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FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The Boston Employment Commission fined two Kaplan Construction subcontractors for failing to report internal data on local and diversity hiring.

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

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.

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DECEMBER 23, 2021

In the historic Boston neighborhood of Nubian Square, a wellspring of revitalization is replacing blighted areas with innovative community developments that seek to clean up the environment and provide affordable housing. .

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JANUARY 17, 2023

and his wife Coretta Scott King was unveiled in Boston on Jan. A new monument to Martin Luther King, Jr.

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JUNE 15, 2021

With the Fenway Center tower project and many more, the Fenway neighborhood of Boston is one of the epicenters of the city's current development boom.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The head of a Boston-based construction company that lost two workers in a fatal accident last year now faces nearly $2 million in total fines after safety violations on a new project.

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Construction Equipment

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Trimble and Boston Dynamics will integrate a variety of construction data collection technologies with Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot platform. The jointly-developed solution will combine the Spot robot’s autonomous mobility with Trimble’s data collection sensors and field control software to enable…

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DECEMBER 23, 2021

In the historic Boston neighborhood of Nubian Square, a wellspring of revitalization is replacing blighted areas with innovative community developments that seek to clean up the environment and provide affordable housing. .

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BD+C

APRIL 6, 2021

Lendlease and its partner Aware Super, a superannuation fund, say the global real estate company’s multifamily portfolio in Boston and Chicago has been verified as “net zero carbon.”. New projects in New York City and Los Angeles are on track to achieve the same goal as construction gets underway.

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MARCH 16, 2020

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh has ordered that all construction projects in the city be suspended in response to the spread of the coronavirus. Walsh’s move comes after the postponement of the Boston Marathon, cancellation of the annual St. The Bay State had a reported 164 cases of the virus on Sunday.

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Construction Specifier

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

When the colonial-style Singaporean brand selected a prominent corner site in Boston as the location for its first North American mixed-use property, it was no surprise the project team chose a unitized curtain wall facade system for the building. The case history also sheds light on key considerations and best practices in such applications.

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

Work resumed on what will be one of the tallest towers in the Boston skyline following several months in which Winthrop Center’s future hung in the balance.

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JULY 26, 2022

A mobile crane tipped over and fell onto a building under construction in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood. .

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MAY 3, 2022

The collapse of a catwalk in a defunct, 124-year-old power plant building in Boston injured three workers.

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MAY 6, 2022

After two serious safety incidents in consecutive days, Boston area’s largest contractor voluntarily issued a safety stand down on projects ending May 6. .

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MARCH 22, 2021

UMass Boston has embarked on a $150-million makeover of its mostly brick and concrete campus.

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JUNE 15, 2021

million-sq-ft Fenway Center air-rights projects in Boston includes a 90,000-sq-ft deck over the Massachusetts Turnpike next to Fenway Park.

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JUNE 24, 2020

Boston has completed the final phase of reopening the city’s construction industry.

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APRIL 19, 2023

Boston ordinance encourages developers to ditch gas and other fossil fuels in favor of all-electric systems.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh announced via Twitter that city officials had “immediately suspended Atlantic Coast Utilities’ only other permitted worksite in Boston.”

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MARCH 27, 2022

A construction worker died on March 26 in Boston after falling nine stories.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2020

The dog-shaped Spot robot from Boston Dynamics will be available next year with a Trimble laser scanner and GNSS antenna built in, for an out-of-the box autonomous reality capture on jobsites.

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JULY 26, 2022

A court ruling could pave the way for the reconstruction of the Long Island Bridge in Boston Harbor. .

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Construction Equipment

DECEMBER 10, 2019

The Boston Planning and Development Agency approved a 19-story, 350,000 square foot Boston University Data Sciences Center building, that is said to resemble a “stack of books.” The building will be the tallest on BU’s campus at 305 feet, and will replace a surface parking lot. It was designed by…

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JUNE 16, 2021

billion addition to its Boston campus. Massachusetts General Hospital is pushing ahead with a $1.9

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MAY 24, 2022

Arthur Jemison, Boston's first chief of planning, is also taking the reins of the Boston Planning and Development Agency.

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DECEMBER 21, 2020

Boston has become the first major city in the country to incorporate Obama-era, federal anti-discrimination rules into the process of reviewing major new apartment and condo projects.

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Construction Dive

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The city will begin to require safety plans, safety meetings and safety coordinators for construction and demolition projects, according to the new ordinance.

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DECEMBER 21, 2020

Boston has become the first major city in the country that will incorporate Obama-era, federal anti-discrimination rules into the process of reviewing major new apartment and condo projects.

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DECEMBER 9, 2020

million revamp of one of the most congested, pedestrian-unfriendly suburban roadways in Greater Boston. Crews kicked off a $31.1

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APRIL 14, 2022

Work resumed two weeks after a worked died at the Government Center parking garage in Boston on March 26.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2022

The project had two main goals: to preserve the historic original home of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and accentuate its architectural elements while also modernizing the hotel to meet modern luxury standards. The early 1920s R. Clipston Sturgis-designed Renaissance revival style makes up 288,000 sq ft of the hotel.

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MARCH 16, 2020

Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh halted all construction jobs in Boston for two weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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MARCH 16, 2020

Gilbane, Suffolk, Consigli among companies agreeing to shut down sites after Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh halted all construction in Boston for two weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Construction Equipment

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

A nonprofit group of Boston businesses called "A Better City" says $50 billion is needed to fund investments in transportation infrastructure. Saying that the city is in the middle of a "transportation crisis," the business leaders released a 16-page report, according to Boston's ABC affiliate,…

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NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Suffolk Construction and a subcontractor face nearly $700,000 in proposed federal safety penalties after a collapse at a former power plant in Boston. .

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MAY 6, 2020

Non-essential projects shut down by Boston's COVID-19 work-stop order in March prepare for a slow return to work.

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