Improving construction data practices and finding new ways to use machine-learning and other advanced algorithms in projects has been a hot topic in the industry, but some firms are already seeing real benefits. That was the consensus of a panel of experts convened for ENR’s 2021 Top Young Professionals conference, held Feb. 24-26.

Innovations in construction technology are reconfigured for the COVID-19 pandemic as firms look to preserve the momentum behind digitization

Massachusetts State Senator Linda Dorcena Forry (D) will become an executive at Boston-based contractor Suffolk. 

 Boston-based construction company Suffolk christened its new 38,000-sq-ft addition with digital technologies that imitated a physical ribbon cutting. 

Boston-based Suffolk Construction has been selected as construction manager for development of GE’s $200 million global headquarters, the publicly traded company announced on Dec. 16.

Suffolk Construction has clinched a contract to construct the 3-million-sq-ft Wynn Resort in Everett, Mass., near Boston.

Housing the world’s first wind-wave storm-surge simulator, the Marine Technology Life Sciences Seawater Research Building features an 8,520-sq-ft Surge Structure Atmosphere Interaction research facility designed for the study of hurricane physics.