Ricker’s Wharf Update
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By Earle Cianchette
edicated in 2004, to the memory of John Ricker, Sr., Ricker’s Wharf has had several faces over the years. Starting as a couple of double-wide trailers, Cianbro Corporation sold that lot to Central Maine Power in order for them to build a substation; and bought the land and building across the street and adjacent to our already existing waterfront facility. Today, Ricker’s Wharf is “home” to an average of 35 people, while also serving as satellite office space for a number of our finance and business development corporate team members. The following Forms Group, Design Group, Production/Scheduling, Estimating, Transmission & Distribution, Administrative/Project Support, Human Resources/Staffing, and Equipment Maintenance teams are based at Ricker’s Wharf: Manager of Projects Earle Cianchette; Forms Group – Dave Moreau; Design Group – Bob Courtney, Alan Fisher, Joe Orlando, Andrea Robitaille; Production/Scheduling – John Dunnell; Estimating – Bill Reid; Project Management – O’Neil Boivin, Matt Bradeen, Lou Campbell, Phil Dube, Rick Loisel, Tharryn Smith, Gary Taylor, Rich Toothaker; Transmission & Distribution – Troy Martin, Cam Rand; Administrative/Project Support – Vanessa Achorn, Michele Burnette, Tara Coffin, Claire Carlson, Tom Leonard, Gail Mayo; Human Resources/Staffing – Allyson Coombs, Allison Moulton;
Sappi Account Update ■
By Patti Dickinson
There certainly has been a lot of action at our Hinckley, Maine, maintenance account at Sappi Fine Papers. Just recently, Scott Clements, our account manager for the past two years, was reassigned to the Brewer, Maine, project. We wish Scott the best of luck. Stepping up to the plate is our new account manager, Mike Hilton. Although the job title may be new for Mike, he is very familiar with the many tasks that go along with it, having been assigned to this account for many years. Jason Butler has also taken on a new role, as regional cost engineer, and we welcome team member Cathy Mudge, filling the role of field administrator. Major projects at Sappi include relief condenser tie-ins, vacuum header piping, and various miscellaneous projects, too numerous to mention! Of course we are always ready to handle any emergency work that may arise at the mill. Our busiest time of the year was last fall with the wood yard shut-
Pictured left to right: Andrea Robitaille, Bill Reid, Dave Moreau, Joe Orlando, Michele Burnette, Vanessa Achorn, Tara Coffin, Ally Coombs, Tharryn Smith, Cam Rand, Tom Leonard, Alli Moulton, Darren Smith, Alan Fisher, Chris Folsom, Claire Carlson, Bob Courtney, Earle Cianchette, Paul Saucier, Gail Mayo
Yard – Francis Callnan, Chris Folsom, Gary Mason, Paul Saucier, Norm Scribner; Equipment Maintenance – Darren Smith; Safety – Earl Tracy. The team at Ricker’s Wharf support and/manage projects in Northern New England and Eastern Massachussetts. Some of the larger projects we are supporting include: Amtrak, Brightman Street Bridge, Hornbeck MPSV, PSNH, Missisquoi Bay Bridge, SEMASS Trash-to-Energy Plant and Nestle Waters, Kingfield Bottling Plant. The team also manages a number of ongoing maintenance accounts including Tambrands, Sappi Fine Papers, Sappi Technical Center, Georgia Pacific Gypsum, CHI Engineering, Wheelabrator, ECOMaine, Nestle Waters Poland and Hollis Bottling Plants. Thanks to all for your hard work and dedication to Cianbro.
down closely followed by the recovery boiler annual outage. These shutdowns were very successful and we thank the many team members who worked safely with a can-do spirit on these outages. Along with our work at the mill we are also managing many projects off site. These include: WYMAN STATION – The team led by Elbridge “Watty” Watson has been busy refurbishing a stanchion bay, which includes installation of temporary stop logs, 320 of concrete rehabilitation, and installation of new green heart stop logs. KENNEBEC HYDRO – We recently completed a full inspection of #1 and #2 units thanks to the team of Hunter Anderson, Tom Barnes, Jim Bonney, and Jason Chicoine. BENTON HYDRO – Shawn Bickford, Shawn Doran, and Corey Soucier refurbished the gate guides and installed new gate seals. LOCKWOOD HYDRO – Modifications were made to the fish lift attraction pipe screen, structural repairs to the trash rack, and dredging of the canal by the team of Mike Abbott, Jack Dodge, Chris Franke, Allan Griffith,
Rick Preble, Kerry Swallow, and Shawn Wing. SPECIALTY MINERALS INC. – Emergency gear box and screw trough replacements were made. KENNEBEC LUMBER – John Gamage and his crew recently finished the installation of a new lumber grading station and edger. We also have a crew of Mitch Hayden, Brent Luce, and Les Vigneault working full time on the early evening shift performing maintenance work and repairs at the plant during off hours so the equipment is ready for another full day of operation in the morning. FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT (FPL) HYDRO INSPECTIONS – The four-person team of Mike Bishop, Jared Bragdon, John Luckern, and Lloyd Moore are updating information of existing electrical and mechanical systems at FPL’s stations along the Kennebec and Androscoggin Rivers. IMERYS PLANT – Rae Randlett, Mike Tripodi, and their team have been installing two new trane chillers, along with supporting the plant with many miscellaneous projects.
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