BART Millbrae Station Work Begins.MILLBRAE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 9, 1998--The first work on the BART Millbrae Intermodal Station is scheduled to begin Monday (Oct. 12) with installation of concrete test piles sunk deep into the sediments underlying the station site. Using a massive drilling rig, crews will bore down 30 to 35 feet, filling a 30-inch diameter hole with wet cement as they go. The cement is mixed with the surrounding soil, creating a slurry-like material. Lengths of steel pipe are then pressed down into the hole to serve as reinforcement. The slurry hardens around the steel, creating a slender piling extending deep underground. The half-dozen or so test piles are planned. The cement-soil slurry will be allowed to cure for about two weeks, then tests will be performed to measure the strength of the piles. The measurements will help station designers determine how many piles are needed, along with their depth and spacing. Several hundred pilings will likely be necessary for the station. The work is being done by Sverdrup/Conco, the joint venture awarded a $70.5 million contract to build the BART Millbrae Intermodal Station, which will be the southern terminus of the BART extension to San Francisco International Airport “SFO” redirects here. For other uses, see SFO (disambiguation). For the television series, see . . Sverdrup/Conco is currently completing the design of the station, which features a central platform shared by BART and Caltrain. Major construction will begin in early 1999. The 8.7-mile, four-station BART-SFO Extension, the Bay Area's top transit priority for 10 years, will bring rail rapid transit rapid transit, transportation system designed to allow passenger travel within or throughout an urban area, usually employing surface, elevated, or underground railway systems or some combination of these. to the nation's fifth busiest airport, expand BART commuter service in San Mateo San Mateo (săn mətā`ō), city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. County, and make possible regional rail travel through a connection to Caltrain. Ridership on the new line is projected to eventually reach almost 70,000 trips per day, including almost 20,000 daily trips to and from the airport. The $1.2 billion project is being undertaken by BART and the San Mateo County Transit District A transit district or transit authority is a special-purpose district organized as either a corporation chartered by statute, or a government agency, created for the purpose of providing public transportation within a specific region. and is funded with local, state and federal money, including a $750 million grant from the Federal Transit Administration The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is an agency within the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) that provides financial and technical assistance to local public transit systems. The FTA is one of eleven modal administrations within the DOT. . Major construction began this spring and will be completed by the end of the year 2001. Editor's Note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : Installation of the test pilings is expected to take one or two days. To ensure access to the work site, please contact Dave Madden Dave Madden (December 17, 1931) is a Canadian actor. He was born in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, but was raised in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. Career Madden is best known for his role as the titular band's manager, Reuben Kincaid, on The Partridge Family at 650/689-8386. |
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