Our Services
JaKay Signaling provides design & engineering, construction coordination and project management services for railroad wayside signaling and grade crossing warning device projects for Class I railroads.
Design & Engineering
Our design and engineering services include conceptual planning, design, material procurement, and archival (as-built) plan drafting. Our expert staff have 75+ years of combined experience designing wayside signaling and grade crossing warning devices for Class I railroads.
Conceptual Plan(s) & Estimating
We create high-level overview plans showing proposed capital and/or state projects along with an estimate of project costs.
Quotation Plans & Material List
At JSI, we develop detailed circuit plans and a detailed list of materials required for the material integrators purposes in quoting and material procurement.
Wiring Plans & Construction Field Prints
We provide complete and detailed plan sets for material integrator wiring and customer/contractor field installation. These plans include detailed layout plans, circuit plans, building/case layout details, and any additional information required to install a project. We are very detailed and ensure our plans include information gathered through our construction coordination and project management services to assist the installation group with all the information required to fully install the project.
Final As-Built Plans
After installation has been completed, we utilize the marked-up wiring plans from the supplier and the construction field print mark-ups from the construction crew(s) to create final as-built plans. This includes updating plans for any adjacent location(s) affected by the project.
Signal Design Consulting
We provide consulting services for wayside and grade crossing signal design(s) including advising and checking of signal designs created by other companies, providing expert information about state and federal signal design requirements, etc.
Construction Coordination Services
We perform utility and pre-construction tasks for railroads to ensure project job sites are 100% ready for installation before their crews arrive. This includes research of area overhead and underground utilities, setting up deliveries of materials, confirming all signal and track material is on-site, setting up AC power, notifying other departments of their required work and tracking their progress, etc.
Materials & Contractors
We gather quotes from other contractors to provide rock, culverts, concrete, retaining walls, etc. for a project. We work with the providers to schedule the delivery of these materials or services so they are on-site and/or completed when required.
Commercial AC Power
We arrange for commercial AC power install for new locations where required. This involves setting up 911 addresses for new sites, contacting power companies to gather information about costs and construction timelines, and assisting with hook-up of power when ready. We also regularly assist with disconnecting AC power at retired/removed locations.
Utility Realignment & Relocation
Our services also include research and management of utility realignment and/or relocation required for projects such as: AC power, phone, cable, water, gas, sewer, drainage, fencing, sidewalks, curbing, road alignment, etc. If a utility needs to be moved as part of a project, we research the owner of the utility and work with them to get the utility moved to an acceptable new location. This also involves working with the railroad in their normal wireline review and contract process to get agreements modified and/or created. We provide research and bring all of the parties together to get the work completed efficiently for our clients.
Project Management Services
We are very experienced in performing project management tasks for our customers to assist in oversight and planning of ongoing projects. Our Project Management services involve research, reporting, archiving, and organizing data for our clients.
Project Oversight
We oversee task progress of various parties including internal and/or 3rd party designers, material integrators, other departments in our clients’ company, and other railroads to ensure projects are ready and installed to meet client deadlines.
Tracking & Inventory Databases
We also have extensive knowledge in building and maintaining tracking, archiving, and inventory database systems for railroad customers. In the last few years, we have created and populated tracking and inventory databases for a Class I Signal Department using the FileMaker Pro database program. This was a massive project that involved collecting data from the field for every piece of in-service signal equipment and populating it into a database for future record keeping and management of their department.
Bid Packages
Our project management specialists create bid packages sent to third party designers and installation contractors for bidding on railroad signaling projects. This includes creating bid letters, plans, and any other documentation required to describe all signal project requirements and parameters.
Wireline Application Reviews
We have over 17 years of experience in processing and compiling signal department reviews of wireline applications submitted by companies to install overhead or underground utilities on railroad property. We review these applications and create a package for the signal departments with details of the installations and any possible interference with signaling equipment in the area. After an internal approval process, we submit our packages to their Signal Dept for final approval. Once approved, we submit our final package to the railroads wireline processing group for them to complete the contracts with the applicants.