September 2025 City Scoop: Boston

City Grill Jarret Johnson  Principal – Boston DeSimone Consulting Engineering With slowing life science work and a stagnating commercial office market, smaller transit-oriented residential developments are growing, Johnson says, thanks to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Communities Act requiring multifamily development near its rail stations.  Universities are pivoting from the life sciences downturn with “phased […]

East People: September 2025 | Engineering News-Record

David Fenton has been named CEO at Cranshaw Construction, a Newton, Mass., general contractor and CM firm. A 20-year veteran of Suffolk Construction, he was its national government chief operations executive and chief operations officer. Kathryn W. Jablokow is dean of the Manhattan University School of Engineering in Riverdale, N.Y., effective Aug. 1. She was […]

California on track to surpass 3,000 miles of broadband construction by end of year with new infrastructure agreements signed

No matter where you live, access to reliable and affordable internet is essential to life in the 21st Century. The partnership with the Karuk Tribe and Gateway Cities Council of Governments combines grassroots planning with state resources to ensure the middle-mile broadband network enables locally planned last-mile broadband infrastructure projects. “We are entering into an […]