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Construction Forum is now accepting nominations for the 2026 Building Tomorrow Awards, recognizing individuals and organizations helping strengthen collaboration, workforce opportunity and innovation across the St. Louis built environment. The nomination deadline is April 10. Click to submit a nomination. Since their launch in 2015, the Building Tomorrow Awards have honored leaders who are expanding […]

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by Daffney Moore, PhD I read the recent article about downtown street vendors in the St. Louis Post Dispatch. And honestly — it bothered me. Not because of the vendors. Because of the mindset behind the criticism. I’ve lived or worked in downtown St. Louis for nearly 26 years. As a city administrator, chief of […]

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Building-industry professionals from across the St. Louis region will gather April 15 for the annual St. Louis CSI Product Show, an event showcasing new materials, technologies and solutions shaping today’s built environment. Hosted by the Greater St. Louis Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI), the show will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. […]

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IMEG of St. Louis has received a National Recognition Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) as part of the organization’s 59th annual Engineering Excellence Awards, recognizing the firm’s engineering work on the vertical expansion of the Steven & Susan Lipstein BJC Institute of Health at Washington University School of Medicine. Six Floors […]

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by Dr. John Gaal This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness blog looks at another lawsuit concerning AI’s impact on Suicide Deaths; to how ‘prop’ bets are impacting college campuses and influencing wars; to a variety of efforts to reshape and support Women in the Construction Industry. Focal Point: This week I wish to discuss […]

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From ENR: Large-scale construction activity across the Midwest is accelerating, fueled by a combination of advanced manufacturing investment, renewable energy expansion and soaring demand for data centers. But industry leaders caution that the sector’s growth is being tested by power constraints, procurement challenges, workforce availability and owners’ rising expectations for speed and cost certainty. Across […]

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From Mid Rivers Newsmagazine: St. Peters Mayor Len Pagano broke two tie votes to approve a new workforce housing development during the Feb. 26 Board of Aldermen meeting. The Prime Company project was initially voted down by city leadership in October, due to concerns regarding a lack of green space, resident opposition to new apartments […]

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From St. Louis Public Radio: The Federal Emergency Management Agency told St. Louis it will not pay for most building demolitions the city wanted covered. In a February letter obtained by St. Louis Public Radio, the federal agency said it would not reimburse the city for demolishing several kinds of buildings that are common in […]

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From St. Louis Business Journal: Keeley Properties has broken ground on the Cortex Innovation District’s first new‑construction residential project, which has been in the works for years. Located at 4108 Clayton Ave. near the Cortex MetroLink station, the mixed-use development, named Iris, will have ground-floor retail space and 174 apartments, 17 of which will be […]

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by Tom Finan, Executive Director, Construction Forum The new unit will design and build utility-scale solar and battery storage projects as electricity demand surges from data centers, manufacturing and electrification. Clayco has launched a new business unit focused on utility-scale solar facilities and battery energy storage systems. The strategic move is in response to rising […]

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The Construction Leadership Institute (CLI) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville celebrated 39 graduates of its program Friday, March 6 as a part of the CLI Graduation celebration. Developed by the SIUE Schools of Business and Engineering, the CLI provides the knowledge, skills and strategies that individuals and companies need in today’s challenging construction industry. Program […]

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From St. Louis Public Radio: As East-West Gateway Council of Governments Executive Director Jim Wild remembers it, members of the organization’s board agreed at a meeting last June that the region needed to align its efforts across almost every sector. The bi-state forum’s board consists of regional leaders like St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer and […]

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Editor’s Note: The following article from Baker Tilly, a national advisory, tax and accounting firm, is written by Neal Richardson, former president and executive director of the St. Louis Development Corporation (SLDC) and a former member of the Construction Forum Board of Directors. Richardson now serves as a director in Baker Tilly’s Development and Community […]

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From Urban Land Institute: Decades of deferred maintenance across the federal government’s real estate portfolio have created an estimated $50 billion repair backlog, according to an interim report from the Public Buildings Reform Board (PBRB). The report—The Cost of Inaction: Deferred Maintenance in GSA’s Portfolio—examines buildings managed by the General Services Administration (GSA) and concludes […]

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From Mid Rivers Newsmagazine: The Cottleville Board of Aldermen approved a conditional use permit (CUP) for Eagle Construction & Design LLC to move its current headquarters to 341 Weiss Road at its Feb. 18 meeting. During a public hearing, Eagle Construction owner Rick Egelhoff said his company has successfully operated in Cottleville for 15 years, […]

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From KMOV: Nearly 100 people came to the all-women construction career expo in the city on Friday. Windy Chafin has been a heavy equipment operator for more than 25 years and said she is often the only woman on a job site. “We desperately need more women in the trades,” Chafin said. Chafin said pipe […]

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From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: A collection of Midtown-area businesses and nonprofits want to establish a new taxing district to fund street projects that they hope will lead to more development. The new district would earmark some of the property tax revenue generated in a 154-acre spate specifically for streetscape projects across St. Louis’ Midtown neighborhood. […]

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Nicholas Walker, Vice President of Project Development and Strategy of IMPACT Strategies, is the recipient of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s 2026 Construction Leadership Institute (CLI) Alumni Leadership Award. The CLI Alumni Leadership Award recognizes an outstanding graduate who has demonstrated exceptional leadership and service to the St. Louis area building community. At IMPACT Strategies, Walker […]

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With more than $1 billion in investment supporting multiple new developments and expansions, the St. Louis region continues to strengthen its position as one of the nation’s leading hubs for Food & AgTech manufacturing, distribution and innovation. Supported by a central U.S. location, unmatched freight network providing global access and an internationally recognized research ecosystem, […]

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New digital system allows contractors, developers and homeowners to submit applications, upload plans and track approvals entirely online. by Tom Finan, Executive Director, Construction Forum The City of St. Louis has launched a new online building permit portal designed to streamline the approval process for contractors, developers and residents while reducing the need for in-person […]

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