From Call Newspapers: The Crestwood Board of Alderman voted May 28 to use the city’s allocated Community Development Block Grant funds to make Americans with Disabilities Act improvements at Crestwood Park. The CDBG funds are administered annually through the St. Louis County Office of Community Development. Previously, the city received $23,400 annually, though beginning this […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: Two development firms are partnering to on a new effort to turn a vacant warehouse in the city’s Near North Riverfront neighborhood into 177 apartments. The developers behind the $65.9 million project, at 2000 N. Broadway, are Virginia-based ABC Realty Advisors and the Lodging to Living Fund of Bethesda, Maryland-based […]
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 […]
From Construction Business Owner: The risk of injury is always present in construction. When it comes to safety, there’s always room to improve. Whether you lead a large or midsized construction business or work as a contractor with a small, trusted team, you have the power to improve the safety of your operations and how […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: Questions have been raised by non-winning contractors and some of the winning minority subcontractors about the process surrounding the St. Louis County Port Authority’s awarding of a contract for demolition of Jamestown Mall, according to a report in a construction trade publication. The Port Authority, the owner of the 145-acre […]
From Offsite Builder: Vertical integration is a strategy that, in theory, allows an offsite manufacturer to streamline and optimize its operations by taking direct ownership of the different stages required to produce and build a home, instead of relying on outside contractors or suppliers. A lot of companies have been attempting to — or at […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: A St. Charles County agency is seeking developers to build a youth sports complex to host hockey, basketball, baseball and volleyball tournaments it hopes would draw participants from “the Midwest region and beyond.” And to help fund the 72-acre indoor-outdoor project, the county Convention and Sports Facilities Authority is offering the […]
From Construction Dive: Summer often marks the apex of activity on construction jobsites. With longer days and warmer weather, there’s ample opportunity to knock out a project’s punch list. The same is true of beehives. Higher temperatures are ideal for bees to collect nectar and pollen from plants while making honey that will help build […]
From West Newsmagazine: Parties are seeking approval from the city of Wildwood to allow a microbrewery and restaurant at the current 3.14-acre site of West County Feed & Supply. The supply store has been at 2603 West Avenue since 1993, said Joe Vujnich, director of planning and parks. However, the property has been on the […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: The Saint Louis Zoo continues to make progress on construction of its $230 million WildCare Park satellite safari park in north St. Louis County, which is expected to open to visitors in 2027, and said the project will generate a massive regional economic impact in the next decade. The project […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Robin Proudie remembers working concessions at the old Busch Stadium as a teenager, selling popcorn and peanuts to hungry baseball lovers. Her favorite memory is the seventh game of the Cardinals’ 1982 World Series. After the final out, she joined hundreds of frenzied spectators who poured on the field to congratulate […]
From St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune: Ashley Cougill, an Insulators Local 1 journeyman, has been honored with a Tradeswoman Hero award from the North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU). The second-generation Insulator currently serves as an executive board member for Local 1. She’s also head of the Women’s Committee for the Midwest States Conference. She […]
From Construction Dive: Construction input prices decreased 0.9% in May due to declines in energy prices and broader slowing inflation, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors’ analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Thursday. The drop marks the first decrease in input prices in 2024. However, both overall and nonresidential construction costs […]
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. recently celebrated the topping out of the new 16-story patient care tower at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. The work is part of BJC HealthCare’s Campus Renewal Project, a long-term initiative that replaces and renovates outdated patient care facilities on the Washington University Medical Campus with an overall focus on improving […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: Omni Systems, a Mayfield, Ohio-based label manufacturer, has opened a new 64,000-square-foot facility in St. Charles following an estimated $3 million buildout. Omni, with its new St. Charles facility at 411 Fountain Lakes Blvd., plans to grow its local workforce to 100 employees as it seeks to increase its annual […]
From Offsite Builder: Artificial Intelligence, or AI, isn’t just coming to industrialized construction; it’s already here. It can do work as benign as writing text descriptions of floor plans and rendering files, or it can be a game changer when it comes to the factory automation cost equation. When I first saw the 2004 American […]
From Lincoln News: Four years after the announcement and it’s initial planning, the U.S. Highway 61 Outer Road project is still a plan in progress. The biggest and most contentious issue has been a roundabout constructed on private property that will connect to the outer road. The good news, says Lincoln County Highway Supervisor Eric […]
From West Newsmagazine: On June 10, Town & Country’s Board of Aldermen introduced legislation covering the development of land at 12311, 12327 and 12345 North Forty Drive, located near CBC High School, to facilitate the construction of a 21-home subdivision. Several pieces of legislation were introduced: a rezoning request from Suburban Low to Suburban Medium […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: BJC HealthCare has notched a milestone in construction for the “bookend” project of its long-term, $1 billion renewal of its medical campus. The final structural beam was put in place Tuesday on the new 16-story inpatient hospital tower that’s under construction at the health system’s Barnes-Jewish Hospital. The new Plaza […]
by Tom Finan, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Construction Forum Editor’s Note: This Thursday at 7:30AM Construction Forum will host a panel discussion on the importance of Transportation to our built community and to the Region. Representatives from MODOT, IDOT, Bi-State Development and SITE Improvement Association will be on our panel. Click here for more information […]
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