From St. Louis Business Journal:Â St Louis has always been a great city; it became a gateway to the West in the early 1800s and 1900s when it served as a major port city on the Mississippi for passengers and cargo alike. Over the past few years, St. Louis has rebranded itself as a geospatial, […]
From St. Louis Public Radio:Â Jefferson County officials have voted not to designate a portion of Missouri Route 21 as part of the Ozark Run Scenic Byway. The Jefferson County Council voted 5-2 last week to object to the plan. The proposal would add to place signs with the byway’s name along a route that […]
From Webster-Kirkwood Times:Â St. Louis Community College this week provided a glimpse into the future of its aging Meramec campus in Kirkwood, outlining millions of dollars in reinvestment over the next five years and highlighted by the construction of three new buildings. System wide, St. Louis Community College has budgeted for more than $400 million […]
From Mass Transit: On the heels of the recent opening of the “Transit Stop Transformation Project” at the Belleville Transit Center and the unveiling of the one at the North Hanley Transit Center set for mid-October – Citizens for Modern Transit (CMT), AARP in St. Louis, St. Clair County Transit District and Metro Transit today […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: A New York developer is eyeing redevelopment of one of downtown St. Louis’ biggest vacant buildings. The 1.2 million-square-foot Railway Exchange Building, the former flagship location and headquarters of Famous-Barr department stores, at 615 Olive St. is being considered for a project by Brooklyn-based Carnegie Management Inc., people familiar with […]
Editor’s Note: This week Construction Forum drone pilot Louis Kelly of Drone Eagle, LLC, captured construction on a new apartment complex in the Cupples warehouse complex in downtown St. Louis. The new development, to be called 11th and Spruce, will occupy a vacant lot that previously housed the Cupples 7 warehouse. Brinkmann is the general […]
From NextSTL: In 2009 the City of St. Louis released a plan to transform St. Louis’ Gateway Mall–the urban greenspace that now runs from the Gateway Arch west to 20th Street. The Gateway Mall, as it exists today, is the legacy of numerous plans and measures that date back to the City’s comprehensive plan of […]
From ACHR News:Â Working in the trades already comes with its fair share of stress, but for the last couple years, the industry has also had to deal with COVID-19, supply chain issues, the material shortage, rising gas prices, and much more. Levi Torres, owner of High 5 Plumbing, said the labor shortage has been […]
Last Thursday (Sept. 29th), the Forum hosted a webinar presented by accountants and consultants Wipfli, LLP on new energy tax credits that are available to designers, builders, and developers. If you missed the energy credit webinar last Thursday, or even if you were one of the 39 people in attendance and feel like you need […]
Patrick Mason, Market Leader and Project Director at IMPACT Strategies OKI Regional office, recently completed the Project Manager Academy through Fails Management Institute (FMI). The four-day intensive training held in Raleigh, NC covered four core themes: Developing profitable customer relationships Creating powerful, integrated project teams Understanding financial control of projects Planning projects for profits and […]
The Making an IMPACT Foundation, established in 2021 by IMPACT Strategies of Fairview Heights, IL, has awarded its inaugural scholarship. Pictured left to right: Mike Christ – Executive VP of IMPACT Strategies, Mark Hinrichs – President of IMPACT Strategies, Thomas Logan – Scholarship Winner, Michael Holmes – Director of Diversity & Strategic Partnerships for IMPACT […]
Kwame Building Group has added Briana Jones as Project Administrator and DeAna Carter as Project Engineer. As Project Administrator, Jones is responsible for administrative support on various projects, working primarily on the Metropolitan Sewer District project. She corresponds with project team members and clients, creating presentations, managing records and compiling reports. Carter collaborates with owners […]
St. Louis local PBS station Nine Network has produced a video examining career paths for women in the St. Louis construction trades. Nine Network has been a national leader in addressing workforce pipeline issues. Besides convening those working on creating pathways for future workers in our region, the station has produced rich media which can […]
From Webster-Kirkwood Times: It was in November 2020 that the Kirkwood City Council approved “The James,” a five-story, 152-apartment and retail development to be constructed on North Kirkwood Road where the UMB building once stood. Now a second apartment building, this one four stories with 60 units and street level retail space, is being proposed […]
From Call Newspapers: The South County YMCA, 12736 Southfork Road, broke ground on a new adaptive sports complex Sept. 7. The project is in partnership with Cardinals Care, the Gateway Region YMCA, Boniface Foundation and the Miracle League. “The Gateway Region YMCA currently serves more than 1,550 children and adults with diverse abilities, and this […]
From The FABRICATOR:Â OK, bear with me: Welding just for the hell of it. Yes, initially invented for utility, welding serves as a means to an end. It evolved into a tool to build everything an advanced society needs, from stools and stoves to skyscrapers and jumbo jets. Steel pipelines delivering fuel and water span […]
From KSDK: The new owner of downtown’s long-vacant AT&T tower, the state’s largest office building, has discussed selling it, according to people familiar with the matter. No transaction has been completed, but the disclosure raises questions about whether New York-based SomeraRoad, which in April was identified as the new owner of the property after a […]
From St. Louis MO GOV: Today, Brightside St. Louis announces $11,500 in Neighbors Naturescaping grants to 13 community organizations to beautify public spaces in their neighborhoods. Brightside’s Neighbors Naturescaping program has provided funding to neighborhood groups, nonprofits and institutions for native plants, shrubs, trees, grasses, sedges and needed hardscape materials to begin or enhance a […]
From St. Louis Business Journal:Â by Chris Krehmeyer, President and CEO, Beyond Housing Despite all the challenges highlighted by St. Louis Business Journal readers in the AdvanceSTL series, there are a lot of great things happening in St. Louis. In many ways, it feels like we are on the verge of a potential grand slam. […]
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