More than 150 people gathered under Nipomo’s new Highway 101 bridge Friday afternoon to celebrate what officials called “a momentous occasion.” Over the roar of traffic whizzing overhead, more than half a dozen local, county and state officials spoke about the commitment and cooperation required to bring the community its second freeway interchange. “This is a true milestone to bring...

You’ve seen it on TV: Energetic celebrities and hordes of local volunteers working together to build a house for a deserving family—all in two weeks! Now you have a chance to take part in the excitement and fanfare as the Loose Cannons together with the Home Builders Association take part in the upcoming Blitz Build to benefit Habitat for Humanity!...

Communities don’t often celebrate sewer plants, but few cities have as many reasons to cheer as Guadalupe does. The city has just completed a $4.75 million redesign and construction of a wastewater treatment plant that had given its operators and administrators years of headaches, and performed poorly enough to earn the city the attention of the Regional Water Quality Control Board....

Fundraising efforts pursued by Cannon’s Well Worth It Campaign are yielding big results. With more than $30,000 raised since December of 2010, the Campaign has funded five wells and a drilling rig. Having helped fund the rig at the end of 2011—along with more than 1,100 other campaigns—the $1.2m machine is able to drill 80 wells every year. With plans...

Construction crews have completed two seawalls to protect and stabilize eroding bluffs in Shell Beach in an ongoing $2.3 million effort. Next week, crews – some of whom had to rappel and hang by ropes on the side of the crumbling bluffs – will begin the architectural phase with a retaining wall that follows the contour of the bluff. The...

With the completion of the Theatre Drive Realignment Project, the City of Paso Robles is receiving significant recognition and awards for their continued improvement of public roads and thoroughfares.  Most recently, both the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) as well as the American Public Works Associations has recognized the City for their outstanding efforts.  The City received awards for...

On August 1, 2012 Cannon is holding our annual Well Worth It Drive Thru BBQ! Tickets are on sale now and are available for purchase either through a Cannon employee, or by simply donating on-line by clicking here. You’d better act fast though–tickets must be purchased by July 26th! Do you have questions? Then shoot an email to Liz Moody,...

On May 5th the American Cancer Society (ACS) will hold their annual Relay for Life Event in Bakersfield to raise money for research and programs aimed at curing cancer. What is currently one of Bakersfield’s largest fundraising events started in 1985 with a single runner circling a track in Tacoma, Washington. Friends would “donate” $25 to run or walk with...

On February 28, 2012 at the 6th Annual ASCE Region 9 Awards Dinner, Cannon’s Head of Instrumentation and Controls Jeff Spannbauer received the 2011 Outstanding Engineer in Community Service Award. Designed to recognize the efforts of Civil Engineers who advance the field of civil engineering by involvement in ASCE and Community activities as well as support Student Chapters and students...

August 2011 – The ambitious $176.1-million Nacimiento Water Project – the largest locally funded project taken on by the County of San Luis Obispo – was awarded the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Project of the Year Award for Region 9.  This achievement has led to the project’s nomination for national recognition and is one of five finalists for...