East Hartford makes $760,000 in state funds available to Church Corners redevelopment

by Joelyn Leon | Mar 7, 2024 | Uncategorized

A developer picked by the town of East Hartford for the tricky redevelopment of a historic, but rundown downtown building into a modern 24-unit apartment building can now access $760,000 in state grant funds. East Hartford’s Town Council, on Tuesday, unanimously...

Waterford selectmen approve hiring of manager to oversee firehouse project

by Joelyn Leon | Mar 7, 2024 | Uncategorized

The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday approved spending $306,650 to hire a program manager who will oversee the construction of the new Oswegatchie firehouse. Downes Construction Co. of New Britain will develop bids, review construction drawings, assist in the selection...

Trade industries push for apprenticeship hiring ratio reform

by Joelyn Leon | Mar 7, 2024 | Uncategorized

A Republican legislator who also runs a small electrical company wants to reduce the state’s apprenticeship hiring ratio, which supporters say would help bolster Connecticut’s trade industry workforce. The state Department of Consumer Protection imposes a so-called...

CT’s wage-theft investigators facing growing backlog of cases

by Joelyn Leon | Mar 7, 2024 | Uncategorized

here have been at least 1,800 complaints each year since 2019. Meanwhile, the unit’s staff has dropped. Ten years ago, in 2014, there were 42 staff members, including 31 wage enforcement agents and wage and hour investigators combined. This year, 30 total staff...

Stamford-based United Rentals to acquire construction company for $1.1 billion

by Joelyn Leon | Mar 6, 2024 | Uncategorized

United Rentals, the world’s largest equipment-rental company, announced this week that it agreed to acquire construction company Yak Access for about $1.1 billion from private equity firm Platinum Equity. The products and services of Hattiesburg, Mississippi-based Yak...