By Cianbro News on 11/19/2009 11:34 AM

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.

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By Cianbro News on 11/17/2009 2:03 PM

Maine Governor John Baldacci joined Cianbro CEO Peter Vigue and the communities on the Fox Islands in a ceremony to dedicate the largest community-owned wind facility on the East Coast and the largest off-shore wind farm in New England. The Fox Islands Wind Project’s three large-scale wind turbines will generate 4.5 megawatts of electricity for the islands of Vinalhaven and North Haven, providing clean energy to the islands’ residents for decades to come.

The dedication marks the commencement of stabilized power supplies and lowered energy costs for the islands’ residents, who currently pay more than double the national average for their power.

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By Cianbro News on 11/16/2009 1:31 PM

Fox Islands Wind Project now generating power for North Haven and Vinalhaven

After a summer of high-visibility construction work, Fox Islands Wind, LLC is ready to celebrate three gleaming new wind turbines on Vinalhaven, with the promise of stabilized power supplies and economical prices for residents on North Haven and Vinalhaven.  Governor John Baldacci, Maine House Speaker Hannah Pingree and Cianbro CEO Peter Vigue will be among the dignitaries who will speak at a ribbon-cutting ceremony in the shadow of the turbines on Tuesday, November 17th.  Local residents, including student representatives from the two island schools, are also on the list of speakers. 

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By Cianbro News on 11/13/2009 4:23 PM

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.

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By Cianbro News on 10/30/2009 12:26 PM

The Brightman Street team has erected the southeast Leaf Tip Section at the Brightman Street Bridge Replacement Project in Fall River/Somerset, Massachusetts. The total actual weight of the Tip section is 322,000 pounds. The tip section is 90 feet long by 45 feet wide. At the splice, the girder is 14 feet deep. Between both girders, there were 1,152 bolts to be made up. The tip section was picked with two Manitowoc 4100 Series 3 ringers, one with 200 feet of boom and one with 260 feet of boom. The Ringer with 200 feet of boom is on an 80 foot by 120 foot flexi-barge, and is operated by Dan Perkins. The Ringer with 260 feet of boom is on the 72 foot by 200 foot Respect barge, and is operated by Tom Mucci.

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By Cianbro News on 10/26/2009 1:15 PM

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.

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By Cianbro News on 10/23/2009 1:21 PM

"Thanks go to the estimating team for providing us with this significant project. We look forward to putting team members to work on this job." That's the word from NNE Regional Vice President Charlie Cianchette as Cianbro celebrates the acquisition of a new $19.5 million contract from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Under the provisions of the contract, Cianbro will rehabilitate existing Dry dock #2.

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By Cianbro News on 10/19/2009 10:24 AM

Cianbro'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.

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By Cianbro News on 10/16/2009 2:20 PM

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.

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By Cianbro News on 10/12/2009 8:51 AM

"We were there to support the public education process that is necessary in order for Maine citizens to understand the wind industry and its benefits. That's how Cianbro's Business Development Director Parker Hadlock describes the company's role in this month's Maine Wind Energy Conference sponsored by Governor John Baldacci. The day-long event was held at the Augusta Civic Center, and gave a baseline understanding of the industry to hundreds of interested people.

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