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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

YMCA Aquatics Center Rising

New England Construction has poured the concrete shell for a new 6-lane swimming pool and exterior blocks walls have gone up.

The Aquatics Center for the Bayside YMCA expansion project is starting to take shape. Block walls are up around the concrete shell for the six-lane swimming pool. Crews for New England Construction have connected the new building to the old. "They connected it in one day," said Joe Martino, executive director for the Bayside YMCA. The new Aquatics Center also will add a family splash area. The overall project will add new men’s and women’s locker rooms, family and special needs locker rooms, a wellness center within the fitness center, an upgraded and expanded lobby area, and improvements to the field house. The parking lot has already had a rough coat of asphalt laid. A new traffic pattern has been marked. The $6.8 million expansion is …

Thursday, August 30, 2012

[VIDEO] 'T-Rex' Chews Apart YMCA

Demolition of the indoor pool area starts the expansion of the Bayside YMCA in Barrington; the rest of the building remains open to members.

It was kind of like watching a Tyrannosaurus rex chew apart a building in a monster movie. A wrecking crew for New England Construction went to work this morning, Aug. 30, tearing down the indoor pool area of the Bayside YMCA in Barrington. The sounds of the wood being splintered by the jaws of the excavator drew ears and eyes from 50 yards away. The demolition and cleanup will take several days, said Carl Brown, project manager for the Bayside YMCA expansion project. The indoor pool will then be filled to make way for construction crews. The existing facility will remain open as the first phase of the expansion project – construction of the new Aquatics Center – takes place. “We know it is an inconvenience for our members,” said Sandi …

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