Mar 2

Written by: Cianbro News
3/2/2004 7:00 PM

Washington, DC

WASHINGTON, D.C. – At its national convention in Honolulu, Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) recognized CIANBRO Corporation, Pittsfield, Maine, for the Waldo-Hancock Bridge in Prospect/Verona, Maine. CIANBRO received first place in the Infrastructure/Heavy category in ABC's Excellence in Construction awards program. ABC's awards program recognizes the quality and innovation of merit shop construction and honors all members of the construction team, including the contractor, the owner and the design team. This year’s winners, selected from more than 300 entries submitted from across the country, were judged on complexity, attractiveness, unusual challenges, completion time, workmanship, innovation, safety and budget. CIANBRO Corporation installed a supplemental cable system and performed an engineering first by transferring 50 percent of the dead load on the main cable stay Waldo-Hancock Bridge to the supplemental cables. “The projects we honor through the Excellence in Construction awards program represent our industry’s best,” said 2004 ABC National Chair Carole Bionda. “There is a remarkable standard of excellence on these projects, from design and construction to employee safety, training and recognition.” The ABC awards program was open to all construction projects completed during 2003 by ABC members. A panel of 12 industry experts judged the competition: • Richard L. Hayes, Ph.D., AIA, managing director of Knowledge Resources at the American Institute of Architects • Dede Hughes, executive vice president of the National Association of Women in Construction • David A. Johnston, executive director of the Design Build Institute of America, National Capital Chapter • Janice L. Tuchman, editor-in-chief of Engineering News-Record • V. Sherwood Kelly, AIC, CSE, OHST, senior vice president of construction practice at Willis • Robert F. Cox, Ph.D., CSR Rinker associate professor and associate director of undergraduate programs at the University of Florida, M. E. Rinker, School of Building Construction • David Leo Lickteig, Ed.D., assistant professor of construction management at Georgia Southern University, School of Technology • Larry Silver, president of Contractor Marketing • Sheryl L. Kolasinski, director of the Office of Project Management, Smithsonian Institution • Karl Klonowski, PE, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers • William A. Brenner, vice president of the National Institute of Building Sciences • Jerry Gorski, PE, past chair of the ABC National Business Development Committee and vice president of Gorski Construction Co., Inc. Editor’s Note: Associated Builders and Contractors is a national association representing more than 23,000 merit shop construction and construction-related firms in 80 chapters across the United States. For more news and information, visit www.abc.org.





 

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