From Labor Tribune:Â A new task force focused on worker safety will begin work in Illinois following the deadly collapse of an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville during a tornado. State Reps. Katie Stuart (D-Edwardsville) and Jay Hoffman (D-Swansea) led an initiative to create a Warehouse Safety Standards Task Force, which will develop recommendations to make warehouses […]
From Autodesk Construction Cloud:Â Fact: Representation matters, and it greatly affects your employee recruitment and retention. This is why diversity and inclusion programs are vital to building a solid workforce in your construction firm. Multiple studies have shown that diverse teams are more innovative and perform better. A study by Boston Consulting Group found that firms […]
From Gray Design Group: Creating a space that positively impacts people and the community is at the core of our design philosophy at Gray Design Group. Developed in 2013, the WELL Building Standard improves people’s lives by creating spaces that enhance occupant health and quality of life. To create an environment that improves the mind, body and performance of […]
From NAWIC Blog:Â The GenZ generation represents the youngest members of the workforce, ranging in age from teens to about 25 years old. Unlike for their mothers, or even grandmothers, being a woman in construction today is much more common. When the oldest members of the GenZ generation were born, there were less than 800,000 […]
From Saint Louis County Missouri: Beginning today, all construction plans for both residential and commercial projects can be submitted online using the new Citizen Permitting Portal. Until now, printed plans could only be dropped off in Clayton to be reviewed by the Public Works Department, which costs applicants thousands of dollars per project. Then Code Enforcement employees […]
From St. Louis business Journal:Â The developer behind the $1.2 billion construction innovation district and mixed-use development proposed on the downtown St. Louis riverfront will move forward with an initial 12-acre phase, after securing master development rights Thursday from a city board. As proposed by New York-based developer Good Developments Group, the Gateway South project will […]
From The New York Times: A few days ago The Times published a very interesting column by my colleague Ezra Klein about America’s peculiar lack of progress in the art of building things. Drawing on a recent paper by Austan Goolsbee and Chad Syverson, he noted that at least according to official statistics, we’ve gone a half century without […]
From Beyond Housing:Â For the last several months, I have been preaching from the book of regional self-interest about the need to invest in our collective future. I firmly believe in the truth that our region is only as strong as the communities within it, and that if we are going to change the trajectory of […]
From Mackey Mitchell Architects:Â Â Mackey Mitchell Architects celebrated a 2022 filled with change, growth, and momentum at The Leona in St. Louis in December. Over delicious food and drinks, the hours seemed to fly by talking to new and old colleagues, and watching our cheery and at times uproarious presentation featuring highlights from the past year […]
Over 500 persons have registered to attend this year’s “Investment in Infrastructure Expo” being hosted by the SITE Improvement Association on February 28 at the St. Charles Convention Center. Public officials from throughout the region and state have weighed in to support the event. Missouri Lt. Governor Mike Kehoe, St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones, St. […]
From St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune: Students at Patrick Henry Elementary School and local community members can now move with ease around the school’s garden beds despite their level of mobility thanks to a group of Cement Masons Local 527 apprentices and the union’s signatory contractors. In November, Diana Wilhold, of the Construction Forum, received […]
Funeral arrangements have been announced for Michael “Mike” S. Sharp, age 57. Mr. Sharp died suddenly on Feb. 2 while recovering from injuries suffered during a fall. He was the husband of Shevaun McNaughton, marketing director of the architectural firm Oculus Inc. Mr. Sharp, who lived in Maplewood, worked for Window Nation. Born on May […]
From The New York Times: In what has become a postelection tradition, there has been no shortage of analysis the past several weeks about rural voters and their role in determining the outcome of the midterms. Yet during a visit to Shamokin, Pa., I asked a former mayor and the current one, both Republicans, whether differences […]
From FOX2NOW:Â New changes in the Heritage subdivision in St. Charles County, where some homes are in danger of sliding down a hill. One home was already demolished after it began to fall apart due to soil erosion. People in the two neighboring homes were stunned to learn that someone bought the now-vacant property and intends […]
From Saint Louis Public Radio: Business leaders across the St. Louis area have big goals to reshape the region’s economy by 2030, and some of the core changes prescribed by the 2030 jobs plan are already taking shape. Tucked away in the plan is a less flashy but equally important goal of reviving neighborhood business districts throughout the metro area. […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: A property owner has filed a proposal to build 340 apartments off South Broadway near Soulard. Dennis Phillips is asking the St. Louis Planning Commission to approve a lot consolidation and rezoning of two properties — at 1506 South Seventh Street and 1525 South Broadway — in order to build a five- […]
From NY Times: Cornelius Kingsland Garrison’s mausoleum, with a geometric crown wrapping around its ridged dome roof, is one of the most elaborate structures in Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery. Last summer Francis Rosario, who was then a 20-year-old masonry intern, had the task of restoring the roof’s stained and crumbling stone to its 19th-century glory. To succeed, […]
From Greater St. Louis Inc.: Greater St. Louis, Inc. today issued the following statement regarding the announcement by Emerson that they will keep their headquarters in St. Louis. “For over 130 years, Emerson has called St. Louis home. The company is one of our most engaged corporate citizens and one of our most globally recognized […]
From St. Louis Business Journal:A Metro East-based homebuilder has new leadership, as its longtime president is stepping away for a younger generation to take over. The head of Edwardsville-based Lantz Homes for the last 35 years, Jeff Lantz Sr., 70, has handed the family business over to his son, Jeff Lantz II, 42. Lantz Sr.’s […]
From For Construction Pros: Workers can feel it when a company believes in safety. For ready-mix concrete supplier Concrete Strategies, “safety” is a living, breathing concept. An unfaltering but ever-adapting entity that places a palpable net throughout the construction jobsite. “We’re not perfect. Nobody in the business is perfect, but we have placed a great […]
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