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Ostrow Electric and IBEW Local 96 Underway with Worcester Red Sox Polar Park

August 11th, 2020

Electrical project team of 60 union electricians expected at peak construction; Architect: D’Agostino Izzo Quirk Architects (DAIQ Architects), Somerville, MA; Construction Manager: Gilbane-AECOM Hunt, A Joint Venture, Boston, MA; Owner’s Project Manager: Skanska USA Building Inc., Boston, MA Worcester, MA – On May 15, 2020, Worcester-based IBEW Local 96 signatory contractor, Ostrow Electric Company and its crew of Local 96 electricians started electrical construction work at Polar Park, the new home of the Worcester Red Sox, located in the heart of Worcester’s historic, resurgent Canal District in Kelley Square. The ballpark is the signature project in the current redesign and … Continue reading Ostrow Electric and IBEW Local 96 Underway with Worcester Red Sox Polar Park

IBEW Local 96 – Union Position on Worcester Red Sox Polar Park Construction

February 11th, 2019

Why Polar Park and the Kelly Square Development Should Be Constructed with Skilled, Reliable Union Labor As the City of Worcester and its residents anticipate and plan for one of the city’s most important and dynamic developments in its long and storied history – the construction of the Worcester Red Sox Polar Park, as well as the surrounding development and redesign of Kelley Square, the highly skilled electricians of Worcester’s electrical union, IBEW Local 96, and our union’s signatory contractors are uniquely well-qualified to adeptly handle the project and its many challenges with on-time, on-budget electrical construction services that also … Continue reading IBEW Local 96 – Union Position on Worcester Red Sox Polar Park Construction