KTW Rail Consulting
Rail solutions across transit facility and rail systems
Katy Wong is an accomplished rail transit design manager with over 26 years of experience in rail systems, facility design, and complex interface management.
“Katy is a well-respected transit systems expert with broad knowledge in both facility and rail systems disciplines and a trusted problem solver. Having worked in both the operations and capital project delivery part of the BART organization, she brings unique stakeholder understanding and her entrepreneurial management style. Several BART capital programs had become reliant on Katy’s well-versed rail expertise.”
KTW Rail Consulting offers expertise in
Complex technology projects in an active rail environments such as Communication Based Train Control (CBTC) implementation
Systems integration management through all phases of a project life cycle - design, development, integration and testing, start-up and O and M
Identify and manage interfaces including those required for systems compatibility and operational goals, schedule-related, third-party coordination related interfaces
Operations and maintenance best practices and the ability to design and deploy projects with end-users in mind
Fire life safety and tunnel ventilation
Contracting strategies including design-build, design-bid-build, and design-build-operate-maintain
Getting the job done right - and on time
If you’re tired of dealing with projects left on autopilot only to discover significant non-compliance and integration issues at a later stage and resulted to re-work and delay, KTW Rail Consulting is the answer. We’ve got you covered!
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BART Expert
BART organization structure and roles and responsibilities, Operating rules and procedures, Operation and maintenance best-practices, Central Operation Control, BFS standards, Rail systems elements, Transit facility design, As-Built documentation
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About Katy
Katy is a CA licensed engineer with experience in rail operations, capital programs & extension delivery, rail systems and facility design expertise, Systems integration experience across all project phases - design development, integration, stakeholder engagement, testing and commissioning, O&M
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Independent Check
・Code-complaint check
・Technical content
・Stakeholder review check
・Risk for operation impact
・Project buildability
・Technology obsolescence
・Tunnel and fire life safety
Working together to build smarter transit
Featured Rail Transit Projects
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Brownfield CBTC Implementation
Project Design Manager, BART’s re-signaling design-build project for its 125-mile network and 5 service lines to be implemented in 10 phases, $1.9 billion project; oversaw RFP process and conceptual design reviews of the Hitachi Rail STS CBTC supplier; ensured that systems design and management plans are compliant with contract requirement and operating rules. Dates of assignment: 2017-2021
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BART Warm Springs Extension
Systems Integration Manager for WSX; a 5.4-mile one station extension with a mile-long subway, $900 million design-build project. Katy’s technical expertise and leadership skills led the successful systems integration, stakeholder engagement through design, construction, cut-over, testing and commissioning to revenue service. Dates of assignment: 2008-2017
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Tunnel Fan Rehabilitation
Project Engineer for BART state-of-good-repair project renovating its systemwide subway ventilation fans. Katy led the design and contract technical specification development and worked closely with contractor devised a detailed fan removal and transport plan. As a result, the project was successfully completed with no operation impact and on budget. Dates of assignment: 1998.
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Automatic Train Washer
Project Engineer responsible for delivering BART’s first fully automatic train wash facilities at three of its operating yards. Due to default of the prime contractor, Katy led the effort in developing O&M, training manuals, and color coded process flow diagram to assist maintenance staff. Katy’s leadership and continued support to BART maintenance was critical to bring the project to successful completion. Dates of assignment: 2007
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Silicon Valley Phase II Extension
Systems integration advisor and a BART subject matter expert for the BSV2 $6.9 billion project consist of 6-mile four-station extension with 5 miles of tunnel and a storage yard and shop, and two garages. BSV2 program will be delivered via four contract packages utilizing design-build methodology – Systems (CP1-DB), Tunnel and Track (CP2-PDB), Newhall Yard and Maintenance Facility and Santa Clara Station (CP3-DB), Three UG Stations (CP4-DB). Dates of assignment: 2021 - present
