Tag: John Marcantonio
CTE students build displays, their futures through R.I. Home Show
PROVIDENCE – Earlier this week, students from several area schools spent their days inside the R.I. Convention Center’s main exhibit hall constructing and putting...
Housing leaders: Excessive red tape, labor shortage slowing new construction in...
A recent report naming Rhode Island the slowest state in the nation in erecting new housing illustrates a decades-old problem with widely varying construction...
Home Show return is sign of normalcy
The return of the long-running Rhode Island Home Show in April after a three-year hiatus will hopefully be one of many signs of normalcy...
R.I. Home Show returns after 3-year hiatus
PROVIDENCE – After an extended pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic, one of Rhode Island’s longest-running conventions will once again feel like home in...
Builders: Have work, will train
Although the COVID-19 pandemic kept many Rhode Islanders close to home for much of 2020, Pariseault Builders Inc. didn’t slow down.
With construction deemed an...
Homebuilders discover tech can be a handy tool
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, when custom homebuilder Jeff Sweenor reviewed blueprints and spending plans with his clients, it was sometimes a haphazard task.
First, clients...
Five Questions With: John Marcantonio
John Marcantonio is CEO of the Rhode Island Builders Association, a trade association that represents the interests of member businesses such as home builders...
Building a future in construction
R.I. Department of Labor and Training Director Scott Jensen says the decision by Gov. Gina M. Raimondo to allow the construction industry to remain...
Luxury projects keeping homebuilders busy
Homebuilder Mark Horan has never seen it so good.
Limited inventory of existing homes, low interest rates and new trends that have grown out of...
As more construction jobs open, finding workers continues to be difficult
Still wanted: Quality-control personnel, estimators, project managers, welders and many others for construction companies in Rhode Island.
There are simply not enough people to go...
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