A pair of projects in Boston, one a skyline-topping tower, the other an affordable housing complex, are poised to put the Boston area on the map when it comes to environmentally sustainable design.

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.