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BOSTON (AP) It turns out that they just don’t make bridges the way they used to.

One year after the launch of the sweeping Longfellow Bridge reconstruction project, contractors are getting an education on the construction practices of yore, poring over century-old bridge building manuals, reviving obsolete metalworking techniques, and scouring the region for building materials that have long disappeared from the market.

Rockport granite, with its inimitable grain? That stuff stopped being excavated during the Great Depression.

And the art of riveting metal? Its heyday — which calls to mind blackand-white photos of fighter planes and posters of a bandanna-wearing woman named “Rosie’’ — has long faded into the past.

“People really haven’t been riveting for quite a while,’’ said Mary Grieco, metals control engineer of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. “It’s a learning curve for everybody. There are no specifications anymore that tell you how to rivet, so we make the best engineering judgment on how to do it.’’

The primary purpose of the Longfellow project is to strengthen the bridge, which has long been considered structurally deficient. And though construction crews usually rely on modern practices for bridge repair projects, the Longfellow Bridge’s status in Boston history led MassDOT officials and historic preservation commissions to require that see lONgFEllOW page 4

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MassDOT Requires Contractors to Learn Art of Riveting LONGFELLOW from page 1

all the construction techniques be true to the bridge’s early20th century origins — down to the smallest pieces of metal.

The estimated $255 million cost of the bridge overhaul, which is scheduled to be completed in September 2016, includes the expenses of hewing to historical accuracy.

Contractors who signed on to the project were given advance notice that they would be expected to go to extraordinary lengths to uphold the structure’s antique character. To ensure that construction would not be delayed, for example, contractors began ordering and stockpiling rivets early on.

“Obviously, it’s an iconic bridge, and is literally unique in many of its aspects,’’ said Charles Sullivan, executive director of the Cambridge Historical Commission, one of the groups advising the Longfellow contractors on historical preservation. “When it comes to design and the method of construction, we thought it was important to replicate those aspects.’’

The rivets will largely be used to piece together the vertical steel columns underneath the bridge, which shoot up from the steel arches and support the deck above them. In places out of public sight, construction workers will use modern bolts that are welded to have the smooth look of rivets.

The art of riveting went out of fashion a half-century ago.

The practice involves heating rivets, cylindrical metal shafts with round heads, up to 2,000 degrees, until they glow bright red, then quickly jamming them into a hole before they have a chance to cool. It’s slow, costly and dangerous. That’s why construction largely switched to nuts and bolts that can more easily be screwed into place.

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“But you no longer see pictures of people standing on the frame of the Empire State Building throwing rivets through the air.’’

As the MassDOT prepared to award contracts for the Longfellow Bridge project, they had a stipulation: The contractors had to promise to learn how to perform a variety of archaic building techniques.

Some of the contractors attended a seminar on riveting in Michigan. Others looked to 1930s-era manuals on rivet techniques — their best guide on the subject.

“Most people are very excited because it’s something they’ve never done before,’’ Grieco continued, “and maybe will never have a chance to do again.’’

Grieco said contractors ordered custom-made rivets early enough, and in large enough quantity, that they’re not worried about running out. Much of the riveting work is being performed by Cianbro Fabrication and Coating Corp., which is welding larger pieces of the bridge in Georgetown. Robert Small, project manager of the company’s work on the Longfellow Bridge, said it’s the company’s first major project that relies on rivets. “We use rivets very, very rarely,’’ Small said.

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“There are a few people left around here that used to do it,’’ Small said.

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Now, Rockport granite is impossible to find freshly cut from the earth: Anything now on the market has been reclaimed, stripped from an existing structure. And most pieces available are thin slabs — not the great big blocks necessary for the work on the Longfellow.

As part of a new design for the bridge deck, contractors had already planned to strip the existing granite curb between the vehicle lanes and the T tracks. They had hoped to repurpose that granite to construct new stone stairs and barriers on the side of the bridge.

“We thought we had our answer on the bridge, and we had hopes of being able to use that for the replacement,’’ said Steve Roper, historic resources supervisor at MassDOT. But the stone alongside the train tracks is known as Deer Isle granite, which has a lavender hue — not the blackwhite-and-gray speckled look of Rockport granite.

“People who know stone said, ‘Oh, it’s Deer Isle, that’s not going to work,’ " Roper said. “They’re different grains, and they will not look good if you put them side by side.’’

Thus commenced a yearslong hunt by contractors for the right kind of granite, which they knew would probably have been cut at least 80 years ago.

They also needed blocks that were large enough to create huge stone steps, another complicating factor.

“We looked all over New England trying to find matching granite,’’ Roper said.

What they didn’t know: Biz Reed, co-owner and executive vice president of Wakefield-based Olde New England Granite, had exactly what they needed. In 2010, on a whim, Reed’s company had purchased 3,000 tons of historic Rockport granite that had been stripped from the Hines Memorial Bridge in Amesbury during a reconstruction project.

He had no idea what the company would do with such a large amount of such a particular form of stone, but they couldn’t pass it up.

“Little did we know it would be the right match for the Longfellow,’’ Reed said. “We just happened to be in the right place at the right time.’’

When Reed got word that a team of MassDOT officials, historical preservationists, and construction contractors were all on the hunt for the Rockport stone, he gave them a call.

“I was in seventh heaven,’’ Reed said. “I told them that we have the granite here. There’s no need to look anywhere else.’’

Roper, too, was relieved. “It was tremendous,’’ he said.

So far, the contractor that is fabricating the stone parapets has spent more than $100,000 for about 250 tons of Rockport granite.

Reed’s company is still in the process of shipping the 5ton, century-old blocks of stone to the fabricator. The hunks of rock sit piled up in the company’s storage yard in Wakefield, with each slab labeled to indicate the spot on the bridge for which it’s destined.

“It’s classic, that salt-and-pepper grain,’’ Reed said, patting the stone lovingly — a perfect fit, he added, for a structure nicknamed the “salt and pepper bridge.’’

There is one historical technique that MassDOT officials decided to forgo: the perfect blend of paint for the bridge’s iron fencing. Originally, workers used a complex, multistage process to create the look of weathered bronze. The operation is painstaking, and involves four different colors of paint applied by hand in quick succession.

“We decided it was overkill,’’ Roper said. “Especially for the maintenance guys in the future who will need to patch up the scratches.’’ In this case, Roper said, a regular coat of paint will have to do.

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

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The Super Bowl and Coca-Cola said Hal Monsini, who also Hercules itself has been works with his brother and involved with some of the sister. “Dad is 73. He’s in more famous demolitions here every day, does the estiand implosions of notewormating and handles the thy buildings in the state. insurances, the day-to-day One of the most fascinatbusiness. He’ll never retire. ing was in January 1985 and “He started out with one involved a live broadcast dump truck and himself,” during The Super Bowl. said Monsini. “He was one “We did the implosion of of 12 kids. When he got out a 27-story parking garage for of the service in Quincy, he International Place in worked briefly for another Boston. That was probably company and thought, ‘Why one of our biggest jobs. We make money for him, when I worked with the Duane can make money for Corporation, which was a myself?’ He decided to vensubsidiary of Duane ture out and started his own Company, started by John company.”

Duane’s son,” said Monsini.

Like his company’s “We worked alongside his namesake, the legendary company and actually tore Greek strongman, Duke down a couple of city blocks Monsini remains just about in downtown Boston. We the strongest man his son has brought down several buildknown. He gave his son Hal ings, but, by far, the biggest an invaluable education was the parking garage. We from a young age. did this also with a company “I read your newspaper in Maryland called [CEG] and I really enjoy the Controlled Demolition Inc., stories about the second gen- More recent projects CDI for short. eration learning machines at have included the South “They came in and they their father’s knee,” said Main Street Church in drilled holes in columns, Monsini. “That was me Brockton. then they cabled off those when I was a kid. I couldn’t columns, and, on Super get enough of the backhoes, Bowl Sunday, 1985, Miami Dolphins versus the bulldozers, the cranes. I was always in the machines with him, learning. I was the San Francisco 49ers. They put up big always in the machinery, tinkering around. banners on the building that said, ‘Boston is But it’s quite different today, with all the reg- Booming!’ And, at the Super Bowl, at halfulations, the environmental controls and time, CBS showed the parking garage getting imploded. Viewers saw the garage insurances.”

The Monsini construction family line implode. I don’t know how they pulled it off, but they did it.” goes back even farther than 50 years.

Another noted Hercules project years ago “My Dad worked for Duane Wrecking in was a demolition along the Massachusetts Boston with his father and five brothers. It Turnpike which resulted in the removal of a was owned by John J. Duane. At the time, it landmark Coca-Cola sign that sat in a large, was the biggest wrecking company on the three-cornered spike above the state EastEast Coast. My father basically worked there West, mid-central highway. summers, and when he was out of school.

“The sign on the Mass. Pike was over the He went from high school directly to the old Coca-Cola bottling plant, said Monsini. service, but my grandfather, had more of the It was a three-sided sign that had to be two stories,” said Monsini. “They worked on the stories tall by 100 feet long. They were like West End of Boston and the Central Artery the big CITGO sign in Kenmore Square, that in the 1950s [the main highways that lead to famous,” said Monsini. “There were actualand from Boston]. They did a lot of the dem- ly three of them on top of the buildings. We olition out there in order to build the original took them down and stored them in a Central Artery. My God, there were quite a chained yard along the Mass. Pike. They few stories there, kicking around, between were supposed to be reused, but I don’t my father, my uncles and my grandfather.” see HERCULES page 10

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know what happened to them. That’s another story. With no one paying attention any longer, they were gone.”

Hercules also was involved in the demolition of two other famous local landmarks; the Belmont Hotel in West Harwich on Cape Cod, and the demolition of the 11-acre Zayre’s Warehouse for Campanelli Corp.

These days, Hercules completes work for private owners, contractors, businesses and municipalities. The firm carries all necessary insurance, and is bonded and is certified through the Division of Capital Asset Management (DCAM). Behind every job, with founder Duke, operations manager Hal, eight full-time employees and various sub-contractors at the ready, there is a talented team of educated professionals dedicated to complete each job efficiently, neatly and to the highest possible standards.

All operators and laborers are OSHA certified and Hazmat trained.

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selective demolition, interior gut outs, scrapping, excavation, debris removal, concrete crushing, asbestos abatement, environmental cleanup and other related services. They also offer roll out container services and a variety of equipment rentals.

Great Finds, Grim Finds Hercules Building Wrecking Co. has diversified in unusual ways, not only in services, but with many members of the Monsini family working summers and during other times. The company also evolved and streamlined, what Hall calls, “a kind of downsizing.”

“Many family members have worked at Hercules over the years. In the 1980s, Hercules was a large company, and employed many of Duke’s brothers, and nephews. Lots of nephews interned here over the summer and during school vacations when Hercules had a salvage yard,” said Monsini. “We incorporated in 1973, started out small, and built up. Over the years, with the recessions we had, we

kind of downsized, doing mainly what we know, demolition. In summer, several relatives, cousins, come out and earn a few dollars, here and there. Most of our family has passed through our company on the way to college.”

More recent projects have included the Fairview Elementary School site in Fairhaven; Black Rock House in Cohasset; the South Main Street Church in Brockton; the Foot Joy factory in Brockton; a glass manufacturing company in Mansfield; Happy Bear Corner in Brockton; Stonehill College in Easton; and Wellesley College in Wellesley, Mass., as well as smaller building sites throughout the region.

While at various job sites, Monsini found some interesting items — plenty of old coins and antiques, among them.

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Mike Robinson (L) of Milton CAT and longtime friend Ken Roberts goof around at the event.

Andy McLavey (L) and C.B. Hart of Bobcat were on hand to answer questions.

transportation department personnel. The event allows New Englanders to travel to one central location to meet with the manufacturers about the newest product lines, services and equipment for roads, bridges and other related maintenance projects.

This year the show generated a total of 80 vendors and more than 600 attendees. As part of its annual tradition, the Road Agents nominated Wayne Robinson, road agent from Brentwood, N.H., employee of the year for exhibiting excellent work ethic and going above the call of duty. Funds from the Mountain of Demonstration went toward the N.H. Road Agents Scholarship program, in which two students received $1,200 college scholarships.

(This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at (L-R): Scott and Rick Polish of Chadwick BaRoss talk with loyal www.constructionequipmentguide.com.) CEG customer Jim Mantford of the city of Keene.

William Harvey (L), territory representative, and Alan Hammersley, chief operation officer of Northland JCB talk at the event.

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he New Hampshire Road Agents Association hosted its 27th annual Mountain of Demonstrations on May 22, at Mount Sunapee Resort in New Hampshire. The event is known for its unique live demonstrations and one-stop shopping opportunity for municipal, public works and

Blaine Fish (L) and Jeff Barnes, sales representatives of Beauregard Equipment on hand at the Mountain of Demonstrations event.

(L-R): Jonah Yezzi, product solution specialist of Wacker Neuson; Brandon Lothrop of Woods CRW; Michael Dineen, MJS Atlantic region of Wacker Neuson; and Steve Abbott of Woods CRW talk about the demo day.

Bob Hunt and Deb Foss of Anderson Equipment demonstrate their Komatsu wheel loader.

Davin Cass competes in the tractor loader backhoe challenge in the John Deere/Nortrax exhibit.

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NEW ENGLAND SUPPLEMENT ADVERTISER INDEX ARGUS INDUSTRIAL COMPANY ....................................1 ASTRO CRANE ..............................................................10 BARRY EQUIPMENT CO..................................................8 BRUNNER & LAY ............................................................11 C N WOOD CO INC ........................................................16 CHADWICK BAROSS MA ................................................6 CLASSIFIED ..................................................................10 CONTRACTOR’S CORNER ..........................................10 DOOSAN NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND ......................15 FACTORY AIR ................................................................10 FOLEY MARINE & INDUSTRIAL ENGINE ......................1 GORILLA HAMMERS........................................................1 J R VINAGRO CORPORATION........................................1 KRAFT POWER CORP ....................................................1 LORUSSO HEAVY EQUIPMENT LLC..............................5 LOU GIZA EQUIPMENT....................................................1 MILTON CAT....................................................................10 MOUNTAIN TOP RENTALS ............................................10 NATIONAL ATTACHMENTS..............................................7 NORTHLAND JCB ............................................................7 ROGERS BROTHERS ....................................................13 SUMMIT SUPPLY LLC/MULTI MACHINE ........................1 T-QUIP SALES & RENTAL INC ........................................9 THE N.I.C.E. COMPANY ..................................................8 THE W I CLARK CO ........................................................2 TYLER EQUIPMENT CO ..................................................3 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.

Hercules Strives to Make Safety Paramount on All Jobs HERCULES from page 10

and says one or two cents on it, not dollars. I haven’t had them appraised yet.”

Some of his discoveries were tragic.

“We’ve had to help the recovery of missing persons in fires. We’ve had numerous ones, but the hotel fire in Brockton years ago, was the worst,” said Monsini. “Four or five people were missing in the fire and our job is to go in and take the building down and still allow the fire department to check the debris.

“So, we take the building, drop it in the street,” Monsini said. “They take it piece by piece, where they sift through it, looking for bodies or body parts. They did find three in there. I was a young man at the time. It was, probably, the most difficult thing I have ever done.”

Safety and communication are paramount in all jobs. For such efforts, Hercules has been given several safety awards. The company’s half-century in the industry sparks word-of-mouth referrals and testimonies from contractors and clients who use them on a regular basis.

There is a long-standing relationship between Testa Corp. of Lynnfield and Hercules. Recently, Hercules worked with Testa Corp. on the demolition of Whitman Hanson High School, as well as many smaller projects. They are currently helping to renovate 900 housing units in Boston.

In the past, Hercules has collaborated with many other companies including: • Duane Corporation of Boston • P&K Contracting of Randolph • Carney Brothers of Raynham Representatives of Jordan’s Furniture of Taunton have high praise for the firm.

“Hercules Building Wrecking Company is the only demolition company we call.

They are professional and very accommodating.”

“Hercules is an awesome company. They are my one and only call,” said representatives of Hawkeye Fence of Abington.

Issues, Causes and Anniversaries “But the industry has become much more complicated, said Monsini. “You have to keep current on all environmental concerns.

It is a much longer process. It has changed dramatically. Everything we do now is geared toward the environment. There are asbestos concerns, lead paint concerns, issues with the possibility of contaminated soils. Everything is checked and studied and tested before we actually do a demolition job.”

But some jobs remain modest and inti-

Another noted Hercules project years ago was a demolition along the Massachusetts Turnpike which resulted in the removal of a landmark CocaCola sign that sat in a large, three-cornered spike above the state East-West, mid-central highway.

mate. Hercules likes to help out local charities, school programs and programs for people with disabilities. One is very dear to Hal’s heart.

“My sister, who works with us, has a son with autism. We try and do several things over the years to help kids with autism whether that is a fund-raiser or something else,” Monsini said. “That cause is very big to us over here.”

Hercules Building Wrecking Company Inc. is celebrating its 50th anniversary, but no party is planned.

“We celebrate our anniversary by committing to working hard in the upcoming year. We have lasted so long in this business because we have been able to keep our costs low, and by downsizing before the economy took a big hit,” said Monsini.

And of course, there is the sheer joy in imploding things legally.

“The fun part of our work is demolition.

There’s nothing like it. Who doesn’t like to smash or break things?” said Monsini. “Let me tell you a quick story. At one job, there was an 80-year-old man watching me. We do the whole job and he just watches. At the end, he asks me, ‘What are you going to do with that pane glass window?’ I said, ‘We are going to get rid of it, why?’ He said, ‘I want to throw a brick through it.’ He was 80. I don’t think he had ever done a bad thing in his life. I gave him the brick and he smashed the window. You never saw a guy so happy in his life, to get out his aggressions. He said it was the best thing he had ever done. That’s the part of my job I like, to smash things and build them up again.”

For more information, visit www.herculesdemolition.com or call 508/558-3390 or 508/588-3394.

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

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