Francis Colantonio built a two-man carpentry business into a general contracting firm that completes more than $100 million in annual project work. Now, he’s trying to open opportunities for younger workers and increase diversity in the industry.
A nonprofit that helps disadvantaged young people in 18 countries find careers in the building trades is moving to a newly-completed headquarters in Roxbury and rebranding itself to reflect a broadening mission.
The Baker administration has filed legislation to raise the threshold at which public entities are required to bid out contracts, in the hope that it will help more minority- and women-owned construction firms get a slice of the stat’s construction spending pie.
