From The St. Louis America: The beginning of Orvin Kimbrough’s pathway to success was far from smooth. Yet, he now serves as the chair and CEO of Midwest BankCentre. He is the first and only African American to lead one of the 100-plus mainstream banks in the St. Louis region. Midwest BankCentre is St. Louis’ second […]
From WCEM: Work at the Illinois Veterans’ Home in Quincy has temporarily changed most residents’ lives on campus. You can often find veterans at the construction site of the new facility, watching the new structure go up. ”It’s…it’s pretty special,” Structural Steel Superintendent Shane Cross said. “I take a lot of pride in it, that were […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: The historic rainfall in July 2022 that triggered flooding in the St. Louis area led to damage to the headquarters of Royal Banks of Missouri in University City. But rather than repairing the damaged building, which is also the bank’s headquarters, Royal Banks plans to demolish the structure and replace it […]
From Construction Dive: For much of its recent history in mitigating climate change, Denver has concentrated on buildings’ operational energy — the energy needed to run basics like heating, air conditioning, lighting and hot water. That will shift in May, when Denver’s newly adopted green code takes effect, said Christy Collins, green communities specialist with the […]
From newswires: Mayor Robert Eastern, and the development teams comprised of Efficacy Consulting & Development (ECD), Tier-1 Development Group and local non-profit Community Life-Line, conjointly announce the $44 million re-development funding, that signals the beginning of the highly anticipated revitalization efforts for the New Broadview within the Historic District of Downtown East St. Louis. This initiative […]
From St. Louis INNO: A St. Louis-based startup company is moving into new office space converted from a vacant factory, a move the Arch Grants recipient said will allow it to continue to grow and add employees over the next year. TCARE, which provides technology to reduce burnout in family caregivers, will start construction immediately to […]
From KSDK: The St. Louis Board of Aldermen is preparing to spend the last of the city’s federal funds from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) on safer streets. The Housing, Urban Development, and Zoning Committee is scheduled to hear proposals on Board Bill 120 Thursday morning. The current version of the proposal would spend a […]
From West Magazine: Third time’s the charm for Maryville University and its development partners, KEAT Properties and Keeley Construction, at least as far as the city of Town & Country’s Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) is concerned. On Jan. 18, Greg Yawitz, CEO of KEAT Properties, and Dr. Mark Lombardi, president of Maryville University, presented their […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: The HFW Cos., a St. Louis-based professional services firm targeting the architecture, engineering and construction sector for investments, has added an Iowa-based architecture business to its growing portfolio. HFW said this week it has formed a “strategic growth partnership” with Invision, a planning, architecture and interior design firm. Terms of the […]
From RiverFront Times: Forest Park is inching closer to installing basketball courts for the first time in its 146-year history. Organizers will host the first open house session tonight at the Heights Community Center in Richmond Heights (8001 Dale Avenue, 314-645-1476) from 4 to 7 p.m., where interested parties can see design concepts and offer feedback. […]
From St. Louis Magazine: If you’re a casual student of history, terms such as primary and secondary sources might cause your eyes to glaze over. But for historians, the difference between the two is critical to the study of the past. Primary sources are letters, newspapers, photographs or other documents created as the historical event was […]
From West Magazine: A development with both single-family and multi-family residential has been proposed for a 15-acre site in Town Center in Wildwood. Greenberg Development, LLC, is requesting to build 11 single-family homes on a 4.6-acre tract at the northwest corner of the Manchester and Taylor roads intersection. It would require a modification of the Town […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: The new system that the city of St. Louis will use to award subsidies to developers allows the city to shape future projects by granting incentives for the types of development city officials most want to see, the consultant who developed the plan said last week. The city’s economic development […]
Knoebel Construction, a top St. Louis-based general contractor, has promoted Jesse Schilligo to Director of Operations. Schilligo brings more than 13 years of commercial construction experience with expertise in field management and joined Knoebel in 2017 as Project Manager. As Director of Operations, he is responsible for ensuring that all project teams produce high-quality work […]
From Illinois Business Journal: Chris Couch received his mechanical engineering degree from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in 2019 and since then has seen great success in his career in the pumping industry. His hard work has not gone unnoticed as he was named to the “10 Pump Professionals to Watch” list by Pumps & Systems […]
From Citizens for Modern Transit: One year after Illinois Governor JB Pritzker awarded St. Clair County Transit District with a $9,975,000 “Rebuild Illinois” Grant, dozens gathered at the Emerson Park Transit Center to mark the official start of construction on the new, $13,584,000 Public Safety Center at the site. This space will play a key […]
Kent Peetz, PE has joined Horner & Shifrin as Senior Project Manager responsible for leading Water efforts in Southeast Missouri. Kent has more than 26 years of experience in environmental engineering. Throughout his career, Kent has focused his practice on the realm of wastewater collection and treatment. Since 2005, Kent has worked at the City […]
Liberty Commerce Center in the Kansas City suburb of Liberty, Mo. added its fifth and largest distribution center since the 337-acre industrial park was launched in 2021 by NorthPoint Development. Contegra Construction Co. built the 1.049-million-square-foot distribution facility – called Project Luna. Emerging at 2361 S. Withers Road, Liberty, Mo., Project Luna is built with […]
From ISSUU: Paul Heimann, vice president and controller of Welsch Heating and Cooling, has his eye on the future. “We’ve all heard that thousands of people are ready to retire out of the trades,” Heimann says. “We have to actively recruit young people to replace the workers we’re losing, and we have to get them […]
The Concrete Council of St. Louis is hosting its annual Concrete Pavements Seminar Sponsored by Concrete Strategies and MAPEI on Wednesday, February 8th at Fabick Headquarters located at One Fabick Drive, Fenton, MO 63026. The Concrete Pavements Seminar gathers some of the brightest minds in the industry to discuss a variety of topics related to […]
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