News: Construction Design & Engineering
Posted: July 19, 2019
Mass Bay Electrical installs at MBTA’s Forest Hills Station busway
Jamaica Plain, MA Mass Bay Electrical Corp. has completed all electrical and lighting installations associated with the MassDOT’s Casey Arborway renovation project at MBTA’s Forest Hills Station upper busway canopy. The project entailed installation of LED architectural lighting systems, passenger information system, paging system, passenger emergency call system, and fire alarm system.
The NECA Boston contractor met the fast-track, compressed schedule in a timely fashion, commencing work on November 1, 2018 and completing the project by mid-April.
Project executive Rick Broderick, project manager Mike Walsh and foreman Chris Boyer headed the Mass Bay Electrical project team, managing a crew of seven IBEW Local 103 electricans. The NECA contractor worked on in close coordination with the project’s architectural engineering firm AECOM and general contractor Barletta heavy division.
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