Woods Hole Terminal Reconstruction Project
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November 22, 2024
THIS WEEK, LaFramboise Well Drilling completed the lateral lines for the geothermal loop piping in lanes 6-9 of the vehicle staging area. Lawrence-Lynch Corp. backfilled and paved the lateral piping trenches. At the utility building, Fernandes Masonry continued with the installation of concrete masonry units around the perimeter brick shelf at the utility building. General contractor Colantonio Inc. continued installation of the utility building’s wood decking on the roof. In addition, the interior topping slab was placed. Final testing and inspection of below-slab utilities in the first floor were done by Harold Brothers. Lawrence-Lynch continued with backfilling the interior of the first floor to finished grade in preparation for the slab on grade placement.
NEXT WEEK, the Thanksgiving holiday will reduce the planned construction activities. Colantonio expects to complete the installation of the roof decking and begin installation of the roof parapet and eave framing. Lawrence-Lynch is scheduled to complete backfilling of the interior first floor, and LaFramboise Well Drilling will begin installation of the lateral lines for the utility building well field in the employee parking lot. The next project update will be sent Dec. 6, 2024. November 15, 2024
THIS WEEK, LaFramboise Well Drilling continued installing lateral lines for the geothermal loop piping in lanes 6-9 of the vehicle staging area. At the utility building, Fernandes Masonry completed installation of the granite mock-ups and began installation of concrete masonry units around the perimeter. Colantonio continued installing the utility building’s glued laminated wood framing and wood decking on the roof. In addition, preparations began for the placement of the interior concrete topping slab. Below-slab utilities in the first floor were completed by Griffin Electric and Harold Brothers. Lawrence-Lynch Corp. began backfilling the interior of the first floor to finished grade in preparation for the slab on grade placement.
NEXT WEEK, Colantonio expects to complete the installation of the roof decking and begin installation of the roof parapet and eave framing. The interior topping slab concrete placement is scheduled for Tuesday. Once backfilling in the first floor of the utility building is completed, Colantonio will begin installation of the vapor barrier, mesh, and rebar for the slab. LaFramboise Well Drilling is expected to complete installation of the lateral geothermal loop piping. Lawrence-Lynch will backfill and pave the trenches upon completion of the geothermal work.
November 8, 2024
THIS WEEK, LaFramboise Well Drilling continued installing lateral lines for the geothermal loop piping in lanes 6-9 and performed testing of all remaining loops. At the utility building, Fernandes Masonry began installation of the granite mock-ups. General contractor Colantonio Inc. continued installing the utility building’s glued laminated wood framing and wood decking on the roof. In addition, work continued on below-slab utilities on the first floor, including electrical conduit by Griffin Electric and plumbing by Harold Brothers.
NEXT WEEK, Colantonio will continue with the installation of the roof decking and begin installation of the roof parapet and eave framing. LaFramboise Well Drilling is expected to complete installation of the lateral geothermal loop piping. Lawrence-Lynch Corp. will backfill and pave the trenches upon completion of the geothermal work. Griffin Electric and Harold Brothers plumbers are expected to complete below-slab utility installation in the utility building’s first floor in preparation for final backfilling for the slab on grade.
November 1, 2024
THIS WEEK, LaFramboise Well Drilling continued installing lateral lines for the geothermal loop piping in lanes 6-9 of the staging area. At the utility building, Fernandes Masonry installed the concrete masonry unit walls for the elevator shaft. General contractor Colantonio Inc. also began installation of the utility building’s glued laminated wood framing for the roof. In addition, work commenced on installation of below-slab utilities in the first floor, including electrical conduit by Griffin Electric and plumbing by Harold Brothers.
NEXT WEEK, Colantonio with continue with the installation of glued laminated beams and roof decking. LaFramboise Well Drilling is expected to complete installation of the lateral geothermal loop piping in lanes 6-9. Griffin Electric and Harold Brothers plumbers will continue with below-slab utility installation in the utility building’s first floor in preparation for final backfilling for the slab on grade.
October 18, 2024
THIS WEEK, no construction activities were performed Monday due to the holiday. LaFramboise Well Drilling continued testing the installed geothermal loop piping and installing lateral lines on the first two rows of the geothermal well field for the terminal building. LaFramboise will finish up piping in rows 1 and 2 of the vehicle staging area. Mass Building and Bridge continued to place structural steel and the metal pan decking in the utility building for the second-floor slab. Folan Waterproofing continued to waterproof the utility building concrete walls.
NEXT WEEK, Lawrence-Lynch will trench for rows 1 and 2 of the geothermal well field to the temporary manhole for the terminal building. LaFramboise Well Drilling will run the lateral piping from rows 1 and 2 to the temporary manhole and do final testing. Fernandes Masonry will start the concrete masonry unit walls for the elevator shaft at the utility building. ABLS rebar will place the wire mesh at the second-floor metal pan deck. The second-floor concrete deck should be poured by the end of the week.
October 11, 2024
Week of 9/30/24 to 10/04/24: Structural steel for the utility building arrived Sept. 30, 2024. Mass Building and Bridge began to place structural steel columns and beams at the utility building. Lawrence-Lynch Corp. excavated two trenches for the rows 1 and 2 of the geothermal wells to run the lateral piping for the terminal building. Lawrence also backfilled around the utility building. ABLS finished placing the horizontal and vertical rebar at the last section of walls at the Utility Building. L & L Formwork finished up the formwork for the last concrete wall pour at the utility building. Folan Waterproofing continued to place sheet waterproofing at the utility building concrete walls.
THIS WEEK, LaFramboise Well Drilling tested the installed geothermal loop piping and installed lateral lines on the first two rows of geothermal well field. L & L Formwork poured the last section of utility building concrete walls on Wednesday and will start to strip the form work on Friday. Folan Waterproofing continued to waterproof the utility building concrete walls. Mass Building and Bridge continued to place structural steel and the metal pan for second floor slab.
NEXT WEEK, no construction activities will occur Monday due to the holiday. LaFramboise Well Drilling will continue to test the installed geothermal loop piping and install lateral lines on the first two lines of geothermal well field. LaFramboise will finish up rows 1 and 2 and move to rows 3 and 4 of the geothermal wells. Lawrence-Lynch Corp. will trench rows 3 and 4 of the geothermal wells for Laframboise to continue work on lateral piping. Mass Building and Bridge will continue to place structural steel and the metal pan for second floor slab. Folan Waterproofing will continue to waterproof the utility building concrete walls.
September 27, 2024
THIS WEEK, LaFramboise Well Drilling completed drilling the last of the geothermal wells. L & L Form Work stripped the wall formwork from last week’s concrete pour and started to form the walls around the elevator shaft and entry to the utility building. Lawrence-Lynch Corp. has started to backfill around the utility building foundations. Griffin Electric has been installing conduits for the electrical work going into the utility building. ABLS has started to place rebar for the last wall pour at the utility building.
NEXT WEEK, LaFramboise Well Drilling will start to install the geothermal lateral lines that connect to the wells and go into the buildings for the heating and cooling. Structural steel for the utility building is expected to arrive. L & L Form Work will finish up the formwork for the last concrete wall pour at the utility building. Lawrence-Lynch will continue to backfill around the utility building.
September 20, 2024
THIS WEEK, L & L Formwork completed the formwork to place concrete for third section of foundation walls at the utility building. Concrete placement for the third section of walls was completed on Wednesday. LaFramboise Well Drilling continued to work on the drilling of seven geothermal wells. They completed six of the seven wells this week.
NEXT WEEK, LaFramboise Well Drilling will start to place lateral geothermal piping lines that will connect to the terminal building. L & L Form Work will strip the wall formwork from the most recent concrete pour and start to form the walls around the elevator shaft and entry to the utility building.
September 6, 2024
THIS WEEK, L & L Formwork stripped the formwork from the previous concrete pour and continued forming walls for the next section of the utility building's foundation walls. Colantonio Inc. carpenters continued constructing three attendant booths, and started prepping vehicular staging lanes for the drilling of the last seven geothermal wells and the trenching of the geothermal piping.
NEXT WEEK, L & L Formwork will continue forming walls at the utility building. ABLS Rebar will start to place vertical and horizontal rebar at these same locations. Colantonio carpenters continue constructing the attendant booths. Laframboise Well Drilling will mobilize on site Monday and will start geothermal well drilling and trenching on Tuesday.
August 30, 2024
THIS WEEK, the second section of wall concrete for the new utility building was poured on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. Approximately 80 cubic yards of concrete were placed. Carpenters from general contractor Colantonio Inc. continued construction of the three attendant booths in the vehicle staging area for future use.
NEXT WEEK, no construction activities were scheduled on Labor Day. L & L Formwork will strip the formwork from the pour on Aug. 29, then start forming walls for the next section at the utility building. ABLS Rebar will start to place vertical and horizontal rebar at these locations. Colantonio carpenters will continue constructing the three attendant booths in the vehicle staging area for future use.
August 23, 2024
THIS WEEK, L & L Formwork continued placing formwork for the remaining foundation walls. ABLS Rebar continued to place vertical and horizontal rebar at these locations. Colantonio carpenters continued constructing three attendant booths in staging area.
NEXT WEEK, the second utility building wall concrete placement is scheduled for Thursday. Colantonio carpenters will continue construction of the attendant booths.
August 16, 2024
THIS WEEK, the first concrete placement for the utility building walls was on Tuesday. The pour was approximately 75 cubic yards. L & L Formwork was scheduled to strip the forms on Friday. Colantonio carpenters are constructing three attendant booths in staging area for future use.
NEXT WEEK, L & L Formwork will start to place formwork for the remaining foundation walls, and ABLS Rebar will start to place vertical and horizontal rebar at these locations. Colantonio carpenters will continue constructing the attendant booths.
August 9, 2024
THIS WEEK, ABLS Rebar LLC finished placing and tying vertical and horizontal rebar for the utility building walls. L&L Formwork continues placing form work for the concrete walls along the south side of the building.
NEXT WEEK, concrete is scheduled to be placed for the first concrete walls at the utility building on Tuesday. ABLS Rebar LLC and L&L Formwork will continue to work together installing wall forms and rebar for the next utility building wall section.
August 2, 2024
THIS WEEK, ABLS Rebar LLC and L & L Formwork continued to work together placing forms and tying rebar for the concrete walls along the south side of the building.
NEXT WEEK, ABLS Rebar LLC and L & L Formwork will continue to work together installing forms, placing and tying rebar for the next concrete pour. The first concrete pour for building walls is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 9.
July 26, 2024
THIS WEEK, ABLS Rebar LLC and L & L Formwork continued to place forms and to place and tie rebar. The second concrete placement was planned for on July 26, 2024, and approximately 200 cubic yards were to be poured for the remaining footings and the concrete mat slab surrounding the elevator pit, which is a 5-foot, 8-inch thick concrete slab.
NEXT WEEK, ABLS Rebar and L & L will continue to work together placing forms and placing and tying rebar for the next concrete pour for the foundation walls.
July 19, 2024 update
THIS WEEK, the Utility Building had its first concrete placement of approximately 100 cubic yards for the building footings and elevator pit. L & L Form Work Construction continued fabricating form work for the Utility Building concrete foundation walls and working with ABLS Rebar LLC iron workers, who are placing and tying rebar.
NEXT WEEK, ABLS Rebar and L & L will continue to work together placing forms and placing and tying rebar. The second concrete placement will be done on the remaining footings and the concrete mat slab surrounding the elevator pit.
July 12, 2024, update
THIS WEEK, L & L Form Work Construction continues fabricating form work for the utility building concrete foundation walls and working with ABLS Rebar LLC iron workers, who are placing and tying rebar. A second delivery of rebar was delivered on Tuesday for the mass concrete slab mat around the elevator pit.
NEXT WEEK, ABLS Rebar and L & L will continue to work together placing forms and tying rebar. Colantonio Inc., the general contractor, should have the first concrete placement for the utility building footings late this week.
July 5, 2024, update
THIS WEEK, L & L Form Work Construction fabricated form work for the utility building concrete foundation walls. They also received their first delivery of rebar for the project.
NEXT WEEK, L & L Form Work Construction will continue fabrication of form work for Utility Building concrete foundation walls. Iron workers will start to install and tie rebar for the Utility Building footings, piers, and elevator pit.
June 28, 2024, update
THIS WEEK, L & L Form Work Construction continued to erect the wood form work for rebar and concrete placement for the utility building foundation footings.
NEXT WEEK, L & L Form Work Construction will continue to prefab wall form work for the utility building foundation and also start to place rebar for footings.
June 21, 2024, update
THIS WEEK, Lawrence-Lynch Corp. finished up the excavation for the utility building concrete foundation footings and placing crushed stone for foundation stability.
NEXT WEEK, Lawrence-Lynch Corp. will be starting to place formwork for the placement of rebar and concrete for the utility building footings.
June 14, 2024, update:
THIS WEEK, Lawrence-Lynch Corp. excavated for the utility building concrete foundation footings and placed crushed stone for foundation stability.
NEXT WEEK, Lawrence-Lynch Corp. will continue excavation for the utility building concrete foundation footings.
June 7, 2024, update:
THIS WEEK, there was no major construction activity. Genera contractor Colantonio Inc. cleaned up the construction staging area and placed crushed stone at the 12 geothermal well locations for the utility building. They are prepping to start excavation for the utility building concrete foundation footings.
NEXT WEEK, Lawrence-Lynch Corp. will be excavating for the utility building concrete foundation footings and will be digging a test pit to locate electrical duct banks and manholes. Job-specific construction mockups will be ongoing.
May 31, 2024, update:
THIS WEEK, LaFramboise Well Drilling finished drilling the 12 geothermal wells and grouting the thermal loops for the utility building. They are cleaning the area and making a safe future construction laydown area for the utility building. They are demobilizing their equipment and will return in a few weeks to start trenching for the underground lateral geothermal piping lines that will eventually enter the utility building to supply the HVAC equipment. This future work will only consist of trench excavation, piping, leak testing, and backfilling of trenches. Drill rigs are moving off site.
NEXT WEEK, no significant construction is anticipated. Colantonio Inc., the general contractor, will be constructing mock-ups of required concrete form work and other requirements per the contract specifications.
May 24, 2024, update:
THIS WEEK, LaFramboise Drilling completed 10 out of 12 wells to 255 feet deep and and installed the thermal piping loops in the upper parking/construction staging area for the new utility building. LaFramboise will not be working tomorrow Friday due to the holiday weekend.
NEXT WEEK, LaFramboise will not be working on Monday due to the Memorial Day holiday. Laframboise will finish drilling and placing loops in the last two well locations in the upper parking/construction staging area for the utility building. They will then proceed to grout each well to encase the thermal loops and clean up the work area.
May 17, 2024, update:
THIS WEEK, LaFramboise Well Drilling finished 20 of the 27 wells in vehicular staging lane Nos. 1-9. LaFramboise will be placing well caps on the seven wells completed in lane Nos. 1-2, then cleaning the area and asphalting over the wells to open the lanes by Friday night. LaFramboise drill rigs have moved into the upper construction staging area in the employee parking lot. There are 12 geothermal wells to drill and pipe for the new utility building. Lawrence Lynch Inc. has finished the support of excavation wall by the site of the new utility building.
NEXT WEEK, LaFramboise Well Drilling will continue drilling the 12 geothermal wells for the utility building in the upper construction staging area.
May 10, 2024, update:
THIS WEEK, the 13 geothermal wells in staging lanes Nos. 6-9 were finished and the work area was cleaned up. Operations moved to staging lanes Nos. 1-2. There are seven geothermal wells to drill in this area.
NEXT WEEK, the remaining geothermal wells in staging lanes Nos. 1-2 will be finished, then work will move to staging lanes Nos. 2-4 to finish the final seven geothermal wells in the vehicular staging area. Excavation will start to place the wood lagging between the steel "H" soldier piles that were previously driven into the ground at area of the new utility building for the support of excavation wall. This is to support the existing boulder retaining wall along the southeastern property line during construction.
May 3, 2024, update:
THIS WEEK, the last of the 13 geothermal wells in the area of staging lanes 6 through 9 are being finished. Wells will then be grouted and capped off. Work in this area is expected to be finished either this week or early next week. Work will then move to staging areas lanes 1 through 5. There are 14 more wells to drill and complete in this area. Also, 11 30-foot length steel "H" piles have been driven for the support of excavation (SOE) wall needed along the new utility building footprint and the existing boulder retaining wall along the property line.
NEXT WEEK, the geothermal well drilling will begin in lanes 1 through 5 of the staging area. The support of excavation wall will be excavated, and the wood lagging will be placed in lifts to prevent any issues along the boulder retaining wall that is in place while we excavate for future concrete foundation at new utility building.
April 26, 2024, update:
THIS WEEK, LaFramboise Well Drilling continued geothermal well drilling in staging area lanes No. 6 through No. 9. Lawrence Lynch Corp. is removing the remaining foundation walls and footings of the freight shed.
NEXT WEEK, the installation of the geothermal wells in the vehicle staging area will continue. Lanes No. 6 through No. 9 will be closed Monday, April 22, through Thursday, April 25. They will reopen from Friday, April 26, through the evening of Sunday, April 28.
April 12, 2024, update
Construction at the Woods Hole Terminal property is scheduled to resume the week of April 15, 2024. The work represents the project’s sixth phase overall.
The focus of this work will be installation of the wells for the geothermal system to provide heating and cooling for both the terminal building and adjacent utility building at the site. Colantonio Inc. of Holliston, Massachusetts, the general contractor for the construction of the terminal and utility buildings, will be overseeing the drilling of all 27 wells in the vehicle staging area.
Minor impacts to vehicle staging are expected during this work, while no negative effects to vessel services are anticipated.
Work is expected to end in the vehicle staging area by May 17, 2024. At that time, work will begin on drilling 12 additional wells in the employee parking area at the southeast corner of the site. Working hours for the well-drilling phase of this project will be 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday-Thursday.
The Authority will resume its weekly project updates with the resumption of work at the site.
Click here for videos of the Schematic Design and Design Development public engagement sessions.
January 19, 2022 Community Engagement Session Presentation
November 4, 2021 Landside Community Update presentation
July 7, 2021 Landside Design Presentation
Landside Design Community Forum (updated 3/23/2021)
Related project documents
Chapter 91 license - recommended final decision
Falmouth Conservation Commission Order of Conditions
Environmental Notification Form (WARNING: large file)