From News Tribune: Window renovations for Robert Hyder Apartments are moving at a fast pace, leaders with the Jefferson City Housing Authority said this week. JCHA Executive Director Michelle Wessler told members of the organization’s board Tuesday morning that so far, contractors had replaced windows in 74 units out of 116, all along Wayne Avenue. […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: One of St. Louis’ largest accounting firms has downsized and modernized its existing office. Armanino LLP, which was created from a 2021 merger of St. Louis-based Brown Smith Wallace with the San Ramon, California-based firm Armanino, was able to shift where it worked for seven months last year so that […]
From MSN: Housing starts fell 14.8% to a five-month low in January, Census Bureau data shows. Single-family starts dropped 4.7% following a 6.4% drop in December, the sharpest consecutive decline since the summer of 2022. Economist David Rosenberg said it’s hard to blame winter weather, as declines were seen across the US. Housing starts collapsed […]
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 Post-Dispatch: A row of vacant, dilapidated houses on South Kingshighway that St. Louis officials had once wanted to preserve instead saw the wrecking ball on Monday. City Hall determined they were a threat to public safety. By midafternoon Monday, the crew from St. Louis-based Bellon Wrecking had flattened one of the seven […]
From REjournals: The City of Olivette, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, officially cut the ribbon Nov. 5 on its new Five Oaks on Warson community center and a park maintenance facility designed by St. Louis-based KAI. Voter passage of Proposition C enabled the city to partially fund its 2018 Comprehensive Parks Master Plan for […]
From First Alert 4: Development has surged in Kirkwood since 2020, especially in the last 18 months. There are multiple developers pouring millions into the land-locked town which is quickly aging, and Kirkwood leaders are trying to change that with development. But an emerging grassroots effort said all this building and millions of dollars are […]
From Construction Dive: A coalition of building trade groups petitioned the White House Office of Management and Budget last week to clarify and adjust its implementation of Build America, Buy America requirements for construction materials, saying that they risk delaying and inflating the cost of infrastructure work as-is. BABA expands existing domestic preference requirements for […]
From Leader Publications: Nearly half a million dollars in federal funds have been allocated to buy out a handful of flood-damaged homes in De Soto. On Jan. 17, De Soto City Manager Todd Melkus received written notification that the city is eligible to receive up to $462,860.25 in federal funds to buy and demolish five […]
Contegra Construction Co. has built a 1.3 million-square-foot facility that has enabled The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, the world’s leading marketer of branded consumer lawn and garden as well as indoor and hydroponic growing products, to enhance the efficiency of its supply chain operations in central Ohio. Developed by Crawford Hoying, the facility is located in […]
O’Toole Design Associates, a prominent interior design firm in St. Louis, has rebranded as ODA studio, coinciding with the appointment of Debbie Stamer as President and Owner. The firm’s Founder, Michelle O’Toole (pictured right), will continue to contribute in an advisory capacity during this transformative phase. “This marks a new era for O’Toole Design Associates […]
Courtney Hoette, MBA, has been named controller at BEX Construction Services, the fifth fastest-growing privately held company in the St. Louis region. In her new role, Hoette applies 16 years of accounting experience to providing accurate, timely and relevant financial data for firm leaders to make impactful, real-time business decisions. She has previously served as […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: A nonprofit with a massive $40 million headquarters project seeking to revitalize north St. Louis is moving to the project’s second phase, which will be partially funded through $10 million in tax credits. With the building purchase and first construction phase completed on a $40 million redevelopment to convert a […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: It may take double a proposed $20 million injection to salvage a troubled expansion of the downtown convention center, officials said this week. City leaders have been considering the grant for the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission to cover a handful of key additions, including a new lobby and public […]
From The Labor Tribune: The construction industry is in a silent crisis. Last year, nearly 50,000 Americans died by suicide, at a rate of 5.7 suicide deaths per hour and roughly twice the rate of homicide. That’s the highest number ever recorded in the U.S. In the past two decades, the national suicide rate, or […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: St. Louis aldermen on Friday gave final approval to a bill that would subject much of Paul McKee’s NorthSide Regeneration holdings to eminent domain, part of a redevelopment plan for neighborhoods north of downtown. The bill now goes to Mayor Tishaura Jones. A development chief tied to her, Neal Richardson, […]
From MSN: St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones, business, and faith-based leaders broke ground Thursday morning to turn over new homeownership opportunities in north St. Louis. The St. Louis Development Corporation is an independent economic agency whose goal is equitable growth and prosperity for the city. However, some things have been missing in north St. Louis. […]
From St. Louis Post Dispatch: In June, a family bought the house across from the old St. James United Church of Christ, a 1911 brick converted two-family, for $300,000. In most St. Louis-area neighborhoods, the sale would be unremarkable, perhaps noted among Zillow junkies as a good deal for its size. But in far north […]
From The Labor Tribune: Bayless High School senior Tyler Schuetz was having a hard time trying to figure out what to do after high school. His choices included going to college or working a full-time job. Then his mom saw a flyer on Facebook about the 2023 Heavy Metal Summer Experience (HMSE) being offered at […]
From NCCER: As a workforce development manager at the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER), I am dedicated to advancing the construction industry through effective education and training programs. With nearly 50 years in the construction industry as a craft professional and workforce development professional, I am convinced that investment in formal construction […]
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