From Illinois Business Journal: S. M. Wilson & Co., a St. Louis-based construction management and general contracting firm, has promoted Greg Kutz to director of Preconstruction. Since joining the company in 2010, Kutz has been integral to S. M. Wilson’s success. During his time in estimating, he has exemplified true leadership in both the general […]
From KSDK:Â The city of St. Louis is working to change dangerous intersections with traffic safety upgrades through a new project called the ‘Principal Arterial Traffic Safety Enhancement Project’. The project will include improvements like pavement resurfacing, lane reconfigurations/reductions, restriping, various ADA improvements, traffic signal retimings and additional shared/protected bicycle facilities. The city says the […]
From Probuilder:Â As wages stagnate and housing prices climb, Americans are struggling to purchase homes. According to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), 103.5 million households are unable to afford a median priced home. Additionally, 106,031 households would be priced out if costs were to go up by $1,000. To determine how much Americans […]
From Smart Cities Dive: Ambitious climate goals are bringing cities and counties face-to-face with a serious reality: the need for carbon dioxide removal. Years ago, those concerned about the impacts of climate change were optimistic that reducing greenhouse gas emissions worldwide would be enough to address the problem. That era has passed. We’ve reached a […]
From Leader Publications: The replacement of a bridge in Herculaneum and the rehabilitation of a bridge in the Arnold area are among the proposed projects included in the Missouri Department of Transportation’s five-year plan for improvements to roads and bridges maintained by the state, according to a draft MoDOT recently released. According to the draft […]
From Construction Dive: Construction input prices increased 0.5% in April due to inflation and energy costs, according to a new Associated Builders and Contractors’ analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index data released Tuesday. The jump in April marks an increase in input prices for every month of 2024 so far. Both […]
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 […]
This week Forum drone photographer Louis Kelly of Drone Eagle, LLC captured progress on the $18M Lutheran South High School Center for the Arts. Russell Construction began work just over a year ago on May 3, 2023 on the building, officially named the Darren Jubel Charitable Foundation Center for the Arts. The anticipated completion date […]
From Ladue News:Â One of the oldest public golf courses in the country will soon get a much-needed makeover. Situated in the North St. Louis County communities of Bel-Nor, Greendale and Normandie, the Normandie Golf Club is more than a century old and in desperate need of repair. Enter the Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association. Through […]
From NPR:Â Residents, businesses and public officials are raising concerns about safety, impeded access to their neighborhoods and other issues due to the April closing of a bridge on 26th Street in East St. Louis. They want the damaged bridge to be repaired and reopened quickly, but word is that it may take months. No […]
From Labor Tribune: Roofers and Waterproofers Local 2 and its international, the United Union of Roofers Waterproofers and Allied Workers, recently partnered with GAF Roofing Academy to provide roofing and safety training to applicants seeking a career in the commercial roofing industry. GAF is North America’s largest roofing manufacturer. Nationally GAF sponsors roofing training in […]
From Builder Online: Energy efficient features—and the cost-saving benefits—are expected by today’s new-home buyers. From Energy Star certified appliances to low-E windows, new construction homes are equipped with products and materials that ensure home buyers do not have worry about wasted energy or high utility bills. To gather top tips on ensuring energy efficiency and […]
From Contractor Magazine:Â The US Department of Energy (DOE) has finalized Congressionally-mandated energy-efficiency standards for a range of residential water heaters. The new standards are projected to save American households approximately $7.6 billion per year on their energy and water bills, while significantly cutting energy waste and harmful carbon pollution. The final standards for residential […]
From MRN: At its May 9 meeting, the O’Fallon City Council approved two bills covering voluntary annexation, rezoning and an area plan for the proposed and somewhat controversial 311-home Post Family Subdivision along Hwy. N. The Post Family Subdivision will be across the road from the 896-home Harvest at Hopewell subdivision already under construction in […]
From Webster-Kirkwood Times:Â Student athletes on Monday, April 29, joined guests and staff to celebrate the completion of updates to the Kirkwood High School athletic field, including the Frank Czapla Field (soccer), the field hockey/lacrosse field, the Jim Scott Baseball and Softball Complex, and a track and field throwing arena. The project, funded through operating […]
From Bluebeam: When most reference robotics being the future of work, artificial intelligence immediately comes to mind. Creating everything from business plans to advertising taglines, AI’s use in the construction industry is growing—but what about physical applications of robotics? Meet Hadrian X, a bricklaying robot that creator Mark Pivac believes has the potential to help […]
From KSDK: A nonprofit organization active in 24 different north St. Louis County neighborhoods will be able to expand its reach in agricultural work with the help of a $20,000 grant. Joel Oelke and his team at Beyond Housing, a comprehensive community development organization dedicated to transforming the St. Louis region’s under-resourced communities, have already […]
From The New York Times: Federal regulators on Monday approved sweeping changes to how America’s electric grids are planned and funded, in a move that supporters hope could spur thousands of miles of new high-voltage power lines and make it easier to add more wind and solar energy. The new rule by the Federal Energy […]
From Construction Dive: Federal infrastructure money is keeping the country’s infrastructure woes from getting worse, but that progress will be lost when that funding ends, the American Society of Civil Engineers said in a report released this morning entitled “Bridging the Gap.” ASCE releases the economic study every four years leading up to the release […]
From Leader Publications:Â The Northwest R-1 School District will soon begin construction on some of its Phase 1 improvement projects. Altogether, the Phase 1 projects will cost about $12 million and are being funded with revenue from the $28 million bond issue district voters approved in April 2023. The Phase 1 projects to begin this […]
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