From St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune: Workers in the construction industry have one of the highest suicide rates among occupational groups. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that male construction workers had a suicide rate approximately four times higher than the national average. Contributing factors include work environment, mental health stigma, substance […]
From Webster-Kirkwood Times: City leaders in Kirkwood on June 20 approved a contract to develop a master plan for Mitchell Park at a cost not to exceed $93,594. The master plan will be developed by DG2 Design Landscape Architecture of Eureka, which was the only firm to bid on the contract. The Kirkwood City Council […]
From Labor Tribune: The steelworkers of Granite City have a new union leader at a time when their entire future seems to be in the balance. Craig McKey was sworn in as the new president of United Steelworkers Local 1899 on June 6 at the Labor Temple in Granite City, along with returning and newly […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Forrest Miller is the sort of guy who can turn a simple idea into something substantial. When he was a young man playing in a band, he found his calling. Miller grew up on the south side of St. Louis, near Cleveland High School. He played the accordion, then the drums. […]
From WSJ: Lumber prices have tumbled into building season, a sign that residential construction and home-improvement markets are buckling under high borrowing costs. The price of two-by-fours, which skyrocketed during the pandemic, is a reliable leading indicator for the housing market. Lately it is flashing caution. Lumber futures shed 3% Friday to end at $452.50 […]
From UMSL: This week, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed the state’s Fiscal Year 2025 budget, which includes more than $36 million in capital funding for the University of Missouri–St. Louis. The budget calls for $15 million in capital funding to support the launch of the university’s new School of Engineering, as well as $20 million […]
From Construction Dive: The way big construction projects get done continues to evolve. Public projects used to happen via traditional design-bid-build, but today, many states and jurisdictions increasingly allow a range of delivery methods, such as construction manager at risk. That flexibility brings benefits — and potential perils — for contractors. Unlike in traditional design-bid-build, […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: Missouri American Water is investing $360 million this year to upgrade the water treatment and distribution systems that serve most of St. Louis County and parts of St. Charles County. Much of the treatment equipment and pipes date back to the early and mid-1900s and are being replaced to enhance […]
From The Intelligencer: The construction is part of a $44.9 million complete construction in Phase 1 of the project. Phase 2, the renovation, is slated to cost $49.6 million All construction in the new building is on track to be done by June 2025, which is two months before the centennial celebration of the original […]
From NPR: Ameren has officially taken ownership of its largest solar facility yet. The project near Beardstown, Illinois, is one of three big solar projects the company is adding in 2024. The Cass County Renewable Energy Center will come online later this year and produce 150 megawatts of power, enough to power about 27,500 homes […]
From The Intelligencer: A local attorney and developer seeks to revamp a chunk of Edwardsville’s downtown transition district. Chris Byron with Byron, Carlson Petri & Kalb, LLC, is planning to create Buchanan Street Plaza II that would be bordered by Buchanan, East Park, South Kansas, and East Schwarz streets. Developers plan to spend $7.5 million […]
by Mike Tallis – MBE/DBE, Managing Owner at Cherokee Hauling, LLC As a proud and honored board member of SITE Improvement Association STL, I decided to check out a field trip that our Y.E.S. Committee was holding at KiMaterials Inc. Y.E.S. (Young Executives of Site) is a group of younger adults between the ages of […]
From “Bob Clark Beyond”: by Bob Clark, Executive Chairman and Founder at Clayco Although Clayco’s development may be a COLD Storage Facility for Performance Food Group, things are sure HEATING UP around the community! Since the project’s successful groundbreaking a few months ago, everything has been going smoothly. The local fire department recently conducted three […]
From STLToday: St. Louisans may take the Eads Bridge for granted. But 150 years ago, it was considered one of the wonders of the modern world, an engineering marvel with Gilded Age backers and a creator compared to Leonardo da Vinci. The man who gave St. Louis its first bridge over the Mississippi — whose […]
Christie Brinkman has been named the new chair of ULI St. Louis. Brinkman the director of design-build at Castle Contracting, LLC, has been a member of ULI St. Louis for over seven years. She has most recently served as chair for mission advancement. Brinkman, who joined Castle six years ago, was just named to the […]
by Tom Finan, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Construction Forum On Wednesday (June 26th) ARCO responded to questions from Construction Forum regarding its pullout on a major project. In one of the most unusual disputes in memory over a construction project, $6.5B ARCO Construction notified its subs last Friday (June 21st ) on the $150M Gateway […]
After a detailed and competitive review, Air Products Membrane Solutions has selected PARIC as general contractor for a major expansion of their Maryland Heights global manufacturing and logistics center. Construction totaling about 75,000 square feet is expected to begin this summer and be completed in 2025. Major subcontracting partners include icon Mechanical and PayneCrest Electric. […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: A fight between a general contractor and owner threatens to further delay the completion of a $150 million music production facility here that officials said would grow jobs and boost the region’s visibility in the entertainment industry. Arco Construction last week ordered its crews and subcontractors to stop working at Gateway […]
From New Civil Engineer: 3D printing technology could be deployed for bridge construction, but there are still some factors hindering its adoption. The evolution of 3D printing technology in the past two decades has made it increasingly popular in the automotive and aerospace industries, as well as in the production of medical devices. This technology […]
From Gensler: The shift in priority towards whole-life carbon in the last five years has been a seismic change for the industry, one we’re just starting to see the effects of in the buildings we live and work in. But unlike the cutting-edge sustainable buildings of the past — characterized by highly visible features like […]
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