From Contractor Magazine: The US Department of Energy (DOE) has finalized Congressionally-mandated energy-efficiency standards for a range of residential water heaters. The new standards are projected to save American households approximately $7.6 billion per year on their energy and water bills, while significantly cutting energy waste and harmful carbon pollution. The final standards for residential […]
Forty years ago — May 14, 1984 — the band Chicago released what would become the bestselling album of their career, Chicago 17. With help from both MTV and producer David…
From MRN: At its May 9 meeting, the O’Fallon City Council approved two bills covering voluntary annexation, rezoning and an area plan for the proposed and somewhat controversial 311-home Post Family Subdivision along Hwy. N. The Post Family Subdivision will be across the road from the 896-home Harvest at Hopewell subdivision already under construction in […]
From Webster-Kirkwood Times: Student athletes on Monday, April 29, joined guests and staff to celebrate the completion of updates to the Kirkwood High School athletic field, including the Frank Czapla Field (soccer), the field hockey/lacrosse field, the Jim Scott Baseball and Softball Complex, and a track and field throwing arena. The project, funded through operating […]
One of Joe Biden's problems is that he has a hard time taking credit for his successes. He's taken oil and gas production to new records, but never mentions it because fossil fuels are unpopular with his liberal base. He got us out of Afghanistan, but can't brag about it because the press insists the ...continue reading "Joe Biden has big trouble taking credit for his victories"
From Bluebeam: When most reference robotics being the future of work, artificial intelligence immediately comes to mind. Creating everything from business plans to advertising taglines, AI’s use in the construction industry is growing—but what about physical applications of robotics? Meet Hadrian X, a bricklaying robot that creator Mark Pivac believes has the potential to help […]
From KSDK: A nonprofit organization active in 24 different north St. Louis County neighborhoods will be able to expand its reach in agricultural work with the help of a $20,000 grant. Joel Oelke and his team at Beyond Housing, a comprehensive community development organization dedicated to transforming the St. Louis region’s under-resourced communities, have already […]
From The New York Times: Federal regulators on Monday approved sweeping changes to how America’s electric grids are planned and funded, in a move that supporters hope could spur thousands of miles of new high-voltage power lines and make it easier to add more wind and solar energy. The new rule by the Federal Energy […]
Former FCC Chair Ajit Pai seems to have forgotten the First Amendment in his rush to support the TikTok ban. In a recent Fox Business interview, Pai stumbled through a series of perplexing statements, leaving us wondering if he’s ever actually read the bill he’s defending. And look, we’ve criticized Pai a lot here on […]
From Construction Dive: Federal infrastructure money is keeping the country’s infrastructure woes from getting worse, but that progress will be lost when that funding ends, the American Society of Civil Engineers said in a report released this morning entitled “Bridging the Gap.” ASCE releases the economic study every four years leading up to the release […]
From Leader Publications: The Northwest R-1 School District will soon begin construction on some of its Phase 1 improvement projects. Altogether, the Phase 1 projects will cost about $12 million and are being funded with revenue from the $28 million bond issue district voters approved in April 2023. The Phase 1 projects to begin this […]
From Builder Online: Aiming to increase national energy and emissions savings by boosting the building industry’s adoption of leading-edge energy-efficient technologies, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched Energy Star NextGen Certified Homes and Apartments. A voluntary certification for the nation’s residential new construction sector, the program was developed with funding from President Biden’s […]
For the second straight year, the St. Louis Cardinals sit in last place at the season's quarter point. Wins have been hard to come by, and there appears to be at least some sense from within that the franchise is at a crossroads.
From Construction Business Owner: We’ve all heard and experienced the challenge of finding workers to fill construction-related jobs, whether in the office or the field. It’s a condition that isn’t likely to improve anytime soon. As a recent Forbes story pointed out, “help wanted” signs aren’t the solution. Filling the labor gap is going to […]
From MRN: On May 9, the O’Fallon City Council voted unanimously to approve a bill amending regulations for underground boring. After two years of experience under regulations governing underground boring, O’Fallon is tightening and clarifying those regulations. On March 11, 2022, a gas explosion demolished an O’Fallon home and two cars, caused severe destruction and […]
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