NEWSLETTER - Posillico

NEWSLETTER
Posillico’s New Address
Posillico will be moving its administrative offices to 1750 New Highway, Farmingdale. The prospective growth over the next several years, landing of key jobs
and personnel requirements have all played a factor in the need for more space.
The new location consists of a one level
move offers an excellent opportunity to
open floor plan. There is room for each
rethink and redesign the network strucdepartment to situate itself comfortably and
ture. On the radar is a complete rewiring
still have room for growth. Highlights are a
of the network, an implementation of
large break room and main conference room
Voice over IP which comes with a new
that can easily accommodate 20 people.
phone system. The network will become
There will also be in-house storage and
Microsoft based and the mail server will
a dedicated room for training.
be switched to Exchange
The move-in date is
The current 1610 location has
2007 and an upgrade to
approximately 12,500 square
Microsoft office to 2007.
anticipated to be in
feet of usable space and the
The switch in voice and
June 2008.
new location at 1750 will have
email server allows for
approximately 17,600 square feet of useable
convergence of the systems. Voicemails
space. Senior management is working on a
will arrive in your Outlook inbox and
preliminary layout of the space. When the
those with newer Blackberries will be
final floor plan has been approved, the
able to listen to their office voicemails
results will be shared. The move-in date is
through their cell phone inbox. This will
anticipated to be in June 2008. The materials
all integrate tightly with the Intranet that
plant, plant offices and shops will remain at
is in development. Training Calendars,
1610. The use for the administrative space
the Posillico Mindshare Blogs, and online
at 1610 has yet to be decided.
forms, are all part of this implementation.
On the network perimeter there will be an
There is also a lot of convergence planned
improved VPN setup. Remote users will
for the IT landscape at the building. The
have more secure access
to the network and
Posillico’s New Office Building
employees with laptops
will have an easier time
working from home.
These changes intend
to allow for a more
seamless and productive working environment, whether in the
office, in a work trailer
or anywhere.
Issue 9 | Winter 2008
In This Issue:
Posillico’s New Address
-The New Office Building
Joe Jr. Award
-John May
New Opportunities
-KeySpan Rockaway Park
Branching Out
-Yaphank Correctional Facility
Posillico Snapshots
-Family Picnic and Holiday Party
John May
Joe Jr. Award Recipient
John May is the fifth recipient of the Joe Jr.
Award and is currently a Project Manager for
Posillico, working on the Wantagh Bridge
project. John has been with Posillico since
1971. We are fortunate to have had such a
dedicated and knowledgeable employee for
so many years. John’s unselfish and cooperative attitude should serve as an example
of what a company needs in its supervisory
personnel. Congratulations John!
John May at the Wantagh Bridge
New Job, New Opportunity
In July 2007 after a demanding prequalification process KeySpan added Posillico Environmental to their approved vendor
list. This permits us to bid on large remediation contracts as the primary general contractor within the tri state area. In
December 2007, after two formal bid proposal submissions, and five months of intense review, we finally outbid our competitors
and were officially awarded our first contract as a remedial contractor for KeySpan. The Rockaway Park Manufactured
Gas Plant project presents a great opportunity for us to develop a strong foundation for future remediation projects
with KeySpan. The Estimating Department would like to extend our thanks to the following people who assisted in this
accomplishment: Michael Posillico, Tom Spatafora,
Ellis Koch, Victoria Cimmino, Kimberly Powell, Angelo
Arial view of the job site.
Occhiogrosso, Anthony Schneider, Chuck Forte, Patricia
Dolan, Ed Malley of TRC, independent consultant Carl
Gentilcore, Len Belliveau of ICON, Jay Doiron of ICON,
and Paul Pedini of ICON. The key estimating members
who worked on this project were Michael Trotta, Sadia
Haque and Carlos Cadena.
This project involves close cooperation
with KeySpan, PS&S, the Design Engineer,
Engineer of Record, Arcadis/BB&L (CM),
the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the New York
State Department of Heath, New York City
governing agencies and the local community.
The site is approximately 10 acres and
includes remnant facilities of a former
KeySpan natural gas regulator station and
a bulkhead area owned by the City of New
York. The remediation process is scheduled
to begin in June 2008 and to be completed
by June 2009. Some of the major remedial
activities are excavation and disposal of
140,000 tons of contaminated soil within
a temporary tent enclosure including a
vapor management system, backfill with
120,000 tons of clean fill, installation of
45,000 square foot of the dense non-aqueous phase liquid (DNAPL) migration barriers which is also known as the Waterloo
Barrier System and DNAPL recovery wells,
and installation of a site wide engineered
Animation of the job in action.
cap. The
installation of
migration barriers serves two
purposes, they
will inhibit the
migration of
DNAPL downstream of the
site and the onsite barrier will
allow DNAPL to be passively collected
by the new recovery wells. One of the
biggest challenges we will face during the
remedial process are the strict daily time
constraints. Trucking is only permitted
from 9AM to 2PM during the remediation phase, which effectively means that
each truck can only transport one load
per day. Some of the other challenges
are the proximity of live electrical substations, high voltage overhead lines, and
subterranean utilities relative to the work
site. The Area Manager, the Project Man-
ager, Project Superintendent and foremen
all, collectively and individually, will ensure
that the project is implemented according to
the requirements of the NYSDEC, KeySpan
Corporation and the local public. As with all
of our projects, we are fully confident that
we will complete this project safely, on time,
on target and on budget.
One of the interesting aspects of this project
is that we are going to be aiding KeySpan
with the development of design, means, and
methods prior to commencement of construction work. We look forward to teaming
up with TRC and expanding our remedial
design capability. It will take a great deal
of collaboration, dedication and cooperation from our internal team members in
conjunction with our external resources.
Currently, Michael Perciballi has been
selected as the Area Manager, Chris Hurst as
the Project Manager, Robert Delmonte as the
Project Engineer, and Alia Nagm as the StartUp Engineer. The rest of the team members
will be selected within the next month. We
look forward to a successful project with
KeySpan and to future opportunity to prove
“We Know How.”
~ Sadia Haque, Estimator
Branching Out
Panoramic view of job site.
In October 2007, Posillico successfully completed the
pre-casting of 360 prison cells safely, on time, on target,
and on budget. This project is a perfect example of our
ability to learn on the job and expand into new areas.
Before the project could begin we needed
to assemble a team that required a diversified amount of talent from Project Management, to Wire Lathers, to Concrete
Finishers. Right away the team was faced
with many challenges including clearing 30
acres of wooded terrain, creating temporary
roads, bringing in utilities and moving
200,000 cubic yards of fill. In order to execute the production of the cells efficiently,
Michael Perciballi, Joseph Seplavy and John
Soliman created a production line. Working
in this format established an efficient quality control system, which ensured the cells
would be adequately and safely constructed
with the appropriate materials and equipment. We also implemented an onsite testing lab so we could test concrete moisture
levels, strengths, and materials right away.
Production line in action.
This gave us the
ability to control
and adjust our
system on a
daily basis.
In order to
manage and sequence the work for the
daily concrete pours, we created a three step
production flow with multiple staging areas.
The first staging area was for steel fabrication,
where we set up three gigs to accurately and
consistently construct mesh and rebar cages.
The second staging area was for the concrete
pour, which was the critical path of the
operation. All of the surrounding components including all electrical, windows, door
forms and anchors needed to be installed and
checked prior to closing of the forms for the
concrete pour. Organization of the concrete
supplier, weather, quality control, material preparation and
hourly schedules also played a
vital role in the success of the
second staging area. The third
staging area was for finishing,
this included preparation
of the concrete surfaces for
painting and the installation
of all furnishings and doors.
Once the units were approved
they were placed in the field
for storage.
This wasn’t a typical job for Posillico, but
in the end our we know how mentality
shined through and we made an impression with the SCDPW, their architects,
and their construction managers. We
also successfully received final approval
from the Precast Concrete Institute (PCI)
that our temporary plant was running
in proper order and that all documentation was accurately provided. PCI is the
governing agent that reviews all qualified
precast suppliers.
The successful completion of this project
increased our knowledge base and will
assist in expanding our resources in the
future. This job showed how diverse we
are as a company and our innate ability to
overcome new obstacles. Special thanks to
the team at Yaphank: Michael Perciballi,
Joseph Seplavy, David Vogel, James Boulukos (intern), Keith Corrigan, David Krecl,
Christopher Boll and Joe Goncalves for
their hard work and dedication in proving
that “We Know How”.
~ John Soliman, Project Manager
ASDC’s Contractor of the Year
On February 8th, 2008 Ralph Capelli was honored with the Contractor of the
Year award by The International Association of Foundation Drilling (ADSC).
Dan congratulates Ralph.
This award is one of the ADSC’s highest honors and was presented to Ralph by Dan
Caddenhead, President of Anderson Drilling and President of the ADSC. Dan had
this to say about the award “It typically reflects a special contribution to the initiatives and goals of the association the previous year. The recipient has to go far
beyond the high expectations already placed on the ADSC volunteers.” Additionally,
Ralph was re-elected to three positions at the ADSC: the National Board of Directors (representing Posillico Drilling), the position of Treasurer, and a member of the
Executive Committee. Ralph’s wife Karen was also elected to the ADSC’s Board of
Directors Women’s Association representing Posillico Drilling.
Dates to Remember:
Strategic Update Meeting – October 16th, 2008
Family Picnic – September 21st, 2008
Holiday Party – December 18th, 2008
Posillico Family Picnic
Posillico Holiday Party
Welcome New Employees
Erika Amador
Project Manager
Mohammed Kahn
Jr. Project Engineer
Peter Brindley
Area Manager
Natalie Murren
Jr. Project Engineer
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Michael Buoncore
CFO
Mike Mazurkiewicz
Equipment Supervisor
Thomas Conrad
Safety Director
David Vogel
Jr. Project Engineer
Chad Grieco
Project Manager
Marcus Gardega
IT Manager
Trillium Zansitis
HR Administrative Assistant
Thomas Zembko
Quality Control Manager