From West Newsmagazine: The redevelopment of Chesterfield Mall is back on track – possibly. While the rezoning of the 96-acre property was requested to be postponed by The Staenberg Group (TSG), it ended up getting a first reading from the Chesterfield City Council on Aug. 21. An amendment to the developer’s request for a rezoning […]
From Leader Publications: Eureka has the money in the bank for projects it promised would be funded by a half-cent sales tax approved in 2018. City Clerk Julie Wood said the city received $18,995,000 from a lease-purchase agreement on Tuesday. Eureka will pay off the loan with proceeds from the sales tax, which was called […]
From KMOV: The Dome at America’s Center was filled to the brim Monday night, with the Beyoncé concert taking over downtown for the Renaissance Tour. But as all eyes and ears were falling dangerously in love at the Dome, crews were wrapping up another day of construction to expand the Convention Center. Only First Alert […]
From St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune: The U.S. Department of Labor has issued a final rule updating and modernizing the Davis-Bacon Act. The update, announced by the Biden Administration last week, represents the biggest expansion of Davis-Bacon prevailing wage in generations. The rule restores and strengthens the regulations that implement the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts […]
The City of St. Louis – Community Development Administration (CDA) has announced its first round of Neighborhood Transformation Grant awards, funded by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), as well its annual HUD funded Housing Production grants with $20.2 million committed towards the development of 952 units across the city. “The awarded projects demonstrate the […]
From Moxy: It bears repeating: The construction industry continues to face a workforce shortage. About 650,000 workers were needed in 2022, in addition to the normal hiring pace, to meet demand. “With women comprising only 14% of the construction workforce, there is a tremendous opportunity to leverage this untapped pool of talent,” said Maribel Scarnecchia, […]
Missouri’s transportation system is a tremendous asset to the citizens of Missouri. The system consists of 33,808 miles of roads and 10,424 bridges, both of which rank among the largest for any state in the nation. The Missouri Department of Transportation working with its statewide regional planning partners have identified $1.1 billion in annual unfunded […]
One of two industrial buildings being built at Flint Development’s I-64 Logistics Center will house a gigafactory for the next generation of efficient energy storage. Contegra Construction Co. is targeting an end of summer completion for a 1.015 million-square-foot shell building where EnerVenue will manufacture batteries based on nickel-hydrogen technology originally developed for NASA. EnerVenue […]
From Building Design+Construction: Following a 19.7% surge in spending for commercial, institutional, and industrial buildings in 2023, leading construction industry economists expect spending growth to come back to earth in 2024, according to the July 2023 AIA Consensus Construction Forecast Panel. The twice-yearly Consensus Construction report aggregates building construction spending forecasts from nine leading economists: […]
From Mid Rivers Newsmagazine: The St. Charles County Family Arena at 2002 Arena Parkway is showing its age. At 24, it has been heavily used and is in need of renovations to its seating, roof and parking lots. Those improvements will total $4.3 million but cost county taxpayers nothing. Seating in the arena includes a […]
From Wall Street Journal: A growing cadre of tech companies are stepping up to address a massive problem hiding in plain sight: the aging of trillions of dollars’ worth of bridges, tunnels and factories across the U.S. Our nation’s most critical infrastructure—from pipelines and industrial plants to ships and suspension bridges—is slowly going to pieces, […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: Construction has begun on the $61 million Advanced Manufacturing Center on the Florissant Valley campus of St. Louis Community College that officials say will prepare students to excel in the high-tech skills required to make various products. Students will receive hands-on training in state-of-the-art labs, preparing them for careers in […]
From Edwardsville Intelligencer: Construction is the next step for two Meridian Plaza projects that received approval Aug. 15 at the village’s latest planning and zoning forum. Heartland Dental, the second known tenant in the mixed-use project after the Shuckin’ Shack Oyster Bar, and a pair of buildings that have no publicly known users, can soon […]
From Mid Rivers Newsmagazine: Nafees Rehmatullah from St. Charles proposed to create and operate an X-GOLF O’Fallon indoor golf franchise facility at 2 Crossroads Plaza, part of a strip-mall located along the east side of Highway K, north of the K and N intersection and south of Fallon Loop Road. X-GOLF provides “family-friendly indoor golf […]
From West Newsmagazine: The public hearing for the Crestview project in Town Center brought out some supporters, along with the usual detractors. But it was the issue of a special escrow that was the most contentious issue. McBride Berra Land Company is proposing to build 91 detached single-family homes with full basements and two-car garages […]
The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that it will offer online compliance seminars in September for contracting agencies, contractors, unions, workers and other stakeholders to provide information on recent updates to regulations governing employment practices for federally funded contracts. On Aug. 8, 2023, the department’s Wage and Hour Division provided for public review the […]
The St. Louis Chapter of the International Facility Management Association donated $1,000 to Cool Down St. Louis. The nonprofit organization builds awareness and provides resources to help those in need avoid heat-related illnesses and deaths, especially the elderly and disabled, and needy families with critically ill children. Representing facility managers and suppliers who maintain the […]
From Leader Publications: The Dunklin R-5 School District has begun demolishing houses on property it owns as part of its new high school gym construction project. The new gym, which will be built next to the Herculaneum High School theater, will be funded with revenue from a $13.5 million bond issue voters approved in April. […]
by Gina Rodriguez, Midwest Regional Administrator, U.S. Department of Labor’s Women’s Bureau This Labor Day, we must acknowledge that investments in workforce training are vital to meeting employers’ demands for skilled labor and to creating sustainable, middle-class jobs for all. That includes people who have historically been left behind by public infrastructure investment. Sharannah Jones, […]
Poettker Construction, an award-winning family-owned construction company, raised $57,000 at its ninth annual golf classic benefitting Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Illinois (BBBSIL). The golf classic was held on Friday, July 28, 2023, at Roland Barkau Memorial Golf Course in Okawville, Ill. Representatives from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Illinois and the Poettker […]
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