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Cincinnati Streetcars - Development Partners

Program Management, Planning, Finance, Design

1. Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc. (PB) will be responsible for management of the Streetcar Project during its planning, financing and design. Leading the team from PB's downtown Cincinnati office is Fred Craig, P.E., who will serve as the Program Manager. PB is an international leader in transportation (transit) planning, financing and design. The local office has supported the City on projects such as Fort Washington Way and its Transit Center, Charles P. Taft Government Square, SORTA Access Paratransit Facility, the I-71 Light Rail Study, and the Central Area Loop Study.
   
2. PB will be supported by HDR Engineering, a nationally recognized streetcar planning and design firm with a local office of nearly 60 professionals. HDR led the city's Streetcar Feasibility study. Their streetcar experience includes the reintroduction of streetcars in America in Portland, OR when Charlie Hales (HDR Senior VP) led the effort as a Portland City Commissioner.
3. DNK Architects will provide urban station design for the streetcar project. DNK has provided design on urban projects in downtown and the Uptown area. DNK provided design support for the Riverfront Transit Center and the Great American Ball Park.
4. G.J. Berding Inc. has provided construction survey support for many of the area's public and private improvements and will provide digital design support for the design and construction effort.