GZA GeoEnvironmental Inc. has worked on countless dams across the U.S. over the years, but it’s hard to beat the combination of historical significance combined with practical urgency of one of its latest projects, repairing and shoring up the Watershops Pond Dam in Springfield.
After three years of planning, GZA has kicked off a $3.6-million overhaul and modernization of the dam, an 1850s granite and masonry structure perched above the city’s South End neighborhood and named a “high hazard” dam by state officials.