From Contractor: The National Institute of Building Sciences has released its 2023 Built Environment Workforce Survey. The new report, which was completed in partnership with Avenue M Group, takes the pulse on where things stand, with regard to diversity, equity, and inclusion. It covers more ground, including a breakdown of the definition of diversity. More than seven […]
ASHRAE has published its pioneering consensus-based, code enforceable standard, developed to reduce the risk of infectious aerosol transmission in buildings. ASHRAE Standard 241, Control of Infectious Aerosols can be purchased at ashrae.org/241. Standard 241 establishes minimum requirements to reduce the risk of airborne disease transmission, such as SARS-COV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, the flu virus […]
by Tom Finan, Executive Director, Construction Forum A lot of Brian Hoelscher’s long term success in management of the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District might be put in perspective by two things. The first is his affinity for battles and tactics related to post-Napoleonic European military history. More on that later. The second is his […]
From Construction Dive: OSHA is proposing a new rule in order to clarify its personal protective equipment requirements for construction. The revision, published Thursday, explicitly requires that PPE fit workers properly. The agency said it proposed the rule to increase clarity. Currently, it requires construction employers to provide and maintain PPE and ensure employee-owned equipment is […]
HDA Architects, one of the nation’s leading architectural, interiors and master planning firms, recently completed a new 457,000 SF Class-A speculative industrial facility with immediate access to the strategic I-75 corridor in Ocala, Florida. Featuring a cross-dock layout, a 36′ clear height with 95 dock doors and four drive-in doors, Topline Logistics Center offers tenants […]
Wiegmann Associates has added Ann Price of Moscow Mills as Project Administrator. As Project Administrator, Price supports the project management team in the planning, coordination and administration of all HVAC construction projects and works closely with the firm’s payroll, sales and billing departments. She is responsible for preparing project documentation including contracts, change orders, submittals […]
From Harvard Business Review: Companies spend millions on antibias training each year. The goal is to create workforces that are more inclusive, and thereby more innovative and more effective. Studies show that well-managed diverse groups outperform homogeneous ones and are more committed, have higher collective intelligence, and are better at making decisions and solving problems. […]
Chris Arb has signed on with McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. as Senior Business Development Manager. In this position, he will build client and partner relationships to expand McCarthy’s industrial experience across the company’s 28-state Central Region—from the Plains to the East Coast. Before joining McCarthy, Arb served as Industrial Group Business Development Manager at a […]
DIRTT and its construction partner Built Interior Construction in St. Louis, Missouri announced today they recently secured $2M USD in construction projects with major clients The Globe Building, Kingsway Development, and CFG Bank. These projects were awarded in recognition of Built’s strong reputation as a specialty subcontractor in the St. Louis market and highlight client confidence in DIRTT’s innovative construction solutions. The Globe […]
Carly Carmosino has assumed the role of Interim Executive Director at the Mechanical Contractors Association (MCA) of Eastern Missouri. Carmosino has been the association’s Director of Workforce Development and Education since 2018. During that time, she updated and expanded the association’s educational and safety programs. She has also worked closely with industry partners to design […]
TOMORROW (Thursday, July 20th) from 4-6PM the Construction Forum’s Emerging Leaders will be heading to the joint headquarters of Built Interior Construction, DIRTT, and Coltrane Systems at 2818 Locust for some FREE networking, hosted by these three innovative companies. Please join us as we build relationships and cut loose. Click here to register. Questions about […]
In just over three minutes this video by River City Drone shows progress made between early March and the end of June by Midas Construction on the 45,000-square-foot, mixed-use, Building 6 at Mia Rose Holdings LLC’s “The Prairie” in Dardenne Prairie. The three-story building will include 24 two-bedroom, two-bath apartment units on the second and […]
From Fox: One New York business owner offered a seemingly simple solution to helping Americans get their home repair and construction projects done on time with minimal hassle. We’re in demand,” Gateway Plumbing & Heating owner John Cataneo said on “America’s Newsroom” Tuesday. “If I had more workers, I could get a lot more done.” […]
From St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune: Richard Boyd, Sr., a proud Laborers Local 110 member for two decades, has received an honorary membership card for his son Richard Boyd, Jr., who was planning to join the union, but was killed in a tragic accident Feb 26. Boyd, Jr., who was planning to follow in his […]
From St. Louis Public Radio: What do the new basketball courts coming to Forest Park and Tower Grove Park have in common with the St. Louis Zoo, Art Hill and Webster Groves Sculpture Garden? They are all designed by landscape architect Ted Spaid and his team at SWT Design. Though the new hoops are attracting […]
From St. Louis Public Radio: For kids like Sandy Mitchell, Ted Theis and Janet Johnson, childhood in the north St. Louis County suburbs in the 1960s and ‘70s meant days playing along the banks or splashing in the knee-deep waters of Coldwater Creek. They caught turtles and tadpoles, jumped into deep stretches of the creek […]
From Construction Dive: Massive heat waves have hit large swaths of the U.S. this summer, breaking records for high temperatures across the country. And it’s about to get worse. About 21% of U.S. residents live in areas where heat levels could become dangerously high this week, according to the New York Times heat tracker. For […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: A special Illinois task force on warehouse safety met for the first time Tuesday, taking testimony from a local fire chief and the family of one of the six people killed when a tornado struck an Amazon facility here more than a year-and-a-half ago. The testimony could influence how safety standards […]
From St. Louis Public Radio: Supporters of Sk8 Liborius, the north St. Louis skate park that transformed a former church into a gathering place for young people, are nearly finished cleaning up after a four-alarm fire tore through the building last week. As many as 200 people have turned up in recent days to help […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: A $41 billion infrastructure program, the largest in Illinois’ history, was unveiled Friday aimed at fixing bridges and roads, including many in the Metro East. In the Metro East, the projects include: Calhoun County: $245 million to replace the Joe Page Bridge and 1.6 miles of pavement replacement at Hardin. […]
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