Rail Contractor Benefits:

Devoted to increasing market share for signatory contractors, RAILCET offers a wide range of powerful market expansion tools. Dozens of affiliates make these and other services available to Laborers and Operators throughout North America.

  • MARKET SHARE ASSESSMENTS help Laborers and contractors target new areas of opportunity and overcome old stumbling blocks. 
  • CONTRACTING MARKETING builds one-on-one relationships with rail contractors and key railroad decision makers to win the project.

RAILCET markets Laborers and Operators to the rail contracting industry. It provides signatory contractors to the Railroad Transportation and Operation Agreement (RTOA) an added presence at trade shows, industry conferences and other key meetings. It builds rapport with key decision makers to help Laborers and Operators win projects and jobs. It brings labor and management together not only to perform the work, but to get the work. 

  • PROJECT TRACKING AND ALERTS keep signatory contractors on top of upcoming work.

    • PROJECT TRACKING
      RAILCET’s unique CTTS Exchange provides signatory contractors access to the latest intelligence on thousands of open projects throughout the United States, including bid date, type of construction, project worth and sub-contractor profiles.

      RAILCET also uses DATAFAX to provide its signatory contractors with a daily fax with the latest intelligence on thousands of open projects throughout the United States.

    • PROJECT ALERTS
      RAILCET uses CTTS Exchange to alert contractors and local unions to upcoming bid opportunities, giving them valuable lead time in which to assess the project needs, assemble the workforce, and win the work.

  • MARKET RESEARCH identifies new markets, providing Laborers, Operators and contractors with a wide array of information critical to winning work, including:
    • Contractor information;
    • Market, contractor, and project data from industry data providers;
    • Internet research; and 
    • The latest research into emerging and traditional construction markets.

  • LOBBYING ensures a strong, unified labor-management voice on key railroad contracting issues. 
     
  • ADVERTISING AND COMMUNICATIONS help Laborers, Operators and contractors promote their services to railroad owners.