Oakland Airport Connector Project, Oakland, CA

AVA’s Role: Anil Verma Associates, Inc. (AVA) served as a prime consultant under BART’s General Engineering Services contract for this approximately $500 million Design-Build-Operate-Maintain (DBOM) project. AVA provided design review, construction support, and oversight services for the design-build consultant team. Several current AVA staff members also participated in the project’s earlier conceptual and preliminary engineering phases, providing owner-representative consulting services on behalf of BART.

Description: The Oakland Airport Connector is a 3.2-mile Automated Guideway Transit (AGT) system connecting the BART Coliseum/Oakland Airport Station with the Oakland International Airport terminals. The alignment begins at the newly designed intermodal BART Coliseum Station, continues along the median of Hegenberger Road, turns south near Doolittle Drive, enters Oakland International Airport property, and terminates at the airport terminals. The project included the AGT system; two terminal stations, one at the BART Coliseum Station and one at Oakland International Airport; and a 50,000-square-foot Maintenance and Storage Facility located near Airport Access Road (Pardee) and Hegenberger Road.

Size: 3.2 miles; (2) stations; 50,000-square-foot Maintenance and Storage Facility