From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Piasa Park in Alton, which includes a giant Piasa Bird mural painted on a limestone cliff, will get a makeover and new visitor center in the hopes to attract more visitors to the region. The Great Rivers and Routes Tourism Bureau plans to put the project out for bids this summer […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: A developer is looking to build high-end townhouse apartments in Fenton. The 19 two-story leased townhouses would be built on a 1.3-acre property at 1719 and 1725 Smizer Station Road in unincorporated Fenton, in a plan from Fenton real estate broker Azur Meskovic. The property has not previously been developed. The […]
From Construction Dive: Local and state government contracts for highway, road and bridge projects dramatically increased between 2021 and 2022, a sign that bipartisan infrastructure funds are starting to have an impact, but contracts for rail and transit projects slowed significantly since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an analysis conducted by the American […]
From Scripps News: Ironworkers are in high demand across the country. “Ironworkers are very important to the construction industry,” said Dave Beard, general vice president of Ironworkers International. “We’re one of the first crafts to arrive on the job, and we’re one of the last ones to leave.” There are around 150 apprenticeship programs across […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: SECOND PLACE — BIG (250 to 999 employees) Company: McCarthy Holdings Inc. What it does: McCarthy, which includes McCarthy Building Cos. and Castle Contracting, is the region’s largest general contractor No. of employees: 549 Annual revenue: $5.4 billion Top local executive: Scott Wittkop, president and COO; John Buescher, president of central region Are you hiring?: Yes. In […]
Tom Leadon, co-founder of Tom Petty’s early '70s band Mudcrutch, passed away March 22 at the age of 71, Variety reports. The news of Leadon’s death prompted Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell, who was also a member of Mudcrutch, to…
From Labor Tribune: The Iron Workers Local 396 training school recently welcomed its youngest visitor yet – an eight-year-old Moscow Mills girl who’s been fascinated with welding since she was only five. Her father, Jeff Deane, welds on the side. His daughter Addi watched him weld for a year, and finally, when she was six, he […]
From Construction Dive: What is the next big thing in construction? What do precon teams need to be preparing for? Although inflation, material costs, supplies and the labor shortages are still predicted to be a big problem for contractors in 2023, there is light at the end of the tunnel. According to all the industry reports released […]
This story was originally published by the Kansas City Beacon. Nearly one month has passed since the opening of the new terminal at Kansas City International Airport, and visitors still seem dazzled as they browse in shops and admire the art in the airy shopping nodes, with the aromas of barbecue and Brazilian dishes drifting […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: Excellent early childhood education is critical to addressing the workforce challenges that employers face today. Statistics show a clear picture of an impending economic crisis. In the state of Missouri, the costs are high. The state loses $1.35 billion in economic growth and $280 million in tax revenue due to child […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: General Dynamics Information Technology has won a $88.2 million contract with NGA, where some of the work will be done in the St. Louis area. Virginia-based General Dynamics will provide software development services to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency over the course of the five-year contract, according to a release. General Dynamics […]
Filipino American artist Ria Unson portrays personal and historical representations of Filipinos within frames used by colonial powers—from Western Literature to World Fairs—to challenge the origin and scope of the
From The Edwardsville Intelligencer: The first steps are being taken in the creation of a shared-use path along Illinois Route 159 south of downtown. When it’s finished this summer, the 10-foot-wide, off-road path will connect Magnolia Street to Madison County Transit’s Goshen Trail. The city has brought on Stutz Excavating, which has begun clearing the area […]
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