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When Timothy Konowitz was a kid, his hands were attached to Tonka trucks. The sandbox was his oasis to shift, dig through, pile up and haul away. Not much has changed. Konowitz, owner of Miles of Excavating in Wrentham, Mass., is living his childhood dream. The world, and his business, is moving other people’s dirt. “As a kid, I was always playing with Tonka Trucks. I always shoveled people’s walkways to get extra money. In sixth grade, I bought a 1969 Cub Cadet Lawn Tractor. It was used and I used it more. I cut neighbors’ lawns, cut everyone’s grass. I bought a little trailer for it and started fixing lawns.” By high school, Konowitz recognized his life’s ambition and laid plans to achieve it. “Back when I was just out of high school, I knew what I wanted to do. I worked for a couple of [local contracting] companies. In 1990, I started by splitting wood and selling
firewood, until I could afford to buy my first dump truck in 1996,” said Konowitz. “I had a full-time job, and would run the truck on the weekends and do deliveries. Soon, my boss said, ‘You’re ready to be on your own.’ I kept saving and saving and saving, and took a loan in 1995 and bought a rubber-tired backhoe from Caterpillar, a John Deere 410. It was used,” he added. “Used,” as in built a few years before, and “used” as in worked out heavily. The dump truck also was very expensive for a young man just starting out. “It took every bit of money that I possessed to buy that thing. I had a note on it for $12,000 and I went on my own to pay it,” said Konowitz. From a Few Feet to “Miles” The one-man, one-truck operation became Miles of Excavating in 1996. Two years later, in 1998, his brother Corey came aboard, along with a good friend. Several laborers for bigger jobs were added, but never more than a see MilEs page 4
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five-man crew. Konowitz’s popular company just celebrated 15 years of continual growth and many additional services. He started with just one hole. “The first job I ever did was digging around a building in Plainville [Mass.], so they could move the building down the street about two miles. I dug the foundation, so they could put the beams under it.” Within weeks, he added, Miles of Excavating “just took off. I started doing septic systems and I haven’t looked back since. I just keep going forward.”
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septic maintenance, Title 5 inspections, sewer connections, water lines, road construction, grading, additions, demolition, foundations, tree stump removal — and a New England winter staple — snow removal. Miles of Excavating also offers screener rental, loam and gravel sales, one-ton dump and 10-wheeler truck rental and machine rental with expert operator. Konowitz and his crew always offer free estimates, 100 percent customer satisfaction and same-day emergency service. They also invite custom jobs and will do those jobs as requested, specifically to meet the client’s needs. “We just started doing commercial work two years ago. We are [doing] one right now. It’s huge. We are digging the parking lot, and demolished the building for Hollingsworth and Vose [a well-known engineered paper and interwoven materials company founded in 1843], on their site,” said Konowitz. The job is under general contractor Majestic Construction, out of North Attleboro, Mass. The crew also is starting a new project at the Dedham Plaza, providing lot excavation and site work for a new bank going up in Dedham, Mass. “You should see the amount of work we have done this week [Oct. 17]. Just today, we demolished that building and hauled out 155 cubic yards of asphalt and 100 cubic yards of concrete in one day with two trucks,” said the tired owner, who, if lucky, will get to shower after 8 p.m. Twelve-to-16-hour days are typical for him and his crew. “We do a lot of emergency water work. That’s just broken pipes. Last week, we did eight leaks and the average day ended at 9:30 at night, from 6 in the morning,” added the working owner, who is now 38. Establishing “Miles” The popular name of his company is a play on words, beyond mere “mileage.” “My brother-in-law came up with it. ‘Miles’ is my middle name,” said Tim Konowitz. “I remember I had been in business just two or three weeks, and he said, ‘You need a bank account. You need a company name. What do you think about ‘Miles of Excavating?’ I said, ‘Wow, that’s catchy. That’s got a nice ring to it.’ And off we went.” Konowitz said it is his tireless service and word-of-mouth that keeps his small business hopping, summer through winter, with very few, if any, breaks. “What sets us apart is our service and the quality of work see MILES page 9
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we do. My brother Corey, Robert Shufelt, we all treat every job like it’s our own property,” he said. Sometimes, the work involves extraordinary care and precise touch, using all of their skill and experience, in difficult circumstances. “We did a septic system once that was 30 feet down over an embankment. We had to rent a long-reach excavator to do the digging and the machine stayed on a two-lane highway, Route 140 in Wrentham, traffic going by, while we did the work. No other contractor would even look at the job.” If, on the surface, his team doesn’t know how to approach a problem, they disassemble it, examine the various parts, and put a plan together, like the pieces. “I’ll book a job, and my guys will say, ‘I don’t know how we are going to get it done.’ When we don’t know something, we take it like a puzzle, one piece at a time, until it’s done. I tell them, ‘It’s a jigsaw and we do it, piece
Digging for Gold Speaking of missing pieces, when you dig for 15 years, you are bound to find something you hadn’t expected in the dirt. “We were working at the Dwight Derby House in Medfield, [Mass.], which is the oldest house in Medfield. There were archaeologists sifting through the dirt we were digging, sorting through every ounce we dug out of the hole, and they found a gold coin that was worth $180,000. That had to be 10 years ago, now.” Did they share any of that with their “Miles?” “Um, no, they didn’t,” Konowitz laughed. “You’d think I’d find something,” he laughed again. “Heck, all the digging we’ve done. I was digging once in the Cemetery in Norfolk and I didn’t even find any bones.” Konowitz is grateful for his customers and for plowing through tough times like these. He credits his team.
“They are the best guys. I cannot ask for anyone better. I have the best guys for the work that we do. Without them, we’d be nothing,” he said. Like adjusting for site depth and volume, you also have to shift gears with economics, when people cannot pay as much for jobs they desperately need, especially septic work or water emergencies. “You have to adjust prices in tough times, and, basically, you don’t make nearly the same money you used to make during them,” said Konowitz. “Fuel costs are up, materials are up. It’s tough. We keep working because of reputation, not necessarily [because of] repeat loyal customers. I mean, if I do a septic system, I may not see them again for 20, 25 years.” For more information, visit www.milesofexcavating.com or call at 508-384-9590. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.) CEG
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$12.8M Expansion Project for Newport State Airport Planned COVENTRY, Vt. (AP) Construction on a new terminal building at the Newport State Airport could begin as early as this summer, a big step in a $12.8 million expansion project designed to boost the area’s economy, officials said Monday. The plan also calls for adding 1,000 ft. (305 m) to the existing 4,000-ft. (1,219 m) runway, improving water and sewer services and the access road, and adding services from Customs and Border Protection and the Transportation Security Agency, which would turn the facility into an international airport. “This 9-year project has put a focus on utilizing our existing airports to mark Vermont not only a destination for vacationers, but also a viable economic force in the Northeast region,” said Guy Rouelle, aviation director of the Vermont Transportation Agency. “With new industry co-locating at the air-
port, freight service and charter passenger service, we feel this will have a positive economic impact to the region.” The expansion of the airport, located in Coventry just 15 mi. south of the Canadian border, follows a business expansion of the nearby Jay Peak ski area and other growing businesses. The $2.1 million terminal expansion is being funded with private money. The runway extension is expected to take place in 2014, and a taxiway also will be constructed. The longer runway will make it possible for the airport to handle larger planes with more passengers. If Customs and Border Protection makes the airport a port of entry, planes would be able to fly directly to Newport from other countries, a boost for many international businesses and tourist destinations in the area.
I-95 Bridge Project Delayed Over Problem With Supports PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) A Rhode Island transportation official on Jan. 10 said misaligned vertical supports discovered on the Pawtucket River Bridge that’s under construction are not a “big disruption” and that a fix should be completed quickly. Department of Transportation Deputy Chief Engineer Frank Corrao said steel supports were being fabricated to correct misaligned supports that were found by state surveyors before Christmas. The steel supports were expected to be made and installed by mid January, Corrao said. The contractor has begun dismantling portions of the bridge that runs over Interstate 95. In the worst case, a support was found to be 3 in. (7.6 cm) off its mark. There are 15 vertical supports on the 351-ft. (107 m) bridge that will serve as a service road for on-and-off ramps, said DOT spokesman Charles St. Martin III. He said it’s not known how many vertical supports need realign-
ment. The supports connect the arch of the bridge to the surface where vehicles will travel. The contractor will pay for the fix, Corrao said. The work is being done by S&R Corp., of Lowell, Mass. and Pihl, Inc., of Copenhagen, Denmark. The $81 million project began in November 2010. Federal authorities are paying for 80 percent of the construction costs, St. Martin said. Thomas Bentsen, an executive vice president at Pihl, said the contractor is investigating how the problem developed. He also said it’s unknown whether the planned fix will resolve the entire problem. The bridge was to open to traffic this spring. But the project fell behind schedule even before state inspectors found the alignment problem. Trucks should still be able to resume using the bridge by the end of the year, Corrao said.
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