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• Another Conference Committee on Deck: UCANE Weighs in on Environmental Bond Bill • The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Issues Anticipated Decision Concerning the Massachusetts Prompt Payment Act

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• Massachusetts Legislature Ends Formal Sessions; Conference Committee Reports Can Still be Considered • Economic Development Bill Goes to Conference; Issues of Interest to UCANE Contained Within • Another Conference Committee on Deck: UCANE Weighs in on Environmental Bond Bill • Healey Highlights Importance of Investing in Water Infrastructure in Outreach to Trump Administration • News in Brief

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Building Relationships on the Course and Momentum at the State House I hope everyone in the UCANE family is enjoying a safe, healthy, and productive summer. This is one of the busiest stretches of the year for many of our contractor members, and I appreciate the hard work you and your teams are putting in every day to keep critical infrastructure projects moving across New England. I hope you have also found some time to enjoy the season with your families.

ne of the highlights of the summer was seeing more than 300 members, industry partners, sponsors, and guests come together for UCANE's Annual Golf Tournament at Pinehills Golf Club in Plymouth. The incredible turnout made it our largest and most successful tournaments ever. More importantly, it was another reminder that while we're competitors at times, we're also part of a close-knit industry built on relationships, friendships, and helping one another succeed.

On behalf of the Board of Directors, thank you to our Corporate Sponsors, Phoenix Communications and Milton CAT, along with every company and individual who supported this year's tournament. Your generosity allows UCANE to continue advocating for our industry and providing valuable programs for our members. You'll find more photos and coverage elsewhere in this issue. I'd also like to thank the special guests who helped make the day memorable. Todd Angilly once again delivered a stirring performance of the National Anthem, while Joe Andruzzi and Andrew Brickley spent the day with our members, making an already great event even more enjoyable.

Of course, while events like our golf tournament are a lot of fun, much of UCANE's most important work happens behind the scenes.

The end of this year's legislative session on Beacon Hill brought both challenges and opportunities. Amendments addressing off-site prefabrication, vicarious liability, and a proposed concrete surcharge, surfaced in various forms on both the House and Senate sides, requiring significant attention from UCANE and our legislative team. At the same time, we were pleased to see UCANE-supported language strengthening the Water Infrastructure Advisory Committee advance in the Senate.

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As is often the case with the legislative process, the final result was something of a draw. We didn't win every battle, but we also prevented proposals that could have negatively affected our members. That's the nature of advocacy. Progress often comes one step at a time, and UCANE will continue showing up every day to ensure our industry's voice is heard. While much of the funding that supports our industry's work has come from Washington through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, it is encouraging to see water infrastructure becoming a larger part of the conversation here in Massachusetts. That is something UCANE has been advocating for over many decades. The recent wastewater system failures in the Merrimack Valley reminded everyone just how essential our underground infrastructure really is. Most people never think about these systems until they fail, but our members understand their importance because they build, maintain, and replace them every day. It was especially encouraging to hear Governor Maura Healey recognize the need for greater investment in water infrastructure during remarks at the end of July. We look forward to working with the Administration and Legislature to turn that momentum into meaningful investments that will strengthen our communities, protect public health, and support our economy.

Thank you for everything you do on behalf of our industry and for your continued support of UCANE. Enjoy the rest of the summer, stay safe, and I hope to see many of you at our Central Massachusetts Meeting on August 12 and our TopGolf Event on September 16. n

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Massachusetts Legislature Ends Formal Sessions; Conference Committee Reports Can Still be Considered

he Massachusetts House and Senate concluded their regularly scheduled formal sessions on July 31, closing an active, but manageable period of legislative activity – a difference from previous sessions where major policy initiatives were often unveiled in the later hours of the last day’s session. Traditionally, the July 31 deadline in the second year of the legislative session was a practical cutoff for controversial or wide-reaching legislation because, during informal sessions, a single objection can prevent a bill from advancing. This session, however, the conclusion of formal sessions does not necessarily mark the end of work on every major bill. – as long as the matters were part of a conference committee working to resolve differences between the House and Senate versions of bills. In particular, conference committees—composed of three representatives and three senators—are responsible for reconciling differences between bills approved by the two branches. Any resulting conference committee report must be accepted or rejected without amendment by both the House and Senate. To that end, approximately a dozen significant matters remain in conference, including economic development, energy affordability, environmental and higher-education infrastructure, primary-care investment, data privacy, public-records reform, student cellphone and social-media policies, protections against AUGUST, 2026

violence toward health care workers, teacher retirement benefits, ballot-question campaign finance reporting, and pet safety. Negotiations will determine whether the competing proposals can be put into final legislation and sent to the Governor or proponents will need to refile matters for the 2027-2028 legislative session. For the first time, recently adopted Joint Rule 12A expressly permits the House and Senate to return to formal session after July 31 to consider reports from conference committees that were formed on or before the deadline. Post–July 31 formal sessions may also address newly filed appropriation bills and gubernatorial vetoes or recommended amendments. Conference reports remain subject to new transparency requirements: reports filed by 8 p.m. generally must be publicly available for at least 24 hours before a vote, while reports filed after 8 p.m. cannot be considered until the second calendar day following their filing. The revised rules reduce the pressure to resolve every disagreement during the final hours of July 31, allowing negotiators additional time to reach agreements while preserving an opportunity for final, recorded votes later in the year. It is anticipated that legislators will return to formal sessions to approve a variety of Conference Committee reports before November 7, the date of the upcoming general elections. continued on page 7

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Economic Development Bill Goes to Conference; Issues of Interest to UCANE Contained Within

mong one of the Conference Committees appointed to meet before the July 31 deadline was a group of three Representatives and three Senators to hash out differences between their versions of the so-called Mass Wins Act, otherwise known as the economic development bill. The Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate have each approved substantially different versions of the Commonwealth’s 2026 economic development legislation, commonly referred to as the Mass Wins Act. Originally filed by the Healey-Driscoll Administration to strengthen Massachusetts’ competitiveness, attract investment, and support emerging industries, the proposal evolved into broad legislative packages addressing housing, transportation, construction, workforce development, and numerous other policy areas.

The House passed its version on July 8 by a vote of 148–2, while the Senate passed its amended version later in July. Among the House provisions of particular importance to the construction and transportation industries was an amendment extending Massachusetts prevailing-wage requirements to certain customized construction components fabricated away from a public works jobsite. The House adopted the offsite-fabrication proposal as Amendment #99, despite concerns that applying Massachusetts wage, reporting, and compliance requirements to products manufactured outside the Commonwealth could increase public construction costs, disrupt established supply chains, and make specialized materials more difficult to procure. UCANE, joining with other contractor associations as well as business continued on page 9

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For its part, the Senate added several transportation-safety provisions to its version of the bill. Amendment #215 would authorize automated speed enforcement in school zones, designated safety zones, and active construction or work zones, subject to operational, privacy, and munic-

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ipal-approval requirements. Supporters argue that automated enforcement can reduce dangerous speeding while limiting the need for police officers to conduct roadside traffic stops in hazardous work areas. The proposal would generally provide an initial warning before monetary penalties are imposed and would place limits on municipal camera deployment, while allowing broader MassDOT use in construction zones. UCANE also supported this initiative, in conjunction with its partner contractor associations, with a joint letter of support to House and Senate leadership prior to the consideration of the economic development bill. Finally, the Senate also adopted Amendment #160, a more concerning proposal affecting medium- and heavy-duty trucks. The adopted amendment would establish a rebuttable presumption of negligence following certain fatal crashes involving pedestrians, bicyclists, or other vulnerable road users when a truck is not equipped with designated safety equipment, including lateral protective devices or sideguards, backup cameras, convex mirrors, and crossover mirrors. Although filed under the aegis of improving truck safety, using equipment choices to create a presumption of negligence raiscontinued on page 11

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nother Conference Committee of significant interest to UCANE and its membership is the Mass Ready Act, the Commonwealth’s environmental bond bill. The Senate approved approximately $3.94 billion in bonding authorizations, while the House subsequently adopted a roughly $3.5 billion version. Although the two branches differ on funding levels and several policy provisions, both bills share a central objective: creating funding mechanisms for Massachusetts communities to prepare for climate change while protecting drinking water, natural resources, public lands, and essential environmental infrastructure. Senate Bill 3064, the Senate Environmental Bond Bill proposal, is distinguished by its broad environmental-policy framework, combining infrastructure investment with measures addressing plastics, pollution prevention, climate disclosure, and public access to natural resources. Its ma-

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jor provisions include substantial funding for the Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness program, PFAS remediation, recreational trails, and other resilience initiatives, along with policies concerning single-use plastics, flood-risk disclosure, public beach access, and expedited culvert replacement. The Senate proposal reflects a statewide climate-preparedness strategy focused on reducing pollution, preserving environmental assets, and providing municipalities with resources to respond to flooding, drought, and other climaterelated threats. Of note, the legislation includes a UCANE sponsored amendment expanding the mission of the Water Infrastructure Advisory Committee (WIAC) and the frequency of its meeting schedule. The House version of the Environmental Bond Bill, House Bill 5518, places particular emphasis continued on page 15

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biosolids, stormwater obligations, and the financing needed to meet those requirements. Second, UCANE supports the Senate’s higher $450 million water-infrastructure resiliency authorization, particularly as federal assistance declines and municipalities confront increasingly costly mandates. Finally, UCANE supports creating a commission to develop a coordinated funding and financing plan for wastewater infrastructure and nitrogen reduction in southeastern Massachusetts and the Buzzards Bay watershed. Including these provisions in the final conference report would help transform the Mass Ready Act from a broad environmental commitment into a practical strategy for closing the Commonwealth’s substantial water-infrastructure funding gap. Similar to the Economic Development Bill, it is anticipated that the Massachusetts legislature will return a completed Conference Committee report on the environmental bond bill before the November elections. To view the Senate proposal, please visit: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S3064. To view the House proposal, please visit: https:// malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5518. continued on page 17

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t the end of July and following the recent sewer force main break in Haverhill, Governor Maura Healey sent a letter to the Trump Administration in light of proposed cuts that would significantly reduce funding for projects that communities rely on to provide safe drinking water, protect water quality, and modernize aging infrastructure.

Within her letter, Governor Healey highlighted that Massachusetts is home to some of the oldest drinking water and wastewater systems in the nation. Through the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (SRF), the state has successfully distributed more than $10 billion in infrastructure improvements serving communities across Massachusetts. Aging drinking water and wastewater systems face challenges from deteriorating pipes, limited capacity, and the growing impacts of our changing climate. President Donald Trump’s proposed budget

cuts would reduce SRF funding by approximately 89%, making it significantly harder for communities to complete critical infrastructure projects.

In tying the letter to the recent incident in Haverhill, Governor Healey pointed out that the consequences of outdated infrastructure are already being felt. Specifically, she noted the 42-inch force main near the South Mill Street Pump Station in Haverhill failing following torrential rainfall, with a second break discovered shortly afterward. While the City worked quickly to install a temporary bypass system, approximately 8 million gallons of untreated wastewater flowed into the Merrimack River each day, prompting temporary beach swimming and shellfish closures in nearby communities. Although force main failures are uncommon, the incident underscores the urgent need to invest in resilient water infrastructure as excontinued on page 19

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City of Boston Rejiggers Streets Cabinet. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has reorganized the city’s Streets Cabinet following heightened scrutiny over street safety after cyclist Louisa Gag was killed in a collision with a truck in Mission Hill. Interim Chief of Streets Nick Gove will return to his former position and be replaced by Chris Osgood, an experienced City Hall official who previously served as Boston’s first Chief of Streets under Mayor Marty Walsh and most recently advised Wu on climate resilience and infrastructure. Mayor Wu also appointed Deputy Chief of Policy Tali Robbins as the cabinet’s chief of staff and created a panel of transportation-safety advocates and former public officials to meet weekly and recommend improvements to the cabinet’s management, productivity and delivery of street-safety projects.

Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards Buzzards Bay Land Conservation Grants. The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced $150,000 for land conservation projects in the Buzzards Bay watershed. The Towns of Bourne and Plymouth will each receive $75,000 to permanently protect land at the head of Buttermilk Bay. The Buttermilk Bay Land Conservation Project, a partnership between the Buzzards Bay Coalition (BBC) and the two municipalities, will protect more than 390 acres of forested uplands, cranberry bogs, and wetlands. The BBC will purchase and own

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Cambridge has always been a tale of two cities. Our leadership in higher education, health care, and the life sciences fuels tremendous economic growth, but it also drives up the cost of housing, commercial space, and doing business. Our challenge is ensuring that growth doesn't come at the expense of the diverse community that makes Cambridge unique. That means investing in housing, transportation, and the infrastructure that supports both our innovation economy and the residents, small businesses, and workers who keep our city thriving. It also means fighting for fair wages and benefits, and reining in skyrocketing utility bills and childcare costs, so that people can afford to live in the cities where they work.

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Virtually every sector of Cambridge's economy depends on reliable water infrastructure. Our life sciences and biotechnology companies, hospitals, universities, manufacturers, restaurants, housing developments, and small businesses all rely on dependable water and wastewater systems to operate safely and efficiently. Although much of this infrastructure is underground and often overlooked, it is fundamental to protecting public health, supporting economic growth, and ensuring our region remains competitive.

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or those who may be unfamiliar, the Massachusetts Prompt Payment Act generally applies to certain private construction projects in excess of $3 Million (but not projects containing 1-4 dwelling units). The statute sets forth specific timeframes and requirements applicable to the review, approval, and rejection of applications for payment and change order requests. To comply with the statute, a rejection must not only be timely, it must be made in writing, set forth the factual and contractual bases for the rejection, and include a certification that the rejection has been made in good faith. Otherwise, the application for payment or the change order request is deemed to be approved under the terms of the statute. In 2022, the Massachusetts Appeals Court issued a written decision confirming that the statute means what it says: when there has been a failure to comply with the statutory requirements, an application for payment (or change order request for that matter) is deemed to be approved and is therefore due and payable (the “Tocci” case). The SJC weighed in two years later, in 2024 (the “Graycor” case). The SJC’s decision in Graycor addressed an important question under the statute, namely: whether a general contractor waives its right to assert common-law defenses to payment if the

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general contractor fails to comply with the statutory requirements for rejecting a subcontractor’s applications for payment. The SJC in Graycor concluded that, under the Prompt Pay Act, a party does not automatically waive all common-law defenses by failing to approve or reject an application for payment as required by the statute. However, the SJC determined that in order to preserve its common-law defenses, a contractor that fails to approve or reject a subcontractor’s application for payment in accordance with the statute must: (1) make payment of the “deemed approved” invoice to the subcontractor; and (2) raise its defenses prior to or contemporaneously with the continued on page 31

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Legal Corner continued from page 29 payment of the invoice. The contractor in Graycor did not follow this approach; even after invoices were “deemed approved” under the statute, the contractor had “sought to raise and pursue defenses without ever paying the invoices.” According to the SJC in Graycor: “This it cannot do.” The SJC in Graycor stated that – in order for the statute to have “meaningful consequences” – “payment of overdue approved invoices must be made prior to, or contemporaneous with, raising commonlaw defenses, or the defenses cannot be raised.” Otherwise, “[a]llowing common-law defenses to be raised and pursued without paying the now ‘deemed to be approved’ invoices would render this approval to be of no import.” In a June 2026 decision, the SJC had another opportunity to weigh in on the mechanics of the Prompt Payment Act (the “Columbia” case). The Columbia case involved a payment dispute between a subcontractor and a contractor that had arisen prior to the Tocci and Graycor decisions. The subcontractor in the Columbia case had billed for change order work. Although the contractor timely rejected those invoices, the contractor “failed to include the certification required by the prompt pay

act that its rejections were made in good faith.” The contractor did not pay the invoices, and the case proceeded to arbitration. During the arbitration in the Columbia case, the Appeals Court issued its decision in Tocci. With the benefit of the Tocci decision, the arbitrator in the Columbia case ruled that the contractor had violated the Prompt Payment Act by failing to certify that its rejection of the subcontractor’s invoices was made in good faith. Thus, the subcontractor’s invoices were deemed to be approved and the arbitrator ruled that the contractor was required to pay them. In compliance with the arbitrator’s ruling, the contractor paid the subcontractor’s invoices. However, the contractor then asserted a “recoupment” counterclaim against the subcontractor to recoup the amounts that it was ordered to pay in light of the statute. After an evidentiary hearing, the arbitrator determined that the contractor met its burden of proving that the subcontractor’s invoices (which the contractor had by then paid) were not fair and reasonable and ordered the subcontractor to pay a damages award to the contractor. The subcontractor in Columbia appealed to the Massachusetts Superior Court. “Shortly thereafter,” the SJC issued its decision in Graycor. In light of the SJC’s decision in Graycor, the Superior Court concontinued on page 33

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Legal Corner continued from page 31 cluded that the arbitrator had exceeded its authority when it ultimately ruled that the subcontractor was required to make payment to the contractor. The contractor appealed, leading to the SJC’s decision in Columbia. The SJC in Columbia restored the arbitrator’s award requiring the subcontractor to make payment to the contractor. In so doing, the SJC in Columbia confirmed that the Prompt Payment Act “does not by its express terms state if or when a recoupment counterclaim may be raised after an invoice is deemed to be approved due to a failure to provide a timely certification in good faith.” The SJC pointed out that its prior decision in Graycor made clear that the statute does not preclude all common law defenses. According to the SJC, the arbitrator’s conclusion that the subcontractor was required to make payment to the contractor did not violate the express terms of the statute. The SJC in Columbia also concluded that the subcontractor failed to meet its burden of proving that the arbitrator’s award violated public policy. In support of this conclusion, the SJC in Columbia reiterated that “the statute does not address the consequences of the failure to comply fully” with its requirements “except to state that the invoices are deemed approved.”

According to the SJC, the Prompt Payment Act “also does not address whether recoupment claims can nonetheless be pursued.” The SJC concluded that the arbitrator “presciently anticipated Graycor’s central requirement that, when a contractor fails to satisfy all statutory requirements for rejecting a claim, it must pay the disputed amount before asserting defenses.” The SJC added that the arbitrator “appears to have concluded” that the contractor had acted in good faith and that the subcontractor was “not harmed” by the contractor’s failure to provide good faith certifications “because the certifications would have provided no more information about why the invoices were being rejected than [the subcontractor] had already received.” In these circumstances, the SJC directed the Superior Court to confirm the arbitration award requiring the subcontractor to make payment to the contractor. With the benefit of these three appellate-level decisions, contractors that perform private construction work subject to the Prompt Payment Act should be mindful of the following takeaway: comply with the applicable statutory requirements. Contractors that receive applications for payment and/or change order requests from their subcontractors should timely and carefully review those applications/requests. In continued on page 35

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With twice as many golfers participating, the move to Pinehills allowed even more members to take part in an event that has long been a highlight of UCANE’s annual calendar. Congratulations to this year’s winning foursomes from Citrin Cooperman & Company, LLP (Corey McCusker, Jesse Bingaman, David Watson, and Stephen Kelly) and Scrap-It, Inc./Minichiello Bros., Inc. (Fred Rogers, Andy Cunningham, Tony Toscano, and Paul Donovan). Despite the new venue and much larger field, many aspects of the day remained familiar to long-time participants. Following play, golfers gathered for the traditional post-

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and had left the men without a ladder to escape the hole. The agency issued 18 citations and proposed nearly $1.5 million in penalties. The company’s owner was later convicted of manslaughter — and OSHA records showed the same company had been warned about unprotected trenches twice before, in 2007 and 2012. The lesson from Dartmouth Street isn’t just about shoring, although shoring would have prevented it. It’s that a trench doesn’t need a river running through it to become a drowning hazard. It only needs a broken water main, a cracked pipe, or a hard rain — and a crew that hasn’t planned for what happens if water shows up. continued on page 59

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Safety Corner continued from page 57 Trench and excavation fatalities aren’t rare, and they aren’t confined to one company or one decade. Nationally, OSHA has reported roughly two trenchrelated worker deaths every month in recent years, and researchers tracking a decade of cases counted more than 250 nationwide. Massachusetts has now lost crew members to the same underlying combination — unsupported soil and water arriving faster than anyone expected — more than once.

Water Doesn’t Need to Be Deep Many people assume drowning requires deep water. In reality, workers have gone under in less than two feet after slipping on a muddy slope, becoming entangled in debris, getting trapped upside down, or simply

being overcome by current in a confined channel. Moving water changes the math entirely. Six inches of moving water can knock an adult off balance. Twelve inches of fast-moving water can carry away most passenger vehicles. A drainage ditch, culvert, or catch basin that looks harmless on a dry Tuesday can turn into a powerful hydraulic system during a storm — strong enough to sweep away tools, equipment, and the people using them. This isn’t a once-a-decade concern for New England crews. The region has seen its share of intense, fast-moving storm systems in recent years — the kind that can drop several inches of rain in a short window and turn a routine excavation or culvert inspection into an emergency with little warning. A forecast that looked manageable at the start of a shift can look very different two hours later, which is exactly why weather monitoring belongs in the daily hazard assessment, not just the morning briefing.

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New England crews face a hazard that warmer-climate contractors rarely think about: most of the water on a jobsite here — in a flooded trench, a swollen culvert, a storm-surge catch basin — is cold for most of the working year. Cold water below about 70°F can trigger a cold-shock response within the first minute of immersion: an involuntary gasp reflex, a spike in heart rate and blood pressure, and a sharp drop in the ability to hold your breath or swim in a straight line. None of that requires deep water to be dangerous; it only requires a worker going in over their head, even briefly, in a trench or vault that was never supposed to fill in the first place. Swim failure follows soon after, as cold muscles and joints stop responding the way they do on land. A worker who is a strong swimmer in a warm pool can lose the ability to keep their head above water within 10 to 15 minutes in cold water, long before hypothermia itself becomes the primary threat. For crews working around flooded continued on page 60

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Safety Corner continued from page 59 excavations, culverts, or retention basins from fall through spring, that window is the one that matters — and it’s far shorter than most people assume.

The Hidden Hazards Facing DPW and Utility Crews Water rarely acts alone. When crews respond to infrastructure failures, they’re often exposed to several hazards stacked on top of each other.

Flooded excavations are the clearest example. A trench can look perfectly stable until water starts entering it. Water weakens soil, raises hydrostatic pressure behind trench walls, and dramatically increases the odds of a cave-in — while also making it harder for a worker to get solid footing on the way out.

Storm drains and catch basins present a quieter version of the same problem. During heavy rainfall, covers can shift or pop loose, unseen openings develop beneath the floodwater, and powerful suction can build below the surface. A worker clearing debris off a grate may not realize they’re standing directly above a system moving thousands of gallons a minute. Culverts look harmless in dry weather and become confined, high-velocity channels during storms.

Even an experienced crew can underestimate water velocity, debris impact, sudden surges, and the erosion quietly undermining the embankment they’re standing on. Sewer systems combine water hazards with everything else that makes confined-space work dangerous: rapidly changing water levels, oxygen deficiency, hydrogen sulfide, and engulfment risk. OSHA has documented fatalities involving sewer workers who were caught by unexpected surges inside manholes and collection systems where proper confinedspace and retrieval procedures weren’t followed. Energized utilities add another layer that’s easy to miss. Floodwater conducts electricity, and standing water around a damaged transformer, a submerged panel, or a downed line can turn a puddle into a live circuit with no visible warning. Crews trained to treat exposed wiring as dangerous sometimes don’t extend that same instinct to the water pooling nearby — even though the water is often what’s carrying the current.

When the Ground Itself Gives Way Sinkholes belong on this list because they are, almost without exception, a water problem wearing a pavement disguise. A leaking water main or a failing continued on page 61

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Safety Corner continued from page 60 sewer joint slowly washes soil into the pipe below, hollowing out a void that nobody can see from the surface — until the pavement above it can no longer hold its own weight. Massachusetts has had a run of them this year alone. A water main break near the Boston Public Garden tore open Park Plaza in April 2026, buckling the roadway and shutting down streets around Arlington and Boylston. That same month, routine maintenance on an MWRA blow-off valve in Lynn caused enough ground settling to flood two nearby businesses. And during a February 2026 nor’easter, multiple water main breaks in Winthrop left part of a neighborhood underwater and swallowed a DPW plow truck in a sinkhole that opened on Marshall Street. None of it took a hurricane — just an old pipe, saturated soil, and time. It isn’t new, either: a 2024 water main break dropped a sinkhole into I-495 in Haverhill, and a failing century-old sewer line in that same city undermined the ground badly enough in 2023 to force 22 residents out of a nearby apartment building. For a responding crew, a sinkhole is a cave-in risk that started from below instead of from a trench dug on purpose — and the edges are often less

stable than they look, especially once equipment weight is added. Nobody on scene knows for certain what’s under the failed section: a gas main, another buried utility, or simply more washed-out soil that hasn’t caved in yet. Treat the perimeter of any active or suspected sinkhole the way you’d treat an unshored trench — keep personnel and equipment back until the extent of the void is known, and assume there’s more failure underground than what’s visible on the surface. Warning signs worth taking seriously before a full collapse include a new dip or soft spot in pavement, a settling curb or sidewalk, cracking that radiates outward from a low spot, and the sound of running or gurgling water beneath the road with no visible source.

A Cape Cod Reminder — and a Warning About What Water Hides More recently, on November 18, 2025, a Yarmouth sewer-line worksite on South Shore Drive turned deadly when backfilled sand gave way and collapsed into a trench, trapping two workers. One was killed and second worker was rescued after being buried to the waist for more than four hours. The collapse itself was a soil failure, not a flood. continued on page 63

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Safety Corner continued from page 61 But water was never far from the picture at that jobsite. The Town of Yarmouth’s own legal filings against the contractor, made before the fatal collapse, accused the company of repeatedly flooding the roadway through a faulty dewatering system. And just 11 months earlier, OSHA had already fined the same company after workers were exposed to arc-flash and shock hazards from electrical extension cords left lying on wet ground at the same worksite. That last detail is worth sitting with. Wet ground and live electrical cords is exactly the kind of hazard combination water creates without anyone noticing — not a flood, not a drowning, just ordinary dampness turning a routine tool into a shock hazard. Water doesn’t need to be the headline cause of an incident to be a contributing one.

Five Questions Every Crew Should Ask Before anyone approaches standing or moving water, supervisors should walk the crew through five questions. None of them take more than a few minutes to answer, and all five have come up, in one form or another, in the incidents above. Where can this water go? Storm drains, culverts, and underground piping can redirect flow somewhere else on the site in moments. Can conditions change suddenly? Weather upstream can affect a jobsite long before rain reaches it directly — monitor conditions continuously, not just at the start of the shift. What’s beneath the water? Standing water can hide open manholes, broken pavement, washouts, energized utilities, and sharp debris. Never assume you know what’s under the surface. Do we have a rescue plan? Rescuers become victims more often than most crews realize. Everyone should know who performs rescue, what equipment is on hand, and when to call in specialized rescue resources rather than attempting a rescue themselves. Are we creating additional hazards? Pumping operations, bypass systems, and temporary dams can change how water moves in ways that show up hours or days later. Think about how today’s work changes tomorrow’s hazard.

Best Practices for Utility and DPW Operations Crews that take water seriously treat it with the same respect given to energized electrical continued on page 64

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Perform a dynamic hazard assessment before work begins, and repeat it as conditions change.

Keep workers out of flooded excavations whenever possible, and never enter flowing water without proper training and protective equipment. Follow confined-space entry procedures for manholes and underground structures, every time — not just when a supervisor is watching.

Inspect culverts before entry and avoid entering during rain events.

Ensure excavation protection remains effective once water is present, not just when the trench is dry. Treat standing water near any electrical source — panels, cords, damaged lines — as energized until proven otherwise.

Brief new and temporary hires on water hazards specifically; don’t assume general safety orientation covers it. Establish emergency rescue procedures before work starts, and stop work whenever conditions move beyond the original hazard assessment.

Final Thoughts Water has a way of disguising danger. It hides holes, weakens trenches, conceals energized equipment, masks swift currents, and changes conditions in seconds. For the utility, highway and public works professionals who maintain New England’s infrastructure, these hazards show up every day — not just during floods or hurricanes. The three workers all went to work expecting to come home. The safest crews understand that drowning isn’t defined by depth. It’s defined by losing control — of footing, of a rescue, of a plan that should have accounted for water in the first place. Whether you’re repairing a water main, cleaning a culvert, entering a valve vault, or responding to a storm emergency, remember the simplest safety lesson of all: water doesn’t have to be deep to be deadly. n

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UCANE Members Stand Down for Trench Safety For utility contractors, working in and around trenches is an everyday part of the job – but it is also one of the construction industry’s most serious hazards. During Trench Safety Stand Down Week, held June 15-19, 2026, UCANE members joined contractors across the country in setting aside time to reinforce the practices that keep employees safe while performing excavation work.

he National Utility Contractors Association (NUCA) launched the first Trench Safety Stand Down in 2016 as an industry-wide effort to increase awareness of trenching and excavation hazards. OSHA joined the initiative as a partner the following year, and the annual event has since grown to reach tens of thousands of workers at jobsites nationwide. A stand down can include toolbox talks, employee training, safety demonstrations, reviews of protective systems, or other activities designed to bring crews together to focus on trench and excavation safety. The message remains critically important. OSHA identifies cave-ins as the greatest threat to workers during trenching operations, while other hazards can include falling loads, hazardous atmospheres, water accumulation, falls, and nearby equipment. OSHA requires protective systems for trenches five feet deep or greater, along with inspections by a competent person and safe means of entering and exiting trenches. The agency emphasizes three basic methods for preventing cave-ins: slope it, shore it, shield it. For UCANE members, trench safety has particular significance. Excavation is fundamental to the water, sewer, and heavy construction work our contractors perform every day. Trench Safety Stand Down Week provides an opportunity to not simply review regulations, but to reinforce a safety culture in which every employee understands the hazards, follows established procedures, and has the knowledge to recognize when conditions are unsafe. UCANE members once again demonstrated that commitment in 2026. Eighteen member companies participated in Trench Safety Stand Down activities across 195 jobsites, reaching a total of 1,469 em-

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