by Ron Unterreiner, Founder, PEOPLE of Construction Editor’s note: “Opportunity Report” is a regular feature of ConstructForSTL.org — a column by PEOPLE of Construction Founder Ron Unterreiner that we’re calling “Opportunity Report”. Martin Luther King wrote, “The struggle for rights is, at bottom, a struggle for opportunities.” Dr. King noted that it does no good […]
Editor’s Note: This week, Forum Drone Pilot/Photographer Louis Kelly of Drone Eagle LLC provides an eagle-eye view of the site for the “Crestwood Crossing,” development, former location of the Crestwood Plaza shopping center. After lurching along for almost a decade, the reboot of the former Crestwood Plaza location on Watson Road in Crestwood is beginning […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Missouri History Museum curators are handing out dry-erase markers and inviting visitors to color on the walls. Yes, really — but not all the walls. The museum’s newest exhibition, “Coloring STL,” takes an in-depth look at St. Louis architecture and the people behind the designs. The walls surrounding the 6,000-square-foot exhibition […]
From CityScene STL:Â Good Developments Group, a firm founded and operated by former employees with New York City-based JDS Development Group, is pursuing an 80-acre project that includes Chouteau’s Landing and areas south. Conceptual plans currently peg the development cost at $1.2 Billion. On August 11th, the project took its first step in the approval […]
From River Bender:  Governor JB Pritzker joined the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) today to announce a $34.6 billion program to improve roads, bridges, transit, rail, airports, and ports over the next six years. This funding represents a robust commitment to invest in people and communities backed by the historic Rebuild Illinois capital program. “Since I […]
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 […]
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