Construction news of interest to construction professionals in Massachusetts.
Yana Tcharnaia, the sales manager of Jonas Construction Software, ensures that future customers have the information they need about the company’s software products and the industry in order to help them research and buy construction software. We recently spoke with Yana about how construction management software is becoming more widespread in the construction industry. Briefly…
Sustainable architecture has been catching on in the last few years. Many people only think of green building in terms of large-scale public projects like universities. But there is an increasing trend towards residential green building as well, and for good reason. Green building is not only limited to the materials with which a project…
There are two types of people. One thinks they’ve learned everything there is to know about their respective industry. The other hopes that’s not the case and wants to keep learning no matter where they’re at in their career. Which one are you? The construction industry draws some of the most talented, analytical minds that…
When the Springfield Union Station on Frank B. Murray Street closed in 1972, it was another victim of the changes that American transportation had gone through. It did not take long for talks of revitalizing the location to start popping, but it took a very long time for those talks to start becoming a reality.…
In March 2015, MGM Springfield broke ground on what was supposed to be an historic project for the company, the city, and the commonwealth of Massachusetts. According to WAMC Radio, the project was supposed to create 2,000 construction jobs and then offer full-time employment for hundreds after the opening of the casino in 2017. But…
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) estimated that a proposed rule designed to reduce exposure to crystalline silica among construction workers would cost the industry just over $500 million. An independent investigation into the financial ramifications of this proposed rule, however, revealed that potential costs could exceed $450 billion. By the Numbers The Construction…
If you’ve ever suffered whiplash while navigating a street marred by potholes or sat in traffic for three hours on the way home from work, you understand the motivation behind #DriveBetterRoads, an initiative spearheaded by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) to increase funding to state transportation departments. The organization hopes to convince legislators…
Ask those in the business world if they need an online personal brand, and 99% of them will answer an emphatic “yes!” Ask those in the construction trades, though, and you’ll get a much different answer. Why? Because those in the trades haven’t yet jumped into social media and the branding craze with both feet;…
President Obama altered the way federally-funded construction projects are treated when he signed Executive Order 13690 into law on January 30, 2015. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is still collecting information from contractors and other agencies to determine the precise guidelines that should be followed in an emergency situation, but the basic premise of the order is…
When the state of Massachusetts decided to allow gambling on a limited basis in 2011, it opened the door to a lot of economic possibilities. The original law allowed for casinos in Springfield and Everett, with a race track and slot machine parlor in Plainville. But as soon as the measure was passed, opposition sprang…
