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Les Hiscoe joined Shawmut Design and Construction in 1998, rising to the role of chief operating officer in 2012 and CEO in 2015. He drives the continued growth of the $1.5 billion company, which has a Providence office, by focusing on the unique needs of each customer and project. / COURTESY SHAWMUT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

Leading with values

Les Hiscoe | Shawmut Design and Construction CEO COVID-19 has created challenges few of us could have imagined. While the circumstances are new, Shawmut is...

A women’s summit to remember

Bryant University’s 2020 Women’s Summit will be remembered as much for persevering in the midst of a pandemic, as for the inspirational speakers and...

Lifespan, CNE will try again

Can anything positive come out of a pandemic? Leaders of Lifespan Corp. and Care New England Health System are willing to find out. For more...
MOVING ­FORWARD: Domenic Merolla, a clerk at ENO Fine Wines in Providence, on June 2 cleans up shattered glass and spilled alcohol from looting at the store. / PBN PHOTO/ 
NANCY LAVIN

Responses to pandemic, rioting fuel hope for R.I. businesses

Broken glass was strewn along downtown Providence sidewalks outside ransacked businesses. Inside and out, weary-looking owners and staff were scrambling to clean up while...
CRUSH CONCERNS: Rhode Island health officials see the Crush COVID RI smartphone app as an easy way for people to track their activities for possible contact tracing. Critics see privacy issues with it.

Crush COVID app raises caution flags for some

More than 35,000 people have downloaded the Crush COVID RI phone app that’s designed to make contact tracing easier during the pandemic, but critics...
PRIVACY THREAT? The state’s Crush COVID RI phone app includes GPS tracking that can 
be disabled.

State’s contact-tracing app not a serious threat to privacy rights

Gov. Gina M. Raimondo says she’s been thrilled with the early response to the state’s Crush COVID RI phone app, despite the specter of...

Embrace pandemic challenges

We’ve all heard the proverb, “Necessity is the mother of invention.” In business rarely does it ring truer than in a financial crisis. The COVID-19...

A bright spot in the pandemic numbers

The daily COVID-19 pandemic story is one of numbers and people. The crushing daily toll is told in deaths, hospitalizations, tests, unemployment claims and...

COVID-19 deaths increase by 26 in R.I.; Raimondo unveils tracking app

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo on May 19 announced the rollout of a state COVID-19 phone application that will digitally track users’ locations. The...

Eased funeral restriction a little comfort

After nearly two months of restrictions on the size of public gatherings, Gov. Gina M. Raimondo has relented somewhat for one type of gathering:...
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