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A driver on Interstate Route 95 corridor south, from Boston through Canton, Mass., into Pawtucket, R.I., may notice German-made excavators run by a local company.

This partnership is a sign of international trade, commerce and satisfaction.

C.R.C. Company Inc. in Quincy, Mass., has 34 years of road and deep marine excavation experience. The company has been using four Liebherr excavators for various projects along Route 95 — turning a former Canton airport into wetlands and rebuilding a closed Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) rail station in Pawtucket, among others.

“We own four Liebherr excavators, two A924Cs, a 904 and a 954. We use them for a variety of things on a variety of job sites. Most of them have interchangeable attachments,” said Mark Henderickson, sales manager of C.R.C. Co. Inc. “We perform general and marine construction, and have been doing so for over 34 years.

“We use the A924C to excavate and set seawall stone,

Matt O’Neill of C.R.C. operates a Liebherr A924C excavator at the site of the former Canton, Mass., airport.

see C.r.C. page 4

Bennington Appeals FEMA Decision Against Flood Wall Reimbursement BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) The Vermont town of Bennington has appealed the federal government’s decision not to reimburse the town for work on a flood wall after Tropical Storm Irene.

The August 2011 storm damaged a levee between North Branch and Park Streets that had been built by the Army Corps of Engineers. Concerned that the damage could cause flooding, the town completed repair work that cost $214,000, the Bennington Banner reported.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency rejected the town’s request for reimbursement, saying the corps was responsible for the work. The town said the corps was unable to respond quickly enough.

“That was probably one of the most dangerous things.

So we have filed an appeal for that,” said Bennington Planning Director Daniel Monks.

It’s expected to be several months before FEMA rules on the appeal.

The town also is expected to appeal the amount of money it received for sediment removal from the Roaring Brook.

“We’re still dealing with the sediment amount and armor issue. They just threw a number at it and didn’t look at the actual numbers. We have evidence about what we spent,” Monks said.

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C.R.C. Needs Machines to Withstand Marine Conditions C.R.C. from page 1

performing a maneuver. excavate for utilities, install utilities, deep excavations, • Safety — Load Holding Valves on the cylinders etc.” to ensure that the job site is as safe as possible in the C.R.C. purchased its most recent Liebherr machine event of a hydraulic system loss. from Lorusso Heavy Equipment, a Liebherr equip• Maintenance — Semi-automatic central lubricament dealer for Massachusetts and Rhode Island tion system ensures the machine is properly being located in Walpole, Mass. The first machine was purgreased. chased in 2006.

“Liebherr is unlike the other manufacturers in “We feel that Lorusso Heavy Equipment undermany ways, but probably the most important is that stands the customers’ needs, and recognizes the they are a private, family-owned, company who does importance of having the right piece of equipment, for not answer to shareholders,” said Carney. “The the right job, in a timely fashion,” said Henderickson. machines are built with a high emphasis of quality C.R.C. has been using Liebherr equipment for and efficiency, because, after all, their family name is seven years. C.R.C. specializes in work that requires a on the side of the machine for everyone to see. They machine able to withstand harsh marine conditions pay attention to the details. Consequently, the operatwhile maintaining low operating costs. Precision is ing costs are relatively low for the end user.” very important and Liebherr excavators provide a A C.R.C. operator uses a Liebherr A924C excavator at the closed Henderickson recently traveled as a guest of tremendous amount of control over the hydraulic sys- MBTA job site in Pawtucket, R.I. Lorusso Heavy Equipment to visit factories in tems. Crews have been able to lift heavier loads and Germany and Austria where the Liebherr machines maneuver them with a high degree of precision, according to machine.” are manufactured, in addition to attending the Bauma Some of the notable features include: Henderickson.

Equipment Show in Munich, Germany. The show brought • Performance — Heavy Lifting mode increases 530,000 visitors and 3,400 exhibitors, according to Carney.

C.R.C.’s most recent purchase was an A924C wheeled hydraulic pressure for extended periods of time, such as an excavator.

“The factory tours are extremely informative and give the “What separates this most recent purchase machine from entire work shift, when heavy lifting will be the primary end user an idea as to how innovative a company Liebherr the others out there is that it is a stronger and more stable objective. is, with their engineering of the machines, as well as show• Control — “SF” or “Super Finish” Mode, which allows ing the high degree of quality control that is placed on the machine than the other common wheeled excavators out there on the market,” said Gerry Carney, sales manager of the operator to slow the hydraulics down for precise and fine production line,” said Carney. “The majority of contractors Lorusso Heavy Equipment. “The wheeled excavators by grading. in the United States do not understand how immense the • Speed — Proximity sensors in the joysticks, which Liebherr company is and how popular a machine they are in Liebherr are definitely in a class of their own. With advanced features, operators and owners are able to get more out of the allow for the fastest hydraulic response time from idling to Europe. They are a global player in the construction equipment business that is just starting to gain ground here in the U.S.” Construction Equipment Guide Northeast For advertising rates: Contact Edwin M. McKeon Jr. Edition (ISSN 1081-7034) is published C.R.C. is a woman-owned, disadvantaged business enterbi-weekly by Construction Equipment Guide prise established in 1979, specializing in concrete and 215/885-2900 Ltd. Advertising and Editorial Offices are Founder, Publisher & CEO Edwin M. McKeon Sr. marine construction. In the midst of four decades of busilocated at 470 Maryland Dr., Toll Free 800/523-2200 Northeast Publisher Edwin M. McKeon Jr. Ft. Washington, PA 19034. Toll Free ness, C.R.C. has earned a reputation for safe practices, proFax 215/885-2910 Editor In Chief Craig Mongeau 800/523-2200 or Fax 215/885-2910. fessionalism and quality, according to the company’s Web Annual Subscription Rate $65.00. Call for Associate Editor Christine Reckner e-mail tmckeon@cegltd.com site Canadian and foreign rates.

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Rafferty Succeeds With Volvo, Tyler Equipment Partnership

By Jay Adams

right into the hands of Rafferty’s younger operators. These operators have often used technology since they were young and adapt easily to operating the technical aspects of the VolvoMT milling machine.

“There is technology in this unit that has never been seen before,” said Rafferty. “The milling machine can calculate load information for thirty-two different types of trucks. It calculates the type of truck the load is being fed to, the speed of the milling machine, and the depth of the cut. Then, it automatically shuts down when it calculates that the truck is full.

“This process eliminates a great deal of guess work as to whether or not the truck is actually full, and ultimately saves in gas consumption and unnecessary wear and tear on the vehicles,” said Rafferty. “Again, this type

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When Kurt Rafferty, CEO of Rafferty Fine Grading, a company with a strong reputation and 30 years of expertise among its founders, was looking for a new milling machine he went to Volvo, a company that he felt excels in expertise and durability.

Rafferty Fine Grading began sub work for a general contractor on a $2 million job on Interstate 95 in Connecticut, between exits 8 and 10, not far from the New York line.

Connecticut DOT in Darien, Conn sponsors the major highway repair work.

Rafferty needed to mill 2.1 mi. (3.4 km) of three and four lane-wide sections of I-95 in the southbound lane. To do the job, the company purchased a Volvo MT2000 as the primary milling RAFFERTY see page 10 Kurt Rafferty of Rafferty Fine Grading; Greg Miano; and Ed Leonard, superintendent machine from Tyler Equipment in (L-R): of Rafferty Fine Grading work at 2010. the job site.

Workers service and prep the Volvo MT2000 for a night milling The machine, an early production project on I-95 in Conn. model, has shown its durability.

Rafferty has logged 1700 hours already with Equipment, is a marriage of no down time. It was the perfect machine to product and company produchandle their part of the multi-million dollar tivity.

Rafferty owns several other job.

“As Volvo sees areas that can be Volvo machines in its equipimproved upon, they will modify the ment fleet, including a Volvo 70 backhoe, Volvo skid steers, a machine,” said Rafferty.

Rafferty’s crew was sent to the factory in Volvo 140 excavator, three Shippensburg, Pa., while the machine was Volvo motorgraders and a being manufactured. Rafferty’s loyalty to Volvo compaction roller.

As Volvo evolves, it pays Volvo and vice versa, through Tyler

Matthew West, Kurt Rafferty’s son-in-law, operates the milling machine.

Crew mills I-95 using the Volvo MT2000.

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Volvo Provides Factory Support for MT200 Milling Machine

LED lighting increases the machine’s visibility.

RAFFERTY from page 6

of technology dictates that the operator be highly skilled and properly trained.”

The MT2000 is a specialized machine for milling the roadway surface, according to representatives at Volvo.

“We have had a good, long-standing relationship with Tyler Equipment and we have developed the same sort of relationship with the people at the Volvo Road Division,” said Rafferty.

“Volvo has shown a great deal of interest and has given a great deal of support to our efforts,” said Rafferty.

“Rob Hannen and Jullian Itasco have given us tremendous amounts of Volvo factory support,” said Rafferty.

“They have expressed a keen interest in any input we may have that would advance the effectiveness of the milling machine.”

Rafferty started his own company in 2001. He bought his first motorgrader with a credit card and had dreams to become one of the big guys.

“I have put up photos around the shop of major contractors on major projects to motivate the guys and give them the vision of where we want to be,” said Rafferty. “From day one, we have developed a good reputation for paying attention to details. Our finish work is second to none and makes for a much easier job for the paving contractor who comes in behind us. We try to keep the entire job from soup to nuts in house, which includes owning our own trucks. We want to be reliant on other contractors as little as possible.”

Brooke Tyler III, sales representative of Tyler Equipment working with Rafferty, lead his client to Volvo division including pavers, compaction equipment and milling machines.

The Volvo equipment has already served on various Rafferty projects, including services like full-depth pavement reclamation, fine grading and compaction, milling, sweeping, grinding and equipment (low bed) transportation.

Rafferty has dreamed about this career for more than 40 years. From playing in a backyard sandbox, moving Tonka trucks and toy graders, backhoes and bulldozers, the toys have become life-size and practical for construction work.

Computer systems calculate information approximating when the trucks will be full.

Today Rafferty Fine Grading has 16 employees.

Rafferty’s wife Rhonda is the company president and the contract specialist. In addition, she handles logistics, payroll and human resources.

Working throughout New England and New York for more than two decades, expanding his fleet, his knowledge, his capabilities and services, Rafferty now performs reclamation, compaction and milling. The company began hauling its own equipment to maintain and manage schedules in

Crew mills I-95.

order to meet timely deadlines.

Rafferty is now a leader in heavy highway construction.

Rafferty Fine Grading has been a longtime customer of Tyler Equipment. As an authorized Volvo dealer, Tyler Equipment provided after-market support to Rafferty, the contractor, including service and maintenance support.

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

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“The Ocean State” Highway Projects

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation received bids for transportation-related improvement projects.

Following is a list of some of the projects let.

R.I. Contract No.: 2013-CT-060 Project: Contract 3 — State Traffic Commission.

Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Cardi Corporation — $1,285,081 • J.H. Lynch & Sons — $1,533,061 R.I. Contract No.: 2012-CB-001 Project: Replacement of Central Bridge No. 018201 and access improvements to Route 114.

Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Cardi Corporation — $15,499,000 • LM Heavy Civil Construction LLC — $15,967,870 • Mig Corporation — $16,157,277 • Aetna Bridge Company — $17,733,333 • Manafort Brothers Inc. — $18,365,683 • Northern Construction Service LLC — $18,897,223 R.I. Contract No.: 2012-DF-037 Project: Statewide bridge scour remediation — Contract 3.

Contractors and Bid Amounts: • HK & S Construction — $445,534 • New England Building & Bridge Company Inc. — $486,992 • Cardi Corporation — $662,785 • American Site Corporation — $828,200 • Northern Construction Service LLC — $1,077,408 • Aetna Bridge Company — $1,251,140 R.I. Contract No.: 2013-CH-095 Project: RIPTA Park-N Ride Facility Boyd’s Lane.

Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Hartford Site Construction LLC — $399,723 • HK & S Construction — $407,490 • Lucena Brothers — $416,504 • East Coast Landscaping & Construction Inc. — $419,495 • D’ambra Construction Company Inc. — $452,957 • Narragansett Improvement Company — $460,653 • J.H. Lynch & Sons — $473,502 • Cardi Corporation — $475,530 R.I. Contract No.: 2013-CB-083 Project: Barton Corner Bridge No. 518.

Contractors and Bid Amounts: • D’ambra Construction Company Inc. — $6,434,000 • Cardi Corporation — $6,788,464 • J.H. Lynch & Sons — $7,180,980 • Aetna Bridge Company — $7,776,018 • Mig Corporation — $7,857,513 • Manafort Brothers Inc. — $7,929,472 • LM Heavy Civil Construction LLC — $7,947,767

• John Rocchio Corporation — $8,228,544 • S&R Corporation — $8,243,148 • Northern Construction Service LLC — $8,763,858 R.I. Contract No.: 2011-CT-109 Project: Division Street access improvements EARMARK funds. Design funded by NE Tech/Construction by RIDOT. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • D’ambra Construction Company Inc. — $1,633,036 • American Site Corporation — $1,660,000 • Cardi Corporation — $1,710,959 • HK & S Construction — $1,758,534 • J.H. Lynch & Sons — $1,938,738 • Narragansett Improvement Company — $1,970,140 R.I. Contract No.: 2013-CB-062 Project: Magnolia Bridge No. 503 removal.

Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Cardi Corporation — $4,758,359 • J.H. Lynch & Sons — $4,759,477 • John Rocchio Corporation — $4,833,151 • D’ambra Construction Company Inc. — $4,844,000 • Manafort Brothers Inc. — $5,387,930 R.I. Contract No.: 2013-CH-009 Project: 1R improvements to Elmwood Avenue (C-3).

Contractors and Bid Amounts: • D’ambra Construction Company Inc. — $5,565,000 • Cardi Corporation — $5,924,067

• J.H. Lynch & Sons — $6,311,451 • Narragansett Improvement Company — $7,637,883 R.I. Contract No.: 2013-CH-018 Project: Trestle Trail — East Section.

Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Manafort Brothers Inc. — $7,808,473 • J.H. Lynch & Sons — $7,897,411 • Cardi Corporation — $7,912,233 • D’ambra Construction Company Inc. — $8,327,659 • HK & S Construction — $8,374,534 R.I. Contract No.: 2013-CH-069 Project: Providence roadway and traffic signal improvements.

Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Narragansett Improvement Company — $2,208,244 • D’ambra Construction Company Inc. — $2,366,402 • Cardi Corporation — $2,412,800 • J.H. Lynch & Sons — $2,875,497 R.I. Contract No.: 2013-CT-014 Project: Dean Street and Cahir Street lighting improvements.

Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Rossi Electric Company — $506,921 • Arden Engineering — $537,829 • Calson Corporation — $590,710 • James J. O’Rourke Inc. — $642,612

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Morbark Improves Machine, Adding Two Knives to Drum MAASS from page 11

years and with a decent clientele in place, he decided an upgrade was called for and purchased the Tornado chipper.

“That was in 2005 or so, and it was driven a bit by ‘chipper envy,’” he said. “I had a friend who was also in the tree service business and was running the Morbark Tornado.

After seeing what his chipper could do, I knew I also had to have one, so I contacted the local Morbark dealer at the time and placed the order. Looking back, I don’t think I’ve ever made a better decision. I don’t care where I go or what I’m faced with; I know I can get the job done. Whether I’m taking my loader and stuffing the whole top of a tree in there or winching in large tree sections, that chipper will handle it. It is just a powerhouse.”

Success in the Trees Utilizing a bucket truck, a chainsaw and an obvious love for his trade, Maass makes strategic cuts and, working in concert with his ground crew, uses ropes to carefully lower tops and huge tree segments to the ground for subsequent downsizing and chipping.

“In addition to the chipper, my bucket truck is another key piece of this operation,” he said. “It is an older model GMC with a Hi-Ranger XT-55 boom and bucket that I picked up at auction. It gives me a working height of about 60 feet, which has served me very well over the years. It’s older and has seen a lot of action in its life, but for me that’s a good thing. We do huge cuts over the truck every day and, if a limb drops onto the crash cage or the back of the box, it’s no big deal.”

On jobs in which either the terrain or physical boundaries make access to the work area impossible, Maass said that he relies on a Genie TZ 34/20 lift, a tow-behind unit that gives him 40 ft. (12 m) of vertical reach.

“More important than the reach, however, is its ability to get into tight spaces,” he said.

“If, for example, a back yard is not accessible, even with the truck’s long reach, the Genie is small enough to get in there and set up, then give us the access we need. It’s been a nice addition to the operation and has saved us on a number of occasions.”

Good Gets Better Once material has been cut and lowered to the ground, Maass’ crew makes whatever further cuts are needed to get it ready to feed into the chipper. In most cases, said Maass, little prep is needed.

“The machine is powered by a 140 hp

John Deere engine and takes all the hardwood we can feed it without a problem,” he said. “But pine trees just scream through this unit — the auto-feed doesn’t even have to kick in. Although this is essentially the same model as my previous machine, Morbark made a good thing even better by doubling the number of knives in the drum from two to four on the newer machine. And we keep those knives as sharp as possible to cut down on wear and improve productivity.”

He added that the winch, which comes as an option on the chipper, should be on every tree person’s list of must-haves, citing instances in which it has made the job a whole lot easier.

“On larger pieces like the ones we rope down from above, the winch is a back-saver for my crew in getting it to the machine — that’s a given,” he said. “But it is also great when we are cutting trees with vines tangled through them. If we make our cuts and see that vines are holding the piece to another tree, the winch will settle that argument — no problem. It is a very powerful and very useful tool for us.”

After Effects In most regards, a look around central Massachusetts shows that things have quieted down and returned to normal since the snowstorm of last year. For Maass, however, word of mouth from the cleanup work he did was so significant that he is still seeing its residual effects today.

“I don’t do any advertising at all; my work comes only from referrals and repeat business,” he said. “And a lot of people saw the work I did after the storm and became new customers, so my client base just exploded. Unfortunately, a big part of this job involves having to go out and do estimates for all the new work. So, after being in the trees all day, my evenings are spent doing that; it’s like having two full-time jobs.”

He added that, despite those challenges, he truly loves what he does now and is grateful to have good people and reliable equipment to make the work easier.

“At the end of the day, I can look at what we’ve done and feel good about it,” he said.

“And at the center of every job is our Beever M15R, which I feel is the best chipper working today. In fact, if anything ever happened to this one, I wouldn’t even think twice about it; I’d go right down to Schmidt Equipment in Oxford and purchase another identical unit. After all, it’s been really good to me; why would I change a thing?”

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

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251 Shaker Road East Longmeadow, MA 01028 (413) 525-6351 (800) 292-6351

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

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Johnston, RI (401) 942-9191

www.cn-wood.com

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