From St. Louis Business Journal: Aegion Corp., a Chesterfield-based infrastructure repair company, bought a Boston-based business that provides underground and vacuum excavation, among other services. Aegion said it has acquired Next Level Environmental, which also provides other services to manage aging infrastructure, including pipe inspections, trenchless cured-in-place pipe repairs, pipe location services, and sewer and […]
From St. Louis INNO: An Alton firm focused on revitalizing the Metro East town plans to develop a $21 million innovation center to house startups and later-stage companies. AltonWorks, led by John and Jayne Simmons, on Monday said it will transform the Wedge and Elgen buildings on the 600 block of East Broadway into the Wedge Innovation […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The Madison County coroner on Monday identified two construction workers who died in a manhole while working at a residential construction site in Edwardsville last week. At least 18 first responders worked to recover the bodies of Bethalto resident Cody W. Toenyes, 22, and Edwardsville resident Jack M. Pfund, 19, Friday […]
From Strong Towns: Building community wealth is difficult. There’s a lot of hard work involved, there are tough calls, there is risk. In even the best of circumstances, there’s always a chance your investment (in dollars, time, and energy) won’t work out. But often it does. Ultimately, this is how cities grow, how wealth is accumulated, […]
From ConstructionDive: While most of the tax deductions and incentives to build climate-friendly structures in the Inflation Reduction Act go to building owners, one area can significantly benefit contractors as well, a construction tax expert said. Phillip Ross, leader of the construction industry group at New York City-based accounting advisory firm Anchin, detailed how contractors […]
From ConstructionDive: The Inflation Reduction Act contains $3 billion to fund Neighborhood Access and Equity Grants, a new program that aims to rework overbuilt arterial roads and make them safer and more accessible for various modes of transportation. President Joe Biden signed the $739 billion spending package into law on Aug. 16. “These grants will […]
From RiverBender: Illinois American Water continues very active work to separate the Alton combined sewer system and install new sanitary sewers continues. The area of 3rd Street between Belle Street and Piasa Street is still closed. There is considerable digging on 3rd Street in Alton as of Tuesday. “As was expected with one of the […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Greater St. Louis Inc., a regional economic development group, has hired a new leader for its business attraction arm, AllianceSTL. Steven Pearce, 36, will start as chief business attraction officer and president of AllianceSTL on Sept. 1. He will replace Steve Johnson, who announced last year he would retire at the […]
From KSDK: Fire district officials say they are fighting to improve the protection for their community, but Wildwood city leaders say there is more to it. Right now, they said, the Wildwood Fire Station and a new ambulance service are in jeopardy. It’s a project that voters approved two years ago, but Monarch Fire Protection District Chief Cary […]
From St. Louis Public Radio: U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth said during a visit to the Metro East community on Monday that $37 million coming to Cahokia Heights to address the local stormwater system will come with more oversight. The Illinois Democrat toured homes in the area to see the damage from chronic flooding during heavy rains […]
From RiverBender: With the first day of fall less than a month away, some area residents may be wondering why construction work has not yet begun where the old Shop & Save Gas Station was once located. For those with high anticipation of a Starbucks coming to Alton, the word as of now is that the popular […]
From Call Newspapers: The Crestwood Board of Aldermen approved an ordinance June 28 designating Calvert’s Auto Express, 9415 Watson Road, as a blighted area according to state statute. The property around Calverts, the former Crestwood mall, is being redeveloped into a mixed-used development featuring a Dierbergs grocery store, other retail and residential. Ground was broken […]
From Ladue News: A St. Louis-based nonprofit organization is shifting the way young people think – and investing in the metro area along the way. Founded in 2016, Dream Builders 4 Equity seeks to provide workforce development training for people ages 14 to 24 and recently started planning to transform a newly acquired property into […]
From ConstructionDive: As Hensel Phelps looks for better ways to improve on all things safety, the multinational contractor is piloting technology solutions like Edify, an app designed to create safety-minded culture within construction companies. Every morning, Hensel Phelps workers log in and answer a seemingly simple question: Why do you want to be safe today? […]
by Lexi Elio, Burns & McDonnell The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) promises to inject $1.2 trillion into fixing the nation’s crumbling infrastructure, which includes billions of dollars set aside for transportation projects. This additional funding is an opportunity municipalities, counties and local communities can’t ignore. But with so many new programs, it can be difficult […]
From Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: “How can firms and how can governments internalize uncertainty of a future shock and what can they do today to hedge the risks of something happening in the future?” asks Ana Maria Santacreu, research officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, in her latest discussion about […]
by Chad Price at Marsh McLennan Agency: Emergency preparedness is a topic we traditionally publicize in the spring, and for good reason. This is the season where tornadoes and hurricanes spring up and remind us that Mother Nature loves to flex her strength now and then. However, this last winter in the mid-west has shown […]
by Ron Unterreiner, Founder, PEOPLE of Construction Editor’s note: “Opportunity Report” is a regular feature of ConstructForSTL.org — a column by PEOPLE of Construction Founder Ron Unterreiner that we’re calling “Opportunity Report”. Martin Luther King wrote, “The struggle for rights is, at bottom, a struggle for opportunities.” Dr. King noted that it does no good […]
Editor’s Note: This week, Forum Drone Pilot/Photographer Louis Kelly of Drone Eagle LLC provides an eagle-eye view of the site for the “Crestwood Crossing,” development, former location of the Crestwood Plaza shopping center. After lurching along for almost a decade, the reboot of the former Crestwood Plaza location on Watson Road in Crestwood is beginning […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Missouri History Museum curators are handing out dry-erase markers and inviting visitors to color on the walls. Yes, really — but not all the walls. The museum’s newest exhibition, “Coloring STL,” takes an in-depth look at St. Louis architecture and the people behind the designs. The walls surrounding the 6,000-square-foot exhibition […]
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