LJ Companies

James A. Merolla - Fri June 13, 2008

Industry Growth Predicted In Spite of Recession Fears

Three out of four adults in this country think we are in a recession. Economists say we are sinking under the worst conditions and factors in 10 years. The construction/contracting industry faces its own challenges through 2008, but, surprisingly, many of them are positive....

Fri March 28, 2008

LJ Crane & Rigging Adds Three New Territory Managers

The LJ Companies, headquartered in Rhode Island, has added Frank Brian Dempsey, Scott Mogavero and Frank Bonzani as territory managers of Crane Service and Rentals. Mogavero, of Peabody, Mass., was recently employed with Coastal Crane Company, headquartered in Quincy, Mass....

Tue December 11, 2007

LJ Crane & Rigging Takes the Field at Fenway Park

The Boston Red Sox have started upgrading Fenway Park, and not just with another World Series banner. The largest part of the project is the addition of 800 seats in the expanded State Street Pavilion and tickets in the “Standing Room Corner” near the left-field foul pole....

James A. Merolla - Thu November 15, 2007

LJ Companies Reaches New Heights

Talk about going up and up; figuratively and literally— from a basement to the top of the tallest skyscrapers in the big cities. A company that began in Stacey and Pat Izzo’s Cranston, R.I., basement in 1999 has grown exponentially in the past three years, now sitting, virtually, on a top perch in the crane and specialized transportation industries....