New England Construction articles from April 2008

New England Construction archives from April 2008

Industry News.
April 14, 2008... Staff With a story in the Hartford Courant and more than a dozen television news broadcasts on the ABC, CBS and NBC television affiliates and news radio coverage on National Public Radio and WTIC-Talk Radio (CBS), Monday's release of...

People.
April 14, 2008... Staff Hobbs Brook Management, LLC, a pioneer in the development of office space in the Boston suburbs, has selected Columbia Construction Company as the construction manager for a new 330,000-square-foot office campus to be located at 175...

'Recycle' At Yale Is Project Theme.
April 14, 2008... By Joanne Ray Yale gets 'green' upgrades. In 1984, when Ed Quinn was a junior at Glastonbury High School, he spent weekends cutting residential lawns with a mower in the trunk of his Mustang. In his senior year, he added a snow plowing...

Haynes Does Extreme Makeover.
April 14, 2008... By Joanne Ray Haynes Materials donates time and products to Extreme Makeover: Home Edition TV show. It was an exciting time last summer when Seymour, Conn.-based Haynes Materials was approached by Gulick Associates from New Caanan,...

MASCON's 19th Annual Show.
April 14, 2008... By Joanne Ray More than 4,600 construction professionals attend Friday/Saturday show. Attendance was up 10 percent this year at the 19th annual MASCON show. More than 4,600 construction professionals attended the show on Friday,...

Industry News.
April 28, 2008... Staff Plans by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick to allow for the licensing of three casinos in that state would produce as much as $2.3 billion in gross gaming revenues and create as many as 21,000 permanent jobs, according to a report...

People.
April 28, 2008... Staff Former corporate executive and General Counsel Walter McDonough has founded a new firm, ELK Consulting Services, to deliver mediation, arbitration and business consulting services to the construction, insurance, development, and...

Editor's Report.
April 28, 2008... By Joanne Ray Boston's MASCON show boosts visitors by 10 percent Hartford's CONEX show maintains attendee level It has been three months since I assumed the position of editor of New England Construction magazine and what an...

Putzmeister Telebelt 110 Gets Into Small Places.
April 28, 2008... By Joanne Ray Telebelt cuts time and labor in half In the construction business most contractors have a bottom line and that is to save as much time and labor as possible. So, when time is short and spaces are small, you might want to...

LJ Crane and Rigging Goes to Fenway.
April 28, 2008... By Joanne Ray Where there's a will there's a way at Fenway. They say that "where there's a will there's a way," and nobody proved that better than LJ Crane and Rigging. Last fall, the Rhode Island-based company faced a challenging...

24th Annual CONEX Show.
April 28, 2008... By Joanne Ray 168 exhibitors at this years show More than 4,500 contractors, sub-contractors, public works officials, landscapers, and more attended the 24th annual CONEX show on February 6 and 7. This is the third year the event was...