Amos Bridge Scholarship

An immigrant to the United States in 1842 at the age of 3, Amos D. Bridge founded Bridgecorp in Connecticut in 1875. The company treated employees fairly in the Merit (open) Shop way – with pay rate based upon what they produced. The company first came to Maine in 1914, with the headquarters finally migrating to Maine during World War II. Bridgecorp was a leader in Maine road construction for 90 years, until sold to Pike Industries in 2004. The people and the equipment continue as part of the Pike Heavy and Highway Construction Division today after merging into the parent company. Pike continues the tradition of ABC membership and involvement. 

Both Mr. Bridge and Mr. Pike started their companies in the 1870s, and the two remarkable histories are now combined. The Amos D. Bridge Scholarship founder, Amos' great-grandson John Bridge, is a graduate of the University of Maine and was a national officer of Associated Builders and Contractors in the 1980s, when this scholarship was established. John offers the following advice to scholarship applicants: Remember that entrepreneurship in construction is just as possible today as it was for Amos in 1875.” The Amos Bridge Scholarship Fund was established to support students enrolled in University of Maine’s Construction Engineering Technology program or USM's Certificate in Construction Management or similar programs relating to management within the construction industry.

Contact: Associate Builders & Contractors of Maine

Deadline: May 1

Eligibility Requirements

• Applicants must be enrolled in an undergraduate construction-related program. Preference will be given to applicants preparing for a career in the construction industry - architecture and civil engineering students are eligible to apply.
• Preference will be given to applicants that are current, active members in an ABC Student Chapter program, or are employed by an ABC member firm.
• Applicants must have successfully completed at least one year in an associate or baccalaureate degree program, with at least one full year left.
• Applicants must have a minimum overall GPA of 2.5 and GPA of 3.00 in the major. If no courses have been attempted in the major, a minimum overall GPA of 3.00 is required.