In large and small ways, the project has the look of a military operation to meet those deadlines, while allowing traffic to flow through the site relatively unimpeded. Crews are rotated on night work so they don't get overly fatigued. Most of the craftworkers are permanent employees of the joint-venture firms. Creamer and Sanzari have worked together on jobs for 15 years. Sanzari and Bishop almost always work together as a venture, with Bishop handling office administration and Sanzari field operations.
Time is squeezed from everything.
Trucks and equipment are lined up neatly in rows after being used. Value engineering played a big part in snipping the schedule. Parsons Brinkerhoff had proposed that the foundation of an ancillary bridge crossing Sprout Brook on Rt. 4 be supported by as many as 860 steel piles. The contractor proposed substituting sheet pile for the steel piles to save time, reduce lane change phases from six to two and keep lane elevations substantially the same for traffic management.