Boston Construction News: Construction Milestone Reached At ARL’s New Boston Facility
The Animal Rescue League of Boston is celebrating a construction milestone at its new, rebuilt, state-of-the-art facility.
The Animal Rescue League of Boston is celebrating a construction milestone at its new, rebuilt, state-of-the-art facility.
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) and US Army Corps of Engineers will start building a replacement for the 90-year-old Sagamore Bridge connecting Cape Cod to the mainland in 2027, after winning close to $1bn in federal funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s Bridge Investment Program last month.
A developer has received the approval it needed from Massport to build a housing development at the former Boston Edison Power Station on Summer Street in South Boston.
You know what they say: “Even a blind squirrel can find a nut once in a while.” Based on some expected tax changes coming down the line, you may be that squirrel.
From the iconic skyline to historic neighborhoods, Boston is undergoing a significant construction transformation. But what's driving this growth, and which sectors are leading the charge? Let's delve into the…
Construction sites are frequent targets when it comes to theft. In today's post we share four tips on how to protect your job site from theft.
Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes jumped in May as continued inventory shortages boosted homebuilder optimism, despite higher construction costs and interest rates, the National Association of Home Builders reported.
Joe Green from OSHA will be going over this year’s National Safety Stand-Down, which takes place May 1-5, 2023. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the National Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction campaign.
Boston has recently taken a significant step towards reducing its carbon footprint by adopting energy-efficient "stretch" building codes.
Total construction starts rebounded in February to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $912.8 billion, a 6% rise, due to bustling building activity for manufacturing plants and homes, according to Dodge Construction Network. But after a massive dropoff in January, starts for the first two months of the year were still 17% below their 2022 levels and weakness in the commercial and institutional sectors pose cause for concern.
The National Center for Construction Education & Research (NCCER) performed interviews with 176 tradeswomen and analyzed 770 responses to a survey directed to women in the industry to recruit, hire and retain more women in the industry.
Construction gained 25,000 jobs in January, continuing the industry’s long streak of monthly employment increases, but its unemployment rate reflected mixed results, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports.