Groundbreakings on three major Connecticut developments helped boost the overall value of October construction starts by 5 percent, McGraw Hill Construction said in a report this week.
The report cites Foxwoods’ $120 million Tanger outlet mall, as well as two high-school construction projects totaling $169 million.They include additions and renovations at Orville H. Platt High School in Meriden and Wethersfield High School, McGraw said.
Despite Connecticut’s construction contributions, massive manufacturing plants in Iowa, West Virginia and Louisiana, as well as the start of a $2.8-billion replacement project at the Tappan Zee Bridge in New York represented much of the year-over-year gain, McGraw said.