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 […]
From Illinois Business Journal: IDOT’s Economic Development Program provides state assistance for road improvements to accommodate access to new or expanding industrial, manufacturing or distribution companies. Funding will include preliminary engineering, construction, construction engineering and contingencies. The primary focus of the program is the creation and retention of permanent full-time jobs. The City of Peru, […]
From The New York Times: Seven years after flames engulfed Grenfell Tower, a public housing block in West London, killing 72 people, a public inquiry on Wednesday blamed unscrupulous manufacturers, a cost-cutting local government and reckless deregulation for the disaster, Britain’s worst residential fire since World War II. The 1,671-page final report laid out a […]
From St. Louis. Business Journal:Â ArchKey Solutions, the Fenton-based electrical and technology contracting company, is being acquired by an investment firm launched by billionaire sports team owner Josh Harris. New York-based private equity firm One Rock Capital Partners LLC, which invested in ArchKey alongside the company’s management team in 2021, has agreed to sell the […]
From Construction Dive:Â The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has continued its focus on discrimination and harassment in the construction industry, settling three lawsuits against building firms in recent weeks for a combined total of more than $2.9 million. The agency settled a racial harassment and retaliation suit against Sorrento, Florida-based plumbing and HVAC contractor J.A. […]
The Associated General Contractors of Missouri (AGCMO) today announced a Call for Proposals for the 2025 Architecture Engineering and Construction Technology Conference (AECTechCon) to be held May 7-8 at the St. Charles Convention Center in St. Charles, MO. The expanded technology conference is now in its second year, growing to more than 400 attendees. According […]
From Leader Publications:Â Engineering plans will be unveiled later this year for two large flood mitigation projects that will benefit Eureka residents, Mayor Sean Flower said. On Aug. 6, the Eureka Board of Aldermen approved three easement agreements with property owners in Old Town and near the Eureka Wastewater Treatment Facility. Flower said the agreements […]
From St. Louis Business Journal:Â Arch to Park Equity Fund LLC, the patient capital real estate fund of civic business organization Greater St. Louis Inc., is in line to purchase the Wainwright State Office Building in downtown St. Louis. Greater St. Louis said Tuesday the state of Missouri has accepted an offer it made for […]
A panel discussion last week at the Cortex Innovation District highlighted the high-level of collaboration that is needed for prefab modularized and componentized construction to succeed. Construction Forum’s Emerging Leaders partnered with Built Interior Construction, DIRTT, and BLDD Architects for a networking session followed by an informative panel discussion about prefabricated construction. The event was […]
From Construction Dive: Figure out the best use cases, but don’t try to shoehorn artificial intelligence where it doesn’t belong, a McCarthy tech expert and other panelists told listeners last week during a BuiltWorlds webinar. The panel, “Emerging Disruptors in Construction: The What, How, Why and Opportunities,” focused on the technologies that currently, or will […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: St. Louis developer Green Street is suing Bar K in an bid to evict the dog-friendly entertainment venue, claiming it has defaulted on its lease. Bar K owes nearly $300,000 in rent for its location at 4565 McRee Ave. in the city’s Forest Park Southeast neighborhood, Green Street alleges in […]
S. M. Wilson & Co., a St. Louis-based construction management and general contracting firm, has promoted Ralph Miller to Project Superintendent. Miller joined the company in 1999 and continued there until 2013. He returned in 2021. In the past year, he worked with the team to complete the program at HSHS St. John’s Health Center […]
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 […]
Built Solutions, known for designing and installing modular interiors using interior construction products – including DIRTT – is teaming up with Mercer Zimmerman, the Midwest’s leading lighting and controls agency, to provide more ways for their customers to create beautiful, functional spaces. “For more than 75 years, Mercer Zimmerman has represented high quality, beautifully designed […]
From St. Louis Business Journal:Â Construction has begun on The Meridian, a 144-unit, Class A apartment community in Glen Carbon, at the intersection of Illinois Route 157 and North Meridian Road. The project, near Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s campus, is the first multifamily development in Illinois for St. Louis-based developer Mia Rose Holdings LLC, according […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: A developer is eyeing land on the northern edge of St. Louis’ Cortex tech district for a new apartment complex. A company called DMG filed preliminary plans with the Building Division for a $25 million apartment development at 3901 Forest Park Avenue, a roughly 2-acre park that’s near Ikea and City […]
From Construction Dive: Even as delays on some megaprojects have caused jitters across construction, actual abandonments of jobs decreased 23.7% in July, according to Cincinnati-based ConstructConnect’s latest Project Stress Index, a measure of construction projects that have been paused, abandoned or have a delayed bid date. Delayed bid activity ticked down 6.8%, while work put […]
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 […]
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