ANDOVER, MA — Gilbane Building Company, a contractor of K-12 facilities nationwide, celebrated the ribbon cutting of the new West Elementary School alongside school administrators, faculty, students, and the Andover, Massachusetts, community.

Totaling 190,000 square feet, the all-electric West Elementary School is the largest construction project undertaken by the …

WESTBOROUGH, MA — The Moles, a fraternal organization of the heavy construction industry, held their annual New England Students Day in Westborough, Massachusetts, at the I-495/I-90 Interchange, site of a major design-build infrastructure project that the design-build team of Barletta Heavy Construction, AETNA Bridge Company, and O&G Industries …

MILFORD, NH — Hitchiner, in partnership with PROCON’s integrated design and construction team, has officially broken ground on a new 57,000-square-foot Shared Services Operations facility at its Elm Street Campus in Milford, New Hampshire. This building will house value-added services used across Hitchiner’s various business units, representing a significant …

WELLESLEY, MA — The Associated General Contractors of Massachusetts (AGC MA) was recently a sponsor for Construction Inclusion Week 2024. First established in 2021, Construction Inclusion Week celebrates the values of an inclusive workplace by supporting diverse businesses and a diverse workforce. Events during the week included educational and networking …

WORCESTER, MA — Approximately 30 members of the Southeastern New England Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) recently joined a group of VHB and Barletta Heavy Division team members at the site of the I-495/I-90 Interchange Improvements design-build project.

VHB co-hosted the event with Barletta, one of the contractor partners on …

WAKEFIELD, MA — Gilbane Building Company, a contractor of K-12 facilities nationwide, celebrated a major construction milestone in Wakefield, Massachusetts, as the firm placed the last steel beam into place on the 380,000-square-foot Northeast Metro Tech High School project (NEMT).

School administrators and committee members, state officials, and project …

BOSTON, MA — Suffolk, a real estate and construction enterprise, recently hosted 16 Girl Scouts at Suffolk’s Roxbury headquarters for a day of learning about the world of construction and the importance of female representation in the industry. The visit was part of Suffolk’s 10-year Rebuild the Ratio partnership …

SALEM, MA — Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey and Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll, with Salem Mayor Dominick Pangallo, joined Crowley Wind Services President and CEO Bob Karl and other leaders to celebrate a significant milestone with the ceremonial groundbreaking of the Salem Offshore Wind Terminal. This project involves transforming a former …

WELLESLEY, MA — For the fourth consecutive year, the Associated General Contractors of Massachusetts (AGC MA) hosted a week-long Building Advancement Externship (BAE) for high school educators and administrators. This comprehensive program provides academic professionals with an up-close understanding of the modern construction industry so that they can knowledgeably discuss …

LEOMINSTER, MA — The Healey-Driscoll Administration and municipal leaders in Leominster, Massachusetts, are celebrating the completion of a new bicycle and pedestrian bridge over Route 2 in Leominster, which is now a section of the Twin Cities Rail Trail. During the ceremony, the new bridge was dedicated in memory of …

MANCHESTER, NH — The inaugural Northern New England Concrete Association Concrete Mixer Driver Competition recently took place, bringing together concrete mixer drivers from across the region to showcase their skills, precision, and expertise behind the wheel. The drivers competed for a grand prize of $1,000 and a trip to the …

MALDEN, MA — Turner Construction Company was chosen to build an $80 million behavioral health hospital in Malden, Massachusetts. The hospital is a partnership between Tufts Medicine and Acadia Healthcare Company. The partners joined together to mark the beginning of construction on the project with a groundbreaking ceremony.

The four-story, …

MASHANTUCKET, CT — Turner Construction Company held a topping out ceremony at the $300 million Great Wolf Lodge in Mashantucket, Connecticut. The event marked the completion of the exterior portion of the resort.

The family-friendly resort will contain an expansive 91,000-square-foot indoor waterpark, a 61,000-square-foot family entertainment center known as …

NORFOLK, MA — The Steel Erectors Association of America (SEAA) announces the recipients of its 2024 Safety Excellence and Craft Training Excellence Awards. Member companies received recognition for maintaining good safety records and having a comprehensive training program aligned with long-term career paths.

“We are proud to introduce the winners …

The Associated General Contractors of Massachusetts (AGC MA) marked 100 years of supporting and advancing the commercial construction industry with a gala celebration at The State Room in Boston.

The AGC MA Centennial Gala took place immediately following the association’s Annual Membership Meeting and presentation of Member Distinction Awards.

In …

HOLLISTON, MA — Wayne J. Griffin Electric, Inc. (Griffin Electric), an electrical subcontractor throughout New England and the Southeast for over 45 years, recently held an Apprentice Competition at its Holliston, Massachusetts, headquarters and each of its regional office locations in Alabama, Georgia, and North Carolina. Hundreds of students enrolled …

BOSTON, MA — Suffolk, a real estate and construction enterprise, recently kicked off the 10th Boston Cohort of its Build With Us @ Suffolk accelerator program for trade partners and subcontractors, particularly minority-, women-, and veteran-owned business enterprises (M/W/VBE), Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE), and U.S. Small Business Administration-certified (SBA) …

HINGHAM, MA — General contractor Colantonio Inc. recently marked the completion of the steel frame structure of the new Hingham Public Safety Facility with a traditional topping-off ceremony. The event was attended by residents, town officials, and local public safety personnel.

The new, three-story, 49,000-square-foot facility, which abuts the Hingham …

WALTHAM, MA — Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts (GSEMA) recently revealed its newest STEM curriculum in partnership with Suffolk. Brownies Who Build — an expansion to Juniors Who Build, which launched in 2023 — was created to help Girl Scouts ages seven to nine understand the steps of the …

PORTSMOUTH, NH — Co-developers Tidemark and The Kane Company along with dignitaries and the PROCON design-build team held a ceremony to celebrate the raising of exterior wall panels on a new 102,000-square-foot logistics facility located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, within the Pease International Airport. The facility is expected to be …

The National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) recognizes and celebrates Women in Construction Week (WIC Week) this year from March 3 to 9. In September of 1960, the first WIC Week was proclaimed in honor of NAWIC by Mayor A.F. Madison of Amarillo, Texas. NAWIC leadership officially moved its …

New Hampshire Construction Career Days (NHCCD) will be taking place once again on Thursday, September 26th and Friday, September 27th at the Hillsborough County Youth Center in New Boston, New Hampshire. 2023’s event hosted nearly 1,500 students, pushing the total number of students served to over 14,000 since the 2009 …

NEW HAVEN, CT — Turner Construction Company celebrated the topping out of the McGivney Tower, the first tower of a $430 million, two-tower Neurosciences Center at the Yale-New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut. The second tower, Sherman Tower, is expected to top out in early 2025. The overall project …

QUONSET, RI — The 143d Airlift Wing, Rhode Island Air National Guard, broke ground on a new, $46 million headquarters complex at Quonset Air National Guard Base. The ceremony was attended by Senator Jack Reed, Representative Seth Magaziner, State Senator Alana DiMario, and State Representatives Julie Casimiro, and Robert Craven. …

BOSTON, MA — Suffolk, one of the largest real estate and construction enterprises in the country, recently hosted students from four Boston high schools at its headquarters in Roxbury during Massachusetts STEM Week for a day of learning about the role of STEM in the construction industry.

The students, …

HOLLISTON, MA — An electrical subcontractor throughout New England and the Southeast, Wayne J. Griffin Electric, Inc. (Griffin Electric) commemorated its 45th anniversary by hosting a company-wide raffle for its team. The grand prize was a 2023 Jeep Wrangler Sahara 4x4, and the winner was a long-time employee.

Employees received …

BOSTON, MA — Shawmut Design and Construction, a national construction management firm, participated in the 2023 Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC), marking the 16th consecutive year the firm has partaken in the two-day bike-a-thon in Massachusetts. This year, Team Shawmut has raised almost $100,000 and counting — accumulating over $2 million …

National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) Maine Chapter 276 is excited to share that the second annual Maine Construction Career Days will take place on October 5th at Midcoast Excavation in West Bath, Maine. The event will be open to all public and private high school students accompanied by …

BOSTON, MA — Robotics and AI are proving to be powerful, innovative resources revolutionizing how buildings are built. To explore how this booming trend can benefit the industry, Suffolk Technologies, the venture capital platform funding the next generation of companies solving built environment challenges, recently hosted Robotics in Construction …

New Hampshire’s Construction Career Days (NHCCD) will be taking place once again on Thursday, September 28 and Friday, September 29 at the Hillsborough County Youth Center in New Boston, New Hampshire. With over 2,000 New Hampshire high school students already registered, and a waiting list started, it is expected that …

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FAIRLEE, VT — The Northern New England Concrete Association (NNECA) is hosting its Insulating Concrete Forms Basic Installer Course on March 2 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Lake Morey Resort in Fairlee, Vermont. If you are thinking of building with Insulated Concrete Forms (ICF), NNECA encourages you to …

HOLLISTON, MA — The U.S. Department of Labor recently held its annual National Apprenticeship Week, with Wayne J. Griffin Electric, Inc. celebrating the event by recognizing the men and women who teach or are enrolled in the company’s in-house Apprenticeship Training Program. An electrical subcontractor throughout New England and the …

NEW BOSTON, NH — New Hampshire’s Construction Career Days (NHCCD) returned with 93 exhibitors and 30 pieces of operational heavy equipment at the ready for two half-day events at the Hillsborough County Youth Foundation Fairgrounds in New Boston, New Hampshire. In pouring rain, and some thunder and lightning, the first …

ROXBURY, MA — Amid labor shortages, materials cost escalation, economic uncertainty, and increased sustainability requirements, now is a critical moment for the construction industry to adopt and implement cutting-edge technology. Recognizing the current need for innovation, Suffolk Technologies, the venture investment affiliate of Suffolk, created its BOOST program, a …

BOSTON, MA — Shawmut Design and Construction, a national construction management firm, participated in the 2022 Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC), marking the 15th consecutive year the firm has participated in the two-day bike-a-thon in Massachusetts. The team rode from Sturbridge to Provincetown with over 6,000 other riders to increase awareness …

WORCESTER, MA — Shawmut Design and Construction joined UMass Chan Medical School to celebrate the topping off construction milestone on the new education and research building, a nine-story, 350,000-square-foot biomedical research and education complex on the university’s Worcester campus. Designed to achieve LEED Gold certification for energy efficiency and sustainability, …

With women representing only 9.9 percent of building industry workers, Suffolk is addressing this gender gap through a partnership with the Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts (GSEMA). The Rebuild the Ratio initiative seeks to increase the percentage of women employed by Suffolk by 10 percentage points over 10 years by …

AUGUSTA, ME — National Association of Women in Construction, Maine Chapter (NAWIC - Maine) announces they are introducing the Maine Construction Career Days (MCCD) in October.

The Maine Construction Career Days will take place on October 6 at Midcoast Excavation in West Bath, Maine. The event will be open to …

BOYLSTON, MA — Rand-Whitney President and CEO, Nick Smith was joined by PROCON Managing Directors John Stebbins and Jennifer Stebbins Thomas and other members of the design-build and subcontractor teams for a beam signing, topping off ceremony at the site of what will soon be Rand-Whitney’s largest facility. The raising …

PROVIDENCE, RI — A staffer at the Rhode Island Department of Transportation’s Office of Highway Safety introduced VHB Providence to a local nonprofit, Young Voices, which is now one of the company’s sponsored charities this year. VHB’s Providence office recently welcomed 20 high schoolers and four staff for a …

CRANSTON, RI — U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) Director Peter Alviti, and other state and local leaders gathered on Phenix Avenue in Cranston to break ground for the $85-million Cranston Canyon Project.

The project will address deteriorated bridges along the western …

New Hampshire’s Construction Career Days (NHCCD) makes its return on September 22 and 23, at the Hillsborough County Youth Center in New Boston, New Hampshire. It is expected that over 850 high school students will be in attendance per day from throughout the Granite State. In the first 90-minutes after …

NEWPORT, RI — Administrators, faculty, and students from Newport Public Schools joined U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee, RIDE Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green, Treasurer Seth Magaziner, and other local elected officials, alongside representatives from Gilbane Building Company, Downes Construction, and SLAM to celebrate …

WALTHAM, MA — Hobbs Brook Real Estate LLC (HBRE) was joined by Mayor of Waltham Jeannette A. McCarthy, alongside representatives from Gilbane Building Company and Gensler and the entire project team to celebrate the official opening of the 225 Wyman Street development, a 507,000-square-foot, five-story, ground-up life sciences development along …

GLASTONBURY, CT — The S/L/A/M Collaborative (SLAM) has been recognized by the Connecticut Building Congress (CBC) for three Project Team Awards, winning for building projects in the health care and education markets. The CBC Project Team Awards will be presented on June 14, 2022, at The Aqua Turf Club in …

BOSTON/LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK — Shawmut Design and Construction participated in Women in Construction (WIC) Week with virtual and in-person celebrations in all 11 of its offices nationwide. The firm’s WIC Week activities were developed to align with this year’s theme of envision equity and comprised of employee-led sessions including guest …

It’s been a rough two years for the construction industry. People are excited to once again venture out to attend the many construction and equipment shows offered throughout New England.

Each year, the Rhode Island Public Works Association (RIPWA) hosts the Ocean State Construction and Equipment Show where vendors come …

During the week of March 6-12, 2022, the industry recognizes and celebrates Women in Construction Week (WIC Week). The first WIC Week was proclaimed in honor of the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) in September 1960 by Amarillo, Texas, Mayor A.F. Madison. As an international association, NAWIC leadership …