With the topping out of the AC Hotel in Clayton on Sept 26 ,2023, Midas Construction is advancing toward a spring 2024 completion having overcome several challenges. The $50 million project has emerged on an extremely tight urban site in an era marked by ongoing issues with material supply chain costs. When the 11-story, 207-room […]
From NBC News: Ben Phillips’ childhood memories include basketball games with friends, and neighbors gathering in the summer shade at their St. Louis housing complex. He also remembers watching men in hazmat suits scurry on the roofs of high-rise buildings as a dense material poured into the air. “I remember the mist,” Phillips, now 73, […]
From Construction Dive: Total construction starts rose 6% in August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.3 trillion, according to Dodge Construction Network, buoyed by pickups in the manufacturing and transportation building sectors. The two sectors’ gains help lift starts in the broader nonresidential construction category by 40% and kept the overall index in […]
From Leader Publications: The Jefferson County Council took the next step to replace a long-decaying bridge on Commerce Drive just south of Arnold. The council voted unanimously on Aug. 28 to authorize the County Counselor’s Office to begin eminent domain proceedings against one of the property owners near the bridge, which provides access from the […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: A division of True Manufacturing Co., the St. Louis-based maker of commercial and residential refrigeration equipment, has opened its first showroom, in New York. True Residential, the company’s luxury American-made home refrigeration brand, opened its new showroom in the Architects & Designers Building at 150 E. 58th St. in New […]
From Construction Dive: Construction association executive Julie Muller had 1-year-old twins when she was transferred from Southern California to Washington state. Around that same time, she met a journeywoman with young children at an industry event and began talking about being a working mother. “This young woman said the only way she could continue to […]
From KSDK: Tear down began on a once-popular north St. Louis County landmark. Jamestown Mall has been sitting empty now for nearly a decade along Jamestown Road and Highway 67. Several St. Louis County and state leaders came together at the old Jamestown Mall to mark the start of the demolition on Tuesday. The tear-down […]
This week St. Louis Children’s hospital patients and families appeared in a special video thanking the construction industry for record contributions to the construction industry’s KIDstruction campaign to support the work of St. Louis Children’s Hospital. Collectively, $725,000 was raised by 145 participating companies, 41 cornerstone companies and more than 2,600 trades workers and employees. […]
by Tom Finan, Executive Director/Co-Founder, Construction Forum On Oct. 4 from 7:30 to 9:30 AM at The Sheldon Construction Forum will host a networking/panel discussion event titled Development in North St. Louis: How? & Why? Over 200 people have already registered. If you’d like to know more or register to attend, please click here. Our […]
From BigRentz: Given that falls are a common cause of workplace injuries and deaths, the United States Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has detailed fall protection requirements to protect workers. These requirements are complex and depend on the industry and specific workplace situation. Here are the heights fall protection is commonly […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: Bank of Belleville has completed a $7 million expansion by adding locations it owns in Madison, Monroe and Clinton counties, and also has named a new chief lending officer. Bank officials decided in 2018 to move into the three counties adjacent to St. Clair County, said CEO and President Ron […]
The Concrete Council Membership Scholarship (CCMS) Fund will award $2,000 in college scholarship assistance. The Concrete Council board members will review all applications and determine scholarship recipients. Identity of the applicant will be concealed, using only the “Financial Information” form and the personal essay in order to select the scholarship recipients. To be eligible for […]
From Geo Week News: Studies produced in academic journals on construction and engineering dating back to 1994 and even earlier emphasize the importance of integrating construction projects to improve design, communication, and project outcomes. That said, construction, an industry historically slow-to-digitize, is only more recently becoming disrupted by technology and for good reason – despite […]
From KSDK: The former Jamestown Mall in Florissant finally has a demolition date after sitting empty for nearly 10 years. The Florissant community and public officials will mark the start of demolition with a 10 a.m. ceremony Tuesday, Sept. 26. The mall, a 1.2 million-square-foot structure, first opened in 1973 and shut down in 2014. […]
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 […]
From ConstructionDive: Construction input prices ticked up 1.5% in August, the first increase in six months, due to a surge in energy costs, according to a new Associated Builders and Contractors’ analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index data released Thursday. Overall construction costs remain 0.2% lower than a year ago, while nonresidential […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Construction of a new military staging facility in north St. Louis County could begin in April after state lawmakers approved $20 million to help finance the project. The Bellefontaine Neighbors Readiness Center, to be built near the intersection of Interstate 270 and Missouri Route 367, will help the Missouri National Guard […]
From The Edwardsville Intelligencer: The backers of the development at 400 N. Main St. will have a lot to be thankful for if the City Council votes to approve a business district zone for the site two days before Thanksgiving. Tuesday, the council voted 6-0 to approve the blight resolution analysis and development plan and […]
From BigRentz: Construction documents (CDs) are a detailed set of documents that include the final specifications, materials, and other details required for managing a building project. They are created during the third phase in the architectural design process, which takes place after design development but before bidding. Typically drawn up by architects and engineers, CD […]
From St. Louis Public Radio: The St. Louis County Council voted 4-1 Tuesday night to approve $155 million in tax incentives for Boeing Co.’s proposed $1.8 billion development near St. Louis Lambert International Airport. The deal gives the aerospace company a 50% cut in real estate and personal property taxes over the next 10 years. […]
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