Services

RVB+A offers a multitude of consulting services from project conception through operations and maintenance including design, technology assessments, technical specification development, systems integration, inspections, Buy America and quality control audits, regulatory compliance, and proposal management, amongst others.

Our mature team brings years of experience from transit agencies, railroads, suppliers, government, financial institutions, and trade groups, including backgrounds in planning, design, engineering, business, market development, and quality. Our vast background and experience in the transit industry allows us to find, develop, and implement win-win solutions for all the stakeholders involved.

Engineering and Design Services

Conceptual Studies and Preliminary Engineering

  • Development and Review of Technical Specifications
  • Development and Review of Contract Documents
  • Procurement of Services and Materials
  • Design Reviews
  • Development of conceptual/preliminary engineering design drawings and documents
  • Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant designs
  • Equipment 3D modeling
  • Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
  • Develop technical submittals/deliverables
  • Draft production work instructions including welding procedures
  • Design crash energy management systems
  • Develop maintainability and reliability requirements
  • Subject matter expert engineers by discipline (e.g. structural)

Final Detailed Engineering Design

  • Develop final/detail drawings
  • Human Factors Engineering and Ergonomics Analyses
  • Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
  • Value engineering
  • Develop technical submittals / deliverables
  • Address review comments from concept/preliminary engineering submittals
  • Final/detail production work process instructions including certified welding procedures
  • Create soft core and hard core mock-ups (scaled and full-size)
  • Industrial engineering
  • Contract Deliverable Preparation

Systems Integration

  • Rail Systems
  • Positive Train Control (PTC)
  • Vehicles (On-Board)
  • Wayside
  • Back Office
  • Control Centers
  • Asset Management
  • Vehicle Health Monitoring
  • Energy Storage Systems

Production Engineering

  • Methods Engineering
  • Six Sigma Process Control
  • Proper Tooling
  • Piece and Part Drawings
  • Attachment Methods
  • Production Standards
  • Safety
  • Testing

Industrial Design

  • Exterior Design
  • Interior Design
  • Operator Cab Design
  • Equipment Design
  • Component Design
  • Exterior Graphic Design
  • Ergonomic Studies

Technical Writing

  • Operator manuals, maintenance and installation guides
  • User guides
  • Technical reference manuals
  • Process documentation:
    • Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
    • Work flows and process integration
  • Training materials
  • Web-based documentation
  • System design documents and assembly manuals

Technology Assessments

  • Evaluation of new and emerging technologies
  • Impact of new technologies
  • Cost-benefit studies
  • Public reviews
  • Political impact and review
  • Business and industry impact
  • Transit Asset Management (TAM) Plan

Research and Development

  • Feasibility Studies
  • System Safety Assessments
  • Emerging Technologies
  • Post-COVID HVAC Air Filtration
  • ADA Door Threshold Gap Analysis
  • Cost-of-Ownership

Computer-Aided Drafting and Design (CADD)

  • Conversion of image files into CAD
  • Automated image to CAD files
  • Create new drawing files from existing images
  • Incorporation of review comments (e.g. as-builts)
  • Updating drawings to conform with CAD standards
  • Verify accuracy of drawings – scaling issues

Infrastructure and Systems

  • Tracks
  • Communications
  • Signaling
  • Maintenance Facilities / Yards
  • Stations
  • Wayside Energy Storage

Operations and Maintenance

  • Facilities and Processes
  • Simulations
  • Energy Consumption
  • Mileage-Based vs. Time-Based

Project Services

Printing and Scanning

2D

  • Color scanning up to ‘E’ size
  • Black and white printing on bond and Mylar in compliance with New York City Transit (NYCT) standard requirements
  • Color printing up to ‘E’ size on a variety of mediums

3D

Size: 10 x 15 x 8 in
Resolution: 600 x 540 dpi
Colors: Full CMYK

Proposal Development

Complete Management from Request for Interest (RFI) to Notice to Proceed (NTP) including:

  • Proposal Development
  • Technical Writing
  • Supplier Management
  • Compliance Review
  • Schedule Development
  • Cover and Tab Design and Printing
  • Design Renderings

Project Management

RVB+A offers the following Project Management services working for clients in the role of Project Management Oversight Contractor (PMOC) for Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Resident Engineer for the owner/agency, or Program & Project Management for major Rolling Stock Manufactures with direct management of major systems suppliers.

Project Management

  • Engineering Estimates
  • Budget Management
  • Contract Management
  • Document Control
  • Asset Management

Contract Deliverable Review

Scheduling

  • Develop and Update
  • Review and Track Progress

Quality Assurance / Quality Control

  • Document Review
  • Onsite and Offsite Inspections

Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC)

Quality planning, inspection, testing and auditing for rolling stock and related infrastructure, including passenger rail vehicles, locomotives, buses, automated people movers, and all systems and equipment.

 

QA and QC Audits

  • FTA Project Management Oversight
  • Transit agency plans and procedures audits
  • Project plans and procedures audits
  • Compliance and performance audits
  • Contractor and supplier qualification audits

Inspections and Testing

  • On-site resident inspectors and testing staff
  • American Welding Society Certified Welding Inspectors
  • Inspection instructions, test procedures and acceptance criteria
  • Liaison between customer, contractor and manufacturer
  • Corrective/preventive actions management and implementation
  • First Article Inspection (FAI)
  • Qualification testing, e.g. structural testing
  • Source, Receiving, In-process, Final preshipment inspection
  • Routine (production) testing
  • Commissioning and Acceptance testing, static and dynamic

Assessment and Analysis

  • Standards compliance review
  • Peer/industry benchmarks comparison
  • Rolling stock fleet assessment
  • Performance evaluation of Quality Programs
  • Establish performance metrics and reporting systems
  • Material Review Board disposition of nonconforming materials
  • Standards Compliance Review
  • Review of engineering production drawings, purchasing specifications, and QA/QC requirements
  • Reliability and Maintainability
  • Failure analysis
  • Maintenance Facilities engineering and planning: capacity analysis, layout planning, and process flow analysis

Documentation

  • Contract/Technical Specification quality requirements
  • Develop/review quality manuals, plans and procedures
  • Compliance with regulatory and contractual requirements
  • Compliance with ISO/ANSI/ASQ 9001, AARM-1003, FTA QA/QC Guidelines
  • Effective and efficient reporting of quality status, progress and problems
  • Document control
  • Quality records maintenance
  • Vehicle manufacturing history books

U.S. Content Evaluation and Consulting

Buy America

  • Pre-Award Audit
  • Post Delivery Audit
  • Certificates
  • Compliance verification and monitoring
  • Consultation
  • Tutorials
  • Workshops

Buy American

  • Audits
  • Certificates
  • Compliance verification and monitoring
  • Consultation
  • Tutorials
  • Workshops

Foreign Military Financing and Sales

  • Domestic Content Evaluation
  • Supply Chain and Manufacturing Consulting
  • Tutorials
  • Workshops

Safety and Security

Safety

  • System Safety Program Plan
  • Safety Certification
  • Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Reporting
  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
  • Reporting
    • Job Hazard Analysis
    • Right to Know
    • Bloodborne Pathogens
    • Fall Protection
    • Fire and Life Safety (FLS) Orientation
  • Safety Committees
    • Internal Safety Committee
    • External Safety Committee
  • Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
  • Emergency Planning
  • Drills
  • Hazard Resolution Program
  • Analysis
    • Preliminary Hazard Analysis
    • System Hazard Analysis
    • Sub-System Hazard Analysis
    • Operational Hazard Analysis
    • Fault Tree Analysis
    • Failure Mode Analysis
  • Safety Rules
  • Training
  • Plans and Procedures

Security

  • System Security Plan
  • Security Design
  • Security Analysis
  • Security Orientation
  • Emergency Planning
  • Drills
  • Threat and Vulnerability Assessment
  • Develop Levels of Protection
  • Communication Protocols
  • Access Control Management
  • Implement Layers of Security
  • Maintain Reporting
  • Communications
  • Analysis
  • Training and Recertification
  • Review & Revise Procedures
  • Review & Revise Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
  • Accident and Incident Investigations

Financial and Administrative

  • Cost Estimates
  • Life Cycle Cost
  • Project Funding Alternatives
  • Transit Asset Management
  • Commercial Agreements
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Market Studies

Contact

We look forward to hearing from you. Please use the contact form to ensure the best routing of your message. If you run into any difficulties, please email us at contact@rvba.com or call us at 703.326.9092.

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