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Crews to Build Final Pier for $62.5M Bridge Construction workers are preparing to soon construct Pier One, the seventh and final pier of the $62.5 million General John Stark Memorial Bridge, which will link the two Connecticut River towns of Hinsdale, N.H., and Brattleboro, Vt. It is hoped that the bridge, designed to replace two, 100year-old truss bridges currently linking Hinsdale and Brattleboro, will be open for traffic in the fall of 2024, with the finishing touches slated for the following spring.

The Brattleboro Reformer reported Dec. 26 that while the last of the girders for the new bridge sit by the side of N.H. Highway 9 in the nearby town of Keene, for the seventh pier to be constructed and to cure, more than two dozen employees of Reed & Reed Construction have been laying reinforced concrete panels cast by J. P. Carrara & Sons in Middlebury, N.H., on top of the girders that have been installed over six of the eight spans, starting on the Hinsdale

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Reed & Reed is based in Woolwich, Maine.

Mark Moran, resident engineer and senior contract administrator of the New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) Construction Bureau, told the Reformer that once the 4.5-in.-thick deck panels are installed across the entire 1,800 ft. bridge span, stainless steel rebar will be installed, followed by the pouring of an additional 5 in. of concrete.

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He added that the Connecticut River bridge project calls for more than 1,000 panels, made up of approximately 12,000 cu. meters of concrete, and about 6 million lbs. of structural steel. Rebar alone, Moran noted, is well over 1 million lbs. see BRIDGE page 13

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Hartford Plans Construction On New Barbour Street Library A new branch of the Hartford Public Library (HPL) in Connecticut will begin construction later this spring, city officials announced in a December news release.

Mayor Luke Bronin, HPL President and CEO Bridget Quinn, and city and community leaders will all come together at a date still to be determined to break ground on a new Barbour Street Library Branch, which has an anticipated development cost of $17.5 million.

The project has been fully funded by utilizing a combination of sources, including city of Hartford general funds, monies made available to the city through the American Rescue Plan Act, and corporate contributions by The Hartford, Travelers and Aetna.

Additionally, the Connecticut State Library’s Public Construction Grant program awarded another $2 million for the building project.

In December, the Hartford City Council voted to approve Bronin’s request for a final allocation of $3.5 million to close the remaining funding gap and ensure that the library’s construction can get under way.

“Thank you to Mayor Luke Bronin, to the city of Hartford and to the Connecticut State Library for making it possible for the HPL to build a new state of the art Barbour Street Library,” said Quinn. “The library will be a beacon for the community and allow HPL to expand services at our Barbour branch. We are looking forward to having the new Barbour library open to serve our community as soon as possible.”

Located in a leased storefront in Hartford’s Unity Plaza, the current Barbour Street library encompasses only 1,850 sq. ft.

— a space not large enough to provide the services, technology and programming to meet the needs of the community, according to the news release.

enhanced educational and skill-based training opportunities offered by HPL and community partners.

• A strengthening of the HPL’s boundless partnership with the Fred D. Wish Museum School.

“This project is also a really important piece of the broader work to revitalize Barbour Street, including the planned renovation of Wish School, the construction of new quality affordable housing on the corners of Westland and Barbour, and hopefully Hartford Public Library/Silver Petrucelli + Associates rendering the redevelopment of the Clark School propWhen the proposed construction is completed, the new library will feature 15,000 erty in the years ahead,” explained Bronin.

“We’re blessed to have one of the best sq. ft of space and include a children’s room, teen lounge, computer area, technololibrary systems in the country, and I’m proud gy lab and an area for programming facilitated by Makerspace. that the Northeast neighborhood will now When the proposed construction is com- Manager Irene Blean and Steven Harris, an have a beautiful, standalone branch to call its pleted, the new library will feature 15,000 HPL board member and northeast Hartford own. I’m grateful to everyone who has sq. ft of space and include a children’s room, resident, who coordinated resident and helped to make this project possible, and I’m teen lounge, computer area, technology lab stakeholder focus groups to ensure the especially grateful to our community and to and an area for programming facilitated by neighborhood’s needs were reflected in the neighborhood leaders like Steve Harris, who plans.

Makerspace. have led the planning for this project from Based on community input, the library the start.”

Plans call for the new building to be constructed on the currently vacant city-owned will include: • A large Community Room for meetings, lot at 234 Barbour St., the site of a former HPL’s Dedication to Snyder’s supermarket which had sat vacant cultural events and programming.

City’s Enrichment • A dedicated food pantry that will enable and blighted for decades before it was With roots dating back to 1774, the acquired and remediated by the city of expansion of the twice-monthly food distri- Hartford Public Library remains at the forebution service currently offered in partner- front of redefining the urban library experiHartford.

“The Barbour Street Library has been one ship with Connecticut Foodshare. ence in the 21st century. With seven loca• An enclosed courtyard for outdoor pro- tions throughout the city, HPL provides eduof our top priorities, and we’ve worked hard to put the final funding in place so that con- gramming designed to foster additional col- cation, intellectual enrichment and cultural struction can move forward as soon as the laboration with the Mount Moriah development for thousands of children, weather gets warm,” explained Bronin, who Community Garden, located adjacent to the youth and adults every year. added that the facility will “welcome and new library site, and KNOX Hartford, a The library system also has gained local inspire generations of kids and families here coalition of community organizations that and national recognition for its wide range of support Hartford through horticulture and new initiatives and partnerships designed to in the Northeast neighborhood.” environmentally centered programs. meet the needs of a diverse and dynamic city • The NextGen Adult Learning Center, a and region, including immigration services, More Than Just Place for Books The plans and design for the new library space for expanded workforce and career employment assistance and youth leadership were facilitated by Barbour Branch development classes and training as well as training. 

Market Landing Park Expansion On Track for Summer Finish Newburyport, Mass.’s $6 million Market Landing Park construction and expansion project continues to be on schedule as work moves forward on establishing priority park space.

The coastal Massachusetts city’s project kicked off last August and is expected to be completed by this summer.

Crews with Acton, Mass.-based Onyx Corp. are converting a number of waterfront parking lots into additional green space flanking the east and west sides of the 4.6-acre site, the Daily News of Newburyport reported Jan. 1. The effort also will feature new park wings and a shared-use path connecting two phases of the Clipper City Rail Trail.

“The park project that’s under construction right now is expanding the primary priority park space along the water’s edge,” explained Andy Port, the project’s manager, and planning director of the city of Newburyport, who added that, timewise, everything is proceeding as it should.

“Our plan is to be finished by the May to June timeframe of this [year], and we’re on track with that right now.”

In speaking with the Daily News, he said the primary aspect of the project is under way and that two additional walkways will be put in at a later date.

“A bike path connection that goes across the central waterfront [will connect] with the boardwalk,

so there will no longer be a complete [bike path] gap through the downtown,” Port noted.

Jim McCauley, the Ward 5 councilor on the Newburyport City Council and a Market Landing Ad Hoc member, told the Daily News, “On projects like this, they’re all always weather dependent. So, I think we’re on schedule now. With some good weather, we should be around our completion timeframes.”

Port also commented to the newspaper about some of the challenges facing the Market Landing Park project.

“I think the main difficulty we have right now is actually trying to coordinate with National Grid where we’re hoping that they can

provide transformers,” he said.

“They have to replace the transformers that are there today.”

Port is hopeful that National Grid, a utilities provider in Massachusetts and New York State, will deliver the three transformers the project needs to allow the project to continue on its pace.

“That’s one thing that we’re focused on right now,” he said.

Other Project Phases Likely to Be Debated Port also spoke about the future scope of the project including a potential third phase that has yet to be funded.

“The visitor center restroom facility would replace both the

temporary chamber booth that’s been there as well as the restroom trailer that was removed this season,” he explained.

McCauley noted that the Newburyport City Council will be discussing additional phases of the project during 2024.

“This next council will be able to take up and debate about funding the next series of phases to this park going forward,” McCauley said.

Port shared why he was excited to see the Market Landing Park project getting done.

“It helps to settle all those years and decades of debate about the central waterfront, allowing the community to focus on other areas,” he said. 

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CTDOT Begins Effort to Improve Three-Highway Interchange State transportation officials have quietly ramped up work on a nearly $500 million project designed to overhaul one of central Connecticut’s most congested and headache-inducing highway corridors, CT Insider reported.

On Dec. 28, the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) opened bidding for the second of three construction phases on the Meriden interchange formed by the merger of three highways — Interstates 91 and 691, as well as state Highway 15 — that collectively carry around 260,000 vehicles daily.

At the point where I-91 intersects with Conn. 15, the two highways form an Xshaped tangle of merging lanes, weaving traffic, and exit ramps. As the two highways begin to split apart again to form the top of the X, they meet I-691, forming another web of entrances and exits.

The interchange’s complexity, in addition to the narrow design of several connecting ramps, snarls traffic and contributes to a higher number of reported accidents than on other similar highway connectors, according to a 2019 report by Parsons Corp., a Virginia-based highway consultant.

One particularly notorious segment of the interchange is the southbound, singlelane off ramp connecting I-91 with Conn.

15, which routinely causes traffic to back up by as much as a mile, CT Insider noted.

“Anyone who has driven through the I91/I-691/Route 15 interchange knows there are major backups and crashes, and that major improvements are needed,” Connecticut Transportation Commissioner Garrett Eucalitto said in a statement.

“We’re moving forward with a multi-year program that will improve safety, reduce crashes and ultimately reduce congestion.”

Two Largest Construction Phases Poised to Begin Work began in 2023 on the initial, $85 million phase of the project to repair bridges, add one lane of traffic to I-91 north, and make related road improvements, CTDOT spokesperson Josh Morgan told the statewide digital news service.

However, the final two — and largest — phases of the project are slated to begin soon with the work scheduled to last until 2029. Both of those phases will focus on restructuring the northbound and southbound interchanges between I-91 and the

other highways.

In October, Connecticut’s State Bond Commission agreed to borrow $31.7 million toward the second, northbound phase of the project, which also is slated to receive $220 million in federal funding.

The new interchanges between I-91 and Conn. 15 will each have two lanes of traffic in either direction to ease the flow of traffic, according to planning documents. Crews will widen three other existing exit ramps, while removing Exit 17 on I-91 northbound, and reroute traffic onto the new two-lane off ramp at Exit 16, which will connect to both Conn. 15 and East Main Street.

Current Interchange Not Built to Handle Today’s Traffic Construction on the existing highway interchange in Meriden was completed in the 1960s, and proponents of the new project argue that it has become outdated both in its design and its ability to handle a growing volume of traffic traveling through the central part of the state.

“Depending on the time of day, it’s certainly one of the top three or four problem areas in the state of Connecticut,” said state

Rep. Roland Lemar, D-New Haven, who serves as co-chair of the Transportation Committee.

CT Insider noted that the project’s footprint will extend from where I-91 crosses the Wallingford-Meriden town line to the weigh station in Middletown, a distance of roughly 4.2 mi. Other sections of both Conn. 15 and I-691 also will undergo repairs.

Morgan said CTDOT will aim to conduct much of the necessary roadwork at night, while spacing out lane and exit closures over the project’s six-year timeline in order to minimize the impact on drivers.

Still, he cautioned, the project “certainly may create some additional traffic congestion over the next couple of years,” and urged patience among those traveling through the area. The alternative, he noted, would involve completely shutting down one or more of the highways in order to speed up construction.

In a related effort, the state transportation agency began another project renumbering exits along I-691 to a mileage-based system in 2023, conforming to federal standards.

That project is expected to be completed this summer. 

Work to Begin On $90M Winchester Green Project in New Haven For much of the 20th century, the Winchester Repeating Arms factory in New Haven, Conn., stood as the economic and social cornerstone of the city’s Newhallville and Dixwell neighborhoods.

The sprawling industrial complex was more than just a factory; it provided stable employment and a sense of identity for people working and living in downtown New Haven. It also was a bustling hub around which local businesses, social clubs and community activities thrived.

However, the eventual closure of the factory in 2006 destroyed what had been a vibrant center of commerce and culture.

Newly built parking lots not only changed the local landscape but represented lost jobs and fractured once-cohesive neighborhoods.

Now, though, a team of developers has an ambitious plan to transform a portion of the old factory site “into a thriving hub that stitches” back together the Newhallville and Dixwell neighborhoods.

Construction on Winchester Green, a $90 million, five-story planned mixed-income and mixed-use development in the former factory complex, now known as Science

Park, will begin in the new year following an announcement from Winchester Partners that it had secured funding.

The joint venture includes New Yorkbased Twining Properties and L+M Development Partners (LMXD), a national mixed-income developer headquartered in Larchmont, N.Y. The Hartford Business Journal (HBJ) reported Dec. 28 that the new development represents the first phase of the Winchester Center comprehensive plan to revitalize the former munitions factory complex in the heart of the city into a new campus with jobs, shops and housing.

As part of the overall project, infrastructure upgrades will be made to the area around Winchester Green, including new private roads and a public park designed to improve connectivity with the city’s nearby neighborhoods.

Winchester Green will host 283 mixedincome apartments on an underutilized surface parking lot, adjacent to the existing Winchester Lofts and Winchester Works complexes. The development will include 57 affordable units, featuring a variety of apartment types. Twenty percent of the

apartments are to be set aside for belowmarket rents aimed at those earning 50 percent of the area median income, the development team noted.

Additionally, the Winchester Green building also will introduce 12,800 sq. ft. of new ground-floor retail space along Winchester Avenue and be an all-electric building powered by heat pumps.

New Haven Development to Open in 2026 Winchester Green will be part of the ongoing revitalization of New Haven’s Science Park, according to Twining Properties, and include 158 units of housing and a 150,000-sq.-ft., fully leased laboratory and office space at 4-5 Science Park. When complete, the larger Winchester Center could include more than 1,000 apartments, retail, parks and 500,000 sq. ft. of lab space.

To make way for the new construction, a pair of vacant Winchester Arms factory buildings at 270 Mansfield St. will be demolished to make way for a new 196space parking lot. Phase 1 also calls for the creation of two new streets, Mason Street and Sheffield Avenue Extension, designed

to improve connectivity and break up the “superblock” in the area.

Lastly, a new public plaza named Mason Place will be established near the new apartment building, intended for community activities such as farmers markets and arts events.

Plans call for the Winchester Green building to open in early 2026, with the adjacent infrastructure work finished by the end of 2025, according to Winchester Partners.

The urban investment group within Goldman Sachs Asset Management is the major investment partner and tax credit investor on Winchester Green. The senior debt on the project is being provided by KeyBank, along with a tax-exempt loan from the New Haven Housing Authority.

Prior to the Winchester Green closing, an affiliate of Winchester Partners, in conjunction with Science Park Development Corp., secured a $5 million Urban Act Grant for the adjacent infrastructure project from the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development for two new private roads and a public park, HBJ noted in its news article. 

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O&G Industries Building Group’s portfolio includes education, healthcare, commercial, office, industrial, manufacturing, municipal, community, athletic venues, transit, utility, water and wastewater projects.

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O&G Industries invested in adding solar power to many of its facilities, the most significant being the Southbury quarry, where 3,762 solar panels generate enough electricity to run the entire quarry and run surplus energy back into the grid.

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“We are thrilled to be constructing the new NOAA marine operations center,” said Paul Pedini, senior vice president, Skanska USA Civil’s New England region. “The facility will be pivotal in advancing NOAA’s ship operations, and we’re proud to contribute to the growth of what will soon become a vital hub for ocean research, sustainability and innovation fostering.”

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The addition of Monroe Tractor to Since its founding in 1951, the industries Monroe Tractor has served have been trans- Dynapac’s network of more than 200 dealer formed by technologies, equipment and locations in North America is expected to capabilities. Its mission has stayed steadfast, enhance the service for equipment, parts and the family-owned business understands the customer support for Dynapac products in needs of its customers and provides dedicat- the Northeast.

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New Bridge Will Link Towns of Hinsdale, N.H., Brattleboro, Vt. BRIDGE from page 1

The 10 girders by the side of the road in Keene, fabricated by Casco Bay Steel Structures in South Portland, Maine, will need to be installed once Pier One is ready, according to Moran, with all the necessary stringers and other connectors holding everything together.

“There’s a series of what we call pork chop girders that sit on the piers themselves, and then there’s a series of slender girders that drop in between those pork chop girders,” he explained.

Eighty percent of the Stark Memorial Bridge’s cost is coming from the federal government, the Brattleboro news source reported. The remainder of the cost is split between New Hampshire and Vermont, with the Granite State contributing 85 percent of the funds because of its “ownership” of the river to the high-water mark in Vermont.

Another $8 million has been set aside to rehabilitate the old Charles Dana and Anna Marsh bridges across Hinsdale Island that currently connect the two towns as well as clean up the island for strictly pedestrian use.

There have been some delays in the project, which Moran attributed to a multitude of issues — one of which is staffing.

“There’s a lack of a young labor force and reduced institutional knowledge with older folks retiring,” he said.

Additionally, Moran cited the serious flooding last July that washed out a section of road in Winchester, N.H., the only delivery route for the girders from Maine, for disrupting the building effort.

On the Vermont side of the project, rightof-way issues concerning outdated fuel tanks owned by Barrows and Fisher Oil needed to be removed and the demolition of a concrete pad also slowed the project. Only recently was the fuel company able to complete the installation of several new tanks just north of the old pad.

“We are anticipating having traffic on the bridge by the fall of 2024 with the finishing touches done by the following spring,” said Moran.

On average, the traffic count on the two existing bridges is 8,900 vehicles per day or 3.2 million annually. 

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Several Projects On Schedule at Pease International Tradeport Work has begun on the construction of a major new warehouse and distribution facility at Pease International Tradeport in Portsmouth, N.H. The new project is one of several either under way or planned at the Tradeport, just east of Portsmouth International Airport, in 2024.

Procon Inc., a Manchester, N.H., architectural and construction management firm, and The Kane Company, a commercial developer in Portsmouth, have joined forces to build a “supply chain management facility” at 100 New Hampshire Ave. rather than the advanced manufacturing plant they previously pitched for the site, the Portsmouth Herald reported Jan. 2.

The developers, who also operate as Aviation Avenue Group LLC, are building the facility for Fidelitone, a supply chain management firm that “represents a nationwide home merchandising company,” according to Michael Mates, the director of engineering at the Pease Development Authority (PDA).

Paul Brean, the PDA’s executive director, said authority officials are “really excited about the project.”

The project’s developers, both well known throughout New Hampshire, have fenced in the property and begun site work.

“It’s a really good fit for that part of the Tradeport. The tenant would like to be completely operational by this time next year,” Brean told the Herald during a recent interview about ongoing and expected development in 2024 at the former Pease Air Force base. “The facility is for larger scale delivery of high-end retail.”

The development team “feels confident they can get that building completed next year,” Brean added.

He noted Fidelitone “really wants to be in New Hampshire” to take advantage of the Tradeport’s location close to major highways, including Interstate 95 and the Spaulding Turnpike.

“You can be north and south in a matter of minutes to large urban markets,” Brean said.

John Stebbins, Procon’s managing director, previously estimated 30-70 people will work at the New Hampshire Avenue facility, with another 20 driving the box trucks that deliver the furniture manufacturer’s product.

The warehouse and distribution facility will be 102,000 sq. ft., according to Stebbins.

Another Expansion at Pease to Focus On Diabetes Cure Brean proudly pointed to the ongoing work by Lonza Biologics to build a new manufacturing facility at Pease “that could help lead to a cure for diabetes.”

Lonza broke ground in August on the latest addition to its Pease campus that is moving toward a combined 1 million sq. ft. The new facility off Goose Bay Drive at the Tradeport will encompass more than 130,000 sq. ft.

The company is partnering with Vertex Pharmaceuticals at the site to develop islet cell therapies aimed at producing “curative therapies.”

The two global companies have partnered in the process development and scale up for the manufacturing of the product portfolio as well as co-invested to build the new plant.

“This is a project that my staff has been working on for multiple years to look and see what’s the best possible use for the parcel, and closely working with Lonza to identify their needs,” Brean explained.

“Ultimately, we produced a developable parcel that’s

going to host a game-changing medical gene cell therapy. It’s so exciting, and it ties into the biopharma growth in the state.”

Seeing Lonza and Vertex combine to create such an important medical manufacturing facility at Pease shows that the PDA “can compete with other areas and make this economically viable, but also get the talented people to work in the field,” he told the Portsmouth news source.

lion.”

The gunmaker already supplies every branch of the U.S. military with the Modular Handgun System for the M17 and M18, according to Piatt.

“Sig Sauer is a long-standing Pease tenant at 72 Pease Boulevard and provides a large number of skilled jobs [there] and throughout its New Hampshire facilities [in Rochester and Epping],” Brean said.

Sig Sauer Plans to Grow Its Presence at Tradeport Gunmaker Sig Sauer said in August 2022 that it was planning a major expansion on a 20-acre parcel at the Pease International Tradeport, in conjunction with Two International Group, a Portsmouth commercial real estate company.

At the time the weapons manufacturer made its announcement, Brean said the proposed new development at 165 Arboretum Dr. “would include light manufacturing, warehouse space and office uses.”

The potential site for the facility is located “directly adjacent to the roundabout at the northern end of the Pease International Tradeport,” he added.

However, Brean acknowledged to the Herald that “it hasn’t been an easy parcel” to redevelop, due in part to the presence of an old Air Force pipeline that ran through the property.

The PDA and Sig Sauer “continue to work on the design and engineering and permitting process” for the project, he noted.

“It’s been somewhat of a longer development process,” Brean admitted. “At the end of the day we want to make sure we’re restoring that correctly.”

Samantha Piatt, Sig Sauer’s director of communications and media relations, told the Portsmouth newspaper that the manufacturer made the initial announcement about its potential expansion at Pease after receiving “the largest small arms contract in history by the U.S. Army with the Next Generation Squad Weapons contract valued at over $4 bil-

Arrivals Hall Taking Shape at Portsmouth Airport Construction also is continuing on the updating and expansion of the Pease Arrivals Hall at Portsmouth International Airport, Brean confirmed.

“We’re adding 5,200 sq. ft. of additional space at the airport and replacing outdated Air Force base-era utilities,” Brean explained.

The expansion and updated Arrivals Hall project “will improve our arrivals capacity, alleviating current congestion, increasing accessibility, and supporting future growth at the airport,” PDA officials stated in the project documents.

In addition, the PDA noted that the improvements “will also include the replacement of our 65-year-old outdated electric services, [the addition of] LED lighting throughout the terminal, and [the creation of] more windows to maximize natural light — all of which combine to help make our airport become more energy efficient.”

The Pease Arrivals Hall upgrades, which are being paid for in large part through a $7 million Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grant, also will feature “a redesigned baggage claims area and the relocation of rental car counters, parking kiosks, and information and customer service booths.”

The goal of the effort is to “improve the overall passenger experience, from the moment of arrival, whether you’re taking off or landing here,” according to project documents.

The upcoming improvements to the airport at Pease follow a $19.5 million terminal expansion unveiled in early 2021. 

SAKAI America Expands New England Dealer Network With Barry Equipment SAKAI America Inc. announced a new partnership with Barry Equipment as the authorized asphalt roller and soil compactor dealer of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and Rhode Iisland.

Through Barry, access to SAKAI compaction equipment sales and service has increased dramatically for New England area contractors and asphalt paving companies.

“Hands down there is no better partner for our northeast market expansion,” said Brad Belvin, manager of sales & marketing of SAKAI America. “Barry Equipment is the trusted name in the New England area equipment industry.

They originated in the area and have built a solid foundation of loyal cus-

Through Barry, access to SAKAI compaction equipment sales and service has increased dramatically for New England area contractors and asphalt paving companies.

tomers.”

“SAKAI compaction equipment is the ideal fit for our paving and site preparation lineup.” said Joe Barry, VP and operations manager, Barry Equipment. “Dependability is a core component of our philosophy of customer business success determining our own success. SAKAI machines have a clear market perception of that dependability, so we could not be happier with the opportunity to partner together.”

SAKAI rollers have already begun shipping to Barry locations and are available to purchase, order or rent immediately.

For more information, visit www.BarryEquipment.com and www.SakaiAmerica.com. 

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NEW ENGLAND SUPPLEMENT ADVERTISER INDEX

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“This new concept with the Cat 988K XE is gaining momentum with northeast aggregate producers,” said Scott Gilligan, H.O. Penn Machinery sales representative. “More power and half the fuel consumption, it just makes sense. This technology will continue to spread throughout the Caterpillar product offering.”

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with O&G Industries for 44 years and manages its entire equipment fleet, is constantly looking for ways for his fleet of literally thousands of pieces of equipment, to contribute to O&G Industries green initiative.

Gilligan contacted Zambero about an extraordinary new quarry loader, the Cat 988K XE, a new hybrid loader that would fall right in line with O&G Industries initiatives. The cutting-edge technology in the new 988K XE creates a diesel-electric hybrid machine.

A traditional 988K that has been retrofitted with an electric transmission and as a result, the power plant is substantially smaller, which produces approximately a 50 percent savings in fuel consumption with no reduction in power and generates 32 percent less CO2 emissions. The three-speed electronic transmission generates more force into the pile and more bite into the pile than the previous transmissions, making it a more efficient machine. Not only is it consuming less fuel and producing less emissions, it also is reducing cycle times. Because the transmission is electric, the increased amounts of torque and bite are there immediately. There is no waiting for increased rpms and horsepower to get the increased torque.

“A great added feature is that you can turn the torque down on rainy days when traction is an issue, and you don’t want as much torque because ultimately it would create more tire wear,” Zambero said.

In a traditional loader, the operator is constantly on and off the throttle: revving up the throttle to break into the pile, reducing the throttle when pulling out of the pile, making constant throttle adjustments. With the electronic transmission, all of that is handled within the transmission. The throttle of the engine stays pretty much the same throughout the entire process.

The Cat 988K XE is a 120,000-lb. machine with a 10.5-yd. bucket. According to Gilligan, “This new concept with the Cat 988K XE is gaining momentum with northeast aggregate producers. With more power and half the fuel consumption, it just makes sense. This technology will continue to spread throughout the Caterpillar product offering.”

“There is a premium price you are paying for this technology, but the fuel savings paid for it in a very short time,” said Zambero.

“Making the decision to buy this machine was not a painful process. It’s not very often you see a return on investment in such a short period of time.

H.O. Penn Works Closely With O&G “The majority of our fleet is Caterpillar machines from H.O. Penn,” he added. “Scott [Gilligan] is very knowledgeable and handson with our account. He and I meet on a weekly basis to discuss future equipment needs including rentals and purchases.

“Phil Molloy, our PSSR from H.O. Penn, does a great job handling and scheduling our service and warranty repairs. He provides a computerized inspection report of all our crawler machine undercarriages. He monitors all of our oil samples that have warranty coverage and provides a host of other services that keep our downtime to a minimum.

Whenever I am asked, I encourage other equipment fleet managers that are planning on making a purchase of new or used machines to make sure they are working with a reputable dealer that has a strong service and parts department to ensure their machine up-time. That certainly describes H.O. Penn.”  CEG (All photographs in this article are Copyright 2024 Construction Equipment Guide, except where noted.)

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