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On behalf of the Home Builders Charitable Foundation (HBCF), 2025 HBCF Board President Dave Griege (Paramount Bank) (left), 2026-27 HBA President Chris DeGuentz (Fischer & Frichtel Homes) (second from right) and HBA Executive Vice President Celeste Rueter (right) presented a $15,717 donation to house manager of Gratitude House Emily Bantle (second from left). The donation […]

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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 […]

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On December 7th the Charles E. Fleming Legacy Foundation hosted its first-ever Holiday Joy & Jazz Brunch at the Chase Park Plaza Royal Sonesta, bringing together educators, civic leaders, business innovators, and community champions to honor service, leadership, and community impact across the St. Louis region. Under the theme “Celebrating Our Region’s Most Valuable Assets,” […]

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A total of 118 families, including 245 children, served by the U.S. Probation Office, Eastern District of Missouri celebrated the holidays at a family event on Dec. 11, 2025 at the festively decorated IBEW Local 1 Union Hall. It was hosted by the IBEW/NECA Electrical Connection and U.S. Probation Office. It was the eighth year […]

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Cathy Cook, safety director at ACME Constructors, Inc., has been awarded the 2025 District Director’s Award by the American Welding Society (AWS). This honor, presented by AWS District 14 (St. Louis), recognizes her exceptional leadership and long-term commitment to the welding and construction community in the Midwest. A Foundation in the Carpenters Union Before joining the leadership team […]

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by Alejandra Castillo Alejandra Castillo is chancellor senior fellow for economic development at Purdue University Northwest and the former assistant secretary for economic development at the U.S. Department of Commerce. From Crain’s Chicago Business: The race for quantum leadership is often framed as a geopolitical contest between nations. But the real battleground is local. It unfolds in […]

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For more than 20 years, IBEW Electrical Workers Minority Caucus’ (EWMC) has been collecting and giving away winter coats to families in need. This year, 280 of the more than 600 coats collected were presented to the Hazelwood School District on Dec. 9, 2025. Since the inception of the program in 2004, the IBEW EWMC […]

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Wiegmann Associates has been ranked on multiple prestigious lists for its significant growth and position in the industry. Founded in 1995, Wiegmann Associates is a St. Louis-based mechanical contractor that engineers and installs energy-saving HVAC solutions, refrigeration systems and automation controls for clients across the United States in a wide range of industries. Wiegmann was […]

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From KMOV: Just this past fall, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency opened its St. Louis headquarters in north St. Louis, and for years, civic leaders have yearned to develop the neighborhoods around that site. Now, some plans to revitalize the six neighborhoods, which have suffered from disinvestment for decades, are being released as drafts. “There’s no […]

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From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: St. Louis-area elected officials have tasked a commission with overseeing the development of a $50 million regional police training center, but a separate four-member committee behind the scenes is researching and recommending where to locate the facility and who will design and build it. That committee — comprised of three local […]

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From St. Louis Business Journal: Oliver Properties has spent years investing in properties along the Washington Avenue corridor, becoming a major downtown developer along the way. Now, the firm is approaching a crossroads. Next year, the company plans to begin marketing Washington Avenue, or “Wash Ave” as it’s referred to colloquially, as a downtown destination. […]

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From St. Louis Public Radio: New homes for soldiers and their families are coming to Fort Leonard Wood. The military installation in the Ozarks, southwest of Rolla, has 1,800 homes on base, some built as long ago as the 1960s. They take on a lot of wear and tear with families moving in and out […]

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by Tom Finan, Executive Director, Construction Forum A long-operating limestone mine near New Melle is poised to grow significantly if St. Charles County leaders approve a planned 174-acre expansion. The expansion is tied directly to the urgent need for construction materials for the widening of Interstate 70 between Wentzville and Warrenton. The mine, owned by […]

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Business owners across the City of St. Louis and St. Louis County are being asked to complete a short Business Retention & Expansion (BRE) Survey led by the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership. The 11-question survey takes just a few minutes to complete. Responses are anonymous and will be used to help local partners better […]

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From Webster-Kirkwood Times: St. Louis Children’s Hospital and KVC Health Systems on Tuesday marked a milestone in construction, raising the final beam of a new state-of-the-art, 77-bed children’s mental health hospital slated to open in late 2026. KVC Missouri’s Children’s Mental Wellness Campus, 330 N. Gore Ave. in Webster Groves, will provide pediatric inpatient and […]

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From St. Louis Magazine: For most of Margaret McDonald’s nearly 30-year career at local design firms, including stints as a principal at Arcturis and HOK, work came before pretty much everything else. “Yes, it was my occupation and what I was being compensated for, but it felt like it was my life, and it was […]

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From St. Louis Magazine: When you think of carbon emissions related to driving, you probably think of emissions coming from your vehicle. But the road you’re driving on almost certainly also emits carbon. In its production and its application, the asphalt used for roadways contributes to the carbon cycle that is blamed for rising sea […]

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Advanced Volumetric Alliance (AVA), a Minnesota-based modular building manufacturer, has secured a multi-million-dollar growth investment from Decathlon Capital Partners to expand its manufacturing capacity and support continued growth. Headquartered in Albertville, MN, AVA designs, engineers and manufactures entire buildings in an off-site environment for multi-family, senior living and hospitality developers. The company operates a 185,000-square-foot, […]

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From St. Louis Business Journal: When Glen Corlett, the owner of well-established forklift dealership Union Machinery, retired, he could have sold to a larger company. Instead, he chose to take a chance on his longtime saleswoman, Jessica Farrell, who over 20 years had gained considerable knowledge about forklifts but admittedly didn’t know much at that […]

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From Offsite Builder: In a field crowded with startups promising to “disrupt” construction, Reframe Systems is quietly doing something harder: rebuilding the value chain. It’s rethinking how homes are designed, manufactured and delivered — using robotics, AI and a vertically integrated model that leaves no part of the process to chance. The result isn’t just […]

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