From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The steep natural terrain is no longer the only thing developers behind the proposed 239-home “Villages at Busch Wildlife” subdivision must now overcome. The O’Fallon Planning and Zoning Commission on Thursday rejected the 161-acre project, sending the matter to the City Council. A simple majority of council members would now have […]
From Construction Next: Even the best workers make mistakes, so construction business owners and managers need to understand that At the 2024 International Roofing Expo, Cheryl Ambrose, vice president for enterprise risk management for the National Roofing Contractors Association, shared with attendees five standard principles of “human performance” that she said companies can apply to […]
Lisa LeMasters Hastings+Chivetta Architects welcomes Lisa LeMasters, AIA, back to the firm, building on her 30 years of architectural expertise. Now Vice President and Project Manager, Lisa’s wealth of knowledge and her proven track record of success enhances our capability to deliver outstanding project outcomes. Her collaborative approach and meticulous attention to detail ensure that […]
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 […]
Editor’s Note: Luke Schuette, founder and CEO of structural bamboo manufacturer ReNĂĽTeq, will be on the Forum’s Future of Construction discussion panel set for 7:30-9:30 AM Sept. 26th at Gateway South Advanced Building Collaboration District (GSABCD). The panel will be preceded by networking and followed by an exhibition of componentized/modularized construction technology and tours of […]
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 […]
Leadership teams with Crown Center for Senior Living and Russell recently gathered to celebrate the successful completion of Phase 1 of the Crown Center apartment buildings and the opening of the Staenberg Commons, a 12,500 square foot community hub open to residents and neighbors. “Russell has deep experience delivering beautiful spaces and we were pleased […]
The St. Louis Regional Freightway has added three additional properties to its growing pipeline of rail-accessible industrial real estate sites: Admiral Parkway, Forest Boulevard, and Granite City Buildings and Land. They bring the total number of rail-served sites in the pipeline to 20, spread across 16 locations. These sites all feature heavy industrial user zoning […]
From St. Louis Business Journal:Â Eight years after its founding, with its 3.5-acre educational garden up and running in St Louis’ Shaw neighborhood, nonprofit Green House Venture is shifting focus toward building a $4.7 million education center nearby. In the meantime, the nonprofit continues to provide programming to students from four St. Louis elementary schools […]
From Construction Dive: Contractors are on a quest for more workers, but they’re still struggling to find them. A new Associated General Contractors of America survey has shared numbers providing context around the issue. The majority of U.S. contractors have increased their headcount in the last 12 months, according to the survey of AGC members, […]
From Webster-Kirkwood Times: Construction is set to begin in the next couple of weeks on the city’s new water park as two weeks of demolition at the Webster Groves Aquatic Center nears completion. Officials said in a City Chats Facebook live event last week that the project is keeping pace with an aggressive deadline. The […]
From Illinois Business Journal:Â We all know how impactful case studies can be to business, industry and economic growth as well as to development. The same can be said for what the Illinois Business Journal now introduces as a regular feature: Careers in View. This is planned to be a career study: A look at […]
From St. Louis Business Journal:Â A Missouri-based unit of Graybar, the Clayton-based distributor of electrical, communications and data networking products, has expanded its operations in the South with an acquisition. Cape Electrical Supply, a Cape Girardeau, Missouri-based subsidiary of Graybar, purchased Power Supply Co. LLC, according to a Wednesday news release. Financial terms of the […]
From Warren County Record:Â The Village of Innsbrook will contract with Hankins Construction to build its new village hall. The bid was awarded at a special board of trustees meeting on the afternoon of Aug. 27. Hankins Construction was the lowest of seven bidders, submitting a contract for $870,600 to construct the new, 2,000-square-foot building. […]
From Leader Publications:Â Jason Reinbold, who owns Industrious Group LLC, a metal fabricating company, intends to build warehouse and office space at the site of an old quarry in Imperial. Reinbold petitioned the Jefferson County Planning and Zoning Commission at the Aug. 22 meeting to rezone the site at the northwest corner of Hwy. 61-67 […]
From St. Louis Business Journal:Â St. Louis startup Intramotev, which produces self-propelled, electric-powered railcars, has signed a switching agreement with Eagle Drayage, a freight carrier also based in St. Louis. Switching agreements enable rail-carried freight to go across different classes of railroads from manufacturing plants or distribution points to destinations. “You go from things like […]
From Illinois Business Journal: Kian Capital-backed Team Air Distributing (“Team Air”), a leading wholesale distributor providing OEM-branded HVAC equipment, parts and supplies to residential and commercial contractors and with locations in Southern Illinois, has completed the acquisition of Best Choice Supply (“BCS”), a family-owned HVAC wholesale distributor. BCS was founded in 1988 and has a […]
From Labor Tribune:Â A growing number of women are taking leadership roles in the union building trades. Former Missouri State Sen. Gina Walsh, deputy director of the International Association of Heat & Frost Insulators Union Labor Management and Cooperative Trust (LMCT), has been an active member of Insulators Local 1 since completing its apprenticeship program […]
From St. Louis Magazine: It’s no secret that office life changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, three years removed from the worst of the public health crisis, businesses and entrepreneurs still have an appetite for shared workspaces. That’s why Office Evolution is expanding its services in the St. Louis region. Office Evolution, a flexible workplace […]
From West Newsmagazine:Â St. Louis County officials held a ribbon cutting on Aug. 29 to celebrate the completion of a $5.2 million project improving a two-mile stretch of Baxter Road through Ballwin and Manchester. County Council member Mark Harder (R-District 7) said the project took close to three years to complete. Crews removed and replaced […]
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