The “MEP Industry Trade Show” – formerly known as the Midwest HVAC Trade Show – brought the contractors and trades responsible for building mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems together for the first time at one event on April 23 rd in the St. Charles Convention Center. The exhibition, hosted in collaboration with SMACNA St. Louis, […]
by Bob Clark, Founder and Executive Chairman, Clayco At Clayco, safety is personal. Every time an employee gets hurt on one of our jobs—whether it’s a scratch, a pinched finger, or something more serious—I treat it as if it happened to a member of my own family. In fact, everyone at Clayco is family. I […]
Jerseyville Public Library officials celebrated the Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony and Grand opening of its new 7,500-square-foot addition, which was made possible through fundraising, a grant from the Illinois State Library, and a loan from the City of Jerseyville. S. M. Wilson & Co. is the Construction Manager at Risk, while Farnsworth Group is the architect. “Our […]
From The St. Louis Post Dispatch: Ameren Missouri’s plans to build a 66-acre training complex here were approved Wednesday following lengthy discussion about unfinished sewer and traffic impact studies. The training complex, which Ameren officials say will draw thousands of utility workers each year, will be built near the intersection of Josephville and Mexico roads on […]
From Missouri University of Science and Technology: Over 30 members of Missouri University of Science and Technology’s student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers competed at the Mid-America Student Symposium this April in Nebraska. This year’s regional symposium was cohosted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Nebraska-Omaha. Missouri S&T’s students […]
From St. Louis Business Journal:Â The city of St. Louis’ Preservation Board Monday gave approval to 30-story apartment tower proposed in the Central West End, a move that comes as the delayed project eyes the start of construction. The Preservation Board previously in 2022 gave preliminary approval to the apartment project, Albion West End at […]
From St. Louis Post Dispatch: St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer was elected this month on a campaign that stressed competent delivery of city services — something that has been visibly absent from the city’s leadership in recent years. As such, a proposal to create the position of city manager, to be filled by an apolitical […]
From Temple University: Concrete is everywhere. As the world’s most widely used construction material, it forms bridges, buildings, roads and other infrastructure. But concrete, and its primary ingredient, cement, are responsible for roughly 8% of the world’s CO2 emissions. In fact, if the cement industry were a country, it would rank as the fourth largest greenhouse […]
From Construction Dive: A foreign construction equipment maker is betting big on President Donald Trump’s trade policies even as developers cancel billions in clean energy and tech manufacturing projects. JCB, the U.K.-based construction equipment company, plans to double the size of its San Antonio, Texas, factory to 1 million square feet, said Anthony Bamford, JCB chairman, in […]
From New York Institute of Technology:Â The Center for Offsite Construction (CfOC) at New York Institute of Technology School of Architecture and Design and the Good Developments Group (GDG) have contracted to collaborate on advancing modular construction standardization and industry adoption. The cross-disciplinary agreement lays the foundation for a strategic partnership called Configure to Order […]
From Spectrum News: Mercy Hospital’s new $650 million Wentzville campus is expected to complete construction in 2029. Community leaders and hospital officials broke ground on the 60-acre site Thursday. “We’re talking about a place where families don’t have to travel to get the healthcare that they need,” said Mike Elam, Chair of the St. Charles […]
From RiverBender:Â Ameren Illinois’ new carbon-free assessment program aimed at helping public schools in the state reduce energy costs and improve sustainability has been very successful, Michael Pittman, manager of new clean energy programs, said. The program, which began in the first quarter of 2024, offers comprehensive energy assessments to public school districts within Ameren […]
by Ben Hilliker, Founding Principal, Hilliker Corporation Hilliker Corporation was established in March,1985. It was a very different era. Real estate agents couldn’t communicate with their clients, or with other agents, by e-mail, or texts, or even by fax. There were no cell phones. To my recollection, there were only three commercial agents who had […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: A $3.8 million project planned in the Grove district would add a pickleball facility and residential units. The mixed-use development, called the Drop In, is being pursued by Jill Dierberg Clark and would be located at 1083 Newstead Ave., at the intersection of Newstead and Oakland avenues in the city’s […]
In a social media post Wednesday (April 22) Maxine Clark, former CEO of Build a Bear and developer of the Delmar DivINe announced that work on Phase 2 of the Delmar DivINe development, located at 5505-5535 Delmar is going to begin this summer. Maxine Clark told Construction Forum in an online message that PARIC Corporation […]
From Spectrum News: A groundbreaking ceremony on the construction of St. Charles’ approximate $85 million City Centre Complex took place Tuesday. Voters recently passed a no tax-increase bond issue to pay for the project. The former American Car Foundry (ACF) is the site of the City Centre Complex, or known as C3, which will include a […]
From New York Times: The Gateway Arch dominates the skyline of downtown St. Louis, its gleaming legs standing as a monument to the nation’s history of exploration and westward expansion. Centered firmly under those legs is another symbol: the domed Old Courthouse. After a $27.5 million renovation, the site and its museum are set to […]
From Builder:Â If tiny houses can grow up, The Ultimate from ESCAPE Homes surely has. Sprawling 720 square feet with an option of three- to four-bedrooms and one- to two-bathrooms, the Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired home maximizes tiny living. ESCAPE just launched the newest design, which achieved its size by stretching the height and width to […]
On Tuesday (April 22) the St. Louis Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority voted to authorized an increase in the contract cap from $2.85M to $6.9M for work on a Downtown parking structure. The increase will pay for in additional work by Western Specialty Contracting and CDG Engineers on a parking structure 400 N. Sixth Street. […]
From St. Louis Public Radio:Â Federal spending cuts have put some Metro East infrastructure projects in a state of uncertainty, including plans to address sewage spilling out of city pipes in Cahokia Heights. The Republican-controlled Congress eliminated all local project funding from a temporary spending bill passed in March to prevent a government shutdown and […]
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