New England 14, July 5, 2023

Manafort Leads Way On $48M I-691 Project in Conn.

The rehabilitation of I-691 in the Meriden, Conn., area, which began in September 2021, is continuing with resurfacing, bridge upgrades and drainage and guiderail replacement.

By Ken Liebeskind CEG CORRESPONDENT

The rehabilitation of I-691 in the Meriden, Conn., area, which began in September 2021, is continuing with resurfacing, bridge upgrades and drainage and guiderail replacement.

Manafort Brothers of Plainville, Conn., is the lead con-

tractor for a project with a budget of $48,865,177 that is planned for completion in August 2023. The project is entirely state funded, according to Josh Morgan, Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) spokesperson. According to CTDOT, the project will be completed in four stages. In 2021, work was completed on the eastbound

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Tyler Equipment Corp. Expands Paving Offerings With Addition of Mauldin Line

Tyler Equipment Corporation, a 100-year-old familyowned construction equipment dealership with locations in East Longmeadow, Mass., and Berlin, Conn., is expanding its products offering and is now representing Mauldin paving products.

“For some time now, we have been looking to broaden the range of paving products that we have to offer our customers, realizing that today’s paving contractor is typically highly diversified and faces a wide variety of project chal-

lenges,” said Larry Drapeau, director of operations. “The Mauldin product offerings allows us to now meet all of those needs, making Tyler Equipment a one-stop paving shop.” Mauldin offers a variety of asphalt distributors ranging in size from 300- to 600-gal. For asphalt pavers, Mauldin offers five models of commercial pavers that can handle every situation from cart path up to a 110-hp model with a 15-1/2-ft. paving width, according to the company.

Tyler Equipment Looks Forward to Bringing Mauldin to Customers

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The Mauldin 415XT Maintainer is a timeproven solid grading product that is ideal for small to mid-sized projects, Drapeau said. It has a 10-ft. moldboard, 3-yard bucket and an 84-in. scarifier.

“We are very excited and confident about our new relationship with Mauldin. A lot of that confidence stems from the reputation of their parent company, Calder Brothers Corporation. Calder Brothers has a stellar reputation for excellence in design and engineering. It gives us the confidence that the products they are bringing to market will not only hold up but excel under the extreme conditions that the paving industry faces.”

Tyler Equipment not only has the right

products to serve the paving industry, it also has the right people to support those products, including Drapeau, who has 40 years of experience in product support and product application representing industry leaders including Ingersoll-Rand, Blaw-Knox and Volvo.

Working with Drapeau is Bob Leach, who works for Tyler as a paving products sales and product support specialist. Leach also has decades of experience working with southern New England contractors identifying products that are best suited to meet their day-to-day challenges and supporting those products minimizing down time and maximizing profitability for his customers.  CEG

Mack Names First Certified E-Vehicle Dealer in New England

Mack Trucks dealer Ballard Truck Center in Tewksbury, Mass., is now a Certified Electric Vehicle (EV) Dealer and is equipped to service and support the Mack LR Electric, Mack’s first fully electric Class 8 refuse truck.

Ballard Truck Center is Mack’s first dealership to be EVcertified in New England.

“Ballard Truck Center is another example of a dealership that is committed to support both diesel-powered and battery-electric vehicles,” said Jonathan Randall, Mack Trucks senior vice president of sales and commercial operations. “Mack and Ballard are committed to helping customers achieve their sustainability goals, and we congratulate Ballard on this milestone.”

Ballard Truck Center, located at 939 East St. A, Tewksbury, offers 11 service bays, one of which is dedicated to servicing electric vehicles. The Tewksbury branch has 11 technicians, four of whom are master techs, and three of whom are EV-certified. The 31,000 sq.-ft. branch has $1.5 million in parts inventory.

Dealers must meet numerous stringent infrastructure, training, safety, charging and tooling requirements to become a Certified EV Dealer. Mack met regularly with Ballard executives to ensure a smooth process and that all standards for EV certification were met.

these customers in the future.”

Launched in March 2022, the next generation Mack LR Electric features a standard 376 kWh total battery capacity, offering 42 percent more energy and increased range between charges. Twin electric motors produce 448 continuous horsepower and 4,051 lb.-ft. of peak torque output from zero RPM.

Four NMC (Nickel Manganese Cobalt Oxide) lithium-ion batteries, charged through a 150 kW, SAE J1772-compliant charging system, power the vehicle and all onboard accessories through 12V, 24V and 600V circuits. The two-stage regenerative braking system helps recapture energy from the hundreds of stops the vehicle makes each day with an increasing load.

Featuring a copper-colored Bulldog on the cab of the vehicle to denote the all-electric powertrain, the Mack LR Electric can be fitted with bodies from various manufacturers to meet the unique needs of each customer. The same driver- and passenger-side configurations and seat and door options are available on the Mack LR Electric as those that are offered in the diesel-powered Mack LR model.

Ballard Truck Center, located at 939 East St. A, Tewksbury, Mass., offers 11 service bays, one of which is dedicated to servicing electric vehicles. The Tewksbury branch has 11 technicians, four of whom are master techs, and three of whom are EV-certified.

“Ballard wanted to be sure that we were ready to accommodate our customers for when they choose to purchase an electric vehicle,” said Robert Picking, head of business development of Ballard Truck Center. “Customers have expressed a lot of interest in electric vehicles, and the Mack LR Electric in particular, and we look forward to supporting

Ballard Truck Center, a fifth-generation family-owned business, was founded in 1906 as a blacksmith shop. Ballard Truck Center has five branches in Massachusetts — Tewksbury, Avon, West Springfield, West Wareham and Worcester. Ballard also has a location in Johnston, R.I.

Ballard Truck Center in Tewksbury is open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and 7 a.m. to noon Saturday. For more information about the Mack LR Electric, visit www.macktrucks.com. 

Unique Draw Footbridge in Maine to Get $2.85M Facelift

The only remaining wooden, double-leaf draw footbridge in the United States will soon be given a makeover with funds from the federal government.

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine announced in March that $2.85 million has been approved for the revitalization of the 81-year-old Perkins Cove Pedestrian Footbridge in the York County town of Ogunquit, near the southeast tip of the state.

“The pedestrian footbridge at the entrance of Perkins Cove is not only a stunning and beautiful symbol of Ogunquit, but a key connection that provides the only southerly access to the numerous small businesses, restaurants and shops located in and adjacent to the Cove,” the Republican senator noted in a press release. “This funding I strongly advocated for will reconstruct the footbridge as well as the Harbormaster’s Quarters while ensuring that the bridge’s iconic character remains intact.”

Last fall, Ogunquit Town Manager Matthew Buttrick said the prospect of receiving federal funds for the project would be welcome, since the harbor and footbridge are used and enjoyed not only by locals but by visitors from around the world.

“That bridge is part of Ogunquit, and this funding will allow us to ensure that the new bridge is not only as beautiful as this one but also built to last the harsh environment of salt air and storms,” he explained.

The funds to upgrade the bridge are included in the fiscal year 2022 Transportation and Housing Appropriations bill, which Collins co-authored as the ranking member on the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee.

The Portsmouth Herald reported that for years, local leaders have been monitoring the structure closely, while occasionally making small repairs, and that Ogunquit has remained vigilant to potential safety hazards on the bridge and its piers.

The federal funding that Collins helped secure will enable the town to demolish and reconstruct the footbridge, harbormaster building, bait storage facility and take steps to dredge the channel, Buttrick told the Portsmouth Herald.

One Part of Drawbridge Still Raised By Hand

Originally built in 1941 at a cost of $12,979, the footbridge overlooks one of the prettiest harbors on the Maine coast and spans the narrow entrance to the port,

according to Bridgehunter.com, an online source that provides a history on older bridges.

The Perkins Cove Footbridge can provide, with both leaves raised, a clear waterway width of more than 40 ft., while a vertical clearance of 16 ft. at high water allows many of the smaller craft to enter and leave the harbor without raising the bridge at all.

Officially, the operation of the drawbridge is the duty of the harbormaster or his deputy, but if neither is available, Bridgehunter.com noted, any veteran lobsterman or fisherman arriving from a day’s work laden with catch is invited to do the job.

Information found on the website described the drawbridge as a two-part span, either side of which can be raised independently of the other; the smaller of the two “draws” is cranked up and down by hand, although many summer visitors have raised the span for boats entering or leaving the harbor by pushing a button found on the bridge itself.

The design of the current concrete deck girder, double bascule drawbridge is simple: two main piers composed of creosoted wood piling, bolted and bound together with steel cable. Extra independent pilings are placed upstream of the main piers to ward off heavy ice floes, which come down the Josias River toward the Atlantic Ocean.

Other York County Projects to Benefit From Bill

The omnibus funding package, which will pay for the drawbridge’s improvement, passed the U.S. House and Senate and was signed into law by President Biden in February.

The package consists of other funds heading to Maine’s southern York County, including $700,000 for engineering an 11mi. off-road extension of the Eastern Trail from Kennebunk to North Berwick; $325,000 for a new community resource center in Sanford; and $850,000 to support the construction of an emergency operations center in the county. 

“That bridge is part of Ogunquit.”

Matthew Buttrick Ogunquit Town Manager

New $11B Bill in Mass. Includes Money for East-West Rail

The Massachusetts House of Representatives took a major step June 23 toward injecting billions of dollars into work on the state’s transportation and environmental infrastructure — including $250 million toward a possible eastwest rail extension.

The House voted 155-0 in favor of a nearly $11 billion infrastructure bond bill after approving a mega-amendment that tacked on about $560 million in additional spending, mostly consisting of local earmarks, as well as new reporting requirements for the beleaguered Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) amid a federal investigation.

Hundreds of millions of dollars from the bill are to be used for fixing glaring safety issues at the MBTA, the State House News Service (SHNS) in Boston reported.

Transportation Committee Co-chair Rep. William Straus called the legislation “this session’s signature transportation bond bill.”

Funds to Build Worcester to Pittsfield Rail Line

Before sending it to the floor for June 23’s debate, House leaders bulked up the bill with $250 million to be used as a down payment toward a western Massachusetts rail extension and $400 million that the MBTA would use to correct harrowing safety problems identified in an ongoing federal investigation.

The bill allocates $250 million toward the long-sought east-west rail project, which the bill said, “shall include Pittsfield to Boston service via Springfield, Palmer and Worcester.”

The down payment would be for “transportation planning, design, permitting and engineering, public hearings and engagement, acquisition of interests in land, vehicle procurement, construction, construction of stations and right-of-way acquisition,” the House Ways and Means Committee said prior to the vote.

Leaders earlier called for more deliberation about the “oversight structure, capital and operational funding” of the project after Gov. Charlie Baker and members of the state’s congressional delegation said they had agreed to a “path forward” for the proposal.

But SHNS noted that it stops short of fulfilling U.S. Rep. Richard Neal’s call for the Legislature to create a new public agency to oversee rail service in Western Massachusetts. Instead, it proposes creating a new commission to examine whether an existing entity could build and operate the rail expansion.

A Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) study in 2020 forecast that extending passenger rail from its current endpoint in Worcester west to Palmer, Springfield, Chester and Pittsfield would cost between $2.4 billion and $4.6 billion while attracting hundreds of thousands of riders per year.

Senate Likely to Overcome Any Objections to Pass Bill

The infrastructure bond bill now heads to the Senate, where top Democrats have not signaled if they support setting aside a pool of money for the MBTA’s safety response.

A spokesperson for Senate President Karen Spilka did not directly answer a question from SHNS about whether she supports the additional MBTA dollars, saying only that the Spilka “looks forward to reviewing the bond bill in its entirety.”

Spilka’s spokesperson took note of a joint statement from the senator and House Speaker Ronald Mariano on June 21 in which the duo announced they would seek an MBTA oversight hearing but stopped short of taking a position on funding to respond to Federal Transit Administration (FTA) findings.

Their statement did make clear that both leaders “expect to increase the amount of available funding” for east-west rail, according to SHNS.

Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr, one of the chamber’s three Republicans, said he believes the MBTA, known colloquially as “the T” requires added funding.

“The T has needed additional infusions of resources for quite some time, and the Baker-Polito administration has been making some of those infusions together with the Legislature,” Tarr told SHNS. “It seems to me that we have some serious safety issues that need to be addressed at the T. Part of the consideration here needs to be how will the additional resources be used to improve safety as opposed to just expanding the system?

“That’s particularly my concern with the western expansion,” he added. “I think there is good reason to proceed with that, cautiously, but first and foremost we need to think about how we improve the safety of the MBTA.

“We need to think about resources that need to go to that, but we also need to think about the continuing levels of subsidy for the operation. Years ago, we had agreed to forward funding in trying to make the T self-sufficient. Given what’s happened with the pandemic, that simply is not possible, and

we’re still in a period of recovery, in my opinion, but we need to think about how those dollars are used.”

New Monies to Energize Other Bay State Projects

SHNS reported that the new infrastructure bill would steer about $2.8 billion toward the federal highway system in Massachusetts and another $1.35 billion to non-federally aided roads and bridges in the state.

It also calls for more than $1.3 billion to support MBTA capital improvements such as electrifying commuter rail trains and replacing the Green Line fleet, $200 million to promote or support electric vehicle rollout, nearly $65 million for regional transit networks and authorities, and several other spending provisions.

Baker kicked off debate by filing a $9.7 billion bond bill in March that he and his deputies said would maximize the impact of federal dollars flowing to Massachusetts under a new infrastructure law and position the Bay State to compete for more grant funding.

President Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure law made billions of dollars available to states in competitive grants, but to get in the running, the Massachusetts Legislature needs to approve all its spending upfront before the federal government reimburses.

About $3.5 billion of the original pot Baker proposed would put state dollars on the table toward grants, according to SHNS. 

Photo courtesy of Mass Transit

The bill allocates $250 million toward the long-sought east-west rail project, which the bill said, “shall include Pittsfield to Boston service via Springfield, Palmer and Worcester.”

Rhode Island Officials Break Ground On $196M State Route 146 Project

Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee was joined by U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse on June 3 to officially begin the expansive $196 million reconstruction of Rhode Island Route 146.

The groundbreaking ceremony, just off Route 146 in North Smithfield, also included Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) Director Peter Alviti and other state and local leaders. The event was meant to represent the kickoff of Rhode Island’s 2022 construction season.

A press release from the state government noted that the multi-million-dollar highway project is designed to create much needed improvements to the Route 146 corridor, with the goal of making it safer and reducing congestion while also reducing vehicle emissions.

In 2020, Rhode Island’s congressional delegation secured a $65 million federal grant from the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) program — the largest the state ever received — to allow RIDOT to properly address all Route 146 concerns within a single project.

The upgrades will replace or repair five bridges, repave 8 mi. of roadway, and build a flyover bridge to carry Route 146 over Sayles Hill Road, thereby eliminating the traffic signal at Sayles Hill Road, the only one on the entirety of the highway. This intersection averages more than 85 crashes per year, according to the transportation agency, and is a source of significant congestion and travel delay.

A breakdown of the work to occur on Route 146 includes:

• Replacing one bridge along the corridor and implementing preservation or rehabilitation work on four others.

• Building frontage roads for easy and safe access to businesses at the Sayles Hill Road interchange.

• Repaving Route 146 from the I-295 interchange north to the Massachusetts state line.

• Adding bus-on-shoulder accommodations along the southern end of Route 146 in North Providence and Providence.

• Extending existing fiber optic lines and intelligent transportation/traffic monitoring systems from the I-295 interchange to the Massachusetts state line.

• Rebuilding the Route 146/Route 146A interchange and removing dangerous U-turns using a diverging diamond interchange.

• Extending the weave length for the Rhode Island Route 99 ramp to Route 146 southbound.

• Improving the geometry of the I-295 southbound offramp to Route 146.

• Building new drainage systems.

• Replacing guardrails and making other safety improvements such as wrong way driving detection systems. More than 171,000 vehicles travel Route 146 between Providence and Worcester, Mass., each day, according to the state.

RIDOT noted that the project will be done in spring 2026.

Busy Year Ahead for Rhode Island Road Builders

The Route 146 project is one of 60 efforts RIDOT will work on in 2022, valued at $1.8 billion. Fueled by an infusion of funds from the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, RIDOT has accelerated approximately 100 projects in its 10-year-plan. These projects include bridge rehabilitation,

resurfacing, traffic safety projects, stormwater and bike/pedestrian improvements.

For the next five years, RIDOT will focus its efforts on paving. It has committed $92 million to paving projects this year and $422 million over the following four years.

In fact, one of the first tasks to be done on the Route 146 project will be to repave badly deteriorated sections of the highway this summer.

“Thanks to the Biden administration and our congressional delegation we are kicking off construction season with an infusion of federal funds that will go towards fixing our roads and bridges and creating good paying union jobs,” McKee said at the groundbreaking. “As construction kicks off across our state, I ask motorists to be on the lookout for construction zones and to drive carefully when around them.”

In his remarks at the ceremony, RIDOT Director Alviti said, “We’ll take the same aggressive approach we utilized in the RhodeWorks program to fix our structurally deficient bridges and bring our long-neglected roadways into a state of good repair.”

In addition to the Route 146 Project, other major projects under construction in Rhode Island this year include:

• The $410 million Route 6/10 Interchange Project.

• The $265 million I-95 Viaduct Northbound project in Providence.

• The $164.5 million Route 37 Bridges projects.

• The $84.9 million Pell Bridge Ramps projects.

• The $84.4 million Henderson Bridge Project.

• The $78 million Washington Bridge Project.

“Not only will [the Route 146] project relieve congestion, but it will be a relief for drivers who will no longer have to navigate gaping potholes on their daily commute,” said Reed, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD).

“For years, [the highway] has been one of the most problematic stretches of road in the state. After decades of patches, it is in dire need of repair. I’m proud to help deliver federal funding to fix this heavily used roadway and modernize it to improve safety, better integrate public transportation and technology, and boost local businesses.”

From his position in the U.S. Senate, Whitehouse authored the INFRA program in 2015 to help meet Rhode Island’s need for large-scale infrastructure investments.

“I created the INFRA program to accomplish major oncein-a-generation infrastructure projects that states typically don’t have the resources to do on their own,” he said in the Rhode Island Government press statement. “I’m thrilled that RIDOT won its largest federal grant ever from my program, and that the funding will support job-creating upgrades to Route 146, including the elimination of the dangerous Sayles Hill bottleneck. Driving Route 146 will soon be a whole lot more pleasant and efficient.”

The Route 146 Project is made possible by RhodeWorks, RIDOT’s ongoing commitment to repair structurally deficient bridges and bring the Rhode Island’s transportation infrastructure into a state of good repair, promote economic development, and create jobs.

Now in its seventh year, RhodeWorks program has overseen 237 projects that include work on 359 bridges. In total, RIDOT has completed 196 projects, valued at $3.1 billion. 

Connecticut… Parking Garage at New Train Station Set for Fall Finish

One week, there was little to see of the pending parking garage near the Stamford Transportation Center in southwestern Connecticut.

The next, the shell of a building jutted into the skyline. That is all on purpose, according to officials with the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT).

Contractors working at the site are on track to complete the second stage of the 928-space parking garage by September to serve one of the state’s busiest train stations, Josh Morgan, a spokesperson with CTDOT, told the Stamford Advocate.

Every day, elements are “being brought in and dropped in place, sort of like building a puzzle,” he said.

City and state leaders broke ground on the $81.7 million car park in October 2021 to much fanfare. The building is meant to replace a crumbling garage on Station Place, directly across the street.

CTDOT and Stamford both characterize the new garage as part of a plan to reorganize an area near the station plagued by broader transportation problems.

With Pre-Cast Concrete Slabs, Work Moving Quickly

The state agency kicked off a master planning process earlier this year for the Stamford Transportation Center, which included floating options for a dedicated rideshare area and pedestrian improvements, the Advocate reported June 15. Morgan explained that the first year of the project involved a lot of work out of the public eye, like drainage improvements and foundation work. At the same time, “hundreds and hundreds” of necessary pre-cast concrete slabs were created off-site, he said.

When the preliminary work on South State Street was finished, the concrete slabs were moved on-site, and construction could start.

And fast.

The use of prefabricated elements, such as pre-cast construction, tend to speed up a project’s building time by cutting down common roadblocks like inclement weather delays, Morgan said.

“So, if you drive by today and then again this time ... next week, it’s probably [going to] look a little bit different,” he added. “After a year of not much happening, everything is [now] happening all at once.”

The prefabrication products are not the only reason the structure will be built by September.

According to Morgan, the agreement with the parking garage’s contractors stipulates that construction “has to be done in about five months’ time” and that this piece of the work began in May.

But once the building is completed, there is still more work to do, he said. From late 2022 until summer 2023 — when CTDOT expects to unveil the garage — contractors will work on the interior finishes.

Then, CTDOT will connect the garage with the Stamford Transportation Center via an enclosed pedestrian bridge. Morgan said the span should be in place “by the end of the year.” 

Sammy Petrowsky Returns With ‘Homecoming Auction’

Sammy Petrowsky founded Petrowsky Auctioneers in 1977. After 40 years of successful operation and a 3.5year hiatus while he worked for a national auction house that acquired his company, Petrowsky has returned to the northeast equipment auction market with Sammy P Auction Services.

His new company proudly called its first sale the “Homecoming Auction,” which was held June 24 in Canterbury, Conn.

The June 24 homecoming auction featured a nice lineup of earthmoving equipment, trucks, aggregate equipment and miscellaneous items. Buyers came from across the country and Proxibid and Equipment Facts provided online bidding.

Petrowsky also is proud to announce that Danny Anderson, a trusted friend and longtime business manager, has joined the team to reinstitute the customer servicefocused brand for which the Petrowsky name is well-known. For more information on Sammy P Auction Services and its future events, visit www.sammyp.com.

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(All photographs in this article are Copyright 2022 Construction Equipment Guide. All Rights Reserved.)

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A nice Genie lift fresh out of a rental fleet gets put through its paces.

Sammy Petrowsky returns to the auction industry with his own Sammy P Auction Services.

Checking out the engine compartment of a Cat 345DL is Bill Johnson (L) of Wyalusing, Pa., and Shane Fissler of Johnson Quarries in Laraysville, Pa.

Mike Connor (L) of ABC Automotive in Willimantic, Conn., and Howard Hagget of Plainfield, Conn., exchange a couple of tall tales as they wait for the sale to begin.

Douglas Deptula (L) and Ron Ethridge of Columbia, Conn., check out the great lineup of used excavators.

Danny Anderson reviews the terms and conditions of the sale.

Longtime, Familiar Auctioneer Returns to New England

Good used excavators are hard to find in today’s market. Sammy P Auction Services offered a nice lineup during its homecoming sale.

This meticulously maintained 1963 Mack truck model B81 dump came from Rosciti Construction.

One of the big boys, a Cat D89, was among several good crawlers featured in the sale.

Compact excavators and loaders were looking for — and finding — new homes.

A Wacker Neuson double drum asphalt roller, ideal for a residential paving contractor, gets a test run before it goes on the block.

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Prior to the sale, Sammy Petrowsky thanked a long list of individuals and companies that have been there to support his past and current endeavors over the years.

Crews to Complete Rehabilitation of I-691 in Four Stages

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portion of the highway (Stage 1 and 2) with work this year focusing on completion of the eastbound and westbound sections (Stages 3 and 4).

“All stages have had the existing roadway overlay removed,” CTDOT reported. “Concrete repairs have been completed on the eastbound section and are under way on the westbound section. The concrete patches currently visible are areas the contractor has removed and replaced the failing concrete substructure. Once the sub-slab concrete repair and drainage work are completed, the contractor will pave the roadway.”

Currently, crews are repairing pipes, installing light pole bases on the westbound section and conducting tree clearing on the eastbound section. Next, they will trench and

backfill the westbound section and install conduit, according to CTDOT.

Justin Gill, Manafort’s program manager, said the company has completed 28,000 linear ft. of drainage pipe cleaning, 7 mi. of pavement coring, 5.5 mi. of milling to remove existing hot wax asphalt and expose the existing core pavement, bridge deck rehabilitation on four of 15 structures, parapet modifications on six of 15 bridges, 8,000 linear ft. of haunch removal and 3,000 linear ft. of drainage pipe installation.

Crews currently are working on concrete pavement repairs, bridge deck rehabilitation, trenching and backfilling for illumination, bridge end block reconstruction and large diameter drainage pipe reconstruction, he added.

When asked if there are any problems with the job, Gill said, “One of the chal-

lenges has been the quantity of concrete pavement repairs was estimated in the contract and in the field, we have experienced a significant increase in concrete repairs necessary to rehabilitate the Portland Cement concrete basis. To mitigate the impact on the schedule we have increased resources by about 30 percent.”

Construction equipment Manafort Brothers is using on the job includes Caterpillar M322D excavators, ProAll Mobile concrete mixers, Freightliner Impact Attenuation trucks and triaxles, a Caterpillar AP1000 asphalt paver, a Caterpillar 64 double-drum roller, a Bomag 284 double-drum roller, a Wirtgen 220 milling machine and EZ Drill Multi-Gang drills.

Subcontractors on the project include Tilcon Connecticut, New Britain, Conn.; The Quaker Corp., Plantsville, Conn.; Santoro Inc., Newington, Conn.; Safety Marking Inc., Bridgeport, Conn.; and ETC Electrical, Southbury, Conn.

“The purpose of the project is to improve travel conditions and increase safety for all users along I691 from Meriden to Southington,” CTDOT reported. “The need for the project includes addressing the poor condition and continued degradation of the roadway, making critical repairs to the bridge infrastructure and completing safety enhancements including improved signage and new guardrails.”

Work will continue into the fall of 2022, but since much of the work is weather and temperature related most of the remaining work will be placed on hold this winter and resume in spring 2023.

Manafort Brothers photo Work will continue into the fall of 2022, but since much of the work is weather and temperature related most of the remaining work will be placed on hold this winter and resume in spring 2023.

Manafort Brothers photo Manafort Brothers of Plainville, Conn., is the lead contractor for a project with a budget of $48,865,177 that is planned for completion in August 2023.

Manafort Brothers photo

Crews currently are working on concrete pavement repairs, bridge deck rehabilitation, trenching and backfilling for illumination, bridge end block reconstruction and large diameter drainage pipe reconstruction.

Manafort Brothers photo

One of the challenges has been the quantity of concrete pavement repairs was estimated in the contract and in the field and crews have experienced a significant increase in concrete repairs necessary to rehabilitate the Portland Cement concrete basis.

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2003 TEREX PEGSON 2644 PREMIERTRAK: Hours: 11,448, Engine: Cat C9, 1 Owner Machine, New Jaw Dies, New Cheek Plates, Jaw Box has been recently rebuilt, New Bearings in Pittman, New Toggle>>>>>>>>>>>>>$225,000

2021 MCCLOSKEY R105: Hours: 809, Serial Number: 77461, Screener with Remote Variable Speed Feeder, Remote Machine Shut off, Safety Beacon Lights, Telematics. CAT Tier 4F 130HP>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Call

NEW MWS CSP200 COMPACT SAND PLANT, Serial Number: 20349, cost and energy efficient, exceptional performance, 14 x 6 dewatering screen, can produce 1 grade of sand, self regulating sump tank>>>>>>>Call

2021 MCCLOSKEY ST80: Hours: 6, Serial Number: 92183, CAT 2.2 Tier 4F 49 HP, Hydraulic Axle Jacks, Hydraulic Axle Extensions, Hydraulic Landing Gear, Hopper Wear Plates, Impact Idlers under Hopper Call

2021 MWS S190: Hours: 165, Serial Number: 91989, Screening Plant with Fitted Rinser Kit with Spray Bars on Screenbox, Aux Drive Circuit, Plain Belt on Main Conveyor>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Call

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