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n By Benjamin D. Hutchins

pring is a time for honors andawards. Schools hand outscholarships and prizes as partof the traditional wind-up of

the academic year. Professionalorganizations from the Academy ofMotion Picture Arts and Sciences tothe Association for ComputingMachinery gather to recognize theoutstanding achievements in theirfields for the previous year. The con-struction industry is no exception.March saw the annual conventionsfor two of the country’s foremostindustry associations, AssociatedGeneral Contractors of America(AGC) and Associated Builders and

Contractors (ABC). Both associationshave prestigious awards programs –and both recognized Cianbro thisyear.

Cianbro came away from ABC’sconvention in Las Vegas, Nevada,with the association’s highest honor:Contractor of the Year.

“ABC is honored to name CianbroCorporation and its employee-own-ers our Contractor of the Year foradvancing the principles of the meritshop,” said ABC President and CEOKirk Pickerel. “The men and womenof Cianbro serve as an inspiration tothe entire association. Their commit-ment to excellence on all levels helps

VOLUME 36 NUMBER 2 SUMMER 2006 PUBLISHED BY CIANBRO CORPORATION

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Gary Roden, ABC immediate pastchairman presents Contractor of theYear award to Cianbro’s Alan Burton Please see AWARDS SEASON, page 14

Please see SUPPLY VESSELS, page 2

ITTSFIELD, Maine—Cianbro was recently awarded a contract by Hornbeck Offshore Services, LLC , a subsidiary of HornbeckOffshore Services, Inc. (NYSE: HOS) of Covington, Louisiana, to complete the retrofit and conversion of two, coastwise, sul-

fur tankers into U.S.-flagged, new generation, 370-foot, multi-purpose supply vessels (MPSVs). When completed, it is believedthat these vessels will be the largest offshore supply vessels in the world.

With a significant contribution from its primary subcontractor, Bath Iron Works (BIW), a subsidiary of GeneralDynamics (NYSE: GD), Cianbro is excited to secure this

offshore project, and the highly skilled jobs it requires,for Maine.

Pete Vigue said, “Maine’s greatest asset is our people.Their work ethic, ingenuity, and determination are sec-ond to none. We are grateful to Hornbeck for this oppor-tunity, which provides Maine workers the ability to

Cianbro Wins Contract for World’s Largest Offshore Supply Vessels

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t the beginning of this year Cian-bro rolled out Teaming On Per-

formance (or TOP). Pete Vigueand our management team visited allproject sites with our three RegionalVice Presidents (Charlie Cianchette,Linc Denison, and Mike Hart) personal-ly introducing the plan to each teammember.

Teaming On Performance is Cian-bro’s new cash incentive plan wheresafe behaviors and efficient work prac-tices translate into cash rewards forteam members. The best part about theplan is that it’s a win-win for our teammembers and our clients.

Our TOP goals for 2006 are toimprove safety performance and toincrease productivity.

n Safety – Injury prevention is ournumber one priority. We’ve alreadyearned an impressive safety record, butwe haven’t reached our ultimate goal ofzero injuries. Over the next five yearsour goal is to improve our safety per-formance by 20% annually.

n Productivity – We’re good at tack-ling challenging assignments and meet-ing client deadlines. By focusing onproductivity we increase Cianbro’s com-Steve Baker (right) receives the very

first TOP Bonus Check in Northern NewEngland from Pete Vigue

export their knowledge and skill to make this project a success.The collaborative efforts of this project team will help energizeand elevate Maine’s visibility as a serious competitor in theglobal maritime construction market.”

Cianbro received the first vessel in mid-June. This vesseldocked at Ricker’s Wharf, Cianbro’s marine facility on CassidyPoint (beside Merrill’s Marine Terminal) on Portland’s workingwaterfront.

Throughout the conversion process, activities will takeplace at four locations: Cianbro’s Ricker’s Wharf marine facili-ty, the city’s Portland Ocean Terminal, Bath Iron Works’ fabri-cation facility in Brunswick, Maine, and Bath Iron Works’main shipyard in Bath, Maine. With one vessel scheduled tobe completed by mid-2007, the second vessel is scheduled tobe completed by late 2007.

Dugan Shipway, president of Bath Iron Works, said, “We’revery pleased Cianbro invited us to be a member of this projectteam. Our involvement is a direct result of the tremendous per-formance by the men and women of BIW on our existing Navycontracts. Their dedication, hard work, and innovative ideas areimproving our processes, increasing our efficiency and makingit possible for us to consider other types of work. Today, we aredelighted to be a part of this new opportunity for Maine.”

Cianbro will also employ other local subcontractors inaddition to Bath Iron Works, including heating, ventilation,and air conditioning (HVAC); fire protection; pipefitting andelectrical suppliers; and more. Over 300 skilled people areexpected to work on this project performing structural fabrica-tion and welding, pipefitting, pipe welding, and electricalwork. A local naval architect has been hired to assist the proj-ect. Cianbro will also rent space at Portland Ocean Terminal.

Captain Jeff Monroe, Portland’s director of ports and trans-portation, said, “The city is thrilled to once again partner withCianbro on another important maritime project for our water-front. This underscores our continuing need to have flexible

marine infrastructure to meet the needs of our maritime com-munity.”

Along with jobs for Maine workers, the local economy willalso receive a boost from members of Hornbeck’s project man-agement team, their engineers, and other offshore profession-als employed by the project. Local hotels, restaurants, airports,and other merchants will experience the positive impact theseproject members will have on the state of Maine.

Todd Hornbeck, chairman, president and CEO of Horn-beck Offshore Services, said, “We are very excited about mov-ing into the conversion phase of this innovative project. Thisrepresents the culmination of a three-year effort by our in-house engineering team to design a multi-purpose supply ves-sel with ‘Swiss Army Knife’ capabilities that, we believe, willrevolutionize the offshore support services industry. The HOS370s will be unlike any vessels currently working in the U.S.Gulf of Mexico, in that they are designed to have multipleUnited States Coast Guard. certifications and ABS [AmericanBureau of Shipping] class notations. In addition to traditionaloffshore supply vessel capabilities, the HOS 370s are designedto support offshore construction, subsea well intervention,ROV operations, pipeline commissioning, pipe-hauling andflotel [floating hotel] services, to name a few. We look forwardto working with Cianbro and its team of sub-contractors inMaine to make this MPSV conversion project a huge success.”

About Hornbeck Offshore ServicesHornbeck Offshore Services is a leading provider of technologically

advanced, new generation offshore supply vessels (OSVs) serving theoffshore oil and gas industry, primarily in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico andin select international markets. The focus of Hornbeck’s OSV businessis on complex exploration and production activities, which includedeepwater, deep well, and other logistically demanding projects. Horn-beck is also a leading transporter of petroleum products through itsocean-going tug and tank barge segment serving the energy industry,primarily in the northeastern United States and Puerto Rico. For moreinformation, visit www.hornbeckoffshore.com.

Please see TOP, page 27

SUPPLY VESSELS, continued from page 1

n By The Organizational Development Team

Teaming on Performance

s a company, we had a challenging start to thisyear, making it difficult to meet our budgetary

goals to this point. The good news is, things areimproving and beginning to move in our favor. By adjust-ing to market demands and continuing to pursue greatopportunities, we expect that all of our regions will getback on track.

We are fortunate to have landed some great opportu-nities recently. Now we need to make sure that we focuson performing that work in the safest and most produc-tive manner possible. Our commitment to achieving excel-lence in these areas willguarantee our future. Weall know as a company wecan work safer and weknow we can work moreproductively and efficient-ly. I ask each of you foryour continued supportand hard work.

Additionally, as wefocus on achieving ourgoals around safety andproductivity, we need toensure that we maintain thehighest level of work quali-ty. The importance of quali-ty to our customers can’t beoverstated; it is a major fac-tor in maintaining ourindustry reputation andearning repeat business. It is imperative that we upholdthe high standard of performance that our clients havecome to expect of us over the years. Hats off to the Cian-bro Fabrication & Coatings team! Their focus on improv-ing quality and customer service has significantlyimproved and continues to earn them additional opportu-nities and success. When we reduce rework on our proj-ects and in our shops, we reduce costs and create a winfor our customers and us!

As our opportunities continue to increase, we will con-tinue to build our team. Developing our team membersand attracting quality people is a Cianbro tradition that iscritical to our future. We will continue to ensure that ourteam, new hires or seasoned veterans, receive the trainingnecessary to be safe, skilled, and productive, while pro-viding them with rewarding career opportunities.

We have a great company and we continue toimprove. As a team we work exceptionally well togetherand maintain a culture of collaborative thinking that Ibelieve is unmatched in the construction industry today.In that regard, we need to be mindful that improvingsafety and productivity is a companywide initiative andin order for us to reach our goals as a company, we allneed to do our very best everyday.

Let’s go for it!

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Awards Season.....................1TOP.........................................2Presidents Message...........3Team Equity Plan............. 4Boy Scouts........................... 6EEO Policy........................... 7CT ABC Awards................9Member Portal................... 9Equipment & Tool..........11Healthcare.......................... 12Confined Space................13Project Honored..............14

‘Best in Country’............15Craft Training.................15Welder Training.............17IT Team News................ 19New Team Members....20Worksite Wellness.........21In Our Next Issue..........21Giving Back.....................22Telecom Team.................23Anniversaries..................24U.S. Citizenship!............26

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1. MPSV Conversion Project.................................... 12. Penobscot Narrows Bridge...................................53. Mount Tom.................................................................... 54. Schiller Station............................................................. 75. Leakin Park Pumping Station............................ 76. Port Deposit Marina................................................. 87. Mount Carberry Landfill.................................... 108. Portland Pipe Line Manifold............................109. Portland Pipe Line Pier........................................11

10. Penn National............................................................ 1311. Delaware Memorial Bridge................................1612. Tambrands....................................................................1713. Nestle Waters—Kingfield...................................1814. East Dixmont Community Church.............. 1915. Mount Hope Bridge............................................... 2016. South End Bridge.................................................... 2317. Poland Spring............................................................ 2618. MRI...................................................................................2719. Air Force Memorial Award.............................. 28

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OFFICE SITESn PITTSFIELD, MECorporate Office,NNE RegionalOffice,Fabrication & Coatings Facilityn PORTLAND, ME Ricker’s Wharf Facilityn BLOOMFIELD, CTSNE Regional Officen BALTIMORE, MDMid-Atlantic Regional Office,Fabrication Facility

PETE VIGUE


Team Equity PlanHow Much Could an Individual Cianbro Team Equity Plan Grow in 2006?Below is an example of how much an individual Cianbro Team Equity Plancould grow. The calculations for this fictional team member are based on severalassumptions:

n The team member earns $35,000 in 2006 (approximately $16.82 per hour)

n The Contribution to Profit Sharing earned in 2005 and paid out in 2006 is

calculated by multiplying total pay by 9.06%

n Team member contributes 7% of 2006 earnings to 401(k)

n Profit Sharing cash and 401(k) accounts earn 6% interest in 2006

n Cianbro Stock in Profit Sharing/Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

earned a 7% return in 2005 which was realized in 2006

Example of Growth in a Team Equity Plan

n Profit Sharing/ESOP

• Balance as of 1/1/2006................................................................................$21,000.00 • Plus Profit Sharing contributions, increase in Cianbro

stock value, and earnings to account..............................................................4,617.24• Balance as of 12/31/2006............................................................................$25,617.24

n 401(k)

• Balance as of 1/1/2006................................................................................. $5,000.00 • Plus 401(k) contributions and earnings to account.........................................2,822.46• Balance as of 12/31/2006.............................................................................$7,822.46

At the end of the year, this team member will realize a 21.99% increase in theirindividual Profit Sharing/ESOP account and a whopping 56.44% increase intheir 401(k) account!

Resources to estimate your own earningsTo estimate your own Profit Sharing/ESOP and 401(k) earnings, you can

access a preformulated spreadsheet on www.cianbro.net by going to

“Resources” on the home page. In the Search box type in “ownership wealth.”

A document called “See How Much Your Cianbro Team Equity Plan Can Grow”

will be listed. Open that document and fill in the highlighted boxes with your

actual information. We encourage you to contact Lauren Benttinen in corpo-

rate human resources for any information that you may not have available to

you when you go through this exercise. Remember, this is an estimate and

actual results may differ.

How does our success as a 100%employed-ownedcompany result inaccumulated wealthin our retirementplans?

T wo ways. First, when weincrease the net worth of

our company, it will result in anincrease in the share value ofCianbro stock and second, whenwe make a profit as a companywe can make a cash contributioninto our Profit Sharing accounts.

Maximizing our successbeginswithunder-standingand meet-ing our

TOP goals each year. Our safetyand productivity goals for 2006are displayed at project sitescompanywide.

We also have the opportunityto increase our individual retire-ment savings by contributingmoney to a 401(k) account week-ly on a pre-tax basis. The returnon your contributions can makea significant difference in yourbalance at the end of the year.(See the example on this page ofhow much a typical individualTeam Equity Plan can grow in ayear.)

Retirement should be a timewhere we can enjoy the fruits ofour labor. Assistance with howyou can maximize the benefitsthat Cianbro offers is just aphone call away! Contact Lauren

Benttinen in Corporate HumanResources at 800-315-2211 atextension 2312 and get theanswers you need to enjoy acomfortable lifestyle once youput down your tools.

n By Steve Foster

Our Cianbro team, in partnershipwith Reed & Reed, is construct-ing a unique, cable-stayed

bridge over the Penobscot River span-ning the towns of Prospect and Verona,Maine. With Phase Three of the Cian-bro/Reed & Reed, LLC, Joint Venturework nearly 60% complete, the follow-ing describes some of the major mile-stones and highlights of the project: n More than 30 months and 376,000 work

hours without a lost-time injury

n A streak of 54 weeks worked without a recordable injury

n The first cable-stayed bridge in Maine

n The first partnership between Cianbroand Reed & Reed

n The first cable-stayed bridge in theworld with continuous, through-the-pylon cables

n 127 of 181 deck segment concrete

placements complete

n 27 of 40 cable stays installed

n Back Span #1 cable stay length: 283 feet

n Main Span #20 cable stay length: 1,136 feet

n More than 22,500 cy of concrete placed

n Over four million pounds of rebarinstalled

n Current team size: 114 people

n With its elevator and three-level observatory 430 feet above the Penobscot River, the Prospect pylonwill be the tallest occupied structure in Maine

n Main span length: 1,120 feet

n Back span length: 470 feet each

n Total deck length: 2,165 feetThe project is on schedule and on

budget for a December 15, 2006, opening.

Project Update: Penobscot Narrows Bridge & Observatory

Looking down Cable Stay #11 after most ofthe individual cables have been installed 4376,342 Project Safe Hours

CIANBRO CHATTER 5 SUMMER 2006

n By Terra Battle and Cailin Lawler

Construction at the Mount Tom Power Station in Holyoke,Massachusetts, began in July 2005, and will be completed

in June 2006. The job consisted of the installation of a selectivecatalytic reduction (SCR) system for the 150-Megawatt, coal-firedpower station owned by Holyoke Water Power Company. Cian-bro Fabrication & Coatings Facility fabricated all of the structuraland miscellaneous steel for the SCR Reactor, totaling approxi-mately 90 tons. The SCR system was designed by Riley PowerIncorporated, a subsidiary of Babcock Power Incorporated.

“This job was a good fit for the Cianbro team because we uti-lized all of our core disciplines,” said Superintendent BrianMace. The work included placement of 287 cy of structural con-crete; the installation of approximately 300 tons of SCR Reactorstructural modules, associated breaching, access platforms; andall associated electrical and instrumentation work. The electricalinstallation included conduit, cable tray, and control wiring forall support systems. Also installed were 3,000 lf of stainlesssteel, carbon steel pipe, and various instruments.

On May 17, 2006, the project team held an appreciationluncheon in gratitude for the team’s hard work during the April29 to May 20, 2006, final outage and system tie-ins. Manager ofProjects Tom Clarke; Superintendent Brian Mace; and ProjectEngineer Keith Locke hosted a delicious lunch during whichTom spoke about the impact and responsibilities that individualteam members have on our client relationships. “Understandingthat our customers judge our company in large measure basedon their observation of our individual performance; don’t under-

estimate the positive impact and difference that we can make.”Tom Clarke offered a special thanks to Senior Engineer Keith

Magoon for the essential role that he played in the preparation ofthe initial conceptual and final estimates. Keith’s estimate pro-vided the road map to ensure that the project met all of its finan-cial and schedule goals.

Tim Vigue, regional marketing manager also attended theluncheon and gave each team member a gold dollar and askedeach one to keep it in their possession as a “safety reminder.”Tim explained that, “Just like a two-sided coin, the benefits ofworking safely are twofold. First and foremost it is an ethicalresponsibility for each team member to work safe for themselves,their family, and their fellow employees. Secondly, if we all worksafe there is a financial benefit that increases our compensation.”

Congratulations to the Mount Tom Project team for a job welldone!

Mount Tom Project Appreciation Luncheon

Team members enjoy appreciation luncheon

45,350 Project Safe Hours


n By Mike Brooks

NEWPORT, Maine—In the basement under a localflower shop earlier this year, a small group of dedi-cated Scouts from Troop 63 “Wow’d” their commu-

nity. Kicking off the event, the Scouts held their Court of Honor

ceremony. Cianbro Fabrication Foreman and Scout MasterKevin Kokotovich handed out badges and patches the Scoutsearned through various activities last year. Then, joined byPhilip Brown, Troop 63 committee chairman, Scout DustinKokotovich presented two checks in the amount of $10,000each to the Newport Cultural Center Building Fund and theCampaign for Camp Roosevelt Boy Scout Dining Hall Facility.

When Scout Master Kevin Kokotovich was asked why theScouts donated to these two projects, he responded, “Theseare two very important organizations our community relieson. We are glad to be a part of securing their needs for futuregenerations.”

Peter Vigue who is chairman for the Campaign for CampRoosevelt, said, “We are extremely proud of Troop 63’s

achievements under theleadership of Team Mem-ber and Scout MasterKevin Kokotovich. Thesecontributions speak vol-umes about the dedicationof these young people andof Cianbro’s desire to giveback to the communities inwhich we live, work, andplay.”

Rich Avery, Scout exec-utive, Katahdin Area

Council said, “Wow! You usually don’t see such a small com-munity able to give such a large contribution. One of thethings that scouting teaches is giving back to the communityand this troop has done that in a big way.”

About The Campaign for Camp RooseveltIn an effort to enhance the local Boy Scout Council’s com-

mitment to serve Maine youths, the Katahdin Area Council ofthe Boy Scouts of America is spearheading a $2 million capitalcampaign entitled “Strong Values, Strong Leaders—The Cam-paign for Camp Roosevelt.” The campaign is a collaborativeeffort involving leadership from the Katahdin Council Execu-tive Boards and community leaders throughout the state.

The campaign effort is raising needed dollars for improve-ments at Camp Roosevelt in Clifton, Maine, including a new,11,284-square-foot, multipurpose lodge, a ranger’s house, a

sports field, and preservation of the original, 1929-era, log-cabin-style dining hall for Scouting activities. Nestled at thebase of Black Cap Mountain and surrounding Little Fitts Pond,Camp Roosevelt has served as Katahdin Area Council’s out-door classroom since 1921. Located 15 miles east of Bangor onmore that 1,800 acres of pristine forest land, with a 300-acrepond, Camp Roosevelt is named in honor of President andconservationist Theodore Roosevelt.

The Katahdin Area Council serves six counties in northernand eastern Maine. Despite being a region which is predomi-nately rural and economically challenged, the KatahdinCouncil has won some of the most prestigious nationalScouting awards. Serving nearly 6,000 youths with over 3,000dedicated, adult volunteers, the Council’s volunteer ratio(one adult to two youths) is among the highest in the nation.Camp Roosevelt plays a key role in the Council’s success. Formore information about the council, visit their website atwww.katahdinareabsa.org.

Cianbro Team Member TeachesYoungsters the Value of ‘Giving Back’Newport Boy Scout Troop 63 Donates $20,000 to Local Projects

Left to Right (Front Row): Jeff Shibles, Christian Roderiques,Robbie McEwen, Bryan Mason, and Steve RinehartLeft to Right (Back Row): Joe Rich, Michael Bryant, NathanielBryant, Kevin Kokotovich, Pete Vigue, Dustin Kokotovich, and Phil Brown

“We are extremely proud of Troop 63’sachievements under the leadership of TeamMember and Scout Master Kevin Kokotovich.These contributions speak volumes about thededication of these young people and of Cian-bro’s desire to give back to the communitiesin which we live, work, and play.”

– Pete Vigue

Left to Right: Kevin Kokotovich,Pete Vigue, and Dustin Kokotovich


Leakin Park Pumping Station Rehabilitationn By Dawn Erb

Nestled in the western part of Baltimore, Maryland, is a small project that startedin December 2005 at Leakin Park Pumping Station performing rehabilitation

work which is expected to be completed in October 2006. This is a pumping stationthat takes water from Ashburton Filtration and other stations and pumps it to Balti-more City and surrounding counties.

The scope of work includes installing two 20-million-gallons-per-day pumps,two pump control cone valves and controls, two 1,500 KW standby power genera-tors, refurbishing existing cone and ball valves, electrical upgrades, as well assome architectural and structural renovations.

The project management team includes Mitch Rubin, project manager; TesfaBerhane, project engineer; Rick Dilsner, project superintendent; and Dawn Erb,field administrator.

Cianbro is an equal opportunityemployer committed to the principles ofequal employment opportunity. We donot discriminate based on marital sta-tus, race, color, gender, religion, nation-al origin, age, veteran status, unionaffiliation, disability, or sexual orienta-tion. We are also committed to employ-ing and advancing qualified veteransand disabled veterans.

It is the policy of Cianbro to: 1. prohibit illegal discriminationagainst any Cianbro team mem-ber or applicant;2. provide an environment freefrom harassment and prohibitharassment of any kind, includ-ing sexual harassment;3. prohibit retaliation against anyteam member who files com-plaints of discrimination orharassment;4. apply appropriate disciplinefor any violation of this policy;5. implement affirmative actionsto achieve our diversity goals; and6. employ only U.S. citizens orlawfully authorized alien workers.

Team members who believe theyhave been harassed or discriminatedagainst should immediately reporttheir concerns to any of the following:

• supervisor• project EEO coordinator• project leader• regional HR manager• corporate EEO officer• corporate assistant EEO Officer

Cianbro’s EEO officer is AlanBurton, vice president of humanresources, safety and health. He canbe reached at (800) 315-2211, exten-sion 2169 or (207) 679-2169. RitaBubar, corporate human resourcesmanager, is Cianbro’s assistant EEOofficer and can be reached at (800)315-2211, extension 2110 or (207)679-2110.

If the complaint is not resolved toyour satisfaction, contact the HumanRights Commission (or appropriateagency) in your state. It is unlawfulfor Cianbro to retaliate against any-one who files a complaint of dis-crimination or harassment.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENTOPPORTUNITY POLICY

n By Sadie Alley

T he Public Service of New Hamp-shire (PSNH) and their parent com-

pany, Northeast Utilities, are committedto renewable resource energy looking todiversify in an increasingly competitivemarket. PSNH has invested millions ofdollars in a new circulating fluidizedbed boiler which burns biomass materialat Schiller Station in Portsmouth, NewHampshire. Cianbro was chosen to con-struct the boiler at the Schiller Stationand the project team has been successful-ly managing several unique challengesincluding tight project access, limiteddewatering options, and a demandingschedule, among others.

The Alstom boiler uses a natural gasstartup burner to light the furnace. Allcombustion takes place in the dense bedlocated in the lower section of the fur-nace, which normally operates at 1,450°to 1,650° Fahrenheit. The furnace uses aselective non-catalytic reduction systemto reduce nitrous oxides in the exhaustgas stream.

The six recycle cyclones at the fur-nace outlet manifold are used to collectbed material particles trapped in the gasand return them to the bed at the bottomof the furnace. A convective backpasssection is where the majority of steamgeneration occurs. Combustion gasesthen pass through the economizer and

tubular air heater where even more heatis taken out of the gas to increase effi-ciency in the cycle. After the air heater,flue gas goes to the baghouse. Eight bag-house modules are used to filter out anyash caught in the flue gas beforeexhausting into the atmosphere by wayof the stack.

Feedwater for the furnace comes froman existing plant, gains heat in the econo-mizer and the evaporator located in back-pass, then rises up to the steam drum.Several loops make up the steam cycle forthis boiler, the freeboard evaporator loop,inbed evaporator loops (east and west)and the backpass evaporator loop. Satu-rated steam flows from the top of thesteam drum through the low temperaturesuperheat section in the backpass thenthrough the desuperheater and on to thefinishing superheater section out to theexisting 50 MW Westinghouse steam tur-bine.

NNE Regional Manager CharlieCianchette said, “Over 300 talented teammembers came together to work on thisextremely difficult construction project.Together, they completed this project ina high-quality and perseverant manner.We look forward to future work with thePSNH team.”

The project was substantially com-pleted in May 2006.

Schiller Station’s Northern Wood Power Project



n By Saulio Saleta

The Port Deposit Marina Park project, which is par-tially funded by the Federal TransportationEnhancement Program and administered by theMaryland State Highway Administration, wasawarded to Cianbro on March 15, 2006. Located in

Port Deposit, Maryland, the Cianbro team will perform repairsto the town’s jetty along the Susquehanna River. The Projectmanagement team, made up of Joshua Clark, assistant super-intendent; Cindy Keniston, field administrator; Mike Potter,foreman; Saulio Saleta, project engineer; and Howard Sprinkle,project manager has mobilized on site and is preparing forconstruction.

Cianbro will demolish the top portion of an existing 354-foot-long jetty Around the jetty, we will install 69, 123⁄4-inch-diameter pipe piles with an average length of 30 feet in rocksockets, which will be six feet deep and concrete filled. Thepipe piles will be epoxy coated and will receive a fiberglassjacket at the top 7 1⁄2 feet. On top of the pipe piles 36, 18-inch by22-inch transverse concrete cap beams will be installed with a

length that varies from 15 to 22 feet. A fascia beam approxi-mately 690-feet-long and 12-inches by 14-inches will beinstalled. The deck will consist of approximately 7,500 sf ofsix-inch, solid precast concrete panels with a few inches ofconcrete topping. In addition to the above items, we willinstall conduit for future lighting on the jetty, and construct a12-foot by 800-foot asphalt promenade. The project is sched-uled to be completed in June 2007.

An excerpt from the Maryland Municipal League websiteexplains where the town got its name: “Captain John Smithfirst explored the area that is now Port Deposit around 1608, atime when the only inhabitants were the Susquehannock Indi-ans. The town that subsequently emerged there on the Susque-hanna River was known as Creswell’s Ferry prior to 1812. Astime went on, the town became a heavily used port whereproducts like lumber, grain, coal, and whiskey were unloadedfor trading. There were outgoing goods also—blocks of granitecut from the cliffs behind the town and fish culled from theriver—but it was the incoming trade that gave the town itsfinal name—Port Deposit.”

Port Deposit Marina Park

Port Deposit, Maryland, on the Susquehanna River with jetty in view

Artist rendering of Port Deposit Marina Park 41,295 Project Safe Hours


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n By Laura Schmelter

Cianbro was recently recognized by the ConnecticutAssociated Builders and Contractors Association (CTABC) for safety, excellence, and industry contributions

with three awards presented during their Annual Meeting andExcellence in Construction Awards Dinner in Plainville, Con-necticut, on January 26, 2006.

The Tomlinson Lift Span Bridge Project was awarded BestProject of the 2000 Decade in the Infrastructure – Heavy cate-gory. The project, located in New Haven, Connecticut, includ-ed the construction of a 930-foot long by 90-foot wide lift spanbridge over the Quinnipiac River inlet at New Haven Harbor.The team constructed a 3,000 ton lift span on a 280-foot by 140-foot assembly barge built from 104 individual pontoon sec-tions. This impressive project was completed in 2002 andCianbro continues to receive accolades for this achievement.

Cianbro also received the Platinum Level S.T.E.P. (SafetyTraining Evaluation Process) Award. The S.T.E.P. program is anational accreditation program written by ABC member con-tractors to rate safety and training programs. Members whohave achieved S.T.E.P. certification have demonstrated dedica-tion to keeping their workforce safe and highly trained.

Last, but certainly not least, Cianbro was awarded the Con-

necticut ABC Merit Cup. This award was based on several cri-teria including overall belief and support of the merit shopphilosophy, leadership in the CT ABC organization, legislativeleadership and participation, and community involvement.

Those attending the ceremony included Vice President ofSafety and Human Resources Alan Burton, Chief FinancialOfficer Tom Stone, Vice-President Linc Denison, Manager ofProjects Chet Muckenhirn, Business Development Manager Tim Vigue, and Senior Project Engineer Mark Zagrobelny.Project contributors who attended included representativesfrom the Connecticut Department of Transportation, ParsonsBrinckerhoff, and Hardesty & Hanover.

Congratulations to our Southern New England team for ajob well done!

Cianbro Receives Three Highly PrestigiousAwards from the CT ABC

Left to Right: Alan Gemmell, Tim Vigue, Chet Muckenhirn, andBruce Brown pose with the Crystal CT ABC Award

n By Vera Bryant

In January 2006, the redesigned Team Member Portal waslaunched to coincide with Pete Vigue’s presentations on the

new Teaming on Performance (TOP) initiative. A web portal isdefined as “a web site that provides a starting point, a gate-way, or portal, to other resources on the Intranet or the Inter-net.” 1

Our new Team Member Portal is the place where projectnews, human interest stories, and benefits information isavailable to all team members. Other features of the portal

include the training calendar—where a team member can viewall scheduled training classes—and the general calendarwhich displays holidays and company events. Many docu-ments are also available on the portal including benefitsdescriptions, procedures, and forms for a variety of purposes.

The Team Member Portal will continue to evolve as moreapplications are developed. Our vision is to add more “self-serve” capabilities. These functions will allow team membersto change their address, emergency contact, exemptions, andother pertinent information online. Currently the self-serveoption offers all team members with an email address (workor personal) the ability to securely view pay stubs for thepast 52 weeks.

The new Team Member Portal is a work-in-progress withthe ultimate goal of being the location where Cianbro teammembers get company news, employee benefits information,and keep in touch with the progress of the company by view-ing the TOP indicators. As we are all working to impact pro-ductivity, the portal will be one of the tools that we use tocommunicate and deliver applications that support this effort.

Footnote:1. Wikipedia.org

Cianbro Launches New Team Member Portal


Portland Pipe Line – T2 Manifold Projectn By Aaron Cianchette

Work is almost complete at the Portland Pipe Linetank farm in South Portland, Maine. The T2 Mani-fold is the area that ties together 20 transfer and

suction lines ranging in size from 24 inches to 42 inches. Themanifold has been underground for almost 50 years until lastfall when the exposure and protection project began. Vacuumexcavation was required to remove the soils from the mani-fold. A total of 2,000 cy of material was removed down to thesupport slab eight feet below grade. The Cianbro team wasresponsible for installing two independent drainage systemsand tying them into existing drainage at depths of eight to 13feet below grade. The six-inch under drain for normal ground-water at the base of the eight-foot cut at the slab perimeter wasinstalled next. Approximately 9,000 sf of geotextile fabric,drain board, and insulation were installed on the exposed slab,perimeter trench, and slopes up to existing grade.

Prior to excavation, the valves that control the flowthrough the manifold were three to four feet above grade.Now they are 11 to 12 feet above the support slab. Conse-quently, structural steel walkways were needed for safe accessto the valve controls. Our Mid-Atlantic Fabrication Facility dida great job supplying the structural steel and everything fit upgreat. Approximately 25 tons of galvanized walkways,handrail, and grating were installed with a boom truck whilethe tank farm and manifold area stayed in operation at capaci-ty. This work was done concurrently with the membraneinstallation.

Value engineering played a role in the selection of thismembrane system over the original design. A specialty sub-contractor mobilized their truck and spraying unit from Texasin order to perform this operation. The membrane is a two-

part system that is heated to 160° Fahrenheit. It mixes in thehose and reaches 200° upon contact with the surface and isfully cured in less than a minute. The purpose of the mem-brane is to contain any potential contaminants in case of anemergency in the manifold area. The membrane was installedon the slab, trench, and slopes to keep the environment of themanifold area separate from the surrounding soils. A stormdrain system was installed in the perimeter trench after themembrane was complete. The team also spread 36 cy of roof-ing stone by hand over the 4,700 sf slab under pipes andvalves, between supports and columns, and under the newwalkways. Rip rap was placed with an excavator on theperimeter slopes with careful placement by hand near all pipepenetrations.

Work being completed includes re-paving areas previouslyexcavated for drainage, guardrail installation and loam andseed restoration.

Site work activities at the perimeter of the manifold area of thePortland Pipe Line tank farm



Mount Carberry Landfilln By Bill Birney

In December 2002, Cianbro signed a 20 year contract with the Androscoggin Valley Regional Refuse Disposal District (AVR-RDD) to manage and operate the Mount Carberry landfill in Success, New Hampshire. The AVRRDD—a municipal solid

waste district—was established in 1991 and purchased the Mount Carberry landfill on December 30, 2002. The Mount Carberrylandfill takes solid waste, construction debris, bulk waste, paper mill waste, and is permitted to take asbestos waste. Theoperation runs 24 hours a day, seven days per week.

The start up of the operation included the purchase of landfill equipment and building a team to operate the landfill. Cian-bro’s Data Services team worked with the AVRRDD to create and install computer systems to collect and transfer data fromthe scale house to their district office. Cianbro has four team members with New Hampshire weighmaster licenses who over-see material entering the landfill. An automated system for “off hours” of operation was also developed and installed for themill waste stream which is hauled onto the Mount Carberry landfill around the clock.

Our Mount Carberry team is led by Dave Marcotte who works directly with the district’s executive director, Sharon Gauthier.Dave and his crew of Jim Baillargeon, Tim Fiske, Mike Hachez, Paul Labrecque, and Jean-Paul Lettre have handled over750,000 tons of material and landfill cover in the last three years. The group has logged over 40,000 hours on the equipmenthandling material at the landfill and performing maintenance on over 12 miles of road. We’re proud of the team and their safework at this unique location. In January of this year, the team celebrated their third year in operation with zero injuries andover 52,400 safe work hours. Way to go!


n Bill VanVoorhis

In October 2005, Cianbro was asked to replace five fenders at the TankerUnloading Pier II for Portland Pipe Line (PPL) in Portland, Maine. This projectwas the first of five for the Cianbro Team to complete over the next five

months.Cianbro has been Portland Pipe Line’s marine contractor for many years and

they have a high standard for safety. Our past performance and our willingness toput safety first and foremost keeps our foot in the door at PPL’s facilities.

After the Fender Replacement Project, Cianbro was asked to undertake the Con-crete Headwall Replacement Project. This project consisted of hand chipping 40 cyof World War II era shipyard concrete under the approach pier, shoring up the pierwith a W 36-inch beam—set up designed by our shoring design team at Ricker’sWharf—forming and placing 48 cy of concrete in four separate pours while keepingvehicle traffic moving and keeping crude oil flowing, uninterrupted, to Montrealrefineries. This work was performed three hours before and three hours after lowtide each day, allowing only six hours of work down below and rarely at midday!Thus, the crews had to be flexible with their work schedule, and they were, with nocomplaints from anyone. There was only one day lost to high swells.

Part way through this project, Cianbro was asked to perform structural repairsto the concrete deck, making it safe enough to handle fire apparatus, concretetrucks, and other vehicles. This project gave our crews a place to work during hightide and greatly benefited the ongoing Headwall Project. The condition of the pierdeck mandated hand chipping only and our Pittsfield Small Tools team camethrough again supplying us with dozens of rivet busters and points. Cold weatherconcrete work on this pier was a tough chance but thanks to a mild winter,ground heaters, and 10-foot by 16-foot igloos built by our crews, we placed con-crete every two days all winter, in all kinds of weather, totaling 83 cy!

In January, a window of time between ships utilizing the deck was forecastedand another crew was mustered to load a crane on a barge, bring over a 90 footaerial lift, and go to work repairing a davit used for hoisting ship gangways on

and off the tankers. This repair took onelong day and the next ship due in chasedus out of the berth after dark that night!

The fifth project consisted of buildingand installing a HDPE pipe bundle 1,000-feet-long on the seabed under the pierwith one pipe to handle fresh water tothe guardhouse, one for sewer from theguardhouse, and a spare pipe for lateruse. The water and sewer lines are two-inch HDPE and are welded in 500-footsections. All of these were enclosed in asix-inch PVC cover pipe and pulledunder the pier by a capstan on the pierand 2,000 feet of spectra line.

Diver Down performed the underwater portion of this project and Cianbro builtthe bundle, pulled it into position, and made both end connections. Concreteweights were added every 20 feet to keep the pipe from floating. Shaw Brothers per-formed the earthwork. The team finished the project by tieing in the pipes andhooking up the pumps, alarms, and heat tracers.

To date, we have zero lost time and zero recordable incidents without holdingup PPL’s flow of crude oil to the refineries. PPL is, once again, thrilled at Cian-bro’s ability to take on such difficult taskssafely and on a moment’s notice.

Portland Pipe Line TankerUnloading Pier


Equipment andTool Caren By Roy Bolton and Wes Pooler

Cianbro is an employee-ownedcompany and, as such, we as

team members and equipment oper-ators have direct responsibility totake care of the biggest portion ofour company’s assets, whichapproach almost $100 million dol-lars in replacement value. We mustclean, maintain, and care for ourequipment and be sure to read andunderstand the operator’s manualand the manufacturer’s recommen-dations for maintenance and opera-tion of the machine. Operating thepiece of equipment in a safe andefficient manner is our number oneconcern.

Cianbro also owns 13,000 bar-coded tools with a replacementvalue of over $9 million dollars. Asowners, we should be proactive inmanaging our assets and treat ourtools as if they were are own.

The Pittsfield Small Tools/Supplyteam is made up of 15 people whoreceive, maintain, ship, and tracktools to and from jobsites. Throughthe use of a digital bar-coding sys-tem, we track the location and trans-fer of tools. We also have the abilityto pull historical data on each tooland can determine where it was onany given date as well as whichparts have been purchased and thelabor involved with maintaining thetool. By running a simple report, wecan determine what a tool has costCianbro over its life. Prior to puttingeach tool back into service, it isinspected and tested.

Recently, the Pittsfield SmallTools/Supply group has begunusing an economic life analysis inorder to manage our tools moreeffectively. The analysis allows us todetermine which tools are no longereconomically feasible to maintain.When demand requires replacementof those tools, new ones are pur-chased. In this manner we havebegun a cycle that eliminates poorlyperforming assets and replacesthem with new ones. This increasesproductivity both in the shop and onjobsites while improving the qualityof our tools. Over the next fewyears, our tool fleet will becomemore efficient than it has ever been.

To date, we have zerolost time, zero recordableincidents without holdingup PPL’s flow of crude oilto the refineries. PPL is,once again, thrilled atCianbro’s ability to takeon such difficult taskssafely and on a moment’snotice.

n By Andrea Pelletier

Your child wakes up in the middleof the night complaining of anupset stomach and has a fever of

102° Fahrenheit. What do you do? Isyour first thought to take your child tothe hospital? Do you have other options?

One resource that Cianbro teammembers receive when hired is a Health-wise Handbook. This is a self-care guidethat will tell you how to prevent an ill-ness, give you guidelines for home treat-ment, and help you decide when youshould call a doctor. This resource cov-ers a variety of topics from first aid andminor emergencies to depression andsleeping problems. Additional informa-tion is available on the internet from theHealthwise Knowledgebase atwww.moreinfo.healthwise.com.

If the above situation soundsfamiliar, next time considerusing your Healthwise Handbook. You will find that:

“In children, viral infections, such ascolds, flu, and chickenpox, can causehigh fevers. Flu can cause a high feverfor five days or longer. For home treat-ment you would give the child extra flu-ids and watch the fever. If their temper-ature gets higher than 102°, give thechild acetaminophen or ibuprofen. Youwould want to call a health professionalif a child of age 3 months to 3 yearshas fever of:

• 105° or higher

• 104° or higher that does not comedown after 4-6 hours of home treatment

• 102° to 104° for more than 12 hours

• 100.4° to 102° for more than 24 to 48 hours”

Another resource for team membersthat have questions about health symp-toms or those of family members is the24-Hour Nurse Line. If you are con-cerned about a specific health problem,you can speak with a registered nursewho will give you advice about self-careor direct you to the most appropriatefacility for care. This is available 24hours a day and can be reached by call-ing (800) 564-9286, option 3.

Kelly Shank, corporate humanresources team member, recently usedthe 24-Hour Nurse Line when her sonhad appendicitis. Here she shares herexperience:

“It happened so fast. My son, Tony,came home from school saying hewasn’t feeling well and his side hurt.I thought he probably picked up some24-hour bug, but, for peace of mind, I decided to try the CIGNA 24-HourNurse Line. The nurse I spoke to wasvery professional and caring. Shestarted asking me about my son’ssymptoms, and I could tell rightaway she was concerned. At the endof the conversation, she instructedme to get Tony to our local hospital’s

emergency room within the hour.When we arrived, we were surprisedto find out that hospital admissionsknew we were coming. CIGNA hadalready notified them! A few hourslater, Tony was having an emergencyappendectomy.

When I look back at what happened,I am so thankful that I made the callbecause I didn’t realize how serioushis symptoms were. It is really com-forting to know that I have thisresource available with trained pro-fessionals to help me with any healthconcerns my family or I may have. I definitely recommend it!”

When someone becomes ill weunderstand the instinct to seek medicalattention immediately. Yet many condi-tions can be treated at home saving bothyou and your family time, money andavoid unnecessary medical risk. As youknow, Cianbro provides team membersand their families with tools to makewise healthcare decisions as part of ourfull benefits package.

If you have tried self-care anddecide that your symptoms warrantfurther attention, contact your doctor. Ifyou do need immediate attention visitan urgent care facility or as a last resort,an emergency room. Urgent care facili-ties offer an alternative to emergencyroom visits. Urgent care facilities pro-vide healthcare services and testingwhich are not emergency services, butwhich are determined to have been nec-essary to treat a condition requiringprompt medical attention. The urgentcare co-pay is $35 while the emergencyroom co-pay is $75. A list of urgent carefacilities contracted with CIGNA isavailable on www.cigna.com orwww.mycigna.com. Team members canalso visit www.cianbro.net to learnmore.

In the future, if you have symptomsthat you are concerned about, what willyou do? We hope you use the tools inyour benefits package to make wisehealthcare decisions.


Using Healthcare Wisely

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n By Terra Battle

Often times our projects in theSouthern New England Regionhave confined spaces where

there is not a full time Confined SpaceRescue team (CSRT) available. TheSouthern New England Confined SpaceRescue team was created because therewas a need for a full time team ready torespond to confined space emergencies.Tom Houghtaling and Peter Smith are thenew CSRT coordinators and set up thetraining sessions for its members.

Monthly CSRT training sessions havetaken place since the team’s inception inApril 2005. The team was taught the fun-damentals of rescue, which consists ofrappelling and hauling a stokes basketwith the utmost care for safety. At thefirst session the standards were set in

place and all required knots were prac-ticed. The date was then set for the firstfield session in Bloomfield, Connecticut.

During this session the CSRT beganlearning and practicing rappelling insidethe warehouse from the roof down tothe floor. The second field session was inthe Southern New England Yard wherethey practiced hauling a victim from ascaffold tower and from inside a large,six-foot pipe.

The next meeting was held at theSouth End Bridge in Agawam, Massachu-setts. All CSRT members rappelled off thebridge’s catwalk to the ground at PierOne for an approximate descention of 45feet. Bob Burdick from the Scott LawsonGroup participated by assisting the teamwith their training. The local AgawamFire Department also joined the trainingby invitation from the CSRT. Everyone

from the team rappelled successfully andtechniques were reviewed including thedifferent knots and pulley systemsrequired. The team would like to thankthe Massachusetts Highway Departmentfor allowing them to use the South EndBridge for a training session.

The existing goals of the SouthernNew England Confined Space Rescueteam are to continue to train once amonth to become proficient in confinedspace rescue. If you are interested injoining or learning more about it, pleasecontact the team’s coordinators TomHoughtaling or Peter Smith.


Southern New England Confined Space Rescue Team

Safety Supervisor Tom Houghtaling rappells from Pier One of the South EndBridge in Agawam, Massachussetts

Penn National Project Updaten By Garry Sawtelle

Work continues at the Off Track Betting facility at the grandstands in Bangor, Maine, for Penn National. Under the direc-tion of Superintendent Garry Sawtelle and Project Engineer Dave Stenzel, the team renovated the old exterior rest-

rooms into off-track betting teller booths. Work involved the demolition of all existing fixtures, cleaning the area, removingexisting ceilings, and cutting four windows and a large doorway into concrete walls. The team also installed window framesfor teller stations, counter tops, new suspended ceilings, as well as painting and adding data lines, camera cabling, and newelectrical devices.

To date, we have completed five projects at this site with triple zeros in safety. Team Members performing the work on siteare Scott Belanger, Darrell Clement, Jake Dionne, and Mike Roderick.

We are currently reviewing plans for a renovation project at Hollywood Slots changing out the first level bar area to a sitdown bar with video games and wide screen televisions. We will be staying in touch with Penn National as they expand theirfacilities in and around the Bangor area.

4 8,499 Project Safe Hours

Southern New EnglandConfined Rescue

Team: From Left toRight Bob Burdick,

Dan Tetreault, Don Gokey, Tom

Houghtaling, SteveLaChausse, Kevin

Gokey, Adam Lami-rande, Carl Ritz, PeterSmith, Brian LeBarge,

and Dennis Gokey


eyond the Contractor of the Year award, one of Cian-bro’s major projects of 2005 has earned recognitionacross the board.

Cianbro and Colorado-based ASI RCC, Inc. teamed up in2002 to bid on the rehabilitation of the Loch Raven Dam,which impounds 2.3 billion gallons of drinking water for morethan a million people in the Baltimore, Maryland, metropoli-tan area. The dam, built in 1914, was overdue for an overhaulwhen the City of Baltimore Department of Public Works,which operates the dam, sought bids for the project. In fact, agroup of opposed citizens had, by that point, prevented workfrom being done at the site for three years.

The Loch Raven Dam rehabilitation project was a $30 mil-lion, three-year project. A seven-member management teamand a peak workforce of 65 skilled craftspeople placed 75,000cy of concrete, installed 57 high-capacity rock anchors, andbrought the 92-year-old dam into compliance with new federaland state regulations. Despite having to contend with bothdrought and flood conditions at various points during theproject, record rainfalls, and initial citizen resistance, the

ASI/Cianbro joint venture team completed the project underbudget and five months ahead of the scheduled completiondate.

“It took a unique team effort to pull this project together,”Project Manager Mitch Rubin said. “The team was determinedand overcame many, many obstacles to successfully completethis project.”

Rachel Ellis of Gannett Fleming, Inc., also stressed theimportance of teamwork in the completion of the dam. “Thiswas an incredibly challenging project, from the start of designthrough construction. We did it as a team—with ASI/Cianbrounder the performance microscope—and the results speak forthemselves,” she said.

Those results have been recognized with praise from theclient and numerous awards for the project. ABC honored theLoch Raven Dam project with its Excellence in Constructionaward in the category of Infrastructure (Heavy), citing the pro-ject’s craftsmanship, safety, innovation, and timeliness.

Loch Raven was also honored with a Build America awardfrom Associated General Contractors of America (AGC). AGC,the country’s oldest and largest national construction tradeassociation, has recognized significant achievements in con-struction with the Build America Awards since 1972. Theawards are sometimes referred to as “the Oscars of the con-struction industry.” AGC’s award recognized the rehabilita-tion of Loch Raven Dam as the best municipal or utility reno-vation project completed in 2005.

According to AGC CEO Stephen E. Sandherr, “The BuildAmerica Award winners embody the industry at its best.”

To date, ASI/Cianbro, the owner, Baltimore Department ofPublic Works, and engineer, Gannett Fleming, Inc., havereceived eight awards for the Loch Raven Dam project. Alongwith top honors from the construction industry, the projectwas recognized by the American Council of Engineering Com-panies (Maryland); American Council of Engineering Compa-nies (National); Construction Management Association ofAmerica; and Mid-Atlantic Construction magazine, whichhonored the project with an Award of Merit in the PublicWorks/Facilities category of its Best of 2005 awards program.

Most recently, the Maryland Section of the American Soci-ety of Civil Engineers selected the project to receive the Out-standing Large Project Award for 2006 and the American Pub-lic Works Association named the project as a Public WorksProject of the Year for 2006.

to advance our organization, the construction industry,and the principles of free enterprise.”

Cianbro Vice President of Human Resources, Safety &Health Alan Burton accepted the award on behalf of Cian-bro’s 2,000 team member-owners. “This award means atremendous amount to us, as it comes from an organiza-tion that represents a value system which mirrors ours,”Alan said.

ABC’s Contractor of the Year award honors the ABCmember who has demonstrated significant accomplish-

ment for ABC, the merit shop, and theconstruction industry in general.ABC’s announcement cited Cianbro’s

corporate values of safety, employeeopportunity, and responsible ownership asfactors that helped make Cianbro Contractorof the Year.

AWARDS SEASON, continued from page 1

Left to Right: ASI VP Lee Schermerhorn, Cianbro Project Manag-er Mitchell Rubin, Cianbro Project Engineer Tesfa Berhane, ASISuperintendent Kevin Delo, and ASI President John Bowenaccept ABC's Eagle Award for Excellence in Construction

Left to Right: Sam Hunter, AGC, Lee Schermerhorn, ASI, Mike Hart, Cianbro, John Bowen, ASI, and Geoffrey Heekin, AON Construction Services

BDam Project Flooded...with Honors!



Craft Training at Cianbron By Jon Sacks

W hat does it take to help entry-levelworkers with little or no real experi-

ence, become highly skilled professionalcraftspeople and loyal Cianbro team mem-bers?

The answer is found in a combination of factors:n The team member’s own commitment,

perseverance, and hard work;n Our ability to define the path forward

or “how do you get there from here?;”n A means to deliver and receive formal

training which covers the scope of craft,theory, standards, and industry acceptedpractices appropriate to each given craft;

n On-the-job experience; andn Mentoring of skills and attitudes which

lead to professionalism.

The construction industry is faced witha shortage of skilled workers, and the evenbigger challenge of attracting young peo-ple into our industry. At Cianbro, we mustmake the most of every potential opportu-nity to attract and train top-notch, newpeople—the very future of our company.

Cianbro recruiters and training profes-sionals have developed meaningful andongoing relationships with a number ofcommunity college programs and manytechnical high schools, which provide asource of entry-level people at variousstages of training and maturity. In addition,we have developed programs of varioustypes: comprehensive, long-term trainingcommitments and short, focused modules,as well as testing and certification pro-grams. All contribute to our goal of grow-ing our future team of craft professionals.

At this time, we have approximately 70team members who are participating inlong-term, in-house Cianbro programs.Most formal instruction takes place on Fri-days with team members investing theirown time into learning and into theirfuture. Other programs are designed toprovide certifications and meet specificskill and knowledge-based objectives,which continually upgrades our core team.These classes may meet during the workweek and are often paid training.

Each program has been designed withthe involvement of craft supervisors fromthe field (craft committees) who advise ourtraining coordinators on what is relevant toinclude in training. Seven craft training pro-grams, which are nationally recognized andprovide the industry credentials, are con-crete finisher, electrical, instrumentation,ironworker, masonry, millwright, and pipefit-ting. Other programs, which provide eitherCianbro certification or third party certifica-tion, include welding, rigging, crane opera-tion, industrial painting, and concrete.

To learn more about expanding yourfuture with Cianbro, please contact yoursupervisor.


Cianbro’s own Jason White has beennamed the country’s best instru-mentation fitter by a panel of judges

at the Associated Builders and Contrac-tors’ (ABC) annual Craft Championship,held in Las Vegas, Nevada, this pastMarch.

Begun in 1987 to spotlight constructioncareer training, the Craft Championshippits student craft professionals in 13 fieldsagainst each other in a two-day competi-tion including a written test and a practicalexercise – a simulated job task to be com-pleted according to guidelines laid downby the examiners. Competitors’ work isthen evaluated by judges drawn fromamong the professionals of ABC’s manychapters across the country.

Jason is a participant in one of Cian-bro’s many craft training programs whichhave been designed to bring team mem-bers to the journeyman level in variouscrafts. Also representing Cianbro at thecraft competition was Tommy Barnes, athree-year Cianbro veteran, who came inthird in the millwright contest.

Jason joined Cianbro at the age of 19and spent seven years as a painter beforejoining the instrumentation training pro-gram on the recommendations of his co-

workers. “I heard from a few people that itwas a really good trade,” he said.

Jon Sacks, who oversees the trainingprogram, said the team members who enterthe program are usually generalists andothers who are seeking to advance into askilled trade. Generally, classes meet everyother Friday. In addition, supervisors try toinvolve participants in their chosen craftsin the field whenever possible.

“Jason and Tommy took advantage ofan opportunity to get involved with traininga few years ago,” Jon said. “They haveshown focus and determination with theirown studies. Both are distinguishing them-selves as talented and hard-working on thejob, and now really shine as representa-tives of Cianbro and Maine ABC at the

national Craft Championships. They areleaders in the future of our company.”

Jason’s diligence paid off with a goldmedal. He came away from the instrumen-tation showdown with the title ‘Best in theCountry.’ “I felt fortunate to be in that situ-ation – to be able to show what we cando,” he said. He offered thanks to instruc-tor Mike Raven, who went along to LasVegas to watch his student compete. “Hedoes a great job,” Jason said. “I owe a lotof what I’ve learned to him.”

Other skilled craftspeople who havetaught various classes in Cianbro’s crafttraining program include Rich Dailey, TerryRitz-Perkins, and Les Vigneault.

This year was the first time instrumen-tation was represented among the fields atthe Craft Championship competition – andit’s there because of Cianbro itself. ABCevent organizers were inspired to add thischallenge to the championship after seeingCianbro’s own instrumentation competitionin action at 2004’s state competition inAugusta, Maine.

A deal was proposed; if Cianbro wouldprovide a project manager for the event,instrumentation would be added to thenational Craft Championships for the firsttime. Mechanical Training Coordinator andSuperintendent Ed LePage agreed to takethis role. Working with Richard “Gramps”Moulton, the two cleverly redesigned andbuilt a new lightweight, portable, and reli-able testing board with super-engineeredshipping crates, which were efficientlytransported to Las Vegas.

The competition includes tubing fitting,electrical terminations, installation ofinstruments, and careful adherence to proj-ect specifications. Three judges from dif-ferent companies across the nation judgedJason as the top competitor.

The country’s best instrumentation fit-ter isn’t resting on his laurels, though.Jason’s now on the job in Bangor, Maine,at the EMMC Cogeneration Facility andlooking forward to learning new aspects ofa very broad and technical trade.

Cianbro Craftsperson named‘Best in the Country’

Tommy Barnes places third in millwrightcontest

Jason White takes home gold as instru-mentation fitter



When General Foreman Gary Reed’s electrical demoli-tion crew geared up to remove the miles of unneed-ed conduit from under the road deck of the two-

mile, twin-span Delaware Memorial Bridge, spanning betweenNew Castle, Delaware, and Pennsville, New Jersey, they foundthemselves faced with a challenge. Getting the debris out fromunder the bridge wasn’t a problem in itself—they couldalways lower a skid pan over the side with a boom truck, thenlift it away when it was full. The problem was getting the stuffto the pan in the first place.

Workers under the bridge deck, removing conduit fromfour miles’ worth of suspension bridge, had to run safety lineseverywhere they went and cable to them with safety harness-es, since the catwalks under the deck weren’t up to the stan-dards for moving around freely. That need to remain tetheredmeant it would have been a tricky and time-consuming opera-tion to carry every piece of debris to the edge and dispose ofit—and there was a lot of it to deal with.

“You’re talking something like 16 milesof conduit that had to be taken off,” saidProject Engineer Jamie Willett.

The problem was so vexing the projectteam discussed possible solutions in a

meeting.Enter Field Engineer Brendan Bal-

lard and a chance observation hehappened to make while on a walk-

through of one of the bridge’s piers.His discovery: a set of conveyorrollers like the ones used to

unload delivery trucks at supermarkets.“I was just looking in one of the areas and found these con-

veyor rollers, and I brought it up thinking that we could usethem,” he said. “Gary had the idea to put them on bed lad-ders.”

Problem solved! With the rollers thus mounted, the work-ers had a handy conveyor chute. All they had to do was posi-tion one end near their work area and the other over the skidpan, put the cut conduit on the rollers, and push. The inven-tion saved a lot of time and removed what would have been amajor safety headache for the demolition crew.

And why did the Delaware River and Bay Authority havea set of conveyor rollers sitting around in one of the piers ofthe bridge in the first place?

No one knows.“We don’t even know where it came from originally,”

Jamie said.“We just borrowed it,” Gary said, adding, “We put it back,

though.”The team’s creative use of a mysterious device found on

the job site has gone into the lessons-learned file, where anoth-er crew facing a similar predicament in the future may learnfrom their example. The hard part for a future crew may betracking down the roller conveyor in the first place!

Delaware Memorial Bridge Electrical DemolitionWhere Serendipity Meets Ingenuity

A view of the conveyor set up underneath the bridge deck

The world’s longest twin suspension bridge

The Delaware Memorial Bridge links Delaware and NewJersey in graceful twin suspension spans that soarhigh above the Delaware River, just north of the mouthof the Delaware Bay. The bridge is a self-supportingtoll bridge operated by the Delaware River and BayAuthority, a bi-state agency.

The bridge is a lasting memorial to those soldiers whogave their lives in World War II, the Korean Conflict,Vietnam and Operation Desert Storm. Each year onVeterans Day, a special ceremony is held at the BridgeWar Memorial, which overlooks the Twin Span.

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n By Brian Mace

What better time to train people then when our workload typically slows a bit during the January-Febru-ary time frame? This fact, coupled with the anticipa-

tion of fulfilling scheduled backlog of industrial and multiplebridge projects in the coming months, we seized the moment!With an influx of new highly motivated and skilled teammembers, as well as veteran team members, we streamlinedour weld test shop to accommodate this effort.

Jim Rusconi, certified weld inspector and welding instruc-tor, was charged with the task of putting together a programthat teaches team members about our four primary pipe weld-ing tests: 1-1SM/OR, 1-1GTSM/OR, 8-8GTSM/OR and 8-8GT/TW, which cover our typical carbon and stainless steelpipe welding needs. Team members who showed a desire tobecome pipe welders and have current structural certificationsgot the opportunity to enhance their individual abilities andalso give our team more latitude in fulfilling our work load. Inaddition, we are also doing basic structural welding trainingfor team members needing these additional skills.

The program has brought back a lot of memories for thoseof us who are (or once were) welders watching these teammembers’ determination to master the TIG RIG. It is quite a“wrestling match” at times, but when completed, they walkout of the training booth with an enormous sense of accom-plishment. This is a real testament to the participants’ personalpride, as well as Jim’s fortitude. Robin Tower has been assistingJim in the shop with some hands-on technique. Her assistanceand knowledge are greatly appreciated.

We thank the jobsites for their commitment to helping this

program be a success. Our projects have freed these weldersup to commit to a minimum of three weeks of training forstructural certification and four weeks for the advanced weld-ing program.

At present we are supporting the efforts at Phillips–Cono-co, in New Orleans, Louisiana, with many of these weldersunder the watchful eye of Mark Richardson. The feedback ontheir work has been great!

Congratulations to the following team members for suc-cessful participation in the program:

Structural Welding: Dan Bean, Jordan Bushey, Josh Weston,and Mike White. Pipe Welding: Chris Banker, Chris Haddad, KarlJahn, Lauren Petkac, Joe Prescott, Craig Stockwell, Dave Stod-dard, Sylvester Wynter, and Mike Ziolko.

We are optimistic that this program will continue on a fulltime basis and are looking to expand to some of the more spe-cialty types of welding, including boiler tube welding, in thefuture. We welcome participation from team members whoaspire to become a welder or who are interested in improvingtheir welding skills.

Southern New EnglandWeld Training and WelderUpgrade Program

Southern New England weld training program participants left toright: Jim Rusconi, Sylvester Wynters, Craig Stockwell, RobinTower, Jordan Bushey, and Joe Prescott

Tambrandsn By Ernie Selberg

Our Cianbro team at Tambrands isgearing up to perform an upgrade

on 14 manufacturing lines of feminineproducts at the Auburn, Maine, facility.Each line will be site cleared and rebuiltor upgraded over a five-day period,working days and nights with a crew of35. Upgrades to the 14 lines are expect-ed to start this July and be completedby February 2007. A line will be upgrad-ed every other week allowing a week forstart-up and testing. Josh Gale, a recentgraduate of mechanical engineeringfrom the University of Maine at Orono,is heading up the scheduling and mate-

rial procurement/receiving for this longterm project. Many thanks to ScottThies for his support and assistancefrom corporate purchasing.

In January and April of this year,Cianbro upgraded two lead lines givingCianbro and our client a couple of prac-tice runs for the 14 line roll out. Thiswork was done under the electricalsupervision of O’ Neil Boivin, Jim Rossi,and Aaron Wedgewood and mechanicalsupervision of Kim Chapman, JeffJohnson, and Dave Sutcliffe.

Other ongoing maintenance work,being done by the core team of ChuckBubier, Kim Chapman, Ryan Melius,Jake Mitchell, Dave Rines, Jim Rossi,and Dave Sutcliffe, consists of mechan-ical, electrical, and civil upgrades to themanufacturing equipment, conveying

equipment, warehouse shipping andreceiving areas, and general buildingand HVAC modifications. All construc-tion activities, including the work of anycontractor at the Tambrands facility, isbeing done under the watchful eye ofsafety supervisor Ted Baxter.

Many thanks to Michele Burnette forher administrative support of the Tam-brands account and to Dave Sutcliffefor his supervision of all civil/mechani-cal work done during the first quarter ofthe year as Kim Chapman was on sab-batical supporting the company’s shipbuilding efforts in New Orleans. ThanksDave and Kim!



n By Troy Martin

When Nestle Waters NorthAmerica, parent company ofPoland Spring Bottling,

announced plans to build a water bot-tling plant at a new site in Kingfield,Maine, not only was it going to be a realboost to the Maine economy, it was des-tined to be a perfect match for Cianbroand our design partner Korte. Cianbrohas worked extensively at Nestle’sPoland Spring plants in Hollis andPoland, Maine and have established asolid, proven track record with Nestle.In addition, we are currently finishingthe new Postal Distribution Center forthe United States Postal Service in Scar-

borough, Maine, which was a very suc-cessful joint venture with Korte. Withthat said, the senior managers of ourcompany, along with the Cianbro andKorte marketing and estimating teamsimmediately went to work demonstrat-ing our depth and capabilities and, inFebruary, Cianbro was awarded thedesign-build contract for the new plant.This was a tremendous achievement andchallenge for our team, which overcamecompetition from more nationally recog-nized firms that had already establishedworking relationships with Nestle onpast design-build projects.

The new 242,000-sf facility will carrythe prestigious Poland Spring name andwill initially run two water bottling lineswith room to expand. The project will be

released in phases beginning with Phase1, Design and permitting; Phase 2, Pre-construction services and subcontractorbidding; and, Phase 3, Management andconstruction of the process and ware-house facility. A separate request forquote is anticipated for the electrical andmechanical equipment installationswhich will be released by Nestle at alater date. Other related projects include

a spring water pipeline and loadoutfacility and an upgrade to the electricaltransmission lines providing power tothe site.

Phase 1 is currently underway withKorte and their consultants taking thelead on design and working very closelywith Nestle to accommodate theirrequirements and design criteria. Thecost effective concrete tilt up wall tech-nique will be utilized in Kingfield as wasthe case at the Post Office facility inScarborough. This method of construc-tion utilizes the finished floor of thebuilding as a casting bed for the concretewalls. Once the wall sections cure suffi-ciently they are “tilted up” with theassistance of a crane and set in place toform the finished wall—complete with

all bond outs, insulation and electricalembeds. The more costly and time con-suming vertical formwork and concreteplacements are avoided.

While design work continues, oursubcontractor Wright-Pierce, has beendiligently working through the regulato-ry process to secure all necessary per-mits for this project with a goal of hav-ing all permits in hand by August. Oncewe have our permits, our plan includesclearing the land and beginning theextensive site work by early fall withintentions of finishing it by December2006, before it gets too cold. Some mayargue that it is pretty cold up there just acouple of weeks after the 4th of July inKingfield! Final design is scheduled tobe complete early this summer with thebidding and subcontractor selectionprocess directly following. This biddingprocess will present excellent opportuni-ties for Cianbro as we endeavor tosecure construction work on the variousphases of this project.

At this time the balance of construc-tion work, beginning with the concretefoundations, will be available to begin asearly as this winter but may be held offuntil the spring of 2007 when the weath-er conditions are more favorable. Nestleplans to have the bottling equipmentinstalled late in 2007, with a product totrade completion date of January 2008.

The Cianbro/Korte team is pleased tobe working together again on this excel-lent opportunity to design and build thenew bottling plant for Nestle Waters andlook forward to our continued workingrelationship on future projects.

Nestle Waters North America Plans Project in Kingfield, Maine

Artist’s rendering of the new water bottling facility in Kingfield

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...Cianbro was awarded the design-build contract for thenew plant. This was a tremendous achievement and chal-lenge for our team, which overcame competition frommore nationally recognized firms...


n By Dale Thomas

We have made some changesin the structure of our ITteam and below are the high-

lights. Some reflect upon severalaccomplishments that were made lastyear.

Lesli Swieczkowski is the manager ofthe new customer service team createdin our area. Vera Bryant has movedfrom the application group to customerservice as the senior application sup-port analyst. Vera has 19 years withCianbro and brings a great deal of busi-ness and application knowledge to hernew position. Ryan Deppe has joinedthe Cianbro team as the Northern NewEngland network administrator. Ryanis also a member of the customer serv-ice team.

The customer service team worksdirectly with end users to support anysoftware or hardware issues. The helpdesk is also part of the customer serviceteam. The help desk should be the firstpoint of contact if you have any ITrelated software or hardware supportissues. Going forward, we will be pro-viding more statistical informationabout the help desk calls. We will becreating a self-service knowledge basethat will be shared by all users. Thecustomer service team is committed toproviding services that allow the clientcommunity to work more efficiently.

The IT applications team has a newapplication manager: Gary Smith. Garyhas been with Cianbro for 14 years andhas a solid understanding of technolo-gy and business knowledge. Tom Deweywill be transitioning into the position ofdata base administrator. Tom has beenwith Cianbro as a senior programmeranalyst for the past ten years. He isresponsible for all the behind-the-scenes fine tuning to ensure the database structure stays healthy. CindyClark has moved from the productiondepartment to join our applicationsteam. Cindy has been with Cianbro for24 years and has a great deal of jobcosting expertise. The application’steam of Tim Flewelling, Justin Goodale,

and Greg Wiers has spent many hoursdesigning, programming, and imple-menting the new Cianbro.net applica-tion. Cianbro.net will serve as thebuilding block to deliver business andIT services to our client community.Our goal is to provide a common toolthat supports the business processes ofCianbro no matter where you are in theworld!

Our networking team spends a greatdeal of time updating the behind-the-scenes infrastructure. Lew Gatcomb andTom Allen spend many weekendswiring and setting up the new second-ary data center that was created as partof the business continuity and disasterrecovery planning. The networkingteam of Joe Kennedy and Chris Novacomade major renovations to the corpo-rate data center including updatingrouters, switches, hubs, and additionalcommunications lines. This work pro-vided the foundation to develop theVideo Conferencing centers located inPittsfield and Portland, Maine; Balti-more, Maryland; and Bloomfield, Con-necticut, offices. Special thanks to BrianLeComte and Mark Malatesta for makingthe video conferencing rollout so suc-cessful. This new technology will sup-port and improve the level of commu-nication between all locations and Cian-bro customers.

We would also like to recognize theefforts of Jeff Crowell, Rob Kitchin, BrianLeComte, Mark Malatesta, Kelly Shank,and Steve Spory on their contribution tothe desktop standardization project.This was a big project with more than400 PCs being updated or placed intoservice. The new standard will allow usto continue updating and replacing theserver level applications that drive thesystem. We also replaced 200 of the old-est PCs in the fleet and expect to replace75 more in 2006. The goal is to providesolid technology that will support allaspects of the construction business.

Looking forward to 2006, our ITteam is committed to providing busi-ness solutions that increase productivi-ty and enhance communications withinthe Cianbro team.

Information Technology Team News

East DixmontCommunityChurchn By Jim Carey, Jim Garland, andLeAnne Rogers

Earlier this spring we received anurgent call from some folks from

East Dixmont, Maine. Their Commu-nity Church steeple had been hit anddamaged by lightning in a rainstormand they needed some help. Thechurch leaders were concerned thatthe damaged steeple was going tofall and hurt someone.

After meeting at the church tosurvey the damage, Jim Careyassembled a crew to stabilize thesituation. Garret Bragdon, Tom Jack-emeyer, Bill Muise, and Jerry Rollinsused an aerial lift and a boom truckto remove the steeple without inci-dent in less-than-desirable workingconditions as the rain continued tofall with intermittent gusts of windchallenging the crew. They success-fully put our new client’s mind atease with the steeple assembly safe-ly on the ground.

The East Dixfield CommunityChurch members are building a newsteeple and plan to install it laterthis spring.

Cianbro remains committed tomeeting the needs of our clients inall kinds of situations—no matterhow small the job.

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Removal of church steeple

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n By Cailin Lawler

Cianbro has recently been award-ed seven projects by NortheastUtilities in various Connecticut

locations for electrical work that hadbeen previously under construction bySelect Energy Contracting Inc. (SECi), adivision within the Northeast Utilitiesorganization.

Northeast Utilities announced in 2006that the SECi division was to completetheir electrical construction obligationson these seven projects and after com-pletion of the work, the SECi organiza-tion would be discontinued. Tim Vigueestablished relationships with managersof the SECi organization and with BillNadeau, COO of Northeast GeneratingServices (NGS) over the past five yearswith his participation in ConnecticutABC. Over the past three months, BruceBrown, Tom Clarke, Linc Denison, andTim Vigue negotiated with senior man-agers of Northeast Utilities, NGS andSECi.

As result of negotiations, Cianbroannounced the award of SECi’s uncom-pleted work and most importantly, thetransfer of thirty-two electricians,apprentices, and managers to the Cian-bro team. The integration of the SECiElectrical team accelerates and enhancesthe strategic growth planned in theSouthern New England Region.

On April 28 and April 29, the newteam members attended Cianbro Orien-tation at our Bloomfield, Connecticut,office. Orientation training was coordi-nated by Alan Gemmell and LauretteLaverdiere.

We welcome our newest team mem-bers from the SECi organization to ourcompany. They bring tremendousknowledge and skills and we are confi-dant they will make a significant contri-bution to the success of our company.

Cianbro Welcomes New Team Members

Signing of contract at our Southern NewEngland Regional Office in Bloomfield.Standing Left to Right: Tim Vigue andTom Clarke, Seated Left to Right: LincDenison and Bill Nadeau, COO for North-east Generating Services, a division ofNortheast Utilities

New Team Members: Kevin S Bisson, Fred R Brown, Alexander Cortes, Garth FrancisDahlberg, Christopher Dernago, John Etchells, Adalid Fernandez, Bryan C Fuhrman,Gary David Green, Michael P Grosso, Christopher D Hillson, John H Howland, Paul JJambor, Jadis T Joyner, Joseph P Karpinski, Kevin G Kozikowski, Frank J Kusznir,Craig J Lawley, Daniel C Mahieu, Karl Majewski, Zbigniew A Miroslaw, Salvatore Noz-zolillo, Stanley P Popowski Jr, Clifford James Reberio, Joseph A Redente, MatthewSabino, Robert G Sala, Christopher T Scanlon, Carl M Smart, Keith M Smart, Christo-pher P Theriault, Jason D Varney, Richard E Wade, Ronald E Werner

n By Terra Battle

Mobilization on the MountHope Bridge in Bristol,

Rhode Island, began early inMay 2006. The required permitswere put together and workrecently commenced.

The small crew of four crafts-people includes General Iron-worker Foreman Paul Leightonwith Ironworkers Ken Landy andPaul Sallar and Operator JohnPelland. Superintendent RaviNatarajan will be heading up thisproject with Safety SpecialistPeter Smith assisting.

Upon the arrival of one bargeand crane, the crew has set upand begun steel repairs, whichconsist of gusset and rivetreplacement and stay-in-placeform removal. The crew will alsobe supporting the painting activ-ities. The painting subcontractoris making excellent progress onthe blasting and abating of leadoperations.

A winter break is expectedfrom November 2006, throughMarch 2007, and the project com-pletion is expected to be Novem-ber 2007.

Mount HopeBridge Project

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Mount Hope Bridge

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PITTSFIELD, Maine—Cianbro’swellness program—known as theHealthy LifeStyle program—

received a visit from the Centers for Dis-ease Control and Prevention (CDC) inJanuary 2006. The two-day site visit wasconducted by experts in the fields ofworksite health promotion and evalua-tion.

Cianbro launched its HealthyLifeStyle program in the fall of 2001 andis managed by Rita Bubar, corporatehuman resources manager, and champi-oned by Cianbro President & CEO PeterVigue. Dr. Larry Catlett, owner of Occu-pational Medical Consulting (OMC) inLeeds, Maine, serves as Cianbro’s med-ical director. The mission of Cianbro’sHealthy LifeStyle program is to guideparticipants toward optimal healthbehaviors by identifying risks and pro-viding the education and coaching nec-essary to achieve a healthy lifestyle.

Cianbro was selected as one of nineworksite programs to be visited by CDCin 2006. Worksites were nominatedthrough informed contacts (includinguniversity researchers and worksitehealth care experts) and national work-site health networks. Nine sites werechosen by CDC for in-person visits andincluded a mix of different types oforganizations (manufacturing, service,academic, government). In addition,sites were chosen so that site visitorscould observe different types of strate-gies being used to promote healthyweight among employees. CDC is con-ducting site visits to learn of innovativeand successful programs that assistemployees to attain or maintain ahealthy weight.

“On behalf of our team members andtheir families, we are honored to workwith CDC,” said Rita Bubar. “Our well-ness program is only as good as our peo-ple make it. Their interest and support iswhat makes it successful. This is allabout real people spending time at workand at home saying ‘my health is impor-tant to me and my company. If Cianbrocan make this kind of investment in me,then I can too.’”

As a participant, Cianbro will receivea consultation from CDC experts on how

to use program evaluation data andmethods to further strengthen positivehealth outcomes for employees in a cost-effective manner. Lessons learned fromthe program and the CDC site visit willbe shared with other worksite programsthat are collaborating in the project.

The CDC, well-known for its infec-tious disease investigations, also con-ducts research and evaluates programsthat focus on the prevention of chronicdiseases by reducing risk factors andpromoting healthy behaviors. CDC esti-mates that approximately 65% of theadult population in the United States isoverweight. In addition, more than 50%of American adults are physically inac-tive. These public health issues affect alarge proportion of employees in theU.S. workforce who are at an elevatedrisk for chronic diseases such as dia-betes, heart disease, and some cancers.To effectively reduce costs associatedwith overweight and physical inactivitythe government and the private sectormust join together to find strategies thatwork.

Dr. Bill Dietz, director, division ofnutrition and physical, with CDC said,“Since people spend more time in theworkplace than just about any otherlocation other than home, it’s importantthat we help businesses promote healthybehaviors that can reduce the risk ofchronic disease.”

CDC is working with experts in theacademic, government, and business set-tings to develop a framework to evalu-ate new strategies in worksite settingsthat help employees maintain or attain ahealthy body weight. The goal is to iden-tify worksite strategies that are both suc-cessful and practical. Although CDCdoes not endorse worksite programs, the“success stories” from the visits will beshared so that worksites can learn fromeach other’s experience.

To learn more about CDC’s effortsrelating to obesity and overweight and physical activity, please visit the CDC website at www.cdc.gov/nccd-php/dnpa/obesity/index.htm or call 1-800-CDC-INFO.

The CDC is the principal agency in theUnited States government for protecting thehealth and safety of all Americans and forproviding essential human services, especial-ly for those people who are least able to helpthemselves. Since it was founded in 1946 tohelp control malaria, CDC has remained atthe forefront of public health efforts to pre-vent and control infectious and chronic dis-eases, injuries, workplace hazards, disabili-ties, and environmental health threats.Today, CDC is globally recognized for con-ducting research and investigations and forits action oriented approach.

Cianbro Steps up Worksite Wellness The mission of Cianbro’s Healthy LifeStyle program is toguide participants toward optimal health behaviors byidentifying risks and providing the education and coachingnecessary to achieve a healthy lifestyle.

Employee Referral Program is a Success!Learn more about how Cianbro is successfully utilizing an employeereferral program to grow ourteam.

Three GenerationsWe’ll tell a story of a father, a son,and a grandson who have madeCianbro a real “family” business.All three are actively employedmaking them one of very few, ifnot the only, triple multi-genera-tional family team.

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In Our Next Issue!

Regional Office Donates Presents to Local Children

n By Cailin Lawler

The Southern New England RegionalOffice team wanted to do something

for the local community around the holi-days last year so we decided to make adifference in the lives of children in thefoster care system. Working withCovenant to Care, a local non-denomina-tional organization that attempts to meetthe needs of abused, neglected, andimpoverished children and teens, wecontacted a social worker with a caseload of 35 teens. The boys and girlsranged in ages from 13 to 16 and wereasked what they would like for gifts forthe season. Requests ranged from hats,gloves, and coats to CD players, basket-balls, and favorite DVDs.

With the generous donations fromour team members in the regional office,we were able to provide dream gifts forall of the teens, including a Christmastree ornament for the girls and a pocketflashlight for the boys! The case workerpicked up the gift bags just before theholidays and filled her sport utility vehi-cle to the brim with holiday cheer for thekids. She mentioned that these giftswould most likely be the only presentsthe teens would receive during the holi-day season. The social worker celebratedwith a holiday party for all the familiesand the teens were ecstatic to have theirspecial present to open up.

The case worker sent personal thankyou notes to everyone who contributedto this fund. We were all touched by hergraciousness and very glad that we werein a position to help. Thank you to allour team members in the Southern NewEngland Regional Office; it was a greatholiday because we made a difference inthese children’s lives!

Housatonic River Bridge Project Participates inLocal Toys for Tots

n By Barbie Rushford

The big question at the HousatonicRiver Bridge last December was if

any child should go without a present atChristmas time. Our answer was “no!”

and that prompted us, as a team, to getinvolved with Toys for Tots. Lucky forus, the Milford, Connecticut, FireDepartment was already coordinating alocal toy collection campaign. Our teammembers collected new, unwrappedtoys and money to be distributed to

needy children in the local area. We col-lected toys and sums of money thengathered the gifts and delivered them tothe Milford Fire Department for distri-bution on December 20, 2005. TheHousatonic River Bridge team enjoyedmaking others happy during the Christ-mas season.

‘Tis the Season for Giving at Yankee Rowen By Shannon Trumble

At Christmas time, I always makemy son clean out his toy box and

give some to the local homeless shelter. Iknow Santa will be bringing him morethan he needs in addition to the largeamount he already has. So last year, wedid the usual and brought his gentlyused toys to the Louison House Shelterin Adams, Massachusetts. While wewere there, I found out that, due to sev-eral contributing factors (including Hur-

ricane Katrina), the homeless shelter wasespecially low on funds and full of resi-dents. I spoke with the shelter coordina-tor who told me there were eight per-manent resident children. She sent me alist of “much needed” items and I wentto work at Yankee Rowe to see if wecould help make a difference.

I started by taking donations fromour team and discussing these kids andhow we could help them. We collectedmoney and purchased toys.

One morning a Cianbro team mem-ber (who asked to be kept anonymous)brought in a huge bag of toys. Hebrought a great big remote control carand an enormous play set along withseveral other items. He arrived early thatday—just like Santa—bringing in hissack full of toys! I brought the remotecontrol car to the morning meeting andit turned out to be a great incentivewhich really helped out the campaign togive these kids a great Christmas. Every-one was very generously donating bothtoys and cash.

We asked if other contractors on sitewould want to donate and more moneystarted coming in. On the last day ofwork before Christmas, we had alunchtime party and, again, we passedthe “donation can” around. The entireYankee Rowe site was attending thisparty and our safety supervisor collectedeven more money. Not only were Cian-bro team members donating, but othercontractors and our own family mem-bers as well!

We pulled together as a team andcollected enough money to buy two carloads of toys to donate to those eightchildren! We tried to get each child allthe items that were on the list the shelterhad originally provided. So many dona-tions were collected, that we were ableto also purchase clothes, slippers, andsocks for some of the residents as well.On January 6, The Louison House sentus a letter saying that “Christmas wastruly magical and for one day it seemedthat the residents forgot they were livingin a homeless shelter.” As a team, wemade a difference to these residents whomay not have had a happy holiday with-out our efforts. Well done Yankee Roweteam!

Giving Back to our Community

Memories of Christmas past



n By John Comstock

Cianbro’s Telecom team did anoutstanding job installing com-munications cabling on several

projects during 2005. Most of the proj-ects took place simultaneously as con-struction operations were ongoing,which is a testimonial to the skill anddedication of our team members thatmade these projects a success. Mostnotable amongst these projects are:

n Hollywood Slots, Bangor, MaineThe Hollywood Slots project took

place from early July to mid-October2005. This project encompassed a widevariety of communications systemsincluding voice and data cabling, securi-ty cameras, slot machine wiring, andsurveillance monitoring. Under the lead-ership of Cianbro Telecom ForemanTodd Mower with Matt Brawn and EricWitham, Jr., our crew did an outstandingjob installing over 177,000 feet of com-munications cabling, approximately 60Cameras, wiring close to 500 Slotmachines as well as a voice and datanetwork. All these systems were testedand handed over to the customer in timefor their early November opening. OtherTelecom team members that worked on

this project from time to time includedScott Guptill, Richard King, Ken Sibley,Lucas Violette, and Jim Wadlington. OurTelecom team worked closely with ourelectrical team to make this project a suc-cess. Tom Richter (telecom superintend-ent), Mike Edwards, Scott Belanger andother dedicated team members did agreat job assisting our crew on this com-plicated project and their help was great-ly appreciated.

n Brewer Professional Center,Brewer, Maine

The Brewer Professional first and sec-ond floor fit-out project involved instal-lation of over 100,000 lf of Category 6communications cable and around 450new voice and data drops.

n Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine

The Jackson Laboratory Rewire proj-ect consisted of upgrading the cus-tomer’s outdated cable plant in eightbuildings on and around the laborato-ry’s campus.

n Bass Building, Orono, MaineThe Bass Building (University of

Maine System) project included over130,000 feet of Category 6 plenum rated

cable and well over 400 drop locations.

n University of Maine, Augusta, Maine

The University of Maine projectinvolved a cable plant upgrade to two ofthe main buildings on their campus.

The Telecom team also would like towelcome Tom Allen. Tom has been onloan from corporate IT two days a weekdoing telephony and data techniciansupport for the Jackson Laboratory. TheJackson Lab recently requested that Tombe available to them three days perweek. As a result of this, as well as theskill set he possesses, Tom will now be apermanent member of our team.

Currently most of our team is busyinstalling over 450,000 feet of Category 6cable as well as several thousand feet of100 pair copper and 50/125 multimodeoptical fiber backbone at the UnitedStates Postal Service Distribution Facilityin Scarborough, Maine. Richard Kinghas done a great job as foreman, alongwith Ken Sibley (telecom foreman), EricWitham, Jr and Scott Guptil (data techni-cians). Special thanks to O’Neil Boivin,Chris Clark, Phil Dube, Marty Roach andthe rest of their team for helping ourgroup to be successful on this project.

Cianbro’s Telecom Team Adds New Dimension of Services

South End Bridge Projectn By Marshall Goodchild

Steel repairs at the South End Bridge in Agawam,Massachusetts, are concluding with the commence-

ment of painting operations at the east abutment andPier 6. Milling, paving, and pavement marking opera-tions were recently completed along with abutment repairs andwall pours.

The remaining steel repairs include sway brace, horizontalgusset, and truss tie down items at two pier locations. By the endof June, the final access ladder will be installed at Pier 4 pendingthe cooperation of river water levels. Miscellaneous activitiesrelated to clean up, deck pour patching, and punch list items arealso being tackled. We are scheduling completion and demobi-lization for early July 2007.

Photos: (Top) South End Bridge (Bottom) Barge-mounted cranesand aerial lifts employed by project team for steel repairs


Team members with three or more years of service who celebrated their last date of hire anniversary between January 1 and June 30, 2006

n 61 YearsKenneth L. Cianchette

n 60 YearsIval R. Cianchette

n 43 YearsPaul E. Bertrand

n 41 YearsRichard E. Newton

n 40 YearsHenry M. ConePeter S. FournierDavid LeavittFranklin Leclair

n 38 YearsGary F. ChisholmThomas R. Mucci

n 37 YearsPaul A. MagoonRichard E. PadhamGary L. Robbins

n 36 YearsJohn A. DunnellWayne S. QuintPeter G. Vigue

n 35 YearsDavid A. Varney

n 34 YearsWayne A. RayLeroy E. Vanadestine

n 33 YearsVinal G. BellMalcolm CianchetteGary L. Taylor

n 32 YearsWayne R. CrayLincoln C. DenisonWilliam D. VanVoorhisBrian M. Whitney

n 31 YearsManley E. BragdonDavid W. LeavittStanton J. MartinAllen L. Rollins

n 30 YearsJames M. BonneyDennis G. CottaThomas N. FloydFrank J. Susi

n 29 YearsFranklin D. DuntonSteven A. Perrault

Everett O. RogersBeverly A. RollinsStuart Twitchell

n 28 YearsDonald C. BaileyJohn L. McAfeeJohn L. PurintonDouglas B. Smith

n 27 YearsEdward F. KloeberRoderick L. MacKay Jr.Douglas L. MooreThomas E. StoneTerry Vanadestine

n 26 YearsChris A. CianchettePaul L. DayJames GarlandKenneth HawkesDonald KeresztenyiBryan LiboldGary RogersDavid D. ShoreyCharles TibbettsBenjamin L. WaggDavid A. WebsterArchie Wheaton

n 25 YearsThomas J. BelangerHoward L. BriggsColeman W. ButlerJeffery A. CarrMichael L. CriderDaniel L. DuperryThomas F. GilbertMark D. HaydenMichael D. HaydenWilliam A. HolmesErnest E. KilbrideMargaret E. LagasseBernard L. MarrinerLawrence E. MooresAllan G. PresseyThomas J. WeaverGregory E. Wing

n 24 YearsDomenick ArenaDana S. BragdonRichard L. Brown Jr.James H. CareyCindy R. ClarkWilliam W. MerrillWilliam N. MoultonDouglas SidelingerRufus W. SimonsNathan S. WestonJerome D. Wood

n 23 YearsBrian D. MaceMichael A. PotterGeorge B. Ward

n 22 YearsLee A. AylwardRoland N. BellLynn M. CianchetteScott ClementsGregory S. CoutureDouglas A. DowRobert M. DrzewieckiGary R. GagnonLynn R. HydeTroy G. MartinHerschel RackliffDavid G. SaucierErnest Selberg Jr.Stanley A. ShakespeareStanley E. Webster

n 21 YearsKimble F. ChapmanJoseph P. Foley Jr.Owen H. GrimesCarl B. Morgan Jr.Frank J. RayeWilliam A. Reid

n 20 YearsRonald J. BellRobert O. BouchardRichard C. CalvinJohn E. ClothierJerome J. HumphreyJohn W. LuckernKevin M. McConaugheyDavid R. RakvicaMichael L. RavenTimothy Vigue

n 19 YearsJacqueline E. ArsenaultSteven J. BarryDennis E. BeisawKenneth R. BrookerVera L. BryantJeffry L. DunhamGeorge O. DyerDavid V. FitzherbertDarryl L. FrancoeurSteven D. HoareCraig O. HolmquistLance M. LockhartKeith B. MagoonJames C. MerrillDavid E. ParsonsRonald G. PetersonJames P. PondRae F. RandlettMichael A. RavenJames H. RichardsGerald V. RollinsPaul SallarMarie E. ScottWilliam F. Stetson IIITerry A. TraskLeslie D. Vigneault

n 18 YearsGeorge E. ArsenaultDavid E. Bond

Leonard F. CooleyKevin H. CurryJean E. GantnierJohn J. HenryPhillip D. HerouxKenneth E. HuntingtonRoderick A. PeaseJohn A. PellandMark A. RichardsonAlfred J. StevensRonald P. WillsScott S. Young

n 17 YearsTheodore B. BaxterBruce H. BeaneRichard E. BeliveauJurgen G. BellGarry L. BillingsO’Neil E. BoivinKyle E. ChapmanMark D. CochraneDonald J. DostieDavid G. HutchinsonTimothy N. JacksonKarsten G. JohansenJeffrey L. JohnsonPatrick G. LittlefieldDouglas J. McPhetersDarin W. MerrifieldCharles W. NutterLeland V. Page Jr.Barry J. PerkinsThomas G. RuksznisClyde R. SamuelsonRonald E. TaylorJames E. TowleRoss A. WilderMark J. Zagrobelny

n 16 YearsWalter W. Bailey Jr.Kris M. BallardRichard T. BaumgartelRichard G. FishThomas J. GallagherWilliam J. HarterBrian T. HartnessPaul J. LeightonDavid L. MagoonJeffrey T. McPhersonTharryn D. SmithNorman St HilaireAaron L. WedgewoodEarl G. WellsDaniel L. WymanDouglas H. Wyman

n 15 YearsPaul K. AnamanWalter J. BeleckisWayne M. DennyGary R. FittsRichard J. GodinDann L. HaydenJohn S. KeszlerBrent E. LuceBrett F. MacMillan

Thomas J. PopickDale A. SimondsDavid A. SmithMichael S. Tripodi

n 14 YearsLeonard W. BrooksDaniel A. DuboisThomas J. HamelSteven L. HatstatEusebio HerediaPaul M. HolmquistOlie J. LindahlDaniel R. McPhetersGary W. ReedJames M. RossiFrancisco SalazarKimberly G. SieberPhillip A. SmithGeorge W. Tapley Jr.Victor Ugalde

n 13 YearsDavid A. BohannonDuane J. BoissoneaultClint H. ChaseWesley M. CorsonRonald F. CoteWilliam G. ElianGreg G. GinnellyRobert M. HallDavid B. KivlinMark J. MasseDouglas F. MooreJoseph R. OliverCarl P. OuelletteTod M. ParisekAlan D. PrayLeAnne E. RogersJonathan D. SacksCharles E. TapleyDwayne A. TootillPeter A. VigueMax S. WahlScott A. Warren

n 12 YearsMichael A. AbbottJoseph E. BallardAlan G. BeisawJames M. BurkeRebecca L. ChamberlainKevin B. CrowellJamie J. FulmerDonald J. Fulmer Jr.Tim E. GorhamEdward W. GrignonDouglas R. LeavittMalcolm C. LeoMark P. MichaudCorey L. SoucierCory P. ThompsonAndrew L. Tower

n 11 YearsTina AdamsMark P. ArsenaultBruce L. Calkins Sr.

Brian CarrTara K. CoffinJames M. Curtis IIIEverett B. Doughty Sr.Dawn ErbPaul D. FranceschiKevin L. GrassSean M. KearnsCarla E. KelleyScott C. KretserCraig M. LePageThomas MawhinneyJames D. MusselwhiteWilliam R. RichardsonAbraham L. SeeDarren E. ShoffHerschel E. Sinclair Jr.William T. Van HoesenMichael S. Zemla

n 10 YearsChris G. AlexanderCraig G. AlexanderRichard A. Bachelder Jr.Michael W. BennettJ. James BoucherDavid A. BousquetPaul E. BrauzaDonald E. CrouchJason A. CurryLincoln C. Denison Jr.Christopher M. FolsomJeremiah D. GormanMichael J. GosselinJason T. GriffethGail B. HarknessRhonda J. HuffTerry L. HughesAndrew C. KelleyJoseph A. KennedyAndrew J. LeachMichael R. LilleyGary W. LovettKirk R. MaenhoutThomas E. MaharWayne D. McNallyMichelle M. MitchellRaymond L. MooreMatthew J. MortensenMark M. NelsonJoseph G. OrlandoLori J. OverrockerSandra E. PerreaultJoseph H. PlourdeBill M. RossCharles A. SanbornAlfred J. SmithGloria J. SmithTimothy F. StauderScott M. TierneyKim A. TozierEarl T. TracyClarence O. Turner Jr.Bradley A. VanadestineRicky A. WebsterDaniel J. WilliamsGary E. WiseKenneth P. WoodcockDana R. Woods

CIANBRO ANNIVERSARIES


Team members with three or more years of service who celebrated their last date of hire anniversary between January 1 and June 30, 2006

n 9 YearsMichael A. BerryAndrew E. BowdenJason N. ChicoineChristopher S. ClarkThomas R. ClossonRobert B. CostineRichard C. DownsMichael G. DubeJohn E. FarnhamRoy D. FitzmauriceTimothy E. FlewellingCharles G. HallCharles A. Handley Jr.Brent A. HaskellThomas V. HoughtalingJason M. JohnsonWilliam M. KleinfelderJennifer L. LambertRobert L. Lane Jr.Kenneth L. LegerCharles R. MallenRaviraj NatarajanDonald L. PrevostDarren B. PulkkinenCharles R. Riley Jr.Barbara A. RushfordKeith I. RyderRobert A. SanbornChristopher M. ScottEmery C. ShafferRandy K. SibleyLarry R. Snowman Jr.Brent A. SpencerWalter StefanykFrank J. TrumbleRonald E. Wedgewood

n 8 YearsFrancis J. Arsenault Jr.Jose A. CastroCraig L. ChambersJohn P. Coon Jr.Keith CostiganJeannette R. CriswellMario E. DiazPatricia L. DickinsonRichard P. DilsnerRoger A. DowChristopher K. DownsChaderick A. FrenchChristopher A. GallantAlan M. GemmellRoger D. Gwinn IIDennis I. HartfordBernard Hartlove Jr.Jeffrey L. HetzerThomas P. JackemeyerBrian L. KendrickSteven J. MacMunnStephen R. MarcotteWayne E. MayRandy M. MorinRaul NavarThomas W. NobleDana L. Pollis Jr.Carmen L. RoseKelly G. ShankKenneth M. Spalding

Brent A. WalkerDavid A. WalkerAaron W. Walsh

n 7 YearsScott L. AlexanderEsteban BernalBenjamin R. BlodgettRichard S. BresciaMichele E. BurnetteCharles E. ButtsAllyson B. CoombsKelvin R. FriendJeffrey A. GillespieJoseph A. Glidden Jr.Jon M. GliniewiczHolly J. HallJoshua A. KerrLarry W. KershnerJames P. MaloneyChristopher S. McKennaJane L. McNallyNovak NedicSeth S. NortonScott R. ParleeBernard J. PetrauskasScott D. PopoloskiFrancisco SalazarSaulio S. SaletaJustin A. SheltonCraig A. SmithTracy N. SofieldLysle G. TraskPaul L. Williams

n 6 YearsChad H. AlleyPiran D. AslamTimothy J. BarilTesfahunegn BerhaneKeith A. BerubeSteven W. BevisRobert L. BussellBrian K. BuswellAmy J. ChuteAllen D. ClarkDylan R. ClayKristi L. ConnellCharles C. DeanJacob R. DionneShawn A. DoranChristopher W.DoughtyDonald J. EaganMichael T. EdwardsHoward L. FernaldLuke E. FinleyRichard C. FosterPeter A. FosterStephen C. FosterDavid G. GardnerDonald A. GoodwinJoan T. GrandshawMarvin A. GravesRyan J. GravesMichael N. HamiltonRonald L. HarrisTimothy L. HathawayLeslie C. Hayden

Jason A. HiltonAurelius S. Hinds IIIMark E. HutchinsDonna A. JacquesShawn A. LambertJeremy W. LaneVincent J. LevesqueJames E. LyonsJeremy B. MaceJames B. MarquisGary L. MasonJames H. MattMichael D. Mayo Jr.Rodney A. McAvoyRobert A. McCubreyGarrett R. McVaneyLuke B. MitchellWilliam R. Noble Jr.Christopher A. Nova-coRussell J. O’NealGail M. OrrDouglas B. PattisonGlen R. PearceChristopher R. PondWilliam J. PotterBrigitte M. ReidThomas S. RichterWade J. Rideout IITerry N. Ritz-PerkinsChester L. Robbins Jr.Jason G. RourkeEvan T. SanbornPaul R. SaucierGary W. SmithEric J. SmithDonald R. SmithMichael F. SpoonerJohn W. SweattPaul E. TraskScott J. UnderwoodLoren F. WalkerThomas G. WaltonJoy L. WatkinsDonna D. WeaverArthur L. WhiteWalter T. WillardScott A. WillettShawn E. Wing

n 5 YearsWilliam D. AdamsCalvin A. AndrewsRussell L. BeadnellBrian K. BlakesleeJames M. Bonney Jr.Ryan J. BordeauMerton H. BowringLinwood T. CharetteLori E. ChiltonSteven A. ClarkJoshua A. ClarkRoland S. ClarkDarrell D. ClementAndrew N. CoroneosDavid C. DaltonDonald F. DavisBrian J. DayShawn R. Dennison

Justin D. DesrosiersTerry J. DingmanJohn F. DwyerLavina J. FreemanRandy S. FrenchKimberly R. GemmellDonald P. GokeyJason J. HarrisDavid A. HayTerry C. HodgesFrank Holliday Jr.Kim M. HykelMarc S. JedlowskiLance C. KeenCecil L. Kershner IIIKarl L. KnightCailin E. LawlerKorey H. LeoAndrew M. LevitskyRoger L. Lockhart Jr.David P. MaheuJason R. MahlaRobert M. MayhewMark P. McLeanRyan D. MeliusMildred E. NobleKeith L. OkleshenDaniel P. ParkerGarrett J. PlourdeKevin R. PondMichael S. RoderickChad E. RogersNicholas L. RossiJose B. SalazarGary E. Simmons Jr.Glenn J. SiroisJames A. SnowAlbert W. SpauldingJulie A. TrumbleMariana S. TubolinoStanley W. TyszkoJason L. UnderwoodRobert W. VanadestineMichael J. WhiteMichael J. WilczynskiEileen M. WrightRobert A. Young

n 4 YearsRonell M. BellWilliam M. BlashawNathaniel F. BoulangerShelly L. CampbellJill M. CaronMichael A. CavaliereChristopher D. ConaryAdan Cruz-LopezBenjamin R. DakuDana R. DemosAlfred D. DesrosiersParker W. DresserBenjamin R. EastmanBrian R. EdwardsTerry L. FisherDestiny S. FitzmorrisJames C. GibsonSeth M. GoucherDavid L. GroverBruce V. Harris

Diana L. HartleyRobert F. HeymanRobert F. Higgins Jr.Benedict S. JasudScott F. JohnsonChristopher P. KammannThomas G. KingsburyKenneth P. LandyTimothy J. LeclercRyan W. LeightonLouis S. MartinJames A. MillettJason W. MoltenStephen R. MontgomeryLaurence M. MooneyDavid P. MoreauDevon E. NadeauTerry A. NewtonCarmine J. NileRonny M. O’BrienAmanda D. PetersonJames W. PotterMark O. PriceMatthew T. RavenJonathan D. RiceScot N. RichardsGilbert R. Rossignol Jr.Mark I. SeaveyPaul S. SmithThomas R. SmithCharles R. Spaulding Jr.Craig E. St LouisWayne A. TencatiScott D. ThiesJerry J. UptonAndrew A. VickersAdam S. VioletteKelly W. WamplerRichard A. Wilson

n 3 YearsThomas D. AllenSadie M. AlleyDanielle R. AnthonyJames R. BaillargeonTommy F. BarnesPaul R. BearorStephen V. BerryAnne H. BlaskaLamar J. BoyerDavid E. BradfordMatthew G. BrawnRichard L. BundyJerry A. BurtonFrancis L. CallnanJeffrey N. CarverBruce D. ChesleyJames B. Chick IILyle A. ClarkDonald P. ColletteRobert W. ComptonJohn P. ComstockEric M. CoteFrancisco J. CruzAnthony A. CyganEdward D. Dishon Jr.Robert S. Dziwak

Richard W. EstesJonathan H. FerreiraBrett A. FischerRobert J. FranckMichael J. FranckCarl D. FranckLewis A. GatcombJeremy J. GrafMatthew M. HebertJesse D. HiltonRobert J. HollandLeonard M. JacksonTheodore JewellJeffrey M. JonesWayne A. KimballBraden K. KingsburyKeith J. LockeMatthew R. LovettTerry L. MalloyDurant MarionGail E. MayoPeter McCormickJacob S. MitchellAllen R. MoreyWilliam A. MurrayBruce J. MylesMalvin W. NealBillie J. NelsonJeremie R. NutterPaul A. OsborneFredis A. PinedaWallace R. Pooler IIIAaron L. PrebleChristopher P. QueenRae F. Randlett IIIJames M. Roach Jr.Jeffrey D. RobinsonLeigh A. RossJohn A. RossignolKevin J. RoweDean N. SchofieldJared M. SheltonVinal E. ShoreyKenneth N. SibleyJames P. SmickleShawn P. St JeanWilliam W. StoneMerle A. StubbsLesli C. SwieczkowskiJack E. TaylorWilliam P. TonerThomas U. VilesRaymond O. WardJoshua R. WellsRemond L. Willette

CIANBRO ANNIVERSARIES



n By Linc Denison Jr.

The Cianbro team is back again inthe Poland Spring bottling plantin Hollis, Maine. Work at the

plant has been going on since December2005, fluctuating from around 30 teammembers to 55. In just four months,Cianbro completed approximately 20,000hours of multiple trade work. The proj-ect is successfully at zero recordableincidents and zero lost time injuries. Thefollowing is a general description of thework being successfully performed bythe Cianbro team.

Line #3 Electrical and Mechanical Installations

The goal of the Line #3 work was todemolish existing portions of the line andrebuild and commission the bottling linein preparation for running a new bottlestyle. Included in the work was installa-tion of new conveyor sections and pack-aging equipment along with the associat-ed drives, power feeds, and controls. Theexisting control panel and labeler wererelocated. Additional modificationsincluded the demolition required on theline handle applicator, the bottle convey-or, and the multipack conveyor. Electricalactivities included 4,700 lf of conduit andover 100,000 lf of wire and cable installa-tion.

Injection Molding Mechanical Installation

Installation of injection moldmachines (Husky #9 and Husky #10)and the removal and installation ofanother injection mold machine (Husky#1 now #11) highlight the mechanicalpackage for this project. Injection moldmachines create the preforms that even-

tually get blown into the familiar PolandSpring bottles that are seen everywherethese days! Two platforms, supplied byCianbro Fabrication & Coatings, supportthe Piovan equipment utilized in thisprocess and provide access to thatequipment that has been installed. Oneplatform was erected at Husky #1 andone platform was erected to supportboth Husky #9 and Husky #10.

Injection Molding Utility Systems Installation

The scope of work for the injectionmolding utility systems project includedthe demolition and replacement of theexisting utility piping and resin dryingequipment at Husky #1, the extension ofutility headers for service to injectionmolds #9 and #10, and installation ofutility piping to new Husky #10 andresin drying equipment. Miscellaneousitems under this project included instal-lation of air vents for water systems,commissioning of air and water systemsas well as the installation of pipe hang-ers and supports. The total piping pack-age for this work included over 2,400 lfof predominantly stainless steel pipingof various sizes.

Injection Molding Electrical Installation

The electrical work for Husky #1,Husky #9, and Husky #10 included theinstallation and commissioning of thesenew injection molding lines and the relat-ed drying and conveying systems. Thiswork included a very challenging instal-lation of approximately 2,000 lf of conduitranging in size from three to six inches,3,000 lf of small conduit, and in excess of20,000 lf of cable of various sizes.

Line #9 Utility/Process Systems Installation

The utility systems part of the projectinvolved the installation of new chilledwater distribution piping—six-inchCHW supply and return to HVAC 12—upgrade of four-inch taps to six-inchconnections for HVAC 9, and the exten-sion of CHW supply and return headersfor bottling line #9 and future lines #10through #12—new Low Pressure Com-pressed Air distribution piping, new sixinch high pressure compressed air head-er and loop connection, and two newutility pipe racks. Part of the utilitypackage also included the air vents forthe water systems and pipe hangers andsupports. The focal point of the ProcessSystem project was the installation of theprocess and sanitary piping at Line #9that brings the sellable product to thefillers along with the instrumentationand calibration work. Sanitary pipingincluded 1,240 lf of polished stainlesssteel piping. The chilled water pipingconsisted of 800 lf of stainless piping,HPCA included 720 lf of painted carbonsteel piping, and LPCA was comprisedof 3,700 lf of stainless piping ranging insize from four inches and down.

Many thanks to our Cianbro teammembers on this project. People traveled from the far corners ofMaine and beyond to accomplish thissignificant undertaking. We are extreme-ly proud of the craftsmanship displayedand the challenging deadlines met. Ourprofessionalism, craftsmanship, and can-do attitude should ensure our standingas a “Constructor of Choice” for NestleWaters and their exciting expansionplans in our state.

Poland Spring Project Update


Introducing the Best of the Best and hisAccomplishment: U.S. Citizenship!

Our Baltimore Fabrication Facility is pleased to announce that on October 13, 2005, team mem-ber Teddy Rosemond became a United States citizen! Born in 1971 in St. Lucia—part of the

British Virgin Islands—Teddy is proud of his recent accomplishment. He has resided in the UnitedStates for 10 years, with his six-year-old son, three sisters, and father. Teddy also has three sets oftwin daughters and an 11-year-old son still residing in St. Lucia. He has been a structural welder forCianbro for a little over a year. He is a leader and a teacher and adds great value to our team. It istruly an honor to work with Teddy and we are all proud of his new citizenship.

Congratulations Teddy!

MRI Project Updaten By Garry Sawtelle

Spring is here and we have just completed work at the Magnetic Reso-nance Imaging (MRI) Unit at Bangor, Maine’s, Eastern Maine Medical

Center. Nick Bell and Jim Garland received a call from Dr. Kittridge (from theMRI unit) last fall asking Cianbro to renovate the MRI Unit at the hospital. Anestimate and schedule was put together while we pulled a team of Cianbro’sfinest finish carpenters, drywallers, and electricians together to handle theproject. Our task was to completely renovate the facility while keeping allfunctions of their patient scanning activities in full operation. In order toaccommodate our client’s business, we worked a second shift (from 2:30 pmto 11:00 pm), installed dust walls, as needed, and spent the extra time tokeep our work areas “hospital clean.”

The scope of work included demolition and new installation of walls, ceil-ings, flooring, doors and door frames; relocating partitions; installation of anew security card swipe system; placement of a new epoxy floor; modifica-tions to the HVAC system; and relocation of sprinkler heads and electricaldevices. Additionally, the team hung new wallpaper; painted all offices onboth levels of the building; installed new custom cabinets and counter tops;removed and installed new plumbing; and replaced the roofing.

Dr. Kittridge asked Cianbro to complete this work to enlarge patient wait-ing areas; improve the doctor and technician work areas to make them moreuser-friendly and private; enhance handicap restroom accessibility; and togenerally improve the warm and friendly atmosphere for patients.

Many thanks to team members Chad Alley, Tommy Barnes, Scott Belanger,Jason Bryant, Jeff Carr, Darrell Clement, Jake Dionne, Albert Michaud, TomPawlak, Mike Roderick, Mary Sanborn, Mark Seavey, and Charlie Spaulding fortheir professional and safety-minded approach to this work. We also wouldlike to recognize Jim Foley and Roger Leach for their support of our safetyneeds and Melissa Corbett and LeAnne Rogers for their administrative help.This has been a challenging, fun, and rewarding job! We look forward to work-ing with the staff at the MRI Unit again!

EDITOR’S NOTE:Jim Garland recentlyreceived a letter fromMRI Associates com-plimenting our teamon a job well done.We couldn’t resistsharing that letterwith our readers…

petitiveness and that helps improve ourclients’ bottom line as well. By improvingour productivity, we are better able tomeet tight turnarounds and provide morevalue to our clients. Our goal is to try tobeat our budgeted work hours by 5%.

We monitor our performance dailyand use our quarterly and year endperformance to benchmark ourprogress against our goals every quar-ter and again at the end of the year. Ifwe’re making progress towards ourgoals at those points in time, then eligi-ble team members will receive a TOPincentive payout in cash! Team mem-bers must have at least six months ofservice, 500 work hours to their credit,and be active at the time of payout tobe eligible.

We’re already seeing changes inhow we plan our work—from pre-proj-ect assessment of safety hazards tomaterials and equipment planning.We’re redesigning our managementsystems and implementing new projectcontrols so we can put work in placemore efficiently and safely.

In fact, at the close of our first quar-ter, Pete Vigue and our regional vicepresidents hit the road in April to makegood on their promise to hand-deliverbonus checks to team members.

“We’re very excited about our TOPplan! Going out to jobsites to personallydeliver bonus checks to our team wasone of the best trips I’ve made in a longwhile,” said Pete Vigue.

We made progress on our safetyperformance overall during the firstquarter, even though not all of ouroperations were able to reach the mini-mum RIR to generate a payout. Andwhile we didn’t meet our first quarterproductivity target, we’re confident theprocess changes we’ve already put inplace—along with other proceduralchanges we’ve identified—will get us toour goal.

“We have a winning team, so I’mlooking forward to handing out TOPchecks to every team member nextquarter, ” said Pete Vigue

Team members can get feedback onhow Cianbro is doing from their super-visors, their jobsite TOP poster (whichis updated weekly), or by logging ontoCianbro’s Intranet at www.cianbro.net.

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n Chatter Editor – LeAnne Rogers • Chatter Team – Terra Battle, Lauren Benttinen, Roy Bolton, Vera Bryant, Tara Coffin,Cailin Lawler, Gail Mayo, Andrea Pelletier, Mary Schreiber, Tim Walton, Eileen Wright, and Heather Wyman Special Thanks to – Mike Brooks and Bonnie BrownDesign and Layout — Jean Cousins • Contributing Editor – Dottie Hutchins

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ASHINGTON, D.C. — Cianbro’s work on the founda-tions of the Air Force Memorial was recently recog-nized with a craftsmanship award from the Washing-ton Building Congress (WBC), a capital-area construc-tion industry standards and practices organization.

As a major subcontractor on the Air Force Memorial, which isbeing erected not far from the Pentagon and the ArlingtonNational Cemetery, Cianbro placed the concrete foundations andis erecting the stainless-steel spires that will make up the monu-ment’s most eye-catching features.

Prime contractor Centex Construction nominated Cianbro’sfoundation work, which a panel of WBC industry judges agreedwas the year’s winning effort in the category of Cast-in-PlaceConcrete Foundations. Cianbro’s foundation work includes threepile caps and a continuous triangular grade beam that connectsthe pile caps and anchors the spires through post-tensionedDywidag bars. The largest pile cap is 23-feet by 56-feet by 8-feetand consists of 70 tons of rebar and 460 cy of concrete. Thegrade beam is 9-feet by 16-feet by 300-feet-long and consists of250 tons of rebar and approximately 1,650 cy of concrete.

“The foundations were a challenging team effort with muchcoordination between the design engineer and the Cianbro onsiteteam,” said Cianbro project manager Pete McCormick. “Centexwas instrumental in bringing all parties together for successfulcollaboration.” Bevan Mace, project manager for Centex, spoke ofthe foundation’s technical complexity, which he said was a majorfactor in the decision to nominate Cianbro for the award.

“Unless you’ve seen the amount of reinforcing steel that is inthis foundation, you don’t appreciate it,” he said. “It is not your

average pile cap. It is a pile cap for a 270-foot cantilever made ofstainless steel. You don’t see that every day.”

Mike Hart, vice president and general manager of the Mid-Atlantic region, said, “We are thrilled to be recognized alongsideCentex by the Washington Building Congress. This award is awonderful credit to the ‘can-do’ spirit of the entire project team.”

About the Washington Building Congress The Washington Building Congress is a dynamic group of companiesand individuals dedicated to the highest standards and practices inthe real estate, design, and construction industries. With over 800members, WBC is the largest local association representing all facetsof the commercial real estate, design, and construction industry withinthe greater Washington region. For more information, please visitwww.wbcnet.org.

Cianbro’s Work on Air ForceMemorial Wins Award

Left to Right: Cianbro's Arnold Castro, Jeremy Sherman, MichaelCrider, and Raul Navar. (Absent but also recognized were DavidSmith and William Davis.) Cianbro team members also receiveda pocket watch and personalized certificate.


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