| As prime consultant, in a joint venture,
Wong is providing preliminary design services for the $1 billion
New Central Subway Project. The 1.7-mile subway begins at Mission
Bay connecting to the Muni Metro Third Street surface line and
runs north through a tunnel portal on Fourth Street, pasts the
Moscone Convention Center, crosses Market Street, and continues
north to a terminus near Chinatown. Underground stations will
be constructed near Moscone Center, at Union Square the heart
of the Downtown shopping district, and on Stockton Street near
the center of Chinatown.
The conceptual and preliminary design of the New Central Subway
involves evaluation of optimum tunnel construction methodology,
underground utilities, design of three underground passenger stations,
and tie-in to the surface line at Mission Bay. Systems design
includes traction power substations, advanced communications-based
train control, and communications systems. Tunnel ventilation
and associated power distribution and control systems are an integral
part of the Project. |