Justin Rice

Boston

Regional Editor at Engineering News-Record (ENR)

As a regional editor for ENR I cover construction in the MidAtlantic and New England regions.

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Articles

East Construction Views | Engineering News-Record

1 week ago | enr.com | Justin Rice

ZGF Architects has been named the 2025 ENR MidAtlantic Design Firm of the Year and will be recognized in the May print issue of ENR East, which will also include the ENR East Top Design Firm rankings. The ENR East ranking of engineers and architects includes firms doing business in Connecticut, Delaware, Washington, D.C., Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and West Virginia.
ENR Launches Regional Top Young Professionals Contest

1 week ago | enr.com | Justin Rice

ENR's annual Regional Top Young Professional's program is now live. The contest profiles up-and-coming leaders in the design and construction industry. The article on each class or regional winners will appear in the first issues of the year for each of the respective ENR regional editions next year. You can find more information and submit your entries to the contest here. The deadline to submit is June 23, 2025.
NYSDOT Won't Appeal Court Order to Conduct Environmental Review of $1.5B Buffalo Expressway Cap

1 week ago | enr.com | Justin Rice

The New York State Dept. of Transportation is not appealing a court order requiring the department to conduct an Environmental Impact Statement for its $1.5-billion project to cap a portion of the Kensington Expressway in Buffalo, N.Y.The state supreme court ordered on March 12 that NYSDOT conduct an EIS before advancing the highway redevelopment plan.
ENR Launches 2025 Regional Top Young Professionals Contest

1 week ago | enr.com | Justin Rice

ENR's annual Regional Top Young Professionals program is now live. The contest profiles up-and-coming leaders in the design and construction industry. The article on each class of regional winners will appear in the first issues of the year for each of the respective ENR regional editions next year. You can find more information and submit your entries to the contest here. The deadline to submit is June 23, 2025.
NY DOT Won't Appeal Court Order to Conduct Environmental Review of $1.5B Buffalo Expressway Cap

1 week ago | enr.com | Justin Rice

The New York State Dept. of Transportation is not appealing a state court order requiring it to conduct an environmental impact statement for its $1.5-billion project to cap a portion of the Kensington Expressway in Buffalo, N.Y.The state supreme court ordered on March 12 the agency to conduct the review before advancing the highway redevelopment plan.
Modular Construction Interface Standard Aims to Establish Clear Guidelines

2 weeks ago | enr.com | Justin Rice

Hoping to promote compatibility and interoperability that could accelerate the adoption of off-site construction in sectors such as multifamily housing, commercial developments and institutional projects, the International Code Council and the Center for Offsite Construction at the New York Institute of Technology are developing a critical standard for modular construction.
ENR East Announces Preliminary 2025 Top Design Firms List

3 weeks ago | enr.com | Justin Rice

EastEast Construction News More than 100 firms have already filed surveys to the inaugural 2025 ENR East Top Design Firms ranking. While the deadline to submit has passed, there still might be time to enter a survey to the ranking. Email Justin Rice at [email protected] and Jack McMackin [email protected] if you require extra time to submit. To submit a survey, click here. Click this link to a downloadable PDF of the survey.
Infrastructure Needs Push Top Region Starts

1 month ago | enr.com | Justin Rice

The $6-billion Frederick Douglass Tunnel in Baltimore, the largest of 10 projects ranked on the inaugural ENR East region top starts list, accounts for more than half of the list’s combined $10.7 billion value. The two-mile, dual-tube rail tunnel that will replace the 1.4-mile Baltimore & Potomac Tunnel that causes bottlenecks south of Baltimore Penn Station is followed on the list by the $779-million I-95/Route 10, 15 Bridges project in Providence—the largest Rhode Island Dept.
Boston Affordable Housing Guru Builds Generational Wealth

1 month ago | enr.com | Justin Rice

Breaking into Boston’s general contracting market during tumultuous racial upheaval in the 1970s taught John B. Cruz III to rise above discrimination. Enduring decades of ups and downs running one of the country’s largest 100% Black-owned construction and real estate organizations has steeled Cruz Cos. for the current Trump era chill on federal affordable housing funding and diversity programs.
New Jersey Architect Advances Family Leadership Legacy

1 month ago | enr.com | Justin Rice

When asked about his favorite projects, Vince Myers doesn’t mention buildings in DIGroupArchitecture’s education or civic portfolio, or even senior living passion projects. Instead, the co-founding principal and president of the majority Black-owned architecture firm expounds on client relationships. “I’m not somebody that walks in and opens up a portfolio or brings anything or anybody to a meeting,” Myers says.