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From Bloomberg:  The new professional soccer stadium that opened last year on the western edge of downtown St. Louis stands apart from most sports venues being built in the US today. The 22,423-seat facility, known as CityPark, was built with relatively modest public subsidies. And instead of looming as a massive megastructure surrounded by parking […]

From REjournals:  St. Louis’ KAI has been honored with a pair of St. Louis Business Journal accolades: Best Places to Work and the Community Impact Award. Nearly 200 nominations were submitted for the newspaper’s 2024 Best Places to Work Awards program. Participating companies and their employees completed surveys administered by a third-party surveyor, Quantum Workplace, […]

From St. Louis Business Journal:  Pitt Development Group LLC has sued Mercy Health, accusing the health system of halting construction projects because it perceived the Springfield, Missouri-based firm as a “whistleblower.” The lawsuit filed Jan. 25 in Greene County Circuit Court seeks to recover in excess of $9 million that Pitt Development Group (PDG) said […]

From Forbes:  In the landscape of education options, the pursuit of career readiness has evolved from a mere aspiration to a non-negotiable imperative. According to a recent national survey by YouScience, a company specializing in college and career readiness, 75% of high school graduates from the classes of 2019 through 2022 feel unprepared to make […]

Saint Louis County is excited to announce the groundbreaking for a new $10 million hangar complex at Spirit of St. Louis Airport in Chesterfield. The groundbreaking will be held on June 7 at 10 a.m. at 18460 Olive Street Road in Chesterfield. The opening of the Spirit Sky Club marks a significant step in addressing […]

There’s been a lot of awareness created about workplace mental health in the past two years that it’s clearly time to move to action. That was the mission that was delivered loud and clear Wednesday morning to the 66 persons in attendance Wednesday for a two-hour program presented by Aetna, Construction Forum, and the AFL-CIO […]

The U-Haul Center in Wentzville goes vertical with IMPACT Strategies, Inc. at the helm as the Construction Manager. IMPACT’s strong leadership during the preconstruction phase services early sitework activities were completed to optimize the project timeline. With concrete foundations being poured, underground rough-ins and CMU elevator shafts nearing completion, construction is advancing swiftly. The new […]

Representatives of the St. Louis region’s world-class multimodal freight network and the barge industry were featured panelists on May 16 at FreightWeekSTL 2024 and shared details on the latest trends in freight movement through the region by rail, river, roads and runways. The panelists also highlighted the continuing investments supporting the tremendous optionality that exists […]

The first of five planned distribution facilities is completed at NorthPoint Development’s $129 million Lakeside Logistics Center in St. Peters, Mo. Contegra Construction built the 490,000-square-foot distribution center at the 190-acre site. It will capitalize on its proximity to Highway 370 and Interstate 70 and is just 15 minutes from St. Louis Lambert International Airport. […]

Tarlton Corp., St. Louis’ largest women-owned general contracting and construction management firm, implemented daily safety initiatives on jobsites and “handed out” fun and educational activities about safety in the workplace for youngsters of the firm’s employees in conjunction with Construction Safety Week. The Tarlton project team, including subcontractors, attends a fall protection demonstration by Shur-Sales […]

HDA, a nationally recognized architectural, interiors and master planning firm, was selected to design a new 385,000 SF distribution center for RoadOne IntermodaLogistics in Summerville, South Carolina. The cross-dock facility will include 32-foot clearance, 100 dock doors, one drive-in door and parking for 364 trucks and 138 cars. The building’s exterior is infused with accents […]

The latest milestones for a series of high-tech solutions impacting the global movement of freight on rail and waterways were highlighted during the opening session of FreightWeekSTL 2024, an annual event hosted by the St. Louis Regional Freightway. Innovation Day at FreightWeekSTL featured Dr. Noel Hacegaba, Chief Operating Officer of Port of Long Beach; Jason […]

by Tom Finan, Executive Director/Co-Founder, Construction Forum Our region’s location, transportation resources, and active collaborations played a major role in the narrative Wednesday when the St. Louis Freightway presented its annual list of transportation priority projects. The list included 27 projects topping $8B in value. (Click here for the complete list.) The presentation was made […]

From The Fabricator:  When my editor asked me to write a column on the three biggest challenges facing manufacturers this year, I said sure. However, when I put pen to paper, it became very difficult to narrow it to three. I own a small manufacturing company with my husband—12 employees—and I consult a handful of […]

From Probuilder:  The construction industry has long been recognized as a male-dominated field where women face numerous challenges and barriers to entry and advancement. Gender bias, stereotypes, and underrepresentation are prevalent and can hinder a woman’s career progress and overall job satisfaction in the construction sector. A study by the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) […]

From CMT:  Metro Transit recently released an update on the progress of the Secure Platform Plan. When the Secure Platform Plan was initiated, it was divided into six packages to ensure progress across the system could be seen as individual packages reached completion. The following outlines the status of each of the six packages. Package […]

From St. Louis Business Journal:  Union Station is planning a huge expansion with new amusement rides to hopefully open next summer. While some of the best attractions remain at Union Station, the National Historic Landmark keeps reinventing itself. “From what it was 20 years ago, it’s unrecognizable. It really is. And I think that’s part […]

From Illinois Business Journal:  S. M. Wilson & Co., a St. Louis-based construction management and general contracting firm, has promoted Greg Kutz to director of Preconstruction. Since joining the company in 2010, Kutz has been integral to S. M. Wilson’s success. During his time in estimating, he has exemplified true leadership in both the general […]

From KSDK:  The city of St. Louis is working to change dangerous intersections with traffic safety upgrades through a new project called the ‘Principal Arterial Traffic Safety Enhancement Project’. The project will include improvements like pavement resurfacing, lane reconfigurations/reductions, restriping, various ADA improvements, traffic signal retimings and additional shared/protected bicycle facilities. The city says the […]

From Probuilder:  As wages stagnate and housing prices climb, Americans are struggling to purchase homes. According to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), 103.5 million households are unable to afford a median priced home. Additionally, 106,031 households would be priced out if costs were to go up by $1,000. To determine how much Americans […]