by The Associated Press | Jan 19, 2023
A Massachusetts construction company and a former employee have been charged with illegally dumping thousands of tons of contaminated fill in Providence during a highway construction project, the Rhode Island attorney general’s office said Wednesday.
by Steve Adams | Aug 22, 2021
Callahan Construction Managers has begun raising structural steel for a new 4-story, 140,000-square-foot life sciences building in Waltham.
by The Associated Press | Jul 6, 2021
U.S. construction spending fell 0.3 percent in May. Growth in housing, the economy’s standout performer, slowed while activity in areas most directly impacted by the pandemic showed further weakness.
by Steve Adams | May 2, 2021
Thad Minshall puts his background in the development world to use in his current role as vice president at the Beverly-based construction managers, overseeing projects for outside clients as well as management of the company’s own portfolio of North Shore properties.
by State House News Service | Dec 9, 2020
Addressing the waste generated by a growing clean energy source, GE Renewable Energy on Tuesday announced an agreement with Veolia North America to recycle blades removed from its on-shore wind energy turbines in the United States.
by Banker & Tradesman | Oct 22, 2020
Software and sensor firm Trimble has announced an alliance with Waltham-based robotics firm Boston Dynamics to market a version of the latter firm’s Spot dog-like robot geared towards construction projects.
by Steve Adams | Jul 19, 2020
Connolly Brothers originally made a name for itself building grand seaside estates during the Gilded Age. Today, Jay Connolly leads the Beverly-based construction company in a wide range of commercial and institutional projects.
by Steve Adams | May 18, 2020
Massachusetts construction sites and manufacturing facilities will be allowed to resume operations as soon as they adopt strict new cleaning and distancing standards announced today by the Baker administration.
by Steve Adams | Mar 16, 2020
After an outside audit identified a gender-based wage gap, executives at Boston-based Shawmut Design and Construction in 2019 revamped its policies with the goal of putting high-potential female employees on a faster track to advancement.
by Lew Sichelman | Jul 7, 2019
Sellers who can’t decide whether to move into their next homes while their current ones remain unsold should consider this: According to a new analysis, empty houses remain on the market longer, and sell for less, than those that are still occupied.
by Banker & Tradesman | Feb 28, 2019
The state Attorney General’s Office issued 165 civil citations against 66 construction companies in wage theft and other cases in 2018, with fines totaling $1.23 million. Restitution exceeded $1.47 million for more than 1,030 employees of the various employers.
by State House News Service | Oct 6, 2017
Construction projects at public colleges and universities – as well as upgrades at a soldiers’ home, State Police barracks and Boston courthouse – will not be able to proceed unless more borrowing is authorized, Baker administration officials told lawmakers Thursday.
by Banker & Tradesman | Aug 29, 2017
A retired United States Army colonel was arrested and charged today for conspiring to bribe senior officials of the Republic of Haiti, and to launder funds for that purpose, in connection with a planned $84 million port development project in that country.
by Banker & Tradesman | Aug 27, 2017
Greater Boston is home to some of higher education’s most prestigious colleges and universities which consistently attract students from around the country and the globe. Even so, there is now more pressure than ever for these elite institutions to distinguish themselves from their competitors.
by Scott Van Voorhis | Aug 20, 2017
It looks like Greater Boston’s red hot housing market still has some juice left, but just how much remains to be seen. After a fall-off last year raised some red flags, construction of badly needed new homes, condominiums and apartments across Massachusetts is on the rebound once again.
by Reuters | Apr 3, 2017
U.S. construction spending rose to a near 11-year high in February amid robust gains in homebuilding investment.
by Banker & Tradesman | Dec 22, 2016
A Malden construction company and its president have been cited by the office of the attorney general for failing to pay wages or overtime to employees.
by Jim Morrison | Dec 7, 2016
This post is slightly meta, but today I thought I’d blog about blogs.
by State House News Service | Nov 17, 2016
The tollbooth demolition and road reconstruction project on the Massachusetts Turnpike may affect travel plans for some of the nearly 1 million Bay Staters expected to hit the roads this Thanksgiving holiday.
by Reuters | Oct 3, 2016
U.S. construction spending fell in August for the second straight month to its lowest level in eight months, an unexpected drop driven by weakness across public and private sectors. The successive declines suggest home building might not help economic growth in the third quarter.