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From Forbes: For most of my career, when asked to speak to high school students or incoming first-year college students and give them career advice, I mostly steered them towards a career in technology. I would talk about how I saw tech jobs driving the future, especially in IT, programming, security, and areas that would […]

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From Western Specialty Contractors: Summer is a great time for construction work, but a brutal time for construction workers. Excessive heat and sun exposure pose significant dangers, such as sunburn, dehydration, heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Every year, construction workers become ill on the job and some even lose their lives due to […]

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From First Alert 4: Leaders in Chesterfield advanced a bill Monday in which the city would purchase a building and a parking garage for more than $17 million. City leaders argue the growing city needs more space and that parking problems near Central Park need to be addressed. But the vast majority of citizen comments […]

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From UMSL Daily: George Nnanna, founding director of the University of Missouri–St. Louis School of Engineering, has been elected as ABET commissioner and team chair for the Engineering Accreditation Commission. His five-year term begins August 1. Nnanna was nominated for the role by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ Committee on Engineering Accreditation and was officially sworn in on July 19 […]

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The Korte Company is leading a major expansion of Knapheide’s manufacturing plant in Quincy, IL to meet growing production needs. The project added a 117,000-square-foot assembly plant with advanced features like a 10-ton crane, loading docks, and racking storage. A 4,500-square-foot, two-story office block will provide modern workspaces, and a 42,000-square-foot canopy will enhance truck […]

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OSHA is hosting its annual Safe + Sound Week from August 11–17, 2025, highlighting the importance of proactive workplace safety and health programs. Safe + Sound Week is a nationwide event that recognizes the successes of businesses that implement effective safety and health programs. The campaign also encourages other organizations to start or improve their […]

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From Leader Publications: A longtime Arnold piping company is looking to expand and bring new businesses to the city, but it is asking for help to make it happen. Acid Piping Technology wants to have a new building constructed next to its current facility and is working with the city of Arnold to secure a […]

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From Call Newspapers: Visitors of the Sunset Hills website can expect to be greeted by a small pop-up that reads, “We need your input to shape the future of the Parks + Recreation Department!” This is the city’s master plan survey, which city staff has released in the hopes of garnering feedback from parkgoers about […]

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From RiverBender: On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Joshua Ackles and Trent Griffith found themselves at a loss: There was nothing for them to do in town with their kids. The day inspired Ackles and Griffith to open Tee Shots, a new entertainment complex in Jerseyville that will offer golf simulator bays, games, and more […]

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From The New Republic: On May 16, a mile-wide tornado with winds up to 152 miles per hour ripped through the city of St. Louis, its worst damage leaving parts of the city’s already disinvested northern neighborhoods in rubble. Missouri’s only statue of Martin Luther King Jr. was toppled. Century-old trees were uprooted. Homes were […]

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From St. Louis Business Journal: Roofing contractor Amigo Roofing has sued the principals of Lux Living, claiming nonpayment for repairs to the developers’ apartment properties affected by the May 16 tornado. St. Peters-based Amigo Roofing in a suit filed July 28 in St. Louis County Circuit Court alleges $517,272 is owed from contracts signed with […]

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From St. Louis Business Journal: A homebuilder has acquired property on The Hill with plans to submit a proposal for 80 townhouses. McBride Homes, based in Chesterfield, plans to submit a proposal for zoning to the city of St. Louis in the next few weeks for the project, said McBride CEO Jake Eilermann. The long-vacant […]

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From St. Louis Public Radio: About 1,000 construction workers in the U.S. died as a result of work injuries in 2022. That same year, there were 5,200 deaths by suicide and 17,100 from overdoses among construction workers. The peer support group and 24/7 hotline LEAN-STL was launched in 2023 to bring those numbers down. Since then, utilization of […]

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Up to $480 million has been approved for use in a project with Universal Music to revitalize a historic area of Downtown Kansas City. Port KC announced on Monday, July 28, that the Board of Commissioners approved a resolution to issue bonds and authorize a new development in the 800 block of Grand Blvd. “It’s […]

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From McCarthy: McCarthy Building Companies has been awarded the next major phase of Reno Tahoe International Airport’s (RNO) historic MoreRNO Infrastructure Program—the construction of the airport’s New Gen A & B Concourses. This transformative work is the largest capital project in the airport’s history and marks a critical step in preparing RNO to meet the […]

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Lawrence Group’s hospitality team has designed what may be the Midwest’s first dual-branded hotel — connecting the existing St. Louis Airport Hilton built in the 1960s with a brand-new 78,957-square-foot Hampton Inn, the firm said in a news release. The $20 million, dual-branded hotel is located at 10300 Natural Bridge Road and serves nearby St. […]

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From New York Times: The plumber, the mason, the electrician and the carpenter arrived a full hour early to collect their blueprints. They had two days in June to build an eight-foot by 10-foot tiny home inside the convention center in downtown Atlanta. They knew little else about their assignment, but they were anxious to […]

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From Derek Thompson on Substack: The sharpest criticisms of the book Abundance have sometimes come from the antitrust movement. This group, mostly on the left, insists that the biggest problems in America typically come from monopolies and the corruption of big business. In housing, for example, Ezra Klein and I write that a key bottleneck to homebuilding […]

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From KSDK: St. Louis will no longer issue city construction contracts under its Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise goals due to threats to take back or eliminate federal grant funds to cities that support such programs, Mayor Cara Spencer said in a letter to city residents that was dated Friday. Spencer said a pause […]

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by Tom Finan, Executive Director/Co-Founder, Construction Forum The Trump Administration’s claw back of grant funds for contracts demonstrated to have ties to DEI has prompted the City of St. Louis to take drastic action. Last Friday, in response to escalating changes in federal guidance putting at risk federal funds received by the City of St. […]

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