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Barletta Heavy Division Inc. (BHD) is more than onethird through the construction of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s (MassDOT) $137.6 million Needham-Wellesley I-95 Add-A-Lane project in Needham, a suburb of Boston.

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im milestone requiring a portion of the new Kendrick Street Interchange to be open to traffic on September 26, 2016.

The project has been split into five major stages to minimize impacts to the traveling public. Stage 1 included the following: the widening of the northern half of the Kendrick Street Bridge; building the Kendrick Street ramp bridge to I95 northbound; starting construction of the new Highland Street Bridge; initial construction at the interchange of I-95 see NEEdHAM page 8

Gov. Shumlin Signs Transportation Bill, Provides $612M for Vermont Projects Gov. Peter Shumlin signed the FY 2017 Transportation Bill which approves $612,574,418 in infrastructure improvements and maintenance of the state’s highways, bridges, rail lines and airports along with capital and operating support for public transit systems and other programs critical to the safe and efficient movement of people and goods in Vermont. The bill includes new provisions for

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“Once again, the leadership of the Chairs of the Legislature’s Transportation Committees has been essential see BIll page 4

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Bill Allows Investment Toward Ethan Allen Expansion BILL from page 1

to the successful passage of our plan that keeps Vermont moving,” said Shumlin. “Working together we have produced legislation that will support economic growth and improve the safety of the traveling public.”

“While maintaining a quality integrated transportation system is critical to the overall economic health of Vermont and the prosperity of Vermonters, safety remains the overriding concern in everything we do at the Agency of Transportation,” said Transportation Secretary Chris Cole.

“Which is why we are investing over $17 million in highway safety. As the overall quality of our infrastructure improves, so does the safety of the traveling public, but this year’s bill also includes important safety provisions like increased usage of ignition interlocks, better definition of the rules of the road around vulnerable users and an update of the rail trespassing law. There are too many highway deaths in Vermont and we collectively need to work together to reduce that number by focusing on our own driving behavior.”

In 2008, Vermont ranked near the bottom of all states — 45th in the nation — for numbers of structurally deficient bridges. By the end of 2014 Vermont ranked 17th the number of structurally deficient bridges being cut essentially more than in half. The percentage of structurally deficient highway bridges has declined from 16.1 percent in December 2008 to 6.6 percent in December 2015. The percentage of pavement rated in very poor condition declined from a high of 36 percent in 2008 to only 15 percent in 2015, To continue these gains this budget will advance the repair or replacement of more than 140 bridges, perform preventive

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maintenance on more than 25 structures, and repave more than 200 mi. (322 km) of state highways.

This budget funds over $10 million in bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure improvements to promote healthy transportation choices, better connect our downtowns and improve safety. FY2017 will see more than $31 million in public transit investments including the addition of more modern and efficient buses throughout the fleet. Another $8 million will be invested in FY2017 on improvements to the Western Corridor that are critical to completing the work to deliver passenger rail service between Rutland and Burlington.

House Committee on Transportation Chairman Patrick Brennan stated, “This bill continues our balanced approach at maintaining our transportation infrastructure both on the state and municipal systems. I was pleased we were able to increase funding for municipal grant programs both for class two roadways and for sidewalks.”

Senator Dick Mazza remarked, “I’m pleased to continue to see the significant level of investment in our state highways and bridges, the backbone of our state transportation system. We have made great progress over the last six years in improving the condition of our transportation system and I’m happy to see this bill maintain that level of funding.”

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• $111.1 million for paving: This paving budget demon-

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strates Vermont’s continued commitment to improve the condition of the state’s highway network. A robust paving program is essential to maintaining the state’s existing infrastructure, and supporting Vermonters’ safety and mobility.

This funding will improve over 200 mi. of state highway through traditional resurfacing, district leveling and preventive maintenance treatments. These investments will continue the record of improvements to pavement conditions.

• $105.1 million for bridges: This is an $11.1 million decrease (10 percent) from FY2016, and is the seventh consecutive year that planned bridge spending has topped $100 million. The decrease is attributed to reduced levels of available federal funds, and the completion of Irene-related bridge projects.

• $31.1 million for roadway: The roadway budget includes approximately $5.5 million in construction funds for continued Irene repair work, consisting of improvements to several corridors that were impacted by Irene and the repair of multiple, individual storm damaged sites. The remainder of the funding for the program is primarily infrastructure related for such projects as roadway reconstruction, culvert replacement and slope/ledge repair/removal.

• $17.4 million for highway safety and traffic operations: Highway safety activities for this program are identified through the Highway Safety Improvement Program and the Strategic Highway Safety Plan.

• $2.6 million for park-and-ride facilities: This year’s budget proposal includes funds for scoping two park-andride facilities. It also includes construction funds for five park-and-ride facilities. Of these, one is a new facility and four are being enlarged and upgraded. It also includes continued funding of $250,000 for the municipal park-and-ride program.

• $10.1 million for bicycle and pedestrian facilities: The budget funds construction for 35 bicycle and pedestrian projects and four projects funded through the Safe Routes to School program.

• $4.6 million for transportation alternatives: This budget funds enhancement and transportation alternatives projects that previously received grants and are now ready to proceed. It includes work on 45 projects, including construction funding for 26 projects, and advancement of two scoping studies. It also includes a line item for new projects to be awarded.

• $31.2 million for public transit: Existing Public Transit earmarks for vehicle replacement have been fully expended and we now have to use capital funds. Transit expansion highlights include the increased frequencies on successful routes, new inter-city routes and additional service to new state complex in Waterbury. The continued investment in technology should bring advanced information about bus arrivals and departures in real time and some experimental car and bus hailing services in the rural areas.

• $24.8 million for aviation: This budget funds an FAA mandate to finalize the correction of deficient runway safety area at the Rutland Southern Vermont Regional Airport, numerous improvements at the Newport Airport and Middlebury Airport. The FY2017 budget will further repair aging infrastructure to include runway and taxiway pavement, hangars, efficiency upgrades, and improve approach airspace.

• $33.4 million for rail: This budget invests $4.1 million of State and Federal funds for track and bridge upgrades on the Western Corridor from Burlington to Rutland, which will see BILL page 22

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Milton CAT Consolidates Warner, Hopkinton Locations

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ilton CAT, the Northeast and upstate New York Caterpillar dealer, consolidated its Warner and Hopkinton, N.H., locations in a new facility, and opened it to the industry for two full days of guided tours, hands-on equipment demos, technology presentations and special sales.

According to Communications Director Dean Swartz, Milton CAT customers range from light and heavy construction, forestry, agricultural, governmental, paving, scrap, demolition and waste to marine, industrial, standby and prime power generation. Swartz said that the Londonderry event attracted nearly 500 visitors, representing close to 300 companies who toured the operation, took a close look at the service bays and enjoyed a good outdoor lunch.

“Every feature at the Londonderry site was designed to make it safe, easy, efficient and pleasant for our customers to do business with us — and for our staff to do their job — so this was a good test,” Swartz said.

“This new location carries a lot of meaning for us, since it was in Southern New Hampshire where Jack Milton and his partner founded the dealership in a dirt floor garage 55 years ago.”

Guided tours took small groups of visitors around the facility, stopping at different locations or “stations” inside the building, including service shops; parts counter, ware-

Set on 30 acres, Milton CAT’s new Londonderry, N.H., facility has 100,000 sq. ft. (9,290 sq m) under roof and employs approximately 100 people serving markets ranging from light and heavy construction, forestry, agricultural, governmental, paving, scrap, demolition and waste to marine, industrial, standby and prime power generation.

house and pickup areas; undercarriage, weld, knockdown and wash bays; tool room and component rebuild and repair shop.

Marketing Events Manager Adrienne Currin explained that visitors were asked to have the name of each station punched on their visitor badge, and when they were ready to leave, were given a Milton CAT hat in return for their card. The entrance lobby, with its displays of CAT merchandise including shirts, bags and toys, also was a popular stop in the tour, and record sales were reported see MILTON page 20

A wide variety of machines, many of which could be operated, drew the interest of the crowd.

The Londonderry location has a service shop dedicated to the compact equipment owned by a large portion of Milton CAT’s customers.

Several hundred customers toured the facility; here visitors take in the hydraulic component test stand.

Lunch on Friday and breakfast on Saturday was enjoyed by all.

With “ready to move” prices, a lot of work tools found new owners.

The Milton CAT merchandise area in the lobby was a very popular stop.

Milton CAT prides itself on the many services it provides to support the equipment it sells throughout the life of the equipment.

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New Interchanges, Sound Barriers Part of Needham Project NEEDHAM from page 1

and Route 9; and the demolition of the railroad bridge over I-95.

“This project is the sixth and final contract to provide an additional travel lane and shoulder toward the median on I-95 from approximately Route 24 in Randolph to Route 9 in Wellesley,” stated the project Web page. “This widening includes restoring the breakdown lanes for their intended use. This sixth contract is a 3.8-mi. (6.1 km) segment of I-95 from just north of the Needham Branch railroad bridge in Needham to about 5,000 ft. (1,524 m) north of Route 9 in Wellesley.”

The overall project has witnessed the combination of the demolition of older infrastructure, upgrading of existing infrastructure, and building of new bridges and roads.

The main goals of the ongoing work are: to build an additional travel lane and shoulder to I-95 northbound and southbound toward the median along the entire length of the project; build a new interchange at Kendrick Street and two collector-distributor roads connecting Kendrick Street and Highland Avenue; build seven new noise barriers; reconfigure the interchanges at Highland Avenue and Route 9 and create a new collector/distributor road between the Kendrick Street off-ramps and the Highland Avenue interchange; build two additional auxiliary lanes between Highland Avenue and Route 9; build four new bridges; and widen the bridge carrying Central Avenue over I-95.

The project is installing four new ramps off Kendrick Street to service the industrial parks located there and to alleviate traffic on Highland Avenue.

MassDOT is shifting traffic for the demolition of the Route 128 bridge over Route 9.

In the fall of 2016, the DOT expects the completion of the Kendrick Street Bridge. In the next two to three years, Route 128 over Route 9 bridges will be completed along with remaining Kendrick ramps.

Stage 2 work began several months ago and that often involves triple shifts. This is the case for work on Route 128. On Kendrick Street, day shifts are installing retaining walls and prepping the west abutment footing and excavating the Kendrick pier, and following this procedure, work will focus on prepping the Kendrick pier footing.

The demolition of the existing Kendrick Street bridge deck will continue during the third shifts. At K1, work has begun on the installation of underdrainage and overhang brackets.

Stage 3 will see the beginning of load transfer mats at the Highland Avenue area median, Route 128 bridges over Route 9, Route 128 over Central Avenue shoulder widening; with Stage 4 work focusing on

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Construction began in January 2015 and is expected to be complete by April 25, 2019.

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Stage 2 work began several months ago and that often involves triple shifts.

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Barletta Heavy Division Inc. (BHD) is more than one-third through the construction of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s (MassDOT) $137.6 million Needham-Wellesley I-95 Add-A-Lane project in Needham, a suburb of Boston.

connector/distributer roads to the Kendrick and Highland Avenue interchanges, Highland Avenue wetlands replication, continuation of the outside roadway widening to connect to Route 9, and the start of the installation of the Cedar Street sound barrier. The final stage will complete the 95NB/SB median widening at Route 9 and sound barrier installation, and pave and stripe projectwide, and install permanent signs and ITS equipment.

“Managing the existing traffic flow during the daytime hours and the sensitive residential areas during nighttime activities,”

said Mark Shamp, BHD’s project manager.

“We are constantly implementing additional traffic controls and noise mitigation components to attempt to limit major inconveniences to the traveling public and the resident s of the adjacent community.

We have found that the community outreach has proved invaluable,” he added.

“MassDOT and Howard Stein Hudson have provided a conduit for the community to keep informed of the constant changes due to the phasing of the contract. After the historic snow from last winter, we have tried to maximize the time that we have during good

weather. We have increased the amount of crews that we utilize to attempt to avoid a full shut down like last winter.”

“The biggest challenge has been keeping the existing bridges active during construction of the new larger structures,” said Shamp. “Each bridge is completed in phases so that traffic can continue to utilize the bridge while a new structure is being completed around it. It takes approximately one year per phase of bridge construction depending on the amount of utilities that need to be relocated, the amount of ledge encountered, and the size of the structure.

Over the next few years, BHD will have removed 60,000 cu. yds. (45,873 cu m) of topsoil, 21,000 cu. yds. (16,055 cu m) of concrete, 1,500 tons (1,360 t) of steel, 1,200 tons (1,088 t) of rebar, and 80,000 tons (72,575 t) of asphalt.

“You can reuse a large portion of the products on the project,” said Shamp, “including the existing topsoil, gravel, ledge, asphalt and concrete. The existing steel is scrapped and recycled for future use as well. see NEEDHAM page 20

The project has BHD using vehicles and equipment from several manufacturers.

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A Great Man’s Life, Legacy From a Single Hard Hat

By Jay Adams SPECIAL TO CEG

Most hats do not tell the life story of a man; most reflect what he likes, not what he was.

But when Rich Welch of the Welch Corporation received a hat from his cousin, Thomas Nolan, it was hard by definition only; yet with an old letter-raised plastic I.D. label across its center, a patch of dirt on its visor, a four-inch crack through that visor and various dents, nicks and scratches, it was easy for Welch, with tears in his eyes, to immediately ascertain that this single head covering told the entire life story of a man — his beloved grandfather who founded the long-running family company for which he estimates construction jobs.

The hard hat that Welch received from his cousin, Thomas Nolan, is the shared keepsake of two grandsons. Both are the fourth generation progeny of Albert J. Welch Jr., a brave military and construction veteran who died in 1998.

Out of the Shadows The precious hard hat was long since forgotten.

“My cousin said he had found the hard hat in his parents’ house. They live in Winchester, The hard hat that Welch received from see WELCH page 11

his cousin, Thomas Nolan, is the shared keepsake of two grandsons.

Rich Welch of the Welch Corporation received a hat from his cousin, Thomas Nolan.

On the wall are the late Albert J. Welch Sr. (C), founder; the late Albert J. Welch Jr. (L), vice president and treasurer; and the late John E. Welch Sr., president.

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Less Snow, Milder Temperatures Ease Winter Budgets

By Bob Salsberg ASSOCIATED PRESS

BOSTON (AP) In pure dollars and cents, the past winter in southern New England packed roughly half the punch as the previous winter.

Milder temperatures and considerably less snow allowed states to save on plowing and salting costs.

Boston received 36.1 in. (91.7 cm) this year, according to the National Weather Service. During the previous epic winter, when the city shattered records with more than 110 in. (279.4 cm), crews removed 17.5 billion cu. ft. (13.3 cu m) of snow from state roadways, equivalent to 40 times the volume of dirt excavated during the massive Big Dig highway project.

Highway crews in Massachusetts responded to 18 snow and ice “events” in the most recent winter, resulting in about 310,000 total work hours for staff and contractors. The state went through 368,000 tons (333,844 t) of salt and 1.1 million gal.

(4.12 million L) of liquid de-icer. By contrast, the previous winter included 31 events, 676,000 work hours, 600,000 tons (544,311 t) of salt and 1.6 million gal. (6 million L) of liquid deicer.

“When you look at the dollar amount, the number of events we had and the number of equipment hours, it all kind of equals out to this year being about half as bad as the year before,” said Thomas Tinlin, the state’s highway administrator.

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation spent $10.9 million on winter operations, compared to $19.5 million a year ago, according to agency spokesman Charles St. Martin. While it paled in comparison to the number of storms a year ago, this past winter was closer to average in terms of severity, with 14 storms, he said.

Mother Nature also was kinder to Connecticut, a state that has been grappling with budget deficits.

After spending $50.2 million in 2015 — the most expensive winter in the state’s history — preliminary figures show $31 million expended in 2016, including required purchases of road salt and other supplies and minimum payments for plowing contractors.

The state had budgeted $35 million for the winter.

“From the state’s perspective, that’s money we didn’t have to spend,” said Kevin Nursick, a spokesman of the Connecticut DOT.

“From the state’s perspective, that’s money we didn’t have to spend.”

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Despite spending about $80 million less than a year ago, Massachusetts had no unused snow and ice funds to put toward patching potholes, shoring up bridges or any other transportation need.

The state budgeted just over $60 million for snow and ice and had another $50 million available in a reserve fund that can only be used to cover deficits in the account.

So while the agency didn’t exhaust all its reserves, “it’s not like we have money to return,” Tinlin said.

Unlike the previous winter, when both the regular budget and reserve were both wiped out, officials at least will not have to ask the Legislature for more money. And that could spell relief, given that tax revenues have been coming in slightly below projections this fiscal year.

Government savings aside, the scarce snow impacted New England in different ways economically, from diminished business at ski resorts to scaled-down winter carnivals.

Looking toward the future, highway officials must decide whether to plan for extreme winters like 2014-2015, relatively calm ones like 2015-2016, or something in between.

“Our battle cry is that we always prepare for the worst and we hope for the best,” Tinlin said.

Associated Press writers Susan Haigh in Hartford, Connecticut; and Matt O'Brien in Providence, Rhode Island, contributed to this report.

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Fourth Generation Owner Looks to Helmet for Legacy WELCH from page 10

Mass. My cousin said, ‘You should have it,’ when he texted me to let me know he had found it,” said Welch. “Being a fourth generation member of the Welch family, working for the company that my grandfather dedicated his life to build up and make a success, is a tremendous honor I carry with me every day. To have his hard hat that he wore as a reminder of that is something I will keep with me forever.”

Welch was ecstatic to say the least.

“My grandfather is my hero and I think about him on a daily basis. He was a remarkable man and I meet or run into people whose lives’ my grandfather made a mark on,” added Welch. “Receiving this hard hat, to me, was better than being given a bat autographed by Ted Williams, because I idolize my grandfather in the same way baseball fans idolize ‘The Splendid Splinter.’ ” Speaking From Its Marks The hat speaks volumes to Welch and anyone in the heavy iron industry that lays eyes upon it. It is simple standard size and white hard plastic composition, the same as a million others to protect human heads on construction site jobs.

But to Welch it says everything.

“The hard hat being dirty is what struck me the most; it made me think what jobs we had done in the past and to wonder where the dirt on the hard hat could be from. The best part is the label that is still intact on it. The label says the name of the company in capital letters: ‘A.J. WELCH CORP.,’ and his name, ‘ALBIE WELCH.’ ‘Albie’ was his nickname and it is how his friends, the Boston community, and construction industry referred to him. My grandfather ran the company for the better part of 30 years before passing on ownership to my father David J. Welch Sr., and my uncle Albert J. Welch III.” The Welch Corp, founded by Albie Welch’s father, is still in operation today, with more than 65 years of experience in the excavation industry and nearly 150 skilled laborers, equipment operators and foremen. Based out of Brighton, Mass., the company offers a full range of site work services to the New England area.

It was dedicated, his grandson added, to the “ideals and values my grandfather instilled, with his brother, John E. Welch Sr., and their father, the patriarch, Albert “Doc” Welch Sr. The helmet crack, Rich said, made him

laugh because, “Those hard hats are pretty hard to crack. When I asked my uncle, Albert J. Welch III, who is Albie’s son, how it might have happened, he said, ‘God only knows.’ It probably fell off his head as he was climbing up a pile to take a picture of a job and [it] got run over.”

Another Hard Helmet It wasn’t the first helmet cracked or run over, that covered Albie Welch’s head.

With the outbreak of World War II, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, serving in the Pacific Theater, seeing heavy action of Iwo Jima, and being honorably discharged as a Corporal in 1946.

“My grandfather was a remarkable man.

He was extremely generous and always had a kind word to say to someone. He always asked how someone was doing, which is the first thing people say to me when I meet them,” said Welch. “He put others in front of himself and, if there was any way he could help someone, he would.

All the success he attained in construction never went to his head. He remained a symbol of humility his entire life.”

Albie Welch was extremely dedicated and passionate about the family business, making an indelible mark on the construction industry in Boston and Massachusetts.

Welch Corp. has built innumerable state buildings and landmarks, including the Pilgrim One Power Plant in Plymouth, Mass., St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Boston Public Library, the popular Cambridgeside Galleria Shopping Center and even Deer Island in Boston Harbor, among many others.

Albie Welch passed in 1998 and his hard hat lay as an aside until last month.

“I was lucky enough not only to be his grandson, but luckier to have even known him,” said Rich Welch.

Though he can no longer hear his grandfather’s voice, the hard hat, by its mere presence and marks, whispers its legacy to his family, his business, and any man wearing one in the field. Welch will display it prominently in the Welch offices.

“This hat says he wasn’t afraid to work hard and do what it takes to get the job done,” said Welch. “He was not the guy in the trenches every day. He was the vice president and treasurer, which made it being dirty that much more astounding.”

There are no plans to wash, clean or repair it.

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This multi-purpose machine can lift more than its weight; maneuver in tight spaces; is equipped with 4-wheel drive for all weather conditions; and provides added operator comfort.

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Gov. Hassan, NHDOT Accept Federal TIFIA Funds Continuing her efforts to build a stronger, more modern transportation infrastructure that will help New Hampshire’s people and businesses grow and thrive, Gov. Maggie Hassan and New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) Commissioner Victoria Sheehan accepted $200 million in federal funds from a Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan from the United States Department of Transportation at an event overlooking an Interstate 93 construction project.

“A solid, modern transportation infrastructure is critical to the success of our people and businesses, and this loan agreement with the federal government will build on our bipartisan progress over the last three years by allowing us to complete the expansion of Interstate 93, fix nearly two dozen Red List bridges across the state and pave approximately 1,100 additional miles,” Hassan said.

Because the additional paving will help NHDOT pave approximately 40 percent of the state’s rural roads, New Hampshire qualified for the rural interest rate on the TIFIA loan, which is one half of the Treasury rate or 1.09 percent. During the first nine years of the TIFIA loan, NHDOT will pay only inter-

est, saving approximately $20 million in taxpayer funds as opposed to financing through capital markets, which will allow NHDOT to invest the majority of the revenue from Senate Bill 367 in other parts of the state.

“This is a fiscally responsible, low-interest loan agreement that will save New Hampshire taxpayers $20 million while also allowing us to reinvest in critical road and bridge projects in every corner of the state,” Hassan said. “I want to thank Commissioner Sheehan and our hard-working employees at the New Hampshire Department of Transportation, as well as our Congressional delegation and the Executive Council for their efforts to make this agreement possible.”

“In transportation many times the expansion of major facilities comes at the expense of investing in existing infrastructure,” said Sheehan. “TIFIA is allowing us to do both.

Due to the low interest rate and structure of the debt service, this loan will allow us to complete I-93, replace nearly two dozen ‘Red List’ bridges and pave over 1,100 miles across New Hampshire. We are the first state to use TIFIA in this manner, with the 1.09 percent interest rate resulting in approximately $20 million in financing savings.”

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“Safe, reliable transportation infrastructure is critical to the economic well-being of the Granite State,” said Sen. Jeanne Shaheen. “Many of our citizens, communi-

ties and businesses rely on Interstate 93 and on rural roads and bridges, and it’s our job as elected officials to ensure they are maintained. I'm glad to see that years of hard work will benefit the reconstruction of I-93, a critical thoroughfare for our state, and allow us to direct funds towards our rural roads and bridges in need of repair. This will have a lasting impact for New Hampshire.”

“A robust and well-maintained transportation network is essential to the health, safety and economic well-being of the Granite State,” said Congresswoman Annie Kuster, who worked for nearly two years to ensure these federal funds for New Hampshire.

“From the completion of the I-93 expansion project to the restoration of rural roads and bridges, these TIFIA funds will have a deep impact all across the state for years to come.

I am proud to have worked from the start with the N.H. Department of Transportation, the Federal Highway Administration, and Governor Hassan to bring the TIFIA program to New Hampshire, and I look forward to continuing our work together in support of our transportation system and the Granite State economy.”

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Biden Calls on R. I. to Archaeologist Calls Shipwreck Dug Up Invest in State’s at Boston Construction Site ‘Rare Find’ Roads, Bridges, Rails

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EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) Vice President Joe Biden said Rhode Island needs to invest in its transportation infrastructure after touring a dilapidated highway bridge he joked is being held up by a children’s toy.

“For 10 years, you’ve had Lincoln Logs holding the damn thing up. Go look at it,” he told a crowd of local politicians and construction trade and labor leaders who gathered to hear him speak.

Biden’s half-hour speech at a highway maintenance warehouse was one of several he’s made around the country touting the importance of keeping up the country’s roads, bridges, ports and railroads. But the high-profile Democrat’s visit also served a dual purpose, giving the seal of White House approval to local Democratic leaders bruised by a hard-fought battle over how to repair highway bridges labeled the worst in the nation.

He said he came to Rhode Island to “make a point of how important this is, not only to our economy, but to our competitiveness worldwide.”

Biden applauded Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo’s 10-year plan to repair bridges and roads, known as RhodeWorks. The plan was approved by state lawmakers and signed by Raimondo this year after months of fierce debate over whether to finance the repairs with highway tolls on big-rig trucks.

When the tolls are installed, truckers will have to pay up to $30 to cross through the state along Interstate 95.

Biden said that he’d heard Raimondo “took a lot of heat” for the proposal but that it was the responsible thing to do because large commercial trucks are heavy, do more damage and most states on the Eastern Seaboard already make them pay tolls.

“We need the trucking industry. We need it badly, but it can afford to pay the tolls because it’s supposed to be proportional,” he said.

The state’s transportation director, Peter Alviti, took Biden on a tour of an East Providence underpass beneath Route 114 that’s braced with wooden beams. Accompanying them were Raimondo and the state’s entire congressional delegation. The state is working to replace the bridge as part of its RhodeWorks plan.

As the officials thanked Biden for coming, he told them, “When the governor told me what she was trying to do, I invited myself.”

During his speech a short time later, he said it’s shameful that the bridge is in such bad shape and pined for the days when fixing infrastructure was a bipartisan priority around the nation.

And in a comment that appeared to be a response to the raucous convoy of trucks that regularly circled around the Rhode Island State House to protest the tolls proposal this year, Biden recalled his own youthful work experience driving an 18-wheeler.

“I used to drive one of those trucks. The horns on them are really loud,” he said. “But let them blow, man. Let them blow. And I get overwhelming support from the Teamsters union. I’m a big supporter. But let the horns blow. Fix the bridges and roads.”

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BOSTON (AP) A sunken, burned ship from the 1800s uncovered during a construction project in Boston’s Seaport District is a rare and remarkable find, the city’s archaeologist said.

City archaeologist Joe Bagley said Thursday it’s the first time a shipwreck has been found in that section of the city and only the second one found on land that was filled in to expand the city’s footprint. Also, unlike most other wrecks, its cargo is mostly intact, he said.

The vessel, which appears to be partially burnt, was uncovered last week during construction of a 17-story office building. The company working at the site, Skanska, halted construction so archaeologists could examine the ship.

The area was once mudflats that alternated between dry land and water based on the tides, so ships “kind of sailed right over” the property, Bagley said. In the late 1800s, that section of Boston Harbor was filled in. Now, it’s home to office buildings, expensive condos and upscale restaurants.

Archaeologists studying the vessel found a shattered ceramic vessel, a knife, construction equipment and some loose nails, Bagley said.

He said it appears the ship had a load of lime, which was used for masonry and construction. The lime would have been unusable after getting wet, so the cargo was left where it was, Bagley said. He called that fact “pretty remarkable,” since at the time ships typically would have been completely scavenged of their valuables within days of being wrecked.

The lime was likely brought from Maine to Boston during a 19th century building boom, he said. Bagley noted the coincidence that the ship was found now, during another building boom in the city.

“They’re really part of the same narrative of Boston growing as a city,” he said.

He said the discovery says a lot about the 386-year-old city.

“To me what it says is that history is everywhere in Boston — sometimes we have to dig a little deeper to find it,” he added.

Shawn Hurley, a Skanska executive, said work was halted for almost a week because of the find.

“There are certainly impacts, but we’ll work through them,” he said.

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South Coast Improvement Co. Begins Renovation at Bay Cove in S. Boston South Coast Improvement Company (SCI), a designbuild general contractor serving New England and the Mid-Atlantic states, recently began a renovation project at Bay Cove, a housing complex located at 374 Dorchester St. in South Boston.

The complex is owned and operated by Bay Cove Human Services, a human service agency in Boston serving individuals facing the challenges of developmental disabilities, mental illness, drug and alcohol addiction and aging.

The project features the complete renovation of the kitchen and bathrooms in the eight units at 374 Dorchester St. The bedrooms in each of those units will receive new dry wall, new ceiling plaster, new light fixtures and other amenities.

The common areas of the building, which includes a reception area, kitchen and bath, also will be completely renovated. In addition, the brick exterior of the building will be washed and a new roof and gutters will be installed.

South Coast Improvement Company began these reno-

vations in March and anticipates all work to be completely finished by late spring/early summer. The total renovation project will cost approximately $1.3 million.

“This is a delicate kind of renovation as the majority of work is being done in people’s homes. So, we have to be sensitive to the interruption to people’s routines and communicate very clearly and often the status of work and any changes,” said Tom Quinlan, president of South Coast Improvement Company. “Fortunately, through our work at assisted living and other residences, we can take on a renovation project like this and minimize the impact on residents.”

Based in Marion, Mass., and with an office in Reading, Pa., South Coast Improvement Co. provides building and renovation services to a client base of senior living, healthcare, institutional and retail clients.

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Staff members led the tours, which began at the 40-person training room where visitors had a chance to see a Londonderry site map, listened to a short safety presentation and were given headsets. As Currin explained, the starting point was not a coincidence but a reminder of the importance that Milton CAT places on training.

“Since January of 2016, 179 technicians have been trained here; that’s 4,700 hours of training, with 6,500 more projected by year’s end,” Generators, air compressors, light towers and temperature Currin said, emphasizing that three full time pro- control products also are part of the Milton CAT offering. fessionals are employed by Milton CAT just for that function. part, the first time, is supported by a parts warehouse manParts Manager Matt Winslow gave a rundown of the key agement system that results in 99.7 percent accuracy. Other facts about Londonderry. features mentioned by Winslow are the separate shop areas “This is a 30-acre site, with 100,000 square feet under for compact and larger equipment, each with its dedicated roof; we employ approximately 100 people here.” staff, supervisors and managers.

Winslow emphasized that unlike the previous two locaMilton CAT is a privately-owned company with headtion arrangement, the Londonderry facility houses both the quarters in Milford, Mass., and locations across the earthmoving and the power system divisions of Milton CAT Northeast, including upstate New York, Maine, Vermont, in one location, which results in more efficiency and better New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. The service. company sells and supports Caterpillar and other compleAnd speaking of efficiency, Winslow pointed at the parts mentary earthmoving and power systems equipment and operation as one of the Milton CAT differentiators. accessories and provides customized engineering services to “We offer our customers 95 percent off-the-shelf fulfill companies in a wide range of crucial applications. rate and 98 percent availability next day by 7:00 a.m.,” and (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment explained that the Milton CAT goal of providing the right Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)

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MassDOT encourages the reuse of most of the materials on site limiting the amount of waste that the project produces.”

The amount of new construction materials that will be used is massive and still being determined as planning continues.

“Any work within the median requires on-time deliveries,” said Shamp, “which have to occur outside of peak travel hours on the highway.

We utilize four yards to stockpile aggregates, materials, equipment and topsoil for daily use. These yards are located within the lobes of the Highland Avenue ramps as they are the only location on site that has a large enough footprint for these activities.

We have a small onsite office for the superintendents and a small office in one of the adjacent business parks for the day-to-day management and administrative staff.”

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site: Saugus Construction is setting the bridge steel; Algar Construction is performing the concrete work and rebar installation; Hayward Baker and Hub Foundation are performing the SOE and foundation work; JR Vinagro is performing the demolition work; Aggregate is performing the paving; Liddell Brothers is installing the sign structures; Saunders Blasting is performing the ledge removal; RJ Cobb is performing the site clearing; Hiway Safety is performing the traffic markings; New England Bridge Products is performing the miscellaneous metals; DeLucca Fence is installing the guardrail and fencing; and Dagle Electrical is performing the traffic signal and electrical.

With several work sites and individual and specialized crews, communications is key and the management team uses a variety of devices — smart phones, tablets, and computers — to share updates on work done, difficulties that arise, the need for mechanics,

and the transfer of men and equipment to help out on specific items.

BHD’s equipment yard is roughly 20 mi. (32 km) away in Roslindale and on this project, it has two onsite mechanics specifically assigned to it, in addition to the mechanics assigned to all of its projects that could be called in.

“Due to the size of the project,” said Shamp, “the amount of pieces of equipment changes daily, but it averages approximately 50 to 60 pieces on any given day between the excavators, bulldozers, loaders, backhoes, graders, screening equipment, etc. The equipment is being used around the clock, so the mechanics are constantly performing checks and repairs during the peak travel hours when we can’t access the highway. The equipment primarily goes through hoses and normal service repairs.”

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NEW ENGLAND SUPPLEMENT ADVERTISER INDEX ACE EQUIPMENT SALES INC ......................................17 ARGUS INDUSTRIAL COMPANY ....................................1 ASTRO CRANE ..............................................................16 BULLETIN BOARD..........................................................16 CHADWICK BAROSS MA ..............................................19 CLASSIFIED ....................................................................16 E W SLEEPER CO............................................................9 EQUIPMENT EAST ........................................................1,7 FOLEY MARINE & INDUSTRIAL ENGINE ......................1 GORILLA HAMMERS........................................................1 HYUNDAI CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT....................21 J R VINAGRO CORPORATION........................................1 LORUSSO HEAVY EQUIPMENT LLC..............................5 M G EQUIPMENT ............................................................1 MILTON CAT....................................................................16 MOUNTAIN TOP RENTALS LLC ....................................19 NORTHLAND JCB ..........................................................16 OKADA AMERICA ..........................................................19 POWERSCREEN NEW ENGLAND ................................12 R J POIRIER HEAVY EQUIPMENT................................20 ROGERS BROTHERS ....................................................23 ROTOTILT........................................................................13 SDLG DEALER GROUP ................................................15 SUMMIT SUPPLY LLC/MULTI MACHINE ........................1 THE N.I.C.E. COMPANY ................................................12 THE W I CLARK CO ........................................................2 TYLER EQUIPMENT CO ..................................................3 WOODCO MACHINERY ................................................24 The Advertisers Index is printed as a free editorial service to our advertisers and readership. Construction Equipment Guide is not responsible for errors or omissions.

Chadwick-BaRoss Now Offers Barko Forestry Equipment Barko Hydraulics LLC announced the addition of Chadwick-BaRoss Inc. to its distribution network for all forestry equipment product lines. With five locations across Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, Chadwick-BaRoss will carry Barko equipment for the New England region.

“We’re very excited to welcome Chadwick-BaRoss to the Barko team,” said John Janiro, Barko’s director of sales, Eastern Region. “Their established history of providing high quality industrial equipment and excellent customer support makes them an ideal partner to carry our brand of innovative forestry machines. We are confident that they will help expand Barko’s presence in the Northeast, especially in growing our market share for loaders and tracked harvesters and feller bunchers.”

Chadwick-BaRoss was originally founded as the Portland Tractor Company in 1929 before its acquisition by Robert BaRoss and Richard Chadwick in 1959, and today is part of the Strongco Corporation. The company

represents several leading heavy equipment manufacturers in their respective industries.

Chadwick-BaRoss will carry the full range of Barko forestry products, including loaders, harvesters, feller bunchers, industrial wheeled tractors, forwarders and biomass chippers.

“Barko products certainly fill a need for a lot of our forestry customers,” said Randy Mace, president of Chadwick-BaRoss. “In particular, we haven’t had a feller buncher in our product offering for quite some time, and we’re already finding that Barko’s machine is a good fit for our area. It’s been a great start to what we hope is a long and prosperous relationship for both Chadwick-BaRoss and Barko.”

Barko Hydraulics LLC is part of the Pettibone LLC Heavy Equipment Group.

For more information, call 715/395-6700 or visit www.barko.com.

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FY 2017 Transportation Bill Calls for Bridge, Road, Rail Investment BILL from page 4

allow increased efficiencies, train speeds and track safety. We are also focusing on crossing improvements and safety upgrades by investing $4.5 million on 12 crossings on the Western Corridor, which will install new safety equipment and increased train speeds.

This budget continues the support for the current Vermonter and the Ethan Allen Amtrak services and also continues to invest in the expansion of the Ethan Allen service to Burlington.

• $76.4 million for town highway programs: This decrease is attributed to a $23 million decrease in FEMA Public Assistance Grants associated with Irene and 2013 disasters, and $3.2 million decrease to Town Highway Structures associated with a onetime budget adjustment that shifted $3.2 million from FY2015 to FY2016. This program is fully restored to the usual annual level of appropriation.

Other changes are described below: • Town Highway Programs: This budget level funds the Town Highway Aid program at $26 million, sustaining the FY2013 increase of $1 million (4 percent), which had

not been increased since FY2005. Town Highway Aid for Non-Federal Disasters (the former Town Highway Emergency Program) is level funded. Funding for Town Highway Aid for Federal Disasters is reduced by $160,000 (11 percent – from 1.44 million to 1.28 million). Unexpended State match budgeted in prior years is estimated to be sufficient to match available federal funds in this program. Funding for the Town Highway Structures is level funded, as are the Town Highway Class 2 and Class 1 Supplemental grant programs.

• Town Highway Bridges: Funding for town highway bridges is decreased by $2.9 million (13 percent) from FY2016. This budget funds 21 town highway bridge projects that are ready for construction and 14 additional projects under development.

Funding largely reflects the project pipeline and project readiness.

For more information, visit vtransparancy.vermont.gov.

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1980 Berlin Turnpike Berlin, CT 06037 (860) 356-0840 (800) 352-4473 Parts: (860) 356-0848

www.tylerequipment.com

Avon, MA (508) 584-8484 Johnston, RI (401) 942-9191

www.cn-wood.com

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