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From St. Louis-Mo.Gov:  Urban Strategies, Inc. (USI) in partnership with the City of St. Louis Community Development Agency (CDA) is looking for local artists to design artwork for five, two-dimensional public art opportunities in the Near North Side as part of the Choice Neighborhood Initiative (CNI). Applications are open to St. Louis area-based artists and […]

From Illinois Business Journal:  Periods of time where visitors to the St. Clair County Administration and Courts Building in Belleville may have to use a different entrance and exit point are anticipated to be occurring in the not-too-distant future as part of a major renovation of the structure that is currently underway. The public’s best […]

From Construction Dive:  Infrastructure builders must shift their thinking as environmental pressures increase and generational needs change, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers’ new President Marsia Geldert-Murphey. She takes the reins at the country’s oldest engineering trade group amid an upswell in federal infrastructure funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, as […]

From Riverbender.com:  New Route 66 experiences will be added along the Last 100 Miles of Route 66 in Illinois with the announcement of over $850,000 in grants from the Great Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau in partnership with the Illinois Office of Tourism and the Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity. The grants will fund […]

From St. Louis Business Journal:  The need to attract and retain employees has led construction giant Clayco to roll out a two-part program to help speed up repayment of workers’ student loans. Last fall, there was some buzz from Clayco’s workforce about the end of the Covid-19 loan forbearance, and some employees approached leadership to […]

From JLC:  Q. Can an intense fire damage a poured concrete or slab foundation? A. Peter Marxhausen, a forensic structural engineer and civil engineering instructor at the University of Colorado Denver and author of “Engineering Evaluation of Fire Damage to Concrete Foundations” (Structure, August 2014), responds: Yes, an intense wildfire or structural fire can cause […]

From West News Magazine:  The Chesterfield Family YMCA has requested an amendment to the existing planned commercial district for a 5.6-acre tract of land located at 16464 Burkhardt Place. The Chesterfield City Council took a first reading of the proposed zoning ordinance on March 4. The ordinance would require the hours at the new facility […]

by Rachel Boemer, Program Director at CCDI — Construction Career Development Initiative Re-reading through many of the reports, case studies, roadmaps and plans that have been put together by various groups in St. Louis in recent years and I find myself going back to the “Forward Through Ferguson” Report about the process of change. It […]

by Kristin Kalous, Market Leader, Alberici and Chair of Alberici’s Women’s Resource Group (G.R.O.W.) The construction industry has long been a male-dominated field, but the tides are changing as an increasing number of women are finding rewarding careers in construction. This shift is driven by a multitude of factors. From abundant opportunities to low barriers […]

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 […]

by Tom Finan, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Construction Forum On May 2nd I invite you to join us at the LiUNA Event Center, as we celebrate the doers, the crazy ones, the disrupters for inclusive change in the built environment with the eighth iteration of the Construction Forum “Building Tomorrow Awards” (BTA). To access the […]

by Tom Finan, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Construction Forum Brandon Anderson, vice president of safety for AGCMO, is gratified at the recognition that AGCMO and national AGC received at last week’s third annual national “Construction Working Minds” summit on mental health in the construction industry in Kansas City. He’s also pleased that more construction firms […]

From Yahoo News:  The Boeing Leadership Center, a 284-acre campus in north St. Louis County formerly used as a corporate retreat, is now on the market. Real estate company CBRE Group Inc. has listed the property for sale, but not with a specified price. The campus is located at 16805 New Halls Ferry Road, just […]

From Mid Rivers Newsmagazine:  The federal government provides Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) funds for projects that reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality by reducing vehicle exhaust emissions. Those federal funds are provided at the state level. MoDOT manages them for Missouri. At its Feb. 26 meeting, the St. Charles County Council introduced […]

From Gensler:  The importance of central business districts (CBDs) cannot be overstated. According to the 2023 Gensler City Pulse study, people who feel that their central business district provides a great experience are 79% more likely to say that their city as a whole provides a great experience. This study, focused on the future of […]

From St. Louis Business Journal:  A developer is eyeing property next to Interstate 55 in south St. Louis County for a new 121-home subdivision. Chesterfield-based homebuilder McBride Homes has submitted a zoning request for the housing development, to be called The Grove at Grant’s Trail. The firm has the property under contract through an associated […]

From Construction Dive:  Nonresidential construction spending decreased 0.4% in January to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.19 trillion, according to Associated Builders and Contractors’ analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data. The drop in January finally marks the end of a 19-month streak in construction spending growth, according to the report. Still, contractor confidence remains high, […]

From RiverBender:  Tycon Builders celebrated the reopening of their business with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, March 1, 2024. The roofing contracting business has recovered after a fire “decimated” the inside of their building last year, explained Director of Operations Jim Keller. Business never stopped during the renovation process, but the renovated building, located at […]

From Webster-Kirkwood Times:  A small group of neighbors in Rock Hill is appealing to city leaders to reconsider the recent approval of a planned housing development that they fear will drastically change their cul-de-sac. The Rock Hill Board of Aldermen on Feb. 6 approved a plan from McKelvey Homes to build five new residences on […]

From Gensler:  Formerly unprecedented climate events have become our new reality. In 2023 alone, a series of dangerous weather events have disrupted lives, halted economies, and taken over the daily news cycle. July 2023 was the hottest month on record. August 2023 saw the highest-ever average sea surface temperature. The climate crisis is accelerating — […]