-speed rail design-build contract in the Central Valley. The project begins 1 mile north of the Tulare County Line and extends south to Poplar Avenue near Shafter. The project has 11 bridges at these locations: Garces Highway, Pond Road, Peterson Road, Poso Creek, McCombs Avenue, SR-46, Amtrak Pedestrian Underpass, Poso Avenue, Wasco Viaduct, Kimberlina Road, and Merced Avenue. The PCM is responsible for oversight of Right-of-Way, 3rd Party Utilities, Engineering, Quality, Validation & Verification(V&V), Safety, Environmental, Construction, Project Control, and Independent Checking Engineer/Independent Site Engineer(ICE/ISE) for the entire project.
Learn more about California High-Speed Rail Authority's small business goals for the HSR project.
Small business partners for the project include:
- Blackburn Consulting
- Drake Haglan & Associates
- JMEC Engineering
- Live Oak Associates, Inc.
- MBI Media
- NSI Engineering, Inc.
- Paleo
- Petra Resource Management
- Ramos
- Ruettgers & Schuler
- S2 Engineering
- Safework
- Sapphos Environmental, Inc.
Location: California
Client: California High Speed Rail Authority




