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The Home Builders Association (HBA), on behalf of the Home Builders Charitable Foundation (HBCF), presented a $13,868 donation to St. Peters Senior Citizen Corporation grant writer and resident Frances Kern. The donation will be used to replace a roof on one apartment building and repair roofs on the other 12 buildings. St. Peters Senior Citizen […]

HOK plans to keep its St. Louis office in downtown once its lease expires next August (2025). The design firm and its 170 St. Louis-based staff currently work out of a 39,000-sq.-ft. workplace on the first and second floors of the Equitable Building at 10 S. Broadway. HOK is now exploring other downtown office locations […]

S. M. Wilson & Co. stood next to Northwest R-I School District officials earlier this month as they kicked off Phase 1 of Proposition S, the 2023 bond issue projects with a groundbreaking ceremony at High Ridge Elementary School. The passage of the zero-tax increase bond issue for $28 million is funding district-wide improvements in […]

Infrastructure investment is vital to support a thriving region and is critical for moving freight to, from and through regions like St. Louis, the nation, and around the world. It also is a proven catalyst for additional economic impact, with every dollar invested in transportation infrastructure improvements delivering a return on investment of $4 in […]

The Associated General Contractors of Missouri (AGCMO) announced today that it is endorsing Lincoln Hough, Missouri State Senator (R-District 30), for Lieutenant Governor in the upcoming Republican Primary race. This is only the second time in the association’s 99-year history that it has endorsed a candidate for statewide office. In May 2022 AGCMO endorsed Missouri’s […]

Six deserving students planning to start or continue their college education in the Fall 2024 semester have each received a $5,000 scholarship from the SITE Advancement Foundation to help further their education. High school graduates, college, and trade school students with a parent employed by one of the 250 SITE Improvement Association member companies are […]

By now it’s well known that workers in the construction industry have one of the highest suicide rates among occupational groups. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that male construction workers had a suicide rate approximately four times higher than the national average. Contributing factors include work environment, mental health stigma, substance […]

Denver Business Journal:  While the backlog of construction projects has begun to ease, builders and contractors continue to expect the industry to grow over the next six months. Associated Builders and Contractors surveyed its members in late February/early March and reported a Construction Backlog Indicator of 8.1 months in February, a decrease of 1.1 months […]

From Area Development:  Air Products, a global industrial gases company, plans to expand manufacturing and logistics operations in Maryland Heights, Missouri. The more than $70 million project is expected to create 30 jobs. The investment will allow the company to meet growing product demand in biogas and hydrogen recovery applications, in addition to customer needs […]

From First Alert 4:  A city in north St. Louis County may be forced to pay nearly $2 million in damages for breaching a contract. In February, Hankins Construction filed a lawsuit against the City of Jennings for $1.7 million plus interest in damages over a canceled city hall center. According to emails obtained by […]

From St. Louis American:  The Department of Housing and Urban Development is helping build HOPE throughout the St. Louis area. Housing Options Provided for the Elderly (HOPE) in University City, Mo., is a recipient of $123,264 as part of $11 million being granted by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of […]

From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  On a recent warm day outside Second Missionary Baptist Church, churchgoer Will Ferguson wondered when St. Louis County would finally fix up Kinloch Park. St. Louis County officials promised the multimillion-dollar redo nearly two years ago. “I haven’t seen anything done,” said Ferguson, who has attended church in the historic Black […]

From The Intelligencer:  As the school year ends, construction and projects related to the $100 million bond referendum, passed in April 2023, will continue and, in some cases, ramp up. Additionally, the city of Edwardsville will be working on projects near Lincoln Middle School. The new addition at Lincoln Middle School has started to take […]

From First Alert 4:  Several neighborhoods in St. Louis saw population growth despite overall population loss again for the city. The latest data shows roughly 280,000 residents live in the City of St. Louis. Down from roughly 300,000 in 2020. In 2020, roughly 26,000 people lived in the Central West End, Midtown, Downtown West and […]

From West Newsmagazine:  Residents are going to see some road improvements in Wildwood. Ryan Pearcy, area engineer with the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT), attended a Wildwood work session on May 13 to discuss plans for upcoming projects. One of these is the resurfacing of Hwy. 100, from Route OO to 0.8 miles east of […]

From The St. Louis Business Journal:  The lawsuit filed by the city of St. Louis and the owner of one of downtown’s largest buildings against electric utility Ameren and a subcontractor was dropped last month after nearly six years, clearing one of the obstacles in the way of the long-vacant structure’s eventual redevelopment. The lawsuit, […]

by Tom Finan, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Construction Forum Our industry lost a legendary believer in an equal place at the starting line for everyone Saturday. Tom Heeger, 77, the founder of Acme Constructors, a supporter of the industry in many ways, and a dedicated volunteer and devout Catholic, left us on Saturday, May 25th. […]

by Tom Finan, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Construction Forum Just because something might be legal doesn’t make it right. A ceremony was held on Sept. 26, 2023 marking the beginning of demolition on Jamestown. A clear example of crossing the t’s and dotting the i’s in a manner that bends the arc of history away […]

This week Forum drone videographer Louis Kelly recorded site preparation on “Kirkwood Central.” The four-story, approximately 119,000-square-foot, mixed use development is being developed on 1.4 acres at the northeast corner of East Adams and Kirkwood Road in Kirkwood. Developer of the project is Columbia MO-based Intrinsic Development. The project will include approximately 6,000 square feet […]

Integrated Facility Services (IFS) has completed a complex, design build fire protection project to design, procure and install interior fire sprinkler systems for Blue Bell Creameries’ new 16,000-square-foot distribution facility in St. Peters, Missouri. The state-of-the-art system was designed by IFS’s Fire Protection Department to ensure the safety and protection of the ice cream manufacturer’s […]