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Marine Terminal to Expand, Handle Larger Wind Turbine Parts To cement Massachusetts’ position in the offshore wind industry, the state is expanding its first — as well as the country’s first — marshaling site at the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal to handle bigger and heavier turbine components as several staging sites come online along the Atlantic Coast.

“This expansion is needed to maintain and increase Massachusetts’ competitiveness in the emerging offshore wind industry by providing facilities that will support the anticipated increased demand for port facilities that can deploy the larger, heavier turbine parts,” the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) said in a recent news statement.

The quasi-state agency in charge of operating the terminal noted that the expansion was informed by input from offshore wind developers, turbine manufacturers, and installation companies to meet the “evolving needs” of the industry.

The New Bedford Light reported Aug. 14 that MassCEC has committed $45 million to the project with an anticipated completion date of December 2026.

The agency also plans to apply for federal grants and pursue funding from other private sources.

In June, the Light reported MassCEC reached three deals totaling $10 million to acquire abutting real estate formerly owned by major seafood companies.

Prior to that, the New Bedford news source had looked into the terminal’s future after MassCEC announced plans to use the state’s second marshaling terminal in Salem to stage components, which broke ground the week of Aug. 12.

Since the New Bedford terminal’s design and construction almost 10 years ago, a lot has changed in the wind industry: bigger specialty ports are up and running or are due to finish construction by 2026, and turbines have grown substantially in size.

Several months ago, MassCEC did not answer several questions from the Light on the terminal’s future — such as whether the facility currently has the capacity to handle larger turbine components — but has now acknowledged the site’s limitations.

“With the increasing size of both turbine components … the available area for component storage and turbine pre-assembly is a constraining factor for the [New Bedford] terminal,” according to a project page on the MassCEC website. “A portion of the terminal’s existing bulkhead/quayside area is not optimized, as one parcel is severely limited

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The projected growth, and a possible size cap, for future turbines, which now reach skyscraper heights, remains a debated subject within the offshore wind industry.

A MassCEC spokesperson did tell a reporter from the Light on Aug. 14 that the terminal — in its current state — has the capacity to handle 13- to 15-megawatt turbines. The facility’s Vineyard Wind project uses 13 MW turbines, which is comparable to the capacity of other staging facilities available or under development.

Following the expansion work, the New Bedford terminal also will be able to support similar levels of inbound and outbound vessel movement as the other East Coast staging facilities, the state agency noted.

MassCEC CEO Emily Reichert said the expansion will “position the site as a longterm clean energy asset.”

Terminal Expansion Will Create Marshalling Site The expansion project at the New Bedford marine terminal will occur in four phases, the Light reported, and is set to include demolition, soil remediation, bulkhead redevelopment and extension, and construction of new office and warehouse space for developer tenants.

MassCEC’s existing lease with Vineyard Wind runs until Dec. 31, with the option to extend it another 90 days.

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Vineyard Wind’s work at the site continues, and demolition of existing buildings could get underway later this year.

Per a MassCEC spokesperson, the “majority of the facility” will remain available for Vineyard Wind or other tenants, including the terminal’s approximately 20acre heavy-lift laydown and docking area.

When construction is completed, the available heavy-lift storage area will have been enlarged to a total of 26 acres, and increase the total heavy-lift quayside to 1,200 ft.

“The Port of New Bedford has long been a maritime leader in America, and the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal is now playing a pivotal role in launching America’s next major maritime industry: offshore wind energy,” Mayor Jon Mitchell said in a statement. “The support of the Healey-Driscoll Administration solidifies New Bedford’s enduring leadership and positions it well to attract follow-on investment.”

SouthCoast Wind Plans to Take Control in Five Years When asked if MassCEC has a developer in line to lease the terminal once Vineyard Wind does vacate, an agency representative told the New Bedford news outlet earlier this year that the focus in 2025 will be on the improvement and expansion project, noting that the work will not prevent use by an offshore wind developer or other potential tenants.

Though the facility is purpose-built for offshore wind, for years it found other work with cargo and shipping as early projects awaited requisite federal and state approvals.

SouthCoast Wind signed a lease with MassCEC in April, and a spokesperson for the developer previously told the Light that the company plans to take control of the terminal in 2029.

That company also plans to utilize larger turbines than those used for Vineyard Wind, which is installing blades the length of a football field.

SouthCoast Wind has so far invested $15 million in the New Bedford terminal, which Michael Brown, the CEO of Ocean Winds North America, SouthCoast Wind’s parent firm, said “demonstrates our commitment to the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal for component [marshaling], and, more importantly, the resulting economic benefits that will come to the region from our project.”

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Mather Corporation Leads in Heavy/Civil Construction MATHER from page 1

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Woody Mather (L), vice president, and Todd Mather, president, both of Mather Corporation.

variety of projects comprise the job history of the past couple of years. Several sizeable utility projects involving the instalgeneration took five years, during which the company per- lation of steam lines in sensitive environments, sitework of formed many sizeable earth projects, in excess of 100,000 all scale, and roadwork. cu. yds. This was a busy time in Connecticut and the private Mather Corporation has been involved in some of the sector needed warehousing, shopping malls, and manufac- most technical projects in the Hartford area where conditions turing facilities. dictate working in a confined city environment. Specifically, Today, the company is a leader in the heavy/civil construc- the State Office Building Garage project included deep excation market in southern New England, tackling some of the vation in rock and hazardous material excavation. The conmost challenging projects in the region. Mather ditions also required a variety of different shoring methods Corporation’s experienced manpower, modern equipment be utilized. The ever-changing conditions challenged all fleet and depth of experience within the project management involved and Mather performed flawlessly. and estimating department have contributed to Mather Mass excavation projects have become an important segCorporation maintaining its position as a market leader. A ment of the company’s portfolio. With the construction of warehouses and sizable institutional buildings, Mather Corporation was able to gain significant market share through creativity, hard work, and professionalism.

Today, the fourth generation of Mather Corporation is led by brothers Todd and Woody Mather, who took the reins of the company in 2000. The day-to-day operations are led by Todd and Woody along with a well-seasoned management team, most of whom have more than 20 years of experience.

Todd Mather, president, works closely with and oversees the accounting, estimating and project management staff. His ability to administrate and communicate effectively with the staff has reinforced the company’s sound reputation of being CEG photo a strong and consistent organization.

Mather Corporation uses H.O. Penn and Caterpillar equipment for its see MATHER page 12

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Mather Balances Mix of Public, Private Project Work

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Having a long history in estimating and project management, he has a keen eye for identifying projects Mather can be competitive and successful on so it continues to be a topnotch contractor in the industry. The company holds many Mather Corp photo certifications to make it a viable candidate for bidding in an Using specialized machines for reaching confined spaces at Trinity College. ever-changing market.

Woody Mather, vice president, focuses myself, my brother Todd and Cory Brulotte, primarily on operations, customer relations, our superintendent. We evaluate what techbusiness development, and purchasing. As nology is available; should we make the the construction market in Connecticut coninvestment; and if we do make the investtinues to change and expand, the need to ment, should we be looking at purchase or grow staff is a daily goal. Woody focuses on rental?” supporting corporate goals by recruiting the When asked about current market condibest in the industry. As he says,” every inditions, Woody said, “The infrastructure bill vidual in this company is a valuable asset that was passed a couple years ago is starting and my role is to help them improve so we to have an impact. It has taken some time for all improve as a team.” the money to trickle down to the authorities Under current leadership, Mather Woody Mather that will actually release the projects and Corporation is able to balance a mixture of spend the money. We have seen a lot of Mather Corporation public work and private work for its clients. towns that have had projects on the books for It can accommodate all aspects of the heavy years now ready to schedule those projects civil market, including schools, roads and as a result of the federal matching funds.” utility infrastructure, all while keeping the Currently, the company is involved in a company agile enough to also compete number of projects, doing a large varion smaller, intricate projects for its ety of work, including Trinity College, clients. The majority of the company’s where it has been working continuouswork is in Connecticut, but under the ly on expansion and improvement projright circumstances it will tackle projects. The college has been a Mather ects in western Massachusetts and Corporation customer for decades. This Rhode Island. year’s project is the south campus utilLooking toward the future and keepity plant and installing 4,000 ft. of ing with tradition, there is now a fifth underground chilled and hot water generation of Mather family members pipe. that are being introduced to the compaAt Bulkeley High School, Mather ny. has removed 75,000 yds. of material Technology and staying abreast with and is working on a variety of groundit is a responsibility that falls to Woody. up improvements. Structural excava“In the last 10 years, technology has tions, storm water and sanitary grown so fast that it’s difficult for one improvements, and a variety of site finindividual to stay on top of it, which ishes are abundant around the site. A you need to do to make informed decisignificant piece of the exterior sions that will move our company in improvements includes the installation the right direction,” he said. “Currently, of a new synthetic football field, track CEG photo we are using a team approach, typically Mather Corporation is doing concrete and site work at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn. see MATHER page 16

”Every individual in this company is a valuable asset and my role is to help them improve so we all improve as a team.”

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The federal grant, the largest ever awarded to RIDOT, “will remove 15 bridges from the state’s backlog of poor and fair to poor condition bridges along I-95 and Route 10 between Providence and Warwick,” St. Martin said.

Nine of the bridges are structurally deficient with three rated among the top five most traveled structurally deficient bridges in Rhode Island.

“The project will take a major step in addressing the I-95 corridor holistically, to encourage the safe movement of almost 200,000 vehicles and $9.7 billion in freight. About 9,000 trucks and heavy freight vehicles use this corridor, which includes hospitals, businesses and universities, daily,” St. Martin said.

The $779 million project was awarded to the design-build, joint-venture team of Skanska, McCourt and Aetna Bridge.

The first project will replace the bridge on southbound Route 95 over Elmwood Avenue in Providence. Using a rapid bridge construction technique, crews will do half of the project one weekend and the second half the next weekend.

Traffic will be restricted on that portion of I-95 as crews demolish the existing bridge, then lower prefabricated units into place. They’ll close any gaps, pave the deck and reopen to traffic.

RIDOT did a similar bridge replacement less than a mile away in 2023.

“They generally start on a Friday and are usually done by Monday morning,” St. Martin said. “Last fall we did a series of four weekend closures. That worked very well. There’s some traffic congestion on the weekend, but it enabled us to replace the bridge in such a fashion, it did not affect weekday traffic.”

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Elmwood is scheduled for two weekends in November.

The project will see the repair or replacement of 11 bridges, as well as the removal of four bridges, St. Martin said.

“One of the bridges is part of an old right-of-way for our electric company here in Providence. It’s no longer needed or used so it will be filled in. There are three other bridges that won’t be needed because we are redesigning the Route 10 and I-95 interchange.

“As part of the design, Route 10 forms what is called the Huntingdon Viaduct that runs across I-95, train tracks and a local road. That’s going to be reimagined. That removes two bridge onramps. There’s a portion of Route 10 that will be rebuilt as a boulevard. At the end of that road where it reaches Park Avenue [Route 12] there is a bridge there because now it functions as a highway, but with the new design we won’t need that bridge.”

In addition to the $251 million federal grant, RIDOT will fund the project through a combination of other federal formula funds along with state matching funds.

“These bridges were programmed in our 10-year state transportation improvement plan,” St. Martin said. “We chose to apply for this grant to address bridge conditions and also to make a number of other improvements. We’ve bundled a few different projects together that had already been planned into a larger project.”

According to RIDOT the project will: • Reduce the number of bridges rated poor by 7.6 percent; • Reduce the total deck area of bridges rated poor by 17.5 percent; • Remove permit restrictions affecting the majority of all truck freight; • Improve the flow of 45.2 billion tons of truck freight annually; and • Eliminate three of the top five most travelled structurally deficient bridges in the state.  (Photos courtesy of RIDOT.)

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Bulkeley High School in Hartford, Conn., underground utility duct backfill located inside the west wing of the school.

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and natural turf softball fields. Inside the existing school framework, Mather crews trenched more than 7,000 ft. of under slab utilities, utilizing a fleet of small to mid-size excavators and skid steers. The Bulkeley High School project is a $27 million job and will last two years.

Controlling the company’s rate of growth and anticipating market conditions are critical to Mather Corporation.

“We are constantly identifying market sectors that fall within the sweet spot for our company size,” Woody said. “We are certainly not small, but neither are we one of the giant construction firms. The size we are at right now gives us the ability to be flexible and adjust to market conditions. We take pride in our ability to find key employees who typically stay with

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“There are two aspects of our company that are critical to our success, our employees — many of whom have been with us for decades — and our equipment fleet. The primary supplier, almost exclusively, of mid-size and large equipment is H.O. Penn and Caterpillar. For our compact equipment needs and specialized tools we rely on Able Tool and Equipment.

“Derek Bauer and his team at Able Tool and Equipment are a valuable resource to our company. They are flexible enough to take calculated risks and put new niche pieces of equipment out there, which sets them apart from their competitors. Our relationship with Derek, president see MATHER page 18

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“The breadth and scope of equipment that we can get from Able Tool and Equipment today is impressive and their knowledge of the industry and equipment is critical to us.

We use Able Tool and Equipment in a wide variety of scenarios that we encounter in the heavy civil market: electric machines when emissions are an issue, specialized tools, compact machines and any type of compaction equipment imaginable.”

Reflecting on the history of the two companies’ relationship, Bauer said, “Over the years I have been impressed with Mather Corporation’s ability to adjust to market conditions. More than once I have seen them rescale the company to adjust to challenging business climates, and yet maintain the level of excellence in their work. When the market returns, they are able to quickly retool and increase the size and scope of their operation. They also have a reputation within the industry for being very easy to work with. As a result, they often find themselves working for or with New England’s largest construction firms. Their reputation for honesty, hard work and integrity precedes them wherever they go.”

According to Cory Brulotte, Mather Corporation superintendent, “We often use Able Tool and Equipment’s rental fleet to determine if a piece of equipment is something that we should look at to be added to our fleet. Currently, we are using site dump carriers provided by Able Tool and Equipment at the Trinity College site. This is our first year using this type of equipment, but with the confined space projects that we work in, we are finding them very useful. We are currently working on a site at Trinity College that is so confined that wheel loaders and dump trucks cannot access the area.

We can move up to four yards of material into a tight spot and when the operator has

Woody Mather Mather Corporation

unloaded instead of backing out, which can be dangerous, the operator can swivel the seat in the other direction and drive out of the site.

“We utilize Able Tool and Equipment when we are looking to purchase or rent compact excavating machines. There has been a trend in our industry toward using compact wheeled excavators. We purchased a Wacker Neuson EW65 after doing extensive research. Using these wheeled machines, we can work in areas where we have as little as nine feet of operating space.

“With the zero-tail swing and tremendous reach, our Wacker excavators never seem to come off the job. We have found a lot of practical applications for the machine and thus far it has been bullet proof. We’ve had no issues with it at all. With the Wacker wheeled excavators and tracked excavators that we have purchased, the lifting capacity has been impressive. Things like granite curbing and catch basins are extremely heavy and the Wacker machines have been up to the task.”

“We were introduced to Wacker by way of their small compaction equipment, which has always been very reliable for us,” Woody added. “Wacker has experienced massive growth in their product offerings over the last several years. Deciding to make the investment in Wacker excavators was in part due to Derek facilitating the opportunity to dialogue directly with Wacker as needed.

That has given us an increased level of confidence in buying Wacker earthmoving products.

“Sometimes you can get lost in the crowd when you work with large chain rental companies. With Able Tool and Equipment, I can have direct conversations with the owner and know that we are on the same page and are looking out for each other’s best interests. Able Tool and Equipment guides us in making solid decisions.”

For more information, visit www.abletool.net and www.mathercorp.com.  CEG

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