Spotlights

2025 Women in Construction:
Christina Cimino, DJSA Architects

What trends or innovations do you believe will shape the future of your field, and how are you positioning yourself (or your firm) to be at the forefront? Our firm has been actively researching the impact of AI on the future of the A/E/C industry.

2025 NEREJ Women in Construction - Featured Woman-Owned Business: Frank O. Waterman & Associates Inc.

As a leader, what values or principles do you prioritize when guiding your team or making decisions? In the dynamic and ever-evolving landscape of business, the role of a leader extends far beyond the mere management of tasks and the delegation of responsibilities.

2025 NEREJ Women in Construction - Featured Woman-Owned Business: EB Williams Trucking

What inspired you to start your firm, and how has your vision evolved over the years?The inspiration behind all of this is one thousand percent my husband and it just motivated us more when we started our family.

2025 Women in Construction:
Samantha Washuk, PROCON

What is one project or achievement in your career that you are most proud of, and how did it impact your organization or community? The project I’m most proud of is the one that I’m currently on – the Easterseals NH Military & Veteran Campus.

2025 Women in Construction:
Luiza Mills, Interstate Electrical Services Corp.

What is one project or achievement in your career that you are most proud of, and how did it impact your organization or community? I am most recently proud of launching Interstate’s Assembler Apprentice Program, the first of its kind in Mass.

2025 Women in Construction:
Pamela Aybar, DiPrete Engineering

Who or what has inspired you most in your career, and what advice would you share with the next generation of women entering the A/E/C industry? My mom has been an incredible inspiration, especially as a hardworking immigrant woman in construction.

2025 Women in Construction: Joanne O’Connell,
Hancock Survey Associates, Inc

What is one project or achievement in your career that you are most proud of, and how did it impact your organization or community? When I started here five years ago, I knew it was going to be challenging. I had come from a different industry, but was excited to learn and knew

2025 Women in Construction: Kanu Shree Maheshwari, Babbidge Construction Company

What is one project or achievement in your career that you are most proud of, and how did it impact your organization or community? One of the projects I am most proud of is developing a new software tool designed to streamline processes within our company. It is a major initiative aimed at improving workflow efficiency,

Change is inevitable, those who adapt will find success - by David Skinner

Trump 2.0: What to ExpectIf you know anything about me and my won’t to opine on commercial real estate matters here at the New England Real Estate Journal, you also might know that I cannot abide politics nor any conversation related

Is the southern New Hampshire industrial market pausing? - by Michael Harrington

The New Hampshire industrial market appears to be pausing before entering the next phase of the market cycle, for how long is anyone’s guess. As I pointed out in last year’s article, New Hampshire has not been immune from the effects of national macro-economic conditions. Increases in interest