by Tom Finan, Executive Director/C0-Founder, Construction Forum If you missed last year’s Construction Forum awards celebration and fundraiser you missed me dressed up as “Doc Finan” — my take on Doc Brown from Back to the Future. Most people definitely will not miss seeing me in a fright wig again. What you WILL get a […]
From West Newsmagazine: The 96-acre Olia Village mixed-use project received mixed reviews at the March 25 public hearing held at the Creve Coeur Government Center. Detailed discussions regarding the 17-phase development have spanned some 18 months. It has filled many of the city’s Planning & Zoning Commission meetings, City Council work sessions and regular meetings. This […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: Fox Run Golf Club, a private golf club in Eureka, is undergoing a multimillion-dollar renovation at its 18-hole course. The project comes as Fox Run moves forward under new ownership, with a group of members buying the club after its founder and former owner, David Ault, died in October 2022. […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: City officials on Tuesday tabled a decision on the use of eminent domain on downtown’s long-vacant Millennium Hotel. Zach Wilson, vice president of incentives for the city’s development arm, told the board that oversees real estate development that a blighting study, which is required, had not yet been completed. He asked […]
From Riverbender: The owner of multiple Alton businesses and the subject of disturbing allegations is requesting several properties in Alton to be rezoned so he can turn them into a parking lot. A public hearing on the matter is set for Tuesday, April 9, 2024, at 6 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at Alton […]
From St. Louis Public Radio: Alton will soon be getting 120 new family housing units in a downtown apartment complex — a project that city leaders and elected officials believe will attract new residents to the area. Dubbed “the Lovejoy” after Elijah Lovejoy, a famed 19th-century abolitionist who was assassinated in Alton, the apartment will […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The 150-year-old Concord Farmers Club will transform into a modern agricultural learning center for students in the Lindbergh School District if voters pass a ballot measure in April. Proposition R would cover $150 million in bonds for the district to renovate the site and make other improvements to schools including secure […]
From West Newsmagazine: The Gateway Region YMCA is moving forward on an $8.5 million expansion and renovation of the Chesterfield Family YMCA at 16464 Burkhardt Place. The facility is on land that Executive Director Tim Peters described as sitting in the middle of a cornfield when the Y opened in 1989. Today, however, it is […]
From Bluebeam Blog: The lack of data and insights has long been a challenge for the green building industry. The inability to track the impacts of green construction methods and materials has made it difficult to determine how successful those efforts actually are and demonstrate those benefits to stakeholders. But today, technology is revolutionizing the […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Aldermen on Tuesday refused to grant tax breaks for a proposed hotel near the Wells Fargo campus in Midtown, likely killing the project. Developer Midas Hospitality boasted plans to spend $126 million building a higher-end hotel at Jefferson Avenue and Market Street. City projections said it would create dozens of new […]
From Riverbender.com: Madison County officials announced on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, that after receiving a new letter from the Salvation Army it will be indefinitely deferring its application of the $2.5 million grant for a proposed 48-bed homeless shelter in Alton while a new location is sought. The non-profit organization sent a letter requesting that […]
This week Forum drone videographer Louis Kelly of Drone Eagle, LLC captures progress on the new transportation education complex at St. Louis Community College’s Forest Park campus. The project is the sixth and final project in a multi-campus modernization and expansion by the community college system. The 79,000-square-foot Transportation Center at STLCC-Forest Park will bring […]
The popular Build My Future showcase event for high school students is reaching out to even more Missouri teens this fall. The Associated General Contractors of Missouri (AGCMO) has added new interactive events highlighting careers in the construction industry on Oct. 8 at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau and Oct. 23 at the […]
Winco Window Company, a St. Louis-based manufacturer of commercial and architectural aluminum windows, was honored with two prestigious awards at this year’s Fenestration & Glazing Industry Alliance (FGIA) annual conference, which recognizes member contributions and achievements for their efforts toward progressing the work of FGIA and the glass industry. The event was held at the […]
Eighty-four construction craft laborers were recognized for completion of their apprenticeships at a dinner and ceremony March 21st at the Christy Banquet Center in O’Fallon. Graduates recognized at the ceremony were members of Laborers’ Locals 42, 110, 660, 662, 840, and 1104. It was the 21st recognition dinner that the construction craft laborers have held. […]
HDA Architects, one of the nation’s leading architectural, interiors and master planning firms, was selected by the St. Louis Jewish Community Center to complete a comprehensive renovation of its Marilyn Fox Building in Chesterfield. The significant renovations will result in the addition of a new Adult Day Center, new locker rooms, new lobby and gathering […]
Tarlton, St. Louis’ largest women-owned general contracting and construction management firm, welcomes Michael Ashwell as director of the company’s Special Projects Group – a specialized team that partners with clients in master service agreements to provide a host of solutions and delivery systems across diverse market sectors. Ashwell, who directs all aspects of the group’s […]
Emily A. Williams, retired president of Williams Tile & Marble, passed away on Saturday March 16, 2024 at the age of 81. Her husband, Bill Williams, started Williams Tile in 1976 with an office in the den and tile stocked in the garage. Not long after that Emily started assisting with accounting and various other […]
From Construction Dive: High-speed rail projects tend to entail challenges that can cause delays, controversy and cost overruns, according to new research from AECOM, but there are ways to execute them smoothly. The Dallas-based contractor’s report delves into industry trends and how to make these notoriously challenging projects successful. It is based on a survey […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Major developments to create nearly a dozen commercial spaces and hundreds of new apartments and townhomes may be on the horizon for two cities in St. Charles County. The three projects, in Dardenne Prairie and Lake Saint Louis, are all within 10 miles of each other and would add 733 new […]
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