Hatch is an employee-owned, multi-disciplinary professional firm offering a comprehensive array of technical and strategic services to support clients around the globe in the infrastructure, metals, and energy sectors. Our 10,000-strong professional staff member work daily to deliver the critical engineering, consulting, project/ construction management, information technology and process development services required to progress our portfolio of over $75 billion in active projects.
Our commitment to quality service delivery helps our clients achieve unprecedented business results in the form of lower operating costs, more efficient use of capital, higher safety standards, lower risk exposure, quicker time to market, and continuous performance improvements.
Hatch’s Transit Business Unit is the most experienced transit vehicle and rail systems consultant in North America. Our 1,000 transit and rail professionals provide clients with vital support across the full life cycle of transit assets – from planning and commissioning to overhaul and retirement. Our Transit Business Unit is organized into five practices aligned with the operations and organizations of our transit clients:
- Vehicles and Operations: Rail and Bus Vehicle Engineering (new vehicle procurement and vehicle overhaul programs); Operations and Maintenance; Zero Emissions and Sustainable Transportation; Operations Planning and Simulation
- Systems Engineering: Train Control; Traction Power; Overhead Contact Line; Communications; Central Control Centers
- Assurance and Integration: Safety Assurance; Security; RAMS; Requirements Managements; Systems Integration; Interface Management
- Linear Infrastructure and Facilities: Track and Civil Infrastructure; Terminals, Stations and Stops; Maintenance and Storage Facilities; Tunnels and Bridges
- Data Analytics: Revenue Systems, Asset Management
Our Transit Business Unit provides clients with a comprehensive range of services:
- Project Planning
- Conceptual Design
- Specification Development
- Procurement Support
- Design/Drawing Review
- Quality Control
- Manufacturing and Construction Oversight
- Testing and Commissioning Support
- Maintenance/Troubleshooting Support
- Condition Assessment of Vehicles and Components
- Corridor Planning and Development,
- Operations Planning and Simulation
- Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)
- Environmental remediation
Hatch’s Transit Business Unit has helped clients procure literally billions of dollars of transit assets, including over 26,000 vehicles. Across the years, we have provided vital support in the planning and construction of new rail transit systems in Los Angeles, Portland, and Seattle, and provided critical services in the upgrade and maintenance of legacy operations in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia. As North America’s leading provider of specialist technical services, we offer unmatched experience and expertise that our clients rely upon with confidence.
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