Dura Construction LLC

Dura Construction has been a full-service site contractor since 1972 with civil construction and a range of environmental remediation services, from underground storage tank (UST) removal to highly technical remedial excavation programs, demolition, in-situ and ex-situ treatment systems. We have always treated our clients as partners, and have built client, partner, subcontractor, and vendor relationships spanning decades. Our president Charles Paonessa has operated Dura Construction and its predecessors since 1972, and is an acknowledged authority on underground utilities throughout Connecticut. He holds Connecticut's plumbing and piping limited contractor and sub-surface sewer installers' licenses, and has experience in all types of water, wastewater/sewer, and stormwater piping throughout the state. Charles is the President of the Reconnstruction Center, a Newington, CT non-profit facilitating building material reuse, and has successfully re-development brownfields sites through the CT Transfer Act, reviving a dormant heating oil transfer station into viable industrial property. He received an associate degree in Civil Engineering from Hartford State Technical College. CT registered SBE through 2025