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For Helmkamp Construction, giving back is closely tied to place. The communities supported through the Helmkamp Cares Foundation are the same ones where employees live, raise families, volunteer, and build long-term roots. That connection shapes how the Foundation operates — measured, intentional, and grounded in everyday experience. The 2025 Helmkamp Cares Foundation Annual Report reflects […]

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An all-women Construction Career Expo will be held on Friday, March 6, 2026, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., at the Glaziers, Architectural Metal & Glass Workers Local Union 513 Pension Fund Building in St. Louis. The event is part of Women in Construction Week 2026 and is designed to connect women with apprenticeship programs, professional […]

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The International Institute of St. Louis, Move2STL, and SLATE (St. Louis Agency on Training & Employment) will host Regional Workforce Partnerships: Building a Stronger St. Louis on Thursday, January 29, 2026, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at 18Rails at City Foundry STL. The event will bring together employers, workforce leaders, and economic development partners for […]

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From Data Center Dynamics: Powered land company Cloverleaf Infrastructure has proposed the construction of a data center campus in the city of Troy, located northeast of St. Louis, Missouri. Although no official application has yet been submitted by the developer, Cloverleaf held an information session about its campus in early January, where it revealed its […]

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From West Newsmagazine: A resolution approving execution of a contract for the Craig Road project was unanimously green-lit by the Creve Coeur City Council on Jan. 12. The city will utilize federal Surface Transportation Program and Missouri Cost-Share grants to assist with the cost of partial reconstruction, asphalt resurfacing, new sidewalk construction, sidewalk and curb […]

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From Leader Publications: A proposal to build a new 121-home subdivision near the intersection of Old Lemay Ferry and Vogel roads just outside Arnold has upset some nearby Imperial residents who say they are the sole owners of one of the proposed access points for the development. The Jefferson County Planning and Zoning Commission recommended […]

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From St. Louis Public Radio: When Board of Aldermen President Megan Green entered the office in 2022, she made it clear — the city needed to rethink tax incentives for developments. Three years later, she said the city has made progress, pointing to new guardrails for granting incentives to developers, such as the city’s Economic […]

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From Leader Publications: Bill and Mary Williams began their general contracting business in Cedar Hill in 1976. Since the beginning, Bill said, he and his wife have not only prioritized building great custom homes, but also family and customer satisfaction. Their business, Bill Williams Construction Co., is at 8410 Wolf Road. Over the past five […]

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From NextSTL: Julian Nicks joined City Hall to assist with a mayoral transition. Within weeks, he was helping with the city’s tornado recovery. Months after the storm, residents across St. Louis have many questions: when will debris be cleared, how and when will damaged homes be stabilized or demolished, and what will recovery look like […]

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St. Louis Downtown Airport (KCPS), a general aviation airport in St. Clair County, Illinois, reported continued tenant investment and infrastructure activity in 2025, alongside ongoing workforce development efforts tied to the region’s aviation and aerospace sector. Several tenant investments during the year complemented the airport’s own capital program. Among the most recent is a new […]

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by Dr. John Gaal As we near the end of the first month of 2026, this week’s edition of our Worker Wellness blog looks at how Philly is shifting strategies in their response to the everchanging opioids crisis; to how an explosion of sports betting venues and formats are negatively impacting people, families, workplaces, and […]

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S. M. Wilson & Co. has promoted Jake Fenster from Senior Estimator to Pre-Construction Manager. In this role, he oversees project planning, including budgeting, scheduling, risk management, subcontractor selection and acting as a liaison between clients, architects and engineers to control costs and define scope. Key duties include cost estimation, creating timelines, bid solicitation, risk […]

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by Tom Finan, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Construction Forum For most of its history, Construction Forum has maintained distance from legislative advocacy. That stance has allowed us to convene conversations across political, ideological, and professional lines. This Perspective is offered in that same spirit. This legislative session, House Bill 2934 has been introduced in Jefferson […]

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As winter weather settles into the St. Louis region, contractors and employers are once again managing the risks that cold, ice and snow bring to jobsites, yards and warehouses. Cold stress, slips and falls, and winter driving hazards can affect productivity—and more importantly, worker safety — if they’re not addressed proactively. Maryanne Heuer, compliance assistance […]

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by Tom Finan, Executive Director, Construction Forum Over more than a century, KCI Construction has built a reputation as a steady, self-performing contractor rooted in Missouri’s infrastructure landscape. Founded in 1922, the firm long described itself as, “a builder, not a broker”—with deep capabilities in earthwork, concrete, paving and utilities. In recent years, however, KCI’s […]

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by Tom Finan, Executive Director, Construction ForumSterling Bank has formally reset its long-planned redevelopment at the corner of South Bemiston and Carondelet avenues in downtown Clayton, submitting plans for a four-story office building and bank branch that replaces an earlier proposal for a high-rise apartment tower.The new project, filed with the City of Clayton on Jan. 20, […]

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From St. Louis Business Journal: A company is looking to build three data centers in Metro East, which could all be linked for one project. The data center development firm, Cloverleaf Infrastructure, has been working on projects in the Midwest, especially in states that receive more of their energy from renewable sources, and is eyeing […]

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From WashU Medicine: Cones, bollards and fenced-in sections on the Washington University Medical Campus stand as visible signs of progress. Nestled between St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Barnes-Jewish Hospital sit Ellen S. Clark Hope Plaza and Wohl Circle, two areas of current construction. After completion of the vertical expansion of the Steven & Susan Lipstein […]

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From St. Louis Magazine: Identifying the worst intersection in the City of St. Louis isn’t a contest. But if it were, the intersection at Grand Boulevard and Forest Park Avenue would surely be a contender. In addition to those two major thoroughfares colliding, traffic spills out from Highway 64/40 right there. There’s the spaceship Starbucks […]

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Caitlin Russell of Russell and Tony Stahlschmidt of Kienlen Constructors Inc. have been named among Engineering News-Record’s (ENR) 2026 Midwest Top Young Professionals, an annual recognition honoring emerging leaders in the design and construction industry. The 2026 class includes 20 professionals selected for demonstrated leadership, project impact, innovation and community involvement. According to ENR, this […]

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