From Construction Dive: Dive Brief: The number of open jobs in construction dropped by 73,000 to 341,000 in March, the second lowest since mid-2021, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors’ analysis of new Bureau of Labor Statistics data. The openings represent jobs for which employers are actively recruiting. That constituted a 17% drop compared to March […]
From St. Louis Business Journal:Â Â Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said Friday that three St. Louis-area cities would get nearly $6.6 million in grants from federal money to aid in industrial site development. Awards statewide announced Friday by the governor’s office totaled $75 million from the federal American Rescue Plan Act, and were part of the fiscal […]
From Progressive Railroading:Â Bi-State Development (BSD), which operates Metro Transit St. Louis, announced the launch of a pilot program with metal detectors being introduced at select MetroLink light-rail stations. Riders will pass through metal detectors rotated throughout selected stations in the city and county of St. Louis in Missouri and St. Clair County in Illinois, […]
From Newswires:Â NorthPoint Development hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday, May 3, to unveil the new 725,000 square foot industrial park, Riverport Trade Center. The Class A state-of-the-art industrial park consists of three buildings across nearly 46 acres. The investment into Maryland Heights is estimated to have created 193 construction jobs and is expected to […]
From St. Louis Business Journal:Â A Mississippi riverfront park has opened in downtown St. Louis, the first of several waterfront projects planned. After a decade of planning, the $3.7 million Katherine Ward Burg Garden, a riverfront park along the north side of the Eads Bridge near the Gateway Arch grounds, officially opened April 23 with […]
From Southeast Missourian: Drive by the Cape Girardeau SportsPlex nearly any weekend and you’ll find a sea of cars. Inside it’s full of athletes, parents and coaches competing in tournaments or practicing. Everything from cheer camps to volleyball, basketball and soccer tournaments to batting cages for baseball players. And while the weekends are busy, the […]
From Construction Dive: Dive Brief: The Dodge Momentum Index, a benchmark that measures nonresidential building planning, dropped 5.1% in April largely due to slower commercial activity for offices, hotels and retail stores, according to a Dodge Construction Network report. The index, which was still up 11% from a year ago, typically leads actual construction spending by […]
FreightWeekSTL 2023 will be held May 22 through May 26, as the annual week-long freight and logistics expo returns to deliver a variety of discussions with industry experts spotlighting the latest trends, innovations, and key issues impacting global freight movement. Registration is open for all virtual and in-person sessions and events. The 6th annual event […]
The question of who operates evolving technology, including such items as drones, scanners, and AI equipment, as well as who is allowed to operate equipment that has typically been considered as tools of the trade for bricklayers, laborers, carpenters and other trades seem to be the sticking points in the negotiation impasse between the Associated […]
Even before its founding in 1948, Florissant has always been in the blood of Kay-Bee Electric. Co-founder John Kohnen was one of 10 siblings raised on a truck farm during The Great Depression in Florissant, Mo. He served as an air base electrician in Guam just as World War II came to an end. The […]
In alignment with continued growth and expansion of the firm, HDA Architects’ Denver office has added several new projects to its roster in just under nine months. Spearheaded by industry veteran and Principal Angela Feddersen, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C, projects range from large multi-family developments to exciting new retail establishments. Highlighting the project roster for […]
McCarthy Holdings, Inc., one of the nation’s largest 100 percent employee-owned construction companies and the nation’s safest commercial builders, is preparing to complete the transition from standard hard hats to helmets for all trade partners on the firm’s construction sites. This comes as an extension to McCarthy’s 2022 transition to helmets for its more than […]
From The Edwardsville Intelligencer:Â The city may push back more than $150,000 in sidewalk repairs after over-budget bids came in from area contractors already busy with long lists of projects. On Tuesday, Edwardsville’s Public Services Committee rejected one sidewalk contract while approving a second one. Bids for a sidewalk contract that uses 2022 Motor Fuel […]
From St. Louis Magazine: No one can say that great things aren’t happening in St. Louis. There is the excitement of St. Louis CITY SC’s inaugural season and the team’s new downtown stadium. There is investment and development everywhere, from City Foundry STL to the Armory STL, the $1.7 billion National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s new facility […]
From St. Louis Business Journal:Â A new Costco store is under construction in north St. Louis County, after the future store site traded hands for $15 million. A new Costco Business Center location at the intersection of St. Charles Rock Road and Interstate 170, inside the I-170 Business Center office park in St. John, is […]
From St. Louis Public Radio:Â The St. Louis region has staked a significant portion of its future economic development on technologies and industries that are still emerging. To make this bet on things like geospatial, advanced manufacturing and agtech successful, the region will need many more workers ready to enter those fields when employers come […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: After four years of delays, officials here have finalized plans to turn a vacant lot on the edge of its bustling business district downtown into a tiny urban park. The $552,700 “pocket park” aims to transform a grass strip between a church and the St. Louis County Library Mid-County Branch into […]
From Webster-Kirkwood Times: In an attempt to encourage the use of solar power in the community, the Webster Groves City Council on April 18 held a public hearing on a bill making the process easier to install solar panels on residential homes, including those in the city’s four historic districts. Under the bill, solar panel […]
From St. Louis Business Journal:Â The $47 million Residence Inn in Clayton opened last month despite a number of construction challenges, including supply chain and labor shortages and skyrocketing construction costs, which led to a change in the hotel’s design. The project, the Residence Inn by Marriott, launched in early 2021, during the pandemic. The […]
From The St. Louis American: At the Urban League of Metropolitan Saint Louis’ (ULSTL) 105th Annual Dinner earlier this month, Mayor Tishaura O. Jones and St. Louis Development Corporation (SLDC) presented the organization with a check to represent its allocation of $10 million of New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC) to the redevelopment and expansion of […]
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