From RiverBender: Metro-East Lutheran High School has received a $30,000 grant to support its growing robotics program. The funds were awarded by an Oregon-based foundation that supports Christian educational opportunities and will allow MELHS to continue to grow its STEM programming. The robotics team plans to use the grant money to purchase equipment such as updated […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: A private equity firm paid millions of dollars for part of the Bayer campus in Creve Coeur, newly available records show. An entity tied to Edwardsville-based Fireside Financial, 10300 Olive LLC, paid Bayer $5.5 million for the site, at 10300 Olive Blvd., St. Louis County records say. The deal, announced in […]
From Brookings: The U.S. currently faces a once-in-a-generation window to invest in infrastructure and expand economic opportunity. With the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) of 2021, the federal government directed unprecedented levels of funding to improve the country’s transportation, water, energy, and broadband systems, in addition to addressing a variety of climate needs. Now, […]
From St. Louis Post- Dispatch: After years of Republican resistance, Missouri is set to finally launch a statewide prescription drug monitoring program. According to a contract inked earlier this month, the state will pay a medical technology company $1.4 million to operate the program, which is designed to curb opioid addiction. Kentucky-based Bamboo Health, which […]
From Leader Publications: The Rock Community Fire Protection District has reopened House 3 after temporarily closing it to remove mold and complete other repair projects. Chief Kevin Wingbermuehle said crews again started working out of House 3 at 3540 Lonedell Road west of Arnold on Jan. 13. It had closed on Nov. 7. “I am very […]
From Utility Dive: n 2022, every segment of the solar industry but residential saw year-over-year declines in installed capacity growth as the industry struggled with the effects of various state policy decisions and ongoing global supply chain disruptions. Experts say the industry will continue to be dogged by trade barrier and supply-chain headwinds in 2023, but are optimistic […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: Public safety is a “foundational issue” in efforts to redevelop downtown, a Greater St. Louis Inc. official said Tuesday. “We can’t achieve everything else that we need to achieve unless people perceive it as being safe,” said Kurt Weigle, who joined the region’s lead economic development agency in September as senior […]
From Labor Tribune: The St. Louis Building Union Diversity (BUD) program has announced its remaining 2023 schedule for its six-week, nationally recognized pre-apprenticeship programs. The mission of the BUD program is to build a more inclusive workforce by increasing construction trade participation among traditionally under-represented groups, including minorities and women. It provides pre-apprentices with the opportunity […]
From Saint Louis Public Radio: The Missouri Department of Transportation is proposing three improvement options along I-64 to make the corridor safer for St. Louisans who walk, bike or take public transit, and less confusing for drivers. Called Future64, the project would improve bridges and interchanges along a three-mile stretch of the interstate. The Transportation Department […]
From MRN: Apartment developments next to single-family homes and villas in O’Fallon continue to be controversial in O’Fallon. Even more controversial is rezoning commercial land to residential, especially currently vacant high-tech corridor district land. Interested parties with varying perspectives either believe plenty of high tech zoned land still exists, or believe the supply is running out. […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: As the process to gain tax incentives from the city of St. Louis moves ahead, the developer behind a redo of the AT&T tower downtown detailed the structure’s disrepair and provided details of market studies that led to a $300 million mixed-use proposal to convert the building from offices to apartments, […]
From Missouri Business Alert: The report by the Illinois-based Citizens Utility Board ranked all 50 states and the District of Columbia for utility reliability, affordability and environmental responsibility using 2020 public data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the federal Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Census Bureau. For overall performance across those categories, the top […]
Kwame Building Group (KWAME) has added Stan Richardson as Senior Project Manager and Majid Naseh as Project Engineer. Stan Richardson has 15 years of industry experience in new construction and renovation for healthcare, K-12 and higher education facilities as well as transportation and public works projects. He is overseeing the City of St. Louis […]
A recently published study on work:life balance for construction apprentices concludes that apprentices should be provided with tools like trainings on stress management and self-care habits such as meditation, yoga, and proper sleep and diet. It further suggested that community mental health workers and directed efforts by management and labor organizations to impact worker mental […]
by Jeremy Bennett, SITE Improvement Association The $2.3 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) passed by Congress last October promises $621 billion in new transportation infrastructure construction work and $689 billion for buildings and utilities projects for contractors across the country. While the exact amount coming to Missouri may not be known for at […]
Gray Design Group, named one of the Midwest Top Design Firms by Engineering News-Record, welcomes Brie Ray (project associate) to their architecture studio and Joe Kohnen (senior graphic designer) to their Branding + Graphic Design studio. A recent graduate from the University of Missouri – Columbia, Brie utilizes her strong organizational skills and […]
by Tom Finan, Executive Director, Construction Forum I can’t think about Greg Rhomberg without thinking about the rodeo clowns, the tomatoes, the neon signs, and the friendships that he built. Greg Rhomberg, 57, CEO of NuWay, the concrete form and rental company that his grandfather Adolph and Adolph’s brother founded in 1955, died Wednesday morning. […]
From Construction Dive: Construction needs to find more workers, and there are no easy-to-fill jobs in the industry. In fact, according to an Associated General Contractors of America survey of its members, 91% of contractors had trouble filling positions last year, and experts say the labor crunch for these positions isn’t going to let up anytime […]
From Utility Dive: The U.S. Department of Energy is relaunching a mapping tool designed to help identify areas of the country that are ideal for uses such as wind and solar farms, and has updated it to allow users to specify the type of project they’re siting. The Geospatial Energy Mapper, or GEM, launched in 2013 […]
From Construction Dive: COVID-19 claimed more construction worker lives in its first year than any other cause, according to a data analysis by Silver Spring, Maryland-based CPWR, the Center for Construction Research and Training. Based on first-of-its-kind Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, the research looked at 2020’s 224,400 construction worker deaths, both on […]
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