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Construction Safety Roundtable of Eastern Massachusetts (CSR-EM) and OSHA Renew Alliance

On January 26th, 2012, OSHA and CSR-EM reestablished the alliance originally entered into on June 17, 2003.  The agreement was signed by members of the CSR-EM steering committee and OSHA representatives at OSHA’s Braintree, MA office.  Greg Pender, Safety Director for Methuen Construction, is a long-standing member of the CAR-EM steering committee.

The Alliance between CSR-EM and OSHA is the largest and oldest in the U.S., and is also one of the most successful.  Since signing the original alliance, OSHA and CSR-EMR have worked together to meet construction contractors' needs by providing information, assistance, and training to enable the construction industry's employers, employees and trainees to eliminate and reduce safety and health hazards.  The new Alliance expands and strengthens the commitment of OSHA and CSR-EM to the high safety standards adhered to by the local construction community.  More information can be found at the CSR-EM web site: www.csr-em.org

 

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Present at the signing of the Alliance were: Front Row (sitting) L-R:  Jean Manoli, Safety and Health Consultant and Training Specialist for Massachusetts; Brenda Gordon, OSHA Area Director; Liz Will, Safety Director for A.A. Will.

Back Row (standing) L-R: John Foody, Safety Director for Wayne J. Griffin Electric; Nancy Hughes, Owner/President of OHS Training & Consulting, Glenn Narrow, Greenwood Industries; Greg Pender, Safety Director for Methuen Construction; Tim Irving, Compliance Assistance Officer for OSHA; Dave Matthes, Safety Director for J.F. White; J Downey, Safety Director for G Greene.

 


 

Methuen Construction Named General Contractor for Important Environmental Protection Project

 

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The Lewiston-Auburn (Maine) Water Pollution Control Authority (LAWPCA) introduced Methuen Construction as the General Contractor for LAWPCA’s new Anaerobic Digestion Facility at the official groundbreaking ceremony on November 10th at their Lincoln Street location in Lewiston.  The facility's job is to reduce the amount of solids LAWPCA's water treatment plant has to handle. Methuen Construction is installing a system that uses anaerobic micro-organisms and heat to digest the solid materials left behind by sewage treatment.  This reduces solid waste volume by 40 percent, a savings of $600,000 per year. The process creates methane gas as a byproduct, which can be burned to generate up to 150 kilowatts of electricity per month,  a savings of $15,000 to $20,000 per month for the LAWPCA.   However, this project has a much greater importance to the “Twin Cities” area than just from a cost-savings standpoint, there is a very important environmental element as well. 

The LAWPCA was created in 1967 primarily to clean-up the Androscoggin River, which was widely known at the time as one of the 10 most polluted rivers in the United States.  Due to the efforts of the LAWPCA, the Androscoggin has become a major draw for both tourists and Maine residents. Kayakers and canoeists now flock to the river to enjoy the clean, fast-moving waters, while anglers reel in bass and trout that were virtually non-existent in 1967.  Methuen Construction is proud to be involved in this environmental protection project that continues the mission of the LAWPCA.           lawpca_joe_3 

 

                   

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Methuen Construction Receives 2011 Award of Merit From ABC

 

 

In the "Industrial/Heavy" category, Methuen Construction received an Award of Merit for an improvement project at   the Franklin, NH Wastwewater Treatment Facility. The goal of this project was to replace aging, unreliable, ineffcient components with new, energy-effcient equipment. Improvements included installing new Turbo Blowers and replacingaeration_franklin 11,000 sq. ft. of an asbestos-containing roof with a 30-year insulated membrane roof.  A 3,500 sq. ft. vegetated roof was installed to reduce high HVAC demand.  All air lines were prefabricated prior to receiving the blowers, allowing a tighly sequenced installation schedule and blower testing with no down time to the facility.  Installation of the vegetated roof had to overcome a tight schedule, a narrow growing season and stringent warranty requirements.  The building's structual load limitations resulted in a plant and soil system which is 20 percent lighter tha a typical vegetated roof.
 

I send this letter as acknowledgement of the positive contributions made by Methuen Construction to the success of the ARRA-funded Winnipesauke River Basin Wastewater Treatment Facility Aeration Blower and Energy Efficiency Upgrades in Franklin, New Hampshire. In particular we want to recognize the proactive planning employed by the Methuen Construction Team that was evident through all phases of the project.  Additionally,  we also want  to recognize the professionalism  exhibited by your team and their ability to  foster and maintain excellent working relationships with all of the parties involved in the execution of this project.franklin_roof

     Franz K. Vail, PE, Supervisor
     Construction Management Section
     Wastewater Engineering Bureau
     The State of New Hampshire
     Dept. of Environmental Protection

 

 

 

 

 

Methuen Construction Upgrades the Largest Pumping Station in Billerica, MA, without Interruption to Service

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Methuen Construction was the General Contractor on this project to upgrade the Rogers Street Pump Station in Billerica, MA, which included the installation of three new 100 HP wastewater pumps, each with capacities of 10.4 MGD. 

Critical to the successful completion of this project was keeping the station up and running at all times.  Demolition of the existing sluice gates, pumps, and installation of new equipment had to be carefully coordinated to ensure that there was no interruption of service and that two pumps were always available.  Along with the new pumping equipment, the instrumentation and controls of the pump station were upgraded to include new VFD’s (variable-frequency drives), wet level monitoring, SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) system and an electric distribution system.

Additionally, a new odor control system was installed as part of the upgrade.