For many multi-million-dollar power projects, challenges are expected, especially for those that cover large areas. But for the $678-million Greater Springfield Reliability Project (GSRP), the challenges started in 2007, before work even began.
The project, which spans 39 corridor miles and runs through Massachusetts and Connecticut, required the team to go through many regulators to site and permit the project. "We felt we had two separate projects where we had to go through the same process with one team," says Jerry Fan, vice president of Burns & McDonnell, the general contractor on the project.