News BUILDING CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS On 3 Saw Mill Road March 2008 March’s chill winds continue to blow, but our stalwart crews weren’t stopped by February’s snows, so they continue their task of getting the top floor walls up this month. We have enjoyed an increase in the number of volunteers helping on the project this past month! Soon we hope to see the roof trusses go up. Meanwhile, we continue to look for a dealer or manufacturer who can donate countertops for the kitchen and wood for flooring in the Gathering Hall. Click here to see page 1 of the archived photographs of building construction. Click here to see page 2 archived photographs of building construction. 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 Colony Hardware CT Concrete Construction 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 Russo Farms of Danbury and Falls Village 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 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. DCA Architects & Planners 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 Manafort Brothers Mercedes Landscaping, Inc. The Morganti Group, Inc. Mulvaney Mechanical, Inc. Pioneer Gas & Appliance RCG Drilling & Blasting Roald Haestad, Inc. 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. The Morganti Group, Inc. (Construction Management Division) is supervising construction planning and scheduling, which also represents a generous donation to the agency.  This diverse team concept represents a broad cross-section of the trades industry. Basia Pontello, our Construction Coordinator, stops to chat with Tim Gunn and Ed Barrett of The Morganti Group at the Construction Trades Groundbreaking Breakfast. To inquire about participating with materials donations, contact Basia at (203) 733-5739.