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by Tom Finan, Executive Director, Construction Forum “You make everyday life better and that gets people to stay in the city. If people stay, then you can start to bring businesses back.” That quotation could have come from any number of leaders in the St. Louis Region… except it didn’t. Instead, it was Detroit Mayor […]

A ceremonial groundbreaking for the first dedicated home for Arts & Sciences on the Danforth Campus took place Oct. 8 at Washington University in St. Louis. The building will house some of the school’s premier departments and programs and serve as a cornerstone for scholarly and educational partnerships with other schools and units across campus. […]

Family-owned McLeod Express is expanding warehousing services with a new 611,000-square-foot facility in Decatur, Ill. Contegra Construction is building the facility and will complete the project in June 2025. The building will be the second warehouse that McLeod operates out of Decatur, Ill. Over the years, McLeod Express has realized an increased demand for warehousing […]

Carmody MacDonald P.C. is pleased to announce that Dennis Donahue III, a seasoned intellectual property attorney, has joined the firm’s corporate/transactional practice group as a partner. A former aerospace engineer and leader of a large Midwest-based law firm, he will expand Carmody MacDonald’s existing intellectual property, patent and trademark legal services to clients, particularly those […]

An event on Oct. 29th offers real, hands-on tools for D/W/MBE firms looking to make their footprint in upcoming transportation design, planning, and construction projects in the region. The St. Louis Chapter, Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO) plans a seminar/workshop titled “Stumbling Blocks to Stepping Stones”. The event will be held from 8:00AM – […]

From St. Louis Business Journal:  Harris-Stowe State University opened its Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship on Thursday as home for its new community-facing business incubator Nxt Lvl. The university’s Minority Entrepreneurship Collaborative Center for Advancement (MECCA), which used to do community programming, will now focus on Harris-Stowe students, faculty and staff out of the Anheuser-Busch […]

From MRN:  A large-scale, 239-home residential development near the northwest boundary of the August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area has been approved by the O’Fallon City Council. Tall Tree Farm L.P. and Canine Country Kennel and Farm LLC own 161.6 acres located at 9260 and 10102 Hwy. DD, near Diehr Road. In August, the city […]

From St. Louis Business Journal:  Zeiss, a Germany-based technology company in the optics and optoelectronics sectors, has invested $24 million to expand its operations in Chesterfield, where it says it’s creating 40 new jobs. The expansion, at the Zeiss facility at 722 Goddard Ave. in Chesterfield, includes a new research and production facility and the […]

From Labor Tribune:  If it seems like David Beard has been a high-ranking leader among the Iron Workers for a long time, it’s because he has. But on Aug. 29, he received his due from the Southwestern Illinois Central Labor Council at its well-attended annual awards banquet, as always at Bel-Air Bowl. Beard was named […]

From Construction Dive:  Waiting for other disciplines to finish their jobs before beginning the next phase of work is the leading cause of construction delays, according to a new report from Touchplan, a Boston-based production planning platform. Staffing shortages, followed by material and equipment delays, rank as the second and third largest contributors, reflecting ongoing […]

From St. Louis Business Journal:  Mercy Hospital South will receive a $75 million expansion and redesign of its emergency department, parent Mercy health system announced. A groundbreaking for the project is scheduled for Thursday morning. The project is expected to be completed in spring 2027, officials said Wednesday in a press release. Alberici is the […]

From Riverbender:  U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced $2,327,751,005 in total formula funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to build and maintain roads, bridges and tunnels that will improve efficiency, reduce congestion, improve resiliency against climate change and modernize key infrastructure […]

From NPR:  A multimillion-dollar housing development is bringing more affordability and stabilization to neighborhoods in north St. Louis that haven’t seen new, quality housing stock in years. A little more than a year after Tabernacle Community Development Corp. officially broke ground on the project in the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood, several new homes are in the process […]

From St. Louis Business Journal:  A $42 million apartment project in the Cortex innovation district is seeking a sales tax exemption from the city of St. Louis. Legislation introduced Friday by 9th Ward Alderman Michael Browning would provide the project’s developer, Keeley Properties, with a sales and use tax exemption on construction materials. The exemption, […]

From MRN:  SSM Health has expanded services in St. Charles County with a new comprehensive outpatient center in O’Fallon, in the Streets of Caledonia development at 301 Caledonia Parkway. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on Oct. 7 for the grand opening of the new 66,000-square-foot outpatient center. SSM Health officials said the new healthcare facility […]

The National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) Midwest Region is set to host its annual Fall Conference from October 9-11, 2024, in St. Louis. The event will bring together approximately 100 women construction professionals from across the region to focus on leadership, empowerment, and the future of women in construction. In a noteworthy addition, […]

Tarlton, St. Louis’ largest women-owned general contracting and construction management firm, announces that Shane Spears is serving as director of estimating for the company’s energy, industrial and civil construction team. Spears has more than 12 years of leadership experience in general contracting, with an emphasis in energy, industrial and heavy civil construction. He is working […]

S. M. Wilson & Co. is excited to partner with Roxana Community Unit School District #1 on the addition of a gymnasium at Central Intermediate School. The project broke ground last month. The 11,000-square-foot gymnasium addition will house a full-size baseball court, restrooms, and storage areas. As part of S. M. Wilson’s SKILLED® student engagement […]

by Dr. John Gaal Editor’s Note: Each week, Dr. John Gaal, director of worker wellness for the Missouri Works Initiative, a non-profit workforce formed by the Missouri AFL-CIO, collects and comments on news and trends in workforce wellness and life balance. Construction Forum carries the Worker Wellness & Well-Being Blog as a regular feature. The […]

From St. Louis Magazine:  Architect Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe famously quipped that “God is in the details,” and though he was referring to a job well done, we are inclined to co-opt his sentiment for another purpose: There is something divine about walking a city street or strolling through a neighborhood of old houses […]