Cianbro

Thu December 28, 2017

Maine Construction Firm Cianbro to Hire 300 in New Year

PITTSFIELD, Maine (AP) Maine-based construction company Cianbro (shin-BRO) Corp. said it's planning to hire 300 workers in 2018. The company employs 1,350 people in Maine and is looking for new people in jobs and trades needed for large projects in the state....

Mon December 04, 2017

Barge-Mounted MLC650 Boosts Efficiency on Job

Cianbro is the latest company to take advantage of the barge-mounted benefits that Manitowoc crawler cranes with Variable Position Counterweight (VPC) offer. The Pittsfield, Maine-based construction firm is using a Manitowoc MLC650 to help replace two aging transmission towers on the James River near Charles City, Va....

Wed November 01, 2017

Tide Floats Sarah Mildred Long Span Into Place

The float-in of the lift span for the new Sarah Mildred Long Bridge, which connects Kittery, Maine, and Portsmouth, N.H., across the Piscataqua River, took place the morning of Oct. 18. On Oct. 17, the navigational channel was closed to all vessels — from kayaks to tankers — within a 300-yd....

Thu September 28, 2017

CTDOT Selects Contractor for $237M Norwalk Projects

The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) has awarded the contract for the CP243 Interlocking and Danbury Branch Dockyard projects in Norwalk to Cianbro-Middlesex Joint Venture (JV) on Aug. 2, 2017....

Emily Buenzle - Fri August 18, 2017

Maine Construction Company Creates Workforce Development Center

Cianbro, a Maine construction company, presented its new workforce development center in Pittsfield Aug. 17, as Gov. Paul LePage toured the facility with other industry leaders, WABI reported. Cianbro decided to open the Cianbro Institute in response to the construction industry's aging workforce and the demand for greater workforce development....

Thu August 03, 2017

Associated Builders and Contractors Ask Congress to Expand Construction Apprenticeship Programs

Michael Bennett, vice president of the Cianbro Cos., Pittsfield, Maine, told Congress that industry-driven construction apprenticeship programs should play a bigger role in government efforts to close the workforce/skills gap that has left 500,000 construction jobs unfilled in the United States today....

Thu July 06, 2017

Cianbro's Sarah Long Bridge Team Reaches Safety Milestone

The original plan was to celebrate the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge Replacement team's remarkable safety performance when the Cianbro safety hours tally reached 900 work days and 400,000 hours without an OSHA recordable injury....