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A multi wire saw, which is used in production of curb slab.
By Jay AdamsCEG CORRESPONDENT
The very earth, what it is and what it holds, has been theliteral bedrock of a reputable, solid company since 1881.
One of the oldest quarries and fabricators in the country,H.E. Fletcher Granite Co. LLC of Westford, has been min-ing the stone fruits of Massachusetts for nearly 130 years andcounting, an impressive milestone for any indus-try in any nation of the industrial world.
In 1881, 18-year-old Herbert Ellery Fletcher,son of a prominent family in the Chelmsfordarea, founded his quarry by extracting graniteand other stone on the family’s land in Westford,Mass., which was known as West Chelmsfordat the time. Robert Fletcher, an ancestor of thefamily, was one of the first settlers and foundersof the Town of Chelmsford in the mid-1600s.
What started as a mere hole in the ground hasbeen in continuous operation since.
The company, located at 534 Groton Road,was incorporated in Massachusetts in 1924.
Steeped in Stone and HistoryAccording to company archives and historical records,
Fletcher also operated a construction business until 1915 andinvested in other granite companies and a slate company. Hewas very active in town government and served as a staterepresentative in the late 1800s and a state senator from 1901to 1903.
H.E. Fletcher Granite Company LLC,Since 1881, Tradition Etched in Stone
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When his two sons, Harold andRalph, returned from World War I,he turned the operations of thecompany over to them. Fletcherlived to see a third generation ofFletchers running the companybefore his death in 1956.
Stone from the quarry was usedto build his magnificent home,which was finished in 1912 andalso his mausoleum.
The Fletcher home, calledGreyledge, still stands near thequarry and is now used as officeand drafting space.
A Desirable CommodityAccording to Fletcher CEO and
Chairman Victor Castellani, gran-ite has been a desirable commodi-ty since the town was settled.Starting in the 17th century, areagranite was hewn from giant boul-ders and used for hearthstones,thresholds, steps and, most notably,miles of stone walls still found sur-rounding fields that once belongedto farmsteads.
Water power was harnessed to
run the grist and saw mills in thelate 17th century, when granite wasin great demand to build the damsthat held the water to make grind-ing wheels that processed grain.By the 1880s, when FletcherGranite was founded, the granitebusiness was well established inthe Chelmsford area.
Although most quarries shut
down during both World Wars,Fletcher stayed open, providingballast for ships, in addition to itsusual product output.
The main quarry is, and alwayshas been, based in Westford, as isthe company’s headquarters.Fletcher Granite also has quarrieslocated in Maine and NewHampshire.
Eleven Kinds of StoneFletcher Granite is a full- service
quarrier and fabricator. Today, thecompany extracts 11 types of stonefrom 10 separate quarries. It alsohas a large fabrication plant thatships finished stone productsthroughout the United States andthe world.
Fletcher has pioneered many
firsts, including the first quarrywire saw and circle guillotine forproducing radius curbing. Otherinnovations include the develop-ment of various saws and splittersto produce curb and inlets, and thedevelopment of a high pressure,environmentally safe water jet forquarry block extraction. In 2004, amulti-diamond wire quarry wasdeveloped for the production ofcurbing slab.
“Fletcher Granite has developedunique technology for the produc-tion of granite curbing slab feed-stock and quarry blocks directly inthe quarry using an in-quarrymulti-diamond wire saw with sixwires designed, developed and
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The rail line that is used totransport granite around thequarry.
Greyledge, the former home of the Fletcher family built in 1912,now houses the offices and drafting space for the company. A radius splitter, which is used in curb fabrication.
FLETCHER from page 1
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fabricated in-house. This apparatusreplaces a 10 wire multi-wire appa-ratus using twisted wire and siliconcarbide which the company haddeveloped and used for more than50 years,” said Castellani.
Using the multi-diamond wiresaw technology large primaryblocks of granite, typically 80 ft.(24.3 m) high, and more than 120ft. (36.5 m) wide are developed inthe quarry by cutting and quarryingout large channels, 12 to 16 ft. (3.6to 4.8 m) wide on either side of theprimary block. Pull through dia-mond wire saws are used to sawboth sides of the channel.
Two holes are drilled vertically,12 to 16 ft. apart, 60 to 80 ft. (18 to24 m) back from the face of thegranite block and interceptingholes are drilled horizontally at thebottom of the 80-ft.-high block.Diamond wires are then fishedthrough the holes and are run bypullback single wire diamond sawscutting both sides of the channel. Athird cut is made diagonally acrossthe channel to facilitate quarryingout the material which is done pri-marily using drilling and splittingin a traditional manner.
“Once the 12-to-16-foot widechannels are quarried out on bothsides of the large primary block,the multi-diamond wire saw appa-ratus with six wires is erected in thechannels on either side of the pri-mary block,” added Castellani.
This apparatus then makes sixwire cuts 12 to 20 in. (30 to 50 cm)apart and occasionally — depend-ing upon need for quarry blocks —up to 6 ft. (1,8 m) apart, throughthe entire 80-ft. high, 120-ft. wideprimary block.
“This usually tales ten to twelvetwenty-four hour days,” Castellaniexplained.
After the first six wire cut, themulti-diamond wire saw apparatusis moved over to make the nextseries of cuts in the primary whilethe extraction crew splits the sawnmaterial into 10-ft. (3 m) wide, upto 12-ft. (3.6 m) long slabs. Holesare drilled in the top of the slabsand lifting pins are inserted so thatcranes can lift the slabs out.
The slabs and blocks are loadedonto flat bed rails cars for the half-mile trip to Fletcher Granite’s millfor processing into curb and
dimensional stone components forbuilding, parks, bridges and otherprojects. Granite quarry blocksalso are sold and shipped to otherfabricators both the northeast andaround the world.
All Year RoundThe quarry can operate year
round, and since the company fab-ricates so many products, evencobblestones, there is very littlewaste. Blocks are processed in sev-eral ways; beyond the wiredprocess described above, blocksalso can be cut on large disc sawsfrom Park Industries, which fea-ture blades as large as 3.2 yds. (3m).
For polishing, the company usesa Thibaut T502 automatic bed pol-isher from France, which is capa-ble of polishing several large flatstone slabs at once.
Fletcher Granite has been usedfor many projects locally as well asglobally. Chelmsford Granite, pur-portedly from a site close to where
the present day Fletcher quarry issituated, also was used to build thehistoric Quincy Market in down-town Boston.
The columns for Quincy Marketwere hauled to a landing inChelmsford by 22 yokes of oxen,loaded onto a barge and sent intoBoston. In the early 1880s, CharlesBulfinch, a noted architect of thattime, chose Chelmsford Greygranite to build University Hall atHarvard University.
Tremendous ProjectHistory
Other notable Fletcher projectsinclude the Thurgood MarshallFederal Judiciary Building inWashington, D.C.; Nashua StreetPark in Boston, Mass.; East andWest Wings of the SmithsonianInstitute’s Museum of NaturalHistory in Washington, D.C.; theUnited States Military Academy’sEisenhower Hall, Jewish Chapel,MacArthur Hall, and Washington
Hall at West Point, N.Y.; theRobert F. Kennedy Memorial atArlington National Cemetery; andthe Museum of Modern Art inLuxembourg, among many others.
Fletcher Granite has been usedin a multitude of bridge projects aswell including the TheodoreRoosevelt Bridge in Arlington, Va.;the Newport Bridge in Newport,R.I.; the Saugatuck River Bridge inWestport, Conn.; and the SecondWoodrow Wilson Bridge inAlexandria, Va.
For architectural works, eachpiece is drawn and detailed by thecompany’s highly-specializeddrafting department, right down tothe “anchoring.”
But not everything continues tobe etched in stone. The ownershipof the company passed out of theFletcher family in 1985, after 104years of continuous operationswith a Fletcher at the helm. Thequarry was owned and operated byPioneer International headquar-tered in Sydney, Australia through1999, when a group of fourinvestors purchased the companyand still own it today.
Castellani said, “Our companymotto is, ‘Quality ThroughTradition.’ Our employees possessan expertise in ‘Old World’ crafts-
manship combined with FletcherGranite’s state of the art equip-ment; this knowledge allows themto fabricate a unique line of customproducts. Our reputation as aleader in the granite industry iswell established due to our superi-or work and customer satisfaction.
“We offer unmatched diversity— color and finish options includ-ing historical finishes, and innova-tive or traditional fabrication utiliz-ing a broad range of shapes andsizes,” added Castellani.
Fletcher Granite employs up to65 workers when things are rock-ing in the plant, during a goodeconomy. Most of these workershave 25 to 30 years in serviceexperience, usually all withFletcher.
“Our granite is specified inmany restoration projects as wellas sought by architects andbuilders for new ventures, such ascurbing, dimensional stone, bridgeand roadway, or landscape archi-tecture projects,” Castellani said.
For more information, visitwww.fletchergranite.com.
(This story also can be foundon Construction EquipmentGuide’s Web site at www.con-structionequipmentguide.com.)CEG
‘Old World’Craftsmanship, Cutting-Edge Equipment MeetFLETCHER from page 4
Fletcher Granite’s Chelmsford Quarry, located in Westford, Mass., is the main quarry out of the 10the company operates.
Nashua Street Park in Boston features a stone project fromFletcher Granite.
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The Rhode Island Department of Transportation receivedbids for transportation-related improvement projects.
Following is a list of some of the projects let.
R.I. Contract No.: 2010-CT-041Project: High hazard intersections (New London atHoward).Contractors and Bid Amounts:
• American Site Corp. — $1,055,915.• Cardi Corp. — $1,072,878.• Narragansett Improvement Co. — $1,110,593.• D’Ambra Construction Co. Inc. — $1,181,944.• Catalano Construction — $1,240,909.• J.H. Lynch & Sons — $1,252,857.
R.I. Contract No.: 2010-CH-013Project: Improvements to Route 91 in Westerly; Contract-2 (East).Contractors and Bid Amounts:
• Cardi Corp. — $2,331,616.• J.H. Lynch & Sons — $2,446,940.• T. Miozzi Inc. — $2,483,766.• D’Ambra Construction Co. Inc. — $2,532,888.• Narragansett Improvement Co. — $2,689,708.• Manafort Bros. Inc. — $3,245,281.
R.I. Contract No.: 2010-CH-023Project: Improvements to Colebrook Road in LittleCompton.Contractors and Bid Amounts:
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R.I. Contract No.: 2010-CR-009Project: Full depth reclamation of Route 102.Contractors and Bid Amounts:
• Narragansett Improvement Co. — $595,849.• All States Asphalt Inc. — $605,001.• J.H. Lynch & Sons — $609,793.• T. Miozzi Inc. — $623,089.• Cardi Corp. — $658,912.• D’Ambra Construction Co. Inc. — $673,265.
R.I. Contract No.: 2010-CR-012Project: Reclamation of Moosup Valley Road.Contractors and Bid Amounts:
• J.H. Lynch & Sons — $717,364.• Narragansett Improvement Co. — $731,336.• All States Asphalt Inc. — $732,640.• Cardi Corp. — $769,914.• T. Miozzi Inc. — $770,831.• D’Ambra Construction Co. Inc. — $812,775.
R.I. Contract No.: 2010-CB-016Project: Chestnut Hill Road Bridge No. 951 (Cat. D).Contractors and Bid Amounts:
• Shire Corp. — $1,178,158.• John Rocchio Corp. — $1,248,039.• J.H. Lynch & Sons — $1,319,370.• Cardi Corp. — $1,356,000.• A. A. Will Corp. — $1,516,079.• Aetna Bridge Co. — $1,592,539.
R.I. Contract No.: 2010-CH-010Project: Main Street (Route 114) (1R) Contract 1.Contractors and Bid Amounts:
• American Site Corp. — $525,000.• Hartford Site Construction LLC — $548,893.• Narragansett Improvement Co. — $560,151.• Manuel R. Pavao Co. — $564,010.• Cardi Corp. — $667,137.• Catalano Construction — $673,672.• D’Ambra Construction Co. Inc. — $714,761.
R.I. Contract No.: 2010-CH-025Project: 1R improvements to Route 99.Contractors and Bid Amounts:
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Two teammates from Buckley’s and Son Landscaping,Bill Buckley (L) from East Bridgewater, Mass., and BillStellberger from Hingham, Mass., look over the land-scaping equipment, backhoe/loaders, mini-excava-tors, Bobcats and trailers up for bid.
Paul E. SapersteinAuctioneers &Appraisers held a
secured party sale at a publicauction April 27 inHolbrook, Mass.
Featuring equipmentfrom Josephs HardwareRentals, the auction includ-ed a selection of landscapingequipment as well as back-hoe loaders, mini-excava-tors, trailers and Bobcatequipment.
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Fledgling company SalesAuction Company LLCheld its inaugural auction
on May 1 at its seven-acre facil-ity in Windsor Locks, Conn. Thecompany, founded in 2009 byfather and son Samuel P. andSamuel M. Sales, specializes inall types of earthmoving andheavy equipment, fleet vehicles,trucks, trailers, landcare andfarm equipment sales.
The grand opening featuredmore than 300 lots and attractedmore than 400 bidders, whowent to work on the large varietyof items up for bid. Items soldranged from a 2005 Caterpillar312cl hydraulic excavator,which sold for $51,000, to theunique antique gas pump whichwent to a bidder for $85. In between plac-ing bids, attendees enjoyed a barbequeand beverages served throughout the day.
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Bob Munther was in charge of the microphone asthe auctioneer for the day at the first Sales AuctionCompany LLC sale.
Like father, like son. This Caterpillar225L excavator caught the eyes ofboth David Berry Sr. (L) and DavidBerry Jr., Berry Construction,Southwick, Mass.
Sales Auction Company LLC provided hot food and beverages at its Windsor Locks,Conn., grand opening auction.
Sales Auction Company LLC had a large selection of equipment available for pur-chase at its first auction.
(L-R): Jim Gagain, an independent broker from Windsor, Conn.; Lenny Bull, BullConstruction, Granby, Conn., and Todd Hodgkiss, from Southwick, Mass., who “doeseverything” catch up at the auction.
Mike Grasso (L), Mike Grasso Logging,Hartland, Conn.; and Jason LaChance, JRLConstruction LLC, Granby, Conn.; take abreak from the hot sun and relax against a1986 Athey mobile sweeper.
Kevin Constable (L), Copper HillExcavating, Suffield, Conn.; and J.D.Carey, J.D.C. Enterprises, SouthWindsor, Conn., pause for a picture atthe Sales Auction Company LLC event.
The men of Sales Auction Company LLC,(L-R) John Stevenson, employee/ring-man; Rick Gemme employee/ringman;and Sam Sales, owner, were unstoppableat their first auction.
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Inaugural Sales Auction Sale Features 300 Lots of Iron
Sam Sales, owner of Sales AuctionCompany LLC, Windsor Locks, Conn.,said he has the “lowest seller commis-sion rates in the industry.”
Prospective buyers gathered around asitems were sold to the highest bidder.
Tony Banis of Southington, Conn., testsout a 1999 Gehl paver during SalesAuction Company LLC’s grand openingauction.
Here’s a picture for the family album.Joe Frennette, Quincy DevelopmentGroup, Canton, Conn., brought hisdaughter, Sofia, and his son, Joey, tocheck out the action.
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Conn. Craftsman Wants toBuild Metal-Frame HomesBy Robert MillerTHE NEWS-TIMES OF DANBURY
DANBURY, Conn. (AP) Steven TimurLang can fashion wrought iron into roses,and hammer dense rectangles of layeredstainless steel into beautiful Damacusknives, the kind his Hungarian ancestorscould have carried on a wild boar hunt.
But his dream now is to build houses —specifically, metal-frame houses, anywherein the world.
“I will go to Afghanistan to build struc-tures for the American Army and the peopleof Afghanistan,” he said, noting that hisnamesake Timur Lang, known in the west-ern world as Tamerlane, once ruled there.
“I would like to ride in my ancestor’spath,” he said.
Lang’s idea isn’t pie in the sky. He spentfour years designing metal-frame homes inhis head, and another six years working on apatent for the design, manufacturing andconstruction of such homes, a patent the U.S.government granted him this year.
His blacksmith shop on Deerfield Avenueis a metal-frame construction he adapted forhis own use. He’s also built a model in north-ern Connecticut.
“In four and a half days, we built a10,000-square-foot, three-story A-frame,” hesaid.
The principles of the construction are suchthat he could mass produce and build muchsimpler structures quickly — for homes inHaiti or in Louisiana.
“They are termite-proof, fireproof, hurri-cane-proof,” he said. Anchored with shockabsorbers, they can be earthquake-proof aswell, he said.
“We have a prototype,” he said. “Wecould provide housing and jobs. Now I’mlooking for politicians to give us support andinvestors.”
Lang comes by his love of metal almostby blood. His father was a blacksmith inBudapest, and Lang grew up in his shop
there — working hot iron, fashioning shoesfor draught horses.
And while he went to a top-notch technol-ogy school in Budapest, learning design,metallurgy and welding, he said his love ofthe forge goes deep — to his ancestors, sit-ting around a fire in Hungary.
“When I work by myself makingDamascus knives, with no telephone, no oneto talk to, the fire mesmerizes me,” he said ofthe charcoal fire he still uses in his shop.
But the Hungary he grew up in was underCommunist rule.
“My family didn’t like the Communistsfor a tiny reason. Freedom,” he said.
In 1970, he escaped his homeland, cross-ing the border into Vienna. He took what helearned in military training with him andserved in an airborne division of the U.S.Army, parachuting into spots in Europe andCentral America.
When he built the A-frame in northernConnecticut, he used his fellow paratroopersas his construction crew.
“When you’re putting a 4-inch I-beam inplace three stories up, you can’t have some-one off the streets,” he said. “You need peo-ple who trust you and can work with you.”
His two sons, Steve and Joey, are now fol-lowing him in the trade — the third genera-tion of Lang blacksmiths.
“They are the best thing that has happenedto me,” he said.
The blacksmith shop now does weldingand makes beautiful wrought-iron work,along with Damacus knives and swords.Lang has developed a way of working alayer of gold into those knives, to make themeven more striking.
But Lang sees his metal-framed homes —which are made in pre-fabricated sections —as a revolutionary new way of buildingstrong, light dwellings that can be assembledwith great speed.
“In Haiti there are people living in tents,”he said. “We could build villages overnight.”
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CONSTRUCTION AUCTIONQUINNIPIAC COMMISSION AUCTION
MANAGED BY DAVIS AUCTIONS, INC.SATURDAY, June 5, 2010 • 9:00 A.M.
LOCATION: DAVIS AUCTIONS, INC.210 CHESHIRE ROAD, RT. 68, PROSPECT, CT
T h i n k S u n s h i n e ! ! !
Call for more information:DAVIS AUCTIONS, INC.
(203) 758-4087 or 1-800-201-4368www.davisauctionsinc.com
Auctioneer:Reginald Lussier
Lyndonville, VT 05851NH License# 2413
Quinnipiac Commission Auction will be conducting our next auction of utility andconstruction equipment and related supplies on June 5, 2010. This auction willconsist of equipment from utility companies; municipalities; contractors; andothers. All equipment from utility companies and municipalities are sold inabsolute.
Early Consignments from Utility Companies:1990 JOHN DEERE 310C Wheel Loader Backhoe; 1990 FORD F750 RackBody; 2002 FORD F550 w/Altec AT-35G Bucket; 2002 FORD F550 Crew Truckw/winch, 4x4; 2002 FORD F450 DRW; 2001 FORD F350 Crew Cab w/ladderrack, 4x4; 2001 FORD F350 Crew Cab, 4x4; 2003 FORD F350, 4x4; 2001 FORDF350, 4x4; 1999 FORD F350; 2000 FORD F250 Utility Body w/cap; (2) 2004FORD F250 Ext. Cab, 4x4; 2003 FORD F250, 4x4; 2001 FORD F250, 4x4; 2002FORD Ranger, 4x4; 2003 FORD E350 Van; 2001 FORD E350 Van; 2000 DODGEB3500 Van; 2002 FORD E150 Van; (2) 1997 FORD Super Duty USV Van; (5)2002-2001 GMC Savana Vans; (8) 2003-2000 GMC Safari Vans; 2003 DODGECaravan
Early Consignments:JOHN DEERE 624G Wheel Loader, w/JRB coupler, general purpose bucket,forks, & side dump; JRB Quick Disconnect Bucket for John Deere 624G WheelLoader; CATERPILLAR D4H Crawler Dozer, 6 way blade; JOHN DEERE 650GCrawler Dozer, 6 way blade; JOHN DEERE 450G Crawler Dozer, 6 way blade;MITSUBISHI MS240LC Hyd. Excavator; KOMATSU PC220LC-6 Hyd. Excavator;CATERPILLAR 311C Hyd. Excavator, w/aux. hyd., blade, & ditch bucket; JOHNDEERE 35ZX Mini Excavator, low hours; BOBCAT 328 Mini Excavator, w/blade& rubber tracks; BOBCAT 751 Skid Steer; CATERPILLAR D25C ArticulatingRock Truck; (2) DRESSER 412B Elevating Scrapers; DYNAHOE 160 WheelLoader Backhoe; JLG 80HX+6 Hyd. Boom Lift, 4x4, diesel; JLG 80HX Hyd. Boom
Lift, diesel; GENIE S-60 Hyd. Boom Lift; (2) GENIE S-40 Hyd. Boom Lifts, 4x4,dual fuel; SNORKEL 5000 Scissorlift, w/Kubota diesel, 4x4; (2) JLG 2032E2Electric Scissorlifts; 2005 MORBARK 2400XL Hurricane Chipper, John Deerediesel; MORBARK 2400 Chipper, John Deere diesel; DITCHWITCH 3610w/trencher & blade; CATERPILLAR V150 Forklift, w/auto side shift, 16000 lbscapacity, diesel; MOFFET M5000 3 Wheel Forklift, Kubota diesel; FMC StreetSweeper, diesel, low hours; DYNA-VAC Hydro Vac Pump System, Honda 18 hpengine; (2) 2003 EVI T366 Tugger Electric Utility Vehicles; 1997 FORD F800 S/ADump, Cummins diesel, low miles; 1998 GRUMMAN 1 Ton Alum. Van w/Hiabcrane & compressor; 1989 INTERNATIONAL Plow Truck, w/sander, 4x4; 1989INTERNATIONAL Plow Truck, w/sander; GMC 1 Ton Truck, w/Lincoln Welder; (2)Stainless Steel Tanker Trailers; 1978 CITY Alum. Dump Trailer; 2008 CARMATE12’ V-nose Enclosed Trailer w/side door & rear ramp; Utility Trailers; (New) SECHyd. Grapples for Excavator; (2) Weld On Hyd. Excavator Thumbs; Weld OnManual Excavator Thumbs; Misc. 3PtH Equipment: Scraper Box, Mowers, &Fertilizer Spreaders; Large Lot of Misc. Shop & Contractor’s Tools: Pumps,Generators, Etc., Contractor Closing Up; and much much more. You name it, itlooks like it’s coming!! More arriving daily.
This is our early tentative list. We accept consignments up thru WEDNESDAYprior to sale. We never know what will be consigned at the last minute – so cometo our inspection and find out!
INSPECTION: FRIDAY, June 4, 2010This is when/where you find out what is really here!!! 9:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M.
TERMS: CASH OR GOOD CHECKS WITH IDENTIFICATION.ABSENTEE BIDS ACCEPTED.Website list frequently updated. If you don’t see what you want here,visit website for updates.
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