Dive summary:

• Boston-based Suffolk Construction has decided to run a second year of the Subcontractor Development Series it began in 2012 to help disadvantaged and minority- and women-owned trade subcontractors build business skills and to foster long-term relationships with the company.
• The contractor runs the eight-session course at its own training facility and selects 30 participants who have been in business at least two years and are state-certified as being in one of the categories.
• The participants learn how Suffolk does construction management, and this year's version will add use of Suffolk's Web-based document management system.

From the article:

“For our 2012 Subcontractor Development Series, we awarded 35 projects totaling more than $25 million to DBE, MBE, and WBE subcontractors who successfully completed the program...."