CTDOT Project 0301-0124 – New Haven Rail Yard Maintenance of Way Building located in the Metro-North New Haven Rail Yard in close proximity to New Haven Union Station, involved the construction of a new 25,000 square foot maintenance facility for the Metro-North Railroad personnel who maintain the main line and rail yard infrastructure as well as the locomotives. Manafort Brothers, Inc. was selected as a specialty contractor to perform the civil & utility work for the new Metro-North Railroad maintenance facility and employee parking lot as well as the associated utility and roadway relocations.
Manafort’s civil & utility scope of work included 259 permanent precast concrete pile foundations, support of excavation, structural excavation for building foundations, extensive contaminated dewatering, handling and disposal, contaminated soil disposal, transformer pads, electrical ductbank, telecommunications ductbank, gas service, sanitary sewer connections, storm drainage improvements, fire and domestic water utility services, excavation and backfill of interior underslab utilities, site lighting, curbing, landscaping, asphalt pavement, and pavement markings. Manafort’s concrete scope of work included the site finishes such as exterior bollards, equipment pads, sidewalks, and concrete pavement.
Manafort diligently coordinated with the construction manager, the CTDOT, the Metro-North Railroad, and all project stakeholders to perform the extensive civil & utility work for this project and self-performed the majority of the scope of work. All work was completed safely, successfully, on-time, and on-budget.
This project involved the construction of a new Boston Freightliner heavy duty equipment sales and service building located just north of Boston in Everett, MA. The new Boston Freightliner building replaced its former location on Lower Broadway to make way for the Wynn Encore Boston Harbor Hotel. In addition to the new Boston Freightliner building, the Everett Riverwalk was added to the project as part of a future municipal park development. The Everett Riverwalk site originally was home to a GE Factory that manufactured airplane engines during the 1940’s. This project transformed the site into a new park with a bike path that follows the shores of the Malden River and connects to the Northern Strand Bikeway. Manafort Brothers, Inc. was selected to perform the civil and utility as well as substantial soil remediation work for this multi-faceted project.
For the new Boston Freightliner building, Manafort’s civil scope of work included site clearing, structural excavation for building foundations, rough grading, excavation for underslab utilities, roadway grading, parking lot grading, soil management. Site finishes included curbing, asphalt paving, pavement markings, bollards, and signage. Manafort’s utility scope of work included domestic water and fire services, water main replacement, sanitary sewer connection, storm drainage improvements, stormwater detention basins, gas service connection, electrical and telecommunication services.
The Everett Riverwalk scope of work included capping of the contaminated soils from the old GE Factory, extension of the existing water main, grading, asphalt paving, site appurtenances and earthwork for a new shade structure.
Manafort worked closely with the developer team and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection to complete the project safely, successfully, on-time, and on-budget.
Located along the Providence River at the Port of Providence, RI the McInnis Cement Terminal was the first US Terminal for Canada based cement manufacturer, McInnis Cement. This cement terminal has the capacity to serve the New England Construction Market with its distribution of cement products to Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut from this convenient terminal location. Manafort Brothers, Inc. was selected to perform the civil & utility as well as concrete scope of work for the expansion of this cement terminal.
Manafort’s civil & utility scope of work included structural excavation for new dome silo storage facility and associated support frames as well as site preparation for the new electrical equipment building and cement loadout structure. The dome silo measured 134 feet in diameter and has the capacity of storing 40,000 tons of cement.
In addition, Manafort performed the storm drainage upgrades, electrical service connection, and installed the new transformer pad for the cement terminal expansion. The site finishes included curbing, asphalt pavement, pavement markings, signage, and fencing. Manafort’s concrete scope of work included construction of cast in place concrete foundations for the new dome silo, electrical equipment building, and load-out structure.
Manafort’s extensive civil and concrete work experience led to the safe, successful, on-time, and on-budget completion of this project.
The Garrahy Courthouse Parking Garage project involved replacing an existing surface parking lot with a 7 tier, 1284 parking space garage in downtown Providence, RI adjacent to the Garrahy Courthouse. This parking structure included a basement level for Judge parking while the upper levels were intended for courthouse personnel and public parking. Manafort Brothers, Inc. was selected to perform the civil & utility work on this complex earthwork project.
Manafort’s civil scope of work included site demolition, design and installation of rammed aggregate pier and rigid inclusion ground improvements, design and installation of earth shoring, implementation of a complex dewatering system, mass excavation, soil disposal, structural excavation and backfill for the garage foundations, and grading for the slab on grade. The site finishes included asphalt pavement, concrete sidewalks, stamped concrete driveways, curbing, bollards, signage, and pavement markings.
Manafort’s utility scope of work included furnish and install of oil/water separators, sanitary sewer connections, storm drainage upgrades, domestic water and fire service connections, gas service, electrical and telecommunication duct banks, transformer pads, and site lighting.
The urban site constraints coupled with a high ground water table created logistical challenges that required diligent coordination and scheduling between Manafort and the Project Team. All work was performed safely, successfully, on-time, and on-budget.
