Safety Test Enables Metrorail to Prepare for Emergency PUMPS • TANKS • FILTRATION • PIPE • SPILLGUARDS 800 742 7246 rainforrent.com BACKGROUND The first phase of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project, a rail project leading to Dulles International Airport, Virginia, included unique bridge-work. As part of the safety test, the customer’s engineering consultant recommended they place a specific amount of weight (1,375,000 lbs.) within a designated footprint on the bridge to simulate a worst case scenario. This simulation would enable them to develop a support-and-repair strategy that could be applied in the case of an incident resulting in trains becoming stuck on the tracks of the bridge. OUTCOME Rain for Rent provided nine tanks which were lifted 100’ to the bridge deck by crane.

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