Thu May 25, 2017
Baker, Polito Cut Ribbon on $20M Boston Landing Station
The Baker-Polito Administration, state transit and local elected officials and New Balance executives celebrated the ribbon-cutting of the new $20-million Boston Landing Commuter Rail Station, privately financed by New Balance, and restoring commuter rail service to the Allston-Brighton community for the first time since the 1960s, effective for riders on Monday, May 22....
Brenda Ruggiero - Thu May 25, 2017
Nanoscience Facility Takes Shape on MIT's Campus in Cambridge, Mass.
A state-of-the-art nano facility is being built at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Mass. The project website noted that recent discoveries have caused a revolution in the understanding of how materials behave at the nanoscale (one billionth of a meter), and MIT researchers are exploring the ways nanoscience and nanotechnology will have an impact....
Thu May 11, 2017
Equipment East LLC Cuts Ribbon on New Facility in Dracut
Equipment East LLC, a heavy equipment construction retailer, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the opening of its new facility in Dracut, Mass. Located at 61 Silva Lane, the new 43,000 sq. ft. building features eight drive-through service bays, enhancing serviceability of customers' equipment, a wash bay and a fluid distribution system for accurate dispensing of hydraulic, gear and transmission oils, as well as a large indoor-outdoor parts warehouse, providing customers with the most commonly needed spare parts....
Jon Chesto - Boston Globe - Mon May 08, 2017
Construction Breaks Ground on $200 Million GE Headquarters in Boston
General Electric on Monday officially kicked off construction for its new $200 million headquarters overlooking the Fort Point Channel, just over a year after the industrial giant made the decision to relocate to Boston from Connecticut....
Wed May 03, 2017
High-Production Excavators Fill Need for Boston-Area Firm
After more than three decades in business, Metro Equipment Corporation is well-acquainted with the ups and downs of the construction industry. The current economic recovery, however, has been a little slower than normal for the family-owned company....
Wed May 03, 2017
Transwestern Arranges Financing for Celtics' New Facility
Transwestern Consulting Group (TCG) has arranged a construction and permanent financing loan on behalf of NB Development Group for 40 Guest St. in Brighton, Mass. TCG Partner Chris Skeffington and Vice President Andrew Stone, working with NB Development Group Managing Director Jim Halliday and New Balance Treasurer Kevin Doyle, arranged the loan with East Boston Savings Bank, led by Vice President Ed Rich....
Wed April 19, 2017
Construction Team Saves Cambridge Residents
A construction worker is being hailed as a hero by the grateful residents of a two-story home in Cambridge who say his pounding on the door woke them up yesterday morning and helped them escape the house before flames swept across the second floor....
Joe Wojtas - Wed April 19, 2017
Seaport Acquiring Gulf Coast Oaks to Rebuild Mayflower II
The massive live oak trees in Diane Brugger's yard in Pass Christian, Miss., have been life-altering. After the raging waters of Hurricane Katrina swept her stately three-story inn off its foundation, Brugger found herself clinging to the limbs of two of the centuries-old trees....
Brenda Ruggiero - Wed April 19, 2017
$2B Bulfinch Crossing Takes Shape in Mass.
A unique mixed-use development project known as Bulfinch Crossing is beginning to take shape in Boston. It involves strategically transforming the site of an underutilized above-grade parking garage into a 2.9 -million sq....
Brenda Ruggiero - Wed April 05, 2017
MBTA Heads Beverly Drawbridge Replacement Project
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) is heading a project that includes replacing a drawbridge swing span superstructure. The Beverly Drawbridge carries the Rockport and Newburyport Commuter Rail Line over the Danvers River in Beverly, Mass., which is located in Essex County....
