"The goal of Stone Consulting & Design is to provide each client with a complete and up-to-date source of information and technical assistance in all aspects of railroad consulting, engineering and planning. Each project will receive the close attention and diligence required to be successfully completed in the time frame allowed."
Stone Consulting & Design, Inc. was formed to provide a
dynamic, creative environment for its professional staff. With our extensive
experience in engineering, consulting, railroading and industrial development,
we bring knowledge, expertise and enthusiasm to each project.
Though a 'small' engineering firm with fourteen employees, SC&D has grown
our nationally-based business through a combination of versatile on-site
staff talent, and an extraordinary partner listing of subconsultants across
the United States and Canada.
Combine the "hands-on" experience in track engineering and an all-encompassing
knowledge of the rail industry with a hearty grasp of today's economics
and you have a firm ready to serve your project needs!
Our home office is located in Warren, Pennsylvania,
along the
scenic Allegheny River.
We invite you to learn more about our staff by
clicking on
individual pictures for detailed resumes.
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Gary E. Landrio, VP Rail Operations Stone Consulting provided weekly track inspections, trained the railroad’s track inspectors, provided design and inspection for more than $12 million in track and signal improvements and assisted in the day to day operations of the start-up railroad.
Our feasibility and cost analysis methodologies for track maintenance
grow from our ongoing daily experiences with project costing, materials
procurement, and labor needs. |
| Randall D. Gustafson, VP Operations and Transportation Analyst Combining practical engineering expertise in rail passenger feasibility studies, track engineering, and rehabilitation with experience in analyzing and developing tourist and passenger rail potential, SC&D can meet the needs of its clients in a wide range of rail development projects, particularly those which involve relationships between municipal/development organizations and private railroad operators. Our company's ability to support the implementation and construction of an actual project, be it a study or an engineering design, results in better 'real time' information about costs, ridership, marketing impacts, and revenue sources. |
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Richard Balas, VP, CAD Department SC&D offers the rail industry a unique combination of skills, inclusive of Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Business Consultation, Operator Selection, Computer Assistance, Grantsmanship, and Economic Impact Studies. All of our design work is accomplished in the most recent version of AutoCAD. All drawings can be converted to Adobe files. Those clients who cannot open the AutoCAD files are provided with the Adobe versions that can be easily viewed and printed. We also provide industrial design services to general manufacturing concerns, including building foundations, bridge and crane structural analysis, building stabilization, and environmental permitting. |
| Teri West, Railroad Consultant SC&D's client list is approximately 50% public agencies, including cities, economic development agencies, authorities and counties. The remaining 50% includes 501c(3) nonprofit organizations such as tourist railroads, railroad museums, and conventional for-profit corporations. Approximately 75% of SC&D's annual volume is directly related to railroad construction, engineering and consulting activities on a national basis. When working on distant and specialized rail projects we seek to partner with a local-area individual or firm that can provide specific local expertise and a contact point. |
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John M. Ludwig, VP, Engineering Shortline and tourist railroad clients of SC&D rely on us for regular inspection of bridges, including a relatively large population of restricted-weight trusses and wood-pile structures. SC&D also provides industrial design services to general manufacturing concerns, industrial development groups and municipalities. These services include general structural designs such as building foundations, bridge and crane structural analysis, building stabilization and environmental permitting. |
Our design staff frequently participates in on-site inspection to better
help us serve our clients' needs. All design team members have rail-specific
experience for the unique considerations of rail engineering.
Standard computer design tools include AutoCAD 2002, Eagle Point Civil
Engineering design software, and SureTrak project management software.
SC&D encourages our employees to enroll in continuing education classes
offered by AREMA, the Institute for Railroad Engineering, and the University
of Wisconsin-Madison among others.
Project management organization at SC&D revolves around Project Manager
central contact, with a designated, project-specific team of individuals
providing specific technical and work task support. The Project Manager
reports directly to a Professional Engineer.
All reports and deliverables are edited and finish reviewed by Mr. Stone.
Final project review and assurance is confirmed by frequent and detailed
client-level communication.
In addition to our full-time staff, SC&D works with a wide variety of professionals in the railroad
industry as project-specific subconsultants, including many individuals that have recently been
employed by Class-1 railroads throughout the United States.
This large (and still growing) pool of specialized talent is able to expand and contract as
necessary to insure project completion. The resumes and experience of this additional team
includes retired Class-1 track engineers, a technical writer, employees of both shortline freight
and tourist railroads, an historic trolley expert, a locomotive maintenance expert, computer
technicians and similarly-qualified Canadian partners.
Gordon Lattey, Marketing & Communication
Larry A. DeYoung, Railroad General
Management & Government Relations
Reid H. Potter, PE, Bridge Design
& Inspection
William L.
Krestinski, PE, Operations
& Maintenance