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From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Missouri’s Republican governor said Monday he hopes to convince the Trump administration to restore a $197 million federal grant that was going to be used to build a battery component factory in north St. Louis. With an eye on the 150 full-time jobs the plant was expected to create, Gov. Mike […]

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From Construction Dive: Federal support through programs like the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is essential to maintaining resilient municipal infrastructure, according to a recent National League of Cities report. Programs like the IIJA “provided municipalities with historic funding opportunities, empowering them to advance transformative infrastructure projects that would otherwise be difficult to finance,” NLC’s […]

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The Masonry Institute of St. Louis (MISL) will host a continuing education seminar on Quality Assurance: Special Masonry Inspections on Wednesday, October 29, from noon to 1:00PM at The Masonry Centre, 1429 S. Big Bend Blvd. Bruce Augustin, PE, SE, will lead the session, examining the critical role of masonry special inspections in ensuring structural […]

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From CNBC: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will immediately pause, and consider canceling, over $11 billion in projects due to the government shutdown, Trump administration budget chief Russell Vought said Friday. “The Democrat shutdown has drained the Army Corps of Engineers’ ability to manage billions of dollars in projects,” Vought, the director of the […]

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From Construction Dive: The artificial intelligence revolution has completely changed so many aspects of virtually every industry today. Organizations have already achieved game-changing, permanent improvements and continue to envision more innovations and benefits. At the same time, AI is so transformative that it also presents new questions as many companies must develop strategies to take […]

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Plans to build the Brickline Greenway pedestrian and bike bridge over Interstate 64/40 in Midtown are moving forward — even as the future of the adjacent Armory St. Louis site remains unclear. The Great Rivers Greenway project will create a signature connection linking the Grand MetroLink Station, the Armory District, and City Foundry STL. The […]

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From KOMU: University of Missouri leaders are moving forward with plans to redevelop portions of campus property. “As discussed at the September Board of Curators meeting, the university is seeking to activate university land to provide meaningful revenue to the university,” MU spokesperson Christopher Ave said. “The project, or projects, should enhance the experience for […]

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From St. Louis Public Radio: The director of the Missouri Department of Economic Development flipped through a slideshow at an October meeting about the future of power in the state. She landed on a slide showing large business projects the department is trying to attract to Missouri. “I think this is the money slide, right?” […]

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St. Louis REALTORS® has released Reimagining St. Louis: Increasing Black Homeownership, a data-driven plan aimed at closing the region’s persistent racial homeownership gap and creating a more equitable housing landscape. Developed in partnership with the Center for Civic Research & Implementation (CCRI), the 70-page report analyzes nearly 75,000 home purchases from 2017 to 2022. It […]

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From St. Louis Business Journal: A contractor has filed an $819,629 mechanic’s lien on the new Barnes-Jewish Hospital tower in the Central West End. The lien comes as BJC HealthCare, which owns and operates the facility, has showed off the 16-story Plaza West Tower, 1 Barnes-Jewish Plaza, the replacement for the old Queeny Tower, demolished in […]

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From St. Louis Business Journal: Each day, a steady stream of contractors and residents head in person to St. Louis City Hall to do something that, in other jurisdictions, they could do online: file for building permits. A sign posted on the wall outside the building division, on the fourth floor, outlines the process for […]

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The AIA St. Louis 2025 Design Awards were presented Oct. 16th at the Center Contemporary Arts (COCA). The awards recognize projects that demonstrate design excellence across architecture, interiors, unbuilt work, small projects, drawings, and craft. Jury chairs for this year’s awards included Maija Kreishman, FAIA, principal with Michael Hsu Office of Architecture, Architecture and Unbuilt […]

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Editor’s Note: In late September the City of St. Louis signed an ordinance allowing Accessory Dwelling Units. Seattle has streamlined the process for ADUs and created a housing revolution. From RG Pro Builders Blog: Seattle’s skyline isn’t the only thing changing in the Emerald City. Tucked behind homes and nestled in basements across neighborhoods, a […]

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St. Louis-based architecture, planning, urban design and interiors firm Trivers has won a Distinguished Award – Social Progress in the Architecture Category—an AIA St. Louis Design Award from the St. Louis Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Trivers was recognized for its work with DOORWAYS creating a client-centered, three-acre, $40 million campus in […]

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The University of Missouri–St. Louis is wrapping up a major renovation of its Thomas Jefferson and St. Louis Mercantile Libraries, a key component of the university’s campus transformation plan. Major construction is “basically complete,” a UMSL spokesperson said, with contractors working through the final punch list as the project moves toward a November ribbon-cutting. The […]

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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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From St. Louis Business Journal: Office furniture company CI Select wants to relocate its headquarters from Maryland Heights to Midtown where it would share a building with local investor Jordan Goodman’s new Mexican restaurant concept. It’s a move that has the St. Louis Board of Aldermen considering a bill that would reimburse CI Select for […]

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As St. Louis looks forward, the development of the south Mississippi Riverfront into an innovation district and prefab hub for the building industry, Gateway South, is happening! How to address affordable housing, disaster recovery, and workforce challenges, the tools for change may lie in how we build. An upcoming program, “Innovation, Collaboration & Offsite Construction: […]

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From The Edwardsville Intelligencer: A long-delayed road construction project is starting to ramp up in Glen Carbon as the village takes the first steps in the Illinois 157/162 reconstruction. During the Oct. 14 Glen Carbon Public Services Committee meeting, Public Works Director Scott Slemer said that crews have begun staging materials and moving utilities at […]

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A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to support the family of Joe Mahoney, the construction worker who was struck by a vehicle and fatally injured last week near the site of the new apartment tower under construction at the corner of Kingshighway and Lindell in St. Louis’ Central West End. Mahoney, 36, was assisting with […]

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