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Vol. XlIX • No. 26
“The Nation’s Best Read Construction Newspaper… Founded in 1957.” Your New England States Connection • Kent Hogeboom 1-800-988-1203
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The Rhode Island Department of Transportation has learned its lesson about making sure bridges are done on time and done right. Four years ago, commuters driving across the East Bay of Rhode Island through Barrington and adjacent Warren, R.I., celebrated the opening of two new bridges, which were — through delays and defaults from the original contractor — 15 years in the making. At the time, the two original bridges along the critical north-south commute along heavily-traveled route 114, spanning both the Warren and Barrington Rivers, had been shut-off from traffic since 1997. Temporary bridges were constructed, but were only supposed to be in place four years, the duration of the contract. Yet, nearly 10 years later, the bridges were still being used. With a financial rift exposed with the original general contractors and a new contractor put in place to finish the job, it wasn’t until 2009 that the new Warren and Barrington Bridges were finished and open to traffic. The Rhode Island Department of see CHurCH page 4
Built in 1940, the White Church Bridge has surpassed its design life and is showing what RIDOT calls “signs of aggressive deterioration.”
Lorusso Keeps Ryco Inc. From Being Bogged Down Located in the heart of Massachusetts’ cranberry country means much of the work that Ryco Inc. is involved in is the creation of new and the maintenance of older cranberry bogs. “From day one, reputation has been crit-
The Liebherr loader works on a job site.
ically important to me,” said Ryan Vlaco, president of Ryco Inc. “The cranberry farmers of eastern Massachusetts are a close knit community. Your reputation needs to include a knowledge of the construction of these bogs, honest fair pricing and on time completion. We take a lot of pride in our work and as a result our business has grown nicely.” The creation of cranberry bogs produces a large amount of excess material, which Ryco then processes and sells. “We use our wheel loaders primarily to load our trucks and to see rYCO page 6