From KSDK: Boeing announced Friday it will be partnering with the St. Louis Regional Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Center to open a brand new manufacturing facility in north St. Louis City. Boeing gave $5 million to the project. The new manufacturing facility in north St. Louis will serve different industries including aerospace, agriculture and construction. “This new […]
From Built, The Bluebeam Blog: It was 2003, and 23-year-old Beth Barton was desperate. After escaping what she described as an “abusive relationship,” Barton and her then-infant son lived in a house she had bought in a rough section of St. Louis. But she didn’t have a job, couldn’t pay the mortgage and was too […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: In 38 years at McCarthy Building Cos., project director Christopher Nisbet has often focused on projects in K-12 schools and universities, most recently finishing up a multiyear $69 million bond issue at Parkway Schools that fixed up 24 of the 28 buildings in the district. For Nisbet, it’s a project close to […]
The Associated General Contractors of Missouri (AGCMO) has announced that Build My Future is coming to St. Louis on Wednesday, Oct. 12. The event will be held in the gym at St. Louis Community College – Florissant Valley, 3400 Pershall Road in Ferguson. Build My Future is a national workforce development initiative started in Springfield, […]
Holland Construction Services has announced the addition of three new employees to its growing team. The new employees include Kent Richardson as Senior Virtual Design and Construction Engineer, Ashleigh Loehring as Project Administrator and Garrison West as Project Manager. “2022 has been an outstanding year of growth for Holland Construction Services despite all of the […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: Aegion Corp., a Chesterfield-based infrastructure repair company, bought a Boston-based business that provides underground and vacuum excavation, among other services. Aegion said it has acquired Next Level Environmental, which also provides other services to manage aging infrastructure, including pipe inspections, trenchless cured-in-place pipe repairs, pipe location services, and sewer and […]
From St. Louis INNO: An Alton firm focused on revitalizing the Metro East town plans to develop a $21 million innovation center to house startups and later-stage companies. AltonWorks, led by John and Jayne Simmons, on Monday said it will transform the Wedge and Elgen buildings on the 600 block of East Broadway into the Wedge Innovation […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The Madison County coroner on Monday identified two construction workers who died in a manhole while working at a residential construction site in Edwardsville last week. At least 18 first responders worked to recover the bodies of Bethalto resident Cody W. Toenyes, 22, and Edwardsville resident Jack M. Pfund, 19, Friday […]
From Strong Towns: Building community wealth is difficult. There’s a lot of hard work involved, there are tough calls, there is risk. In even the best of circumstances, there’s always a chance your investment (in dollars, time, and energy) won’t work out. But often it does. Ultimately, this is how cities grow, how wealth is accumulated, […]
From ConstructionDive: While most of the tax deductions and incentives to build climate-friendly structures in the Inflation Reduction Act go to building owners, one area can significantly benefit contractors as well, a construction tax expert said. Phillip Ross, leader of the construction industry group at New York City-based accounting advisory firm Anchin, detailed how contractors […]
From ConstructionDive: The Inflation Reduction Act contains $3 billion to fund Neighborhood Access and Equity Grants, a new program that aims to rework overbuilt arterial roads and make them safer and more accessible for various modes of transportation. President Joe Biden signed the $739 billion spending package into law on Aug. 16. “These grants will […]
From RiverBender: Illinois American Water continues very active work to separate the Alton combined sewer system and install new sanitary sewers continues. The area of 3rd Street between Belle Street and Piasa Street is still closed. There is considerable digging on 3rd Street in Alton as of Tuesday. “As was expected with one of the […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Greater St. Louis Inc., a regional economic development group, has hired a new leader for its business attraction arm, AllianceSTL. Steven Pearce, 36, will start as chief business attraction officer and president of AllianceSTL on Sept. 1. He will replace Steve Johnson, who announced last year he would retire at the […]
From KSDK: Fire district officials say they are fighting to improve the protection for their community, but Wildwood city leaders say there is more to it. Right now, they said, the Wildwood Fire Station and a new ambulance service are in jeopardy. It’s a project that voters approved two years ago, but Monarch Fire Protection District Chief Cary […]
From St. Louis Public Radio: U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth said during a visit to the Metro East community on Monday that $37 million coming to Cahokia Heights to address the local stormwater system will come with more oversight. The Illinois Democrat toured homes in the area to see the damage from chronic flooding during heavy rains […]
From RiverBender: With the first day of fall less than a month away, some area residents may be wondering why construction work has not yet begun where the old Shop & Save Gas Station was once located. For those with high anticipation of a Starbucks coming to Alton, the word as of now is that the popular […]
From Call Newspapers: The Crestwood Board of Aldermen approved an ordinance June 28 designating Calvert’s Auto Express, 9415 Watson Road, as a blighted area according to state statute. The property around Calverts, the former Crestwood mall, is being redeveloped into a mixed-used development featuring a Dierbergs grocery store, other retail and residential. Ground was broken […]
From Ladue News: A St. Louis-based nonprofit organization is shifting the way young people think – and investing in the metro area along the way. Founded in 2016, Dream Builders 4 Equity seeks to provide workforce development training for people ages 14 to 24 and recently started planning to transform a newly acquired property into […]
From ConstructionDive: As Hensel Phelps looks for better ways to improve on all things safety, the multinational contractor is piloting technology solutions like Edify, an app designed to create safety-minded culture within construction companies. Every morning, Hensel Phelps workers log in and answer a seemingly simple question: Why do you want to be safe today? […]
by Lexi Elio, Burns & McDonnell The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) promises to inject $1.2 trillion into fixing the nation’s crumbling infrastructure, which includes billions of dollars set aside for transportation projects. This additional funding is an opportunity municipalities, counties and local communities can’t ignore. But with so many new programs, it can be difficult […]
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