Bruce Holland, founder and CEO of Holland Construction Services (HCS), has been named the 2025 recipient of the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering Distinguished Service Award. Holland will receive this prestigious award for decades of dedication to the Metro East region and the SIUE community. Holland’s leadership in construction, local innovation, student mentorship […]
From SM Wilson: The construction industry has long prioritized physical safety—but behind hard hats and high-visibility vests lies a silent struggle that’s gone unaddressed for too long: mental health. Now, that silence is being broken through collective awareness and industry-wide efforts. Jeremy Hutfles, Project Superintendent at S. M. Wilson, sees workers’ emotional weight firsthand. “Sometimes […]
From SITE Improvement Association: Construction Safety Week begins May 5. Now in its 12th year, the initiative began when a coalition of national construction firms came together to reaffirm safety as a core value, elevating leadership’s role in preventing injuries and promoting shared responsibility across every rank and role on the jobsite. Whether you’ve fully […]
From Wood Central: Canada wants to tap into mass timber and other modern construction methods to more than double the speed of housing under construction, according to Mark Carney, the country’s newly elected Prime Minister, who spoke about his plans for housing just two weeks before the federal election. A key plank of the plan – […]
From ReNuTeq: We are pleased to announce the preliminary design completion for the “Bowing Tower” inspired by the inverted catenary curves of Saarinen’s Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri. Specifically the angled perspective of the Arch as you enter the city of St. Louis. Featuring multiple observation decks, an EV drivers lounge, an architectural materials […]
From MODOT:Â After hearing concerns from residents and local officials along Routes 340 (Clarkson Road) and CC (Long Road), MoDOT will remove the curb bump out islands installed on the shoulders last year as a part of the ongoing Safety Improvements Project. The project identified safety improvements at 230 locations across three counties in the […]
From The Wall Street Journal: Elijah Rios won’t graduate from high school until next year, but he already has a job offer—one that pays $68,000 a year. Rios, 17 years old, is a junior taking welding classes at Father Judge, a Catholic high school in Philadelphia that works closely with companies looking for workers in […]
Editor’s Note: Attempting to navigate to an article on the U.S. Department of Labor’s website titled “Employee or Independent Contractor? A Guide to the New Rule” on May 7th resulted in a “Page Not Found”  message. From Economic Policy Institute:  May 2 – DOL announced their intent to stop enforcing the 2024 final regulation (or “rule”) on […]
From The New York Times: For years, America’s approach to education has been guided by an overly simplistic formula: 4+4 — the idea that students need four years of high school and four years of college to succeed in life. Even with this prevailing emphasis on college, around 40 percent of high schoolers do not enroll in […]
From St. Louis Magazine: Build-a-Bear founder Maxine Clark’s ambitious rehab of the long-vacant St. Luke’s Hospital on Delmar—is getting ready to roar into its next phase. That includes 81 additional apartments, a recreation center open to the community, and more. Construction should begin this summer. Once this phase is complete, the entire city block will […]
From Chicago Yimby: Chicago YIMBY continues its Sister Cities series with a look at three major projects underway in St. Louis, Missouri. The sprawling Midwestern city has experienced a wave of development in recent years, especially around Busch Stadium and with the addition of Jeanne Gang’s 100 Above The Park. This round-up highlights three significant projects: a […]
From KSDK:Â When Teddy Gooch and his mother, Erin, would visit traditional playgrounds, what should have been joyful afternoons often ended in frustration and tears. “We would both leave the playground in tears and sweat,” Erin Gooch said. “It was a lot of work. I wasn’t able to talk to any other moms during it […]
From St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune:Â A union member who died on the job last year was remembered at the 45th Annual Robert O. Kortkamp Union Labor Mass and Interfaith Prayer Service on April 27 at the Shrine of St. Joseph, the patron saint of the worker in downtown St. Louis. The annual mass and […]
From ENR Midwest: A day after St. Louis shut down a program to repair dilapidated and vacant buildings, a lawsuit was filed seeking to learn how the program operated, selected contractors and managed recordkeeping and quality controls—as well as to uncover any alleged money trail that plaintiffs believe will show kickbacks paid for approval of […]
From Spectrum Local News: Longly anticipated upgrades to Kinetic Park in Saint Charles opened up on Monday, April 14, 2025, after over a year of renovations and construction. Builders put the finishing touches on the new 40,000 square-foot, “universally designed,” adventure playground when Spectrum News visited the park on April 9, 2025. Onsite St. Charles County […]
From St. Louis Magazine: There is a house on this block of Dodier Street, one block from North Grand Boulevard, that is almost impressively ugly. But the ugliness doesn’t come from neglect. It comes from a lousy rehab job by an out-of-state investment company—and unpermitted construction work the city has been trying to shut down, […]
From PR Newswire:  Arevon Energy, Inc., a leading American energy developer, owner, and operator, hosted a construction groundbreaking event for its 430 megawatt (MWdc) Kelso 1 & 2 Solar Projects in Scott County, Missouri. Arevon will own and operate the project on a long-term basis, with the first phase anticipated to achieve commercial operations by the […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: A judge has paused the multimillion-dollar court case between homebuilder McBride Homes and one of its major contractors, possibly pending arbitration. In an order issued Wednesday after a hearing Tuesday, St. Louis County Circuit Judge Rich Stewart said that since McBride chose to in February take construction contractor Builder’s Bloc to arbitration […]
From Industrial Safety and Hygiene News:Â Workers are dying and being injured on the job, and the Trump administration and DOGE are putting them at greater risk by enacting policies that will create deplorable working conditions, according to a new report released today by the AFL-CIO. Ahead of Workers Memorial Day, the AFL-CIO released its […]
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