From St. Louis Public Radio:Â Plans for a roughly $232 million Downtown West mixed-use development moved forward Tuesday after the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority Board voted to approve the remaining $171 million in bonds for the project and a construction sales tax exemption. The development by AHM Group aims to transform 12 acres of […]
The American Subcontractors Association (ASA)-Midwest Council recently elected its officers and board of directors for the 2024-25 fiscal year. Pictured (left to right) Matt Tucker, Affton Fabricating & Welding; Dennis Voss, Golterman & Sabo; Ryan Spell, Precision Analysis; Mark O’Donnell, Schmersahl Treloar & Co.; Scott Meyer, Meyer Painting Co. Mr. Ryan Spell, Precision Analysis, Inc., […]
From St. Louis Business Journal:Â Dierbergs Markets, the Chesterfield-based grocery chain, wants to add a store at the $211 million Market at Olive retail development in University City after abandoning a similar plan last year. The company is re-entering the planning process for a new store at the site, Jamie Collins, a spokesperson for the […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Katie Rhoades is doing something she wouldn’t have predicted a few years ago. The founder and executive director of Healing Action Network, Rhoades is hiring a “housing navigator” to help place her clients in affordable apartments. Her nonprofit was founded to help victims of sex trafficking, but the organization looks increasingly […]
From Construction Business Owner: So, you’ve done the research and constructed an airtight management plan for your next construction project. Now it’s time to put pencil to paper and start fleshing out the details. How will you move and deploy your workforce, equipment and materials to get the job done? Taking the time to think […]
From Leader Publications: Construction is moving along well at the Windsor C-1 School District’s intermediate and high schools, thanks to generally good weather, Superintendent Jason King said. Brockmiller Construction in Farmington is building an addition at each school and is completing renovations at the high school. Altogether those projects will cost an estimated $11.8 million, […]
From Construction Dive: A joint venture of St. Louis-based McCarthy Building Cos. and Tyrone, Georgia-based Barnsley Construction Group topped out the only government facility in Georgia constructed using mass timber as the primary building material, McCarthy announced in an Oct. 14 news release. The budget for the 58,250-square-foot City Centre project is $78 million, according to […]
From St. Louis Business Journal:Â Keystone Construction, the contractor hired to build the planned $60 million CarShield Sportsplex in Chesterfield, will break ground on the project Wednesday. The company said it would host a groundbreaking at 3 p.m. Wednesday for the 325,000-square-foot hockey and soccer facility at 530 N. Eatherton Road. CarShield Sportsplex will accommodate […]
IMPACT Strategies, Inc. has begun renovation of the new Averhealth Laboratory in Hazelwood, MO at 601 Lambert Point Drive located off Lindbergh between Hwy 270 & Hwy 70. St. Louis is home to Averhealth’s national comprehensive laboratory facility operated by PHD- and Masters-Level toxicologists serving its many collection facilities across the nation. As the construction […]
Grant St. George, a 17-year veteran of McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., has been promoted to the position of Vice President Operations in the company’s Industrial group. Based in St. Louis, he now leads field operations for McCarthy’s industrial team, which specializes in delivering a broad range of complex industrial projects within the manufacturing, power and […]
In the early 1900s, an emerging electrical infrastructure in St. Louis created a market for small plug-in appliances and a need to repair them. Thus began Kaemmerlen Electric Co., which was founded in 1924, and would become the largest small appliance repair shop in St. Louis – fixing 50,000 plug-in clocks, toasters and radios annually. […]
The Society of Industrial and Office Realtors® (SIOR) inducted Scott Savacool, SIOR, senior vice president at Colliers in St. Louis, MO, to serve a two-year term on the SIOR Board of Directors as treasurer. He assumed the position during SIOR’s Fall 2024 conference in Los Angeles, CA. Savacool, an office specialist, has been a member […]
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 St. Louis Post-Dispatch:Â Decades ago, the airport bought out and razed a thriving community here, making way for an expansion and creating a noise buffer between runways and residents. Thousands of people were displaced, and empty streets were left to decay. Now, St. Louis Lambert International Airport is looking to redevelop a large swath […]
From Times Observer:Â The Committee of Retired Boilermakers will be holding the annual event on Monday, Oct. 28 at 10 a.m. at the Warren County Visitors Bureau in Starbrick. The stainless-steel exterior of the arch was constructed at Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Company (PDM) in Warren by local boilermakers and opened in 1965. Walt Atwood said […]
From Mid Rivers Newsmagazine: Wentzville’s new public works facility closeout was celebrated at the Oct. 9 Board of Alderman meeting. The project director, Jen Kissinger from Navigate Building Solutions, gave a presentation going over the timeline and completion details. She noted that the initial design was approved in late 2022 and “went out to bid […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: More than two dozen St. Louis County projects are on hold because the County Council hasn’t approved a change to how the county certifies minority contractors, according to a county official. The projects include new playgrounds in Castle Point and Queeny Park, supplies for the county animal shelter and upgrading fire […]
From KSDK:Â Construction firm Clayco developed the Construction Career Development Initiative (CCDI) following the Ferguson unrest a decade ago. It gives minority and under-represented high school students a chance for career development in construction. Dan Lester, Vice President of Field Culture and Inclusion with Clayco, said the hands-on experience for students makes an everlasting impact. […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: The employment gain by the St. Louis metro area that ranked as the fourth highest percentage increase in the nation is an indicator of progress, but it must be sustained for the rest of this decade to charge the region’s narrative, some officials say. Federal data released Oct. 4 showed […]
From The Intelligencer:Â A first glimpse into the “heavy renovation” of Phase 2 at Lincoln Middle School was given at the most recent District 7 Board of Education meeting on Oct. 15. Edwardsville District 7 released new renderings show the planned improvements of the Phase 2 project. Phase 1, the 60,000-square-foot construction, is scheduled to […]
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