UCANE member Albanese D&S, Inc. has served the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority since the company was founded in 1991. When the MWRA set out to build redundancy for the aging Northern Intermediate High (NIH) pipeline, a 75-year-old, 5-mile transmission line serving six towns north of Boston, Albanese D&S was the low bidder on three of its four contracts.

200K
Residents Served
32,000 FT
Water Main Installed
$85M
Total Project Value
4 Yrs
Continuous Construction
Rock hammer crews clearing bedrock along Main Street, Stoneham.
Rock hammer crews clearing bedrock along Main Street, Stoneham.

“This project was complex in both scope and scale and our bid was competitive as we were only 3% below the second bidder.”

Pietro Ciano, Estimator & Project Manager

Nearly half the 2.5-mile route required blasting through heavy ledge. "We removed over 16,000 cubic yards of hard rock in Stoneham alone," said company president Giovanni Albanese. Crews juggled up to 12 daily traffic details while keeping Main Street open to traffic every night.

Lowering 48-inch ductile iron pipe into the Main Street trench.
Lowering 48-inch ductile iron pipe into the Main Street trench.

“The entire company put a lot of time and effort into these jobs. We are extremely proud of how we handled this work.”

Andrea Ciano
Giovanni Albanese, Andrea Ciano, and the Albanese D&S team.
Giovanni Albanese, Andrea Ciano, and the Albanese D&S team.

“UCANE is proud to count Albanese D&S, Inc. as a 30-year member. We congratulate them on their impressive performance on the MWRA’s NIH pipeline projects.”

Utility Contractors’ Association of New England