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Vol. XlIX • No. 22
“The Nation’s Best Read Construction Newspaper… Founded in 1957.” Your New England States Connection • Amanda Hogeboom-merritt 1-800-988-1203
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The contract for the muchneeded rehabilitation of the I-91 Viaduct Rehabilitation Project in Springfield, a $183.3 million Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) initiative, was awarded to the jointventure (J-V) of J.F. White Contracting Co. and the Schiavone Construction Co. LLC last April, and the work is progressing well. “MassDOT is undertaking the project to replace the existing deck of the bridge, which is in poor condition,” stated the fact sheet for the project. “[It] is the J.F. White-Schiavone, JV Photo result of several years of plan- Currently the J-V has 90 people on ning and valuable input from a site, including subcontractors, and this wide variety of stakeholders. The number will increase to more than 200 project has been designed to in the spring. reduce the number of traffic The J-V submitted the lowest price for the project (of stages and keep construction duration to a minimum. Once completed, [it] will reduce annual maintenance costs, which three bids were submitted) — $148 million making JF increase safety and accessibility on this busy interstate and White-Schiavone the low bidder for the project. When the costs of railroad flaggers, traffic details, protections against ensure long-term serviceability.” The project covers a lot of ground from I-91 northbound cost overruns and an incentive clause for the contractor to and southbound, just south of State Street to the I-291 inter- expedite the work are included, the project will cost approxchange ramps, and the work covers various on- and off- imately $183.3 million. Federal Highway funding is covering 80 percent of the cost, with state covering the remainder. ramps between these limits and the I-291 ramp structures. The contract terms include an incentive of $50,000 per“The completed bridge cross-section will be similar to the existing bridge width, with a wider left shoulder, three trav- day for each day that the contractor completes the work early el lanes and a wider right shoulder,” stated the fact sheet. — a maximum of 180 days. There also is “a disincentive “During construction, there will be one travel lane north of clause” that penalizes the contractor $50,000 for each day the the I-291 ramps, while two lanes will be maintained on the work continues past the expected point where drivers should viaduct in each direction, with occasional exceptions possi- be expected to have full, beneficial use of the corridor. “The approval allows for the replacement and rehabilitable. In addition to the bridge and highway improvements within the limits of the viaduct, MassDOT is proposing tion of the concrete deck; repair and replacement of the supbridge drainage system enhancements that will improve porting steel; and major improvements to drainage and water quality in the Connecticut River. Other improvements lighting,” stated a press release for the awarding of the conwill include new lighting on the viaduct, the upper levels of tract. “The existing viaduct was built in the late 1960s and the north and south garage, and the Columbus Avenue rail- generally consists of a concrete deck slab supported on steel road underpass.” see VIAduCt page 4