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From West Newsmagazine:  Highlights of the March 11 Creve Coeur City Council meeting included a unanimously passed resolution and the first reading of a bill. City Engineer Steven Berecz introduced both which combined major improvements on area sidewalks and roadways. The resolution specifically dealt with a contract to pay M&H Concrete Contractors, Inc. $1.58 million […]

From St. Louis Business Journal:  Chances are good that you’ve been to City Commons. You’ve been there if you’ve visited CityPark, the home stadium of Major League Soccer team St. Louis City SC. You’ve been there if you had a beer at the nearby Schlafly Tap Room or tea at the London Tea Room. If […]

From Missouri Business Alert:  If the thousands of proposed solar, wind and battery energy projects got built, they would more than double the amount of electricity that is currently produced nationwide and get the U.S. much closer to its clean energy targets. But there’s one big problem: America’s power lines can’t carry that much juice. […]

From St. Louis Business Journal:  A pedestrian bridge over part of Interstate 64 in Midtown will link two of the biggest new developments in St. Louis, with funding from a federal grant. Regional trail district Great Rivers Greenway has received $9.9 million in federal grants that will cover half the construction cost of a new […]

From Riverbender.com:  The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Head Start/Early Head Start (HS/EHS) program will celebrate the launch of its newest facility, the SIUE New Life Head Start/Early Head Start Center. The grand opening will take place from 1-3 p.m. Wednesday, March 20. The location of the new site is 689 Scott Troy Road in Lebanon. […]

Alberici Constructors, Inc. has promoted John Smith to executive vice president, construction. Alberici is one of the largest privately-held companies in St. Louis and one of the nation’s largest construction firms. Alberici reported revenue of $4 billion in 2023, including $260 million from St. Louis area projects. It employs 3,500 companywide. Smith has served Alberici […]

Operation Food Search (OFS) is increasing its programming and impact with the renovation of its Overland, Mo., headquarters, to be completed later this year. The project is being funded by an $11 million New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) loan from the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership (STL Partnership) with U.S. Bancorp Impact Finance as the […]

John Doerr, P.E., executive vice president of Tarlton – St. Louis’ largest women-owned general contracting and construction management firm – will be a panelist at the Leaders & Legends Construction Leadership Council (CLC) Speaker Series by the AGC of Missouri on March 12. As one of three panelists selected for the event this year, Doerr […]

From West Newsmagazine:  Construction has begun on the $11.5 million government center for the city of Eureka. The new facility, named the Michael A. Wiegand Justice Center after the city’s police chief, will house Eureka’s police department, municipal court and city offices. The project started on Jan. 11, with the demolition of the city’s 44-year-old […]

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:  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:  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:  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:  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:  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:  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:  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, […]