From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:Â A $1.2 billion plan to revitalize a neglected industrial strip south of downtown has hit a second delay, leading to concerns from city development officials on the project’s future. St. Louis-based Good Developments Group told the city that, by December 2023, it would have purchased all of the land for the […]
The City of Kirkwood last week approved a $5 million contract with Integrate Construction Partners for major renovations to the Kirkwood Community Center ice rink. The ice rink seats 311 people and gets around 100,000 visitors in a year for public skating, hockey games, figure skating and other activities. NAVIGATE Building Solutions is managing the […]
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 Public Radio: Jennifer Torr was at a coffee shop next door to the the Critical Mineral Recovery battery recycling plant when it caught fire in October, sending a tower of smoke into the air. She had no idea when she and her husband, Darin, bought their blueberry farm a few miles north of […]
From Inpark Magazine: The Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums (MAAM) announced the recipient of this year’s Building Museums™ Symposium’s Buildy Award: The Missouri Botanical Garden’s Jack C. Taylor Visitor Center in St. Louis, Missouri. In addition, three outstanding projects have received Honorable Mentions: University of Iowa’s Stanley Museum of Art building in Iowa City, Iowa; the Mattatuck Museum expansion project […]
From St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune:Â The St. Louis Board of Alderman has unanimously approved a bill that adds prevailing wage requirements to incentivized projects such as TIFs and tax abatement projects and includes apprenticeship healthcare requirements to those projects. The legislation, Board Bill 155 (BB 155), sponsored by Alderman Bret Narayan (Ward 4), received […]
From St. Louis Business Journal:Â The Saint Louis Development Corporation’s (SLDC) Board of Directors approved giving $1 million to Annie Malone Children and Family Services Thursday. The money is to be used for building repairs at its more than 100-year-old building at 2612 Annie Malone Drive in north St. Louis. Annie Malone announced on Tuesday […]
From West Newsmagazine: On Monday, Feb. 10, the Town & Country Board of Alderman reviewed a pair of bills that look to improve city infrastructure. The first, the municipal center carport rehabilitation project, will cost $77,296 and will repair 27 rusted posts that support the police department’s covered parking. The current posts compromise the integrity […]
If you’re interested in the future of our industry Construction Forum Emerging Leaders event on March 25th offers a prelude to Cardinals’ Opening Day that’s a home run. The event is being held from 4:00 – 6:00 PM at Wies Offsite in Maryland Heights. It is free to attend but registration is required. Click here […]
From St. Louis Public Radio: Last October, St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones took the stage at the city’s annual event celebrating the local business community projecting confidence about the region’s trajectory. She also issued a warning to those who, in her eyes, have held St. Louis back, namely by holding onto swaths of land in the city […]
From West Newsmagazine: Gateway Studios & Production Services (GSPS) plans to open its rehearsal and production studio complex in May and is already accepting bookings for the rehearsal destination. Located at the intersection of Chesterfield Airport Road and Spirit of St. Louis Boulevard, the 32-acre campus is designed to provide facilities and services for touring professionals […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: Lawrence Group, one of St. Louis’ largest architecture and design firms, has added a fifth office, in Tampa, Florida. Earlier this month, the company opened its new office in Suite 960 of downtown Tampa’s Rivergate Tower, at 400 N. Ashley Drive. The 31-story limestone building, known locally as the Beer […]
The Midwest Manufacturing Leaders organization is hosting an event Focusing on Capabilities to Build a Resilient Sales Engine for Your Manufacturing Company. Friday March 14th, 2025 7:30 am – 9:00 am at the Lodge at Des Peres.  Click here to register. The event is free to attend, but registrants must meet registration criteria.  Registration is […]
From St. Louis MO-Gov: Today, Mayor Jones, along with the Community Development Administration (CDA), shared a new, interactive Neighborhood Transformation Investment Map to highlight over $250 million of investment in the City’s Economic Justice Action Plan [www.economicjusticestl.org] (EJAP) over the last four years. The map offers residents a transparent look at these efforts, which include substantial progress in housing, business […]
From The St. Louis Post Dispatch: ST. LOUIS — Downtown’s long-vacant Millennium Hotel will be demolished to make way for luxury housing, offices, an amphitheater, food hall and other amenities in a project officials say will transform the St. Louis skyline. The Cordish Cos., the firm that developed Ballpark Village with the St. Louis Cardinals, […]
From St. Louis Post Dispatch: Longtime St. Louis attorney and founder of Soulard’s John D. McGurk’s pub James “Jim” Holloran died Wednesday. He was 81. Holloran grew up in St. Louis’s Tower Grove Park with nine siblings. He obtained both an engineering degree in 1964 and a law degree in 1968 from St. Louis University. […]
From St. Louis Post Dispatch: ST. LOUIS — Federal agencies with employees in the St. Louis region had few answers Monday on what impacts — if any — they’ll face after the White House tasked its Department of Government Efficiency to curb waste. Renovation of the Old Courthouse, downtown, across from the Gateway Arch National […]
From The Intelligencer: One-fourth of all engineering degrees are currently awarded to women at the nation’s colleges and universities, and a Feb. 22 event in Edwardsville aimed to improve upon that number. Dozens of teenage girls interested in one of the most in-demand career fields attended Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day at the Southern Illinois […]
From World of Asphalt: MILWAUKEE – Registration is now open for the World of Asphalt Show & Conference and the AGG1 Academy and Expo, running March 25-27 in St. Louis, MO. Following the unprecedented success of the 2024 show, which saw a record-breaking 38 percent surge in attendance, the 2025 World of Asphalt and AGG1 Academy & […]
From AFL-CIO: In recognition of the profound significance of International Women’s Day, the Missouri AFL-CIO will host the Missouri 9th Annual Labor Women’s Lobby Day on March 5, 2025, at the State Capitol in Jefferson City. Women’s Lobby Day provides a tremendous opportunity to bring the issues that matter to all working women to Missouri Legislators. […]
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