The Massachusetts Department of Transportation RT 24/RT 140 Interchange Improvements Project in Taunton, MA, includes extensive widening of RT 24 in both NB and SB directions, new on and off ramps connecting to RT24 to RT 140, the replacement of two bridges over active railroad corridors, one bridge carrying RT 24 over RT 140, substantial widening and reconstruction of RT 140 in both directions, and associated highway upgrades to enhance access to the Taunton Commuter Rail Station. Manafort was selected by the previous contractor’s surety to serve as the Prime Completion Contractor, responsible for delivering the remaining components of this critical and heavily traveled interchange. All three Manafort entities—Manafort Brothers, Manafort Transit, and Manafort Precision—are working collaboratively to execute and deliver the remaining work.
Manafort’s bridge replacement scope includes temporary support of excavation, temporary cofferdams for a river bypass, cast-in-place concrete abutments, cast-in-place retaining walls, structural steel erection, cast-in-place bridge decks and parapets, roadway construction, and paving.
Leveraging extensive heavy highway and bridge construction experience, Manafort ensured a seamless transition in completing the remaining project work. As the Prime Completion Contractor, Manafort is self-performing a majority of the remaining construction, including earthwork, substructure concrete, superstructure concrete, civil & utility work, and roadway construction. The project continues to advance toward safe, on-budget, and on-schedule delivery.
The Beacon Building, steps away from Fenway Park, totaling 196,000 square feet, provides adaptable labs and workspace to inspire employees and accelerate discovery. Manafort-Precision was selected to perform the concrete work for this project as a part of the Kenmore Square Redevelopment.
Manafort’s scope of work included constructing the cast in place, reinforced concrete superstructure core as well as concrete foundations, walls, structural slab on grade, infill slabs to connect to the existing building, curbs, pads, and all concrete work associated with the site finishes.
The project was built on a small footprint in a congested urban area with challenging site logistics requiring extensive scheduling, coordination, and management of vehicle and pedestrian traffic. The Manafort team’s experience working in tight urban locations, commitment to safety and quality, and familiarity with High Rise Cast in Place Concrete work lead to a safe, successful, high quality, on time, and on-budget project completion.
Located on the corner of Landsdowne Street and Ipswich Street, the MGM Fenway Theatre is a 5,000 seat music hall venue that is connected to the Northeast side of the historic Fenway Park.
Manafort-Precision was selected to perform the concrete work for the new music hall including the cast in place concrete foundations, foundation walls, waterproofing, slabs on grade, slabs on metal deck, topping slabs and housekeeping pads, as well as all concrete work for the site finishes. The location of this building and its small site footprint in a congested urban area required extensive coordination, communication, and scheduling with all project trades and stakeholders.
Manafort’s experience working in urban environments, coordinating work, and commitment to safety, ensured that all of the proper controls were planned and implemented to facilitate the safe, successful, on-time, and on-budget completion of our work.
The MassDOT Acceler-8 I-90 Bridge Replacement Project involved the rapid replacement of 8 bridges on Interstate 90 (Massachusetts Turnpike) over the course of 8 weekends in the summer of 2021. Using Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) methods, construction that would typically take years, and disturb traffic patterns and cause traffic jams, took less than 2 months. All work was performed and completed in weekend outages from 6pm on Friday evenings through 6am on Monday mornings, meaning each bridge was replaced in a mere 60-hours.
Manafort-Precision was contracted to perform all concrete and grouting work for the 8 bridges during the 60-hour shutdowns. Manafort crews worked three shifts around the clock within the tight work window to complete all of the required work. Manafort’s scope of work included forming, reinforcing, and placing new abutment walls at the Cordaville bridge, forming and placing closure pours and bridge barriers, installation of reinforcing, installation of bridge bracket working platforms, and grouting at the Cordaville, Parkerville, Woodland and Flanders East and Westbound bridges.
Due to the accelerated nature of the project, extensive pre-planning, advance preparation, prefabrication, communication and teamwork amongst all project parties was critical to the projects success. The end result was that all work was completed safely, very successfully, as planned, ahead of schedule, and under budget.
