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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 MissouriNet: The Missouri Department of Transportation is planning to replace a 1950s era bridge over southern Missouri’s Bull Shoals Lake and the existing bridge is available for free. There is, however, a catch. If an entity such as a city wants it, that city will have to pay to move it. MoDOT Deputy Director […]

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The City of St. Louis is about to begin a significant upgrade to the zoning regulations that guide how the city will develop and grow in the decades ahead. The effort, nicknamed “ZOUP” short for “ZOning UPgrade  – a modern code to meet the moment”, will be the first major rewrite and map update to […]

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From St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune: The IBEW community is mourning the loss of one of their own after an IBEW Local 702 utility lineman died last week in a fiery, work-related helicopter crash in West Alton. The lineman, Michael Cody Curry, 37, and pilot Nicholas Fulton, 35, were conducting maintenance on power lines over […]

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The Poettker Annual Golf Classic, presented by Poettker Construction and Poettker Industrial Services, raised $61,000 benefiting Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Illinois (BBBSIL). The golf classic was held Friday, July 25, 2025, at Roland Barkau Memorial Golf Course in Okawville, Ill. Just surpassing its 12th year, Poettker’s annual golf classic has raised over $400,000 […]

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Orise Distribution, a startup wholesale distributor of medical supplies, announced today that it will expand in St. Louis, investing $6.2 million and creating 40 new jobs. The company’s expansion includes the addition of more than 5,000 square feet of space to its existing facility. “It’s always exciting to see Missouri-made businesses like Orise Distribution growing […]

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From Association of Wall and Ceiling Industries: A new white paper titled “Women in the Skilled Trades: More Than Just Boots on the Ground” by the National Center for Construction Education & Research (NCCER) and Ambition Theory delves into the experiences of women in the construction industry. Click to download paper. Despite comprising nearly half […]

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From Saving Advice: Many people imagine their dream future as something tied to a high-paying office role, but blue collar jobs can open equally promising doors. Skilled trades often provide stability, solid wages, and opportunities for advancement without requiring years of student debt. These roles also offer tangible satisfaction—you can see the direct results of […]

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For the second year in a row, the City of St. Louis’ Community Development Administration (CDA) is administering the Commercial Facade Improvement Program — a big opportunity for small businesses to give their storefronts a fresh new look. Funded through the federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, the initiative offers forgivable loans to help […]

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From Construction Dive: Construction professionals view their companies’ robotic innovation efforts more favorably in 2025 than in prior years, according to BuiltWorlds’ latest Equipment & Robotics Benchmarking report. Positive evaluations of the innovative equipment jumped from 74% in 2024 to over 95% this year, and negative evaluations, called “poor” in the report, dropped entirely. That […]

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From Shelterforce: Long before his skills earned him a path to homeownership in his hometown, Stan Chisholm DJ’d, painted murals, and taught local kids how to express themselves creatively. But his story didn’t start so smoothly. Chisholm was born on the south side of St. Louis, where his mother relocated their family regularly as a […]

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From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: City leaders here say a pair of luxury hotels are helping breathe new life into St. Charles’ proposed Riverpointe development along the Missouri River — a project that has languished nearly empty for years. The hotel complex is a joint venture from area hotel developer Anandkumar “Andy” Patel and Raj Clement, […]

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From St. Louis Business Journal: Developer Lux Living has sold one of its apartment complexes for $72 million. The apartment development firm sold The McKenzie apartment complex in University City in a deal that closed Monday, the firm said. The 402,700-square-foot complex is located at 8400 Delmar Blvd., off Interstate 170. The buyer was multifamily […]

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IMPACT Strategies, Inc. has begun construction on the new Clement Service Center in St. Charles, MO on Veterans Memorial Parkway off Interstate 70 between the Zumbehl and Cave Springs exits. As the construction manager, IMPACT Strategies is managing the construction of a new 63,360 square-foot state-of-the-art service center which marks another major milestone in Clement […]

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From TechCrunch: The Trump administration has finally issued new guidance that states can use to dole out $5 billion in funding for electric vehicle charging infrastructure, after spending months withholding the money. A coalition of states sued over the funding freeze in the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program, which was one of the administration’s […]

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S. M. Wilson & Co. joined the Jefferson City School District to celebrate the completion of its new Jefferson City Early Childhood Center (JCECC) with a Grand Opening Ceremony. The event welcomed school district officials, community leaders and local residents to tour the new facility. “We were so thrilled to welcome our community members and […]

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McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., has joined the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to announce the completion of the Midwestern Laboratory in St. Louis. Following the installation of laboratory equipment in July, the facility is set to open shortly. The 84,000-square-foot, single-story, state-of-the-art facility was designed by Hoefer Welker. It was […]

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The first of three distribution centers planned for the $117 million River Valley Logistics Center in Maryland Heights, Mo. is complete. Contegra Construction built the 357,056-square-foot project for developer NorthPoint Development. Two more distribution centers totaling nearly 800,000 square feet are also planned for the 94-acre development. Located at 870 Hog Hollow Road, the first […]

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Associated Builders and Contractors reported Aug 12 that its Construction Backlog Indicator rose to 8.8 months in July, according to an ABC member survey conducted July 24 to Aug. 4. The reading is up 0.4 months since July 2024.  View the full Construction Backlog Indicator and Construction Confidence Index data series. Backlog is up on a […]

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Case Engineering has expanded its structural team to include recent new hires Adam Griffin and Nate Massey as Structural Engineers and Brennan Wille and John Sommer as structural designers. Griffin recently graduated from Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla with Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering and Architectural Engineering. His experience includes a […]

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