From FOX: A Valley Park City Council meeting was cut short after there was no room to accommodate a large number of people in attendance. Residents were there to voice their concerns over the development of a trash combustor and incinerator facility. “Because this is such an important issue, and people have so many questions,” […]
From St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune:Â The Missouri Works Initiative, a non-profit organization sponsored and supported by the Missouri AFL-CIO, is hosting its Inaugural Topgolf (Top Contender) Tournament fundraiser March 2. The event, which includes lunch, will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. at Topgolf, 16851 N. Outer 40 Road, in Chesterfield. Topgolf is […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday that an Ameren substation is the source of the newest groundwater contamination near St. Charles’ wells for public drinking water — bolstering the city’s claims in a drawn-out dispute that was recently laid out in court. The agency said lab results from fieldwork conducted last […]
From St. Louis Post- Dispatch:Â The centerpiece of Missouri government is crumbling. Amid the divisive debates on human rights, gun control and elections in the House and Senate chambers this week, workers shut off access to the legislative library in the Missouri Capitol because of structural weaknesses that could pose a danger to denizens of the […]
SAK Construction, LLC (SAK), a leading pipeline rehabilitation and tunneling solutions provider, announced earlier this month that its Underground Division will now be known as Affholder, LLC (Affholder). The new name is in honor of Robert “Bob” Affholder, a founder of SAK and a pioneering figure in the tunneling industry. The decision to rebrand the […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: First Bank’s new $40 million headquarters in Creve Coeur is tentatively set to open in April 2024, with a design featuring a courtyard that will enable employees to work outdoors like they did at home during the coronavirus pandemic. The bank held a ceremonial groundbreaking Monday at the site, 11901 Olive Blvd. Demolition […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  Shauna Sharp filed the tip of the tungsten rod with a bench grinder, then walked back to her station and wrapped the cord of a welding torch around her arm. She lowered her mask, held the rod against a piece of steel she’d clamped to the table and melted it. When she […]
From O’Fallon Progress: Revisions to a new mixed-use development proposal for Southview Plaza have advanced for final approval by the O’Fallon City Council. A scaled down version, at the southeast corner of East Highway 50 and South Lincoln Avenue, is expected to be on the agenda Tuesday, Feb. 21. The planned use includes a 2,016 square […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: Ferguson-based Emerson Electric (NYSE: EMR) will keep its headquarters in St. Louis, the company said Wednesday. Emerson’s announcement, which came as it shared financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2023, comes after it announced in October it has sold its headquarters in Ferguson and would search for a new headquarters […]
From Smith NMTC Associates:Â The Smith NMTC Associates team is thrilled to announce the closing of a $13M New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) transaction in support of R&R Marketplace, an upcoming 90,000-square-foot redevelopment of the former Schnucks Plaza in Dellwood, Missouri. About the Project With the visionary leadership of Pastors Ken and Beverly Jenkins, the founders […]
From St. Louis Business Journal:Â An apartment complex proposed between Soulard and the $1.2 billion Gateway South redevelopment project would add new residents to what is currently an industrial site. The new complex is proposed on two parcels totaling 2.84 acres at 1506 S. Seventh St. and 1525-29 S. Broadway in the Kosciusko neighborhood, a block […]
From St. Louis Post Dispatch: Artist Damon Davis wants you to confront the past as you visit CityPark. He’s created “Pillars of the Valley,” a series of eight granite pillars that evoke hourglasses. The installation stands outside the southwest corner of the new City SC stadium. It’s the East St. Louis native’s largest artwork to […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: Amid a surge of electric car sales in the U.S. that’s expected to accelerate in the years to come, there’s a shortage of chargers in places where drivers need them most: at home and at work. Most apartment complexes and condos don’t yet feature charging stations, although they have become more […]
From Labor Tribune:Â A new task force focused on worker safety will begin work in Illinois following the deadly collapse of an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville during a tornado. State Reps. Katie Stuart (D-Edwardsville) and Jay Hoffman (D-Swansea) led an initiative to create a Warehouse Safety Standards Task Force, which will develop recommendations to make warehouses […]
From Autodesk Construction Cloud:Â Fact: Representation matters, and it greatly affects your employee recruitment and retention. This is why diversity and inclusion programs are vital to building a solid workforce in your construction firm. Multiple studies have shown that diverse teams are more innovative and perform better. A study by Boston Consulting Group found that firms […]
From Gray Design Group: Creating a space that positively impacts people and the community is at the core of our design philosophy at Gray Design Group. Developed in 2013, the WELL Building Standard improves people’s lives by creating spaces that enhance occupant health and quality of life. To create an environment that improves the mind, body and performance of […]
From NAWIC Blog:Â The GenZ generation represents the youngest members of the workforce, ranging in age from teens to about 25 years old. Unlike for their mothers, or even grandmothers, being a woman in construction today is much more common. When the oldest members of the GenZ generation were born, there were less than 800,000 […]
From Saint Louis County Missouri: Beginning today, all construction plans for both residential and commercial projects can be submitted online using the new Citizen Permitting Portal. Until now, printed plans could only be dropped off in Clayton to be reviewed by the Public Works Department, which costs applicants thousands of dollars per project. Then Code Enforcement employees […]
From St. Louis business Journal:Â The developer behind the $1.2 billion construction innovation district and mixed-use development proposed on the downtown St. Louis riverfront will move forward with an initial 12-acre phase, after securing master development rights Thursday from a city board. As proposed by New York-based developer Good Developments Group, the Gateway South project will […]
From The New York Times: A few days ago The Times published a very interesting column by my colleague Ezra Klein about America’s peculiar lack of progress in the art of building things. Drawing on a recent paper by Austan Goolsbee and Chad Syverson, he noted that at least according to official statistics, we’ve gone a half century without […]
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