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by Tom Finan, Executive Director/Co-Founder, Construction Forum You may have noticed that when you click on articles in the Forum’s newsletter there’s a different look to the web pages at our website ConstructForSTL.org. There was a lot of very intentional effort to that look and functionality. The result is something we’re very excited about. At […]
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From St. Louis Public Radio: According to St. Louis officials, 788 businesses had some level of damage from the May 16 storm. Many wards reported little to no damage; 10th Ward businesses suffered the most. Of the business owners who reported damage to the city, 260 businesses in the 10th Ward were damaged. Sixty-nine of […]
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From The St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Two historic Olive Street properties that once faced demolition will become a restaurant and dance venue. The Key Burger Bar and Boogie will feature a fast-casual burger bar with specialty toasted raviolis, cocktails and beer, along with a music and dance venue, the Kranzberg Arts Foundation said in a news […]
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From St. Louis Magazine: Some people call them carriage houses. Others say “mother-in-law suite” or “granny flat.” However you want to refer to a smaller, independent unit on the same lot as a bigger house— think of a garage converted into an apartment—a bill working its way through City Hall could make it much easier […]
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From St. Louis Business Journal: St. Louis County is withholding more than $271,000 from a long-time contractor until it completes work on a North County police precinct. A County Council member said last month that the building had “a punchlist as long as (her) arm,” but officials in County Executive Sam Page’s office say the […]
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From Construction Dive: In the first half of the year, one word continued to appear in headlines surrounding broad economic and political change: “uncertainty.” Construction Dive’s Uncertainty Series delves into how this lack of clarity is affecting contractors and what the future holds. Read the previous article here. In a construction market hungry for clarity, […]
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From Architect: Robotic applications in building construction are increasingly used for fabrication, such as constructing 3D printed concrete walls or installing roof shingles. Another rapidly growing area is finishing. One of the first painting robots was developed in the 1960s in the Trallfa factory in Bryne, Norway. With only two joints and an adjustable spray […]
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