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Business

Six-week Massachusetts construction crash course prepares low income, minority workers for the industry

As the U.S. construction industry continues to explore ways to battle the current skilled worker shortage, a training program in Massachusetts is introducing the industry to many folks who had never previously considered it. According to the Daily Hampshire Gazette, the city of Holyoke is seeing an influx of construction projects as of late including a […]

February 24, 2014

Roadbuilding

Massachusetts’ $12.4 billion transportation plan covers state, local needs

Massachusetts officials on Friday unveiled a five-year, $12.4 billion plan to update the state’s transportation infrastructure, the Associated Press reports. The report notes that the plan — the first to cover both state and local levels of transportation — doesn’t guarantee that all projects listed will receive the funding needed. The plan includes: More than […]

January 13, 2014

Business

With big jump in employment, Boston construction industry booming once more

After seeing Greater Boston construction jobs fall by 20 percent during the recession, things are finally looking up again for the city’s industry after a big jump in employment in the past year. The Boston metro area added 8,700 construction jobs between August 2012 and August 2013, according to a report from The Boston Globe. That’s […]

November 19, 2013

Roadbuilding

Beware of these 10 haunted roads in the U.S. and England

Around Halloween each year, talk of haunted sites seems to become more prevalent. Those haunted sites may involve haunted houses, haunted cemeteries, haunted asylums and more. Of course, we can’t forget about the haunted roads. Sure, you’ve probably heard of headless horseman that haunts the roads near Tarrytown, New York, thanks to Washington Irving’s telling […]

October 30, 2013

Roadbuilding

Sober teen punished for helping friend, keeping roads safe

I thought the idea was to make roads safer. It’s a fact: Teenagers do stupid things. We all do. However, this is ridiculous. And this wasn’t stupid – at least not on the part of 17-year-old honor student Erin Cox, captain of the North Andover (Massachusetts) High School volleyball team. When Cox received a phone […]

October 17, 2013

Roadbuilding

Weirdest U.S. Driving Laws

Don’t run red lights or stop signs. Stay on your side if there are double lines. These are all laws we know and hopefully abide by – but what about these crazy rules? Many states have outlawed texting while driving. But California has taken it a step further and made touching your map app while […]

September 2, 2013

Roadbuilding

MassDOT to hold public meeting on all-electronic tolling

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) will hold a public meeting on August 22 to discuss its all-electronic tolling (AET) proposal. MassDOT has proposed converting and replacing the I-90 Western Turnpike and I-90 Boston Metropolitan Highway System interchange-based manual cash and electronic toll collection systems with new AET systems, which would eliminate the need for […]

August 21, 2013

Roadbuilding

Massachusetts moves forward with all-electronic tolling plan

Massachusetts Governor Deval L. Patrick and his administration are moving forward with a $250 million plan that would replace toll collectors in the state with all-electronic tolling, according to a report from The Republican. In addition to the push for all-electronic tolling, officials are working on a plan that would reinstate passenger-vehicle tolls between Exits […]

August 16, 2013

Business

Construction crew solves the Salem mystery of St. Joseph’s statue

For 64 years people in Salem, Massachusetts wondered “Where did St. Joseph go?” Between 1911 and 1944, a 12-foot-tall statue of St. Joseph stood watch 100 feet above the ground in the edifice of the church in Salem that bore his name, according to The Salem News. Though St. Joseph Church burned down in the […]

May 17, 2013

Roadbuilding

Massachusetts to implement all-electronic toll-taking

Massachusetts is following Los Angeles’ lead and installing all-electronic tolling systems. However, rather than focus on one toll booth on one bridge, Massachusetts Transportation Secretary Richard Davey has said the goal is to have statewide open-road electronic toll collection fully operational mid-2015, according to CBS Boston. The toll booths will cost $60 million to $80 […]

May 8, 2013

Roadbuilding

Massachusetts lawmakers work to resolve $500 million tax bill for transportation

Lawmakers in Massachusetts are meeting today to work on a tax bill that will raise $500 million for the state’s transportation system, Boston.com reported. The focus of today’s meeting is to resolve differences between the versions of the bill that each chamber has already passed. The bill calls for gas and cigarette tax increases.

May 2, 2013

Business

Communication brings Massachusetts contractor through tough times

Richard Gordon has been operating equipment since he was a kid, running Bobcats around in the yard, the machine a capable extension of his curious and active mind. As he grew, he spent his summers working as a laborer and equipment operator before heading to Syracuse to pursue a degree in management. When it came […]

March 27, 2013