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ADH Contracting Inc. Shares Family Tradition Through Four Generations ends,” he added. “I went to work in July with my backhoe, just to help this outfit doing the For Al Hashem, the Stoughton, Mass., train work was in his blood. His station — putting in the grandfather had done it, new parking lot, drainage, followed by his uncle and curbing along the tracks then his father. What and platforms, and handibecame a way of life for capped accessible ramps them became a way of life — and I ended up being for him, and, a decade or the owner/operator, on a so ago, for his son. rental basis. I went to Hashem, owner/operawork, and I never stopped. tor of ADH Contracting “Six months later, I Inc. on Route 28 in ended up buying my secMiddleboro, Mass., is part of four generations of a ADH Contracting Inc. offers a wide range of excavation ond machine. It was an old family that move the earth services, including installing roads (a complete package International 175 shovel in order for others to build from cutting trees to asphalt), site work and site projects, dozer. Then, I worked on upon it. such as water treatment plants, installing septic systems, rental, doing the site work “I am third-generation excavation for all house lots, spreading loam, and, in the at the water tower in Kingston, Mass.” excavation. My grandfa- wintertime, snow plowing. Starting from his own ther started in the 1930s, my uncle started in the early 1960s. They were just a small backyard in Middleboro, Hashem rented different buildings operation. They did construction,” said Hashem. “My uncle to house his business in the area. He incorporated ADH took over for my grandfather, and then I got in the business, Contracting in 1999. He then built his own new building on then my son, Tim Hashem, got in the business. He was the Route 28 in Middleboro in 2004. It houses a solid fleet of heavy equipment, including four Caterpillar excavators (315 fourth generation.” All of the men in the family named their businesses after to a 330), three Caterpillar bulldozers (D4 to D8), Reed themselves. Al’s grandfather’s first business was called Screen All (90), two loaders (950 and 980), two dump trailArthur W. Casey Contracting. Al’s uncle’s business is David ers, and three 10-wheelers, among others. Beyond its continued subcontracting work, ADH continR. Casey Contracting, which is still around today. ues to rent machines and operators for big and small jobs. Independence Day Now Fourth Generation “I started out with an old 4500 Ford backhoe, a six-wheelAll this began with one backhoe at the Stoughton Train er dump truck and a tag trailer,” said Hashem. “I worked out Station. of my backyard for a couple of years. I started out small.” “I was doing a lot of rental work [contractors rent him and The Fourth of July weekend in 1987 gave Hashem his own kind of independence. When he went to help some con- the backhoe]. Big general contractor called me and said, ‘I tractors working on a job, he didn’t know it would begin a need a backhoe on the job.’ They kept calling.” From that first train station job, Hashem started doing site career as owner/operator of his own business, now in its 24th work around various water towers, water treatment plants, year. “I went into it with my uncle, worked with him for a cou- water lines, and building foundations all over the South ple of years. My uncle and I were going in two separate Shore of Massachusetts and Cape Cod, as far north as directions, so I branched out on my own in 1987. I decided Westboro. Among ADH’s projects have been the excavation to go back to being a mechanic, backhoe operator, dump and site work for the large water towers in Dartmouth, truck operator, with my trailer, doing side work on weeksee ADH page 4
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