Suffolk Construction, like many general contractors with a national footprint, saw the uneven impacts of COVID-19 as it hit different regions of the country firsthand.
In its hometown of Boston, where former Mayor Marty Walsh shut down all jobsites quickly at the onset of the pandemic, it had to actively look for ways to keep its crews engaged. But in other areas of the country, like Florida, business boomed.
Here, Construction Dive talks with Ralph Esposito, Suffolk’s president of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region, to talk about the road to recovery, how material costs are impacting business and even that dramatic near miss on a jobsite at Boston University. Esposito joined the company last year after 25 years with Lendlease.
