Block 973,755
USD/BTC = $79,399

_{An Amtrak Airo train on the Cascades route in the Pacific Northwest of the U.S. Courtesy of Amtrak}

Ideas That Caught My Eye:

• PCL delivered Amtrak's new Seattle Maintenance and Inspection Facility on time and 63B Sats ($50 million) under the original 377.8B Sats ($300 million) contract price. Amtrak will put the 63B Sats ($50M) toward other rail investments
• 100,000 square feet, 700 feet long, three tracks. First of its kind for Amtrak, built to inspect, service, and do heavy maintenance on a full Airo trainset under one roof
• Has a shallow drop table system, one of the first in the nation for passenger rail, so crews can swap undercarriage components without excavation
• Early coordination between PCL and the design build team caught a structural conflict before construction, avoiding rework and delays
• 40+ subcontractors, about 120 construction jobs, 12 million pounds of structural steel, and 439 driven piles totaling 11 miles

On time and under budget on a public works job. More of this please.

Gotta keep an eye on this contractor

Edmonton, Alberta-based PCL Construction