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The City of St. Louis invites residents, stakeholders and community partners to participate in two significant upcoming PlanSTL neighborhood planning events in the North St. Louis neighborhoods that are part of Plan Areas 3 and 5. These events represent important milestones in the City’s ongoing efforts to shape inclusive, community-driven neighborhood plans and progress for […]

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From First Alert 4: Laclede’s Landing is emerging as a growing residential district, just steps from the Gateway Arch. While the nightlife and club scene have long passed, new apartment units and supporting neighborhood businesses have been bringing back a sense of place and vibrancy to the historic district during the day. Camille Jackson opened […]

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From Brookings: Artificial intelligence is the transformative technology of our time. As argued in the Brookings Press book, “Turning Point: Policymaking in the Era of Artificial Intelligence,” it is powering applications in finance, health care, education, transportation, defense, and e-commerce, among other sectors. AI’s ability to process large amounts of information and act independently on […]

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From Offsite Straight Talk: For more than three decades, I’ve watched modular construction be praised, dismissed, misunderstood, overpromised, underdelivered, and then rediscovered again like it’s something brand new. Every few years, someone asks the same question differently: “Why hasn’t modular taken over the construction industry?” They usually expect the answer to be marketing. It’s not. […]

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Whitfield School is advancing a comprehensive reimagining of its campus facilities as part of its long-range Whitfield 2030 strategic plan, with Bond Architects leading the design effort. Together, a new academic center, a re-envisioned central courtyard, and a multipurpose athletic facility are intended to align the school’s physical environment with its academic mission, community life, […]

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From ENR: The last of five federal court hearings for large, under-construction offshore wind energy projects that challenged a Dec. 22 Trump administration work-stop order has played out like the others—with a Feb. 2 decision that revokes the construction suspension for New York’s 924-MW Sunrise Wind project. While the U.S. Interior Dept. asked for court […]

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From Multifamily & Affordable Housing Business: Despite pockets of overbuilding and stalled or falling rents in many apartment markets across the country, 80 percent of lenders and financial intermediaries who participated in France Media’s 15th annual forecast survey indicated the multifamily sector provides the most attractive financing opportunities for lenders today. While multifamily is the […]

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McCarthy’s MC Industrial subsidiary is supporting Ameren Missouri at the Audrain Energy Center with the construction and execution of a dual-fuel conversion for eight combustion turbine generators. The project adds critical fuel flexibility, helping the facility maintain operations during extreme winter conditions—while strengthening grid reliability for customers across the region. Natural Gas Supports Grid Reliability […]

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Richard Charles Shepard, a central figure in St. Louis industrial and commercial real estate for more than five decades, died Jan. 15, 2026. He was 91.Shepard’s professional career traced the modern evolution of the region’s development industry. After early work in industrial and area development for Union Electric Co., he joined Linclay Corp. in 1968 […]

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by Dr. John Gaal This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness blog looks at an upstream vs downstream approach to Mental Health; to Springsteen’s new song addressing the chaos in MN; to the benefits of volunteering…especially for retirees. Focal Point: This week I wish to share with our readers the progress being made with setting […]

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Serving as the Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR), S. M Wilson & Co. has completed a $23.8 million renovation and addition project at Rochester High School to build a state-of-the-art science wing, upgrade athletic facilities, enhance security and add a new student commons area and offices. This is the third construction program that S. M. […]

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The Building Enclosures Council–St. Louis, in cooperation with the Concrete Council, will present a technical education program titled “Application of Insulated Concrete Forms in General Commercial Construction” on Thursday, March 5, 2026, at the Masonry Institute of St. Louis. The program will examine the use of insulated concrete forms (ICFs) in general commercial construction, including […]

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From St. Louis Public Radio: A struggling city program aimed at fixing and selling abandoned homes, predominantly in north St. Louis, may get a boost through newly proposed city legislation. Through Prop NS, homes in the city land bank are nominated to be made structurally sound and put back on the market for sale to […]

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From Industry Week: To train the workforce of the future, we need to think outside the box. Across the country, career academies, dual-enrollment programs and partnerships with technical colleges and four-year universities offer high school students a range of career-path options. But sometimes, it takes deeper public-private partnerships to create truly innovative solutions. This is […]

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From First Alert 4: The Gateway South development is moving ahead with plans to create a construction hub in the bi-state region that could transform the industrial riverfront south of the Gateway Arch. Just south of the Arch sits Chouteau’s Landing, where a team of investors is planning a $1.2 billion development called Gateway South, […]

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From AIA: The AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index® (ABI) remained below the 50 threshold with a score of 48.5 for December (a score below 50 indicates declining firm billings). Architecture firm billings declined every month of 2025 and have declined every month except for three since October 2022. Fewer firms reported a decrease in billings in […]

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From The St. Louis American: Harris-Stowe State University has broken ground on a $62.3 million science and technology building, a project university and civic leaders say signals a turning point for the historically Black institution and its role in St. Louis’ economic future. The four-story, 82,443-square-foot STEM center will rise on the university’s Laclede Avenue […]

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by Tom Finan, Executive Director, Construction Forum Across the U.S., a growing number of cities are choosing bus-based transit investments over new rail lines, a shift driven largely by cost, delivery timelines, and funding constraints. A recent Smart Cities Dive review of major transit projects scheduled to open in 2026 shows bus rapid transit (BRT) […]

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Seiler Geospatial announced January 29 that it has acquired the Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi Trimble territory previously served by Navigation Electronics, Inc. (NEI), significantly expanding Seiler’s presence across the South Central United States. The transaction strengthens Seiler’s long-standing support of the Trimble brand and positions the St. Louis–based firm to directly serve customers in all […]

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The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of Producer Price Index (PPI) data for 2025 shows tariffs are exerting measurable inflationary pressure on construction cost inputs — particularly for non-residential projects. According to ABC’s release, overall construction input prices rose 2.8% year-over-year in 2025, with non-residential construction input costs climbing 3.2% over the same period. […]

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