Team Taps Structural Steel for University of Maine Project Construction team Bridges Atrium to Connect Mechanical Equipment for Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center Johanna Knapschaefer July 1, 2022 No Comments Construction team Bridges Atrium to Connect Mechanical Equipment for Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center.Read More
Construction Accidents Why A Jury Found That Contractor 'Retaliated' Against Undocumented Craft Worker Richard Korman June 28, 2022 No Comments A broken leg, an immigration arrest and a $650K jury award against a contractor related to safety violations.Read More
MBTA Blames Subway Shutdown on $1.5B Boston Development A section of the Government Center garage collapsed in March during demolition work for the project Scott Van Voorhis June 28, 2022 No Comments The MBTA reopened the Orange-and-Green line tunnels underneath the massive Government Center garage.Read More
Sports/Entertainment Gillette Stadium Requires More Upgrades to Host 2026 World Cup The Foxborough, Mass., facility is one of several NFL stadiums that need to meet FIFA requirements Scott Van Voorhis June 23, 2022 No Comments Gillette Stadium and other NFL facilities need to accommodate wider field specifications for 2026 global soccer eventRead More
Jobsite Fatality Another Worker Dies in Boston's Latest Construction Accident At least seven industry fatalities have occurred in the last 18 months Scott Van Voorhis June 9, 2022 No Comments Accident in city's Seaport district caused the latest of at least seven industry fatalities in the last 18 months.Read More
Public Works Rising Construction Costs Vex Public Projects Across New England Cost to replace Bourne and Sagamore bridges over the Cape Cod Canal jumped to $4 billion Scott Van Voorhis June 7, 2022 No Comments Cost jumps to $4 billion to replace Bourne and Sagamore bridges over the Cape Cod Canal.Read More
Development Boston Developers Praise City's First Planning Czar Arthur Jemison also takes over the embattled Boston Planning and Development Agency Scott Van Voorhis May 24, 2022 No Comments Arthur Jemison, Boston's first chief of planning, is also taking the reins of the Boston Planning and Development Agency.Read More
Transit Infrastructure Equipment Cart Derailments Delay MBTA Tunnel Repairs Mishaps come amid federal safety review Scott Van Voorhis May 19, 2022 No Comments MBTA Blue Line trains are running following a series of mishaps on an accelerated repair project.Read More
School Construction Boston to Spend $2B to Revamp, Rebuild Deteriorating Schools Green New Deal for public schools begins with 14 new buildings or major renovations Scott Van Voorhis May 13, 2022 No Comments Mayor Michelle Wu's "green new deal" for city public schools begins with focus on 14 buildings neeging replacement or buildings or major renovationsRead More
Memorials Team of Firms Works to Bring Boston MLK Memorial to Fruition Contractors, designers and a foundry are working to install the 66,000-lb bronze sculpture before MLK Day Scott Van Voorhis May 11, 2022 No Comments Construction recently started on “The Embrace,” Boston’s monument to Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, with firms set to install the 66,000-lb bronze sculpture before MLK Day.Read More