Construction Dive

AUGUST 28, 2024

The Providence, Rhode Island-based contractor leveraged Trunk Tools’ artificial intelligence program to prevent costly rework and save time and money.

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Rhode Island Documentation Contractors 156

Construction Dive

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

After piloting Trunk Tools’ data-corralling chatbot on a job, the Providence, Rhode Island-based contractor greenlit the tech for another 10 projects across the country.

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Rhode Island Contractors 145

Construction Dive

AUGUST 22, 2024

Steven Carter joins the Providence, Rhode Island, firm as its director of global health and safety after he spent more than a decade with the troubled Australian contractor.

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Rhode Island Safety Contractors 143

Construction Dive

JANUARY 24, 2024

Adam Jelen, the third CEO to lead the Providence, Rhode Island, builder since 2022, talks about succession, artificial intelligence and employee development.

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Rhode Island 138

Construction Dive

JUNE 21, 2024

The Providence, Rhode Island-based builder hired construction veteran Ryan Heeter to lead its operations in California, Arizona and Nevada.

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Rhode Island Nevada Arizona California 133

BD+C

OCTOBER 17, 2018

It has been 30 years since the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) received a new student residence building, but that is about to change as Shawmut Design and Construction has recently broken ground on a new 43,500-sf residence hall on the Providence campus.

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Rhode Island Design Construction 75

ENR Construction

MAY 3, 2023

Construction workers in Massachusetts and Rhode Island join stand-downs to end Recovery Week.

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Rhode Island Massachusetts Construction 68

Construction Dive

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The Rhode Island builder will oversee substantial additions to the exterior of Baltimore’s M&T Bank Stadium while renovating much of the venue’s interior.

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Rhode Island Baltimore Banking Renovating 147

Construction Dive

MARCH 25, 2019

The state's aggressive courting of new corporate investment has driven its robust construction activity the last three years.

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Rhode Island Construction 133

Construction Dive

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The Rhode Island builder chose 30-year veteran Michael C. Brown to oversee its Midwest and Texas regions.

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Rhode Island Texas 133

Business Facilities

JULY 18, 2018

Businesses located within the Quonset Business Park account for 14 percent of Rhode Island’s manufacturing jobs, with another 1,300 coming soon from Electric Boat. Read: Rhode Island: An Engine For Economic Growth at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Rhode Island Engineering Electrical Accounting 53

Construction Dive

MARCH 19, 2024

A new report found the Washington Bridge has “structural deficiencies that cannot be viably repaired” after it was shut down in December 2023 over safety concerns.

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Rhode Island Washington Safety 90

Business Facilities

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, New York round out top 5 states for energy efficiency, Nevada is most improved in annual ACEEE report. . Read: California Tops 2020 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Rhode Island California Vermont Nevada 106

ENR Construction

DECEMBER 4, 2018

To meet an aggressive schedule, the design and construction team on the 254,000-sq-ft Rhode Island Veterans Home project adopted a prefabrication strategy to build six wood-framed resident buildings that house a total of 208 beds.

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Rhode Island Schedule Housing Design 49

ENR Construction

AUGUST 20, 2024

Defendants include a contractor now at work to replace deteriorated section of 56-year-old Providence span that has been shut since December

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Rhode Island Industrial Contractors 82

Business Facilities

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

“Today’s partnership with Rhode Island marks another important step forward for Infosys in the United States,” said Ravi Kumar, President, Infosys. Infosys intends to apply for incentives under the Qualified Jobs Incentive Act, the Rebuild Rhode Island program, and the state’s First Wave Closing Fund.

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Rhode Island Innovation Design Raleigh 40

ENR Construction

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Rhode Island has adopted several International Code Council and Modular Building Institute standards for off-site construction.

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Rhode Island Site Construction 36

ENR Construction

JUNE 21, 2023

A Barletta Heavy Division former superintendent was sentenced for misleading officials in a contaminated fill case in Rhode Island.

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Rhode Island 45

ENR Construction

AUGUST 16, 2017

Rhode Island’s subpar infrastructure system has consistently ranked among the worst in the country, but the Ocean State is finally fixing its crumbling roads and bridges.

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Rhode Island Infrastructure AGC Roads 48

ENR Construction

JANUARY 3, 2018

A four-company design-build team has been awarded a $410-million contract to design and rebuild the Routes 6-10 Interchange in Providence, the Rhode Island Dept. of Transportation announced late last year.

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Rhode Island Contract Transportation Design 48

ENR Construction

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

GW procurement, with the rest to Rhode Island, but bidding was well under the 6.8 Massachusetts will take all but 200 MW of the 2.87-GW GW offered by the two states, and Connecticut failed to seek any capacity.

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Rhode Island Massachusetts Connecticut Procurement 41

ENR Construction

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

Using a novel approach, crews are expect to finish the final phase of the $20 million Newport Pell Bridge deck rehabilitation project by Thanksgiving.

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Rhode Island 78

ENR Construction

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The Pawtucket-Central Falls Transit Center will supplement three other stations serviced by the MBTA.

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Rhode Island 74

ENR Construction

AUGUST 8, 2024

The project known as I-95 15 will address deteriorating bridges along I-95 and State Route 10.

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Rhode Island DOT Contract 69

ENR Construction

AUGUST 23, 2021

Rhode Island installed storm gauges on its bridges after 2019 storm.

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Rhode Island 87

ENR Construction

AUGUST 20, 2024

The defendants include a contractor currently at work on the bridge replacement project.

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Rhode Island Industrial Contractors 67

ENR Construction

JANUARY 21, 2020

First in the U.S. goal is "bold but achievable," says Gov. Gina Raimondo (D) in Jan. 15 executive order.

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Rhode Island 69

Construction Dive

MAY 21, 2024

The Providence, Rhode Island-based construction giant saw sales jump 12% on the back of strong P3 activity and several billion-dollar projects.

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Rhode Island Construction 77

BD+C

AUGUST 30, 2018

The Lincoln School in Providence, R.I., recently opened its new addition, the STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics) Hub, courtesy of LLB Architects and Shamut Design and Construction.

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Rhode Island Construction Engineering Design 76

BD+C

MAY 8, 2019

The developer/owner-operator is active in 11 states—California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia, and Washington—and the District of Columbia.

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Rhode Island District of Columbia Connecticut Equity 96

ENR Construction

JUNE 21, 2023

A Barletta Heavy Division former superintendent was sentenced for misleading officials in a contaminated fill case in Rhode Island

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Rhode Island 36

ENR Construction

APRIL 11, 2024

News and opinions about design and construction in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.

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Rhode Island New Hampshire Connecticut Vermont 74

ENR Construction

JULY 22, 2021

Stefan Pryor was appointed Rhode Island’s first Secretary of Commerce by Gov. Raimondo (D) and confirmed unanimously by the state Senate in 2015.

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Rhode Island 36

Construction Dive

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

State officials allege that the information in an AECOM study led to recent massive traffic jams on I-195 and said they will have to delay construction on a bridge until they can come up with a better traffic diversion plan.

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Rhode Island Plans Construction 59

ENR Construction

MAY 3, 2023

The stand-downs, which took place during National Recovery Month , seek to enjoin the unionized construction industry to fight substance use disorder and help find ways for workers to improve their mental health.

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Rhode Island Massachusetts Union Industrial 68

ENR Construction

AUGUST 5, 2022

Rhode Island workforce development push comes as state now aims to procure from 600 MW to 1GW of wind energy this fall to meet increased clean energy goal by 2030.

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Rhode Island Procurement 74

Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 7, 2018

Also in 2016, New Jersey adopted regulations regarding testing for lead in drinking water in public schools statewide, and Rhode Island enacted legislation to provide grants to local governments to conduct lead testing. But the testing is daunting.

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