Pare Corporation Steepened Slope of the Warwick Levee Along the Western Side of the Waste Water Treatment Facility
Warwick, RI – Two recent projects, the Wastewater Treatment Facility Levee Design in Warwick, and the Central Bridge No. 182 (renamed Veteran’s Memorial Bridge) Replacement Project in Barrington were awarded Engineering Excellence Awards from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Rhode Island (ACEC/RI).
Pare Corporation received the first place Gold Anchor Award for a Project with Construction Costs of Less than $10 Million for the Wastewater Treatment Facility Levee Design for the Warwick Sewer Authority. Hart Engineering and DiGregorio & Sons, Inc. were the contractors, and VHB consulted for hydrologic/hydraulic analysis design. Pare’s scope of services included stability evaluations, alternatives analysis and conceptual design, wetland delineation, permitting, contract document preparation, bidding assistance, and construction-phase services.
Pare also received the second place Blue Ribbon Hope Award for a project with Construction Costs of More than $10 Million for the design and construction-phase services for the Central Bridge No. 182 (renamed Veteran’s Memorial Bridge) Replacement Project in Barrington for the Rhode Island Department of Transportation.
The project replaced the structurally deficient and functionally obsolete 324-foot-long, six-span concrete bridge structure that was originally built in 1939. Pare’s replacement design is 21 feet wider than the original structure, which accommodates a third travel lane and bicycle/pedestrian improvements. The new bridge is also higher, to provide increased freeboard for boat traffic.
The design required sensitivity to environmental issues, including protecting the Northern Diamondback Terrapin turtle native to the area, installing a 2,600sf bioretention pond with multiple settling basins, restoring 2,400sf of wetland area, and removing 2,600sf of pavement to increase rainfall infiltration. Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) techniques were implemented to limit the impact on the public. This included the use of NEXT Beam girders for the superstructure, the first use of this technology in Rhode Island.
In addition to providing professional engineering services for the design study phase through construction-phase services, Pare provided regulatory permitting including RI Coastal Resources Management Council and RI Department of Environmental Management Water Quality, construction-phase services, and a load rating report. Cardi Corporation was the contractor for the $18 million project, that was built on time and on budget.
