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High-Profile Feature: Fenway Project
NER Construction Management Completes Fenway Project
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D’Agostino Izzo Quirk Architect, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Assoc. Consulting Engineering
oston, MA - NER Construction Management, Inc. of Wilmington has completed the concrete restoration and waterproofing services at historic Fenway Park for the Boston Red Sox. Specifically, NER was the general contractor for the complete rehabilitation of the concrete stadium seating areas, upper concourse, and lower concourses between the two dugouts, which encompass almost 80,000sf of historic concrete repairs. This scope of work was completed during the baseball off-season, which in Boston means temporary protection, enclosures, and heating to meet the demanding schedule for this $10.5 million project. NER has previously completed several projects at the ballpark, including a similar concrete renovation and waterproofing to the bleacher area, which included 45,000sf of repairs and waterproofing that were completed during a similar off-season schedule. The architect of record was D’Agostino Izzo Quirk Architects, Inc. out of Somerville, and consulting engineering services were provided by Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. of Cambridge. The engineered temporary protection or “tenting” of the work area was one of the most critical aspects of the project because of the specified project requirements of 50 degrees ambient temperature for the placing and curing of the concrete repairs. This enclosure covered over 50,000sf of work area, allowing more than 75 workers to provide selective demolition, concrete repairs, expansion joint repairs, waterproofing, and sealing. There was also coordination with three to seven subcontractors who would be on-site completing hydro-demolition, forming of concrete work, misc. metal railing work, plumbing, and electrical work. “We self-performed most of the work…..and the enclosure allowed for seamless coordination with our men and
Patching ceilings
the subcontractors,” said David Morello, senior project manager for NER Construction. “Our work encompassed over 180,000sf of work area between the upper and lower concourses, seating areas, mezzanines, and ramps and the controlled work environment allowed for work on three shifts, seven days a week,” he said. Sequencing of this volume work during an 18-week schedule was also a priority for the NER Construction Management Team to meet the needs of the owner and the owner’s other contractors. Mark DeGennaro, purchasing manager for NER explained “Using hydro demolition and traditional hammer techniques, over 1,000 tons of old concrete was collected, hauled away, and recycled here in Boston. Over 600 yards of new concrete and concrete patching materials were placed in a phased manner to be completed in time to allow the new Kemper waterproofing to be installed, and the new seats installed by the owner.” Phased installation of historic concrete repairs, new expansion joints, and waterproofing needed to be coordinated before the new seating and restored wooden seats could be completed. The project was completed before the April 2 deadline, in time for opening day. NER Construction Management, Inc. has been providing high quality building restoration services to commercial, institutional, and private clients throughout the New England area for over 25 years. This family-owned business has three locations including the main office in Wilmington, the Special Services Division in Randolph serving the needs of smaller projects and the South Shore and Rhode Island, and a New Haven, Conn. office that has been serving Connecticut since 1992. Recent high-profile projects include the Omni Parker House Façade Renovation, Boston, the Lenox Hotel Façade Restora-
tion, Boston, the UMass Medical Center Exterior Rehabilitation, Worcester, the Massachusetts State House Renovation, Boston, the Rhode Island State House, Providence, and the JFK Presidential Library Waterproofing Repairs and Plaza Reconstruction, Columbia Point, Boston. Connecticut projects include UConn Law Library Façade Reconstruction, Hartford, the Yale University Peabody Museum Historic Renovation, The Yale Cross Campus Library Stone and Masonry Restoration, New Haven, - and the Goodwin Square Hotel Façade Restoration and Tower repairs, Hartford. Form prepared for pouring of cement.
NER Construction Management, Inc. 867 Woburn St. Wilmington, MA 01887 Ph: 978-988-1111 / Fax: 978-988-1110 178 Front Ave., West Haven, CT 06516 Ph: 203-937-6666 / Fax: 203-937-06333 Special Services Division 31 West St., Randolph, MA 02368 Ph: 781-963-1300 / Fax: 781-961-1379
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