Honolulu Rail Transit Waiawa Station @ Pearl Highlands

THe Kamehameha Highway Station Group Stations

AVA’s Role: Anil Verma Associates, Inc. (AVA) served as the prime consultant for the Kamehameha Highway Station Group (KHSG) contract, which included Pearl Highlands Station, Pearlridge Station, Aloha Stadium Station, and the H2R2 Ramp. AVA’s scope of services varied by station: at Pearl Highlands Station, AVA performed the Architectural, Structural, and MEP (Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing) engineering-design services; at Pearlridge Station, AVA performed Architectural-Engineering Design Services; and at Aloha Stadium Station, AVA performed Project Management. Civil, landscape, and other engineering services were provided locally. The broader HART project comprises a 20-mile, grade-separated fixed-guideway transit system extending between East Kapolei and Ala Moana.

Description:   The KHSG contract comprised three complex aerial stations — Pearl Highlands, Pearlridge, and Aloha Stadium — and the H2R2 freeway ramp. AVA’s specific scope of services at each station is set forth in AVA’s Role, above. The individual stations are described below:

Pearl Highlands station

Pearl Highlands Station has an elevated station structure with two-hundred forty (240)-foot long side platforms located on the triangular property bounded by Kamehameha Highway, Farrington Highway, and the H-1/H-2 interchange in the vicinity of Kuala Street at the western limits of Pearl City. This station complex includes a rail station, a bus transit center, and a parking structure that is to be constructed in two (2) phases. The first phase has the aerial station structure, transit guideway and an aerial station/bus deck 46’ above a river, making it environmentally and structurally challenging. A bus stop and kiss-and-ride is located on the shoulder of eastbound Kamehameha Highway. The station platform is at an elevation of 84’0”, the station/bus deck at 46’0” and the Farrington Highway approximately at 28’0” – in other words the platforms are 55 feet or more above street level. Other improvements include a pedestrian crossing at the Kamehameha Highway/Kuala Street intersection, sidewalks, stairs, and ramps. The Ramp H2R2 will connect in-bound Farrington Hwy to in-bound Kamehameha Hwy and provide access to the bus stop and kiss-and-ride.

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