From River Bender:  Carrollton’s Courthouse Square, the grounds of the Greene County Courthouse at 519 N. Main St. in Carrollton, is receiving $1.9 million in improvements as part of the Rebuild Illinois Downtowns and Main Streets Capital program. Carrollton Mayor Mike Snyder said improvements to be made include new parking areas on the Square’s southern and […]
From St. Louis Public Radio:  Two looping ramps will be eliminated in favor of a diamond-shaped design at the new Interstate 64 and Illinois 111 interchange in Washington Park. The Illinois Department of Transportation will also move human remains left behind during a 1960s cemetery relocation; erect a monument to Black and poor people buried in the vicinity; […]
From The Edwardsville Intelligencer:  A “lot of construction” is going on, but there is a need for more skilled trade workers, and both unions and employers are working to bring them into the business sooner. That was much of the focus of a construction roundtable sponsored by Madison County Employment and Training and the St. Clair […]
From The Washington Post:Â Â U.S. transportation officials announced $2.2 billion for local infrastructure projects on Thursday, paving the way for new bridges, roads, bike lanes, railways and ports in scores of communities across the country. The competitive grants are more than double the amount awarded the previous year under the same program. The influx comes from […]
From The Washington Post: For decades, the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood on the north side, with its boarded-up rowhouses and empty lots, was one of the most distressed areas of this city. Now the neighborhood — once the only place where Black people could own property in the city — is transforming into a vibrant, working-class community, thanks […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: There’s a new plan to redevelop the Railway Exchange building, one of downtown St. Louis’ monster vacant structures. A developer seeking to take the lead on the project would get public subsidies in a plan under consideration by the St. Louis Board of Aldermen. The New York-based developer doesn’t want to […]
From Equipment World:  It’s no secret the construction industry has a labor shortage. And the big question is, what can be done to fix it? In this episode of The Dirt, host Bryan Furnace makes an impassioned plea for contractors to get involved in helping to solve the problem. He also offers a potential solution that could […]
From the world beast:  Job security isn’t what it used to be when you look back 20 or 30 years back. You can barely even compare what the situation was a decade ago to what it is now. Many factors play into this like automation and the volatility of the world economy. Still, jobs continue to change in […]
From ksdk: A St. Louis developer wants to build a $400 million project in Brentwood set to begin in the next few years. Green Street Real Estate and Ventures, known for extensive work on “The Grove” would reconstruct 40 acres along busy Manchester Road for homes and businesses. On Wednesday, 5 On Your Side heard […]
From RiverBender:Â Edwardsville Fire Chief James Whiteford said Saturday the bodies of two construction workers who had been operating at a residential development in the 100 block of East Union Street were recovered Friday, August 19. He said the two men were found deceased in a manhole that led to storm sewer piping. The Edwardsville Police […]
From Mass Transit:Â St. Louis Metro Transit provided an update regarding repairs made on its MetroLink system after it sustained damage following historic rainfall during a July 26 storm. The extreme weather event caused flooding after more than nine inches of rain fell in a 24-hour timeframe. Shortly after the storm, the agency estimated damage […]
From UtilityDive: High inflation in the U.S. could make things difficult for the clean energy sector, but the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act could more than make up for those impacts, experts say. In the U.S., consumer prices in July were up 8.5% compared to the previous year, albeit slightly lower than June’s 9.1% […]
From Forbes: America’s infrastructure needs an overhaul. But while everyone agrees fixes are needed, no one can agree on how to do it. While our government continues to debate on how to address our crumbling roads and bridges, there is one solution that I think has been largely overlooked: skilled trade workers. These are the […]
From ConstructionDive:Â Whether a recession hits the economy in the near term remains under debate, but industry experts suggest now is the time for construction firms to prepare to weather a slowdown. That means contractors should know which sectors are expected to fare the best during a downturn and to make sure they have plenty […]
From Fast Company:Â Global warming, wildfires, pandemics: The world is becoming more treacherous for everyone, but this is even more true for people in already hazardous professions. Just ask Wells Bullard, CEO and fifth-generation owner of Bullard, the company that invented the hard hat. For the past 124 years, Bullard has developed head gear and […]
Gary Perinar, Executive Secretary-Treasurer (EST) of the Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council, was unanimously re-elected to another four-year leadership term on Saturday by the union’s delegate body. As EST, Perinar oversees operations of a union that represents 52,000 carpenters in 324 counties across Illinois, Missouri, Kansas and Eastern Iowa. Perinar is a third-generation business representative of […]
The Electrical Connection brought business, civic and state leadership together, including Missouri Governor Mike Parson, for a Hawthorn Foundation networking event at the August 13, 2022 St. Louis Cardinal game at Busch Stadium. The event, held in partnership with the Hawthorn Foundation, was designed to advance business and economic development initiatives in the state. Left […]
Land has closed on a 7.8-acre lot at Technology Drive visible off Highway 40 in Lake Saint Louis where the upscale, 144-unit multi-family community will begin construction in August. Located on the long-vacant lot of a former plant nursery, the attractive, amenity-rich development will break ground and is scheduled to complete December 2023. This is […]
IMPACT Strategies continues its work at Building 111 in Alton, Illinois formerly known as the Millers Mutual Building with an 8,900 square foot tenant finish project for American Water. The firm began renovation work on the building in 2017; this assignment marks IMPACT’s eighth interior remodel project in the building. The approximately $1 million project […]
Several years ago, Redbird, Dallas introduced “Reimagine RedBird,” a revitalization project to redevelop the former Red Bird Mall currently named Southwest Center Mall. One of the RedBird development team’s goals was to provide community supportive services and close the healthcare gap in the underserved southern sector of Dallas. Parkland Health & Hospital System was approached […]
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