Cianbro Helps Dedicate the Fox Islands Wind Project Cianbro CEO Peter Vigue was among the national, state, and local dignitaries who contributed glowing statements at this week's dedication of the brand new Fox Islands Wind turbines on Vinalhaven Island off the Maine coast.  Maine Governor John Baldacci, U.S. Representative Chellie Pingree, Maine House Speaker Hannah Pingree, and Harvard Business Professor and FIW visionary George Baker were among the speakers who joined Vigue at the podium beneath Turbine #2.  The project is being hailed up and down the eastern seaboard as a model for energy independence, stabilized power supplies and affordable utility prices, while also contributing to a cleaner environment.

T&D Training - Framing Cianbro's Future With Cianbro's plans to expand into the transmission and distribution industry comes the need for more T&D lineworkers.  To meet that need, the Cianbro Institute has been offering training in a realistic setting that gives team members a chance to get their hands on the tools and equipment they'll use in the field.  The result:  new lineworkers are heading to Cianbro's T&D projects, including the big 51 mile long 345 kV project for VELCO in Vermont.

Delivering Cianbro Modules Aboard The Emma Foss After a 19-day voyage, the ocean-going tug Emma Foss docked in Port Arthur, Texas on October 22 with the fourth shipment of Cianbro modules destined for the Motiva refinery expansion project. The tug and her barge, the Columbia Boston, made good headway down the Eastern Seaboard, but had to duck into port in Tampa, Florida to wait for inclement weather to clear in the Gulf of Mexico. When crossing the open Gulf, there is no haven for the vessels. So the crew waits for a clear shot from the Keys to Port Arthur before setting out on the Gulf leg of the voyage. Project Manager Scott Clements expects the Emma Foss and the barge back in Maine by early to mid November. The team is on track for the fifth shipment to leave Maine on or about December 18th.

Module Work Package Team Earns Top Prize in International CompetitionCianbro's work package engineers at the Eastern Manufacturing Facility (EMF) in Brewer, Maine, have earned the top prize in a worldwide competition highlighting the use of 3D software technology. Lead Work Package Engineer Cheryl Brackett represented Cianbro at the 2009 Be Inspired Awards in Charlotte, North Carolina. The competition is sponsored by Bentley Systems, the developer of the ConstructSim 3D visualization software which Cianbro uses to plan and monitor the construction of massive refinery modules at EMF.

Fox Islands Wind Project Winding Down With all three wind turbines successfully erected on Vinalhaven Island off the Maine coast, Cianbro crews are in the process of demobilizing. The last components of the Manitowoc 2250 crane which did the heavy lifting for the job have been barged off the island. General Electric technicians have been overseeing Cianbro team members who have completed the grounding systems for the turbines. At the end of the month, GE will do the final checkout of the systems that allow remote monitoring and control of the turbines from General Electric's headquarters in New York, and Fox Island’s headquarters on Vinalhaven. Transmission lines and fiber optic lines have been connected at the Vinalhaven site to allow the export of 4.5 MW of green electrical power to the island communities for their use. Meanwhile, the project's leaders are preparing for a commissioning ceremony in November.

Cianbro's Tambrands Team Sets a Safety Record No Cianbro jobsite had accomplished the milestone… until now. Team members at Procter and Gamble's Tambrands manufacturing facility in Auburn, Maine have gone two consecutive years without a single recordable incident. Cianbro and P&G celebrated recently with a luncheon for team members, and talk of a closer partnership between the two companies in the future.

Heavy Lifting at Pennington Avenue Bridge Project It's been a busy summer at Cianbro's Pennington Avenue Bridge Project in Baltimore, Maryland near the Mid-Atlantic Regional office. The Cianbro crew, led by Project Manager Tesfa Berhane, has been upgrading infrastructure at the bridge, including electrical systems, machinery, and open gearing. Inspections revealed a cracked trunnion bearing earlier in the project, which led team members to devise a way to lift two million pounds of bridge to extract the flawed component and replace it. The upgrade is proceeding favorably, despite the big, heavy nature of the job, and the cramped quarters in which the team maneuvers. The crew is on schedule to open the southern span to traffic in November.

First Wind Tower Rises on Vinalhaven It has been an exciting week for Cianbro team members, General Electric technicians, officials of Fox Islands Wind, and the general public on Vinalhaven Island off the coast of Maine. Crews are erecting the first tower components in a process that will eventually bring three 263 foot tall GE wind turbines online to supply the electricity needs of Vinalhaven and North Haven.  The installation includes some impressive crane work by Cianbro's operators, and close coordination of support teams on the ground.  The latest construction operations mean that actual power generation from the turbines is on schedule for a November start up.

MAR's Industrial Group Keeps the Lights On With annual revenues in the tens of millions of dollars, Cianbro's versatile Industrial Group in the Mid-Atlantic Region is a corporate powerhouse that helps to keep the power on at generators throughout the Baltimore/Washington D.C. area. But that's not all that the group is capable of doing. Their team members can be found maintaining chemical plants, refurbishing large outdoor storage tanks, and even putting up drywall if necessary. Senior Project Manager Brian Walsh talks about his team's latest successes.

Video Archive:
Cianbro Fabrication & Coating Tackles Job for Sunoco	Busy Week for Fox Islands Wind Project	Oyster Pier: Helping to Protect Chesapeake Bay	Cianbro Fabrication & Coating Corporation: One Year Without a Recordable
Kibby Mountain Transmission Line Project	Groundbreaking Ceremony for Fox Islands Wind Power Project	2009 Cianbro Cycling Team	Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge Replacement Project
Engineers from M.I.T. Tour Cianbro Bridge	Catlett on Nutrition, Part 4	Bright News at Brightman	Second Module Voyage
Cianbro Work Package Team Competes for Global Recognition	Cianbro's Wellness Program Presents:  Nutrition Part 3	Cianbro Upgrades Last Pair of Degraded Ferry Terminals in Maine	Cianbro's EMMC Garage Project Nears Completion
Cianbro's Champs	Catlett Nutrition 2	Kibby Mountain	Catlett Nutrition 1
The Historic First Module Voyage for Cianbro	Pete Vigue's Module Send Off Speech	Work Zone Safety	Cianbro and EMCC Sign Agreement for College Credits
Dr. Catlett's House Call Part 4	Dr. Catlett's House Call Part 3	Dr. Catlett's House Call Part 2	Dr. Catlett's House Call Part 1:  "What is heart disease?"
Peter Vigue Talks Policy with Maine Lawmakers	Cianbro's Module Winterization	New Cianbro Fabrication Facility in Full Swing	Cianbro Prepares to Send Rookies to ABC National Craft Championships
Cianbro's Baltimore Fabrication Facility Optimistic About 2009	A Holiday Message from Pete Vigue	Cianbro Receives Education Awards	Cianbro’s Brewer Team Rallies around Rookie Sharon Anderson
Cianbro's New VP of  Operations Settles In	Cianbro's Field Technology	Cianbro Helps Host the 9th Annual ABC Craft Championship	Successful Training Methods
Cianbro's New Open Enrollment Process	Cianbro Technology	Safety is Our Top Priority	3D Work Package
High-Definition 3D Scanning	Cianbro Celebrates 100,000 Safe Hours	Site Development	Quality Control Standards
Successful Workforce Model	Paperless Jobsite - Part 1	Paperless Jobsite - Part 2	Destiny Retail
Green Initiatives	Destiny Tech Summit Video Part - 1	Destiny Tech Summit Video Part - 2	Destiny Tech Summit Press Conference