Welcome to USHSR's Small Business Database. This is a listing of small businesses ready to get involved in the national high speed rail project unfolding across America. A wide diversity of firms are listed in a number of sectors below. Get involved in the national high speed rail construction project as it gets underway - the great infrastructure project of modern time.
The infrastructure needs of this project are huge, and include the construction of thousands of miles of new high grade track, signaling, and electrification, as well as hundreds of bridges, many miles of tunnels, hundreds of new train stations and numerous support facilities. Set to create millions of permanent, good paying jobs, this project will completely transform America and bring the nation into the 21st century.
This database will be updated weekly, and will get exposure as part of USHSR's ongoing efforts to build widespread public, business, and political support for a major investment in a national high speed rail network across America. For a small fee, companies can list themselves including website and contact information in one or more of the business categories in the database below. Listings in the database do not constitute Business Membership in the US High Speed Rail Association. This database is expected to be viewed by government procurement officials, corporate contracting officers, prime contractors, elected officials, international high speed rail companies, and the general public.
EJM Engineering - Chicago, IL. Chicago-based, certified DBE woman-owned firm specializing in transportation engineering including civil, electrical and traffic engineering, bridge and construction inspection, and planning. Contact: Joan Berry (312) 922-1700
RL Controls - Woburn, MA. Providing control and communication systems to the mass transit industry for over 70 years - offering laboratory testing, communication equipment repair, electrical contractors, logistics consulting, etc. Contact: Lena Walsh (617) 771-6167
BREE & Associates, Inc. - Raleigh, NC. Providing engineering/construction support services including planning, engineering, cost estimating, scheduling, construction administration and inspection for rail, roads, bridges & airports. Contact: Robert Lancaster (919) 387-3338
TDP/St. Louis, Inc. - SBE/DBE A/E firm, with offices in St. Louis and Los Angeles. Provides Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Civil Engineering, Program/Construction Management. Contact: Richard Atkins (314) 533-1996
ANGARAI - Program & Project Management, Oversight, Business Transformation and Governance & Compliance. We are 8(a), GSA IT-70 Schedule Holder, DBE and MBE. Hanover, MD. Contact: Venkat Subrmanian (410) 472-5000
Sharon Greene + Associates - Specialist in transportation economics, infrastructure finance and transportation planning; HSR planning since 1990s. Laguna Beach, CA. Contact: Sharon Greene (949) 715-0205
Wilson, Ihrig & Associates - A leading noise and vibration consulting firm with 45 years experience specializing in rail transit systems. With offices in California, New York and Washington State. Emeryville, CA. Contact: Richard Carman (510) 658-6719
Merriwether & Williams Insurance Services - Licensed Property & Casualty Brokerage firm, certified as a small, African-American, Woman-owned, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise. Administers Bonding, Finance and Owner Controlled Insurance Programs, OCIP for major public and private entities in infrastructure development. Consults on Community Outreach programs to increase local hiring of small and emerging businesses. San Francisco, CA. Contact: Ingrid Merriwether (415) 986-3999
Brunson Technical Associates - Nationwide DBE with 14 years of rail engineering, construction management & general contracting experience. Also offering constructability analysis, cost estimating, scheduling, inspection and environmental compliance. Dallas, TX. Contact: Albert Brunson (214) 339-0057
CastleOak Securities, L.P. - Providing the following services: Investment Banking, Institutional Sales and Trades, Bond Underwriting. Chicago, IL. Contact: Eric Small (312) 532-1498
Architectural Firms
Anil Verma Associates, Inc. - Los Angeles, CA. Anil Verma Associates (AVA) is a DBE/MBE/SBE multidisciplines firm to provide Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Engineering Design Services along with Project and Construction Management Services. Contact: Anil Verma (213) 624-6908
Legal Services
Manufacturers
Whiting Corporation - Railcar maintenance systems specialist providing car and body hoists, body supports, truck repair hoists, drop tables, portable electric jacks, turntables, transfer tables, car progression systems and overhead cranes. Monee, IL. Contact: George Shaffer (708) 587-2000
Atlas Tool & Die Works - Specializing in precision sheet metal fabrication and manufacturing, tool and die making, mechanical assembly machines, etc. Lyons, IL. Contact: Zachary Mottl (708) 442-1661
Kustom Seating Unlimited - The leading North American designer and manufacturer of seating and components for rail, bus, locomotive, aviation and other passenger transport, including a variety of OEM and aftermarket products. Bellwood, IL. Contact: Rick Komm (708) 547-7000
Kimberon - Full service real estate brokerage firm specializing in site acquisition, right-of-way easements, zoning, entitlements, and project and construction management. WBENC certified woman owned business. Aptos, CA. Contact: Kim Tilley (415) 990-4544
Public Relations, Advertising, Media
SN Larkin Worldwide Advertising - Los Angeles, CA. Contact: Steve Larkin (202) 834-8375
Panther International - Software & application solutions for the transportation industry including tracking safety, maintenance, construction projects, and grants management - meeting FRA Draft 6 requirements. Clearwater, FL. Contact: Scott Entin (727) 556-0990
Flavorus - An industry leader in state-of-the-art ticketing and admissions software solutions for a wide variety of clients, capable of building modern and sophisticated solutions coupled with elite service and support. Los Angeles, CA. Contact: Todd Sims (323) 908-0607
New HSR Report Released by US Conference of Mayors
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New HSR Research Report Released by USPIRG
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New Poll Shows Overwhelming Bipartisan Support for federal and state funding for high speed rail see poll
Conservative Case for High Speed Rail from the co-founder of Heritage Foundation Check it out
USHSR in Time magazine
"All Aboard?" July 19
TIME on USHSR
"More than 300 business types showed up at its shindig at the Orlando Hilton, where they saw cool models of German, Spanish, South Korean and Japanese bullet trains and a cool video of a French train traveling a record 357 m.p.h. When I asked a lobbyist I recognized what he was doing there, he grinned and rubbed his thumb against two fingers."
"The goal is to create attractive alternatives to long drives and short flights, which would relieve road and air congestion; reduce carbon emissions, highway deaths and dependence on oil from foreign thugs or the blackened Gulf; create jobs, jump start a new domestic manufacturing industry; and improve the competitiveness and convenience of the U.S. economy."
"You wouldn't have to get to the airport ridiculously early, take off your shoes, turn off your phone or pay extra for luggage; you wouldn't have to worry about the weather or some Icelandic volcano canceling your trip. You wouldn't have to watch the road, wait in traffic, find parking or pull over to stretch your legs; you wouldn't risk arrest or an accident by drinking or texting." -Time, July 19, 2010
AMAZING HSR TRIP TIMES!
High Speed Rail delivers amazing door-to-door, city center to city center service that beats flying and driving with a ride that's affordable, comfortable, and low stress from start to finish:
DC >> New York City 1 hour, 15 minutes
NYC >> Boston 1 hour, 15 minutes
NYC >> Philadelphia 30 minutes NYC >> Montreal 1 hour, 45 minutes
Tampa >> Orlando 35 minutes
Orlando >> Miami 1 hour, 20 minutes
Dallas >> Houston 1 hour
San Francisco >> LA 2 hours, 25 minutes
LA >> San Diego 1 hour, 10 minutes
Chicago >> St. Louis 1 hour, 45 minutes
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