Bill Cianci, the long-time executive director of the Construction Institute at the University of Hartford, will retire on Dec. 31.
Cianci served the Construction Institute for 28 years, overseeing the growth of the organization that acts as an industry group and an educational resources for all the many players in Connecticut’s construction industry, ranging from property owners to contractors to government agencies to architects to engineers.
UHart and the institute’s board are looking for a successor to Cianci. The board began searching this month and expects to have a new executive director identified before Cianci’s departs.
During his time as executive director, Cianci oversaw the spread of the institute’s reach from Greater Hartford to all of Connecticut. He advocated for new programming like the Visionary’s Form, building information modeling, and the major programs series.
The Construction Institute was founded in 1975.
