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By Travis Watson
The Cianbro team at the North Grand Island Bridge Project, located on the Niagara River in Grand Island, New York, wrapped up a very successful 2014 construction season at the end of November. A mix of seasoned Cianbro veterans from various regions throughout the company integrated with more than 20 new team members to form an overall team of 80. Crews of ironworkers, carpenters, electricians and painters focused on several major work items spread across a large project footprint. Utilizing innovative hanging work platforms and pneumatic assisted concrete chipping equipment, approximately 9,000 square feet of substructure concrete repairs were performed on a total of 30 piers and four abutments. This amounted to 180 cubic yards of concrete being removed and replaced by Cianbro carpenter crews. A special selfconsolidating concrete mix was utilized to ensure the concrete completely filled the often oddly shaped repair areas, allowing a higher quality and more efficient placement that eliminated the traditional need to vibrate the concrete. In addition to the above water repairs on 42
the piers, a total of 61 repairs extended below water level, necessitating the use of Cianbro designed cofferdams that fastened to the sides and heel of the piers. On average, the dedicated cofferdam team cycled four cofferdams per week with the assistance of a diving subcon-
tractor. Cianbro’s marine support crew moved numerous barges and floats with two onsite push boats. The substructure team jumped in on the concrete repair work inside the cofferdams as they became available, all while also remaining productive on the more expansive
North Grand Island Bridge Project Team Members Craig Alexander, Chris Bailey, Shawn Baker, Shane Baker, Kris Ballard, Russell Ballard, Cory Benedict, David Bousquet, Sean Briggs, James Browne, Christian Bryant, Jacob Burke, Ray Bush, Andrew Carll, Scott Clark, Joseph Clough, Robert Courtney, Milton Cruikshank, Kyle Delaney, Wayne Denny, Jason Despaw, Terry Dingman, Amy Donnelly, William Dumovich, Steven Eckrote, Michael Evanchak, Tyler Farmer, Alan Fisher, Daniel Foglia, Ondre Foster, Donald Fulmer, Jamie Fulmer, Todd Fulmer, Storm Fulmer, Zachary Gardiner, Robert Giangrande, Greg Ginnelly, Justin Gronowski, Brian Gruber, Michele Guyette, Brian Hartness, Robert Heyman, Lynn Hyde, Bradley Hyde, Christopher Hyde, Scott Jackson, Daryl Kelly, Cory Kendall, John Keszler, Donald Kuntz, Christopher Leonard, Brigitte Lievens, Donald Long, Jeffrey Lozier, James Matt, Douglas Maxellon, Amanda McDermott, Felix Medina, Michael Mitchell, Mark Moore, Erica Moreland, Shawn Muckenhirn, James Musselwhite, Brenda Nichols, Joseph Orlando, Robert Owens, Elwin Paige, Dustin Patchen, Philip Pelkey, Nolan Pelkey, Darren Pelletier, Felix Perez, Reed Perkins, Bradley Phillips, Adrian Price, Krystal Rains, Jacob Ramp, Kate Ransom, Nicholas Reddick, Adam Rock, Terrance Rose, Richard Rose, Jason Rourke, James Rusconi, Nicole Setzer, Kimberly Sieber, Bryan Siter, Larry Snowman, Kenneth Spear, Christopher Stevens, Dylan Stevenson, Carmen Tabone, Abigail Tallchief, Randy Thomas, L’toine Thompson, Joel Thurman, Scott Tierney, Eric Vivlamore, Travis Watson, Daniel Wiedmer, Francis Wik, Andre Wright, Robert Young
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