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How Much Would Boeing Save With Tax Incentives

1 year 10 months ago
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  School districts and other taxing entities in St. Louis County would miss out on nearly $11 million a year in revenue if the County Council approves a proposed tax break for the Boeing Co., but economic development boosters say the region needs the deal to compete. If the council approves tax incentives for […]
Shruthi Beedu

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Green Street

1 year 10 months ago
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against Green Street Real Estate Ventures by a former executive. Paul Giacoletto had alleged in a St. Louis County Circuit lawsuit filed in January that the St. Louis-based development company locked him out of lucrative contracts worth $2.3 million, while also directing his construction division […]
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New 13-Acre Soccer Complex Planned for St. Charles County

1 year 10 months ago
From St. Louis Business Journal:  Andy Kohl says he and his wife, Amy, for years had casually discussed the idea of trying to add more soccer fields in St. Charles County. The conversations got more serious as their three young children got more involved in the sport. “As they continued to get older, we realized […]
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SMPS Announces Officers and Directors

1 year 10 months ago
The Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS) St. Louis has announced officers and directors for 2023-2024. SMPS is a community of marketing and business development professionals working to secure profitable business relationships for their A/E/C companies. Through networking, business intelligence, and research, SMPS members gain a competitive advantage in positioning their firms successfully in the […]
Tom Finan

Lemp Brewery Gets OK to Demolish Building That Collapsed 3 Years Ago

1 year 10 months ago
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  The St. Louis Preservation Board will allow the owner of the historic Lemp Brewery building that partially collapsed three years ago to move forward with demolition to help stabilize the rest of the property. Shashi Palamand of Historic Lemp Brewery LLC told St. Louis officials on Monday that efforts were made […]
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Chemical Building Developer Seeks Incentives for $82M Hotel Project

1 year 10 months ago
From St. Louis Business Journal:  A developer is seeking tax incentives for an $82 million plan to convert the historic Chemical Building in downtown St. Louis into a pair of dual-branded hotels. A joint development group of Beechwood Pinnacle Hotels of Little Rock, Arkansas; InterMountain Management of Monroe, Louisiana; and New Orleans-based architecture firm John […]
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Fields Foods Owner Wants to Sell Chain, Closes Pagedale Store

1 year 10 months ago
St. Louis Post- Dispatch:  The owner of the local grocery store chain Fields Foods said he is in talks to sell all five locations to an employee ownership group. Owner Chris Goodson said the stores may not continue to be branded as Fields Foods. The news comes in the wake of Fields Foods’ Pagedale location […]
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$436M Manchester Road Redevelopment Approved for $88M in Incentives

1 year 10 months ago
From St. Louis Business Journal: Officials in the city of Brentwood agreed this week to a $436 million redevelopment of the busy Manchester Road commercial corridor, assisted with an estimated $88.4 million in tax incentives and possible eminent domain. The Brentwood Bound redevelopment consists of 77 acres along both sides of Manchester Road between Hanley Road […]
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MoDOT Bundles I-55 Bridge Projects in St. Louis

1 year 10 months ago
From Construction Equipment Guide.com: Drivers who use I-55 in Missouri can travel from the southeast corner of the state, the “boot heel,” drive parallel to the Mississippi River for about 200 miles eventually reaching a bustling section of St. Louis passing such iconic sites as the Anheuser Busch Brewery, the Gateway Arch and the home of […]
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SLC 2023 Preview: Handling OSHA Inspections

1 year 10 months ago
From EHS Today: It’s inevitable that you will have to deal with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). As with most things in life, planning ahead for OSHA inspections will serve you well. It’s true you may still be cited, but having a current and well-practiced playbook will almost certainly guarantee a more favorable outcome […]
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Office Space is Changing in St. Louis

1 year 10 months ago
From Saint Louis Public Radio: Downtowns across the country have largely struggled to return to how they were before the COVID pandemic, and St. Louis is no exception. The business core of the region in downtown St. Louis has had a slew of companies announce they’re moving elsewhere in recent years, leaving vacant office buildings or ones that […]
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Worker Wellness Blog: Fentanyl at Your Table

1 year 10 months ago
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 […]
Tom Finan

Opinion: Downtown St. Louis Needs Speed Humps

1 year 10 months ago
From St. Louis Business Journal: by Kathleen Ratcliffe, Steve O’Loughlin, Brian Marsh, Jacob Hopper and Theona Simbrat While there has been considerable reporting on public safety concerns in downtown St. Louis, members of the conventions and tourism industry work every day to welcome guests from around the nation and world to power downtown’s largest economic […]
Dede Hance

What’s It Like to Work in Construction and What Needs To Change?

1 year 10 months ago
From MOXY Voice:  The National Center for Construction Education & Research (NCCER) has conducted interviews with 176 tradeswomen and analyzed 770 responses to a survey directed to women in the industry. The results have been compiled into a white paper, In Her Own Words: Improving Project Outcomes, which will assist employers with recruiting, hiring and […]
Dede Hance

IFMA St. Louis Appoints Officers and Directors to Board

1 year 10 months ago
The St. Louis Chapter of IFMA (International Facility Management Association) announced officers and directors appointed to its board. Their terms run from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024. Elected as officers on its board and their respective companies are: President, Gary Wood, Stryker Construction Immediate Past President, Michael Wright, CFM, Ameren Corp. Vice President, Patrick Breaux, Magellan […]
Dede Hance

To Make a Greener Building, Start With an Old One

1 year 10 months ago
From Wired:  Next time you find yourself in a new-ish US office building, scan the walls visible from the entryway. Within seconds, you are almost guaranteed to find a glittering circular plaque embossed with a leaf. It’ll be topped with the words LEED Platinum—or sometimes Gold, Silver, or just Certified. In the late ’90s and […]
Dede Hance

Owners of Tall Tree Farms Want Residents to Know Their Story

1 year 10 months ago
From Mid Rivers Newsmagazine:  The great-great-granddaughter of the settler whose property is involved in a major development dispute in St. Charles County claims the people already living around the site ruined it for her and her family. Residents of the subdivisions surrounding a proposed 452-home development along Hwy. DD and bordered by the August A. […]
Dede Hance

A Year After Major Flood, Frustrated Homeowners Still Waiting For Relief

1 year 10 months ago
From Webster-Kirkwood Times:  In a deep, corner lot off Key West Avenue and Kuhlman Lane, yellow daylilies and pink roses are blooming, and elephant ears provide a vibrant green backdrop — standing in stark contrast to a vacant home that was condemned there after last summer’s historic flooding in Webster Groves. A year later, homeowner […]
Dede Hance

Missouri Launches ‘Historic’ Railroad Crossing Safety Plan

1 year 10 months ago
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  With an eye on making rail travel safer, Missouri transportation officials are turning a historic $50 million earmark from the General Assembly into lights and safety gates at 27 unprotected road crossings on three Amtrak routes in the state. Another 17 mostly rural crossings will be closed to traffic, potentially drawing […]
Dede Hance