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Developers: No Easy Answers For Downtown Woes

3 months 2 weeks ago

From St. Louis Magazine: “What to do about downtown?” has been a persistent question for St. Louis in the last decade as massive buildings have fallen vacant and the outside perception of the region’s central core has deteriorated.  Six developers working on various large scale projects offered their viewpoints and a road map to shift […]

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Tom Finan

Worker Wellness Blog: Suicide Prevention Resources

3 months 2 weeks ago

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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Dede Hance

Christner Architects Named Design Team of the Year by Historic Revitalization for Missouri

3 months 2 weeks ago

Christner Architects, a design firm in St. Louis, Missouri, has been recognized by Historic Revitalization for Missouri as the 2025 Design Team of the Year. This prestigious award recognizes Christner’s exceptional legacy of design work on historic and culturally significant St. Louis landmarks. Christner has led some of the region’s most iconic historic preservation projects […]

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Dede Hance

Demolition Begins on Redevelopment of Historic Clinton-Peabody Apartments

3 months 2 weeks ago

Demolition is under way on Phase One of the Clinton-Peabody Apartments. This marks the start of a resident-led plan to replace the 1942-era complex with new, modern housing. Clinton-Peabody, the city’s oldest public housing development, is owned and operated by the St. Louis Housing Authority (SLHA). Residents voted in 2023 to replace the aging buildings, […]

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Tom Finan

Korte & Luitjohan Contractors Announces Additions to Team

3 months 2 weeks ago

Korte & Luitjohan Contractors, Inc. (K&L) recently welcomed two members to its team. Matt O’Neil is K&L’s newest project manager. Matt earned his B.S. in Civil Engineering at St. Louis University and is a veteran of the U.S. Army, 46th Engineers Combat Battalion Division. His previous project manager/project engineer experience includes Altman Charter Company, Midwest […]

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Dede Hance

Private Jet Companies are Investing Big in the St. Louis Region

3 months 2 weeks ago

This article originally ran in STL Today on September 9, 2025. Jet-maker Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., headquartered in Savannah, Georgia, in May finished a $28.5 million investment in its facility at the St. Louis Downtown Airport in the Metro East. And at East Alton’s St. Louis Regional Airport, aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul provider West Star Aviation opened a new 76,000 square feet […]

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Jasmine Thomas

Future of Surveying: Local Students Awarded MSPS-STL 2025–2026 Scholarships

3 months 2 weeks ago

The Missouri Society of Professional Surveyors – St. Louis Chapter is thrilled to announce the recipients of its 2025–2026 scholarship awards. These annual scholarships recognize students who are not only excelling in their academic pursuits but are also dedicated to a future in the important field of land surveying. This year, three impressive students were […]

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Dede Hance

CBS Caves Again, Will No Longer Air Edited Interviews After Noem Whined About Cuts To Hers

3 months 2 weeks ago
CBS has decided it likes being in an abusive relationship. A few months ago, it laid the groundwork for perpetual extortion by settling a lawsuit with Donald Trump over allegedly deceptive editing of an interview with then-presidential candidate Kamala Harris. Trump claimed this was election interference and sued, despite winning the election, re-taking power, and […]
Tim Cushing

Rural Housing Program Threatened By Federal Cuts

3 months 2 weeks ago

From KSDK: Heather Colley and her two children moved four times over five years as they fled high rents in eastern Tennessee, which, like much of rural America, hasn’t been spared from soaring housing costs. A family gift in 2021 of a small plot of land offered a shot at homeownership, but building a house […]

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Dede Hance