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Kelly King Named VP of HR at SLDC

1 year 4 months ago
Kelly A. King has been selected as senior vice president of human resources for St. Louis Development Corporation. In this role, she serves as an advisor to the president and CEO on all personnel related operations, including recruiting, procuring a progressive and inclusive culture, and management of a team of six interdepartmental team members. King […]
Dede Hance

IDOT Releases Traffic Management Plans for Upcoming IL162 Construction

1 year 4 months ago
From RiverBender:  Upcoming construction near Glen Carbon will affect traffic on Illinois 162 and Illinois 157, but the Illinois Department of Transportation’s plans for traffic management have been generally well-received. The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) hosted a meeting last month to speak with residents about the construction and how it will affect traffic. Cheryl […]
Dede Hance

Average Age of the 91,815 Dams in the U.S. is 61 Years

1 year 4 months ago
From The Wall Street Journal:  On a sunny May morning four years ago, J Harmon was rousted out of bed by an emergency call: A 90-year-old dam near his home had failed, sending a torrent of water downstream and emptying the lake where he lived. That afternoon, he got a second shock when he learned […]
Dede Hance

STLCC Breaks Ground for Nursing and Health Care Center

1 year 4 months ago
From The St. Louis American:  St. Louis Community College will soon confer its first bachelor’s degree, which will be another breath of fresh air for the expanding institution. On July 19, 2023, STLCC celebrated the groundbreaking of the Center for Nursing and Health Sciences at St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley, 3400 Pershall Road, […]
Dede Hance

Herding the Cats: Efforts Toward St. Louis County Building Code Uniformity Continue

1 year 4 months ago
Charlie Hinderliter,  senior vice president of the St. Louis REALTORS® never thought achieving St. Louis County building code uniformity would be simple.  But his steady hand is making progress on herding the building code cats into the corral. In August, two public-facing events are scheduled at the Masonry Institute offices 1429 Big Bend Blvd. in […]
Tom Finan

Developer Seeks to Expand Brightleaf in Wildwood

1 year 4 months ago
From West Newsmagazine:  The developer of The Villages at Brightleaf in Wildwood is looking to expand with a potential 34 homes in Town Center. A Development and Zoning Committee meeting was held on July 24 to review the concept plan for the northeast corner of highways 100 and 109. The site is currently zoned planned […]
Dede Hance

PGAV Destinations Designed SeaWorld Abu Dhabi

1 year 4 months ago
From InPark Magazine: When Miral opened SeaWorld® Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, in May 2023, the stakes were high. It was the first international SeaWorld park, the first new SeaWorld park in 35 years, and the first SeaWorld park to be completely indoors. In order to achieve so many firsts – while also creating an experience that […]
Tom Finan

St. Charles County Delays Decision on 450-House Development

1 year 4 months ago
From KMOV:  After residents’ outcry, the St. Charles County Council voted to table a huge development project that would bring over 450 single-family homes to the county. For a third time, the county moved a meeting dealing with this development to Family Arena to fit all the opponents of the project. The council listened to […]
Dede Hance

Subtext Plans Mixed-Use Apartment Building in the Delmar Loop

1 year 4 months ago
From NextSTL:  Subtext is planning a mixed-use apartment building in The Delmar Loop in University City at Delmar and Leland. The site currently has the buildings formerly occupied by Commerce Bank, St. Louis Bread Co, and Craft Alliance. The property not including the former Craft Alliance building has been for sale for a few years listed […]
Dede Hance

Public Hearing Seeks to Give Chesterfield City Council Eminent Domain Power

1 year 4 months ago
From West Newsmagazine:  Chesterfield Mall is blighted. That’s the finding of an analysis by PGAV Planners, which was engaged to determine if the property and surrounding redevelopment area were defined as blighted per state statutes. Those findings were shared during a public hearing on the Chesterfield Regional 353 Development Plan and Project at the July […]
Dede Hance

VIDEO: How to Fix America’s Labor Shortage

1 year 4 months ago
From CNBC: The U.S. economy still has a massive labor shortage. The American Health Association reports 600,000 nurses plan to leave the field by 2027. Even the construction industry will need another 540,000 workers on top of the normal pace of hiring to meet the demand for labor, according to the Associated Builders and Contractors. […]
Tom Finan

ABC: Construction Job Openings Decreased by 5,000 in June

1 year 4 months ago
The construction industry had 374,000 job openings on the last day of June, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. JOLTS defines a job opening as any unfilled position for which an employer is actively recruiting. Industry job openings […]
Dede Hance

Cape Girardeau County Solar Project Proposed for 2024 Construction

1 year 4 months ago
From Southeast Missourian:  A standing room only audience of residents packed into Cape Girardeau County Commission chambers July 24 to hear a St. Louis attorney and representatives of Juno Beach, Florida-based NextEra Energy explain the benefits of a solar farm — Lutesville Solar Project — being planned for 1,500 acres in the southeastern part of […]
Dede Hance

Next Phase of Rebuild Illinois Includes Millions for Local Construction

1 year 4 months ago
From St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune:  Rebuild Illinois capital program is launching the largest infrastructure construction program in state history, with $41 billion over six years going into roads, bridges, aviation, rail and more. “Over the next six years we’re investing over $40 billion to improve all modes of transportation across our great state. That […]
Dede Hance

Gray Design Group Expands Architecture + Interior Design Studios with New Hires, Promotions

1 year 4 months ago
Gray Design Group, named one of the Midwest Top Design Firms by Engineering News-Record and a Rising Giant by Interior Design, recently hired and promoted several architectural and interior design team members due to continued firm growth. Gray welcomes architect Brian Paul and two project associates in the architecture studio, Kyle Markowitz and Ethan Tollefson. […]
Dede Hance

Expansion of St. Vincent Greenway Celebrated at Community Event

1 year 4 months ago
Great Rivers Greenway (GRG), the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT), Metro Transit/Bi-State Development and St. Louis County Parks celebrated the completion of the St. Vincent Greenway expansion along St. Charles Rock Road. Community members joined project partners for a celebration event and ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday, July 27. Attendees enjoyed free desserts and participated […]
Dede Hance

Forum Drone: New Apartments Focus on Residents With Chronic Health Issues

1 year 4 months ago
This week Forum drone photographer Louis Kelly, owner of Drone Eagle, LLC, zooms in on Alumnus Gardens, located at 4409 St. Louis Ave. in North St. Louis’ Ville Neighborhood. Vecino Group, a Springfield, MO-based developer and general contractor of affordable housing communities, is developing the project in  partnership with  Kansas City-based The Nash Group. The […]
Tom Finan

Reinhardt, S. M. Wilson Selected as CMAR for Columbia Public Schoold

1 year 4 months ago
The Joint Venture team of Reinhardt Construction, LLC (Columbia) and S. M. Wilson & Co., known as Reinhardt/Wilson, has been selected as the Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) for Columbia Public Schools’ bond program aimed to improve and expand the district’s facilities. Over the coming year, Reinhardt/Wilson and the architect team, DLR Group and SOA, will […]
Dede Hance