CONCORD, Mass. – Repairs to the spillway and service bridges project at North Springfield Lake dam in Springfield, Vermont, will be completed under the terms of a $398,940.00 contract recently awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District. Work will be accomplished by Kingsbury Companies, LLC of Waitsfield, Vermont. The contract was awarded on July 30, 2015.

Work on the service bridge involves applying sealer on the bridge deck and horizontal and vertical surfaces of curbs; cleaning, sandblasting and painting with primer and top coat the joint plates; and cleaning, sandblasting and painting with primer and top coat the two bearings and bearing plates at the abutment.

Work on the spillway bridge below bridge deck at the west abutment involves repairing concrete around bearing plates; repairing cracks in concrete cap; and cleaning, sandblasting and painting fixed bearings. Work below bridge deck at east abutment involves cleaning, sandblasting and painting expansion bearings with primer and top coat.

Work above the bridge deck at west approach involves repairing curbs; repairing concrete at five transverse joints; replacing joint material at five transverse joints; completing miscellaneous repairs at base of railing posts and parapets; applying sealer on bridge deck and horizontal and vertical surfaces of curbs; replacing missing compression joint at west abutment bridge joint; and removing and replacing asphalt pavement at interface of concrete/asphalt approach.

Work above the bridge deck at east approach involves removing and replacing deteriorated concrete at top of backwall and paving at interface. Work on the bridge deck involves repairing concrete at transverse deck joints.

The project will be managed by the Corps and all work will be accomplished under the supervision of a Corps’ Quality Assurance Representative to assure compliance with contract requirements. For information on North Springfield Lake visit:

www.nae.usace.army.mil/Missions/Recreation/NorthSpringfieldLake.aspx.

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