Category: Project

SPS was selected by the MBTA to complete the rehabilitation and replacement of track on the Lechmere Viaduct, an historic, 110 year old concrete arched structure. This project will provide a critical linkage to the stations being constructed as part of the Green Line Extension (GLX).

The Bond Civil & Utility – SPS New England Joint Venture is excited to share this video recapping a major milestone at Logan International Airport.

In the fall, the Terminal C Roadways project at Logan International Airport for The Massachusetts Port Authority successfully demolished two structures, installed the final bridge span, and re-opened a new roadway to Terminal C, working around the clock in only nine days.

Thank you to our Joint Venture partners Bond Civil Construction all craft employees and subcontractors involved who performed their work safely and on schedule; and our subcontractors, notably Select Demo, Atlantic Bridge and Engineering, Baycrane, Brox Industries, and Markings, Inc.

A special thanks to Windwood Productions LLC for working with the Joint Venture to produce this video.

SPS is proud to announce the completion of another project for our valued client at MassDOT in Canton, along I-95 and Dedham St. This $50M project was years in the making and added a new off-ramp from I-95, replaced five bridges, upgraded public utilities, and improved a 1 Mile stretch of roadway.

This monumental task required crews to work seven days a week for months on end to meet the project completion date.

Congratulations and THANK YOU to all the dedicated SPS employees, subs and suppliers who worked together to deliver another Successful Project.

Special thanks to Phitted Media for producing this video.

SPS forces deployed within the Boston Common to perform repairs to the tunnel roof above the MBTA Boylston Station. The work included on-track shoring of the existing tunnel ceiling in coordination with the overhead power and catenary.

As part of the Green Line Surge project SPS headed up the effort to perform concrete repairs within the MBTA Copley Station.

Crews performed crack injection and leak sealing work along an inaccessible stretch of the isolated MBTA D-Branch and then the busy, confined historical downtown tunnel corridor. SPS continues to respond quickly to the call for transit infrastructure repairs.

SPS and Railroad Construction Company (RCC) crews completed over 2,000 feet of rail and tie replacement. In the station platform pit areas, the team completed concrete and rubber insert installations.

Special thanks to HCSS for featuring our Award-Winning I-495 Haverhill Design Build Project.

From the article:

“SPS New England successfully navigated these challenges to deliver a much-needed infrastructure upgrade. Their expertise in bridge building has been a partnership with HCSS since 2002, when tighter profit margins required the company to shift from a revenue-based company that relied on accounting for relaying costs after-the-fact, to a company that could instantly measure daily costs using HeavyJob in 2005. Operating with a budget created directly from the estimate created in HeavyBid, SPS New England’s foremen can use their iPads in the field to track the time their crew spends on a specific phase of work against the budget set by the estimators.

With the seamless integration of HeavyBid to HeavyJob, the budgeted production rate from HeavyBid, along with logged man-hours, quantity tracking, and material tracking can inform the field if they are ahead or behind.

According to SPS – a resource and cost-loaded critical path method (CPM) schedule was used for this project. Implementing a CPM schedule in conjunction with the project controls of HeavyJob, HCSS provided the project management team with up-to-date job cost information, projected spending, and cost projections. This led to an overall best-practice management of the project’s budget. Change orders accounted for $4,043,729.81 (4.24 percent) of the project value; 90 percent of this amount was attributed to an owner-directed safety improvement for designing and constructing a slip ramp on the I-495 mainline.”

Discover the full story here

The Railroad-SPS New England JV recently completed a 13-day surge on the Orange Line as part of the MBTA’s ongoing Track Improvement Program, removing 6 speed restrictions between Jackson Square Station and the Mass Ave Tunnel Portal. Our work included various concrete repairs to 46 direct fixation track panels, core drilling and replacement of more than 130 track shoulder posts, over 11,000 feet of rail replacement including 64 thermite welds, replacement of 250 timber ties, and nearly 2000 feet of tamping. The JV also replaced various special track components at the Ruggles Crossovers, removing a longstanding movement restriction for Orange Line trains traveling through the switches. Our work was completed on-time with the help of SPS’s Bridge Deck & Joint Repair crews joining the track repair team.

Subcontractors: Fischbach & Moore, WL French, Tiabbi Equipment, CJ Shaughnessy Crane, Vanasse & Associates, Liro-Hill Group

 

Railroad-SPS New England worked 24 hours a day from September 6^th to September 29^th on a shutdown of the MBTA Red Line between JFK/UMass Station and Braintree Station with Railroad-SPS crews working between Tenean Beach and Wollaston Station. Railroad-SPS crews replaced over 7000 ties, just under 13000 feet of Rail, destressed over 34500 feet of rail, replaced the Linden Street Truck Pad, performed various switch work, as well has dressed the track with just under 3000 Tons of Ballast. The work performed by Railroad-SPS helped to lift (9) total speed restrictions and allow trains to travel at speeds up to 50 mph for the first time since the track was built.