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One Dead, One Injured at Wood River Phillips 66 Refinery

1 year 10 months ago
From KSDK:  A worker was killed and another was injured after a crane overturned and crashed to the ground at an oil refinery in Wood River, Illinois, Tuesday. Phillips 66 spokeswoman Melissa Erker said the crane overturned at the company’s Wood River Refinery at around 10:45 Tuesday morning. She said one contract employee was killed […]
Dede Hance

IMPACT Strategies’ Derek Schaefer Earns National Design-Build Certification

1 year 10 months ago
Derek Schaefer, pre-construction manager at IMPACT Strategies has successfully completed the Design-Build Institute of America’s comprehensive education and certification testing program to achieve the design-build industry’s highest designation as a nationally certified Design-Build Professional®. Two to six years of substantial, documented direct project experiences in design-build project delivery experience is an additional prerequisite for Designated […]
Dede Hance

Developer Launches New $129M St. Charles County Industrial Park

1 year 10 months ago
From St. Louis Business Journal: A new $129 million speculative industrial investment in St. Charles County will create over 950 jobs, the developer said while breaking ground on the project Wednesday. NorthPoint Development is developing a new master-planned industrial park, Lakeside Logistics Center at 16000 Spencer Road in St. Peters. Five buildings spanning 1.6 million square […]
Shruthi Beedu

St. Louis Board Greenlights One Lux Living Project, Denies Another

1 year 10 months ago
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The St. Louis Preservation Board on Monday approved Lux Living’s proposal to redevelop a historic building but denied its request to demolish a row of vacant buildings on South Kingshighway near Forest Park. The board unanimously approved the developer’s plan to redevelop the Engineers’ Club building, at 4339-4359 Lindell Boulevard. Lux […]
Shruthi Beedu

The Design, Prep & Placement of Modern Pervious Concrete Mixes

1 year 10 months ago
From For Construction Pros:  With the management of stormwater, the demand for pervious concrete has increased and demand will likely continue. Thankfully, modern pervious concrete mixes have dramatically improved in terms of placeability and speed of placement. Pervious concrete has come a long way in the last 20 years, with several significant developments along the […]
Shruthi Beedu

The Pitch Athletic Club & Tavern Gets Ready for Kickoff

1 year 10 months ago
From St. Louis Business Journal:  Construction on The Pitch Athletic Club & Tavern, the latest venture by St. Louis-based hotel and hospitality firm Lodging Hospitality Management, is well underway. The sports and soccer bar, located in the former Senior Julio’s space in Union Station at 1820 Market St., kitty-corner across from CityPark Stadium. It’s set […]
Shruthi Beedu

Tile Setters Local 18 Apprentices Help Make Home Wheelchair Accessible

1 year 10 months ago
From Labor Tribune:  Tile Setters Local 18’s Tile, Marble & Terrazzo Apprenticeship school was recently contacted by an estimator from one of their signatory contractors. A friend of his, Heather Edmiston, was involved in a car accident and is facing the possibility of being in a wheelchair indefinitely. Her father, Rick Edmiston, needed to make […]
Shruthi Beedu

Drones are Benefitting Earthmoving Operations

1 year 10 months ago
From For Construction Pros:  Drones help reduce unplanned costs and rework throughout a project by providing a steady stream of jobsite progress data. Drones – the aerial eye of the jobsite – have become a very versatile tool for earthmoving operations. Among the benefits, increasing efficiency, productivity, and accuracy on jobsites. In addition, drones help […]
Shruthi Beedu

Hopes for Downtown Rest on Residential, With $500M in Projects Planned

1 year 10 months ago
From St. Louis Business Journal: As Memphis-based commercial real estate firm Development Services Group weighed whether to invest in downtown St. Louis by renovating the historic Butler Brothers building into apartments, the developer’s first look at the data behind that $140 million decision wasn’t very convincing. The high-level numbers, such as vacancy rates and growth projections, […]
Shruthi Beedu

Sunset Hills Bass Pro Shops Expands to Include Boat Sales, Servicing

1 year 10 months ago
From Call Newspapers: The Sunset Hills Bass Pro Shops currently under construction is expanding from its original proposal to include boat sales, rentals and servicing. The Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen approved a conditional use permit Nov. 8 for a change in use at the site at 3600 S. Lindbergh Blvd. for the yet-to-be-opened outdoor sporting […]
Shruthi Beedu

Three Steps to Starting a Successful Construction Business

1 year 10 months ago
From For Construction Pros:  Ballmann Earthworks owner/operator Jon Ballmann started his St. Louis, Missouri-area business in his 20s, and his rise to success was paved with great ideas that were also well-executed. Ballmann Earthworks owner/operator Jon Ballmann started his St. Louis, Missouri-area business in his 20s, and his rise to success was paved with great […]
Shruthi Beedu

PODCAST: Dr. John Gaal on Suicide in Construction

1 year 10 months ago
From The Center for Construction Research and Training: Men in construction are dying from suicide at roughly twice the rate of workers in all industries. Episode 10 explores the contributing factors, signs and symptoms, and actions that can be taken by individuals, companies, and communities to destigmatize the issue and help one another. Dr. John […]
Tom Finan

Forum Drone Update on South Grand Target/Apartments

1 year 10 months ago
This week, Construction Forum Photographer/Videographer and Drone Eagle, LLC owner Louis Kelly’s drone camera updates us on progress for a combined apartment complex and 70,000-square-foot Target store that will sit along Grand Boulevard between Gratiot and Papin Streets, near the Saint Louis University campus. The new Target will anchor a $60 million mixed-use development dubbed […]
Tom Finan

Lux Living Tries Again With Engineers’ Club Development

1 year 10 months ago
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  Apartment developer Lux Living is trying again with a plan to transform the Central West End’s historic Engineers’ Club Building into apartments after a St. Louis board rejected its proposal last year. On Monday, the St. Louis Preservation Board will review Lux Living’s plan to build a six-story apartment building around […]
Dede Hance

S.M. Wilson & Co. Completes Construction of New Community Clinic for Hermann Area District Hospital

1 year 10 months ago
S. M. Wilson & Co. has completed construction of a new $1.7 million, state-of-the-art community clinic for Hermann Area District Hospital in Hermann, Missouri. The project included the interior remodel of the west portion of the Alco building into a 10,000-square-foot-clinic to serve area residents. S. M. Wilson served as the General Contractor. SOA Architecture […]
Dede Hance

St. Louis Regions’ Five Airports Support 36,500 Jobs, Deliver $10B+ in Annual Economic Impact

1 year 10 months ago
The directors from five busy airports in the St. Louis region say the collaboration that takes place amongst their airports is unique in the aviation industry and a model for success — accounting for more than 36,500 jobs (between airport operations and tenants) and generating a collective annual economic impact that exceeds $10 billion and […]
Dede Hance

Wiegmann Associates Recognized as a 2022 Winning Workplace by the St. Louis Small Business Monthly

1 year 10 months ago
Wiegmann Associates, a top St. Louis-based mechanical contractor and national leader in design/build HVAC projects, has been recognized by the St. Louis Small Business Monthly as a 2022 Winning Workplace. Just thirteen St. Louis employers were recognized for creating a work culture where employees thrive and grow personally and professionally. “The biggest reason for our […]
Dede Hance

Dawson Workwear Designing Workwear for Women in Construction

1 year 10 months ago
From WBRC:  Imagine being 24 years old, finding your own company and designing something that’s in demand for women in the workforce. That fits the description of Morgan Dawson. Dawson founded Dawson Workwear that launched in July of 2020, using her own personal experience, to create workwear for working women. Dawson Workwear currently designs and […]
Dede Hance