Design/Build
Longfellow Bridge Rehabilitation
MassDOT Boston-Cambridge, MA: Lead Engineering Firm for Accelerated Techniques for the restoration of the Longfellow Bridge. Constructed in 1908, this bridge consists of eleven original open-spandrel steel arch spans and two steel girder approach spans at the Cambridge approach. The bridge has an overall length of 2,135 feet, and a deck width of 105 feet, which includes a 27-foot fenced median occupied by the MBTA Red Line. Gill’s role on the project includes detailed bridge inspections during construction and the structural design of the steel girder approach span superstructure replacement, a gantry crane system used for movement of materials and equipment for the superstructure rehabilitation and a temporary shielding system to protect the MBTA Red Line during construction. Gill was also responsible for performing QC reviews for the design team.
Fore River Bridge Replacement
MassDOT State Route 3A (Washington Street) over the Fore River, Quincy-Weymouth, MA: Part of Design-Build team performing a bridge replacement of the Fore River Bridge. Gill is responsible for final design services including substructure design, pier design, abutments, design, and approach walls. During the construction of the bridge, Gill will be reviewing and approving bridge and wall shop drawings and bridge construction procedures, as well as furnishing advice and field visits.
93 Fast Fourteen
MassDOT Rapid Bridge Replacement, Medford, MA: Lead Bridge Designer for the Fast 14 Accelerated Bridge Construction Project as part of the White-Kiewit Design Build Joint Venture. Making use of Precast Modular Units (PMU) and cast in place closure pours the DB team is constructing fourteen (14) bridge superstructures, on an Intersate I-93, a major commuter artery into the City of Boston. The scope required the design be completed in four months and demolition and replacement of the superstructures be completed over 10 summer weekends in 2011.
Wellesley Heavy Lift
MassDOT Cedar Street over Route 9: A design/build project part of the Accelerated Bridge Construction program, allowing for only nine months for design and construction of a replacement superstructure with just 72 hours to demolish the existing bridge and using Self Propelled Moble Transporters (SPMT) to move the new one into place, before opening both roadways to traffic. As part of the J. F. White design-build team, Gill was the lead design engineer on this fast-track design-build contract for the reconstruction of an existing bridge carrying Cedar Street over Route 9.
CSX Bridge Reconstruction
MassDOT CSX Bridge Reconstruction: Design of reconstruction of four bridges in the towns of Brookfield, Spencer, Charlton and West Brookfield, MA, to increase the vertical clearance over CSX rail tracks, allowing for double-stack freight trains. GEA provided these services to the ET&L/JFWhite Joint Venture.
MassHighway Route 3 North
MassHighway Route 3 North Design/Build Project: Liaison between the D/B team and MHD, performed quality reviews of 40 bridge designs for the D/B team, prepared value engineering proposals, and developed recommendations to the D/B team on deck construction alternatives.