From Contractor Magazine: City of St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones has signed legislation adopting the 2021 Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC), updating the city’s code from the 2009 edition of the UPC. The adoption was recommended by the city’s Committee of Plumbing Code Review and has the enthusiastic support of St. Louis’ plumbing industry. Alderman Bret Narayan (Ward […]
From The Fabricator: In early February, Josh Welton, a professional welder and a columnist for The FABRICATOR’s sister magazine The WELDER, responded to a Twitter post that claimed working at a fast food restaurant, in this case McDonald’s, was skilled labor. He said, “Tossing around words that have meaning in this context deludes the meaning of those words. […]
From Contractor Magazine: Construction input prices rose 1.3% in January, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index data released today. Nonresidential construction input prices increased 1.1% for the month. Overall construction input prices are 4.9% higher than a year ago, which is the smallest […]
From Call Newspapers: A bill that would require cities and counties across Missouri to pay for electric vehicle chargers in order to mandate businesses install them won House approval Feb 16. The bill, which is sponsored by Republican Rep. Jim Murphy of Oakville and heads to the state Senate after last Thursday’s 105-36 vote, also says local […]
From HOK: In a story offering opposing viewpoints on the need for high-speed rail in the U.S., Scripps News asked HOK Director of Transportation Luke Bridle to discuss how new stations could impact cities and the environment. “Transportation stations play an integral role in issues of sustainability, equity and development,” said Bridle. “When designed well, a high-speed rail station can […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:Grocery chain Dierbergs has plans to open a store at the new Markets at Olive development in University City. The grocer would build a roughly 65,000-square-foot store at the development, at Interstate 170 and Olive Boulevard, near the new Costco, according to plans filed with the city. Costco is the only retailer […]
From Mid Rivers News Magazine: More changes are coming to the area around Bangert Island, and access to the island will be challenged temporarily. To construct the large water feature associated with the Riverpointe development, which will run the length of the original Bangert Island, the city of St. Charles will need to remove nearly 40 acres […]
From Leader Publications:Â The Festus R-6 Board of Education recently approved $680,188 in expenditures to improve school buildings and other facilities around the district. School board members voted unanimously Feb. 16 to enter contracts with five companies to complete the various improvements, awarding the contracts to the lowest bidder for each of the projects. All the […]
From The Edwardsville Intelligencer: McDonald’s has teamed up with Lightsource bp to launch a solar project in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, roughly 25 miles from Lafayette, according to a recent press release. The Prairie Ronde Solar project is expected to generate 327,000-megawatt hours, the average annual electricity consumption of 30,700 US homes. Construction of the project […]
From Higher EDDIVE: The clean energy industry is booming, but the labor supply remains low. Partnering with community colleges to offer pathways to employment could help the industry meet its increasing demand for workers, said a workforce development official with the Foundation for California Community Colleges. He was speaking at a workforce development session at Intersolar North America […]
This week, Louis Kelly, Forum drone photographer and owner of Drone Eagle LLC, captures progress on the new $22M Clark Family Branch of the St. Louis County Library. The new branch, to be named the Clark Family Branch, is expected to be completed in late 2023 and will replace the former headquarters building at 1640 […]
Wiegmann Associates has begun work on the new Francis Howell North High School in the Francis Howell School District in St. Charles, Missouri. Wiegmann is serving as the HVAC mechanical contractor. S. M. Wilson & Co. is the Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) and Hoener Associates is the architect. Construction of the new 410,000-square-foot facility […]
For the first time in its 57-year history, the SITE Improvement Association endorsed a political candidate Tuesday (Feb. 28). SITE’s endorsement of Missouri Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe for Governor was made during the association’s infrastructure expo at the St. Charles Convention Center. “This is the first time SITE’s Board of Directors has ever officially endorsed […]
McCarthy Building Companies Inc.’s Water Services team has been selected as the construction manager at-risk for the $215 million expansion of the Sioux Falls Regional Water Reclamation Plant in Sioux Falls, SD. The first major expansion since the plant was built in the 1980s, it is expected to increase the facility’s capacity by 50 percent—from […]
The South Grand Community Improvement District (the CID), which provides enhanced public safety, maintenance, building improvements and economic development beyond those supplied by St. Louis City, announces the recommendations from a recent Urban Land Institute – St. Louis (ULI St. Louis) technical assistance panel (TAP). ULI St. Louis was retained by the CID to study […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:Â The Jewel Box in Forest Park reopens Saturday after getting a bit of winter polishing. Like many gems, the glow at the historic greenhouse comes from within. A team of horticulturists spent the past two weeks trimming back palms, banana trees and birds of paradise and replanting Australian tree ferns and […]
Helmkamp Construction continues to grow with the addition of Brandon Lange to their project management team. Lange joins Helmkamp as a 2014 civil engineering graduate from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with nine years of project management experience. He will be mainly focused on serving Helmkamp’s clients in building and life science markets. When asked why […]
From The Source-WASHU:Â Ed Soltero has been appointed assistant vice chancellor and university architect for Facilities Planning & Management at Washington University in St. Louis, announced Shantay Bolton, executive vice chancellor for administration and chief administrative officer. In his position, Soltero will lead the planning and design team and manage initiatives for long-term campus planning, collaborate […]
From Yahoo: PGAV announces Andy Struckhoff as the new President of PGAV Planners, LLC, the firm’s fast-growing urban planning practice subsidiary. Struckhoff, elevated from his role as Vice President, has led the group to achieve deeper regional partnerships; working with the City of St. Louis to develop the Economic Justice Action Plan, with the 24:1 Municipal Collaborative on a […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: South Side Spaces, a St. Louis-based property development and management company, is hosting a contest to give a small business six months of free rent at its latest renovation project. Located at 2616-20 Cherokee St., the mixed-use building in Gravois Park will have six apartments and three commercial units. Aldermen previously […]
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