īeth Caruso was appointed as AREMA's Executive Director/CEO in September 2015. As stated in their mission statement, AREMA promotes 'The development and advancement of both technical and practical knowledge and recommended practices pertaining to the design, construction and maintenance of railway infrastructure.' AREMA recognizes outstanding achievements in railway engineering with the annual William Walter Hay Award. It publishes recommended practices for the design, construction and maintenance of railway infrastructure, which are used in the United States and Canada.ĪREMA is headquartered in Lanham, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C. The American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association ( AREMA) is a North American railway industry group.
