Ongoing
Metro-North C-16 Design-Build Traction Power Substation Incoming Utility Service Design, Grounding Study, and Ground Grid Design
Cara Engineering, P.C. is designing the incoming utility service and grounding system for the new Pelham C-16 MNR Traction Power Substation as part of the design-build team.
2024 - Ongoing
MTA Rehabilitation of Concourse Yard Substation, Commonwealth Substation, Circuit Breaker House #551 and the Replacement of Battery and Control Cable for Zone 25 in the Borough of the Bronx
Cara Engineering provides traction power engineering on the contractor team. This contract has a Concourse Yard Substation in Bronx NY on the IND Line. This is a full rehabilitation project replacing 2 units of Feeders on 13.2KV, Switchgear, Rectifier Transformer, Rectifier, DC Lineup and all associated auxiliaries. It requires making a new feed to the IRT Jerome Line south of Bedford Park Station. It also requires feeding a CBH in the yard at the opposite end, new duct banks under operating railroad tracks. Cara Engineering is involved in CI services and review of Submittals.
2025 - Ongoing
PANYNJ PATH Substation No.2 On-Site Traction Power Engineer
Cara Engineering, P.C. is supporting Port Authority EADD (Engineering & Architecture Design Division) as an on-site Traction Power Engineer reviewing submittals and designing PACCs for the PATH Substation 2 construction.
2023 - Ongoing
Metro-North Design-Build Services for the Penn Station Access Project
Cara Engineering, P.C. is supporting the Systems Integration and Traction Power work for Penn Station Access. The $350 million project is to provide improved rail access to Penn Station New York and Manhattan’s West Side from southern Connecticut, Westchester County, and the Eastern Bronx. The design includes eleven substations, both new and enhancements to existing facilities for Amtrak and Metro-North Railroad/LIRR. The substations feature AC and DC Traction Power systems with medium voltage, overhead catenary, third rail distribution, and signal power.
2022 - Ongoing
NYCT Repairs to 12 Circuit Breaker Houses, Three Substations and Three EDRs
Cara Engineering, P.C. is supporting the construction phase following the design and production of contract documents for the traction power and electrical systems in 12 Circuit Breaker Houses (CBHs) and supporting 3 substations medium voltage switchgear design. The CBHs are located throughout Brooklyn and Queens, above ground and in tunnel environments. The CBHs require replacement for circuit breakers, circuit monitoring, lighting, traction power, control, and battery cables. Equipment protection is also required where only the structure is being rehabilitated.
2022 - Ongoing
NYCT Two Traction Power Substations (Village and Hester Traction Power Substations) Sixth Avenue in New York City
Cara Engineering is providing traction power engineering and inspection services on the construction management team. This contract has 2 Traction Power Substation on 6th Ave Line in NYC NY. Hester Substation is a Rehabilitation Project & Village is a Renewal Project. Each Substation has 2-13.2KV Feeders for 2-3MW Rectifier Transformers and 1-120/208V Service for Auxiliary loads. Both substations require replacing feeders, switchgear, transformers, rectifiers and DC Line up along with Street PLB/MH. As well as, Battery and Panel, EA Alarms, Fire Alarms, SCADA, and Tube Shell Circuits. This contract also includes replacing cables to 5 Circuit Breaker Houses and SCADA to CBH and Fan Plants.
2025 - Ongoing
NYCT Replacement of High Tension Switchgear at Avenue C and Baltic Substations
Cara Engineering is providing traction power engineering on the construction management team. Cara Engineering., P.C is working on 2 Traction Power Substations: Avenue C and Baltic Street in Brooklyn NY. This Contract is to modernize the oil filled Circuit Breakers with New Circuit Breakers, coordinate street PLB/MH with Con Edison and new Duct Work. The SS and PCC.
2025 - Ongoing
Completed
NYCT Design-Build Traction Power Services for the Rockaway Line Resiliency and Rehabilitation
Cara Engineering, P.C. designed the cable connections and staging at Hammels Wye for the new viaduct and the CBH at Beach 105 St for the newly configured Traction Power system as part of a design-build project. The $392 million project includes the design and construction of viaduct repairs at the Hammels Wye. Campus and along the east and west branches of the Rockaway Line. To minimize the effects of future storm events on transit infrastructure, resiliency and flood mitigation elements will be implemented. The project also includes the design and installation of a new signal tower, track crossover and related traction-power, signal system and utility components at the Beach 105th Street Station and the replacement of electrical and mechanical components of the South Channel Swing Bridge.
2023 - 2024
NYCT West 4th Street and Sutphin Boulevard Stations Escalators Short Circuit Arc Flash Coordination Study
Cara Engineering, P.C. prepared the Short Circuit, Arc Flash and Coordination studies for two high-traffic NYCT Stations, West 4th Street and Sutphin Blvd as part of a design-build team. The project will replace the 2 escalators at the West 4th St. - 8th Avenue Line station and the 4 escalators at the Sutphin Blvd-Archer Ave-JFK Airport station with new heavy-duty transit escalators that are suitable for 24-hour continuous operation.
2023 - 2024
PANYNJ John F. Kennedy Airport Airport Redevelopment On-Site Electronics Engineer
Cara Engineering, P.C. is supporting Port Authority EADD (Engineering & Architecture Design Division) as an on-site electronics engineer reviewing submittals for the JFK Redevelopment program, developing presentations, and other relevant project tasks.
2022 - 2023
LIRR Jamaica Capacity Improvements; Installation of Foundations and Platforms for Signal Huts at Beaver Interlocking
Cara Engineering, P.C. designed the ground-grid for the new signal hut installation at Beaver Interlocking as part of a design-build project. We were responsible for overseeing the soil resistivity testing, performing calculations per IEEE 80-2013 for touch and step-potential, reporting the calculation results, and providing signed and sealed construction drawings for the grounding system.
2021 - 2022
NYCT Eight Substations High-Tension Component Bundle Certified Construction Management
Cara Engineering is inspecting construction sites and providing quality review, scheduling, and construction management services for 8 substations being constructed under the high-tension component bundle. Cara Engineering is overseeing the replacement of Transformers and Rectifiers at West 82nd Street Substation and West 99th Street Substation, the DC line up at Jamaica Yard Substation, and the High-Tension Switchgear for: 64th Road Substation; 55th Road Substation; Hulst Street Substation; East 165th Street Substation and Baychester Substation.
