Landco Construction is pleased to welcome Shaughn Croyle, project manager, and Kendra Jones, project engineer, to the firm. Shaughn Croyle is a seasoned professional with 28 years of industry experience and proven experience in cross functional project management. He specializes in the healthcare, laboratory, corporate and industrial markets with projects up to $15 million. Shaughn […]
by Tom Finan, Executive Director/Co-Founder, Construction Forum Back in 2006 the Construction Industry Institute published a report ominously titled, Front End Planning: Break The Rules, Pay The Price. That report, which called for collaboration on all levels of the project team, was compiled and written in the Stone Age of the technology that exists in […]
From Lincoln News Now: With walls going up on Highway H for the new temporary homeless shelter, organizers are now looking at the next logical step: permanent housing for those same people. Chris Schieffer, president of the Bridges of Hope board, updated Troy’s Board of Aldermen regarding the ongoing construction of the new shelter, which […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: A city board has added another delay to a developer’s plan to turn a vacant public school into a mixed-income apartment building, the latest setback for a project that has already been stymied for months by a small group of vocal neighbors. The St. Louis Board of Adjustment punted for another […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: New Frontier Bank plans to break ground Oct. 9 on its third location, a new branch in Lake Saint Louis which reflects customer demand in western St. Charles County, the bank’s president and CEO said. The 24-year-old bank declined to disclose the cost of building the branch, which will be […]
From West News Magazine: Ameren has proposed placing a 199-foot telecommunications tower and enclosed equipment area on the south side of St. Albans Road (State Route T), west of its intersection with Hwy. 100. To that end, Ameren is seeking a conditional use permit (CUP) to construct a private LTE network on the 14.68-acre site […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: A judge on Monday allowed The Staenberg Group to enter a legal dispute the developer says will determine whether its massive $2 billion redevelopment of the Chesterfield Mall into “Downtown Chesterfield” will be successful. Department store Dillard’s in December asked the St. Louis County Circuit Court to overturn public subsidies […]
From NPR: The Fields Foods grocery store chain in the St. Louis region unraveled this year as locations closed and its owner sought to sell the company. The chain is being sued for late taxes and unpaid rent, and all five of its locations remain closed. Fields Foods started with the goal to bring grocery […]
From CityScene STL: Despite increased interest rates, and a difficult development environment overall, Clayton’s boom continues with a proposal from Kansas City-based Revive Capital Development. This time, the attention, returns to the former 7-Up HQ at 111-121 South Meramec Avenue. 3 years ago, KDG (now known as Keeley Properties), proposed demolishing the 7-Up HQ and […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: The McGowan brothers want to continue selling their downtown St. Louis properties, having this time put up for grabs the Jefferson Arms parking garage. Over the past two years, the family-owned development firm, McGowan Brothers Development, has sold most of its residential holdings along Washington Avenue, where the brothers’ initial […]
From Construction Dive: Dive Brief: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has opened applications for a new $7.5 billion low-cost loan program that will help finance $15 billion worth of dam safety projects, the agency announced last month. The money is authorized through the Corps’ 2014 Water Infrastructure Financing Program. The loans are available for […]
In the era of the “electrification of everything,” the IBEW/NECA Electrical Connection partnership is providing critical support to a pioneering construction pre-apprenticeship program at St. Mary’s South Side Catholic High School in St. Louis. Kelly Stokes, instructor, IBEW/NECA Electrical Industry Training Center Missouri Works Initiative will use a $30,000 Electrical Connection donation to expand its […]
St. Louis CNR magazine, which has covered the St. Louis construction industry since 1969, has been sold. The sale is planned to close on Nov. 1. The purchaser is Kerry Smith, owner of Informationworks, who is based in Indianapolis. Smith has been editor of CNR since 2015, working as a contractor to current publisher Michael […]
From Webster-Kirkwood Times: An aging emergency services building will require more than $1 million in repairs and upgrades, Shrewsbury aldermen learned on Tuesday. Meeting in a regular monthly work session, the Shrewsbury Board of Aldermen heard a summary report from St. Louis-based architecture and engineering firm JEMA. Representatives from the contractor presented highlights of its […]
From Webster-Kirkwood Times: Backers of a proposed annexation plan in Manchester find themselves at odds with St. Louis County as both groups plan October forums to educate residents ahead of the November ballot. Local voters have only a few more weeks to weigh the pros and cons of the annexation plan advanced by the city […]
From The Intelligencer: The major renovations and rebuilding at Lincoln Middle School are progressing both on schedule and under budget, according to Edwardsville school District 7 officials. Each month on the District 7 website, architect Alex Metzger offers “Construction Update with Alex the Architect,” and the Oct. 3 segment reports that major milestones have been […]
From HOK: Bus rapid transit (BRT) offers cities a flexible and cost-effective solution for improving urban mobility. But what, exactly, is bus rapid transit? And what should cities consider when planning a BRT system? Designers from HOK, Pininfarina and Austin Transit Partnership share insights. In an era of bold new transportation promises, the bus hardly […]
From St. Louis Magazine: by Chris Krehmeyer I’ve written a lot about the work of Beyond Housing and our partners in transforming the many under-resourced communities in North St. Louis County—and why reversing decades of decline and poverty in these communities is vital for the success of the greater St. Louis region. In addition to […]
From CNBC: You won’t find the happiest workers in the world toiling away at desks or crunching numbers — chances are, they’re working outside. Construction workers have the highest levels of self-reported happiness of any major industry category, according to a new analysis by BambooHR. The HR software platform analyzed data from more than 57,000 […]
From ABC: The state of the housing market has left fewer renters looking to purchase a home, but a rush of new rental units coming to the market has also slowed rent increases and created a more favorable time to be a renter. New apartment completions have increased to the highest levels since the 1980s […]
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