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Hot Opportunity Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) plans to open a mobile lab on campus to meet a demand in the construction industry for trained asphalt technicians and inspectors. Students […]
Living with the Land Environmentally friendly ideas are nothing new in the architecture and design world, but advances have come at a rapid pace — not just in how green […]
Just Do Something It’s no secret that the call to action to find more ways to go green is growing every day. With eco-friendly movements like plastic-bag bans and solar […]
Now the Real Work Begins On Sept. 27 and 28, an estimated 3,500 volunteers gathered at more than 125 locations along the Connecticut River and tributary streams in Massachusetts, Connecticut, […]
Help Wanted With home-improvement demand surging in 2019, contractors say they can pick and choose from available jobs, which isn’t always ideal for consumers, who often have trouble finding a […]
Sphere of Influence Work continues on an intriguing and highly visible project to put a fresh, more watertight face on the sphere at the Basketball Hall of Fame. The project […]
A Surge of Confidence By Kathleen Prause and J.D. Harrison Results from the USG Corp. and U.S. Chamber of Commerce Commercial Construction Index from the second quarter of 2019 indicate […]
People Pipeline Eighty percent of construction firms report they are having a hard time filling hourly craft positions that represent the bulk of the construction workforce, according to a national, […]
History Lessons In its heyday, the Brewer-Young mansion was the center of Longmeadow’s social scene. Those who don’t remember those days know it more as an eyesore alongside the town […]
Shining Example Sean Callahan and James Jaron didn’t expect the level of competition — make that outright opposition — they faced when they decided to enter the field of lighting […]
Surveying the Landscape The National Assoc. of Landscape Professionals (NALP) recently released its annual list of the top 2019 landscape trends. Drawing upon the expertise of the industry’s 1 million […]
Designs on Growth As one local architect noted, we’re far enough away from the last recession to start worrying about the next one — and recessions tend to hit this […]
From Bedside to Job Site Dorothy Ostrowski has never settled for having just one ball in the air. Like the time, a few years ago, when she was building a […]
Total Transformations With the economy chugging along, home-improvement businesses report solid activity over the past few years, with the prospect of more to come. Locally, perhaps partly because of a […]
Foundation to Roof The Western Massachusetts Home & Garden Show may last only four days each March, but Lori Loughlin says vendors reap the benefits all year long. “The exposure […]
