New Hampshire Union Leader - Thu January 07, 2021
Merrimack, N.H.'s Third Water Treatment Plant to Be Built
With construction expected to begin in April, Merrimack, N.H.'s third water treatment facility is designed to treat contamination of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. Peter Pitsas, a project manager with Underwood Engineering of Concord, has been overseeing the designs of the PFAS treatment plants for Merrimack Village District (MVD) wells since contamination was discovered coming from faucets at the Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics facility and later within the surrounding groundwater....
Claremont Eagle Times - Mon December 21, 2020
Claremont, N.H.'s Pleasant Street Renovations Scheduled for May
The renovation of Claremont, N.H.'s Pleasant Street remains set to begin construction in the late spring to early summer of 2021, starting with plans to reroute city traffic sometime in May, according to project managers....
Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Thu November 05, 2020
Work to Rebuild Two I-89 Bridges Under Way
Work to rebuild two I-89 bridges over the Connecticut River in Lebanon, N.H., is under way in a job that will involve constructing one new bridge to replace the two existing bridges. R.S. Audley of Bow, N.H., is the contractor on the $43.8 million job that began in late August and will be completed in September 2025....
Brattleboro Reformer - Wed October 28, 2020
Design Ideas Propose New Life for Old New England Bridges
Ideas presented recently for what to do with the two old bridges connecting the towns of Brattleboro, Vt., and Hinsdale, N.H., all started with acknowledging the Connecticut River, the wildlife and the historical uses of the island between the two....
Valley News - Mon September 21, 2020
Drivers Won't Notice Early Work to Rebuild I-89 Bridges in New England
Work to rebuild the two New England bridges carrying Interstate 89 over the Connecticut River started in mid-September, but transportation officials say motorists won't see a major change in their commute for at least a year....
Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Wed September 09, 2020
Beck and Bellucci Leads Way on Bridge Work in Peterborough
The replacement of the Main Street Bridge in Peterborough, N.H., is the main element of a construction project that started this summer and also includes work on Route 202, which intersects with Main Street....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Mon August 10, 2020
Isaias Pummeled Infrastructure in Mid-Atlantic, New England States
Although only rated as a Category 1 hurricane, Isaias was still a deadly and destructive storm after it made landfall in the United States along the southeast coast of North Carolina on Aug. 3. From there, the storm weakened into a Tropical Storm, but still had enough punch left to inflict significant damage as it roared up the East Coast into the Northeast and New England, bringing with it heavy rains and flooding, and power outages affecting millions and destruction from high winds....
Barko - Mon May 18, 2020
Barko Hydraulics Welcomes Heavy Machines Inc. as New Dealer
Barko Hydraulics (Barko) announced the addition of Heavy Machines Inc. (Heavy Machines) as the new Barko forestry equipment dealer of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont. As a diversified equipment distributor serving several regions throughout the United States, Heavy Machines has two branch locations in Maine, located in Portland and Skowhegan, to serve customers in the northeastern United States....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Thu April 23, 2020
End Finally Comes in View for $100M Portsmouth Project
Thirty-eight months into a nearly $100 million Portsmouth, N.H., wastewater project and the end is finally in sight. Construction on the Peirce Island Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF), the largest public works project in the city's history, got under way in 2016 after the city was ordered to upgrade the existing wastewater facility due to inadequate treatment....
ABC - Thu February 27, 2020
ABC NH/VT Celebrates 35th Anniversary, New Leadership
The New Hampshire/Vermont Chapter of Associated Builders & Contractors (ABC) recently announced new board of directors leadership. The board was inducted at the association's annual meeting on Jan....
