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The SITE Improvement Association Board of Directors has elected Steve Roden as its new President, Kurt Unnerstall as Vice President and Kevin Klette as Secretary/Treasurer for 2023.  Immediate Past President Pat Moriarity will continue to serve on the board’s Executive Committee. Roden is President of Roden’s Landscaping, Inc., and previously served as the board’s Secretary/Treasurer.  […]

S. M. Wilson & Co., a St. Louis-based construction manager and contracting firm, has promoted Emily Echele and Ayo Ojolola to Project Managers and David Rall to Assistant Project Manager. As Project Managers, Echele and Ojolola are responsible for subcontractor procurement and management, schedule and budget maintenance and collaborating with the design and engineering teams […]

Kevin Buchek, President and founder of Roanoke Construction, a St. Louis-based general contractor, announced today that Kevin Wagner has joined the firm as Chief Operating Officer. Kevin Wagner brings more than 20 years of construction and management experience to Roanoke. Most recently, Kevin served as Chief Operating Officer at The Vecino Group, a real estate […]

This week Construction Forum drone pilot/photographer Louis Kelly of Drone Eagle LLC captures “Vande East,” which is Phase 2 of the City Foundry STL project. The second, $125 million phase will feature a 14-story tower with 272 apartments. Also planned are an 83,000-square-foot office building, 25,000 square feet of retail space and a 481-car parking […]

From Mid Rivers News Magazine:  At its Jan. 30 meeting, the St. Charles County Council approved three bills, each by a vote of 7-0, to authorize conditional use permits (CUPs) for items related to the property at 1501 Wilmer Road. The property is owned by Craig, Ryan P. and Darlene Smith and known as Lucky […]

From Construction Business Owner: To build a profitable construction business, owners must be focused on key performance indicators (KPIs) and bottom-line numbers. These KPIs are centered on sales revenue, overhead, profit markup, labor costs per unit of work, and your updated job cost labor for every project. You can’t expect anyone to care about your finances […]

From The Edwardsville Intelligencer:  Millennium Construction may get the go-ahead to build the the Route 66 Interpretive Center in Edwardsville after the administrative and community service (ACS) committee voted 3-0 Thursday to approve the company’s lowest bid of $378,900 for the project. Other submitted bids included Stutz Excavating at $406,012 and Berco Construction at $485,464. Pfund Construction […]

From the St. Louis American: A groundbreaking ceremony was held last week, and among the historic building’s improvements, will be new exhibit galleries that focus on Dred and Harriett Scott’s legal fight for freedom. Exhibits will examine how their cases, both state and federal, still impact America today. Other topics will include the post-Civil War era […]

From Construction Business Owner: Trying to interpret which way the economy will go is confusing and uncertain, even for those whose primary responsibility is doing so. There are many competing views on whether we’re in a recession and how long it will last. One thing we are confident in is that 2023 looks quite challenging. After […]

From St. Louis Business Journal: A St. Louis-area developer has hired an executive away from Greater St. Louis Inc. Neal Griffin began work Feb. 1 as the general counsel for Creve Coeur-based Bamboo Equity Partners, a real estate developer and private equity firm. He previously served as vice president of real estate for Greater St. Louis […]

From West News Magazine: Gateway Studios is creating an expansion of its complex to include amenities on the north side of North Outer 40 Road. As such, Stock & Associates Consulting Engineers, Inc, has submitted a request for a zoning change from the Planned Industrial District to Planned Commercial District for the 77.8-acre parcel. The […]

From Heritage Daily: Cahokia was the largest urban settlement to develop from the Mississippian culture, a mound-building pre-Columbian civilisation that developed in the Midwestern, Eastern, and South-eastern United States. The area was first inhabited as early as the Late Archaic period around 1200 BC, but the original builders are believed to have settled in the region […]

From St. Louis Business Journal: A developer plans a revamp of a St. Louis County extended-stay hotel into apartments, citing declining demand in that hotel category. Churchwick Partners of Woodmere, New York, in June purchased the Sonesta Suites ES extended-stay hotel at 1855 Craigshire Drive in Maryland Heights for $4.17 million, according to St. Louis County […]

From RiverBender.com: State Senator Christopher Belt will serve as chair of the Senate Appropriations-Public Safety and Infrastructure Committee in the 103rd General Assembly. “In my new role I want to ensure taxpayer dollars are being used wisely during budget negotiations,” said Belt (D-Swansea). “As the southernmost Democrat, it’s important that downstate Illinois is not forgotten. I […]

Wiegmann Associates has completed work on St. Louis’ first Ferrari dealership, Cavallino Rosso, located at 3000 South Hanley Road. Wiegmann designed and installed HVAC systems to serve the new $6 million, two-story, 28,000-square-foot dealership including a high-end showroom, customer lounge, management offices, reception area, service department and upstairs indoor vehicle storage. In addition to providing […]

The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan St. Louis’ Board of Directors is pleased to announce longstanding member and leader, Martha Garcia Kampen, as our next President and CEO. “We are thrilled to enter the HCC’s next chapter with Martha at the wheel. Her grassroots approach to our members and our Latino business community will […]

One lesson from the pandemic – America’s reliance on foreign supply chains was a hindrance to efficiently responding to a public health crisis.  Medical glove maker American Nitrile’s solution was reshoring the manufacturing of critical medical/research supplies so they are made in the U.S.  The result is the renovation of 527,000-square-foot warehouse in Grove City, […]

Estimators Forum and American Society of Professional Estimators (ASPE) are currently taking registrations for the next set of classes for estimators. The learning series is titled Estimating 200 – Emerging and Upcoming Estimators. The upcoming sessions will be presented by Ron Wiese, Retired Former Vice President of Alberici. Discussion will include new and exciting topics. Class […]

From McCarthy Building Companies:  Each morning at 8:30 a.m., foremen and crew leaders working on the Neuroscience Research Building under construction at Washington University School of Medicine gather on each floor of the 11-story structure. During this 15-minute huddle, team members review the daily crew schedule, address potential conflicts, and ensure the $616 million project […]

From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  Waves of torrential rainfall drenched California into the new year. Snowpacks in the Sierra Nevada Mountains have swelled to more than 200% their normal size, and snowfall across the rest of the Colorado River Basin is trending above average, too. While the much-needed water has improved conditions in the parched West, […]