The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) has picked Bechtel to provide construction management services for the Bay Area Rapid Transit’s (BART) Silicon Valley Phase II, a six-mile extension with four stations that will connect North San Jose and the city of Santa Clara to the BART system.
Five miles of the extension will be underground, with three stations along a single-bore tunnel.
VTA awarded the tunnel and trackwork contract to the Kiewit Shea Traylor joint venture in May 2022.
The new rail line will be the largest single public infrastructure project ever constructed in Santa Clara County.
By 2040, it’s expected to carry nearly 55,000 passengers each weekday.
Bechtel will start overseeing construction later this year.
The company has been involved in the design and construction of the BART system since 1962.
It oversaw the engineering and construction of Phase I of the Silicon Valley Line, which started running in 2020.
“We are pleased to have Bechtel, one of the original designers and builders of the first phase of the project, on board to construct the final extension for BART riders visiting, living, or working in San Jose,” said Tom Maguire, VTA’s chief megaprojects officer.
“One-third of upcoming growth in the San Francisco Bay Area is expected to occur in and around San Jose and this extension further into the Silicon Valley will support that growth and continue to connect the region.”
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