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From The Fabricator:  While speaking with John Henderson of ESAB Welding & Cutting Products, for this issue’s overview on oxyfuel cutting, I recounted a story of my first experience with an oxyfuel flame. It was at a “Welding for the Non-Welder” course at the Hobart Institute of Welding Technology in Troy, Ohio, in 2008. It […]

From Leader Publications:  Jefferson County will have its own forensic crime lab next year. A groundbreaking ceremony was held May 6 where the lab will be built next to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office evidence storage building on Mason Circle North in Pevely. Public Works Director Jason Jonas said about 40 people attended the groundbreaking, […]

From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  Through the rolling hills in Defiance sits one of the few vestiges of early American frontier history in St. Charles County. The Bryan Mill Grove estate is on over 100 acres on Highway F owned by frontiersman Daniel Boone in the early 1800s. It includes a stone barn likely built by […]

From Riverbender:  The Grafton Art Gallery will officially open on Saturday, May 25, 2024, complete with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, giveaways and lots of art to inspire and enjoy. From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, community members can check out the new gallery located at 301 E. Main Street in Grafton. Admission is free, […]

From St. Louis Business Journal:  At first, Bob Millstone was skeptical. The longtime St. Louis real estate developer and attorney heard the details of Gateway South, the $1.2 billion construction innovation district planned in a long-vacant former downtown manufacturing site just south of the Gateway Arch, and appreciated the project’s ambition. But he also knows […]

Engineering and computing professionals in St. Louis will soon have local access to several Missouri S&T master’s degree programs, certificates and quick courses. “After thorough market analysis and discussions with our industry partners in St. Louis, it’s evident that introducing S&T’s high-quality engineering and computing programs is key to filling critical gaps in specialized education […]

This week Forum drone photographer Louis Kelly, owner of Drone Eagle, LLC, captures progress on the Avenir apartment complex currently under construction at the intersection of Delmar and I-170. Gray Design Group is the architect and Holland Construction Services is the general contractor on the 330,000-sq.-ft. complex. Located in University City Avenir is a four-story […]

Transportation – both multi-modal freight and people-moving systems – is a cornerstone of success in metropolitan areas. It influences various aspects of urban life, including economic development, quality of life, and environmental sustainability. On the morning of June 20th, the next installment of Construction Forum’s 2024 program series “Building a Strong Core: Rebuilding St. Louis […]

Midas Hospitality is advancing its growth strategy with the addition of David Clayton as the firm’s first chief investment officer. Clayton has nearly 40 years of experience in finance, most recently serving as senior vice president, private markets at Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), Inc. He will now focus on raising capital for Midas as […]

Poettker Industrial Services, a woman-owned utility, energy, and infrastructure contractor, is excited to announce the promotion of Blake Langenhorst to Project Manager. Langenhorst joined Poettker Industrial in 2023 as a Project Engineer and most recently served in the role of Senior Project Engineer. He has eight years of experience in the construction industry. Langenhorst received […]

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 First Alert 4:  After leasing a Lincoln County facility for the past 13 years, The Boone Center Inc. has purchased the building, making way for an expansion of the manufacturing facility. BCI employs 40 people at the current facility, which spans 23,000 square feet. Once the expansion is complete, the footprint will measure nearly […]

From West Newsmagazine:  On May 13, St. Louis County Executive Dr. Sam Page signed a contract to hire Wright Construction Services to build a new state-of-the-art public safety facility in Maryland Heights. The new facility will be built with $46 million in federal relief funds received from the state of Missouri and St. Louis County, […]

From West Newsmagazine:  Some development projects planned for Town Center in Wildwood have been delayed for various reasons, and Director of Planning Joe Vicnich gave an update on these projects at the Planning & Zoning (P&Z) meeting on May 6. Greenberg is a mixed-use development with 189 multiple-family units, 14 single-family detached homes and pickleball […]

From Bloomberg:  The new professional soccer stadium that opened last year on the western edge of downtown St. Louis stands apart from most sports venues being built in the US today. The 22,423-seat facility, known as CityPark, was built with relatively modest public subsidies. And instead of looming as a massive megastructure surrounded by parking […]

From REjournals:  St. Louis’ KAI has been honored with a pair of St. Louis Business Journal accolades: Best Places to Work and the Community Impact Award. Nearly 200 nominations were submitted for the newspaper’s 2024 Best Places to Work Awards program. Participating companies and their employees completed surveys administered by a third-party surveyor, Quantum Workplace, […]

From St. Louis Business Journal:  Pitt Development Group LLC has sued Mercy Health, accusing the health system of halting construction projects because it perceived the Springfield, Missouri-based firm as a “whistleblower.” The lawsuit filed Jan. 25 in Greene County Circuit Court seeks to recover in excess of $9 million that Pitt Development Group (PDG) said […]

From Forbes:  In the landscape of education options, the pursuit of career readiness has evolved from a mere aspiration to a non-negotiable imperative. According to a recent national survey by YouScience, a company specializing in college and career readiness, 75% of high school graduates from the classes of 2019 through 2022 feel unprepared to make […]

Saint Louis County is excited to announce the groundbreaking for a new $10 million hangar complex at Spirit of St. Louis Airport in Chesterfield. The groundbreaking will be held on June 7 at 10 a.m. at 18460 Olive Street Road in Chesterfield. The opening of the Spirit Sky Club marks a significant step in addressing […]

There’s been a lot of awareness created about workplace mental health in the past two years that it’s clearly time to move to action. That was the mission that was delivered loud and clear Wednesday morning to the 66 persons in attendance Wednesday for a two-hour program presented by Aetna, Construction Forum, and the AFL-CIO […]