Location: Washington, DC
Owner: CSX Corporation
Client: Clark/Parsons JV (A Joint Venture of Clark Construction and Parsons Transportation Group)
Year Completed: 2018
Sectors: Rail & Mass Transit; Water, Power & Utilities
Capabilities:
▪︎ Communications Systems
▪︎ Electrical Systems
▪︎ Construction in Active Rail System
▪︎ Progressive Design-Build
CSX's Virginia Avenue Tunnel in Washington, DC replaces a 3,800-foot, single-track tunnel built beneath Virginia Avenue in southeast Washington, DC more than a century ago with two 4,100-foot larger one-track tunnels to accommodate double-stack trains and improve the fluidity of freight and passenger trains on one of the region’s busiest rail lines.
C3M is responsible for the complete installation of electrical, communications, signaling, and security systems conduit infrastructure. In addition, C3M is installing electrical power distribution, lighting, and receptacles, controls for tunnel ventilation and drainage pumping systems, and security fiber optic cabling. The first tunnel was completed in December 2016, a month ahead of schedule, and CSX moved the first train through the structure on December 23rd.
Awards
Associated General Contractors (AGC) of America - Washington Contractor Award for Highway / Transit / Bridge - Project Size: Over $100 Million - 2019
ENR MidAtlantic - Project of the Year & Project of the Year: Best Airport/Transit - 2019
Design-Built Institute of America (DBIA) - National Award — Merit | Transportation (Other Than Aviation) - 2019
"I want to thank you for your continued efforts at CSX VAT. You and your team are always on top of your work, responsive to the ever changing schedule and logistics of this project, and you always complete your work safely and when promised. You make my job easier and I very much appreciate it."
– Kerry Masser, P.E.
Superintendent, Clark/Parsons
