> Construction > Holyoke computing center site demolition gets going with contractor J.R. Vinagro chewing away! Holyoke computing center site demolition gets going with contractor J.R. Vinagro chewing away! POSTED BY CARRIE SOUZA ON APRIL 1, 2021 WITH 0 COMMENT HOLYOKE – Demolition began Monday on one of the two buildings that will be coming down at the Bigelow Street site of the future high performance computing center. Contractor J.R. Vinagro, of Johnston, R.I., removed the north wall and loading dock of a metal building on the site between Cabot and Appleton streets, said Timothy J. Shannon, gas superintendent of the Holyoke Gas and Electric Department. The $168 million academic research center is being built here to take advantage of the hydroelectric power at the dams and canals owned by the Holyoke Gas and Electric Department. The Planning Board has approved the site plan for the center’s 90,000-square-foot building of brick, precast concrete and glass. The center will overlook the first-level canal on a site that formerly housed Mastex Industries. Mastex, which closed in 2009, made fabric used for airbags, as well as for Armed Forces and industrial uses. Razing the metal building is scheduled to take only a few days as officials envision the longer job being demolition of the brick building with undulating roof that was the main Mastex building. That will begin in July and take at least a month because the work will involve disposal of asbestos, Shannon said. A third building on the site, formerly the Diamond Water Systems building at Bigelow and Cabot streets, will be left standing, officials have said. Partners planning the center are the University of Massachusetts, Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston University, Northeastern University, EMC Corp., of Hopkinton, an information storage, back-up and recovery firm, and Cisco Systems Inc., a California-based Internet network equipment maker. The Holyoke Gas and Electric Department and the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center, the formal name of the entity that will own and operate the center, signed a purchase and sale agreement for the site March 18. The cost for demolition, cleaning contaminants such as oil and asbestos that have soiled the site from decades of industrial use and acquisition of the property is $3.98 million. The money will be paid to the Gas and Electric Department over a period of months as progress continues on demolition and site cleaning. The sale is scheduled to close by October. Pictured below workers with Rhode Island contractor J.R Vinagro operate heavy machinery to demolish a metal building. This site will house $168 million high performance computing center. Construction construction heavycivil jrvinagro rhodeisland union WRITTEN BY CARRIE SOUZA LEAVE A REPLY COMMENT NAME * EMAIL * WEBSITE SAVE MY NAME, EMAIL, AND WEBSITE IN THIS BROWSER FOR THE NEXT TIME I COMMENT. Search for: Recent Posts Footbridge lowered into place along Johnston Memorial Park walking path. The Waltham High School Earth Moving Project! Rhodes reduced to rubble! Holyoke computing center site demolition gets going with contractor J.R. Vinagro chewing away! MassDOT’s $169M Chelsea Viaduct Project in Boston Presses Forward Recent Comments Archives June 2021 April 2021 May 2020 September 2019 Categories Construction Uncategorized Meta Log in Entries feed Comments feed WordPress.org Recent News Demolition of Gardner Cinemas Peterson Grinder and Chipper Support Land Clearing Operation at JR Vinagro Corporation A Family Company Committed to Safety and the Environment John Deere Material Witness J.R. Vinagro Corporation Demolishes Massachusetts Bridge Weylu’s, former Chinese restaurant on Route 1, falls to wrecking ball Find by Tags 349nextgen blasting bridge demo cat349 construction corporation demolition demolition company earthmoving heavycivil heavyequipment jrvinagro massachusetts miltoncat new england rhodeisland rhode island trimble trimbleearthworks union vinagro Search News Search for: Follow us ABOUT COMPANY Our clients range from General Contractor work, State/City awarded and small business owners. To see a detailed list of our works and the progress please see our project page. NAVIGATION Home Who We Are Safety Services Asbestos Abatement Crushing Site Development Demolition Heavy Hauling Land Clearing Material Sales C&D Processing Facility Contact Us Projects Careers MAIN OFFICE 2208 Plainfield Pike Johnston RI 02919 1.401.943.7100 info@jrvinagrocorp.com FAX: (401) 946.7666 BUSINESS HOURS Our Office Hours of Operation are As Follows. Monday-Friday: 7:00AM to 5PM Saturday: 6:30AM-12:00PM Sunday: Closed Copyright © 2021 - Theme by WPCharming