News: Spotlights

IBEW Local 103 and NECA Greater Boston celebrate 2nd Annual Women in Construction dinner

The women of IBEW Local 103 and NECA Greater Boston are leading the way to a more inclusive, equitable, and family-sustaining construction industry every day. We stand together to lift up all working people with fair wages, benefits, and business practices. This means making sure women have equal opportunities for success versus their male counterparts.

Together this month, IBEW Local 103 and NECA Greater Boston are excited to celebrate our 2nd Annual Women in Construction dinner, to reflect on the milestones we have achieved and the strides we continue to make each day. Women make up a growing percentage of the construction industry and are crucial to building a pipeline of highly-trained, hardworking construction professionals for the future. Our presence, our perspectives and our persistence in a male-dominated field have made our industry, and our communities at large, stronger as a result. 

We own and operate businesses that build our region’s skyline, with the highest quality and the highest safety standards. We have fought for and won meaningful reform in the workplace, including extended maternity leave, clean break areas, and nursing stations for mothers on the job. 

Finally, we are actively recruiting and welcoming young women to our organizations. We want women to know that there is a place for them in the union building trades. It’s a life-changing opportunity for them and for their families.

READ ON THE GO
DIGITAL EDITIONS
Subscribe
STAY INFORMED FOR $9.99/Mo.
NEREJ PRINT EDITION
Stay Informed
STAY CONNECTED
SIGN-UP FOR NEREJ EMAILS
Newsletter
Columns and Thought Leadership
Shawmut Design and Construction breaks ground on the 195 District Park Pavilion in Providence, RI

Shawmut Design and Construction breaks ground on the 195 District Park Pavilion in Providence, RI

Providence, RI Shawmut Design and Construction celebrated the ceremonial groundbreaking for the 195 District Park Pavilion, marking the start of construction on a facility that will feature year-round dining and support space for park operations. In addition to the 3,500 s/f building, the project will include infrastructure upgrades
The New England Real Estate Journal presents<br> the First Annual Project of the Year Award! Vote today!

The New England Real Estate Journal presents
the First Annual Project of the Year Award! Vote today!

The New England Real Estate proud to showcase the remarkable projects that have graced the cover and center spread of NEREJ this year, all made possible by the collaboration of outstanding project teams. Now, it's time to recognize the top project of 2024, and we need your vote!
Investing in a falling rate environment - by Harrison Klein

Investing in a falling rate environment - by Harrison Klein

Long-term interest rates have fallen by 100 basis points, and the market is normalizing. In December of 2022 I wrote an article about investing in a high interest rate, high inflation market. Since then, inflation has cooled off, and the Fed has begun lowering their funds rate.
The 2024 CRE markets: “The Ups” (industrial) and “The Downs” (Boston class B/C office) - by Webster Collins

The 2024 CRE markets: “The Ups” (industrial) and “The Downs” (Boston class B/C office) - by Webster Collins

The industrial markets have never been stronger. What has happened is that the build out of Devens with new high-tech biotech manufacturing with housing to service these buildings serves as the connector required to really make the I-495 West market sizzle. Worcester has been the beneficiary