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From St. Louis Magazine: Ron Hughey was born and raised in North St. Louis, and he still has vivid memories of what the city’s Near North Riverfront was like before NAFTA helped to hollow out American industry. In high school in the 1960s, he worked for an industrial coatings factory and remembers how the neighborhood […]

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From Architizer: A century after its debut as a vaudeville movie palace, St Louis’ iconic Powell Hall has re-entered public life with new purpose and new poise. Snøhetta’s ambitious expansion and renewal does not seek to overwrite the past — instead, the project amplifies what St. Louis already loved while opening the institution, spatially and […]

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From St. Louis Business Journal: A St. Louis-based construction firm is closing its north city steel fabrication facility. Two neighboring industrial properties that make up the facility, formerly home to the Ben Hur Steel Worx, have been listed for sale with an asking price of $7.495 million. Located at 5319 and 5334 Shreve Ave. in […]

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National Highway Products, Inc. (NHP), a leading roadway solutions supplier serving transportation agencies and contractors across the United States, today announced it has selected BioSpan Technologies’ full pavement preservation portfolio as its primary line of eco-friendly road and bridge maintenance products. BioSpan Technologies, Inc. is a Missouri-based innovator in bio-based chemical solutions for demanding infrastructure […]

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EquipmentShare — a Columbia, MO-based, technology-driven, national equipment-rental company — has filed to go public. The firm submitted its U.S. IPO paperwork on December 9th. It plans to list on the Nasdaq under the ticker EQPT, Reuters reported. EquipmentShare differentiates itself from traditional competitors by its integration of telematics, fleet intelligence, and its proprietary T3 […]

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Matt Brinker has been promoted to director of preconstruction at Brinkmann Constructors. Brinker joined Brinkmann in 2013 as a preconstruction engineer. Prior to his promotion he was senior preconstruction manager. He holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Missouri S&T.

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From ProBuilder: Concrete is the unsung hero of residential construction. From driveways and sidewalks to patios and, most importantly, foundations, it forms the literal base upon which homes are built. In my role, I have the opportunity to assess home building practices across various regions of the country. While many builders are exploring alternatives to […]

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From Webster-Kirkwood Times: Kirkwood officials learned last week that a plan to renovate a building at 545 Leffingwell Ave. for use as the new home of Kirkwood Public Works departments could tally construction costs of more than $9.5 million — nearly double initial cost estimates. In October 2023, the city spent $12.5 million to purchase […]

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From Webster-Kirkwood Times: A project to develop new apartments and ground-floor retail spaces on a prominent corner in Downtown Kirkwood seems to have the blessing of city officials. Late last month, the Kirkwood City Council gave an initial vote in favor of a plan to redevelop what is now an empty lot into a 60-unit […]

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by Peggy Smedley From Connected World: In the blog, let’s talk infrastructure. I love talking infrastructure because it’s more than concrete and steel. It’s the backbone of the industry and I have been writing about the industry for more than two decades. Okay, we are closing in on three decades. But with age comes a […]

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From Hospitality Net: Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis announces a comprehensive multi-million dollar renovation of its acclaimed spa, recognized as one of the top spas in the Midwest, unveiling a fully transformed wellness destination slated to debut in late April 2026. Designed in consultation with internationally renowned studio DesignAgency, the project marks the most significant […]

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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 […]

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From St. Louis Public Radio: The Missouri Department of Transportation celebrated the completion of the first section of the Interstate 64 widening project Tuesday morning as part of the work to improve I-70 from Wentzville to Warrenton. MoDOT workers completed work last month on adding a third lane to a five-mile stretch of Interstate 64 […]

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Tariff-driven material price increases, financing challenges, and broad economic caution are putting intense pressure on preconstruction decisions nationwide — and in November, those factors pushed construction stress sharply higher, according to new data from ConstructConnect. For many owners, the report notes, absorbing elevated input costs has become untenable, leading to a growing number of postponed […]

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From Leader Publications: The city of Arnold will spend up to $950,000 to determine how five railroad crossings could be improved or eliminated. Judy Wagner, Arnold project engineer, said the study will start Jan. 1. The 16-month study will examine railroad crossings on East Elm Drive, Jeffco Boulevard, Tenbrook Road, Arnold Tenbrook Road and Bradley […]

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From Building Design + Construction: by Mike Grutsch, RA, Project Manager and Architect, Design Collaborative Every successful building project starts with a great idea, but that idea must also meet one universal requirement: it has to follow the building code. The building code might seem like a technicality, but it’s much more than that. It’s […]

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From Construction Dive: St. Louis-based contractor Alberici, alongside Kansas City, Missouri-based JE Dunn, was tapped for a $300 million expansion of naval military contractor Saronic Technologies’ Franklin, Louisiana, shipyard, according to a Dec. 3 news release from Alberici. The construction project, which broke ground in November, will add more than 300,000 square feet of new […]

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From Construction Business Owner: As winter closes in and the holidays approach, it may seem like joy and fellowship are the norm. However, that is not always a reality. Winter can exacerbate preexisting mental health issues. Grief can be sharper at this time of year, and people may struggle more than usual. In the construction […]

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The construction industry had 213,000 job openings on the last day of October, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. JOLTS defines a job opening as any unfilled position for which an employer is actively recruiting. Industry job openings […]

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From St. Louis Public Radio: The Muny will spend $9.5 million on renovations next year. The outdoor theater in Forest Park will replace all of its 11,000 seats and make structural updates to protect against flooding. Aging concrete around the theater was affected by the record-breaking rainstorm that soaked St. Louis in July 2022. Flash […]

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