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icon Mechanical was awarded national recognition, placing third in the Specialty Company division (1 Million – 1.35 Million Work Hours) for Construction Safety Excellence by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC). The AGC Construction Safety Excellence Awards (CSEA), sponsored by WTW | Willis and Starr Companies, is an elite safety excellence awards program. The […]

The Home Builders Association of St. Louis and Eastern Missouri reported a month-over-month rise in housing permits increase from February to March, but both single and multi-family are considerably below 2024 levels.  “From March 2024 to March 2025, single-family housing permits are 22% lower and multifamily housing permits are 61% lower, Jason Hughes, 2025 president […]

From St. Louis Business Journal:  Missouri legislators last week effectively killed a bill that would have given some $46 million to state construction projects in the St. Louis area Eleven projects in St. Louis and St. Louis County, including a nearly $16 million Missouri National Guard development at Jefferson Barracks, could be in jeopardy after […]

From HOK: Cities around the world continue to struggle with downtown office vacancies brought on by the pandemic and the shift to hybrid and remote work. This has been especially pronounced in San Francisco where the city’s tech-based economy made it easy for workers to shift from the corporate office to home office. To date, […]

From Equipment: World: A recent website poll from Equipment World found that a majority of contractors support President Donald Trump’s tariffs on China, which reached as high at 145%. Just over 65% of contractors said they supported the more than 100% tariffs on China; 30% were opposed, and 4.6% were unsure. The poll received 263 responses. The majority […]

Construction workers, firefighters, military personnel and doctors — these are the “toughest jobs in America,” according to a new survey. The poll included 2,000 Americans (1,000 of whom are trade workers), asking respondents what they believe the “toughest” jobs are and what comes to mind when they think of “tough jobs.” Police officers ranked No. 5, […]

Construction input prices decreased 0.1% in April compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index data released today. Nonresidential construction input prices increased 0.2% for the month. Overall construction input prices are 0.1% higher than a year ago, while nonresidential construction […]

From St. Louis Business Journal: A proposed $325 million entertainment, restaurant and retail complex proposed along the Mississippi River in north St. Louis hasn’t advanced since being unveiled in 2022, with the developer saying this week it’s been unable to secure financing needed to begin the project. Nashville-based M2 Development Partners in September 2022 first shared […]

by Cade Long, assistant preconstruction engineer, Brinkmann Constructors Building Information Modeling (BIM) has transformed the construction industry by creating intelligent digital representations of buildings. Virtual design and construction (VDC) builds upon BIM by integrating these models with scheduling, cost estimation and project coordination to optimize design, engineering and operational workflows. Together, these technologies create a […]

From St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune: Megan Price, executive director of the Missouri Works Initiative (MWI), has been honored by the Construction Forum with an Emerging Leader Award. Price received the prestigious award at the Forum’s 2025 Building Tomorrow Awards program May 7 at the LiUNA Event Center in Sunset Hills. The awards recognize those […]

At a time when much of the industry is searching for a direction in terms of bringing on non-traditional talent and partners, transportation infrastructure giant Millstone Weber has an answer: “Onward.” “Onward” is both a direction and the name of a podcast that the company has just launched on the Spotify platform. Over a year […]

Historic Revitalization For Missouri (HRM) recently honored a select group of companies and individuals for their excellence in the preservation and adaptive reuse of historic buildings and communities across Missouri. HRM presented the 2025 Historic Revitalization Awards at a luncheon at the Angad Arts Hotel in St. Louis. Among highlights of the event was a […]

From St. Louis Business Journal:  Green Street on Monday agreed to a $266,422 judgment against it in state court. The case against the St. Louis developer had been filed in 2023 by Alper Audi Inc., a Creve Coeur structural engineer led by Andre Audi. The plaintiff and defendants Green Street, principal Phil Hulse and HDA […]

From RiverBender:  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, will host a meeting to provide additional information on the new 1,200-foot lock at Lock and Dam 25. The meeting will be held at Lock 25, 10 Sandy Slough Road, Winfield, Missouri, May 22, starting at 10 a.m. Project team members will have posters […]

From The Architect’s Newspaper:  Last year, Louis Sullivan’s Wainwright Building was listed for sale, raising concerns among preservationists and historians about the fate of one of America’s earliest and most influential office buildings. Now, after acquiring the building for $8.25 million, a private equity firm is exploring potential uses for the site, prompting new questions about how the […]

From Leader Publications:  LL Investments LLC will be allowed to construct an apartment complex near the intersection of Seckman Road and Old Lemay Ferry Road in Imperial after a nearly three-year-long legal battle with Jefferson County. Nathan Smith, owner of LL Investments LLC in St. Louis filed the lawsuit on July 13, 2022, in the […]

IMPACT Strategies, Inc., proudly announces the completion of its first design-build ambulatory care project for BJC HealthCare. This project is located on the Barnes Jewish St. Peters Hospital campus in St. Charles County. IMPACT Strategies served as the design-builder working closely with architecture firm, Archimages. This remodeling project within an operational medical office building included […]

Lily Volz joined Tarlton Corp., St. Louis’ largest women-owned general contracting, construction management and design-build firm, as a project engineer. Volz is a member of the Tarlton team working on construction of the Henry A. Jubel Foundation Destination Discovery at the Saint Louis Zoo. In summer 2024, she served as a Tarlton project engineer intern, […]

Weinand Park is now home to a new and improved Storybook Walk, a community-driven project celebrating literacy, creativity, and outdoor activity. Made possible by a collaborative effort between local organizations and students, the Storybook Walk features a rotating selection of stories and artwork displayed along a walking path. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on May […]

On behalf of the Land Clearance Redevelopment Authority (LCRA), the St. Louis Development Corporation (SLDC) has issued bid invitations for the partial renovations to SLDC’s economic incubator “The Monarch on MLK”, located at 3940 Dr. Martin Luther King Dr. (at the intersection of MLK and Vandeventer Ave.) SLDC has been working for several months with […]