Shaner Hotel Group has started construction on a 108-room Fairfield Inn & Suites in Silver Spring Township, Cumberland County.

Skilled workers are hard to find, so a Lancaster County mechanical contractor created a training program that allows it to hire employees with zero experience and train them in the field.

Lebanon County recently banned the use of project labor agreements for county public works projects. Opponents of PLAs hope more counties will do the same, looking to reignite debate over statewide legislation. But union leaders and proponents of PLAs don't see a trend emerging.

Since 1955, T&W Traffic Control has decorated midstate streets and highways in orange, yellow and white.

Harristown Enterprises has started construction on a $1.2 million apartment project in downtown Harrisburg.

Carlisle Construction Materials has opened a new research and development facility in Carlisle. Stewart & Tate Construction built the $10.1 million complex.

A nearly $2.3 million state loan has been awarded to help fund a new business park plan in Paradise Township, Lancaster County.

Cumberland County contractor Weidner Construction Services is relocating its headquarters to 10 Kacey Court in Upper Allen Township. The move out of the Rossmoyne Business Center will give the construction company more office space and room to grow.

A major mixed-use project in Mechanicsburg could see heavy building construction this year, including a craft brewery expected to open in 2020.

During National Small Business Week May 5-11, we recognize the hard work, risk and resilience of the more than 25 small business tenants in Smith Land's Central Pennsylvania portfolio of plazas.

Medical construction has reshaped the landscape off Route 30 and Roosevelt Avenue in York County. UPMC Pinnacle Memorial hospital, which is slated to open in August, has been followed by multiple office buildings, including the new OSS West York expected to open in September.

The Shoppes at Wyndham, a retail center near York College, is filling up. Dunkin Donuts is the latest to sign a lease in the center, which will be anchored by a Lidl grocery store.

York County-based Wagman Heavy Civil has been awarded a nearly $60 million interchange project in Virginia.

The marketing director of a York County line painting and traffic control products company is organizing a new southcentral Pennsylvania chapter for the National Association of Women in Construction.

Construction of the new UPMC Pinnacle Memorial Hospital in West Manchester Township has fueled some new medical office growth along Roosevelt Avenue in Manchester Township, including a new OSS Health facility.