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 Construction Dive: The U.S. Department of Labor’s independent contractor final rule went into effect Monday, after businesses scrambled last week to have it enjoined or halted through a preliminary injunction. DOL announced the final rule in January, more than a year after it proposed changes to its evaluation of workers’ independent contractor status in […]
From St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune:Â Laborers Local 110 has donated $2,300 for an upcoming parents seminar on teenage drug and alcohol abuse sponsored by the Byrnes Mill Police Department and the Spring Hill Presbyterian Church. The March 11 seminar will begin at 5 p.m. at 6247 Upper Byrnes Mill Road in Byrnes Mill, Mo. […]
From West Newsmagazine:Â Residents have voiced concerns about the construction of a 199-foot telecommunications tower proposed by Ameren on St. Albans Road, west of State Route 100. Ameren is seeking a conditional use permit from the city of Wildwood for the tower and associated equipment shelter on a 14.7-acre tract. The purpose of the facility […]
From Call Newspapers: The City of Crestwood is hosting three informational town halls about Proposition A this month at the Crestwood Community Center, 9245 Whitecliff Park Lane. The town halls will be held Tuesday, March 19 from 6 – 8 p.m., Wednesday, March 27 from 6 – 8 p.m. and Saturday, March 30 from 10 […]
From Mid Rivers Newsmagazine:Â At its March 13 meeting, the Wentzville Board of Aldermen is expected to review a series of requests, postponed from its Feb. 28 meeting, that would pave the way for a new subdivision named Interstate Crossing and a Stay Apartments Suites hotel to be built on a roughly 47-acre parcel between […]
From Construction Dive: The Project Stress Index — a measure of construction projects with a delayed bid date, or that have been paused or abandoned — rose 1.7% in the last 30 days, according to a March report from ConstructConnect, a Cincinnati-based provider of construction information and technology solutions. Work put on hold increased 11% […]
From Mid Rivers Newsmagazine:Â City of St. Charles officials have placed Proposition C on the April 2 Municipal Election ballot. The proposition asks city residents to approve an $85 million general obligation bond issue for building a new St. Charles City Centre Complex, to be located at the American Car and Foundry Co. (ACF) campus […]
From River Front Times:Â Cleanup resumed at Sk8 Liborius on Sunday, March 10, after fire ripped through the famed north St. Louis skate church last June. This is the fourth volunteer cleanup day that the skate church’s organizers have held. A group of 15 volunteers loaded old pipes, wooden beams, beer cans and one burnt-to-a-crisp […]
From Leader Publications:Â A construction project to add a new wing to Festus Middle School is scheduled to begin this month. The Festus R-6 Board of Education voted 6-0 on Feb. 15 to award a $7,574,900 contract to Brockmiller Construction in Farmington to build the new wing and complete other renovations at the school, 1717 […]
From St. Louis Business Journal:Â Weber Fire and Safety, a fire protection business based in High Ridge, has a new owner. CertaSite, an Indianapolis-based commercial fire protection and life safety company, said it has acquired Weber Fire and Safety. Terms of the deal, which closed March 1 and was announced Thursday in a press release, […]
From West Newsmagazine: At a recent Creve Coeur City Council joint work session with the economic development committee, Emily Lohse-Busch, executive director of what’s now known as the 39 North AgTech Innovation District, offered a detailed progress review of the development. The development is an agricultural and biotech district mainly in the eastern part of […]
From Fox News: Darnell Jamison is a Construction Career Development Initiative alumnus. He’s now a successful journeyman carpenter. “I love it. Every day of it,” he said. From drywall demonstrations to electrical work and even painting, experts like Jamison showcased their skills as they inspired the next generation of tradespeople. “It gives them an opportunity […]
From Next City: Public service projects are the nuts and bolts of a community – they play a crucial role in holding it together. These projects, whether fixing roads, providing social services or other community-oriented efforts, are the glue that allows communities to thrive. They bring back “third spaces” as places where people can gather […]
From Leader Publications:Â A forensic crime lab in Jefferson County should be up and running sometime in 2025. The Jefferson County Council voted unanimously on Feb. 25 to approve spending up to $6.13 million to build the lab in Pevely. The council awarded the construction contract to the lowest of five bidders, K&S Construction of […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: St. Louis-based general contracting firm Integrate Construction Partners has started construction on a new $11.5 million government center for the City of Eureka, MO. The new facility, to be named the Michael A. Wiegand Justice Center after the city’s police chief, will house Eureka’s police department, municipal court and city offices. […]
From KSDK:Â An Amtrak line connecting Dallas and New York City may have St. Louis as its mid-point stop, according to new maps released by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). The proposed Dallas/Fort Worth – New York Line would travel southwest from the East Coast to Texas while cutting through Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri […]
by Bob Clark, Executive Chairman and Founder, Clayco From Bob Clark Beyond: Since I acquired a self-inflicted poor education, I was really going to need life teachers and business mentors. As a well-defined Attention Deficit member, in the fifth grade my mind was on the construction project next to my school instead of studying during […]
From REjournals: To mark Women in Construction Week 2024 – which enters its final day today – Clayco, which has Midwest offices in Overland and Clayton, Missouri; Lenexa, Kansas; and Chicago, polled its female leaders about the many myths surrounding women in the construction industry and the actual truths that shatter those falsehoods. Here is […]
by Tom Finan, Executive Director, Construction Forum Earlier this week, we wrote an article quoting Brandon Anderson, vice president of AGCMO on the need for more proactive action in the area of mental health for our construction team members. There’s a tremendous amount of momentum behind the movement of bringing awareness to the industry. We […]
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