Monthly Construction Updates

October Construction Updates #2

Recent Activities:

  • Completed curbed islands area including tie-ins at top of ramps.

  • Finished grading and slope stabilization.

  • I-93 South Bound Overhead Sign Structures completed installation of cofferdam excavation, placement of stone, rebar, and concrete footing and stem.

  • I-93 South Bound Overhead Sign Structure Cofferdam installed, excavated, and structural stone in place.

  • Completed concrete work at Pond # 1649.

  • Installed Abutment Plug Joints between approach slabs and bridge deck

  • Completed Information Technology Services (ITS) work including meter and disconnect pedestal.

  • Guardrail is complete. Working on delineators, witness markers, signs, and fence.

  • Completed mainline acceleration and deceleration ramp paving, rumble strips and project striping.

  • Worked on sign and delineator installation.

  • Completed I-93 South Bound Overhead Sign Structures, including removal of cofferdam, backfill, fine grade, and stabilization.

Upcoming Activities:

  • Test Standpipe and Ultrasound all Overhead Sign Structures.

  • Hang Bridge mounted signs.

  • Finish sign and delineator installation.

  • De-mobilize, project complete.

October Construction Photos

October Construction Updates #1

Recent Activities:

  • Finished Bridge approach and departure sections of guardrail, removal of forms, filling holes, popcorn, rubbing, water repellent, cleanup of concrete, standpipe, membrane, pavement, punch list, paint touch up, and demobilization.

  • Working on As-Builts, Quantities, and Bluebeam files.

  • Finished placement of I-93 North Bound ON Ramp Soundwall panels and water repellant.

  • Finished I-93 Southbound Overhead Sign Structures.

  • Began preparation and concrete sidewalk work.

  • Finished Sound wall humus grading.

  • Installed Granite Curb at bridge signal intersections.

  • Paved curbed islands areas and tie ins up top.

  • Placed granite curb.

  • Finished Pond # 1649.

Upcoming Activities:

  • Place South Bound Overhead Sign Structures.

  • Concrete work at Pond # 1649.

  • Continue curbed islands areas and tie ins up top.

  • Install permanent signs.

  • Finish guardrail.

  • Pave Wear Course on mainline line.

  • Test Standpipe and Ultrasound all Overhead Sign Structures.

September Construction Updates

Recent Activities:

  • Performed bridge radar and cores.

  • Installed bridge guardrail, fence, and prep work for membrane.

  • Placed both abutment slope paving areas.

  • Continued removing bridge forms, filling holes, rubbing, touch up, water repellant, and now working on bridge punch list items.

  • Working on As-Builts, Quantities, and Bluebeam files.

  • Continued placement of Northbound on Ramp Sound wall panels.

  • Excavated and began I-93 Southbound Overhead Sign Structures.

  • Finished Fine grading, select materials, pavement base and binder placed for Old Rum Trail, Northbound, and Southbound Ramps.

  • Removed Southbound concrete barrier to about the Bridge.

  • Completed drainage related to Best Management Practice 1670, ramp, and raising ramp grates and frames.

  • Old Rum Trail fine grade, stabilize slopes, raise grates and frames, place guardrail, and continued paving.

  • Guardrail installed on Southbound on/off ramps and Northbound southernmost Overhead Sign Structure excavation area.

  • Completed Ponds Best Management Practices 1012 and 1670.

  • Placed curbing on the Old Rum Trail.

Upcoming Activities:

  • Sound wall construction resumes along Northbound I-93. Panels, water repellent, and humus grading continues.

  • Bridge approach and departure sections of guardrail, removal of forms, cleanup of concrete, water repellent, standpipe, membrane, pavement, punch list, paint touch up, and demobilization.

  • Continue concrete and reinforcement of Overhead Sign Structure bases.

  • Install Granite Curb at bridge signal intersections.

  • Finish guardrail.

  • Begin Pond work on #1649.

  • Paving curbed islands areas, tie ins up top.

September Construction Photos

August Construction Updates

Recent Activities:

  • Sound wall Southbound I-93, drilled shafts, panels, and fine grading completed.  

  • Sound wall Northbound I-93, drilled shafts completed, currently working on panels and fine grading.

  • Bridge pours and expansion joints completed, proceeding toward guardrail, fence, slope paving, clean up, membrane, and pavement.

  • Fine grading, select materials, and pavement placed for Old Rum Trail, Northbound, and Southbound Ramps.

  • Removed Northbound concrete barrier, placed and extended Southbound.

Upcoming Activities:

  • Sound Wall construction resumes along Northbound I-93. Panels, water repellent, and humus grading continues.

  • Bridge guardrail, fence, removal of forms, cleanup of concrete, water repellent, standpipe, slope paving, radar / cores, membrane, pavement, demobilization prep work.

  • Continue concrete and reinforcement of Overhead Sign Structure bases, and place slope paving under abutments.

  • Complete Ramp drainage, raising grates, frames.

  • Old Rum Trail to fine grade, stabilize slopes, raise grates and frames, and place guardrail.

  • Remove Southbound concrete barrier and place guardrail.

August Construction Photos

July Construction Updates

Recent Activities:

  • Sound wall Southbound I-93, drilled shafts, panels, and fine grading completed.

  • Decks 1A, 1B, and 2 have been poured. Work proceeding toward deck ends, approach slabs, median, sidewalk, and coping. 

  • Extra work for the Woodmont utility sleeves finished this month.

  • Fine grading and select materials for Old Rum Trail, Northbound, and Southbound Ramps continues.

  • Placed selects on acceleration and deceleration lanes on Southbound ramps. 

  • Paved binder on Northbound On and Off Ramps. Paved base on the acceleration and deceleration lanes of Northbound.


Upcoming Activities:

  • Sound wall shaft construction resumes along northbound I-93. Drilled shafts, panels, and humus grading continues.

  • Bridge reinforcing steel on deck ends, lower and upper approach slabs.

  • Concrete for deck ends, lower and upper approach slabs.

  • Placement of materials for lower and upper approach slabs.

  • Stockpiling sand for Old Rum Trail.  

  • Continue select work and begin paving Old Rum Trail.

  • Continue concrete and reinforcement of Overhead Sign Structure bases, and place slope paving under abutments.

  • Southbound extra sand to pond 3712.

July Construction Photos

May Construction Updates

Recent Activities:

  • Fine grading and select material placement continued on the Old Rum Trail. 

  • At the sound wall along I-93 southbound, drilled shafts, panels, and fine grading have been completed. 

  • Bridge deck panels have been installed.

  • Decks 1A, 1B, and 2 have been poured. Work proceeding toward deck ends, approach slabs, median, sidewalk, and coping. 

  • Bridge reinforcing steel on outsides, sidewalk, median, and coping is actively being placed. 

  • Signal bases for the northbound on/off ramp have been poured. 

  • Contractor is placing select materials on the southbound on ramp.  

  • Humus and seeding of Stormwater Treatment Basin 1038 is complete. 

  • Signal foundations were poured and cofferdam was removed and backfilled.

  • Contractor relocated barrier from northbound shoulder to PH 3 TCP closure.

  • On the southbound off-ramp, crews completed shimming, fine grading, and select materials placement. 

Upcoming Activities:

  • Sound wall shaft construction resumes along northbound I-93.

  • Contractor will set post and panels for the remainder of the Southbound sound wall.   

  • Contractor is actively hauling in select materials to the stockpile. 

  • Extra work for the Woodmont utility sleeves will continue.  

  • Barrier placement continues along I-93 northbound to accommodate the PH 3 construction of the northbound on/off ramp tie ins.  

  • Bridge deck ends, approach slabs, median, sidewalk, and coping concrete pours are scheduled for June. 

  • Woodmont extra work is anticipated to commence this month. 

May Construction Photos

April Construction Updates

Recent Activities:

• Select materials were placed on the Old Rum Trail.

• Drilled shafts on southbound I-93 have been completed.

• Bridge concrete deck panels have been installed.

• Bridge reinforcing steel is actively being placed.

• Signal bases for the northbound on/off ramp have been poured.

• Select materials are being placed on the southbound on-ramp.

• Humus and seeding of Stormwater Treatment Basin 1038 is complete.


Upcoming Activities:

• Soundwall shaft construction resumes along northbound I-93.

• Contractor will set post and panels for the remainder of the southbound soundwall.

• Contractor is actively hauling in select materials to the stockpile.

• Extra work for the Woodmont utility sleeves will take place in May.

• Contractor is actively hauling in select materials to the stockpile.

• Extra work for the Woodmont utility sleeves will take place in May.

• Barrier will be placed on northbound to accommodate the construction of the northbound on/off-ramp tie ins.

• Barrier will be placed on northbound to accommodate the construction of the northbound on/off-ramp tie ins.

• Bridge deck pour is scheduled for the middle of May.

• Woodmont extra work is anticipated to begin in May.

April Construction Photos

March Construction Updates

Recent Activities:

• Drainage was installed on Old Rum Trail.

• Drilled shafts, post and panels were installed for the southbound on ramp.

• Drilled shafts are being installed for the southbound on ramp as well as post and panels.

• Bridge form work is ongoing in preparations for concrete deck panels.

• Installation of the 60” round concrete pipe and headwall has been completed.


Upcoming Activities:

• Soundwall construction continues along southbound I-93. Towards the end of the month crews will relocate to the northbound wall to finish the remaining wall work.

• Drainage installation on Old Rum Trail will continue.

• Crews will set bridge deck panels in early April followed by shear studs.

• Signal/Intelligent Transportation Systems conduit is being installed on the new bridge.

• Contractor is actively hauling in select materials to the stockpile.

• Extra work for the Woodmont utility sleeves will take place this month.

• Signal foundations are being constructed for the northbound on/off ramp intersection.

March Construction Photos

February Construction Updates

Recent Activities:

• Drainage is being installed on Old Rum Trail.

• Soundwall construction on the southbound off ramp has finished.

• Drilled shafts are being installed for the southbound on ramp as well as post and panels.

• Bridge form work is ongoing in preparations for concrete deck panels.


Upcoming Activities:

Soundwall construction continues through the remainder of the winter on southbound. Wall post and panels are to be erected on southbound.

• Drainage installation on Old Rum Trail will continue.

• Bridge deck forming will continue.

• Installation of a 60” reinforced concrete pipe and headwall will take place this month.

• Blasting for stormwater best management practices and extra work for Woodmont utility sleeves will take place.

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