WOODLAND HILLS, CA-Klorman Construction has been selected to provide the structural concrete work for major upgrades being undertaken at Amtrak’s Progressive Maintenance Facility, a $24.5 million project at the Los Angeles Train Yard that is one of the biggest uses of federal stimulus funds in Southern California.

The 58,000-square-foot facility, which is being overseen by general contractor Kemp Bros. Construction, is comprised of eight service bays, each measuring 120-feet long. The project is expected to be completed by February 2011.

Klorman Construction’s formwork and concrete divisions are providing the structural concrete for the foundations, maintenance pits, walls and pilasters, and the special supports for tracks. Klorman’s virtual design and construction department is responsible for the building information modeling to manage the project and coordinate clash detection, formwork drawings, shop drawings, scheduling and resource management.

“The Amtrak Progressive Maintenance Facility project is an important milestone for Klorman Construction,” says president Bill Klorman. “The project is an affirmation by a major national player of Klorman’s innovative and state-of-the art approach to constantly improving our construction methods.

Klorman adds that “In this case, our use of BIM technology will provide Amtrak and our partners with unparalleled advantages. Our innovative use of BIM technology allows for greater collaboration between ourselves, project architect Kling Stubbins and other subcontractors. This should result in significant efficiencies in both time and cost savings.”

The project is unique given the configuration of the service bays, according to a prepared statement. A track and service trench runs through the building to allow for train cars to pass through. The bays consist of two open-air inbound bays for staging and preparation of cars to be serviced, five service bays where most servicing is done and one outbound bay which allows for last moment staging and servicing. At one bay there is a second story which contains a health and welfare area, locker rooms, offices, cafeteria and meeting space. The building is open on the sides except for the health and welfare portions of the building which are enclosed on the sides with metal panels.

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