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It has endured for nearly a century, fourgenerations of family, as strong as the struc-tures it has built.Yet, amazingly, Barletta Companies — a

renowned firm that has had a part in build-ing some of the most famous projects in andaround Boston for decades —began with asingle shovel.

One Shovel, One DreamIn 1914, before America had even

thought about entering the first World War,Vincenzo Barletta, an Italian immigrant,built the foundation of his own Americandream when he established the V. BarlettaCompany in Roslindale, Mass.“He started with a very basic

piece of equipment — a shovel.His company built masonrywalls and concrete sidewalks,installed small undergroundutilities — that type of work,”said his great-grandson, currentPresident Vincent F. Barletta,the fourth generation of familyownership and management. “The office was in his home

in Roslindale. Back then, therewasn’t nearly the volume ofpaperwork as there is in thebusiness now, but what therewas, he did right at the kitchentable. In fact, before we movedto the Canton office in 2004,that house was still part of our corporate headquarters.”Vincenzo’s new company grew slowly and despite finan-

cial setbacks, the work began to pay off. Vincenzo becamean outstanding builder, winning an award for the Fore RiverBridge, the first of many that his firm would earn over thedecades.So, how does a construction company thrive for nearly a

century? “Through a combination of hard work, perseverance,

dedication, flexibility and being at the right place at the righttime, which I suppose could be called ‘luck,’” said Barletta.“We’ve always had family members in management, andhave been fortunate to have employees who care deeply forthe company and its future.”

Surviving the DepressionDuring the Great Depression, Vincenzo and company dug

deeper in the earth and in its own reserves. “People have two choices when they run into hardships,”

said Barletta. “You can either learn from adversity, or youcan let it beat you. He took his lumps and kept going.” In 1929, Barletta won a $612,000 contract to construct

sections of the Neponset Valley Sewer System for theCommonwealth of Massachusetts. “That same job would be worth almost $8 million today,

and certainly it helped keep the firm going through somevery tough times,” said Barletta.When World War II arrived, Barletta contributed

Barletta Companies Looks Forwardto Celebrating 100 Years In Business

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Barletta’s work on the First Lieutenant Derek S. HinesMemorial Bridge began in March 2010 and is sched-uled for completion in March 2013. The bridge crossesthe Merrimack River between Amesbury and Salisbury,Mass.

Vincent F. Barletta,president and thefourth generation offamily ownership andmanagement at theBarletta Companies.

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immensely to the war effort,completing projects for theWar Department, the Navyand the Army Corps ofEngineers. The company’smost impressive defenserelated achievement was theconstruction of the entireSouth Weymouth (Mass.)Naval Air Station in less than24 months. “Besides the dirigible

hanger, we also built theSouth Weymouth NavalBase’s runways, personnelbarracks, mess halls, recre-ation buildings, ammunition depot, gas andstorage facilities and the helium distribution,water and sewage systems,” added Barletta.“We constructed fuel storage facilities inCasco, Maine, and ammunition storagefacilities in Hingham, Massachusetts for theU.S. Navy. Sewer, gas and water lineInstallations at the Boston Harbor Defensesfor the U.S. War Department, and a one-milesubmarine water pipeline for the U.S. ArmyCorps of Engineers.”In the heady post-World War II boom,

Barletta’s growth mirrored that of thenation’s. Construction of infrastructure proj-ects for Eastern Massachusetts such as theFore River Bridge in Quincy, the MysticRiver (Tobin) Bridge, the East BostonExpressway and sections of the newNeponset Valley sewer system were com-pleted.Vincenzo passed away in 1958, leaving

management of the prospering firm to hisson, Frederick. In the 1950s and 1960s,Barletta continued to grow, and built seg-ments of Route 128 (Interstate 95) aroundBoston, worked on the Neponset RiverBridge in Quincy and completed the entiredowntown portion of the John F. FitzgeraldExpressway (the old Elevated CentralArtery) including the Dewey Square Tunnel.

Sudden ChangeWith the unexpected passing of Frederick

in 1968, his young son Vincent inherited, notonly the company, but also a group of trulydedicated employees who shared theirknowledge and expertise with their newpresident, ensuring the company would con-tinue to grow and prosper. “I think in any family-owned firm, transi-

tions like this are doubly hard. Not only haveyou lost the head of the company, you’velost a parent or grandparent. Foresight andplanning help overcome that,” said Barletta.

“For instance, Vincenzo’s two sons,Frederick and Nick, had been brought intothe company when they were still prettyyoung. After Vincenzo’s passing, theyworked together, and then Freddie’s threesons, Douglas, Frederick and Vincent, joinedthe firm full-time as they matured. “Vincent, my father, graduated from

Northeastern University with a degree incivil engineering and from Babson Collegewith a degree in business administrationbefore he started working here full-time.And again, my brothers and I were broughtinto the business when we were still young,working after school and summers,” he said.During the 1970s, the firm, which was

now known as The Barletta Company, com-pleted a number of contracts at Boston’sLogan International Airport, including thecreation of Bird Island Flats. “The Bird Island Flats project was a mas-

sive job for the time [early 1970s] and pro-vided the room for Boston’s Logan Airportto expand. The I-95 bridges were completedfrom 1972 to 1977, and provided a modernhighway system through easternMassachusetts,” said Barletta.“Each of our projects is important — and

for the same reason. The work that we doimproves people’s daily lives,” he added.“For instance, our construction of the CarrollWater Treatment Plant provides up to 405million gallons of safe drinking water toGreater Boston families and businessesevery day; the 25-acre public park we builtin East Boston allows residents and visitorsto take a break from their urban environ-ment, and our many transportation projectshelp make people’s commutes easier andfaster.”Other projects included the construction

of 13 bridges on Interstate 95, the recon-struction of the Interstate 495 and 290

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From Horizontal to VerticalThrough the 1980s and 1990s, the

company moved almost exclusivelyinto the field of vertical construction. “You have to be able to adapt to

changing conditions and markets. Forquite a number of years, cities andtowns were investing in treatmentplants, schools and other public build-ings. We couldn’t just sit and wait forour traditional work to come back. Wehad to go where the market was,” saidBarletta. “At that time, we had some in-laws and non-family administratorshighly placed in the company andmany of them were well-versed in thebuilding trades.”Besides working on the

Massachusetts Water ResourcesAuthority’s massive Deer IslandTreatment Plant facility, Barletta alsocompleted many waste and water treat-ment plants and institutional buildingsfor local municipalities, and it was dur-

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mined to preserve the working atmos-phere of a small, privately-owned firmthat we’ve enjoyed since the companywas founded. It’s definitely a balancingact between being a family companyand running a business professionally,but we make it work,” stated Barletta. “On any given day, we have hun-

dreds of employees and pieces ofequipment working on dozens of jobsites. I often wonder what my great-grandfather would think if he could seewhat his little business has become.“It was tough in the beginning. It

definitely helped to have people aroundyou that you knew you could count on.Dad used to be able to micro-managethe company, but it’s grown way toomuch for that now,” said Barletta. Weknew we’d have to rely more on orga-nizational, business and managementtools and make major investments in

items of high-technology and net-worked computer systems.“There were personnel changes, and

along with the responsibilities wehanded our people, we gave themauthority to make decisions about therunning of their operations. Some ofour projects are huge. They’re runalmost like small separate companies,and although the site offices are linkedto headquarters by computer, the proj-ect staff needs the flexibility to be ableto handle the day-to-day decision-mak-ing. We set policy and provide themthe tools and support they need. Youhave to have trust in your people to dothat, and they have to know that you’llhave their backs,” he said.

Coming Full CircleBarletta’s heavy division was found-

ed that same year, returning the compa-ny to its roots in heavy and highwayconstruction. Working on the newCentral Artery/Tunnel (The Big Dig)project brought the Barletta name full-circle; re-building the infrastructure ofEastern Massachusetts that it had origi-nally built over half a century before.

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“I suppose, if you’re in the constructionindustry and your firm is in business longenough, you may very well end up ‘rebuild-ing’ your company’s own work,” smiledBarletta. “Still, it was quite an experience towatch structures that had been in place formy entire lifetime, that my family hadhelped to build, being demolished, even ifthey were being replaced by something bet-ter.”Barletta sees the changes in and around

Boston and its prominent city-suburbs as,“Opportunity. If your business isbuilding infrastructure, there’s noth-ing better than regional growth forproviding new work. And, obviouslyin older cities, there’s always workreplacing, rehabilitating and repair-ing. It can give you a rewarding feel-ing to add your own work to the tap-estry of a city with so much history.One of our recent projects was locat-ed in the shadow of the 18th centuryOld State House, just steps from theBoston Massacre site.”Barletta said he is “extremely for-

tunate” to have a core of dedicatedlong-time employees who are, “Top-notch professionals, from the engi-neers and superintendents to theadministrators and foreman. They are defi-nitely the biggest factor in our continuinggrowth and success.”The longest-standing employee of the

company is Harry Cornick, who was hiredby founder Vincenzo in 1956.“In the summers, he used to pick up my

brothers and me and take us, along with hisson, to work on the job sites raking wood-chips and things like that,” said Barletta. “Heworked his way up to superintendent, andfinally retired in 1995. After five years, hecame back to work for us, claiming he wasbored with retirement.”Fifty-five years after he was first hired,

you can still find Cornick at Barletta, work-ing in the estimating department, five days aweek.

Hundreds on the JobNearly a century later, the one-shovel

company has diversified into general con-struction specializing in heavy and highway,bridges, tunnels, airports, rail transit projectsand marine construction, as well as treatmentplants, pump stations, green roofs, powerplants and utilities, design-build, and equip-ment rental. Barletta Companies are currently working

on two design-build projects — the replace-

ment of a historic swing span bridge over theMerrimack River, and the construction of aparkway and related facilities on the site ofthe former South Weymouth Naval AirStation (which it originally built duringWorld War II).“We’re rehabilitating the 70-year-old

Hultman Aqueduct, which until recently wasthe only water line supplying drinking waterto the greater Boston area,” said Barletta.“We’re also building another signaturebridge for the City of Boston; the sinusoidalpedestrian bridge spanning Millers River

and the Duck Boat ramp, which will connectthe North Point Park in East Cambridge tothe Paul Revere Park in Charlestown.“We have half-a-dozen rail facility proj-

ects in progress, and also under way isArmenian Heritage Park, which is beingconstructed in the Rose Fitzgerald KennedyGreenway, between Faneuil HallMarketplace and Christopher ColumbusPark.”They also are building plans for the com-

pany’s 100th anniversary, set for 2014.“We’ll be starting our planning in the next

six months or so. The majority of firms neverreach the Centennial anniversary mark, sowe’ll definitely be celebrating,” saidBarletta. “Certainly, we’ll be soliciting inputfrom our employees. Since they helped buildthe company, we want to include theirthoughts on how to commemorate this mile-stone. As long as they don’t suggest I shutthe company down for a month and takethem all on a cruise.”Barletta Companies are located at 40

Shawmut Road, Canton, Mass. For moreinformation, visit www.barlettaco.com.

(This story also can be found onConstruction Equipment Guide’s Web site atwww.constructionequipmentguide.com.)CEG

Co. President Views Boston’sEvolution As ‘Opportunity’

BARLETTA from page 8

The Hultman Aqueduct Interconnections, a five-year project that began in 2009, took the agedfacility, which was built in 1939, offline forrehabilitation.

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