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Poettker Construction Named 2023 Winner of National AGC Safety Award

2 years 6 months ago
Poettker Construction Company is honored to be named a winning company of The Associated General Contractors of America’s 2023 National Construction Safety Excellence Award. Poettker Construction was awarded first place in the Building division for firms with 400,000 – 600,000 work hours. “To be recognized by the AGC for Poettker’s commitment to safety management over […]
Dede Hance

Senators fight over control of St. Louis police, prosecutor

2 years 6 months ago
Missouri's governor would play a major role in St. Louis policing and prosecution under a bill praised by Republicans as a way to fight crime and criticized by Democrats as an attempt to take away local control from the Black-led city.
Associated Press

Judge says Kim Gardner will go to trial over allegations of willful neglect of duties

2 years 6 months ago
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner will be tried for willfully neglecting her duties, and her various motions to quash subpoenas of current and former employees have been denied, a judge ruled Tuesday. In a six-page ruling entered Tuesday evening, Judge John Torbitzky determined there is enough evidence to proceed to trial on seven of the 10 counts of willful neglect Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed against her earlier this year. "What is required to prove willful neglect, therefore,…
Christine Byers

Western Specialty Contractors Updates St. Louis Corporate HQ

2 years 6 months ago
Western Specialty Contractors – Kansas City Sheet Metal Division was given the task of modernizing the front entrance of its corporate headquarters in St. Louis, MO. Constructed in 1969, the brick building’s entrance consisted of white metal trim work around a set of double metal doors with a two-foot-wide, rust-colored vertical metal panel wrapping around the entrance’s cornice. A metal light […]
Dede Hance

Celebrating 20 Years of Wash U. Worker Health Project

2 years 6 months ago
by John Gaal, EdD, director of worker wellness, Missouri Works Initiative 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 will be carrying the Worker […]
Dede Hance

Health update

2 years 6 months ago
I feel terrible today. Not in any way that's dangerous, though. The treatment is progressing normally. More details later.
Kevin Drum