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PROJECTS
Time-Lapse Video: Build a Bridge in 80 Hours
Using accelerated construction methods saves a full year of construction on two bridge replacements.
[Click on the photo to see the short video]
- Built in 1959, the East Shore Expressway Bridge 475 in East Providence, Rhode Island carries 17,000 vehicles per day. it's been classified as structurally deficient for more than 20 years.
- Between Sept. 9 and 13, 2016, the agency demolished and replaced the old bridge with a single-span structure.
- Precast concrete approach slabs, abutment caps, wing wall sections, parapets, and end posts with separate precast footings were detailed, manufactured, and delivered by Oldcastle Precast-Rehoboth, Mass. The components were match-cast and/or test-fitted before installation to ensure a perfect fit and avoid any delays during final erection.
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This approach to construction enabled the agency to open the new bridge one year earlier than would be possible using conventional construction methods. In addition, if the agency hadn't used this method, the traveling public would have been impacted over the course of a year with each ramp only opened at half capacity.
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The rest of the project is on budget and on schedule and will reach final completion in June 2017.
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Honors - Receiving the Pollinator Project Award
Representatives from the Oldcastle Wildlife Team accepted the 2015 Pollinator Project Award at the 2016 Wildlife Habitat Council Conservation Conference in Baltimore, Maryland. The award recognizes corporate environmental stewardship, and Oldcastle's environmental plan on the Oldcastle Nature Trail at the Marcus Autism Center. The team worked with the Atlanta Audubon Society, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Georgia Native Plant Society, Dunwoody Nature Center, Marcus Autism Center and master naturalist Laura Northrop to design and implement a long-term environmental plan.
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NEW Military Recruiting Initiative
In an effort to become the military veteran employer of choice, we launched a company-wide Military Recruiting campaign to hire local veterans in high-demand jobs in the building materials industry. We're very excited to welcome more military members into the Oldcastle family! Learn more about this exciting initiative HERE.
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