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McCarthy Honored with ENR Midwest Project of the Year Award

1 year 7 months ago
The National Bio & Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) in Manhattan, Kansas, earned top recognition in the 2023 Best Projects program, sponsored by ENR Midwest, the regional edition of national construction publication Engineering News-Record (ENR). Constructed by a McCarthy Mortenson Joint Venture team, this 48-acre science campus is adjacent to Kansas State University and will replace the […]
Dede Hance

Tarlton Promotes Nick Eshelman to Senior Project Manager

1 year 7 months ago
Tarlton, St. Louis’ largest women-owned general contracting and construction management firm, has promoted Nick Eshelman to senior project manager. Eshelman, who has 13 years of experience in the construction industry, joined Tarlton in early 2014 as a project engineer. He was promoted to senior project engineer in 2018 and project manager in 2019. During his […]
Dede Hance

St. Louis’ Wealth Will Continue to Move West

1 year 7 months ago
From St. Louis Business Journal:  Wealth in St. Louis continues to push farther west in the region, highlighting ZIP codes of “concentrated emerging wealth.” According to one local sociologist, the trend is likely to continue in years to come. Of the 25 wealthiest ZIP codes by 2021 household income, based on the latest data available from […]
Kacey Crawley

Leading With Values Is Key to Engaging Next-Gen Workers

1 year 7 months ago
From Gensler:  Gen Z will account for one-third of the workforce by 2025 and is on track to be the most diverse generation in U.S. history by 2024. This generation is clearly poised to have a major impact on the workplace, and employers are paying attention. According to Deloitte’s Gen Z Research, younger generations prioritize working for […]
Kacey Crawley

Could Lake of the Ozarks Get a Casino?

1 year 7 months ago
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  A long-running effort to launch a gambling casino near the Lake of the Ozarks in mid-Missouri moved another step forward Tuesday. The Missouri Secretary of State’s office signed off on language for a proposed ballot initiative asking voters if they want to amend the state Constitution to allow for a 14th […]
Kacey Crawley

How St. Louis’ Most Iconic Bridges Shaped the City We Know Today

1 year 7 months ago
From Ladue News:  St. Louis is not lacking in incredible architecture, and that trait undoubtedly extends to our many bridges crisscrossing the Mississippi River. Without these structures, communities on both sides of the river might not have access to hospitals and schools – nor would they be able to move goods and services safely from […]
Kacey Crawley

Jefferson County Council OKs Building Code Changes

1 year 7 months ago
From Leader Publications:  The Jefferson County Council has approved a number of amendments to the county’s building codes. Dennis Kehm Jr., the deputy director of the Department of County Services and Code Enforcement, told council members that most of the changes will streamline the operations of the department. “We want to decrease the amount of […]
Kacey Crawley

The Other Housing Crisis: Too Many Sick, Aging Homes

1 year 7 months ago
From Bloomberg:  The Summerdale apartments used to look a lot like many other housing complexes in low-income parts of US cities. It’s a compound of low-slung suburban-style buildings built in two phases starting in the early 1970s, located near Interstate 75 in Atlanta’s Glenrose Heights neighborhood When developer Marjy Stagmeier’s firm, TriStar Real Estate Investments, […]
Kacey Crawley

Deadline Looms as St. Louis University Eyes Demo for Olive Street Buildings

1 year 7 months ago
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  Preservationists are renewing criticism of St. Louis University’s plan to tear down 130-year-old buildings after the city of St. Louis issued the private college a demolition permit. SLU has until Dec. 13 to raze the vacant properties before the permit, valued at $10,000, expires. The university has said it bought the […]
Kacey Crawley

AltonWorks Proposes New Vision For Riverfront

1 year 7 months ago
From RiverBender:  Americans love their national parks. According to the National Park Service, about 312 million people visited national parks in 2022, a 5% increase from 2021. National parks bring in billions of dollars of economic activity to regions across the country for small and large cities alike. Today, during the Alton Riverfront Commission Meeting, […]
Kacey Crawley

Railway Exchange Building owner loses appeal of contractor awards

1 year 7 months ago
From St. Louis Business Journal:  The owner of downtown St. Louis’ Railway Exchange Building on Tuesday lost an appeal of awards last year to contractors who hadn’t been paid for work on a planned redevelopment of the massive vacant property, at 600 Locust St. A panel of the Missouri Court of Appeals’ Eastern District upheld […]
Kacey Crawley

Edwardsville Leaders Want Public Input on Master Plan

1 year 7 months ago
From NPR:  The City of Edwardsville will seek input from the public over the next few months to help update the city’s guiding plans for the next 10 to 20 years. “Envision Edwardsville” will outline strengths and weaknesses of the city and objectives for how it can grow. Overall, city officials hope it will take […]
Kacey Crawley

Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Center in North St. Louis Begins Construction

1 year 7 months ago
From St. Louis Public Radio:  A multimillion-dollar center to drive innovation in the manufacturing sector broke ground in north St. Louis on Tuesday. The Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Center will serve as a hub for research and development into new materials and the industrial production methods required to make them. It will also provide workforce training […]
Dede Hance

Worker Wellness Blog: Alliance for Naloxone Safety in the Workplace

1 year 7 months ago
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 […]
Dede Hance

Leonard Griggs, Who Ran Lambert Airport for Two Decades, Dies at 92

1 year 7 months ago
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  Leonard Griggs, the gruff former Air Force colonel who ran St. Louis Lambert International Airport for more than 21 years, died Monday at St. Luke’s Hospital in Chesterfield. He was 92. Griggs was Lambert’s director under five St. Louis mayors, from 1977 to 1987 and again from 1993 until his retirement […]
Dede Hance

Carpenters’ Union Sues Developer Paul McKee

1 year 7 months ago
From St. Louis Business Journal:  The carpenters’ union that covers St. Louis has brought a breach of contract complaint against developer Paul McKee over a loan involving an O’Fallon, Missouri, office building. The Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council said in a lawsuit filed this month in St. Louis County Circuit Court that in 2020, its predecessor […]
Dede Hance

Competitors, Sponsors, Judges Needed for St. Louis NAWIC Block Kids Building Competition

1 year 7 months ago
From St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune:  The St. Louis chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) is searching for competitors, sponsors and judges for this year’s 33rd Annual Block Kids Building Competition on Jan. 13. The event, which is for children in kindergarten through sixth grade, introduces kids to the construction industry […]
Kacey Crawley

Change Orders Often Spark Conflict, But They Don’t Have To

1 year 7 months ago
From Construction Dive:  The construction industry scores the dubious distinction of having among the most and costliest lawsuits. Scope changes are consistently a top cause of these disputes, according to London-based HKA Global, a consultancy that specializes in construction risk mitigation and dispute resolution. These conflicts sap contractors’ time and money. Disputed sums on projects in the Americas reached […]
Kacey Crawley