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ON TRACK - Sargent Corporation
Sargent & Sargent • H. E. Sargent, Inc.
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October 2005
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Vol. 1, No. 1 • October 2005
Inside this issue
Herb Sargent’s
Message . . .
A new beginning for two
great companies ................ p. 2
Sargent & Sargent
S&S reconstructing
Route 1 in Camden ............. p. 4
S&S crews working at
5 jobs in Bangor area ........ p. 6
S&S, HES crews working
together on Greenville
Airport runway .................. p. 8
H. E. Sargent
New England
Site preparation
completed for Augusta
Marketplace ....................... p. 5
Work begins on new cell
for RWS ash landfill ....... p. 11
Rte. 2 projects in
Bethel, Gilead
nearing completion .. pp. 12-13
H. E. Sargent
Mid-Atlantic
HES working on 4 projects
for Ryland Homes .............. p. 9
HES gets 2 contracts at
Maryland airport ............. p. 10
One contract completed,
another signed for
L. F. Jennings ................. p. 11
Also . . .
John Sturgeon installed
as ACM President .............. p. 3
The Herb E. Sargent Way . p. 15
Published by Sargent & Sargent and H. E. Sargent, Inc.
Sargent & Sargent
acquires H. E. Sargent
For the past 13 years, Sargent & Sargent
and H. E. Sargent, Inc., have been fierce
competitors in the civil construction business in Maine. Now, we’re all part of the
same company.
On July 21, Sargent & Sargent purchased
H. E. Sargent from Fru-Con Construction
Corp. of St. Louis, MO.
Herb R. Sargent, president of Sargent &
Sargent, is currently also serving as president of H. E. Sargent. Sargent & Sargent is
the parent company, though much of the
administration will come from the the H. E.
Sargent office complex in Stillwater, which
was acquired in the deal.
George Thomas, chief financial officer
for Sargent & Sargent, is serving as chief
financial officer for H. E. Sargent, as well.
Tim Folster, operations manager for
Sargent & Sargent, has continued in that
role and has also assumed responsibility as
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H. E. Sargent receives ‘Build Maine’ award
for Phase 8 of Crossroads Landfill
H. E. Sargent crews
are nearing completion
on the third and final
phase of a project to
replace a 25-acre unlined
landfill with 45 acres of
fully-lined landfill space
at Waste Management’s
Crossroads solid waste
facility in Norridgewock,
ME.
Steve Perry, Project Manager for H. E. Sargent, and Steve Poggi of
The project received
Waste Management hold the Build Maine Award, which was presented
the 2005 Build Maine
by the Associated Constructors of Maine for Phase 8 at the Crossroads
Landfill in Norridgewock. Also in photo, which was taken at the ACM’s
Award in the Specialty
Category from the Associ- April meeting, were: Dave Roundy, Jeff McGowan, and David Jarvis of
Waste Management; Harold “Dee” Hobart, Project Superintendent, H.
ated Constructors of
E. Sargent; Scott Luettich, Geo-Syntech; and David Lakeman, former
Maine at the group’s
Vice President of Operations, H. E. Sargent.
monthly meeting in April.
The current phase, which included conThe crews had to excavate 485,000 yards
struction of a 16.7-acre landfill cell, began
of existing waste and relocate it into Cell 8B,
November 29, 2004, and will be completed
which was completed in the fall of 2004.
by October 1, 2005.
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Sargent & Sargent • H. E. Sargent, Inc.
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October 2005
A message from Herb Sargent
A new beginning for two great companies
This is the first volume of a newsletter that will, from now
on, be directed to employees of both H.E. Sargent, Inc. and
Sargent & Sargent. Our July 22nd closing on the acquisition
of H.E. Sargent has been met with a steady stream of statewide congratulations that have only been exceeded by the
can-do attitude that both crews possess.
For 13 years our two companies have slugged it out in
fierce competition for some of the most challenging projects
in Maine. Victories ebbed and flowed from one to the
other—what one company won, the other lost. The accomplishments of both have been worthy of folklore, but, more
often than not, they came at the cost of the other.
This is the way it was; this truth was burned into our
consciousness—a gain on one side came at the cost of the
other. This is no longer the case.
On July 22, 2005, the hatchet was buried.
* * *
In some ways, it seems like somewhat of a watershed development—and it is.
In other ways, it just seems like this is the way it ought to
be—and I can’t help but believe that it is all of that, and
more.
I can recite the benefits for employees of both companies
at length; but here I will mention only one—security:
On the S&S side, this security means that we share the
load with a company whose achievements are legendary in
the state of Maine. This new workmate also happens to have
been our ablest competitor.
On the HES side, this security means that you now have an
owner whose interest lies in your ability to compete on a
long-term basis. We will have a long-term approach to it:
• The equipment you operate will be purchased, leased
and maintained based on its ability to serve our needs on a
long-term basis as well as short.
• The maintenance and replacement of this equipment
will complement your considerable talents and maximize the
earning power of this company. We will not rely on other
countries, companies, or divisions—we will sink or swim on
our own.
• We are now an earthwork company. We will provide
service to our customers unmatched in our arena. We might
be under-sold, but we won’t be under-valued.
* * *
Since many HES folks don’t know me personally, I will
attempt to give you a read on my history by dropping some of
the greatest names in Maine’s construction history.
Here I will invoke some names that most HES folks are
familiar with: Ralph Dutton, Bob Peters, Dick Martin, Joe
Thurlow, Otis Barry, David Lakeman, Linwood Lancaster,
Mike Greaves, Tom Dempsey, Roy Mace, Gene Wasson,
Walter Parady, Ralph Leonard, Herb E. Sargent and Jim
Sargent. These names can never be forgotten as the very
fabric of a company under whose shadow I have been fortunate enough to learn.
Here I will also invoke some names that most S&S folks
can identify with: Eric Clark, Richard Gushue, Kevin Gordon,
George Thomas, Brian Loiselle, Richard Higgins (our beloved
“Chicken-Man”), Art Morin, Eric Gifford, Fuzzy Wilson, Tim
Folster, Greg McDougall, Ken Thurlow (Joe’s nephew).
Though S&S cannot match HES in terms of historical perspective, these folks have provided a fabric as strong as any
for the support of a world-class construction company.
* * *
And we are world-class.
I firmly believe that any success we enjoy today is a privilege we’ve earned through our efforts. The success of these
companies—dating back to HES’ 1926 start and S&S’ 1992
start—is not necessarily the result of management decisions
and actions. Success resides—and may be lost the fastest—
in the field: it is the successful joining of a pipe for which a
test is a mere formality; a truck prepared to back in at the
right time; the excavator swinging a minimum amount to
load, with a full bucket; placing gravel where it should be
placed, and not where it shouldn’t; it’s the thing done right
the first time. Our success is in the dirt.
Success is planning, painstaking attention to details, and
efficient execution of work perpetually—this is success for
which other companies can hold you in envy, and you can and
should be proud of it.
* * *
But today’s success does not guarantee tomorrow’s.
Competition breeds where complacency sets in. We owe
it to our customers and ourselves to be the best there is—not
in Maine, not in New England, not on the Eastern Seaboard;
just simply be the best there is.
Complacency can have no place here. There is no operation that can’t be improved within a day. Look for the opportunity—it’s there.
If you have other thoughts—or if you think this goal is too
lofty—I’d be pleased to hear from you in person to describe
my philosophy at length. My only goal is to be the best; every other benefit flows from that.
Thank you for your continued loyalty to our company.
* * *
You will receive notification soon of our Holiday Party,
which will most likely be held in mid-November in order to
allow you to enjoy other family and friends throughout the
holidays.
Please take this opportunity to join with me to welcome
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Sargent & Sargent • H. E. Sargent, Inc.
John Sturgeon
installed as ACM
President for 2005
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Brewer says ‘thanks’ for Dirigo Drive project
John Sturgeon, a senior manager of
Stillwater-based general contracting firm
H.E. Sargent, Inc. and president of Sargent
Diversified Services, has been installed as
2005 President
of Associated
Constructors of
Maine.
During his
one-year term
as ACM
President, John
will be supported by an
executive
committee comprising Senior
John Sturgeon
Vice President
Jeffrey Ohler of H.E. Callahan Construction Co. (Auburn); Vice President Eldon
Morrison of CPM Constructors (Freeport);
Treasurer Loren Clarke of Nickerson &
O’Day, Inc. (Brewer); and a 30-member
Board of Directors representing all facets
of Maine’s construction industry.
John has been an active ACM member
for more than 20 years during which time
he has served on the board of directors and
numerous committees, including chairing
both the ACM-MDOT Joint Standing
Committee and the Heavy Highway
Committee. He also currently serves on the
Maine Better Transportation Association
board and is an Air National Guard
veteran.
Chartered in 1951, ACM is a state
chapter of The Associated General
Contractors of America and represents the
interests of nearly 300 construction firms
and related businesses throughout Maine.
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both companies together. We have a long future, let’s get it
off in the right mood.
* * *
Finally, with this acquisition came the departure of two
individuals whose absence we continue to work diligently to
fill. I refer, of course, to John Simpson and David Lakeman.
John’s four-plus decades of work on behalf of H.E. Sargent,
Inc. has left an indelible mark on the company. His financial
and business insight helped the company through some of its
most troubled times.
David’s attention to detail, will-do attitude, and three-plus
decades with the company earned him the utmost respect
from clients and employees alike.
I, personally, wish both of these men only the very best—
well-deserved in accordance with their efforts and their interest in the company and its people over the last 40 years.
—Herb
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Sargent & Sargent acquires H. E. Sargent
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vice president of operations for H. E. Sargent.
Herb said Sargent & Sargent and H. E.
Sargent will operate largely independent of
each other for the remainder of 2005. He
said each company has a backlog of work
that should be completed before their
operations are merged together.
However, he said the companies will
work together when opportunities arise to
provide better service to our customers,
such as the Greenville Airport runway
reconstruction project.
Herb said the airport project was bid in
March and awarded to Sargent & Sargent
in August.
“We felt like this was a good project to
mesh our crews together for a common
goal,” he said. “It was a very fast-track
project, and as a result, folks and equipment from both companies were assigned.
They’ve been doing a heck of a job.”
Although most company operations
have proceeded along the lines of “business as usual,” two changes have been
noticeable on the H. E. Sargent side.
First, the company has been upgrading
the H. E. Sargent heavy equipment fleet,
taking a total of 38 older pieces of equipment out of service and replacing them
with new models, most of them leased with
an option to buy.
“Herb wants his people to have good
running equipment to work with—the best
tools to get the job done,” says Tim
Richards, Equipment Department manager
for H. E. Sargent. “He believes the equipment should be kept up to date, but he also
expects it to stand the test of time.”
All told, Tim said 20 to 25 percent of
the H. E. Sargent heavy equipment fleet is
being replaced. A few pieces haven’t been
replaced, but they will be as soon as the
equipment dealers can fill the orders.
Second, the company has taken steps to
confirm its commitment to the Mid-Atlantic region, where H. E. Sargent has developed a strong relationship with Ryland
Homes and L. F. Jennings, two of the
region’s leading general contractors.
Of the new equipment that has been
leased, eight pieces—three bulldozers, two
excavators, and two loaders—are in the
Mid-Atlantic region.
Herb said he asked Pat Dubay to return
to the Mid-Atlantic region and to set up a
permanent office there. At the time of the
acquisition, the Mid-Atlantic region was
being run from a temporary field office at
the Village of Idlewild project in
Fredericksburg.
“We’re committed to the Mid-Atlantic
region, and we want our customers and our
employees to know that,” Herb said.
Pat, who served as Mid-Atlantic regional manager from 2000 to the end of
2004, said the company is leasing an
1,800-square-foot office in the Southpoint/
Massaponex area of Fredericksburg. The
office will open November 1.
H. E. Sargent was founded in 1926 by
Herb’s grandfather, Herbert E. Sargent.
The company was sold by the family in
1988 to the French construction firm
Razel. After a series of mergers, H. E.
Sargent became part of Fru-Con, which is
owned by the German firm BilfingerBerger AG, in 1995.
Herb, who started working for
H. E. Sargent in 1979, founded Sargent &
Sargent in 1992.
Herb says joining Sargent & Sargent
and H. E. Sargent together makes sense,
because both companies specialize in
earthwork, site preparation, and landfill
work.
He recognizes the family connection,
but he downplayed it when interviewed by
the Bangor Daily News shortly after the
acquisition last July.
He told the BDN that he wants to focus
on the future of the combined companies,
rather than on the historic family connection between them.
“[The acquisition] really blends two
extremely strong work forces together,”
Herb said. “If you take the family connection out of it, I’d feel the same way about
it.”
Sargent & Sargent reconstructing Route 1 in Camden
Sargent & Sargent crews
are on schedule in a $4.3
million project helping to
reconstruct 1.7 miles of
Route 1 in Camden, from
the public library to the
Camden Hills State Park.
Sargent & Sargent is a
subcontractor to Lane Construction, with responsibility for the utilities—new
water and sewer lines, storm
drains, and under-drains—
Reconstruction work on Route 1 in Camden.
A completed section of Route 1 north of Camden.
and for constructing the
shoulders and sidewalks the entire length
Work on the project started in October
Tim Folster is the operations manager.
2004 and will be completed in the spring
of the project. Lane is reclaiming and
Craig Shorey was contract manager. Eric
2006.
paving the travel way, as well as paving
Richie is the superintendent for Lane ConDan Kochis is the superintendent and
the shoulders and sidewalks.
struction.
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Site preparation for Augusta Marketplace completed on schedule
A quarter-million cubic
yards of ledge and a fasttrack timetable were among
the challenges that H. E.
Sargent crews had to deal
with as they completed site
preparation for the latest
expansion of the Augusta
Marketplace retail shopping
complex in Augusta, ME.
Augusta Marketplace project last May, with Kohl’s Department Store under construction at right.
The expansion will add
210,000 square feet of
retail space to the complex, which currentour schedule,” Wendell said. “We did
work, H. E. Sargent subcontracted to the
ly has 770,000 square feet of space. The
other things on site to keep busy.”
general contractors building Kohl’s and
new tenants will include Kohl’s, Dick’s
By the time the permit was received and
Dick’s Sporting Goods for their associated
Sporting Goods, Circuit City, and two
the fill area cleared, the pile of blasted
earthwork as well.
restaurants, Ruby Tuesday and Red Robin.
ledge had grown to about 150,000 cubic
The company also completed another
Work on the project started March 7.
yards. The crews started placing it on
$1.2 million worth of upgrades to Civic
The first building pad was turned over to
May 11, using six rear dumps to haul
Center Drive (Route 27) and Stephen King
Kohl’s just 32 days later, on April 8.
about 6,000 yards of ledge per day. Three
Drive (the main access road for Augusta
The $7.3 million project has included
345 excavators were used to load the
Marketplace) that had to be done in consite preparation, grading, all underground
trucks and move the blasting mats.
junction with the Marketplace expansion.
utilities, and temporary electrical service
Wendell says the crews had to complete
The offsite work consisted of reworking
to the building pads.
most of the site work by August, to allow
traffic lights at major intersections from I-95
It also involved blasting up to 30 feet of
Kohl’s to start fixturing its store in midto the traffic circle in downtown Augusta,
ledge from the northeast portion of the site
August and open by October 6.
widening a short section of Route 27 beand using the material as fill to bring the
The operations manager for the project
tween I-95 and the Marketplace intersection,
southwest portion of the site up to grade.
has been Colby Currier, and the superininstalling granite curb islands, reclaiming
The deepest part of the fill area was 40
tendent has been Tracy Hines. Alexis
pavement, and new pavement striping. The
feet below grade, for a total difference in
Wollstadt has been the field accountant.
bulk of the work was completed, and Kohl’s
elevation of 70 feet.
The owner is Augusta Interstate Properties.
received its certificate of occupancy on
The project was complicated by a
The expansion of the Marketplace comSeptember 28, two days ahead of the deadmonth-long delay in the permit from the
plex reflects the Augusta region’s growing
line, allowing the store to open on schedule.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that was
role as a retail center for central Maine—
The work on Stephen King Drive was
needed before a six-acre portion of the site
from the mid-coast area between Belfast
added back into the job scope in July. The
could be cleared and filled.
and Rockland across the middle part of the
project included adding another lane and
Project manager Wendell Harriman said
state to the New Hampshire border.
installing 6,000 square feet of block retainthe blasting subcontractor, Maine Drilling
“Augusta is closer to Rockland and the
ing wall and 10,000 feet of granite curbing.
and Blasting, was told to continue blasting,
mid-coast area than either Portland or BangThe owner decided at the last minute to
even though the blasted materials couldn’t be
or, which have traditionally been Maine’s
install granite curbing instead of extruded
removed until the permit was issued.
major retail centers,” Wendell says.
concrete.
“We opted to keep going to maintain
In addition to the overall site prep
“We had to hire two subcontractors and
build two curbing crews from the
from our own workforce,” Wendell
said. “Our crews handled the challenge very well. They built the retaining walls very quickly and then
switched to putting in the granite
curbing to help us meet the deadline.”
Wendell added that a lot of people
contributed to the successful completion of the project. “Overall, we owe a
big thank you to all the dedicated,
hardworking people who helped make
Foreground: Loader spreads gravel for the Dick’s Sporting Goods building pad. Background:
this project a success,” he said.
250,000 cubic yards of ledge was blasted and placed in the fill area.
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Sargent & Sargent • H. E. Sargent, Inc.
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Sargent & Sargent crews
working on 5 projects in Bangor area
Sargent & Sargent crews have been working on five jobs this fall in the Bangor area.
They are:
• Phase 7 of the Pine Tree Landfill
in Hampden—Construction of a 7 1/2 acre
cell on the side of the landfill. The cell has
been completed, and the owner, Casella
Waste Systems, started placing waste in the
cell on September 16, two weeks ahead of
schedule. S&S crews are currently completing the final punchlist items.
The $3.5 million project, which began
June 1, included base grading and installation of secondary and primary liners and
leachate detection , collection, and transport systems. Project superintendent was
Doug Barnes.
• Site work for the new Bangor
police station, including storm drainage
and new and rebuilt parking areas. Work
began on September 1. The crews have
been excavating for pile driving; the next
phase will be assisting the general contractor, Nickerson & O’Day, with the foundation work. Project superintendent is Richard Gushue. The target completion date
for the $700,000 project is June 2006.
• Hammond Lumber expansion—A
$400,000 project to expand Hammond
Lumber’s retail storage area, including site
preparation for a new retail storage building. Sargent & Sargent crews started in
late August, grubbing the field area behind
the Hammond Lumber store on outer
Hammond Street in Bangor and hauling
off about 6,000 yards of grubbings. The
crews have installed storm drains and are
now working on foundation excavation for
a 300x100 storage building.
Concrete millings and hot top millings
are being hauled in from the Bangor International Airport terminal apron reconstruction project (see below) for use in
place of sub-base gravel and base gravel.
Sargent & Sargent is a subcontractor for
Lane Construction on the project, which is
scheduled for completion by mid-November. Project superintendent is Curtis Van
Aken.
• BIA terminal apron reconstruction— This is a $300,000 project that includes demolition of existing trench drains,
installation of new drainage, excavation of
existing sub-base gravel (P-154) and placement of base crushed material (P-209).
The general contractor, Lane Construction, is milling the hot top and concrete
slabs and placing the millings in Sargent &
Sargent trucks for removal to the Hammond
Lumber site. The original plan was for
Sargent & Sargent to break up the slabs and
haul them to Lane Construction, where they
would be put it through Lane’s crusher.
Milling the slabs on site allowed Lane to
reduce its costs on the Hammond Lumber
project, which helped them get the bid.
Project superintendent is Kendall Bickford.
• Maine Air National Guard deicing tanks—Work began early in September on a $300,000 project to install
underground de-icing storage tanks for the
Maine Air National Guard in Bangor. The
project will be completed by December 1.
Project superintendent is Steve Raymond.
Project manager for all five projects is
Operations Manager Kevin Gordon.
S&S nearing completion on landfill cell
Sargent & Sargent is nearing completion on construction of a 4-acre cell for
Casella Waste Systems at Casella’s West
Old Town landfill.
The $3.5 million project includes
35,000 yards of excavation and installation
of 14,000 yards of clay liner, 14,000 yards
of leachate collection sand, and 2,500
linear feet of dual containment force main
(one pipe within a second pipe to ensure
that any leaks are detected).
The crews also did the site work for a
1-million-gallon storage tank.
Work on the project started in June and
will be completed by the end of October.
Doug Barnes is the project superintendent.
Eric Clark started the job as superintendent before being reassigned to oversee
the Greenville Airport project. Tim
Folster was operations manager and Craig
Shorey was contract manager. Paul
Monroe is the inspector for Sevee and
Mahar, the landfill designer.
Build Maine
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During January and February, the crews
worked five days a week, 24 hours a day
to take advantage of frozen ground. In
addition to increased production, the cold
weather offered several advantages to the
project. It eliminated the need to build an
access road for the trucks while maximizing available landfill space. It also minimized landfill odor by reducing the
amount of methane generated by the decomposing waste material.
After the waste relocation part of the
project was completed in early March, the
crews began excavating 85,000 yards of
earth for the new cell. The excavation was
completed May 14.
The project also includes installation of
12,800 wick drains (equal to 60 miles of
drains) to dewater the site and allow the
soft foundational clays to consolidate and
gain strength when waste is placed in the
lined cell.
A mechanically-stabilized earthen
berm, 8 to 15 feet high, is being constructed around the perimeter of the cell, using
layers of earth interspersed with woven
textile to give added strength. The outer
slope of the berm is nearly vertical, expanding the lateral footprint of the liner
system and further increasing consolidation and strength gain of the clays at the
landfill’s edge.
The berm will also include infrastructure elements—including storm water,
leachate transfer, and electrical systems—
for the new cell.
The crews are now placing 30,000
yards of barrier clay in the cell to prevent
seepage. A Waste Management contractor
will install a liner over the 17.6-acre cell,
and then H. E. Sargent crews will lay
down 26,000 yards of drainage sand in a
layer one foot deep, with 6,500 linear feet
of drainage pipe. Then the crews will
place 26,000 yards of tire chips, also one
foot deep, as a drainage layer.
The project also includes construction
of a leachate vault for the pumping station.
Steve Perry is the project manager, and
Dee Hobart is the project superintendent.
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The H. E. Sargent crew at the Crossroads landfill in Norridgewock, with the “Build Maine” plaque.
The foremen are Mark Wright, Tim
LePage, Tim Blais, and Larry Litchfield.
Throughout the project, several procedures have been followed to ensure that
the waste excavation process didn’t threaten the landfill’s stability. The affected
portion of the landfill was divided into
three areas, based on elevation. Work on
the lowest level, which was the most critical because of the weight of material
pressing down on it, was done only during
the day. Also, when waste material was
removed from critical areas, the crews
backfilled immediately with granular material to maintain the weight on the bottom
of the landfill and ensure stability.
One of the key project challenges was
the cell’s position over a very soft and
deep deposit of marine clay. To monitor
the clay’s response to the excavation, several geotechnical devices were installed
around the landfill perimeter, including:
• Vibrating wire piezometers were
used to monitor the pore pressure in the
foundation clays.
• Settlement plates tracked consolida-
tion of the clays.
• Slope inclinometers monitored the
movement of the waste slopes during excavation and relocation.
By replacing the unlined cell with a
lined cell with increased soil stability,
valuable air space has been obtained at the
Crossroads facility, with minimal additional area required. Perhaps most important,
however, is that relocating solid waste
from an unlined cell to a lined cell with
increase groundwater quality for generations to come.
Waste Management’s Crossroads landfill in Norridgewock, ME
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S&S, HES working together to reconstruct Greenville runway
Sargent & Sargent and H. E. Sargent
crews have been working together on a
fast-track project to reconstruct runway
14-32 at the Greenville Airport.
Work on the $3.9 million project started
a week before Labor Day, and the crews
had 15 days to complete the reconstruction
of the runway where it intersects with
runway 3-21, the crosswind runway.
“The airport had its annual Fly-In
scheduled for September 10,” said Vice
President-Operations Tim Folster. “We
told them we’d have the runways back
open by the morning of September 8th for
the fly-in, and we did.”
Tim said the H. E. Sargent crews “really
helped out” in the push to get the runway
intersection rebuilt in that timeframe.
Project superintendent Eric Clark has
been in charge of both the Sargent &
Sargent and the H. E. Sargent crews, with
Colby Currier providing support from
Stillwater.
After the Fly-In, work resumed on
runway 14-32, leaving runway 3-21 as the
airport’s only operational runway.
The project remains on a fast track,
with completion scheduled for 2006.
Runway 14-32 will be closed for the
remainder of the construction season and
will be reopened when construction shuts
down for the winter.
The project has required 60,000 yards
of excavation, 68,000 yards of gravel,
9,000 feet of underdrain, and 8,000 yards
of loam.
Twenty acres at the airport had to be
cleared as part of the project.
Tim said that the company has been
crushing its own aggregate from pits in the
area.
“We found some existing ledge on site
that we’re going to blast to create more
aggregate on site,” he said. “The ledge is
outside of our work area, but the town is
letting us go in and take it. It will mean
less trucking of material through town.”
In addition to having Sargent & Sargent
and H. E. Sargent crews working together
for the first time, runway 14-32 provides
another connection to the two companies.
H. E. Sargent crews built the runway 20
years ago, in the 1980s.
Craig Shorey is the contract manager
for the project.
The Greenville Airport runway reconstruction project during the first 15 days.
The crews have been blasting ledge on site to make aggregate.
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H. E. Sargent working on 4 Ryland Homes projects
Since April 2004, H. E. Sargent has
been doing site preparation work in Fredericksburg, VA, for the Ryland Group, a
Fortune 500 company that built almost
17,000 homes in 2004.
The quality of that work paid off earlier
this year when Ryland asked Sargent to
take over a $6 million site preparation
project at Ryland’s Buckler Properties
development in Clinton, MD.
In addition, H. E. Sargent crews have
begun work on two more Ryland Homes
projects—a housing development in Westbury, MD, and Phase III of the Village of
Idlewild in Fredericksburg.
The Buckler Properties project includes
house pads for 200 units on a 50-acre site,
roadways, and utilities for the development.
Pat Dubay, who recently took over as
H. E. Sargent’s Mid-Atlantic Region manager, said the company was brought in at
the beginning of April.
“Ryland Homes negotiated the job with
H. E. Sargent because of the quality of our
work on Phase I in Fredericksburg and our
positive relationship with Ryland Homes,”
he said.
The Buckler project required 15,000
yards of excavation, including stripping all
the topsoil from the site. The crews are
bringing 150,000 yards of imported borrow to the site to bring it up to subgrade.
The project also includes two box culverts,
18,000 feet of pipe, and 8,400 tons of gravel.
The existing road in front of the subdivision is being upgraded as part of the
project.
Project superintendent for H. E. Sargent
is Mike Brochu; the project manager is
Dave Romans.
Dave, who spent eight years with H. E.
Sargent before going to work for Fru-Con,
came back to HES in mid-September as
project manager on this and other jobs.
Pat says the project may have to be shut
down temporarily during October to wait
for permits. A similar occurrence caused
the project to be shut down for several
weeks last spring.
In Westbury, MD, H. E. Sargent is doing the site preparation for 225 units on 50
acres. The $6 million project requires
125,000 yards of excavation.
Work on the project started July 1. Pat
says he’s shooting for base pavement to be
H. E. Sargent crews are excavating 400,000 yards of material for Phase III of Idlewild
Village for Ryland Homes.
H. E. Sargent crews at work on a Ryland Homes development in Westbury, MD.
completed by the end of the year, but the
project could extend into 2006.
Project superintendent is Terry Watts.
Dave Rormans is the project manager.
H. E. Sargent has completed the Phase
II of the site preparation for the Village of
Idlewild, the Ryland Homes development
in Fredericksburg, and has begun work on
Phase III. Phase I was a $6.2 million
project that included construction of 190
house pads on a 50-acre site. Phase II was
a $9.5 million project with 200 singlefamily homes and 150 townhouses on a
65-acre site. Phase III—the final phase of
the development—is an $8.5 million project
covering 60 acres with 250 housing units.
Clearing work for Phase III started in
July, followed by erosion and sediment
control and pond construction. Earthwork
for the project began in late September.
Phase III will include 400,000 yards of
excavation, installation of a very large
culvert—200 feet of triple 10x12 box
culverts—and the extension of Idlewild
Boulevard to an existing subdivision on
the Route 1 side of the development.
Mark Buchanan is the project superintendent. Pat is the project manager.
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H. E. Sargent gets 2 contracts for projects at Maryland airport
H. E. Sargent, Inc., has two contracts
totaling $8.6 million for improvements at
the Salisbury-Ocean City-Wicomico Regional Airport in Salisbury, MD.
The first contract is for a $3.4 million
project to reconstruct the airport’s general
aviation apron and taxiway.
Work started on August 1. Estimated
completion date is May 2006.
The project involves minimal excavation, but the crews will have to contend
with a high groundwater table and marginal soils. Project manager Pat Dubay
said the crews may have to undercut the
apron and taxiway areas in order to replace marginal soils with good material
and/or use soil cement to get a good base.
The project superintendent is Mike
Brochu. Project manager is Dave Romans.
The second contract, for $5.2 million, is
to reconstruct runway 14-32. Work will
start in November and be completed in the
summer of 2006.
Apron and taxiway improvements at the Salisbury-Ocean City-Wicomico Regional Airport.
The project, which will require 200,000
yards of excavation, will narrow the existing runway from 150 feet wide to 100 feet
wide. The existing drainage system, which
is failing, will be replaced by a brand new
storm drain system.
Landfill-capping project almost complete at Langley AFB ammo dump
H. E. Sargent crews are nearing
completion of a landfill-capping project at
Langley AFB, VA.
Work on the project started in May and
should be completed November 1.
The cap isn’t being placed over an
ordinary landfill—it’s actually an old ammunition dump, with at least a few real
bombs inside.
In fact, when the crew was excavating
in a corner of the project area, they excavated a bomb—”unexploded ordinance” in
military terminology.
Project manager Pat Dubay noted that
the crew had been warned that this could
happen, and part of the excavation procedure is to have an Air Force observer
present to look out for material that could
be dangerous.
“He knew what to look for,” Pat said.
Langley AFB landfill-capping project.
“Air Force security people took the bomb
away and blew it up with C4 explosive.”
Pat said approximately 60,000 yards of
cover material was imported from an adjacent city-owned source to cap the landfill.
Art Robinson is project superintendent.
Site work underway for Old Field Estates in Hampden
H. E. Sargent is doing site work for Old
Field Estates, a 54-unit subdivision off
Route 1 in Hampden.
The $1.2 million project is being done
in two phases.
Phase I includes 4,400 feet of new
residential roadway with water line and
drainage, while Phase II has 3,300 feet of
new residentail roadway, also with water
line and drainage.
Work started on June 20. Phase 1 was
substantially complete by Oct. 1. Phase II
started in early September and will be
completed by July 31, 2006.
The owner is F&L Properties LLC.
Scott Blanchard is the project superintendent; John Sturgeon, project manager;
and Colby Currier, operations manager.
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H. E. Sargent crews begin work on South Portland ash landfill
H. E. Sargent crews have begun work
on a $6.5 million project to construct a
7 1/2-acre lined cell at the Regional Waste
Systems landfill in South Portland to receive ash from the RWS waste-to-energy
incinerator in Portland.
The project is the first phase of a 20acre expansion of the RWS ash landfill.
The landfill features a state-of-the-art
double-liner system which provides maximum protection for the groundwater and
soil surrounding the landfill site.
Work on the project began September 14.
Project superintendent Katrina Morgan said
she expected to have the bulk of the earth
moving completed this fall and the rest of the
project completed by October 2006.
She said the subgrade for the new cell
will require between five and eight feet of
fill, most of which will come from an
adjacent portion of the site, where phase
two of the expansion is planned.
In all, 267,000 yards of fill will be
moved from the 8 1/2-acre borrow area in
phase two to create the subgrade for phase
one, which will include an underdrain
system to prevent groundwater from coming up from underneath the liner.
Once the subgrade is in place, the crews
will create a 24-inch soil barrier layer
using 60,000 yards of clay to provide
added protection in the event of a leak.
The next step will be to install the liner
system, which is made up of a secondary
and a primary liner, with a double-sided
fabric in between. The two liners are both
60-mil high-density polyethylene (HDPE),
about 1/16th of an inch thick. The doublesided fabric encloses a drainage net, which
creates a void for water or leachate to
travel through, providing early warning of
any leaks in the primary liner.
Once the liner system is in place, the
crews will place a one-foot drainage layer
of free-draining sand, which will include a
leachate collection and piping system,
topped by a geotextile fabric and a 3 1/2foot layer of soil to protect the drainage
layer from frost.
Leachate collected in the cell will be
drained to the low end and then pumped to
a leachate collection pond. H. E. Sargent
will reconstruct an existing pond, removing the old liner, increasing the height of
the surrounding berms to increase its capacity, and then installing a new liner and
a new intake structure.
A stability berm made up of 80,000
yards of soil will be erected at the low end
of the cell to offset the weight of the ash
that is placed in the cell.
Katrina said the crews are currently
moving about 6,500 yards of grubbings or
excavation per day. The H. E. Sargent
fleet on the site presently includes nine
rear dumps, three D-6 dozers, one D-8
dozer, two 330 excavators, one 950 loader,
two smooth-drum rollers, one pad-foot
roller, a fuel truck, and a water truck.
RTD Enterprises of Madison will install
the liner system. Nylex Construction of
Colorado will install 225,000 linear feet of
wick drain to wick water up from the subsurface soils underneath the stability berm.
Regional Waste Systems is a non-profit
solid waste management corporation that
is owned and operated by 21 cities and
towns in southern Maine (Bridgton, Cape
Elizabeth, Casco, Cumberland, Falmouth,
Freeport, Gorham, Gray, Harrison, Hollis,
Limington, Lyman, North Yarmouth,
Ogunquit, Portland, Pownal, Scarborough,
South Portland, Waterboro, Windham and
Yarmouth).
HES completes one project for L. F. Jennings and adds another
H. E. Sargent has completed one project and will soon be
working on another for L. F. Jennings of Falls Church, VA,
one of the premier building contractors and developers in the
mid-Atlantic area.
The completed project was a $2.6 million contract for
site preparation for the Lorton Marketplace, a 110,000
square foot mixed use shopping center in Lorton, VA, just
south of the Beltway.
A subcontractor for Jennings spent several months refurbishing the land, with support from H. E. Sargent, to make it
suitable for building.
The subcontractor used two ground preparation methods
called dynamic compaction and ironing, which consisted of
repeatedly pounding the land surface with a ball weight and
then hammering it smooth with a large, flat plate. Afterwards, the site was covered with controlled structured fill.
The building pad for the shopping area at the Lorton Marketplace project at
H. E. Sargent crews provided material and support for the right, with parking area at left. The crane at left was used to compact the site
compaction subcontractor, including grading and filling the
by repeatedly pounding the land surface with a ball weight and then hammervoids made by the compaction.
ing it smooth with a large, flat plate.
The process allowed Jennings to turn a once-neglected
plot of land into a useful building site to help revitalize the Lorton
mall on a 30-acre site in Bristow, VA. The anchor store will be a
area.
Harris-Teeter grocery store.
In late August, H. E. Sargent bid and negotiated a $4.6 million
The project will require 200,000 yards of excavation. It will
contract with L. F. Jennings for site preparation for a retail strip
begin December 1 and be completed by Labor Day 2006.
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Presque Isle taxiway project
to be completed by end of October
Construction of a new taxiway at the
Presque Isle Airport is on schedule and
will be completed by the end of October.
The $2 million project, which began in
June, included all the excavation, fill,
drainage, electrical and lighting, and paving for the taxiway.
John Sturgeon, project manager for
H. E. Sargent, said the crews worked on a
compressed schedule with a very tight
timeline. The project had to be completed
within 130 calendar days of the notice to
proceed with the job.
The crews also had to work within the
confines of an operating airport. The
vehicles had to be specially marked, and
the company’s equipment had to stay at
least 250 feet away from the runway.
Ray Thompson was the project superintendent.
S&S helping Hannaford expand in Belfast
Sargent & Sargent crews are rebuilding
and expanding the Hannaford parking lot
in Belfast and doing the site work for an
expansion of the Hannaford supermarket
at the site.
The $1.1 million project also involves
realigning the entrance to the parking lot,
and adding a new turn lane to Lincolnville
Avenue. The parking lot work is complete
except for surface paving.
Sargent & Sargent is a subcontractor
for Zachau Construction on the building
expansion portion of the project, which
began in October 2004. Target date for
completion is spring 2006.
Tim Folster is the operations manager.
Ian McCarthy is the contract manager. Eric
Ottum is the project manager for Hannaford
Route 2 projects in
H. E. Sargent is nearing completion on
a 5.5 mile project for the Maine Department of Transportation to reconstruct and
relocate two sections of U.S. Route 2 in
the Bethel-Gilead area.
The $7.5 million project, which began
in 2004, includes a 4-mile section in Bethel, from the Fleming Road to Route 5,
and a 1.5-mile section in Gilead, from the
Maine-New Hampshire state line to the
Wild River bridge.
Project manager Wendell Harriman said
about 75% of the roadway in Bethel and
25% of the roadway in Gilead were completed with base pavement by November
2004 before the project was shut down for
the winter.
He added that the crews did as much of
the off-highway work they could in Gilead
last fall—getting the roadway to subgrade
in both a deep fill area and a big cut area.
All of the guardrails in the Bethel section
Site work completed for T-Mobile project
Site work for the T-Mobile call center
in Oakland, which began in January, was
completed at the end of August. Sargent &
Sargent was a subcontractor for Key
Construction in preparing the 14-acre site.
The $2.5 million project included blasting
50,000 yards of ledge, which was crushed on
site for gravel, installation of 5,000 feet of
water, sewer and storm drain, and construction of two detention ponds and a 400-foot
extension of First Park Drive.
Kendall Bickford was the project
superintendent, and Tim Folster was the
operations manager. Craig Shorey was the
contract manager. Steve Wellnitz was the
superintendent for Key Construction.
Trundy Road project completed in Searsport
H. E. Sargent has completed a
$2 million project for the Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) to
reconstruct Trundy Road on Mack Point in
Searsport, ME. The project included
reconstruction of 4,800 feet of roadway,
along with construction of a security
building, a new water line, security fencing
A specialty contractor is being called in to
stabilize this slope along Route 2 in Gilead.
and a security camera system.
The project required 12,000 yards of
excavation, 8,000 yards of gravel, and
installation of 5,800 feet of water line.
Scott Blanchard was the project
superintendent, John Sturgeon was the
project manager, and Colby Currier was
the field operations manager.
Bangor site prep project completed
H. E. Sargent crews have completed
site preparation for Walden Park, a 50-lot
development off Essex St. in Bangor.
The $1 million project included construction of two miles of roadway for
sudivision lots, along with cross culverts
for drainage and erosion control.
The project required removal of 2,000
yards of ledge and importation of 10,000
yards of fill and 35,000 yards of gravel
base and subbase. The on-site foreman was
Mike Gordon. Ben Estes was the project
manager and Colby Currier the operations
manager.
An H. E. Sargent crew dresses up the side
of Route 2 with topsoil in the fall of 2004.
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Bethel, Gilead nearing completion
were in place last fall, as well.
When work resumed in late April, the
project was about two months ahead of
schedule, with completion anticipated by
the end of July. However, project changes
resulting from unforeseen conditions in the
Gilead section have extended the project
by about three months. The target completion date for finish paving is now October
14, with minor punch-list items to be completed this fall.
Wendell said the delays occurred because the actual elevations of the slope
above the relocated highway in Gilead
were found to be 20 feet higher than the
plan elevations, which were determined
through aerial photogrammetry.
As a result, the MDOT determined that
it was necessary to re-engineer the slope,
installing a pre-split ledge with boulder
retaining walls at the toe of the slope instead of rip-rap. However, the geology of
the rock did not allow that to happen.
When the explosive charges were set off to
create the pre-split face, much more material than planned broke away.
Janod, Inc., a Vermont company that
specializes in rock stabilization, is being
brought in to safely remove the excess
blasted material. Janod crews will install
ring nets to stabilize the slope, and then
remove the unstable material down to
bedrock with a slusher.
Louis Hebert is the operations manager,
and Katrina Morgan is the project superintendent. Jim Conley and Mark Buchanan
started as operations manager and superintendent, respectively, before being reassigned to Virginia early this year.
New truck lanes were added to Route. 2 in
Bethel.
Excavating at a big cut area in Gilead. Photo by Karen Littlefield.
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H. E. SARGENT CREW FABRICATES TUGBOAT
SEGMENTS—The H. E. Sargent fabrication shop in Stillwater
has been welding tugboat segments for Washburn & Doughty
Associates of East Boothbay, Maine, one of New England’s
premier commercial boat builders. Since January, the welding
crew has fabricated segments for two 98-foot tugs and one 92foot tug; it is currently working on segments for three more
tugs. Washburn & Doughty ships steel plate, flat bars, and
angle iron to Stillwater, and the welding crew cuts the steel
and welds the pieces to form the various tugboat segments.
The segments are then put on a flatbed and trucked to the
shipyard in East Boothbay, where they are joined together.
The above photo shows the largest component fabricated by
the crew—the engine bed for one of the tugboats, which was
26' wide, 36' long, and 7' high. It was shipped on five flatbeds.
The fabrication shop also handles equipment repairs for the
company, as well as for outside customers, such as Milton
Caterpillar, Owen J. Folsom, Nations Rent, H. O. Bouchard,
and others. Dave Bolduc is the estimator. Tim Richards is
October 2005
Equipment Department Manager. The welding crew, shown in
lower right photo, includes (l. to r.) Dave Bolduc, Red Rancourt
(welding shop supervisor), Pat Burns, Ryan Sage, Clint
Guiggey, Kerry Swallow, Matt Smart, Rick Weatherbee, and
Rick McAlister. Not present for photo: John Prieto (John is
serving on active duty in Iraq) and Irving McInnis.
Sargent &Sargent completes intersection improvement project in Belfast
Sargent & Sargent has substantially
completed a $1 million project for the
Maine Department of Transportation to
improve the intersection of Route 3 and
Route 1 in Belfast.
The project, which started July 1, was
completed on schedule during the last week
of September, except for the signal work.
The project involved adding a turning
lane and traffic signals at the intersection
and, relocating the entrance to the Reny’s
department store. It also included installation of new underdrains, storm drains,
sewer force mains, reclaiming the road
base, paving, and new sidewalk.
Dan Kochis was the project superintendent and Butch Patchell the lead foreman.
Tim Folster was the operations manager
and Craig Shorey was the contract
manager. Steve Hall was resident engineer
for MDOT on the project.
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The Herb E. Sar
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Bangor East Little League
Maine Discovery Museum
Acadia Hospital
On behalf of the Board, the parents and most
notably, the children of Bangor East Little League
(BELL), we would like to thank you for your generous
gift of $100. BELL serves over 180 boys and girls in
the Bangor community through the generous gifts of
donors like you and all the many volunteers that are
necessary to make a youth program successful. The
goal of BELL has always looked to the Little League
Pledge to guide its programs:
I trust in God
I love my Country
And will respect its laws
I will play fair
And strive to win
But win or lose
I will always do my best
The difference a program like Little League can
make in a child’s life is immeasurable, as is the value
of your generous gift. We invite you to come to Taylor
Fields and watch a game, have a hot dog and enjoy one
of America’s greatest pastimes. You can’t help feeling
like a kid again.
Kevin B. Griffin
Bangor East Little League, Bangor
Thank you for your January 28, 2005 gift of
$1,000 to the Maine Discovery Museum’s Annual
Fund Campaign. Your
continuing support of the
children’s museum helps
children become people
who love to learn, imagine, discover and create, and it
helps us provide a lively, safe, amazing place for them
to grow!
Thank you for being a great friend to children!
Andrea Stark, Executive Director
Maine Discovery Museum, Bangor
Thank you for sponsoring The Acadia Hospital’s
ninth annual 3 Bands Concert scheduled for March 29,
2005 at the Maine Center
for the Arts.
The 3 Bands Concert
is a cornerstone of The
Acadia Hospital’s outreach and fund-raising efforts,
and has developed into a wonderful tradition. Money
raised from the event is dedicated to children and
adolescent services at The Acadia Hospital.
Dorothy A. Hill, RNC, CEO/CNO
The Acadia Hospital, Bangor, ME
Eastern Maine Charities
Children’s Miracle Network
We offer our sincerest appreciation for your gift of
$2,500, fifth installment of your $10,000 pledge, to
help support the
EMMC Cardiac
Wellness Center.
This is a gift appreciated by physicians, care givers, and most of all the
people and patients who benefit from your kindness.
Michael R. Crowley, Vice President
Eastern Maine Charities
Eastern Maine Comm. College
University of Maine
Thank you for the gift of $200 to the Change
Bandits program which supports the Kiss Kares for
Kids Radiothon that will benefit
the Children’s
Miracle Network of
Eastern Maine Healthcare
Systems. This gift will
help support the programs
for children’s services at Eastern Maine Medical
Center, The Acadia Hospital, Hospice of Eastern
Maine - Pathfinder’s program, The Aroostook Medical
Center, Inland Hospital, Sebasticook Valley Hospital
and C.A. Dean Memorial Hospital.
Nancy Dysart, Director
Children’s Miracle Network, EMHC
Thank you for your $1,000 donation to our Civil
Engineering program. This program is certainly moving forward with
Carlton Brown setting
up summer internships for students.
Your support makes a
great difference in the success of our students.
Joyce B. Hedlund, President
Eastern Maine Community College
Editor’s note: Eric Burgess, a civil engineering
student at EMCC, worked as a summer intern on the
Route 2 project in Bethel and Gilead. He will return
to EMCC at the end of October.
I have been notified by Amos Orcutt of the University of Maine Foundation of H. E. Sargent’s generous
gift for the H. E. Sargent, Inc. Scholarship Fund.
Generous gifts like
this give our University an extra measure
of excellence.
On behalf of The University of Maine, thank you
very much for your continuing support of University
of Maine students. It is deeply appreciated.
Robert A. Kennedy, Interim President
The University of Maine
Penobscot Theatre
Thank you for your recent contribution of $200 to
Penobscot Theatre’s annual fund. We will strive to
make you proud to be a member.
Mark Torres, Producing Artistic Director
Penobscot Theatre, Bangor, ME
Penobscot Nation Boys
and Girls Club
Thank you for your participation in our Dinner/
Dance Silent Auction. We appreciate your generosity.
With the funding we will
be able to provide more
youth with a hot meal
every day and a safe place
to go after school. The Club will be able to continue to
expand the programs we provide to meet the individual needs of each child we serve.
Carla Fearon, Director
Penobscot Nation Boys & Girls Club
Old Town Public Library
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you
so much for your check of $200, which I received last
week for the Concert Series and the $100 I received
today for Canoe Hullabaloo. I have always said that
when people care about where they live, lots of great
things can happen. Thanks for caring.
Valerie Osborne, Library Director
Old Town Public Library
Eastern Maine Healthcare Blood Drive at H. E. Sargent
H. E. Sargent’s second Eastern Maine Healthcare Blood Drive was held May 13 in
Stillwater and netted a total of 15 units of blood. The first blood drive was held last
October; another drive will be held this fall. Thanks to all who participated.
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Site preparation completed for Hall-Dale Elementary School
H. E. Sargent has completed site
preparation work for the new Hall-Dale
Elementary School in Hallowell, ME
Work on the $1.5 million project
began in May. The project included
removal of 22,000 yards of ledge,
which had to be completed within
four weeks (by the second week of
June) to allow construction of the
foundations.
Some 30,000 yards of fill were
required to grade off the project and
provide a building pad for the school,
along with ballfields and playground
areas.
The project owner is MSAD 16;
H. E. Sargent crews at the Hall-Dale Elementary School construction site.
the architect is Oak Point Assoc. of
ground utilities, an underground oil storBiddeford. The general contractor is
Wendell Harriman was the project manage tank, and a new playground (including
Arthur Dudley Construction of Standish.
ager; Colby Currier, operations manager;
relocation of a portion of the existing
In addition to earthwork, the site prepaSteve Wight, superintendent; and Alexis
elementary school playground).
ration work included installation of underWollstadt, field accountant
H. E. Sargent near completion on Passamaquoddy project
H. E. Sargent is nearing completion on
a $1.6 million infrastructure project for the
Bureau of Indian Affairs at the Passamaquoddy Tribe’s Pleasant Point (Sipakik)
Reservation in Perry, ME.
The project will provide a roadway and
other infrastructure for Cuspes Park, a
planned housing development with 28
single-family homes, along with a commu-
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The project includes a 2,900-foot gravity sewer and sewer pump station, 750 feet
of 4-inch sewer force main, and 3,700 feet
of water main. About 3,600 cubic yards of
ledge had to be excavated for the project.
The project began the week of May 23.
Final paving is scheduled for October 6,
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followed by seeding and cleanup.
Project manager Ben Estes said the
project should be completed by mid-October, unless there are additional change
orders.
Peter Broberg is the project superintendent, and Jim Conley is the operations
manager. Dennis Bemis is the field accountant.
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