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Office Construction May Never Return to Pre-Pandemic Levels

1 year 9 months ago
From Construction Dive:  In February, JE Dunn, a Kansas City, Missouri-based construction firm, broke ground on a 677-foot-tall office tower in downtown Omaha, Nebraska. The $600 million project, which will be the new corporate headquarters for insurance company Mutual of Omaha, includes 800,000 square feet of office, meeting and amenity space. Once complete, the skyscraper […]
Kacey Crawley

This Holiday Season; Deck The Halls With Fire Safety In Mind

1 year 9 months ago
SPRINGFIELD - The OSFM stresses the importance of fire safety while decorating for the holiday season. According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) more than one-third of home decoration fires are started by candles. More than two of every five home decoration fires occur due to decorations being placed too close to a heat source. The NFPA also reports U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated average of 790 home structure fires per year that began with decorations, excluding Christmas trees. Between 2017-2021, U.S. fire departments responded to an average of 150 home fires per year that started with Christmas trees. Electrical distribution or lighting equipment was involved in more than two in five home Christmas tree fires with nearly one in five Christmas tree fires being started by lamps or bulbs. Roughly two of every five home Christmas tree fires started in the living room. Candle fires peak in December followed closely by January. More than half of home

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Coloring STL

1 year 9 months ago

St. Louis is a kaleidoscope of architecture, filled with structures of every age, shape, and size. In Coloring STL, Missouri History Museum visitors will interact with these fascinating buildings in […]

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Immigration: A Potential Fix for Labor Shortages?

1 year 9 months ago
Area Development:  It has been a continuous refrain since the pandemic upended many understandings about how the American economy is supposed to work: Across widely varying fields of work, there just aren’t enough people to fill all the available jobs. The reality, though, is that while the pandemic may have exacerbated the problem and called […]
Kacey Crawley

World Wide Technology Commits More Than $500 Million To Drive Enterprise AI Adoption At Global Scale

1 year 9 months ago
ST. LOUIS - World Wide Technology , a global technology solutions provider, today announced plans to invest more than $500M over the next three years in technology, infrastructure and people to help power their clients’ adoption of artificial intelligence solutions at global enterprise scale. Building on WWT’s investment in the company’s proprietary Advanced Technology Center (ATC) over the past 15 years, this commitment expands the ATC’s formidable capabilities with a lab environment where organizations can try, test and validate AI applications unique to their business needs and use cases. “AI will be the most impactful and transformational technology of all time, but the complexities of today’s rapidly evolving landscape give organizations more options and risk considerations than ever before,” said Jim Kavanaugh, co-founder and chief executive officer of WWT. “For over a decade, the ATC has helped IT leaders cut technology evaluation

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Why We Need Bold Change to Revitalize Our Cities

1 year 9 months ago
From Gensler:  It is clear that our cities’ downtowns are suffering. As we emerged from the pandemic, the common assumption was that once we could safely return to the office, the problems associated with limited office occupancy would be solved. That has not proved to be the case. Office work has shifted, and business and […]
Kacey Crawley

Concrete Paves the Way to a More Sustainable Future

1 year 9 months ago
From Construction Business Owner:  Millions of miles of pavements are placed or rehabilitated across the globe every year. Nearly 2.8 million lane-miles of pavement are in the U.S. and are a focus in the effort to lower U.S. greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), according to a February 2023 study from the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub (CSHub). […]
Kacey Crawley

US DOT Kicks Off New $1.5B Round of RAISE Grants

1 year 9 months ago
From ENR:  The U.S. Dept. of Transportation has opened the competition for $1.5 billion in federal funds in its latest round of Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity, or RAISE, surface transportation grants. In its Nov. 30 announcement, DOT said it would accept applications for the funding through Feb. 28 and added that it […]
Kacey Crawley

Missouri abortion-rights amendments face ‘torturous’ process to make it to 2024 ballot

1 year 9 months ago
Pulling off a successful ballot initiative campaign in Missouri is an undertaking so difficult that one Democratic political consultant compares it to skiing the slalom at the Olympics.  There is a laundry list of deadlines to meet, an army of signature gatherers to hire, a host of legal battles to fight — all with a price tag that can quickly cost millions.  “You’re going downhill at a very fast rate of speed,” said Jack Cardetti, who helped run a number of successful initiative petition…
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