Tag: Rhode Island Builders Association
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...
Five Questions With: Tiffany J. Cahill
Tiffany J. Cahill was recently named branch manager of Bristol County Savings Bank’s branch office at 215 Armistice Blvd. in Pawtucket. She brings nearly...
‘We’re not going to stop [legal pot]’
Amid the rolling fields and wooded hills outside Worcester, Mass., people park their cars in a dirt lot then take a shuttle bus to...
Job growth in R.I. is expected to come at the top...
If you don’t catch on at the top of Rhode Island’s labor market, you may slip all the way to the bottom.
That’s because the...
Rhode Island restarts a manufacturing legacy
Rhode Island has been making things ever since Europeans arrived on the shores of Narragansett Bay. First it was boats, then textiles and finally...
Some Rhode Islanders have learned from past storms, but most simply...
(Editor’s note: This is the final installment in a three-part series exploring Rhode Island’s vulnerability to coastal flooding and what businesses, property owners and...
The Ocean State has seen the damage storms can cause. So...
(Editor's note: This is the first of a three-part series exploring Rhode Island's vulnerability to coastal flooding and what businesses, property owners and local...
Rhode Island Builders Association recognizes NEIT project director
FREDERICK GILL, project director at New England Institute of Technology, was recently recognized by the Rhode Island Builders Association with an award of appreciation...



![‘We’re not going to stop [legal pot]’ DRUG TESTING: Craig Pickell is the president and CEO of Bullard, which makes custom grinders and abrasives. Manufacturers such as Pickell, who also serves as chairman of the Rhode Island Manufacturers Association, are concerned about the worker-safety issues and employer rights regarding drug testing if recreational marijuana use is legalized.
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