by Mike Tallis – MBE/DBE, Managing Owner at Cherokee Hauling, LLC As a proud and honored board member of SITE Improvement Association STL, I decided to check out a field trip that our Y.E.S. Committee was holding at KiMaterials Inc. Y.E.S. (Young Executives of Site) is a group of younger adults between the ages of […]
From “Bob Clark Beyond”: by Bob Clark, Executive Chairman and Founder at Clayco Although Clayco’s development may be a COLD Storage Facility for Performance Food Group, things are sure HEATING UP around the community! Since the project’s successful groundbreaking a few months ago, everything has been going smoothly. The local fire department recently conducted three […]
From STLToday: St. Louisans may take the Eads Bridge for granted. But 150 years ago, it was considered one of the wonders of the modern world, an engineering marvel with Gilded Age backers and a creator compared to Leonardo da Vinci. The man who gave St. Louis its first bridge over the Mississippi — whose […]
Christie Brinkman has been named the new chair of ULI St. Louis. Brinkman the director of design-build at Castle Contracting, LLC, has been a member of ULI St. Louis for over seven years. She has most recently served as chair for mission advancement. Brinkman, who joined Castle six years ago, was just named to the […]
by Tom Finan, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Construction Forum On Wednesday (June 26th) ARCO responded to questions from Construction Forum regarding its pullout on a major project. In one of the most unusual disputes in memory over a construction project, $6.5B ARCO Construction notified its subs last Friday (June 21st ) on the $150M Gateway […]
After a detailed and competitive review, Air Products Membrane Solutions has selected PARIC as general contractor for a major expansion of their Maryland Heights global manufacturing and logistics center. Construction totaling about 75,000 square feet is expected to begin this summer and be completed in 2025. Major subcontracting partners include icon Mechanical and PayneCrest Electric. […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: A fight between a general contractor and owner threatens to further delay the completion of a $150 million music production facility here that officials said would grow jobs and boost the region’s visibility in the entertainment industry. Arco Construction last week ordered its crews and subcontractors to stop working at Gateway […]
From New Civil Engineer: 3D printing technology could be deployed for bridge construction, but there are still some factors hindering its adoption. The evolution of 3D printing technology in the past two decades has made it increasingly popular in the automotive and aerospace industries, as well as in the production of medical devices. This technology […]
From Gensler: The shift in priority towards whole-life carbon in the last five years has been a seismic change for the industry, one we’re just starting to see the effects of in the buildings we live and work in. But unlike the cutting-edge sustainable buildings of the past — characterized by highly visible features like […]
From Mid Rivers Newsmagazine: On Monday, June 24, on a 98-degree afternoon, O’Fallon and St. Charles City hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for a new regional law enforcement facility to be constructed on an 87-acre site at 2400 Hwy. 79. St. Charles County Council member, Mike Elam (District 3) was the event’s master of ceremonies. The […]
From West Newsmagazine: The fate of the Latitude N38 project in Wildwood Town Center is still to be decided. TB Realty and Benton Homes have proposed a plan for 57 attached and detached single-family dwellings in building clusters at the southeast corner of Eatherton Road and Crestview Drive. These would be rental units run by […]
From St. Louis Public Radio: The Gateway South redevelopment project, which aims to establish a construction innovation district near the Arch grounds, has secured funding to begin initial renovations. The Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority Board voted Tuesday to authorize $155 million in industrial revenue bonds for the project, which has a total price tag […]
From Construction Business Owners: Total construction starts rose 10% in May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.24 trillion, according to Dodge Construction Network. Nonbuilding starts gained an impressive 49% during the month, driven by the start of an offshore wind project and an LNG facility, while residential starts lost 7% and nonresidential building […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: A developer can move forward with plans to build a controversial 120-home subdivision in unincorporated St. Charles County following an at-times contentious meeting Monday night. The St. Charles County Council voted 5-2 to approve Lombardo Homes of St. Louis’ request to rezone the land along Highway DD, a decision that garnered […]
From Tech Bullion: Technology is revolutionizing the way we build, extract, and shape the world around us. From drones surveying construction sites to autonomous vehicles digging in mines, the role of technology in construction and extraction industries cannot be overstated. In this blog post, we will take a closer look at how cutting-edge technologies are […]
From Call Newspapers: Plans for a proposed 121-home subdivision in South County are on hold after facing pushback from neighbors. McBride Homes is proposing “The Grove at Grant’s Trail” at 10245 Spokane Drive. The 35.2-acre site is bounded by Green Park city limits to the west and Interstate 55 to the east, and is surrounded […]
A cool wet morning and a live DJ helped fuel the energy Wednesday (June 26), as close to 200 youth connected with construction careers at the third annual “Yeah I Built That” hands-on event. The youth came from summer construction-affiliated summer programs from around the Region. The event was held at the Northside Economic Empowerment […]
by Tom Finan, Executive Director, Construction Forum Fifty-five years ago St. Louis was ground zero of an ambitious effort to explore the possibilities of industrialized/componentized construction. Beginning in 1969, HUD under Secretary George Romney launched “Operation Breakthrough,” and St. Louis was one of the nine pilot cities. HOK was the site architect and Millstone Construction […]
by Tom Finan, Executive Director, Construction Forum Math Quiz: If a newly-minted construction worker lives in the Old North City neighborhood up by Crown Candy and the first project that he/she is assigned to is in Arnold, how long does it take for him/her to get to work, and how many hours do they spend […]
Forum Drone Pilot Louis Kelly, owner of Drone Eagle LLC captured progress on the first of three buildings to be built at River Valley Commerce Center, a $117 million three-warehouse speculative industrial project at 149 River Valley Drive and 860 Hog Hollow Road in Maryland Heights. The owner of the speculative project is Kansas City-based […]
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