Industrial Strength: More Than A Finger In The Dam In Upton
New England Infrastructure keeps water behind dams, under bridges
But safety products and gadgets - airbags, smoke detectors, lifejackets, etc. - can't keep you safe when your safety is undermined by the likes of the old, rickety bridges that seem to get so much attention lately or weak and leaky dams.
In the tiny Walker Drive Industrial Park in Upton, there's a company that - if you've driven over a bridge or have been near one of many controlled bodies of water in Massachusetts - has made you safer.
Building Bridges
The company is called New England Infrastructure Inc. and it has built or rebuilt bridges and dams all across Southern New England. Their work should be particularly noted now considering the amount of rain and snow we've had this winter and the ever rising rivers and streams putting more and more pressure on the region's older dams and bridges this spring.
Often, the company is called on to demolish and replace old bridges or dams and therefore works extensively with state and other government agencies like departments of transportation, departments of environmental protection, MassHighway, the Department of Conservation and Recreation and others.
The company has tackled small, old bridges like the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the beautiful Ispwich River bridge on Mill Road in Ipswich, as well as much larger projects. The company repaired and resurfaced the Jacobs Ladder Road in Becket bridge on the Massachusetts Turnpike, for example.
Similarly, New England Infrastructure has taken on a wide range of dam projects, including emergency repairs to the Schweitzer-Mauduit dam in Lee and the Nugget Lake dam in Charlton.
The restoration of all the antique water control equipment at the Blackstone Canal and River Heritage State Park in Uxbridge was also done by New England Infrastructure.
Of course, it's not all dire emergency dam repair and bridge rebuilding for NEI, the company also does a great amount of park and boat ramp construction. In the past few years, the company, which employs between 20 and 25 people during the busy season, has built the boat ramp on Shrewsbury's side of Lake Quinsigamond and a playground in Fitchburg.
New England Infrastructure has been in business for five years, the last three at the Walker Drive Industrial Park. But the company's days on Walker Drive are numbered. According to company executive Todd Pietrasiak, New England Infrastructure is moving to Hudson in a couple of months.
New England Infrastructure leaves an industrial park that is home to somewhat similar businesses, including, appropriately enough, excavation contractor PM Zilioli Inc. and others.
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