From The Wall Street Journal:Â On a sunny May morning four years ago, J Harmon was rousted out of bed by an emergency call: A 90-year-old dam near his home had failed, sending a torrent of water downstream and emptying the lake where he lived. That afternoon, he got a second shock when he learned […]
From The St. Louis American: St. Louis Community College will soon confer its first bachelor’s degree, which will be another breath of fresh air for the expanding institution. On July 19, 2023, STLCC celebrated the groundbreaking of the Center for Nursing and Health Sciences at St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley, 3400 Pershall Road, […]
Charlie Hinderliter, senior vice president of the St. Louis REALTORS® never thought achieving St. Louis County building code uniformity would be simple. But his steady hand is making progress on herding the building code cats into the corral. In August, two public-facing events are scheduled at the Masonry Institute offices 1429 Big Bend Blvd. in […]
From West Newsmagazine:Â The developer of The Villages at Brightleaf in Wildwood is looking to expand with a potential 34 homes in Town Center. A Development and Zoning Committee meeting was held on July 24 to review the concept plan for the northeast corner of highways 100 and 109. The site is currently zoned planned […]
From InPark Magazine: When Miral opened SeaWorld® Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, in May 2023, the stakes were high. It was the first international SeaWorld park, the first new SeaWorld park in 35 years, and the first SeaWorld park to be completely indoors. In order to achieve so many firsts – while also creating an experience that […]
From KMOV: After residents’ outcry, the St. Charles County Council voted to table a huge development project that would bring over 450 single-family homes to the county. For a third time, the county moved a meeting dealing with this development to Family Arena to fit all the opponents of the project. The council listened to […]
From NextSTL:  Subtext is planning a mixed-use apartment building in The Delmar Loop in University City at Delmar and Leland. The site currently has the buildings formerly occupied by Commerce Bank, St. Louis Bread Co, and Craft Alliance. The property not including the former Craft Alliance building has been for sale for a few years listed […]
From West Newsmagazine:Â Chesterfield Mall is blighted. That’s the finding of an analysis by PGAV Planners, which was engaged to determine if the property and surrounding redevelopment area were defined as blighted per state statutes. Those findings were shared during a public hearing on the Chesterfield Regional 353 Development Plan and Project at the July […]
If you are not familiar with MOWIT (Missouri Women in Trades – mowit.org), you should be. This organization is truly one that fosters and supports career development of women who work in or want to work in the skilled construction trades. MOWIT is a non-profit with a mission to expand opportunities for women to enter and […]
From CNBC: The U.S. economy still has a massive labor shortage. The American Health Association reports 600,000 nurses plan to leave the field by 2027. Even the construction industry will need another 540,000 workers on top of the normal pace of hiring to meet the demand for labor, according to the Associated Builders and Contractors. […]
The construction industry had 374,000 job openings on the last day of June, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. JOLTS defines a job opening as any unfilled position for which an employer is actively recruiting. Industry job openings […]
From Southeast Missourian: A standing room only audience of residents packed into Cape Girardeau County Commission chambers July 24 to hear a St. Louis attorney and representatives of Juno Beach, Florida-based NextEra Energy explain the benefits of a solar farm — Lutesville Solar Project — being planned for 1,500 acres in the southeastern part of […]
From St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune: Rebuild Illinois capital program is launching the largest infrastructure construction program in state history, with $41 billion over six years going into roads, bridges, aviation, rail and more. “Over the next six years we’re investing over $40 billion to improve all modes of transportation across our great state. That […]
Gray Design Group, named one of the Midwest Top Design Firms by Engineering News-Record and a Rising Giant by Interior Design, recently hired and promoted several architectural and interior design team members due to continued firm growth. Gray welcomes architect Brian Paul and two project associates in the architecture studio, Kyle Markowitz and Ethan Tollefson. […]
Great Rivers Greenway (GRG), the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT), Metro Transit/Bi-State Development and St. Louis County Parks celebrated the completion of the St. Vincent Greenway expansion along St. Charles Rock Road. Community members joined project partners for a celebration event and ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday, July 27. Attendees enjoyed free desserts and participated […]
This week Forum drone photographer Louis Kelly, owner of Drone Eagle, LLC, zooms in on Alumnus Gardens, located at 4409 St. Louis Ave. in North St. Louis’ Ville Neighborhood. Vecino Group, a Springfield, MO-based developer and general contractor of affordable housing communities, is developing the project in partnership with Kansas City-based The Nash Group. The […]
The Joint Venture team of Reinhardt Construction, LLC (Columbia) and S. M. Wilson & Co., known as Reinhardt/Wilson, has been selected as the Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) for Columbia Public Schools’ bond program aimed to improve and expand the district’s facilities. Over the coming year, Reinhardt/Wilson and the architect team, DLR Group and SOA, will […]
Pat Coleman, MBA, has joined Alberici as vice president of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) where she will serve as champion, change agent and strategic leader to support the firm’s commitment to recruiting and retaining a diverse, talented workforce and engaging with and supporting disadvantaged businesses. Additionally, she will advise on community engagement efforts to […]
Cementland: Bob Cassilly’s Unfinished Masterpiece, an architectural photographic exhibit by Richard Sprengeler, is on display from Aug. 2 through Sept. 22 in the Carnegie Room of the St. Louis Public Library Central Library, 1301 Olive Street. The exhibit showcases the unfinished last project of sculptor and visionary Bob Cassilly, who is perhaps best known for City […]
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 will be carrying the Worker Wellness & Well-Being Blog as a regular […]
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