From St. Louis Business Journal: Before unveiling a $3 billion plan for a new terminal at St. Louis Lambert International Airport, the facility’s leader had a warning for the St. Louis mayor. Under the heading of “Major Obstacles,” Airport Director Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge wrote that when it came to planning for Lambert’s future, “we will have to balance […]
From The St. Louis American: Habitat for Humanity Saint Louis has announced Joshua Smith as their new director of construction. Smith comes to Habitat Saint Louis after founding, owning and operating his own construction and rehabilitation company, SmithCo. Contracting & Consulting which opened in 2017. He has worked as a laborer, tradesman, and project manager […]
From The Edwardsville Intelligencer: Shuckin’ Shack Oyster Bar is on its way to Madison County. The restaurant will be in the new Meridian Plaza, which is being built at the southeast corner of Route 157 and Meridian Road in Glen Carbon. Hunter Yung, who will be the franchise owner along with his wife Shannon Yung, […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: A city commission on Wednesday recommended extending tax incentives that innovation district Cortex sees as vital to its continued growth, over objections from the area’s alderman, who said taxpayers shouldn’t have to subsidize the nonprofit district. The 10-year extension of Cortex’s tax-increment financing district recommended by the St. Louis TIF Commission still […]
From St. Louis/ Southern Illinois Labor Tribune: Registration is open for the 12th Annual Tradeswomen Build Nations Conference, which will be held in Las Vegas from Oct. 28 through Oct 30. The last two conferences were held on a virtual platform because of the pandemic. This year’s event will be held at the Paris Las […]
Editor’s Note: This week, Construction Forum Photographer/Videographer and Drone Eagle, LLC Owner Louis Kelly’s drone camera completed a fly-around of the Costco store nearing completion at Olive & I-170. Opening is set for 8 a.m. Oct. 25th on the Costco store that will anchor a $189.4 million University City at Interstate 170 and Olive Boulevard. […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: One by one, the “tiny homes” that will make up a new community for the St. Louis region’s homeless veterans are taking shape. Seventeen of the 50 planned homes at North Grand Boulevard and Aldine Avenue in the city’s Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood have wood framing, ready for volunteers to help finish. Veterans […]
From The Edwardsville Intelligencer: Glen Carbon planning and zoning commissioners granted the overall preliminary site plan for Meijer and two of its three variance requests but there was definite pushback on one variance regarding signage at a special planning and zoning public hearing Wednesday. Meijer, based out of Grand Rapids, Michigan, is looking to establish […]
The UP Companies (UPCO) proudly announces the promotion of Operations Manager Jeff Tubb to Senior Operations Manager of its Square UP Builders division. In his new position, Tubb leads, directs, and coordinates the day-to-day company field operations across multiple projects through multiple Foremen, Field Managers and Operations Managers. He oversees the development and implementation of […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: American Foods Group, a Green Bay, Wisconsin-based beef processor, has begun work on a new facility near Wright City in Warren County. The company, which announced plans for the facility in November last year, is investing $800 million in the new 775,000-square-foot beef processing plant, officials said Monday in a […]
From West Newsmagazine: A trio of conditional use permits was the main focus of the Ellisville City Council meeting on Sept. 7. While two received unanimous passage, the third was denied – but barely. Eric Abeln, of Heights Venture Architecture Design and representing a proposed Panda Express, answered a good deal of questions about landscaping […]
From Ladue News: You’ve probably seen them on the road. Most electric vehicles sport a little green leaf, a bolt of lightning or that unmistakable silver T for Tesla emblazoned on the back. Electric vehicles are no longer a novelty, and metropolitan areas like this one are steadily changing shape to sustain a future for […]
From Ladue News: Animal shelters are struggling right now. Every year, approximately 6.3 million animals enter the shelters across the U.S., the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals estimates, and the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the issue. For the past two-plus years, many shelters in the metro area and around the country have […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council is suing the company behind the long-delayed redevelopment of downtown’s Jefferson Arms, alleging the developer owes the union $700,000. The union claims Dallas-based Alterra Worldwide defaulted on $700,000 in loans the carpenters’ St. Louis council lent to the company. The money went to pay for 2018, […]
From KMOV: A judge is allowing construction of a new firehouse in Wildwood to move forward. Monarch Fire Protection District Assistant Chief Les Crews says his department is excited to finally be able to start construction on the new firehouse on Wild Horse Creek Road after a yearlong delay. “That’s behind us now,” Assistant Chief […]
PARIC Corp., one of the largest construction companies in the Midwest and recently named a “Top Workplace,” has appointed Will Douglas as chief financial officer. Douglas most recently served as senior director of finance at Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives Inc., a publicly traded company specializing nationally in the construction of wind and solar farms as […]
Rebecca Hutchison Hale has been promoted at the St. Louis Council of Construction Consumers (SLC3) to Event & Marketing Coordinator at their headquarters in Ballwin, MO. Rebecca will oversee the coordination and execution of all upcoming Council events, educational programs and provide support for marketing initiatives. Rebecca has been working as our administrative and event […]
Amber Spence has joined the St. Louis Council of Construction Consumers (SLC3) as Finance and Administrative Associate at their headquarters in Ballwin, MO. Amber will support financial needs and provide administrative support for the Council. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Education and Liberal Arts from Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN. She has […]
From Illinois Business Journal: Spectrum and Better Family Life gathered recently to highlight the impact of their Spectrum Community Center Assist partnership, which provided job training to more than 120 program participants, with more than 80 recipients getting local job placement in the past six months. In celebration of the progress, Spectrum announced Better Family Life […]
From Webster-Kirkwood Times: During months of tough budget talks earlier this year, Webster Groves city officials remained resolute in their commitment to fund a more sustainable community. Last week, council members unanimously approved the first round of spending toward that end, authorizing purchase of the city’s first electric vehicles for the police department and the […]
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