From St. Louis Business Journal: The Staenberg Group, one of the St. Louis region’s largest commercial real estate developers, has named its first chief operating officer. The company said Monday that Stephen Matic, previously The Staenberg Group’s vice president of operations, has been named to the newly created post of COO. Matic joined the company […]
From NewsBreak: The Eads Bridge was listed as a National Historic Landmark as of January 29, 1964. On October 15, 1966, the bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The Eads Bridge was a road and railway bridge crossing over the Mississippi River at Washington Avenue in St. Louis connecting St. Louis, […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: A wet weekend punctuated by fierce downpours dealt a fresh wave of water damage in spots across the St. Louis region — including back-to-back rounds of flash flooding to residents within at least one south St. Louis County neighborhood in Mehlville. Nick Bauder was one of the flood-damage victims who spent […]
From The College Fix: Universities should equip students with a trade skill as part of their education, according to a University of Notre Dame political scientist. Professor Patrick Deneen recently gave a speech on the “future of liberalism” at the Catholic University of America. The Intercollegiate Studies Institute sponsored the May 17 event and The […]
From St. Louis Magazine: For 33 years, Marsha Johnson, 71, has lived on a quiet street in the Ville neighborhood, in a small brick home—and she has a list of things she’d like to fix. The kitchen floor needs to be replaced. Some plaster needs repairing. And, like many seniors who live independently, she needs […]
From The Edwardsville Intelligencer: Construction is about to begin on District 7 school facility improvements thanks to the April 4 bond referendum given a green light by voters. Monday afternoon, the Edwardsville district hosted a groundbreaking ceremony on the north side of Lincoln Middle School, where the most extensive work will be done. “The renovation […]
Editor’s Note: Recently PreventEd, an agency working toward a community free of alcohol and other drug addiction, misuse, and related problems became the latest Missouri workplace to become designated a Recovery Friendly Workplace under a program developed by the University of Missouri Extension. During the ceremony marking the occasion Dr. Doug Swanson of UM Extension […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Energizer Holdings, looking to halve its office space amid a shift in U.S. work habits, is negotiating for a new headquarters in Clayton. The company wants to downsize from the roughly 100,000 square feet it leases off Interstate 64 and Highway 141 in Town and Country — where it has operated […]
From KMOV: The 97-acre National Geospatial-Intelligence development in North St. Louis now has a new name. Moving forward, NGA St. Louis, under construction near the intersection of Jefferson and Cass, will look to house more than 3,000 staff by 2026. NGA Director Vice Admiral Frank Whitworth is in St. Louis this week for the U.S. […]
Six students planning to attend college in the Fall 2023 semester have each received a $5,000 scholarship from the SITE Advancement Foundation to help further their education. The $30,000 in total scholarships is double the amount awarded by the Foundation in the prior year. “Over the past several years we have increased the individual scholarship […]
Wiegmann Associates has begun mechanical contracting work on the new Wright City High School for Wright City R-II School District in Wright City, Missouri. Wiegmann is installing HVAC systems to serve the entire new high school including classrooms, science and computer laboratories, administration spaces, library, commons, cafeteria, practice gym and lockers. Wright Construction Services is […]
From Construction Dive: Boston-based general contractor Suffolk Construction and military veteran mental health nonprofit Home Base penned an open letter to OSHA last week, calling attention to the construction industry’s mental health issues and advocating for suicide awareness and prevention training in basic OSHA certifications. The letter coincided with both Construction Safety Week and Mental Health Awareness […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: A new $10.6 million senior living apartment complex in the Central West End is in line to receive tax incentives under plans being considered by a city board. Under the plans to be reviewed Tuesday, Independence Center senior living apartments would be built at 4221-4227 Forest Park Ave., on a […]
From Next STL: Between Delmar Divine, the Delmar Maker District, Delmar Main Street, and the Kingsway Elevation District, there is consorted effort to bridge the Delmar Divide underway. There are some new tidbits on planned developments by Kingsway Development in the Kingsway Opportunity Zone, which encompasses Delmar from Kingshighway to Taylor as well as the […]
From St. Louis Post Dispatch: The developer behind a major mixed-use project north of Forest Park said a settlement in a long-running lawsuit with a rival developer will keep controversial landlords Vic Alston and Sid Chakraverty from using a “bogus” neighborhood group to “bully” competitors. Reached on the eve of trial, the settlement ends a […]
For Construction Forum’s 10th Anniversary Celebration on May 18th Solstice Productions, official video producer for the Forum, prepared a “highlights reel”. The video, which clocks in at five minutes, condenses years of Forum program metrics, achievements and images into a brief clip with a driving rock guitar theme. “When we first started the Forum a […]
In conjunction with Construction Forum’s 10th Anniversary Awards last week, Construction Forum presented five special awards. Forum video producer Solstice Productions produced this special video for the event. Forum Deputy Executive Director/COO Diana Wilhold introduced winners of the Forum’s special anniversary awards. Recipients were Delmar DivINe, Dream Builders 4 Equity, Millstone Weber, Missouri Kansas Laborers’ […]
The Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) and the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) have signed a cooperating agreement. The newly-formed partnership is a win for both organizations as each has a goal of strengthening and amplifying the success of women in the construction industry. NAWIC will use this agreement to help continue […]
Last Thursday (May 18th) Construction Forum celebrated its 10th anniversary in blowout fashion with an event at Armory STL. There were 247 guests at the afternoon event which had the run of the 80,000 square foot bar and game venture. The event, which was a fundraiser for Construction Forum, grossed $73,517, netting $43,141 after all […]
Kadean Construction has opened a new office in Philadelphia to support the design/build contractor’s fast-growing base of logistics and industrial construction projects in the Northeast Region of the country. The St. Louis-based contractor has completed 3.3 million square feet of distribution and manufacturing facilities in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Rhode Island since 2021 worth more than […]
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