SERVICES
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ECI specializes in completing challenging projects which improve railroad and highway infrastructure. We find success in the most difficult circumstances through advanced planning, engineering, communication, and hard work. Our team is passionate about our craft. When things get tough we double down on grit and determination, always putting the safety of our team and the community first, followed closely by the quality of our work.
General work types we accel at include: new bridge construction, bridge maintenance / strengthening, excavation support, driven piles, drilled piles, underpinning, shoring, tiebacks, soil nails / shotcrete, deep utilities, limited-access crane work, retaining wall rehabilitation, and historic structure preservation.
Railroad-specific work types in addition that listed above include: track maintenance, turnouts, signals, CWR, bearings, timber bridge rehab, emergency response, grade crossings, flagging, and utilities crossings.
RELATED PROJECTS
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Pittsford Rail Bridge Rehab & Strengthening - 2017
The bridge which is owned by the State of Vermont was constructed in 1900 and consists of a truss and a girder span with stone abutments and middle pier. The substructures had been repaired several times previously and the center pier had continued to tilt up to and during construction. The tilting and settlement of the pier and abutment had required previous shimming of the bridge, the bridge deck, and the track approaches. This older bridge also needed strengthening to meet the heavier class of modern rail cars
North Hero-Grand Isle Draw Bridge Emergency Superstructure Repairs - 2008
ECI was selected as the contractor for this emergency repair on the 1950’s North Hero – Grand Isle Draw Bridge. The structure consists of a double leaf bascule girder draw bridge with a total draw span of 130 feet. The floor beams, diaphragms, and metal decking were all in poor condition that required an emergency repair. Traffic had been diverted to a temporary Mabey bridge over the bascule span to take load off the bridge.
Burlington Tunnel Emergency Repairs - 2008
ECI was engaged by the NECR to perform emergency stabilization of the Burlington Tunnel (located under North Avenue in Burlington, VT). A sudden loss of structural integrity of the tunnel floor caused significant ground movements and longitudinal cracking at the spring-line of the 150-year-old brick lined tunnel. The railroad immediately stabilized the tunnel by flooding the unstable areas concrete. ECI was called in to design/build a permanent repair.
Ryegate Culvert Design-Build Replacement Project - 2015
ECI is the Design-Build contractor to the Vermont Agency of Transportation for this $15.248M culvert replacement project. The undersized and failing existing culverts conveyed the waters of the Manchester Brook (a tributary to the Connecticut River) below the US Route 5 and Washington County Railroad embankments. This particularly challenging project involved replacing the culverts with a new 32-ft clear span opening below the 70-ft-tall railroad embankment and 60-ft-tall highway embankment.
NECR Bridge 35.01 Replacement in Royalton, VT - 2024
ECI contracted with VTrans to replace NECR Bridge 35.01 over Route 14 in Royalton, VT. The existing 26’ clear span bridge was only 12’ 1” above the roadway. Because of the size the bridge choked traffic down to a single lane with no signals and a blind approach from each direction. Due to its low height, the bridge was a high strike-risk, was hit multiple times while ECI was on site, and in the past had been hit hard enough to mangle the outside beams and knock the tracks off alignment. The new bridge is a 125’ steel girder bridge with an improved vertical clearance of 14’ 6” and allowed for Route 14 to be realigned and widened to 30’ from shoulder to shoulder with clear visibility.
