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From Construction Dive:  St. Louis-based McCarthy, alongside Royal Oak, Michigan-based architect HED, will build a new athletic complex for East Los Angeles Community College, according to a July 2 news release from the contractor. The facility will cost $145 million, per HED. The 110,000-square-foot build, known as the Kinesiology, Wellness, and Athletic Complex, will act […]

From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  City officials said Tuesday that they’ve taken steps to acquire downtown’s troubled Railway Exchange Building to clear the way for a long-awaited redevelopment. St. Louis Development Corp., the city’s economic development agency, said it sent a letter on June 28 to Florida-based owner Hudson Holdings seeking to buy the vacant 1.2 […]

From Riverbender:  The Alton Committee of the Whole preliminarily approved several items related to street improvement projects and one related to a redevelopment project in downtown Alton at their meeting on Monday, July 22, 2024. One of the items approved concerned a TIF (tax increment financing) project proposal from Steven Smith. The project consists of […]

There is a lot of activity in the vicinity of the CORTEX district, as Forum drone videographer shows in his fly around this week. The flight begins with the conversion of the former Goodwill Industries building into a business incubator for Washington University.  The university is adding another 54,000 square feet of office and laboratory […]

IMPACT Strategies, Inc. has begun construction on the new Clement Pre-Owned Dealership in St. Charles, MO at 3621 Veterans Memorial Parkway off Interstate 70 between the Zumbehl and Cave Springs exits. With a phased timeline, Clement will be able to stay operational throughout the project. As the construction manager, IMPACT Strategies will manage the demo […]

Gray Design Group, recognized by the Saint Louis Business Journal as one of the Largest Interior Design Firms and a Rising Giant in Interior Design, is pleased to announce the expansion of its team with new hires and promotions in response to continued firm growth. Gray Design Group welcomes two new designers to our Interior […]

Dynamic change, generation to generation, often accelerates with a spark. In the case of the Urban Land Institute – St. Louis (ULI), the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, 10 years ago and the landmark Ferguson Commission report sparked a profound shift in the delivery of ULI’s mission in our community. Past & Future Leadership Shows the […]

A memorial service is planned from 11AM to 12PM August 12 at the downtown Missouri Athletic Club (MAC) for pioneering Black Architect Charles E. Fleming. Charles E. Fleming in the offices of Fleming Corporation Mr. Fleming, founder and former CEO of St. Louis-based Fleming Corporation Architects and Engineers, died July 8. 2024. Born in 1937 […]

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 […]

From Construction Briefing:  Almost 40 organizations and institutions received funding, which varied by award amount from as low as $282,000 up to $10 million. The materials under investigation include common construction elements like aluminum, concrete, steel, wood and more. “The goal of this grant program is to support businesses that manufacture construction materials and products […]

From Webster-Kirkwood Times:  St. Louis County has temporarily halted work on a proposed housing development in Rock Hill. Residents say their concerns about the development have continually been ignored by city leaders. A project dubbed the Enclave at Warson Pointe has drawn the ire of residents on Warson Pointe Drive, whose cul-de-sac would become the […]

From St. Louis Magazine:  Big changes are coming to make Grand Boulevard safer for cyclists and pedestrians, and the city wants you to weigh in. On Tuesday, the city unveiled plans for a redesign of Grand Boulevard, which advocacy group Trailnet has identified as one of the most dangerous streets in St. Louis for pedestrians […]

From Riverbender:  The Alton Committee of the Whole is set to consider a redevelopment agreement for a TIF (Tax Increment Financing) project in Downtown Alton at their next meeting on Monday, July 22, 2024. The agenda item concerns a “redevelopment agreement with Steven Smith, pursuant to the terms of the Alton Tax Increment Finance Grant […]

This drone video captures progress a year in on a Holland Construction Service’s work on a 116,000 sq. ft. plant expansion for a energy and telecom cable plant in DuQuoin, IL.  The $63.8M expansion of Prysmian’s Group’s DuQuoin facility has been dubbed “Project Cable”. The design-build A+E project, which broke ground in late July of […]

by Joe Blanner and Chip Casteel Let’s start with the bottom line: The St. Louis metro is in what demographers call “demographic winter,” which means that we have more deaths than births and our ratio of seniors to toddlers is positive. The real-world effect of this condition is that we cannot realistically “grow ourselves out […]

Join us in congratulating Nicholas Hipp, CPD on his well-deserved promotion to Principal at Case Engineering. As the current Manager of Plumbing Engineering, Nicholas brings a wealth of experience to this new role, including 16 years at Case Engineering and numerous accolades. Here are some highlights of his achievements: 2017: Named Engineer of the Year […]

By now it’s well known that workers in the construction industry have one of the highest suicide rates among occupational groups. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that male construction workers had a suicide rate approximately four times higher than the national average. Contributing factors include work environment, mental health stigma, substance […]

Guarantee Electrical, a 122-year-old industry leader in electrical contracting and a 100% employee-owned organization, announced a series of strategic promotions designed to empower the next generation of leadership. David Gralike, who began his career as an IBEW apprentice electrician in 1983, continues as the company president, and Chief Construction Officer. “David is always there for […]

From MRN:  The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) released its Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) plans for 2025-2029, with St. Charles County as the focus of several key MoDOT projects. MoDOT St. Charles County Area Engineer Andrew Tuerck said in a statement that all projects in the area are essential, but the most significant ones […]

From St. Louis Magazine:  Despite recent decreases in mortgage interest rates, local experts say the inventory of homes in the St. Louis area still doesn’t come close to meeting the demand of prospective home buyers. “We’re seeing a few more [homes] hit the market than we did last year, but it’s still not at a […]