A crew is preparing for the boring of a massive tunnel near the Seekonk River in Pawtucket, R.I. as part of the final phase of Rhode Island’s “Big Dig.” 

Architecture, engineering and consulting giant Stantec used its broad  transportation, water and building design prowess to grow even bigger in a year where the COVID-19 pandemic shrunk lesser firms. 

Stantec, ENR New England Design Firm of the Year, is reshaping Boston touchstones such as the one- time headquarters of its leading newspaper

Joint venture will design 26.7-mile-long coastal system near Galveston in a two-year effort, with construction to finish by 2026.

The Baudette-Rainy River Bridge crosses a remote area of Northern Minnesota and Ontario but it's the only crossing for 50 miles in either direction and a port, a small airport and unknown conditions made replacing it a tall order.