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www.HartfordBusiness.com March 16, 2015 • Hartford Business Journal 9 The clock is ticking towards Opening Day in mid-March 2016, when the new minor league franchise is scheduled to kickoff its inaugural season in Harford. Landino is, of course, confident the company will meet it. "One year from now we will be playing," he said. Not that there is much of a choice. The schedule is set by the baseball league. By late fall of this year, the park's turf will be installed, so it has time to stabilize by spring 2016. The construction of the core of the ballpark takes place throughout next winter. In spring 2016, the turf will be restored, and then the team and construction firm will prepare the facility to open. But, the stadium itself won't be fully finished by Opening Day. It will be a stadium in progress. "We will complete the punch list while the stadium is open," Landino said. "There will be stuff to do through May or June [of 2016]. Our goal is to make it usable for the team and public. But you can't do landscaping and other projects in the winter. We will work around the game schedule." The other challenges for the stadium are more routine, Landino said. Building in any urban environment can be difficult. Some of the unique challenges of the Hartford stadium site include its clay base. The Downtown North site, at the corner of Main and Trumbull streets, has poor soil condi- tions from the outwash of the Connecticut River. The clay base will make construction more difficult to manage and Centerplan will have to pour a special foundation to deal with the conditions. "It's a physical challenge and not one that we didn't expect," Landino said. n Innovation is not about change for the sake of change, it's about problem-solving, and it's about creating resilient, sus- tainable processes to improve the built environment. Q: Gov. Dannel P. Malloy recently unveiled plans to invest $100 billion in transpor- tation projects over the next 30 years. What would that mean for the construction industry? Investment in transporta- tion infrastructure benefits the construction industry in the same ways it benefits commerce gener- ally, and will encourage invest- ment in new construction. Both the improvements planned for the Fairfield County area along the I-95 corridor and the planned improve- ments from Springfield to Hartford will help promote economic vitality. Of course, the Governor's long-term plan for investment in transporta- tion will provide work and jobs in the construction industry that is directly engaged in horizontal con- struction. n Q&a Learn more about our services at echn.org As a highly trained respiratory therapist, educator and motivator with more than 8 years of experience, Marvin works with physicians and nurses to help all his patients find the strength and the courage to breathe deeply again. Whether they are recovering from surgery, need help managing the symptoms of asthma or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder, or require life-saving respiratory support, Marvin's dedication and care reminds us that true healing comes from more than exceptional clinical care. It comes from exceptional people. Marvin is just one of our more than 3,500 dedicated ECHN team members who understands that, at ECHN, health care may be changing. But caring never will. ROCKVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL | WOODLAKE AT TOLLAND | MANCHESTER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | VISITING NURSE AND HEALTH SERVICES OF CT HE CARES. That's why we can all breathe a little easier. MARVIN, RESPIRATORY THERAPIST Caring never changes. transparency

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