by Cindy Bambini, St. Louis Business Development Leader, CannonDesign This is a true story about the power of community. Specifically, the #stlouis design community. My community. It is also a story of generosity, friendship, and creativity. The story begins in May of 2022 at St. Louis Forum 40th-anniversary event, where a panel of four women […]
On a triple-digit scorcher of a day this Thursday, Construction Forum and St. Louis Development Corporation (SLDC) staged a career event that 169 not-easily-impressed youth seemed to appreciate. The second annual Construction Forum “Yeah I Built That” was hosted in partnership with SLDC. It was held under a large pavilion at Sumner High School on […]
This week, Forum drone videographer Louis Kelly of Drone Eagle, LLC documented progress on the new headquarters of First Bank in Creve Coeur. The bank is building the new headquarters, scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2024. The 175,000 SF complex, designed by architect Lamar Johnson Collaborative be LEED certified. It is comprised […]
From Contractor: Last year, tuition at US private colleges and universities grew to nearly $40,000 per year; for public in-state college tuition, the cost was $10,500, according to data collected by US News & World Report and reported by CNN Business. Add in housing, food, books and other cost-of-living expenses for a four-year degree, and a secondary […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: A local developer is looking to lead the renovation of the historic and long-vacant Cleveland High School on the city’s South Side. Chris Goodson said the project is still in its infancy, but Cleveland could be redeveloped into housing, retail and even office space for nonprofits. “This is an exciting opportunity,” […]
From Construction Dive: Volatility in construction kickoffs persisted in June as new manufacturing groundbreakings fell off a cliff, driving total starts down 9% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1 trillion, according to Dodge Construction Network. That followed a rise of 8% in May. A lack of mega-projects is the main cause for this […]
A crew from Hillsdale Demolition Contracting works to tear down the J.C. Penney Auditorium last week at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. The cleared land will make room for construction of the new Richter Family Welcome and Alumni Center, which will serve as the new front door to the university as it engages with prospective students and welcomes back its more […]
From IndustryWeek: Affordable housing is too expensive in the United States because there’s just not enough of it to go around. Roger Krulak thinks he has a solution–manufacturing. “We as a country are failing to provide attainable housing. Full stop,” says Krulak, owner of a company that builds homes in factories. “The conventional process that […]
by Tom Finan, Executive Director/Co-Founder, Construction Forum I am both fortunate and unfortunate to have spent half a century monitoring the ebbs and flows of the convoluted industry and process we call construction. Back in 2010, I wrote a degree thesis around the notion that the three things we need most in construction are communication, […]
From Mid Rivers Newsmagazine: From 2019 through early 2023, Mid Rivers Newsmagazine published several articles about The Meadows, its stores and restaurants, and new apartments being built in the area that are bringing in more customers. At that time, Lake Saint Louis leaders and residents viewed The Meadows as “the new downtown” of the city. […]
From Construction Dive: Construction is a dangerous job in the best of conditions. But this summer, jobsite hazards have been compounded by extreme heat and choking wildfire smoke over much of the country. By late July, El Paso, Texas, had endured 33 straight days of triple digit temperatures, according to the New York Times, while […]
From RiverBender: A proposal to subdivide 10 acres from Belk Park in Wood River, potentially for development of a wedding venue, was tabled at the Planning Commission public hearing on Thursday night. However, the City Council could technically still move the item forward without their recommendation at the council’s next meeting on August 7. The […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: A county agency on Thursday picked a contractor to demolish the crumbling Jamestown Mall near Florissant. Demolition is expected to begin this fall. Awarding a $7.4 million bid to South Carolina-based Target Contractors marks another significant step in the years-long process to raze the the million-square-foot building. “I am trying to […]
Tarlton, St. Louis’ largest women-owned general contracting and construction management firm, has been named a Top Workplace by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Of the approximately 2,700 organizations in Greater St. Louis invited to participate in the 2023 Top Workplaces survey, Tarlton was one of 179 companies that earned recognition for the Top Workplaces award this […]
For electrical contractor Kay-Bee Electric, the company’s milestone 75th anniversary this year is also a time of transition and change, as a third generation of the company takes over for the first time and the company looks to future trends in electrical infrastructure. Kay-Bee Electric founder John Kohnen poses with one of the company’s first […]
From NextSTL: The remnants of the Liberty Bell Oil Co building on Vandeventer in the Botanical Heights neighborhood were demolished Saturday July 8th. Owner Green Street submitted a demolition permit application May 5th which was issued July 6th. It was in a preservation review district, so the Cultural Resources Office reviewed the demo application and approved it. It didn’t go […]
From Construction Dive: Despite signs the broader economy is improving, as the Associated Press reported, and seed capital still entering the sector, the storm that the tech industry weathered this year has not been kind to the sector, including contech firms. Startup tracker Crunchbase’s layoff database paints a grim picture for the tech industry this year. As […]
There is a strong cause-and-effect relationship between the high concentrations of poverty within our under-resourced communities and the greater St. Louis region’s many challenges. A wealth of studies published by Washington University in St. Louis, University of Missouri-St. Louis, Greater St. Louis Inc., and others clearly show that what happens in our under-resourced communities impacts […]
by Carlo Scissura Two men wearing hardhats and bright vests are working on construction of a highway overpass in the foreground, while highways are seen behind them. Workers construct an overpass as part of an highway project near the site of the former Dallas Cowboys Stadium on August 10, 2022 in Irving, Texas. Rising costs, […]
From KMOX Radio: For contractors, laborers and construction workers, how hot is too hot? The Associated General Contractors of Missouri is keeping on eye on a proposal by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to set a standard for workers outside in the heat. It calls for a threshold of 80 degrees to trigger protections employers would have to provide […]
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