Safety Tips While on a Construction Site
Construction sites can be dangerous and require maximum safety measures. These safety tips will help workers stay safe while at a construction site.
Three Signs It’s Time to Rethink Your Office Space
Has your business changed over time? More employees, new equipment, and other resources may be needed to continue to grow your business. If space limitations are preventing you from adding needed resources, you may be limiting the potential growth of your business. Is the break room standing room only? If your on-site lunchroom or break […]
City of Westfield PFAS System Completion
Our Mechanical Construction Division recently completed a project in Westfield, MA due to the prevalence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances – PFAS and PFOA. The city’s efforts were honored by Water and Wastes Digest as a 2019 Top Project Winner. PFAS and PFOA include a group of man-made chemicals that do not readily break down […]
An Earlier Perception of Construction Work – A Legacy Perspective that has Changed
When I was growing up, the general perception of those working in construction was largely of unskilled, unefined, or uneducated individuals who ended up in the industry due to a lack of other alternatives. However, I grew up looking at it through a different lens. As a Millennial whose family worked in traditionally blue-collar industries […]
Semo Appointed to American Red Cross of Western Massachusetts Board
Congratulations to Shawn Semo, Manager of the Building Construction Division at R.H. White on his recent appointment to the Board of Directors of the American Red Cross of Western, Massachusetts. The Western Massachusetts Chapter of the American Red Cross serves a population of more than 800,000 people in Berkshire, Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin counties. Founded […]
Millennial Mentors – Third Session Underway
In 2016 Vice President of Shared Services, Kim Dunn, began a journey to gain knowledge and understanding of our Millennial Generation by being mentored by current R.H. White and WhiteWater millennials. Kim is now working with her third round of courageous millennials who have taken on the challenge to provide her with knowledge on what […]
R.H. White Completes Cannabis Extraction Lab Construction Project
R.H. White recently completed the construction of a 1,400 square-foot extraction lab for a large multi-state cannabis cultivation, processing and dispensing company. Extraction – the stripping of cannabinoids and terpenes from the less desirable plant matter – requires a controlled environment that is built to exacting Underwriters Laboratories (UL) and National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) […]
Jeff Towle Named Vice President of Operations at R.H. White
R.H. White Companies, a construction services and utility management firm, announced the appointment of Jeff Towle as Vice President of Operations. In this role, Mr. Towle will manage the day-to-day operations of the company’s five business units – building construction, mechanical construction, utility construction, construction services and the company’s water utility management division, WhiteWater, Inc. […]
James McCarthy Named President & CEO at R.H. White
R.H. White Companies, a construction services and utility management firm, announced the appointment of Jim McCarthy to President & CEO effective May 1, 2019. McCarthy succeeds David H. White who will now serve as Chairman of the Board and Treasurer. The company was founded in 1923 by Ralph H. White and has also been led […]
R.H. White Receives the 2018 ABC Platinum Level STEP Award
Associated Builders and Contractors of Massachusetts (ABC), the state’s largest commercial construction association, and the Gould Construction Institute (GCI), ABC’s training affiliate, congratulate R.H. White Construction Co., Inc. for recently being named a Platinum Safety, Training, and Evaluation Process (S.T.E.P.) award recipient at the 14th Annual ABC/GCI Safety & Education Dinner held May 17th at the […]