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One of the dirty little secrets of St. Louis’s beautiful historical multi-family structures is that they are usually hugely energy-inefficient. A product and process recently pioneered in this market by T. J. Wies Sealing Solutions helped the owner of an historic four-family building achieve 2021 IECC air ceiling standards of 3.0 ACH50. The goals were […]

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From The New Yorker: People have been telling stories about renewable energy since the nineteen-seventies, when the first all-solar-powered house opened on the campus of the University of Delaware, drawing a hundred thousand visitors in 1973, its first year, to marvel at its early photovoltaic panels and its solar hot-water system, complete with salt tubs […]

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From Marketplace: Statistics show that newer houses are less likely to burn in wildfires, and one more fire-resistant option than framing with traditional wooden studs is to use steel ones. Yet six months following the start of the massive Southern California wildfires and at a time when so many are planning to rebuild, steel prices […]

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From St. Louis Public Radio: After nearly a year, the Gateway Arch Park Foundation has officially closed on the Millennium Hotel in downtown St. Louis. The 4.2-acre site has been vacant since 2014, and in September 2024, the foundation announced its contract to purchase the property. In partnership with the foundation, real estate developer the […]

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by Tom Finan, Executive Director/Co-Founder, Construction Forum Otter & Company Capital Holdings, a new firm formed by the principals of multi-family developer Mia Rose Holdings, has acquired Chesterfield-based contractor Keystone Construction. Otter acquired all the stock of Keystone for an undisclosed amount. It closed on the acquisition on July 2. Otter and Company was founded […]

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The American Concrete Institute (ACI) has released the printed version of ACI CODE-318-25: Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete and Commentary is now available. ACI CODE-318 is the document that presents the requirements for the design and construction of structural concrete that are necessary to ensure public safety. It is addressed to the engineer responsible […]

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From Construction Dive: Since artificial intelligence, especially generative AI, has become widely available, the tech has dominated headlines as businesses and workers alike seek answers and best practices. Construction companies have been bombarded with pitches from companies offering AI-supported products, especially in the area of jobsite safety. “I think what the biggest challenge that our […]

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From Construction Dive: The 940-page domestic policy bill that President Donald Trump signed into law July 4 could make owners less likely to fix up troubled properties or convert them to other uses, say supporters of the Section 179D commercial building energy efficiency deduction. The new law eliminates the 20-year-old tax deduction that supporters say […]

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From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The city’s development agency has agreed to pay its former leader more than $166,000 as part of a separation agreement. Neal Richardson served as president and CEO of St. Louis Development Corp. for four years under former Mayor Tishaura O. Jones before the agency’s board voted to remove him from office […]

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From St. Louis Business Journal: The developer behind a 30-story apartment tower proposed in the Central West End said Tuesday it has closed on financing for the project, a key step in moving toward construction. Developer Albion Residential said it has secured a construction loan from Pacific Life Insurance Co. It did not disclose financial […]

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by Dr. John Gaal Editor’s Note: Each week, Dr. John Gaal, director of worker wellness for the Missouri Works Initiative, a non-profit workforce formed by the Missouri AFL-CIO, collects and comments on news and trends in workforce wellness and life balance. Construction Forum carries the Worker Wellness & Well-Being Blog as a regular feature. The […]

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Mark Perkins is a true believer in the power of green spaces to unify regions and spur development. And that’s what spurred him to take on the challenge of leading the Great Rivers Greenway (GRG) agency after over a quarter-century of public service as City Administrator in Creve Coeur. Perkins recently took the helm of […]

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One year in to construction progress is actively being made on the Missouri Department of Transportation’s (MODOT) Improve I-70: Columbia to Kingdom City project. As of July crews have completed paving what will be the new inside lane of Eastbound I-70. This is the first phase of a larger $2.8 billion statewide effort to add […]

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Editor’s Note: This Friday (July 11th) from 11:00 AM – Noon, the accounting firm WIPFLI will host a live webinar on the impact of the One Big Beautiful Bill on energy tax credits. For more information and registration click here. From WIPFLI: On July 4, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB) […]

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From St. Louis Business Journal: A Soulard apartment complex at the center of criminal charges against developer Lux Living has been listed for sale. SoHo, 1515 S. Seventh St. in Soulard, has recently been put on the market. Marketing materials for the five-story, 322-unit SoHo don’t include an asking price. The Soulard complex was developed […]

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From Voyage STL: Today we’d like to introduce you to D’Von Johnson. Hi D’Von, please kick things off for us with an introduction to yourself and your story. I started from ground zero — no capital, no roadmap, just ambition and the belief that I could build something better than what I came from. I […]

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From Wash U. Sam Fox School: Associate Professor Chandler Ahrens has been named chair of graduate architecture in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis, effective July 1, 2025. “I am delighted to have Chandler step into this role,” Aki Ishida, director of the Graduate School of […]

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From Zonda: We’ve moved from a market where consumers have few housing options, to one where many are spoiled for choice. On the resale front, supply has notably increased. Today, 60% of the top markets boast more inventory than they did in 2019. The rental market, particularly in Sunbelt areas, has also seen a surge […]

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From Offsite Innovators: Imagine walking by a demolition site and instead of seeing mountains of concrete rubble and twisted rebar destined for a landfill, you see workers delicately removing windows, carefully unbolting steel beams, and labeling wooden panels for future use. It sounds like a scene from a utopian future, but it’s happening today—and it’s […]

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From New York Times: An 804-mile-long transmission line in the Midwest appeared to be finally ready for construction after more than a decade of delays. Known as Grain Belt Express, the $11 billion line would carry electricity produced by wind farms in Kansas across Missouri and Illinois all the way to Indiana, making it the […]

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