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A key phase of the clean up of Starmet Corporation, a superfund site in Concord, Mass., was recently completed by de maximis inc. The main work was finished last August — under budget by $15 million.

It took subcontractors three years to remove the contaminated radioactive materials from the site, a former nuclear research and depleted uranium weapons facility. The buildings were demolished over a five-month period.

This work involved: • removal of the plastic membrane installed to cover the foundations of the buildings to prevent further migration of radioactive materials • removal of the foundations and underlying contaminated soil and sediment with an estimated volume of 82,500 cu. yds. (63,076 cu m); • containment and stabilization of a former disposal pit; • treatment of depleted and natural uranium in groundwater; • treatment of volatile organic compounds and dioxane in groundwater; and • long-term monitoring and institutional controls.

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work and safety precautions. The site included a two-story, five-section interconnected building; a hydrogen peroxide tank house; two gas cylinder storage huts; and four metal storage buildings, which had a combined footprint of approximately 185,000-sq.-ft. (17,187 sq m).

In 1958, the site — an off-shoot of the Manhattan Project — had contracts with the United States Atomic Energy Commission and Department of Defense, along with some private industry contracts. These operations included the investigation and development of materials for missiles, airframes and other components.

“We took out materials that filled a total of 912 32-cubicyard inter-modals totaling 11,738 tons that were shipped off site for land disposal at U.S. Ecology Idaho,” said Bruce Thompson, director of de maximis. “The building structure volume consisted of 7,494.8 tons and that was transported off site in 479 inter-modal containers during Phase 3 demolition activities.”

Stan Baker, de maximis’s site construction manager, said that the mix of contaminants, which included DU, beryllium, PCBs and asbestos, mandated both body coverings and respiratory protection.

When inside, workers used reciprocating sawzaws with metal blades for the internal demolition. The sawzaws were see EQuIPMENt page 6

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Mass. Girls in Trades Holds Annual Conference, Career Fair Building on its initial successes, the Massachusetts Girls in Trades organization is planning its Second Annual Conference and Career Fair for hundreds of female high school students in Massachusetts. In fact, it’s planning two.

An eastern Massachusetts conference — open to high school students enrolled in vocational technical education programs — will be held on March 2 at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 103 in Dorchester. A western Massachusetts conference will be held on April 13 at the William J. Dean Technical High School in Holyoke.

Massachusetts Girls in Trades was established to encourage young women to consider pursuing high-wage, highdemand careers in the construction trades. The group was formed in December 2015 at a meeting attended by representatives of Wynn Boston Harbor, Minuteman High School, the New England Regional Council of Carpenters, Sheet Metal Workers Local 17, Building Pathways, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and SkillsUSA Massachusetts.

“We’re making progress but we know there’s still plenty of work to do,” said Elizabeth Skidmore, one of the organization’s founding members and business representative of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters. “We need to send out a positive message that young women can have great careers in the building trades.”

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sentatives from developers and contractors including Wynn Boston Harbor, Suffolk Construction, Skanska USA Building; Turner Construction, Liberty Construction Services, and Gilbane Building Company; union groups such as IBEW Local 103, Local 103 Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee of Greater Boston, the Massachusetts Building Trades Council, Boston Metropolitan District Building Trades Council, New England Regional Council of Carpenters, Building Trades Training Directors Association of Massachusetts, and the Boston Chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association; organizations such as the Building Pathways Pre-Apprenticeship Program and the Policy Group on Tradeswomen’s Issues; the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education; Massachusetts Department of Transportation Office of Diversity and Civil Rights; SkillsUSA Massachusetts; Massachusetts Association of Vocational Administrators (MAVA) CTE Directors Group; Partnerships for a Skilled Workforce, Inc.; University of Massachusetts Building Authority; U.S. Department of Labor/Women’s Bureau; the newly formed Equity in the Trades Student Leadership Council; WGBH TV; and career and technical high schools including Madison Park Technical Vocational High School, Southeastern Regional Vocational-Technical High School, and Minuteman High School.

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Equipment Takes Beating During Contamination Clean Up EQUIPMENT from page 1

disposed of due to contamination, as was much of the equipment used on the clean-up.

“We used and destroyed pretty much every brand — some lasted just days,” said Baker. “We were hard on the equipment.”

The containers used for the debris were tarped and shipped by truck to New Jersey and then sent by rail to Idaho. The containers were brought inside buildings and loaded.

Roll-up doors minimized the chance of debris and dust being released.

“Performing as much work as possible in the interiors before the demolition was a significant decision,” said Thompson. “This way we controlled the potential for release of dust. We inherited a certain amount of equipment with the buildings, and we bought some used equipment in good shape knowing that by bringing it inside, it had the potential to be contaminated and not be reusable economically without tearing it apart.”

The fleet included forklifts from Doosan, Ingersoll Rand and Toyota; Crown electric pallet jacks; and various portable equipment.

Crews gathered material room-by-room, with sawzaws being used to cut desks and filing cabinets into smaller pieces. There were also rooms stacked floor-to-ceiling with old computer monitors that were partially contaminated. A small Volvo EC160B excavator with a grapple attachment was purchased to help with the removal of material.

“There were hundreds of containers of acids, greases, oils, and an incredible variety of chemicals and contaminants to deal with,” said Thompson, “so inventorying and neutralizing and stabilizing them for shipment was crucial. Removing them took three years. We started with the high hazard waste first — chemicals and combustibles — to reduce the risk of working inside. The second phase was to remove the equipment and manufacturing items — there was an 80 by 40 ft. (24 by 12 m) room full of contaminated lathes and milling machines that had to be deconstructed.

“Then we started taking out the ventilation ductwork, that prior to filtration, had significant amounts of uranium and beryllium dust,” he added. “DU dust, until it oxidizes, is considered to be pyrophoric, which means it could spontaneously ignite. That’s not a trivial hazard, and it was a painstaking process to remove the ductwork and then block it off at the roofs. This is when we removed the ventilation structures.”

With the buildings emptied, all flat surfaces throughout the interiors were HEPA vacuumed and then sprayed with a lockdown agent, similar to latex paint, to have the contaminated materials adhere to the

The work included removal of the foundations and underlying contaminated soil and sediment.

The main work was finished last August — under budget by $15 million.

This $55 million demolition project required specialized work and safety precautions.

building structures.

The vast majority of the equipment for the interior work was disposed of, but the excavator, and some of the forklifts and manlifts were decontaminated, verified clean and recovered for further use. The disposed of equipment, including scissor lifts, had their batteries drained and fluids removed.

“That we got some of it out was a bonus,” said Thompson.

The EPA was the lead regulatory agency, and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) also participated. de maximis prepared and submitted clean-up and demolition work plans to the EPA and MassDEP for review and approval. The EPA required the monitoring for the air around the work zones to ensure that concentrations of contaminants did not exceed regulations.

For the demolition, Charter Contracting Company LLC used Komatsu PC300 and Cat 336 excavators; Genesis GXP shear; grapple; Monsoon Mister misting machines; and manlifts.

“The buildings were demolished from the top down in a controlled manner to reduce the generation and potential spread of contaminated particulates,” said Mike Wagner, Charter’s project manager. “The excavator was used to grasp the steel structure and the shear used to cut the building members. The debris was then lowered to the concrete slab.

All the debris was then sized using the shear to allow loading for offsite transport and disposal.

“Dust control was extremely important for this project due to the contamination known to be in the building,” he added.

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Jackson Laboratory Officials Hold Topping Out Ceremony

By Joseph Blanchette

Construction is scheduled for completion by the end of 2017.

THE JACKSON LABORATORY

Dozens of employees and dignitaries braved the frigid temperatures in Bar Harbor, Maine, on Jan. 9 to celebrate the ceremonial “topping out” of the new Center for Biometric Analysis at The Jackson Laboratory.

In building construction, “topping out” is a builders’ rite traditionally held when the last beam is placed atop a structure during its construction.

“This is a continuation of a long tradition at The Jackson Laboratory in which the mouse as a genetic model for human disease has really been at the center of our mission,” said JAX scientific director Nadia Rosenthal.

“Now we have this wonderful opportunity to do something that nobody else can do, which is to take all these wonderful models and realize their potential in the search for cures and prevention of disease.”

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will equip scientists with essen- Officials and crews celebrated the ceremonial “topping out” of the new Center for Biometric tial, cutting-edge tools for Analysis at The Jackson Laboratory on Jan. 9. detecting and measuring extremely subtle signs of disease (This story also can be found on at the cellular level in specialized mice, Associates of Auburn, Maine, and is being using high-powered imaging and analytical built by P.C. Construction of Portland, Construction Equipment Guide’s webMaine. Construction is scheduled for com- site at www.constructionequipmentdevices and animal models. guide.com.)

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EQUIPMENT from page 6

during site activities.

“The temporary cover system was installed after the concrete slab was cleaned and any damaged concrete repaired.

The cover system is essentially the same material as used on a flat commercial roof and is made up of a layer of geotextile fabric to provide a cushion and a layer of EPDM anchored to the concrete slab with anchor bolts and screws.

The installation of the cover system was performed in stages as the building demolition moved from one building

The buildings were demolished over a five-month period.

to the next. All the work was performed during normal work times as called out in the approved documents.”

The final site clean-up is under negotiation and is expected to cost at least $125 million and start in five years.

“When we started out,” said Thompson, “there was a high level of concern, which was completely appropriate, given the risks associated with this work. As we got control of the site and cleared the high hazard wastes, we reduced the risk. We have worked on other superfund sites with radiation contamination, but this is our first major demolition and site stabilization project with these contaminants.

Prioritizing and creating a progressive schedule was a real challenge.”

For Baker, the challenge was working in a nuclear regulatory environment.

“I arrived here with a substantial amount of demolition experience,” he said. “Taking the equipment apart and the buildings down was the easy part. Removing the contaminated material was another thing altogether.”

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Jeremy Hiltz Excavating Celebrates 20-Year Milestone

By Brenda Ruggiero CEG CORRESPONDENT

Jeremy Hiltz Excavating Inc. of Ashland, N.H., recently reached the milestone of 20 years in business. The company is still going strong.

According to Hiltz, the industry was a part of his life from the beginning. He was a 5-year-old kid holding his lunchbox just waiting for his dad to take him to work in the pickup. He stayed with his family’s corporation two years after his father’s passing then started his own company in 1996.

“I went off on my own and kept what little stock I had in the family company, and we started with nothing … a wing and a prayer, and a small amount of savings,” he said. “We Jeremy Hiltz Excavating sent our incorporation papers into the state, and you have no uses a variety of equipment leverage or any influence as to when they actually incorpoon a job site in Nashua, N.H. rate you. They did the actual incorporation on my father’s birthday, so we were incorporated on Dec. 16, 1996.”

At that time, Hiltz was able to get a contract The Hiltz family waits for fog to building retaining walls for a local church lift to fly during a commercial where he demoed three excavators to do the shoot for his bank. job.

“I told each supplier that at the completion of the job I would choose one and buy it,” he noted. “We finished the project in a week, and I was able to make enough profit to put a down payment on an excavator, which was our first piece of equipment.”

The company had two employees at the very beginning. That number has multiplied to 50 over the years.

“We’d grow as a good person would come to me and ask for a job. I would hire them without question and figure out how to keep them busy afterwards,” Hiltz said. “So this company is built around some pretty magnificent people. It’s can move in a day,” Hiltz explained. “We’ve become very proficient at it.” grown because of it.”

The company fleet includes around 125 The Hiltz Excavating team — and a Cat 365CL hydraulic excavator.

Karen Nichols has been with Hiltz since 1988. She started with the family business and moved with Hiltz when he pieces of trucks and iron. As part of its fleet procurement strategy, the fleet is diverse, incorporated. She serves as the office administrator.

Employees also include three sets of fathers and sons, one keeping everyone competitive. Numerous Caterpillar and service they give all the other clients.

“This leads to repeat business, so we don’t typically have father and daughter and one family with five members who Link-Belt pieces are included, and trucks are nearly all to look real hard for invitations to bid, because our customer Mack. are all on the payroll.

According to Hiltz, the company does public and private base has built itself to where we’re pretty busy just trying to “There are five Lyfords that work here,” Hiltz said. “Their father was in the excavation business, and it’s just transcend- competitive bids, and once they are able to get their foot in see HILTZ page 16 ed. We’ve built this company around the sense of family. I the door with a client, they focus on giving them the same worry about every one of them like they’re my own and they reciprocate in like manner. It’s pretty unique.”

Hiltz’s family includes his wife, Tania; daughter, Chelsea, who is married and works as a registered nurse; and son, Colby, who is 15 and shows some interest in the industry.

The company covers all of New Hampshire from border to border and specializes in all facets of commercial excavation. Large earthmoving jobs are a favorite.

“It’s a challenge to strategize as to how much dirt you Some of Hiltz’s equipment on a job in Nashua, N.H.

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Hiltz Keeps Fleet of 125 Pieces Diverse to Stay Competitive

Jeremy Hiltz Excavating Inc. of Ashland, N.H., recently reached the milestone of 20 years in business.

HILTZ from page 14

service them,” he said. “We’ve had a commitment to satisfying our customers from the beginning, and worked many long hours seven days a week for quite some time.”

Hiltz’s second job after incorporating was at New Hampshire College and involved a commercial building.

“That was my first real job, and that job value was around $70,000,” he said. “We’re now doing a multi-million-dollar contract for Southern New Hampshire University, which is the same college; they just changed their name. We’ve been working at that campus for 20 years.”

Downturns in the economy offered an opportunity for the company to grow, since equipment prices were better and real estate opportunities were more predominant. Hiltz noted that they were in a financial situation where they had worked and saved over the years to be able to capitalize and grow.

“We have a very diverse management staff and the talent level here is such that we can look for any project — whether it be road, civil site, or heavy highway — and go after it,” he said. “So we’re able to keep enough backlog to weather a storm.”

In regard to competition, Hiltz noted that they try to “provide a better service and be easier to work with,” focusing on doing the best they can.

Notable jobs over the years have included the Northbound Rest Area on I-93; a 20-acre athletic complex presently under way at the Southern New Hampshire University; and a very large development for the John J. Flatley Company that included more than $9 million in site work which was completed in 11 months.

The company is heavily involved with the community, such as donating to schools and assisting with machines when the Parks and Rec Department needs something.

As to the future of the company, Hiltz is looking forward to continuing to grow. In fact, he reported that he is contemplating the possibility of the company becoming employeeowned so its longevity can perpetuate for years and years beyond his retirement.

Looking to the future of the industry itself, Hiltz noted that he sees technology picking up some of the slack from lack of interest from the millennials.

“The younger folks don’t seem to be coming into our industry; it’s something that we need to focus on and start pushing in the schools” he said. “We need to make kids more aware of what a wonderful career it can be in this industry.

Everyone has the same problem and nobody seems to have an easy solution. We go to trade shows and we try to put our name out there. We advertise on Facebook, but the dynamic

The Hiltz trucks parade down the highway.

The trucks are lined up and ready for a parade.

of the folks that come is not of the ‘I want to be hard working’ type. Our company’s average age is 55. I don’t have the answer; I think it is just awareness. As an industry, we have to make young folks aware that hard work is not a sin — it’s a good lifestyle.”

For more information: www.jeremyhiltzexcavatinginc.com.

(This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.) CEG see HILTZ page 18

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