Happenings
North Royalston Road Bridge over Tarbell Brook
BSC designed the full bridge replacement of North Royalston Road over Tarbell Brook in Winchendon, MA. This structure, surrounded by land used for flood storage associated with the nearby Birch Hill Dam, provides a crucial access point and safety route for local residents. The project incorporated a detailed analysis of various structure types to determine…Read More
Southern New England Trunkline Trail
BSC was selected to provide permitting, design, and survey services for the construction of a concrete culvert rail-trail tunnel. The culvert provides a connection for the Southern New England Trunkline Trail, a 10-mile trail system facility that includes a 10-foot wide, shared-use path along an abandoned railroad right-of-way. BSC prepared conceptual design scenarios and selected…Read More
Reconstruction of Canaan Southfield Bridge
BSC Group balanced rapid construction techniques and structural/highway engineering services for the reconstruction of Canaan Southfield Road Bridge over the Umpachene River in New Marlborough, MA. BSC worked with the Town’s accelerated schedule and in just ten weeks completed the design and bid package, along with the submission of the necessary environmental permits. BSC designed…Read More
Bridge Rehabilitation on an Access Road
BSC Group provided engineering services—including design and rehabilitation of a 400-foot access road, and the installation of a prefabricated bridge superstructure—to a confidential utility client in New Milford, CT. Due to lack of maintenance, the existing access road was in poor condition and no longer allowed for the passage of service equipment required to maintain…Read More
MassDOT Bridge Inspections, Ratings, and Rehabilitation
BSC Group has provided bridge inspection services, statewide, for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. Under this contract our structural engineering team members have performed field inspections and prepared reports for numerous structures. Bridge types inspected have included a full range of concrete, steel, timber and masonry structures. Inspection data was collected and compiled in accordance…Read More
I-290 Bridges Rehabilitation
BSC Group provided bridge rehabilitation and preservation design services for 12 bridges along I-290 in Worcester, MA, which involved the design of stringer replacements, deck slab modifications for continuity, and bridge roadway joint replacements. One of the largest—and most complex—jobs involved the 8-span, 1,600-foot bridge carrying I-290 traffic over multi-lane ground level roadways and water.…Read More