From Data Center Knowledge: The construction industry has seen a record number of women taking trade jobs. The industry’s skilled labor shortage and a shift in diversity hiring goals, focusing on the safety and inclusion of women, are the reasons behind this change. However, Vicki O’Leary, Ironworkers International’s director of diversity and an ironworker herself […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: When Robbie Montgomery passes the intersection of West Florissant Avenue and Goodfellow Boulevard, memories of singing backup for Ike and Tina Turner at Club Imperial resurface. But there’s been no music performed in the stately brick building at the southwest corner of the intersection for decades. Even the tattoo parlor and […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: An abrasives manufacturer has finished its expansion of its St. Charles County factory, its second expansion in three years. VSM Abrasives, the O’Fallon, Missouri-headquartered U.S. subsidiary of a German abrasives manufacturer, has completed a $6 million, 50,000-square-foot expansion of its manufacturing plant at 1012 E. Wabash St., the company said […]
From Contractor Magazine: The number of companies conducting major layoffs is rising. However, the skilled trades industry can’t get enough workers. Baby boomers are leaving the industry at alarming rates in what’s being called The Great Retirement, and there are simply not enough young people stepping in to fill their shoes. The skilled trades are […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Holes at the bottom of concrete highway barriers could help small animals find safer passage across Missouri roadways. State road crews have already installed the 7.5 inch by 15 inch openings on one section of a Missouri highway: along the newly constructed Interstate 49 in southwest Missouri, which contains 70 modified […]
From Construction Dive: It’s no secret — demand for tech solutions is rising, as contractors feel the pinch of the continued labor crisis and look for programs that can give them an edge over their competitors while saving money and time. For contech firms, it has led to higher interest, as investors see value. Last year, […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: Structural repairs to shore up a deteriorating downtown parking garage could start as soon as this fall, officials said Tuesday while hiring an engineering firm to determine the scope of work needed. The Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority, the city board that owns the 1,500-space parking garage near the America’s […]
From KSDK: Firefighters battled heat while fighting massive flames Wednesday night into Thursday morning at a former church in north St. Louis. St. Liborius Church, is a historic landmark. Built in the 1800s, the vacated church was given new life a few years ago when it was transformed into a skate park, art studio and […]
From St. Louis Public Radio: A changing climate poses considerable threats to many communities, and those along the country’s major rivers are no exception, especially during floods. The floods of today are carrying more water and lasting longer than they once did, experts say. “All rivers naturally pulse, but we’re seeing higher peak flows, and […]
Editor’s Note: This week Construction Forum Drone Photographer/Videographer Louis Kelly, owner of Drone Eagle, LLC, captured demolition underway on two office buildings in Downtown West at Jefferson and Market. The office buildings, formerly owned by Wells Fargo, will make way for two hotels and an apartment building. Green Street Estate Ventures acquired the buildings from […]
When COVID hit Civil Life Brewery, a very successful craft brewer in Tower Grove South, it took a devastating hit to its business. But the owner, Jake Hafner, decided to take advantage of that pause to double down on his business in St. Louis and proceed with his plans for a major expansion of Civil […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: A mixed-use development planned in north St. Louis would add a new grocery store and affordable housing to vacant buildings and properties in the Greater Ville neighborhood. The first phase of the Fields Place project, to be built at the north side of the intersection of Lexington and Clarence avenues, […]
From Construction Dive: The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers revealed new standards dedicated to preventing and mitigating the spread of infectious diseases in existing, new and retrofit buildings, the trade group announced last week. ASHRAE’s Standard 241, called “Control of Infectious Aerosols,” broadly applies to building owners, and will also apply to […]
From Lincoln News Now: Construction of a potential 30,000-car parking lot over 162 acres of farmland has several Lincoln County residents frustrated, concerned and lobbying for the return of planning and zoning regulations. Quarry Land LLC, a subsidiary of Keusel Excavating in O’Fallon, purchased the tract of land at 484 Linns Mill Road May 22 […]
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 will be carrying the Worker Wellness & Well-Being Blog as a regular […]
The St. Louis Metropolitan area (MO/IL) showed the second largest construction employment drop of any metro nationwide from May 2022 through 2023, the Associated General Contractors of America reported. The St. Louis MSA showed a drop of 5,100 jobs year-t0-year, second only behind Houston-The Wood Lands-Sugar Land, TX, which showed a drop of 5,400 jobs. […]
From UMSL Daily: The University of Missouri–St. Louis will receive an additional $20 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding from the state of Missouri to support its ongoing efforts to build a cohesive academic experience that will meet the needs of students and the greater St. Louis region and state today and into […]
Construction is nearing completion for a $30-million flagship lab and operations facility for Creative Testing Solutions (CTS) and its partner organization, the American Red Cross-Missouri and Arkansas Region, in Maryland Heights. The funds to build the laboratory came from the national American Red Cross. Cissell Mueller Construction (CMCI) is contractor on the project. Design partners […]
by Tom Finan, Executive Director/Co-Founder, Construction Forum This past Friday (June 30) four teams of “Dreamers” from Dream Builders 4 Equity presented their design and development visions for a transformational community hub for the Hyde Park neighborhood on St. Louis’ north side. Their presentations were part of a design charrette held at CannonDesign’s St. Louis […]
Ahead of its 100th anniversary of operations on its Clayton, Mo., campus, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis has introduced a Campus Plan centered on augmenting its iconic campus for the next century of academic and theological leadership. Building for Community: The Campus Plan for Concordia Seminary provides a framework for shaping the Seminary’s physical environment to […]
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