MBTA - Thu March 14, 2019
Green Line Extension Next Steps: Somerville Spans to Close
The MBTA has announced that the Green Line Extension (GLX) Project is on schedule with the next major project steps, including the temporary closure of three bridges in Somerville in order to advance GLX construction, which includes infrastructure improvements as well as widening efforts to accommodate the addition of new Green Line light rail tracks and rights of way....
AASHTO - Thu March 14, 2019
Report: Mass. Faces $8.4B Funding Gap for Transportation
An eight-page report issued in mid-February indicates Massachusetts faces an estimated $8.4 billion transportation funding gap over the next 10 years to keep the state's bridges, roads and public transit infrastructure in a state of good repair....
Sheila Capetta – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu February 28, 2019
Whitney and Son Holds Crusher School Featuring Metso in Fitchburg, Mass.
The Whitney and Son staff (L-R): Bethany Jones of Fitchburg, Mass., service assistant; Brian Spring of Sterling, Mass., road service; Jamie Zisk of Fitchburg, Mass., service technician; Bruce Gallant of Leominster, Mass., supervisor; Dave Wentworth of Fitchburg, Mass., road technician; and Ian Krietler of Milford, N.H., service technician, stand in front of the Lokotrack LT106 mobile jaw crushing plant during a break in the class....
Merck KGaA - Thu February 28, 2019
Merck to Invest $70M Into New Biopharma R&D Facility
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, which operates its biopharmaceutical business as EMD Serono in the United States and Canada, announced a $70 million investment to expand its research and development (R&D) facility in Billerica, Mass....
Associated Press - Thu February 28, 2019
GE to Downsize Mass. Headquarters, Reimburse State $87M
BOSTON (AP) General Electric will downsize its world headquarters in Boston and will return $87 million that Massachusetts spent as part of an incentives package to lure the company from Connecticut three years ago....
Congressman Richard E. Neal - Thu February 14, 2019
Rep. Neal Announces $42.6M for Westover Air Reserve Base
United States Congressman Richard E. Neal joined Brig. Gen. D. Scott Durham, commander 439th Airlift Wing, Westover Air Reserve Base and Chicopee Mayor Richard Kos for the announcement of $42.6 million from the Department of Defense....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Thu February 14, 2019
Hammer Operator Makes Unusual Discovery at Massachusetts Quarry
Hammer operator Brandon Hersey likes to keep an eye out for the unexpected find in the Westford, Mass., quarry where he works. So far, in the two-and-a-half years he's been on the job at Graniteville Materials, all he's come up with is junk — empty soup cans and the like — but he's heard of other discoveries, like the smoky quartz gemstone a co-worker recently unearthed....
Able Tool & Equipment - Thu February 07, 2019
Able Tool & Equipment Adds Tim Stewart to Management Team
Able Tool & Equipment, a construction machinery distributor in Connecticut and Massachusetts, announced the addition of Tim Stewart as service manager. Stewart will be overseeing all service and technical aspects of the company for its two locations....
Associated Press - Thu January 31, 2019
Massachusetts General Hospital Plans More Than $1B Expansion in Boston
BOSTON (AP) Massachusetts General Hospital said it will spend more than $1 billion to expand its Boston campus. Hospital President Peter Slavin announced the plans in a Jan. 22 email, saying the hospital will build a 12-story structure for 450 single-bed rooms housed in a pair of connected towers....
JCB - Thu January 31, 2019
Loyer Joins Northland JCB as New Sales Representative
Northland JCB's newest sales rep is Floyd Loyer. Loyer has worked as a tech in a light/medium duty truck dealership, a specialty automotive and truck center, and then spent the last 17 years as an outside salesman/onsite technical support specialist for a large water systems distributor....
