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by Tom Finan, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Construction Forum Construction Forum’s newly released 2025 Annual Report captures a year when the conversation about our region’s built environment shifted—from long-range planning to immediate response, and from discussion to durable systems. You can read the full report here: 2025 Annual Report. The May 16 EF-3 tornado forced […]

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by Tom Finan, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Construction Forum More than 850 industry professionals, public officials, contractors, and suppliers attended the SITE Improvement Association’s STL – Investment in Infrastructure Expo Tuesday at the St. Charles Convention Center, highlighting the scale of infrastructure investment shaping the St. Louis region. The exhibit hall reflected the full infrastructure […]

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From Construction Dive: Clayco could soon be digging on the site of the first fully integrated nuclear-powered data center in the U.S., according to a Feb. 12 news release from the Chicago-based general contractor. A multidisciplinary consortium, led by Swiss-American energy company Deep Atomic, submitted proposals to the Department of Energy to pair advanced nuclear […]

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From ULI: A recent Grove Impact study found that Black and Hispanic real estate developers make up less than 1 percent of all private developers nationwide. The organization’s research specifically determined that Black developers represent 0.40 percent of the commercial real estate industry, and Hispanic developers represent 0.16 percent. ULI’s Real Estate Diversity Initiative, or […]

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From KSDK: The St. Charles County Council voted Monday night to approve the final plan for a sprawling new subdivision and community improvement district for the area. It’s a move that authorizes a controversial development residents say will overwhelm local infrastructure, but officials argue it was legally unavoidable. The council’s decision clears the way for […]

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From Boston Business Journal: While headlines are dominated by megaprojects and marquee developments, a quieter and potentially more consequential transformation is reshaping America’s built environment. Across the country, decades of deferred maintenance to essential building systems are coming due all at once, triggering what many in the industry now describe as an invisible construction boom. […]

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From First Alert 4: First Alert Forward is exploring how other US cities are addressing increased construction and labor costs and higher interest rates. Recently, Overland Park, a suburb of Kansas City, developed an online catalogue of free home plans in an effort to expedite the process of designing and approving building permits. According to […]

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From RiverBender: Triad Community Unit School District #2 recently broke ground on a construction project at Triad High School to add a performing arts center, additional classrooms, and renovated career and technical education spaces. The project includes construction of the Triad Center for the Performing Arts, which Triad Community Unit School District Superintendent Jason Henderson […]

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From Leader Publications: The Missouri Public Service Commission on Feb. 11 approved Ameren Missouri’s plan to build a new natural gas plant and battery storage facility on the site of its former coal-fired plant south of Festus. On June 27, the company filed an application with the Missouri Public Service Commission for the project, called […]

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From First Alert 4: A push to build and restore housing north of the Delmar Divide is gaining momentum, but developers say funding gaps, city bureaucracy and a lack of resources continue to slow progress. Neighborhoods north of the Delmar Divide hold some of the city’s deepest historical roots, but many have spent decades without […]

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From Construction Dive: Construction accounted for about one in five U.S. workplace deaths in 2024, according to the most recent available data. In 2024, 1,034 construction workers died on the job, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries released Thursday. Forty-one fewer workers in the industry died in 2024 than the […]

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From West Newsmagazine: Ameren Missouri officials struck confidential agreements with data centers last week, according to Ameren Chief Executive Officer Marty Lyons. These agreements mean a total of 2.2 gigawatts of new demand to be served by Ameren Missouri in the future, Lyons said during a call with investors Thursday, Feb. 12. That is enough […]

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From St. Louis Magazine: A year after sharing plans to stabilize four buildings with deep significance to local Black history, St. Louis’ Land Reutilization Authority has determined one cannot be saved: Club Imperial in Walnut Park West. The venue, which helped launch Ike and Tina Turner to stardom and helped integrate St. Louis’ music scene, […]

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Citizens Health, the healthcare provider serving rural northwest Kansas, has completed construction of a new medical center replacement hospital in Colby, Kan., significantly expanding access to high-quality care for patients across the nine-county region. McCarthy Building Companies served as construction manager for the project, working with HFG Architects as the design architect to deliver the […]

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The St. Louis Business Journal has honored a collaborative effort that included IBEW Local 1 and NECA contractors to restore power in tornado ravaged areas of North St. Louis. In April, the business publication will present an Innovation in Philanthropy Award to the ReConnect STL team orchestrating a pioneering community recovery initiative. That team includes […]

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A federal judge Tuesday (Feb. 24th) sentenced Coretta “Cory” Elliott, owner of CMT, LLC, doing business as CMT Roofing, LLC, to three years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, and ordered her to pay $1.7 million in restitution for fraudulently obtaining federal pandemic relief funds. Elliott previously pleaded guilty in U.S. […]

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Construction Forum has opened nominations for the 2026 Building Tomorrow Awards (BTA). The BTAs recognize individuals and organizations advancing the St. Louis region’s built environment through leadership, collaboration, and measurable outcomes. The event is the Forum’s sole fundraising event of the year. The 2025 awards raised $42,917 for programs supporting the Forum’s Mission: To facilitate […]

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From Construction Dive: Sean Kilcrease is moving up the depth chart at Nissan Stadium. But he’s not a member of the home team Tennessee Titans — he’s a quality control inspector. Kilcrease, 24, is a Nashville native and an employee of Baker Construction, a Monroe, Ohio, firm that bills itself as the nation’s largest concrete […]

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From St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune: Dan Geiler, a retired former EMS first responder and member of the International Fire Fighters Association (IAFF)Local 2665, spent years assisting others in their time of need. This month, it was Geiler who was on the receiving end of the help. On Feb. 7, a group of volunteers from […]

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A free “Hard Hat Courage,” two-hour informational breakfast at 8:00AM on March 4th at Laborers Local 42 hall will equip construction leaders with tools to recognize warning signs of suicide and implement prevention strategies. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s (AFSP) Missouri Chapter is hosting the program. AFSP’s Talk Saves Lives: An Introduction to Suicide […]

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