A fully wired NH expected by 2026
Despite a shift in policy, New Hampshire officials expect 100% of the households and businesses in the state will have access to broadband internet by 2026.
Future N.H. construction contracts rise in August
The value of contracts for future residential and nonbuilding construction in New Hampshire increased in August — signs that the New Hampshire construction industry may be emerging from its torpor.
According to industry information service McGraw-Hill Construction, the total value of residential projects in August stood at $41.59 million, 7 percent more than the $38.76 million reported a year earlier.
Nonbuilding contracts — for roads, bridges and other infrastructure — stood at $47.21 million, more than five times the $8.46 million reported in August 2008.
But future nonresidential construction contracts totaled $52.12 million in August, 32 percent less than the $76.69 reported a year earlier.
All told, August 2009 contracts for future construction in New Hampshire totaled $140.93 million, 14 percent more than the $123.92 million reported a year earlier.
So far in 2009, thanks in large part to federal stimulus spending, future construction contracts total $1.40 billion, 8 percent more than the $1.29 billion reported through August 2008. — JEFF FEINGOLD/NEW HAMPSHIRE BUSINESS REVIEW
