Hanson-Wilson Inc., a nationally recognized engineering firm serving the railroad industry, has opened a new office in Jacksonville, Fla. An affiliation between Hanson Professional Services Inc. and Wilson & Company Inc., Hanson-Wilson has served the rail industry for more than 16 years, providing all facets of railroad engineering, operations and construction services. Clients include all the class I railroads in North America.

Gary Potts has been named president of Hanson-Wilson Inc., a nationally recognized engineering firm serving the railroad industry. Sergio "Satch" Pecori has been named chairman of the board. Pecori, who is also chief executive officer and president of Hanson Professional Services Inc., has served on the HWI board since 1990.

Hanson-Wilson Inc. offered its services for the construction of the second track for the Trinity Railway Express (part of DART system) between Irving and Dallas, Texas for 79-MPH train operations. The project involved two new bridges, new interlockings, grade crossings and re-profile of Wildwood Drive.

The North bridge approaches are nearing completion, all piles have been driven and caps installed. The remaining bridge beams/deck have been set. Most of the track has been installed east of the bridge and across the Regal Row Bridge. Track for the west approach and west for the North Main is underway.

Take a look at some of the construction photos taken in late May to June.

We are proud to announce that one of the 2004-2005 REMSA Scholarship recipients is James Freitag, the son of Joan Freitag of Hanson-Wilson Inc. A mathematics/economics/physics major at the University of Illinois.

Midwest Construction magazine announced that their selection for the Best of 2003 - Transportation Project of the Year was the Union Pacific Railroad Global III Intermodal Facility in Rochelle, Ill. Hanson-Wilson was the designer on this design-build project, which is reported to be the largest of its kind in the Midwest and one of the largest in the country. More than 25 trains and 3,000 containers pass through the terminal each day. You can read more about the project on Midwest Construction's web site, or read our description in our Project section.