Press Release

Balfour Beatty is awarded approximately $9 million (£6.8 million) by Civic Communities to deliver the next phase of City of San Diego’s Park Boulevard at-Grade Crossing project.

Located near Petco Park and within the railroad right-of-way tracks of the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway (BNSF), San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad (SDIV) and the Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) the new at-grade railroad crossing will provide a new vehicular roadway to connect Harbor Drive to Park Boulevard in downtown San Diego.

The rail project performed by Balfour Beatty is a part of a $27 million (£20.4 million) investment to accommodate one of the final pieces of public infrastructure for the ballpark. Balfour Beatty will execute demolition activities to remove existing tracks and overhead catenary systems (OCS) equipment. The team will also dispose of ballast and provide excavation and soil monitoring services. Additionally, Balfour Beatty will construct new railroad tracks and install overhead catenary system improvements and railroad signal infrastructure.

Will Pfeffer, Balfour Beatty area operations manager in California said: “Balfour Beatty will leverage our industry leading rail expertise as well as our self-performance capabilities in the installation of specialty crossing and signalling systems, OCS modifications, and construction of track material to deliver the next package of the Park Boulevard at-Grade Crossing project.

“Our team will work with our client and industry partners in providing the essential infrastructure and systems to improve safety and transportation for travellers crossing over Harbor Drive to the Petco Park area.”

Balfour Beatty’s work is one of two packages a part of the Park Boulevard at-Grade Crossing project. The final package involves the construction of new roadways, irrigation, landscape, grade crossing protection equipment and traffic signal improvements. Both the crossing and railroad signalling systems will be tested and completed during this phase. The final package will be awarded after the construction activities for rail package one is underway. 

With the contract fully executed, Balfour Beatty will begin construction on the Park Boulevard Crossing project’s rail package in Fall 2024 with expected completion in Summer 2025.

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About Balfour Beatty

• Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure group with over 26,000 employees driving the delivery of powerful new solutions, shaping thinking, creating skylines and inspiring a new generation of talent to be the change-makers of tomorrow. 

• We finance, develop, build, maintain and operate the increasingly complex and critical infrastructure that supports national economies and deliver projects at the heart of local communities. 

• Over the last 114 years we have created iconic buildings and infrastructure all over the world. Currently, we are working to deliver Hinkley Point C, the first UK nuclear power station in a generation; constructing the world-class arts and cultural facility, the Lyric Theatre, in Hong Kong; and designing, building, financing, operating and maintaining the Automated People Mover superstructure at the fifth busiest airport in the world, Los Angeles International Airport. 

About Balfour Beatty US 

• Balfour Beatty’s US construction business is an industry-leading provider of general contracting, at-risk construction management and design-build services for public and private sector clients across the United States. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, the company performs heavy civil, rail and a broad variety of vertical construction, and part of  Balfour Beatty plc a leading UK listed international infrastructure Group with interests in the UK, US and Hong Kong. Balfour Beatty’s US construction business is ranked among the top domestic building contractors in the United States by Engineering News-Record. To learn more, visit www.balfourbeattyus.com.