BUILDING CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS
On Saw Mill Road

Spring 2009

After a cold March and early April, warmer days are finally appearing, lifting the spirits of all the volunteers.  The Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association, Local 38 turned out in full force in March to hang the ductwork for our HVAC system.  




Stephen M. Quaranto, President & Business Manager of Local 38, was on hand to survey the work with Basia Pontello, our construction coordinator. 


In late March, Board President Paul P. Dinto met with architect John Doyle to view the progress; the two are shown with the last significant snowfall of the year.

On Good Friday, April 10th, the parking lot was filled with the trucks of 38 electricians from Paul Dinto Electrical Contractors, Inc.  It was just one in a series of days that the Dinto workers volunteered their time to pull the wires through the building, a massive effort.  They drove in from all corners of Connecticut to participate.  Student volunteer Tyler D’Anthony from Oakville, CT assisted the electricians as a helper on the project. On Saturday, April 18, many were back to volunteer again to push the work to completion.  Dinto engineer and Project Executive Charlie O’Neill coordinated the electrical team, along with several Dinto supervisors, including Perry Simone, General Foreman on the project.  Some of the volunteers are pictured.

We await plumbing and drywall, but like Spring, it is just around the corner.

Pamela Piccini of RVP Flooring Systems in Carmel, NY, is donating the flooring for Nancy’s Clubhouse, the Crystal Art Therapy Room and the media room on the lower level.  She is working with volunteer lead interior designer Susan Chabot of Country Lane Interiors on coordinating the materials.  Nice collaboration, ladies!

Great News from Simon Johnson of Northeast Cabinet Design in Ridgefield!  Canadian cabinet manufacturer CABICO will be participating in our project, donating the cabinets, while Simon’s group is contributing the layout and design work and installation.  Welcome to Connecticut, our Canadian friends – you are making this an international community project!









We welcome inquiries about donated materials and labor to complete this labor of love!  We still need important help with the sewer system and the parking lot.
In the current economy, all gifts are remarkable and are truly appreciated.  We have a number of windows to be sponsored, from $1,000 up.  Soon we will have bricks available to personalize for paved areas.

The following contractors and suppliers have donated substantially to move the project forward with materials, services or labor to date:

MATERIALS

A.H. Harris A Stake Company of East Windsor, CT.  Barker Steel Barrett Roofing Berlin Steel Blakesley Prestress CABICO Casey Fuel Colony Hardware CT Concrete Construction Dow Chemical Company ESSROC Grace Construction Products H.I. Stone & Sons J. Four Winds Farm LaFarge North America Lehigh Cement Lowe’s Home Improvement Montanari Fuel National Construction Rentals O & G Concrete, Inc. Patent Construction Ridgefield Supply Company Rings End Lumber Company Russo Farms of Danbury and Falls Village RVP Flooring Systems Santa Fuels Sign-A-Rama Silk Town Roofing St. Lawrence Cement Superior Products Taylor Family Farms

LABOR

Carpenters Apprenticeship & Training Fund Carpenter’s Local # 210 International Association of Bridge, Structural & Ornamental Iron Workers International Union of Elevator Contractors Local # 91 Iron Workers Local # 424 Laborers Local #390 Laborers Local # 675 New England Silt Fence Co., Inc. Operating Engineers Local 478 Praxair Corporation United Way of Western Connecticut United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers & Allied Workers Local 12

SERVICES & EQUIPMENT

A.C. Victor Drilling A Quick-Pick Crane Service, Inc. Associated General Contractors of CT  Paul Dinto Electrical Contractors, Inc Peter Buzaid, Esq. Doyle Coffin Architecture Elliott Insurance Group Country Lane Interiors DiSalvo Ericson Group Earthmovers Epifano Builders Haley & Aldrich H.O. Penn Machinery Industrial Riggers J. Iapaluccio J.S. Sullivan Cable Co., Inc. Joseph Merritt & Company K&W Construction Lostocco Refuse Service M. Cardillo Excavating, LLC Manafort Brothers Mercedes Landscaping, Inc. The Morganti Group, Inc. Mulvaney Mechanical, Inc. Pioneer Gas & Appliance RCG Drilling & Blasting Roald Haestad, Inc. RVP Flooring Systems Surveying Associates Tighe & Bond Tremson Corporation United Rentals Vets Explosives W.I. Clarke Williams Scottsman, Inc. Woodlands Group, Inc.

Paul P. Dinto, CEO of Paul Dinto Electrical Contractors, Inc., is Chairman of the Building Committee. Paul is coordinating the labor and management sectors of the construction and gathering statewide support for the project, with additional support from John Farnham, Executive Director of the Associated General Contractors of Connecticut.

Contractors, labor leaders and the building committee gather to celebrate the groundbreaking on Saw Mill Road.