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President's Report
By Ronald K. Burns, PE, LSP, LEED AP, Principal Engineer, Arcadia Technology, Inc. and BSCES President
BSCES’s 2022-2023 season is in full swing with lots of committee activities, webinars, and the slow but steady start of in-person events. For example, during the months of October and November we hosted in-person events that included the National Highway Institute’s (NHI) 10-day Safety Inspection of In-Services Bridges course and the Transportation & Development Institute Boston Chapter’s morning meeting entitled Moving Boston: Creating Safer Streets for All Modes of Transportation. ... Read more
Featured Group: Structural Engineering Institute Boston Chapter
By Irena Svetieva, PE, Structural Engineer, Collins Engineering, Inc., and Chair of SEI Boston Chapter
The Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) is one of 18 specialty institutes and technical groups of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The mission of SEI is “to advance and serve the structural engineering profession.” SEI Boston Chapter supports this mission by providing a variety of online and in-person initiatives that bring our local community of structural engineers together to advance their careers through attending technical events, sharing ideas, and providing networking opportunities. ... Read more
Replacement of the Robert Street Bridge
By Robert Penfield, PE, DBIA, ENV SP, Managing Director, Highway & Structures, VHB; Andrew Burkholder, PE, ENV SP, Director of Structures, MA, VHB; and Kelsey Munns, PE, Structural Engineer, VHB
Replacing the MBTA's century-old Robert Street Bridge in Roslindale required engineering ingenuity, with the bridge situated next to a station platform in a busy neighborhood. VHB's structural engineers rose to the challenge, using accelerated bridge construction techniques to minimize community impacts and a creative foundation design that preserved the station platform while supporting future rail expansion. Bridge superstructure installation required just one weekend rail service shutdown and the project team completed this complex project ahead of schedule. ... Read more
An Adventure in Coordination - the Replacement of the Lubbers Brook Culvert
By Robert Niccoli, PE, SE, Director of Structures, TEC, Inc.
The replacement of the failing pipe culverts that carry the Lubbers Brook beneath Middlesex Avenue started out as a simple project. However, due to high levels of traffic, utility conflicts, and skew geometry, the project proved to be anything but simple. ... Read more
Designing a Bridge to Support a Complete Street - Memorial Avenue (Route 147) Bridge Replacement in Agawam and West Springfield
By Frederick D. Cassellius, PE, Structural Group Manager, Alfred Benesch & Company and Peeyush Rohela, PE, Structural Technical Manager, Alfred Benesch & Company
In the September 2022 issue of this newsletter, Ashley Bomely, PE described the complete streets elements of the Memorial Avenue project. The details of the bridge that integrated so artistically with the network of streets at both ends are explored here. At the time when a potential replacement bridge was being considered for the aging Morgan Sullivan Bridge carrying Route 147 over the Westfield River, little did we imagine that this project would become a template for other projects in its vicinity to expand the complete streets network. ... Read more
Re-Design of the Glenbridge Ave Bridge for Accelerated Bridge Construction
By Michael Sullivan, PE, Senior Project Manager and Pricipal Engineer, CHA
In 2020, Manafort Brothers, Inc. (MBI) was the lowest bidder and was awarded a contract by RIDOT to replace the proposed bridge carrying Glenbridge Avenue Bridge over Route 6 in the City of Providence. The proposed plan to replace the bridge included two construction phases. Due to the high traffic volumes and the proposed impact of staged construction to the adjacent community and travelling public, RIDOT requested MBI speed up construction by incorporating Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) using the lateral slide method. ... Read more
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