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“We received some intelligence that we were going after this guy, and he’s here at this location, and this is what we’re doing. We were getting all excited about going after the bad guys. We were conducting a direct action raid in southern Afghanistan in Kandahar and it was like any other night.”

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Groundbreaking for U.S. Army Sgt. Tom Block was on July 10, 2018, “I can still feel the heat from the helicopter at 93 Walnut Hill Road in Derry, N.H. (L-R) are Ashley Hartson and engine,” he recalled. “It was a hot, hot night … Craig Cypret, both of T-Quip; Tom Block; Mike McManamon of Tand it was so humid. We landed in a pocket of Quip; and Alex Karalexis, executive director of Jared Allen’s Homes the mountain, just outside of the city. We got for Wounded Warriors. off the bird and made a hard right turn and I started leading my element to the compound, which was only about 100 meters away.”

Block and his team approached the compound and soon found two individuals — a man and a woman.

“I called out to the man and told him to come to me … I told the woman to stay where she was,” he said. “I have the man in my hands and my gun over his right shoulder. I started to take a back step out of the doorway in which I was standing.”

Then, the woman jumped up.

“She ran toward me and got within eight feet of me and blew herself up. The guy that I was holding vaporized; she vaporized; and I was thrown back 30 feet into a ditch.”

Block was still alive, but had immediately lost his right eye, his left lung had collapsed, multiple burns and shrapnel U.S. Army Sgt. Tom Block’s heroism and sacrifice on see HOME page 16

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Connecticut Projects Proceed Amid Financial Crisis

By Ken Liebeskind CEG CORRESPONDENT

Despite financial difficulties in Connecticut, there are major construction projects ongoing in the state, with billions to be spent over the next decade plus.

The Department of Transportation’s Major Project Updates page currently lists 14 projects, from the $194.1 million West River Bridge Replacement in New Haven and West Haven — which reopened in June and was scheduled for completion in August — to the I-84 Hartford viaduct, which will cost $4.3 to $5.3 billion and will start in 2025 and be completed in 2032.

The state’s budget crisis, a top story in 2017, has impacted financing for construction projects, with about 133 projects costing $1.1 billion projected to be on hold through end of the current budget cycle in 2019, according to James Redeker, DOT commissioner.

The budget crisis impacts individual towns that The $194.1 million West River Bridge in New Haven and West Haven reopened in June. are struggling to finance their construction projects. is on the DOT Major Project Updates page.

Carolyn Mirek, the mayor of South Windsor, said a $470 it maintains some programs, including road paving.

“We spent $15 million last year and plan to double it to Christopher Zukowski, DOT’s project engineer, said that million project to build two elementary schools is under way.

They will be paid for by the sale of bonds, not by the state. $30 million next year and double the amount of miles we’ll project includes widening a 2.7 mi. segment of the highway Bethel Town Comptroller Bob Kozlowski said that the repave,” said Mary Baier, the principal engineer at the state from two lanes to three and eliminates an “S” curve. The project will proceed according to schedule and adhere to the town cannot rely on its $11.9 in reserves to cover cuts in state office of construction.

The reconstruction of I-84 in Waterbury, with a cost of budget. The contractor is I-84 Constructors JV, which funding that is needed to cover construction projects.

While the state has cut back on town construction funding, $350.4 million and a completion date of June 27, 2020 also includes Empire Paving and Yonkers Contracting.

Amar Shamas, president of the Connecticut Building Congress and a senior project executive at the Gilbane Construction Equipment Guide Northeast NEW ENGLAND EDITION Company in Enfield, said school construction projects in the Edition (ISSN 1081-7034) is published bi-weekly by Construction Equipment Guide state are running strong despite state financial woes.

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Contents Copyrighted ©2018, by Advertising e-mail production@cegltd.com Web Editor Emily Buenzle Shamas said the construction climate is not as healthy as Construction Equipment Guide, which is a Registered Trademark, registered in the U.S. it was a few years back.

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On Oct. 1, 2018, nighttime construction operations began on the Spaulding Turnpike in order to allow for the demolition of the old Exit 6 bridge that previously carried U.S. Route 4 over the Spaulding Turnpike in Dover. Lane closures and short-term detours were in place on the Spaulding Turnpike southbound and northbound for this work.

Message Boards, traffic control devices, signage and uniformed officers/flaggers were used to help direct motorists through the work zone.

This night work is part of the Spaulding Turnpike improvement project in Newington and Dover. Severino Trucking Company, Inc. of Candia New Hampshire is the prime contractor for the $67 million project, which is scheduled to be completed in October, 2020.

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The tiltrotator spins, tilts and acts like a steel wrist attached to the end of the excavating stick.

The Steelwrist tiltrotator system gives an excavator the ability to have a full 360-degree rotation of the excavator’s attachments, dramatically increasing the machine and machine operator’s efficiencies.

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Officials Laud Finish of First Municipal Small Bridge Job Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito joined program funds local, multimodal Jonathan Gulliver, highway adminisinfrastructure projects that improve trator, members of the accessibility for bicyclists, pedestriMassachusetts Legislature, municians, public transit users and people pal officials and local leaders to celusing other forms of transportation. ebrate the completion of the project An additional $900 million has been to rehabilitate the bridge that carries authorized through the Chapter 90 Main Street over the Parker River in Program which funds municipal Newbury, which is the first project road and bridge repairs. completed through the Baker-Polito “The partnership between state Administration’s Municipal Small government and the town made this Bridge Program. project happen, rehabilitating a Created by the Administration in bridge that needed repair by provid2016, the Municipal Small Bridge ing the funds that might otherwise Program provides funding to cities not be within reach in a municipal and towns to aid in the replacement budget,” said Senator Bruce Tarr. or preservation of municipally“I would just like to express my owned bridges between 10 and 20 ft. gratitude for the Baker-Polito which are not eligible for federal aid, Administration’s commitment to our and are at high risk for full or partial Officials celebrate the completion of the project to rehabilitate the bridge that carries Main Street community,” said Newbury Town closure. The town of Newbury over the Parker River in Newbury.

Administrator Tracy Blais. “The received $360,000 for its bridge Municipal Small Bridge Program rehabilitation project through the first round Lieutenant Governor Polito’s focus on many other similar projects completed grant of $360,000 and MassDOT’s guidance of the Municipal Small Bridge Program in investing in our transportation network and throughout Massachusetts,” said Gulliver. throughout the project were instrumental to helping our communities improve their own “These types of bridges may be small but its successful completion; under budget and 2017. said Transportation they are important because they allow first ahead of schedule. We were pleased to be “Our administration created the infrastructure,” Municipal Small Bridge Program to partner Secretary and CEO Stephanie Pollack. “This responders, families, workers and residents the first project completed under this initiawith cities and towns on improving local bridge rehabilitation project will ensure that to reach the places they need to go without tive and look forward to partnering with the infrastructure and providing more reliable people can continue to travel along this road- having to be detoured along alternative administration in the future.” transportation,” said Gov. Charlie Baker. way without utilizing a lengthy detour route, routes.”

For more information, visit The Administration has also awarded a mass.gov/municipal-small-bridge-program.

“Through grant programs like Municipal and we thank everyone who has helped total of approximately $30 million in conSmall Bridges, we work with cities and make this project a success.”

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“We are pleased to celebrate the successful completion of the first Municipal Small Bridge Program project in Newbury,” said Polito. “Our administration is committed to partnering with cities and towns to help upgrade transportation infrastructure and increase connectivity between communities, and we thank everyone who has been involved in carrying out this bridge rehabilitation project.”

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North South Construction Preps Site for War Hero’s Home HOME from page 1

wounds up and down the left side of his body, and a broken right foot.

“Immediately, I tried to clean myself up, but I stopped moving because what they do is blow you up and then hit you up with machine gun fire, and if anybody had any cover, I didn’t want them breaking cover and coming after me … I figured I was dead anyway.”

After about a minute or so, he figured, alright, he’s not getting shot at, so he called out … a couple of times.

“And I hear the little pitter-patter of feet coming around and I look up and see a red-lensed flashlight and I heard, “oh, fuck. You’re gonna’ be alright, man … you’re gonna’ be alright.”

“A fellow ranger buddy picked me up by the shoulder straps, and I grabbed onto him by the arms and he dragged me backwards with me trying to back-pedal and we got out of there as fast as we could … we were going to get out of there together.”

His fellow ranger started to do field triage on him. Within 10 minutes of blast going off, a med-evac was coming his way and they picked him up and got him out of there.

“I got to Kandahar airfield; I saw the flight line; I saw the medical facility; and I woke up in Bethesda, Md., in Walter Reed Army Medical Center.”

Block endured a long, difficult recovery and rehabilitation process, but ultimately defied his physicians’ expectations and is doing well today. His heroism and sacrifice on Oct. 6, 2013, earned him the Army Times’ distinction of Soldier of the Year in 2014.

Today, Block is married and a father of a one-year-old son, works for British Aerospace Engineering, a government contractor that manufacturers military weaponry and technology and will soon be living in a new house in Derry, N.H., due to Jared Allen’s Homes for Wounded Warriors, Ranger’s Lead The Way Fund and other generous supporting partners.

Groundbreaking was on July 10, 2018, near 93 Walnut Hill Road in Derry, N.H. Block is humbled and grateful for what is being done for him and his family.

“If it wasn’t for the Lead the Way Fund, which is a rangeroriented non-profit, and their partnership with Jared Allen’s Homes for Wounded Warriors, I wouldn’t be with Jared Allen,” he said. “They’ve been there since the start when I woke up in Walter Reed.”

It started with a simple phone call from Jared Allen to Block, to see if he would be interested in having a home built for him to honor his service to the United States. He was.

“The cool thing about Jared Allen’s Homes for Wounded Warriors is that they build totally customizable homes,” Block said. “It’s completely on you to design your own home within the specified guidelines. It’s great because there are a lot of other organizations that are like, ‘hey, we want to build you a home, but it has to be what we want.’”

Block said he has some difficulty in his current home in Woburn, Mass.

“I fall down the stairs all the time because of the house I live in now … it’s too short, too narrow,” he said. “I run into narrow doorways. I’m a large guy and I like to lift weights.

I have a hard time fitting into the house I live in right now.

This new house will have wide hallways with a very open layout and no stairs. There’s very little that’ll be in my way where I could get injured. I still have a steel plate in my foot.”

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U.S. Army Sgt. Tom Block will soon be living in a new house in Nashua, N.H., thanks to Jared Allen’s Homes for Wounded Warriors and generous supporting partners.

performing the site prep work for Block’s new home, which is scheduled for completion later in 2018. The contractor reached out to T-Quip Sales & Rentals of Londonderry, N.H., to see if the equipment dealer was interested in helping. Craig Cypret, general manager, and Mike McManamon, sale representative in the territory, had recently done some business with North South Construction. Cypret jumped at the opportunity.

“Of course, there was no question that we wanted to get involved,” said Cypret. “We were 100-percent on board with that.”

About two weeks later, T-Quip had donated a Caterpillar 336 with a thumb, a 324 excavator, a Cat D4 dozer and later, a Komatsu PC160 — all to be used for landclearing, stump-

ing, digging the foundation and for septic, and for keeping the work on grade. The equipment was onsite for approximately three months.

“A lot of the people, including me, at T-Quip have and have had people in their families who have served in the military,” Cypret said. “Being able to support veterans, especially a veteran of this caliber who was in battle and sacrificed a lot … to be able to help him out, to me, I don’t know how else you can give back to a man who almost lost his life serving our country than to be there for him like this.”

Cypret’s involvement with this project has also led to a burgeoning friendship with Block. see HOME page 20

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This utility work will require temporary short-term travel impacts including overnight off-peak lane closures, and will be conducted in ways that seek to minimize the impact on commuters and the local community. The major construction efforts for this project are scheduled to begin in spring 2019.

Given the importance of this bridge structure for Charlestown, the North End and the entire region, MassDOT, the city of Boston and the contractor also are exploring ways to reduce the overall impact of the construction process. As options are developed and analyzed, MassDOT will host a series of public meetings to discuss construction plans. Details of these public meetings will be provided as they are finalized.

“We are committed to ensuring that construction work on the North Washington Street Bridge is carried out in ways that accommodate residents and commuters throughout this local neighborhood,” said Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver.

“This bridge is an important connection in the heart of Boston and we appreciate the support and input we have received from local leaders and key stakeholders throughout the design and planning process.”

In spring 2019, MassDOT will begin the significant construction operations for this bridge replacement project. At this time, and throughout most of the project, it is expected that motorists will have access to two travel lanes in the inbound direction towards Boston’s North End neighborhood, and one outbound lane towards Charlestown, and pedestrian and cyclist access will be maintained. This currently excludes periods when there will be one lane in each direction, to allow the crews to

demolish a portion of the main truss span and replace it with a temporary span.

“The North Washington Street Bridge connects two of the most historic neighborhoods in the city of Boston — the North End and Charlestown — and we look forward to working with our local, state and federal partners to build a replacement bridge that offers an enhanced experience for users and preserves the spirit of the neighborhoods,” said Chris Osgood, city of Boston chief of streets. “These improvements to the bridge will provide residents a high-quality and safe bridge that will serve the city of Boston for years to come.”

The bridge is a critical link in the MBTA bus network, providing passage for several Haymarket destined bus routes from the north including the 92, 93,111 and 426.

MassDOT and the MBTA have been in close coordination and every effort is being made to minimize the travel time delays for these routes. MassDOT also has resequenced other projects including work to repair the Tobin Bridge to better accommodate public transit customers.

Construction is currently expected to be completed in 2023, and the full scope of work includes replacing the existing structurally deficient bridge, providing multimodal amenities including widened sidewalks, separated bicycle lanes, and bus rapid transit lanes, increasing intersection safety and capability and improving the navigation channel.

This project is being carried out to improve the functionality of the bridge and ensure reliable travel throughout this area.

This bridge is 118 years old and carries intercity vehicles as well as local MBTA bus, shuttle, and tour bus routes. The bridge is currently safe for travel, but is nearing the end of its usable life cycle.

For more information, visit mass.gov/north-washington-street-bridgereplacement.

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

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War Hero Hopes to Express Gratitude by ‘Paying It Foward’

A little more than five years ago in 2013, U.S. Army Sgt. Tom Block, was on his fourth deployment in three years in Afghanistan as a Ranger with the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. These photos were taken only a couple of days prior to him being severely wounded by an IED explosive while conducting a direct action raid in Afghanistan.

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We’ve been golfing together,” said Block. “I truly enjoy his company and I look forward to growing the friendship even more.”

For Block, the new home is about planting roots and providing for his family the best way he can.

“It gives me an advantage by being mortgage-free and I can be more gracious with my time,” he said. “I can look forward to maybe being able to take an extra day off and help somebody else. My goal with this is try to pay it forward as much as I possibly can.”

Jared Allen’s Homes for Wounded Warriors’ mission is to raise money to build and remodel handicap accessible homes to suit the individual needs of injured United States military veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

The charity was formed in October 2009 by retired Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jared Allen after he returned home from his USO trip to U.S. Military Bases in the Middle East. Allen was moved by the commitment, dedication and sacrifices that U.S. soldiers make every day to protect freedom. As such, he wanted to express his gratitude to every soldier in the only way he knew how — by embracing the conflict and making a positive life-changing difference in the lives of those who need it most. For Block, his association with Jared Allen was special in another way.

Block is a Minnesota native and grew up a Viking fan.

According to Jared Allen’s Homes for Wounded Warriors, Bureau of Labor Statistics data show that one out of every four of the 2.3 million who served in Iraq and Afghanistan have a service-connected disability.

“This is a tremendous opportunity for our organization and for our potential partners to show dedication and compassion to our service men and women, and to really make a direct and tangible difference in soldiers’ lives,” according to a statement on the charity’s website.

“Jared Allen’s Homes for Wounded Warriors welcomes new opportunities to develop partnerships with corporations who share in our commitment to helping serve our wounded military veterans and their families.”

Some supporting partners include: Home Depot, United Rentals, Wells Fargo Advisors, Ranger Lead the Wat, Peak One Builders & Restoration LLC, and many more including local businesses like T-Quip.

Tom Block’s son, Colton, plays in the dirt during the groundbreaking ceremony.

“I want to thank all the people who are donating their time and labor to the cause, not just in New Hampshire but on all the other job sites,” Block said. “Jared Allen’s Home for Wounded Warriors is in the process of building about 19 homes now. The gratitude that I have I hope represents the gratitude of every veteran that has received a home from

them so far and will continue to receive in the future.”

For more information, visit www.homesforwoundedwarriors.com.

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For Block, the new home is about planting roots and providing for his family the best way he can.

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Green Line D Track, Signal Replacement Project Begins The MBTA’s contractor, BarlettaFischbach, is scheduled to begin overnight work on the Green Line D Track and Signal Replacement Project. Work will take place in Brookline on Sunday through Thursday nights through Dec. 28, 2018. Work also will occur on select weekends in November/December in Brookline.

Depending on progress in Brookline, overnight work could begin in Newton (between Newton Highlands and Riverside) in November/December.

The Green Line D Track and Signal Replacement project will replace 25,000 ft. of track and 6.5 mi. of signal infrastructure on the Green Line D branch. This project is an MBTA initiative to bring the Green Line track and signal systems into a state of good repair. New tracks and a signal system centralized at stations with modern electronics will help improve the reliability of Green Line operations between Beaconsfield and Riverside stations. Continuous welded rail will replace jointed rail, resulting in a smoother ride for trains. Construction is scheduled to begin in October and continue through December 2020.

Impacts to Green Line Riders Bus shuttles will replace Green Line D branch service between Brookline Hills and Reservoir until Oct. 18 on Sundays through Thursdays, from 9 p.m. to end of service.

Customers should anticipate adding 15 minutes to their normal trip during this time.

From Oct. 21 to Dec. 28, bus shuttles will replace Green Line D branch service between Kenmore and Reservoir on Sundays through Thursdays, from 9 p.m. to end of service.

This extended diversion is required for both the Green Line D Track and Signal Replacement Project as well as the Fenway Portal Project that is constructing flood control measures at the entrance to the Green Line subway tunnel near Fenway station.

Regular service will run on nights of Red

Sox postseason home games.

Additionally, over at least 15 weekends in 2019 and 2020, shuttle buses will replace train service on portions of the D Branch all day Saturday and Sunday. Those dates will be posted on the project website and shared in emails to everyone on the mailing list.

Visit mbta.com/alerts for the latest service alerts.

Impacts to Residents,Businesses The MBTA’s contractor is scheduled to begin overnight work on Sundays through Thursdays (from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.) in Brookline. The contractor will replace approximately 100 ft. of rail during each overnight shift. The noisiest work will occur after 9 p.m. when the contractor is cutting the rails with a saw or torch, then later overnight when the track is being tamped to the proper elevation. In addition to assembling track panels offsite and accessing the site through the MBTA right-of-way, the contractor can use a variety of techniques to mitigate noise and minimize disruptions to abutters: • Use self-adjusting backup alarms, silencers or mufflers on equipment; • limit truck and equipment idling; • line dumping bins, hoppers and trucks with sound-deadening material; • use noise blanket and shielding where possible; and • response to noise complaints and monthly noise monitoring.

Special track work will be done in larger sections and requires work over weekends.

The MBTA will continue to notify abutters of the work in advance of the contractor reaching each construction area.

The schedule for this infrastructure project is weather dependent and subject to change without notice.

For more information, visit mbta.com/GreenLineD. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)

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