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Workforce

Considering Construction Careers, Underrepresented Boston Teens Build Inhabitable Sculpture

A curvy public installation is the culminating project for nonprofit Digital Ready’s apprentices

Johanna Knapschaefer

September 2, 2022

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A curvy public installation installed on Sept. 2 is the culminating project for nonprofit Digital Ready’s apprentices .

A photo showing an MBTA orange line train in Boston

Transportation

Boston MBTA Sets Unprecedented 30-Day Service Shutdown for Critical Repairs

Major Orange Line track and maintenance work, including track and tie replacement, starts Aug. 19

Scott Van Voorhis

August 3, 2022

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Orange Line track and maintenance work, including replacing track and ties, starts Aug. 19

Mobile crane falls onto job site in Boston

Safety

Mobile Crane Tips Onto Boston Project Site

No injuries were reported on the job site in the city's Dorchester neighborhood

Heather Carter

July 27, 2022

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A mobile crane tipped over and fell onto a building under construction in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood.

Not One, But Two Air-Rights Projects Rise Over Massachusetts Turnpike in Boston

Air-rights deck for $1B Fenway Center is being built while one for $700M Parcel 12 project was recently finished

Scott Van Voorhis

July 19, 2022

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After a nearly four-decade drought, two separate air-rights projects with a combined cost of $1.7 billion are taking shape, including one set to be a major life sciences hub in the city.

City Scoop: Transportation, Clean Energy are Boston Highlights in 2022

July 12, 2022

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Dodge data on projected 2022 construction starts in Boston.

Development

Boston Developers Praise City's First Planning Czar

Arthur Jemison also takes over the embattled Boston Planning and Development Agency

Scott Van Voorhis

May 24, 2022

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Arthur Jemison, Boston's first chief of planning, is also taking the reins of the Boston Planning and Development Agency.

A rendering of “The Embrace,” Boston’s monument to Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife Corretta Scott King.

Memorials

Team of Firms Works to Bring Boston MLK Memorial to Fruition

Contractors, designers and a foundry are working to install the 66,000-lb bronze sculpture before MLK Day

Scott Van Voorhis

May 11, 2022

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Construction recently started on “The Embrace,” Boston’s monument to Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, with firms set to install the 66,000-lb bronze sculpture before MLK Day.

Dr. Indrani Ghosh presents at ACEC conference

Developers Look to Triple Greater Boston Area Life Sciences Space

Outlook highlighted ACEC's first private market symposium on health care and life sciences sectors

Scott Van Voorhis

May 5, 2022

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Outlook highlighted ACEC's first private market symposium April 29 on health care and biotech R&D and manufacturing sectors

Boston EMS rescue workers after a catwalk collapse at a jobsite

Safety

Boston Catwalk Collapse Injures Three Workers

Incident is the latest in a serious of construction accidents in the city

Scott Van Voorhis

May 4, 2022

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The collapse of a catwalk in a defunct, 124-year-old power plant building in Boston injured three workers.

A construction worker died after the Government Center Parking garage partially collapsed

Jobsite Fatality

Boston Demolition Site Accident Kills Operating Engineer

Worker fell nine stories after a parking garage being demolished partially collapsed

Justin Rice

March 27, 2022

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Partial floor collapse at a parking garage being demolished is said to have caused Peter Monsini, 51, to fall with his excavator nine stories at a downtown development site.