Construction continues on the Lewis Wastewater Treatment Plant! A closer look shows Dutchland setting the precast concrete panels to construct the wastewater treatment plant. They have since been gasketed, grouted, and passed the watertight integrity test.
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We thank Lycoming County Commissioners and Planning and Community Development Department for granting Bassett Engineering the opportunity to help lead this historic Bridge Bundling Program. Together we studied, designed, engineered and constructed 17 bridges at a total cost of roughly $7,100,000, or an average of $420,000 per bridge, which is an outstanding value. We started in June 2020 during COVID and completed the entire Program in just 3½ years working with 3 contractors and 3 manufacturers under 4 separate Bundles.
We congratulate Lycoming County on taking the lead on this groundbreaking project whereby the Commissioners took responsibility to repair and replace municipally-owned bridges at great political cost due to utilizing the unjustly controversial vehicle registration fee. Bundling multiple bridges under one program is critical to realizing an economy of scale. We completed several bridge bundling projects for individual municipalities, but only a couple at a time. The County has the financial resources and just as critical the experienced transportation planning staff in Mark Murawski, Shannon Rossman, Scott Williams, Austin Dailey and Sal Vitko to bundle a large group of bridges under one project, and that large number is needed to realize true economies of scale.
Civil infrastructure including airports and railways, ports, roads and bridges, water and sewer systems are the foundational building blocks of civilization itself. which cannot function absent good quality roads and bridges. Constructing and maintaining civil infrastructure is one of the primary tasks of government. Unfortunately, civil infrastructure has been abused by many elements of society who hijack it for their own questionable purposes and in so doing inflate the costs to subsidize their own goals, which are unrelated to the infrastructure itself. The common excuse is that civil infrastructure is so important that cost is no object.
Another critical function of government is its fiduciary responsibility to maximize the effectiveness of its expenditures to minimize the costs on the taxpayers who support it. Government should function as cost effectively as possible, particularly at the County and Municipal level, which do not print money and do not have wide latitude to raise taxes. Lycoming County has always embraced its fiscal responsibility, particularly our 3 commissioners, Tony Mussare, Scott Metzger and Rick Mirabito. A key aspect to bridge bundling is its cost-effectiveness through the use of COSTARS to prepurchase aluminum and concrete box culverts and concrete arches, and through bundling multiple similar bridges under a single construction contract. We built 4 aluminum box culverts under Bundle 1, 5 precast concrete box culverts and arches under Bundle 2, 5 GRS bridges under Bundle 3, and 3 conventional beam bridge under Bundle 4.
Lycoming County Commissioners and Planners have developed a model for future bridge bundles (hopefully) here in the County, and for other Counties to follow and we than you again for the trust you have placed in Bassett Engineering in allowing us to share in this groundbreaking program.
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Bassett Engineering is excited to announce the completion of another bridge under Bundle 4 of the Lycoming County Bridge Bundling Program!
The bridge is situated where Old Cement Road crosses Tules Run outside Montoursville. Due to its location in a busy suburb and next door to the Lycoming County Water and Sewer Authority facilities, the bridge is heavily used for a local route.
This project involved replacing two deficient beams within the bridge and casting a composite desk, tying all of the beams into a monolithic unit. BE increased the overhangs of the bridge and selected vertical wall barriers to maximize the clear width of the structure.
Construction of the improvements was completed by Kevin E. Raker Construction and the bridge was opened to traffic in September of 2023.
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Bassett Engineering attended the Old Cement Road beam lift last Friday! Two precast beams were placed fairly quickly and construction is moving along smoothly.
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Bundle 4 of the Lycoming County Bridge Bundling Program is officially underway!
Check out the framework and rebar being constructed for the abutment on the first bridge under the bundle.
Stay tuned for more updates over the next couple of weeks!
Did you catch us at the PWEA/PennTec Conference in June?
Bassett Engineering teamed up with Lackawanna River Basin Sewer Authority to give a presentation on the Throop Digester Upgrade and Expansion for Cogeneration project we completed in 2019.
We also enjoyed PWEA’s tour of the Derry Township Municipal Authority Clearwater Wastewater Treatment Plant. The Tour focused on the Energy Enhancements Project where we assisted Brown and Caldwell. We obtained all environmental permits and Land Development Plan approvals, plus provided the site design including stormwater management and yard piping.
Bassett Engineering is thrilled to announce that our innovative approach to bridge bundling has been featured in the May edition of Pennsylvania Township News. Our unique method has saved our clients both time and money by bundling multiple bridges into a single project, streamlining engineering and construction. This allows our team to deliver projects faster and more efficiently, ensuring that our clients can achieve their goals.
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Bassett Engineering is excited to announce the completion of another bridge under Bundle 3 of the Lycoming County Bridge Bundling Program!
The bridge is situated in Montgomery Park, where Park Road crosses Adams Creek, roughly 500 feet from its mouth on the West Branch of the Susquehanna River. Due to its location in the Park, serving two baseball fields and the boat launch, the bridge is heavily used at certain times of the year.
Adams Creek is a warm water fishery located in the level floodplain of the river. The low velocities allowed the use of a Geosynthetic Reinforced Soils Integrated Bridge System (GRS-IBS) bridge, which offered the greatest hydraulic opening at the lowest cost for this span.
The installation for this project was handled by Rylind Construction, and the bridge was opened to traffic in December of 2022.
Check out another bridge from Bundle 3
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Bassett Engineering is excited to announce the completion of another bridge in Bundle 3 of the Lycoming County Bridge Bundling Program.
The bridge is situated right off Route 287, where Zinck Road crosses a small unnamed tributary to Larrys Creek. The low stream velocities at the site enabled the use of a Geosynthetic Reinforced Soils Integrated Bridge System (GRS-IBS), which was well-suited for the low-profile structure on a low-ADT road. GRS also offered the ability to orient with Zinck Road’s skew to the stream.
The installation of this project was handled by Rylind Construction, and the bridge was completed in December of 2022.
Check out another bridge from Bundle 3
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