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Tim Vaughan has joined Korte Company as a project executive. A 2000 graduate of SIU Edwardsville with a BS in Construction, Vaughan began his career at S.M. Wilson & Co. in 2001. He was a project director at Paric Corporation from 2005-2019, leaving in 2019 for Green Street Building Group where he was vice president […]

by Tom Finan, Executive Director, Construction Forum On March 10th, Construction Forum will host a panel discussion by the team behind “Gateway South”, the $1.2B construction innovation district that is planned for the south riverfront. The program, scheduled for 7:30-9:30 AM at Carpenters Hall, 1401 Hampton Avenue, kicks off the Forum’s 10th year celebration. Click […]

WINCO Window Company announces the retirement of Bill Krenn, president of WINCO. Krenn has been with WINCO since 1996 and has served in various capacities, including director of human resources, treasurer, vice president, and chief financial officer before being appointed as the company’s president in 2017. As WINCO’s president, Krenn ensured that the overall direction […]

The recent topping out milestone of the University of Missouri Health Care’s new Children’s Hospital in Columbia keeps the construction project on schedule for substantial completion this fall and for opening next year. A PARIC-Barton Malow joint venture, with teams in St. Louis and Kansas City, was selected to build the facility. The seven-story structure […]

Cohen Architectural Woodworking announces Alan Turner has joined the company as Plant Manager. An experienced leader in plant operations, Turner will oversee the production and manufacturing team for all of Cohen’s woodworking products. Turner has over two decades of experience in plant management and supervision. Most recently he served as Operations Manager with Tacony Corp. […]

Kadean Construction will move its St. Louis headquarters in April from Fenton to larger office space in Sunset Hills to accommodate its rapidly growing staff and business needs. The design/build and commercial construction contractor will take over approximately 10,500 of office space in Laumeier Office Park Building 4 after an approximately $1.2 million renovation and […]

Ryan Poettker, President of Poettker Construction, was nominated and named the 2023 President of Central Illinois Builders of AGC. CIB is a local chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America, founded in 1955. The organization represents contractors in 46 counties throughout Central Illinois. CIB-AGC held its annual meeting in Champaign on January 20 in […]

The SITE Improvement Association Board of Directors has elected Steve Roden as its new President, Kurt Unnerstall as Vice President and Kevin Klette as Secretary/Treasurer for 2023.  Immediate Past President Pat Moriarity will continue to serve on the board’s Executive Committee. Roden is President of Roden’s Landscaping, Inc., and previously served as the board’s Secretary/Treasurer.  […]

S. M. Wilson & Co., a St. Louis-based construction manager and contracting firm, has promoted Emily Echele and Ayo Ojolola to Project Managers and David Rall to Assistant Project Manager. As Project Managers, Echele and Ojolola are responsible for subcontractor procurement and management, schedule and budget maintenance and collaborating with the design and engineering teams […]

Kevin Buchek, President and founder of Roanoke Construction, a St. Louis-based general contractor, announced today that Kevin Wagner has joined the firm as Chief Operating Officer. Kevin Wagner brings more than 20 years of construction and management experience to Roanoke. Most recently, Kevin served as Chief Operating Officer at The Vecino Group, a real estate […]

This week Construction Forum drone pilot/photographer Louis Kelly of Drone Eagle LLC captures “Vande East,” which is Phase 2 of the City Foundry STL project. The second, $125 million phase will feature a 14-story tower with 272 apartments. Also planned are an 83,000-square-foot office building, 25,000 square feet of retail space and a 481-car parking […]

From Mid Rivers News Magazine:  At its Jan. 30 meeting, the St. Charles County Council approved three bills, each by a vote of 7-0, to authorize conditional use permits (CUPs) for items related to the property at 1501 Wilmer Road. The property is owned by Craig, Ryan P. and Darlene Smith and known as Lucky […]

From Construction Business Owner: To build a profitable construction business, owners must be focused on key performance indicators (KPIs) and bottom-line numbers. These KPIs are centered on sales revenue, overhead, profit markup, labor costs per unit of work, and your updated job cost labor for every project. You can’t expect anyone to care about your finances […]

From The Edwardsville Intelligencer:  Millennium Construction may get the go-ahead to build the the Route 66 Interpretive Center in Edwardsville after the administrative and community service (ACS) committee voted 3-0 Thursday to approve the company’s lowest bid of $378,900 for the project. Other submitted bids included Stutz Excavating at $406,012 and Berco Construction at $485,464. Pfund Construction […]

From the St. Louis American: A groundbreaking ceremony was held last week, and among the historic building’s improvements, will be new exhibit galleries that focus on Dred and Harriett Scott’s legal fight for freedom. Exhibits will examine how their cases, both state and federal, still impact America today. Other topics will include the post-Civil War era […]

From Construction Business Owner: Trying to interpret which way the economy will go is confusing and uncertain, even for those whose primary responsibility is doing so. There are many competing views on whether we’re in a recession and how long it will last. One thing we are confident in is that 2023 looks quite challenging. After […]

From St. Louis Business Journal: A St. Louis-area developer has hired an executive away from Greater St. Louis Inc. Neal Griffin began work Feb. 1 as the general counsel for Creve Coeur-based Bamboo Equity Partners, a real estate developer and private equity firm. He previously served as vice president of real estate for Greater St. Louis […]

From West News Magazine: Gateway Studios is creating an expansion of its complex to include amenities on the north side of North Outer 40 Road. As such, Stock & Associates Consulting Engineers, Inc, has submitted a request for a zoning change from the Planned Industrial District to Planned Commercial District for the 77.8-acre parcel. The […]

From Heritage Daily: Cahokia was the largest urban settlement to develop from the Mississippian culture, a mound-building pre-Columbian civilisation that developed in the Midwestern, Eastern, and South-eastern United States. The area was first inhabited as early as the Late Archaic period around 1200 BC, but the original builders are believed to have settled in the region […]

From St. Louis Business Journal: A developer plans a revamp of a St. Louis County extended-stay hotel into apartments, citing declining demand in that hotel category. Churchwick Partners of Woodmere, New York, in June purchased the Sonesta Suites ES extended-stay hotel at 1855 Craigshire Drive in Maryland Heights for $4.17 million, according to St. Louis County […]