The cooling towers for the Brayton coal plant, once the largest coal plant in New England and the last coal plant in Massachusetts were demolished in a matter of seconds.
From dredging and capping to structural carpentry and finish masonry, reconstructing the oldest active marine railway in the country required a diverse skillset.
CRRC MA Corp. committed in 2015 to build the 204,000-sq-ft assembly facility for Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s next-gen rail cars, although the China-owned firm had yet to land contracts with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority.
Building this $5.8-million project above a restaurant in a congested area of Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood, the project team was the first to use an innovative noise mitigation technology invented in Massachusetts.
The project team for this $30.5-million effort balanced restoration work and construction to adapt a historic church into condominiums on time and on budget.