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Massive Subdivision May Come to St. Charles County

2 years 2 months ago
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  The largest housing development in years may be coming to unincorporated St. Charles County — but neighbors and wildlife advocates are worried about traffic effects and the development’s location near a popular conservation area. Developers are seeking to build a 356-acre, 556-home subdivision known as “Tall Tree” on the largely rural, […]
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P&Z Gives Initial OK for 99 Homes Near Arnold

2 years 2 months ago
From Leader Publications:  Plans to build a 99-home subdivision at the northwest corner of Vogel and Old Lemay Ferry roads in the Arnold area, where a longtime farm has operated, received preliminary approval. The Jefferson County Planning and Zoning Commission voted 7-0 on June 8 to recommend approval of a rezoning request and development plan […]
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Metro East’s Economic Future Hinges on Better Collaboration

2 years 2 months ago
From St. Louis Public Radio:  Leaders in communities across the Metro East are shifting the overall approach to economic development in the area away from their individual cities to one that places a premium on collaboration. A few dozen mayors, state representatives, academic institutional leaders and other Metro East community voices underscored this point during […]
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States Should Step in to Secure Competitive Federal Grants

2 years 2 months ago
From Brookings:  Place-based economic challenge grants offer regional leaders the potential for transformative local investments totaling tens of millions of dollars over several years—if their application is selected. But with hundreds of regions competing for these funds, any individual place has a relatively low probability of winning. This dynamic characterizes the Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) […]
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SIUE’s New Health Sciences Building

2 years 2 months ago
From Bob Clark Beyond:  Clayco and Lamar Johnson Collaborative are using our integrated approach to support higher education! Our teams are working on a joint venture with Poettker Construction and Christner Architects to develop the new Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s (SIUE) 176,000-square-foot health sciences building. The facility will accommodate the School of Pharmacy and the […]
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5 Things to Know : The Future of Lab Design

2 years 2 months ago
From LinkenIn:  The drab lab is dead. Today’s scientists demand workplaces that are vibrant, collaborative, healthy and sustainable. So do we. At HOK, our Science + Technology experts are pioneering new approaches to lab design that make labs as innovative as the science occurring within them. Below are but a few of the things we’ve […]
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Hoffman Projects Stall in Augusta

2 years 2 months ago
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  The company that is spending tens of millions of dollars to remake wine country here is running into some stumbling blocks as it works toward redeveloping these rolling hills and valleys. The Florida-based Hoffmann Family of Companies, which started buying land and wineries here about three years ago, now says plans […]
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Midtown Development Continues to Grow

2 years 2 months ago
From KMOV:  The vast growth that has taken shape across the Midtown region in the last few years could be seen as by design. “The City Foundry was kind of that first, ‘hey look at what’s down, here’,” said Susie Bonwich, the Development Associate for New and Found. “It’s exactly what we wanted is all […]
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How LEAN-STL Helps St. Louis Laborers Fight Addiction

2 years 2 months ago
From St. Louis Public Radio:  Construction workers have nearly twice the rate of substance abuse as the national average, and the rate of suicide for men working in construction is about four times higher than the general population. “There were too many funerals that I went to for suicides, too many for overdose,” said Don […]
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$130M ‘The Victor’ Apartment Complex Opens June 30

2 years 2 months ago
From St. Louis Business Journal:  The first phase of the newly redeveloped Butler Brothers building, which is being converted into a $130 million apartment complex called The Victor, will open to residents June 30, with the second phase set to open in November. Construction on the massive building that takes up a full city block […]
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Freightway and TRRA Recognized for Merchant’s Bridge

2 years 2 months ago
Supply & Demand Chain Executive publication has named the St. Louis Regional Freightway and Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis (TRRA) as one of the winners of this year’s Top Supply Chain Projects awards. The award recognizes the organizations for the $222 million Merchants Bridge replacement project and the role it will play in optimizing, […]
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The Quest for the Smoke-Proof Building

2 years 2 months ago
From Bloomberg:  At the Urban Green Building conference in New York City last week, real estate professionals and experts on sustainable building kibbitzed and confabbed about how to create a more climate-friendly built environment. While the planned topics included electrification and green retrofits, the subject nobody could escape was outside the windows of the NYU […]
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St. Louis BUD Program Graduates 29th Class of Pre-Apprentices

2 years 2 months ago
Seventeen pre-apprentices recently graduated from the Building Union Diversity (BUD) program, opening doors to good-paying union construction careers in the St. Louis area. Taking part in the May 26 ceremony at the IBEW Local 1 union hall in St. Louis were (front row from left) Missouri AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Merri Berry, graduates Tamike Meredith, Breyonna Breeland, […]
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U.S. DOL to Hold Online Seminars on Prevailing Wage

2 years 2 months ago
The U.S. Department of Labor announced today (June 14) that its Wage and Hour Division will offer online seminars for contracting agencies, contractors, unions, workers and other stakeholders on the requirements for paying prevailing wages on federally funded construction and service contracts. Part of the division’s effort to increase awareness and improve compliance, the seminars […]
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Will Bunge Be Building With Global Acquisition

2 years 2 months ago
From St. Louis Business Journal:  Chesterfield-based agriculture giant Bunge Ltd. (NYSE: BG) has a chance to be part of a small class of companies — those with $100 billion in annual revenue — after announcing plans Tuesday to merge with Netherlands-based agriculture firm Viterra. It marks a major move for the Chesterfield-based firm considering that […]
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Michael Kennedy Named Ernst & Young Finalist

2 years 2 months ago
KAI Enterprises CEO Michael B. Kennedy has been named an Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2023 Heartland Award finalist. Now in its 37th year, Entrepreneur Of The Year is one of the preeminent competitive business awards for transformative entrepreneurs and leaders of high-growth companies who are building a more equitable, […]
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McClure Engineering Wins Three ASHRAE Technology Awards

2 years 2 months ago
McClure Engineering, a St. Louis-based mechanical and electrical consulting engineering firm, was recently honored with three Technology Awards from the St. Louis Chapter of ASHRAE for its role on three separate projects. The 2023 awards mark the first time McClure Engineering has received three awards in a single year. McClure Engineering won awards in three […]
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New Terminal Addition Opens at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport

2 years 2 months ago
Phase Three of the $34 million project underway to expand the terminal at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport has been completed, and the milestone was marked with a grand opening celebration June 13. New TSA Screening area at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker and several other key stakeholders gathered with more than 100 […]
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Trends Changing the Shape of Healthcare Design

2 years 2 months ago
From Gensler: 1. Rethinking the design process Today’s design landscape is being underlined by market uncertainty, rising construction costs, and early procurement of materials and equipment. This is challenging designers to adapt and rethink their thought process when implementing traditional schematic design, design development, and construction documentation processes to help clients meet their scheduling goals and […]
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