From The Telegraph: A $5.4 million investment in airfield improvements at the St. Louis Downtown Airport in Cahokia Heights was announced Thursday by Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation. The money will be used to improve safety, reliability and efficiency at the airport while boosting its business and global competitiveness. The airport […]
From The Edwardsville Intelligencer: A stretch of the Route 66 shared-use path along the west side of Illinois 157 in Edwardsville is getting $940,800 in support from the State of Illinois. Glen Carbon will receive $967,568 in funds for a shared-use path. In addition, a trail project connecting CA Henning Elementary to Triad High School […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: The latest apartment complex in The Streets of St. Charles mixed-use development started leasing last week and will finish construction in the next few months. The 245-unit Chapter at The Streets apartment complex, from St. Louis-based developer CRG, is under construction on a 2.2-acre site in The Streets of St. […]
by John Gaal, EdD, director of worker wellness, Missouri Works Initiative 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 will be carrying the Worker […]
From The Wall Street Journal: Production at U.S. factories rose last year, but few things were produced at a more furious pace than factories themselves. Construction spending related to manufacturing reached $108 billion in 2022, Census Bureau data show, the highest annual total on record—more than was spent to build schools, healthcare centers or office […]
From FOX 2: St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones, business, and faith-based leaders broke ground Thursday morning to turn over new homeownership opportunities in north St. Louis. The St. Louis Development Corporation is an independent economic agency whose goal is equitable growth and prosperity for the city. However, some things have been missing in north St. […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: Officials in Bridgeton are seeking proposals from developers to create an “industrial front door” to the city on 500 available acres, about 10 minutes from the airport. The request for proposals, released last month, is due May 12. The city is hoping for a “transformative development” and is willing to […]
From Mid Rivers Newsmagazine: Kinetic Park, located in Dardenne Prairie just east of Town Square Mall, is getting another upgrade that will enable usage by a wider variety of county residents. In 2020, St. Charles County had rebranded Youth Activity Park as Kinetic Park and in so doing opened the door to all things connected […]
Poettker Industrial Services, a woman-owned utility, energy, and infrastructure contractor, is excited to announce the addition of Robert (Trey) Wiegmann as Vice President of Construction. Wiegmann has over 16 years of experience working with award-winning contractors to expand their utility, energy, and infrastructure programs on average by 30-50% annually. As Vice President of Construction, Wiegmann […]
St. Louis Business Journal: At first, I thought it was a mistake. Maybe a typo. It was January 2019, a few weeks after I arrived at the St. Louis Business Journal, and I was staring at a page proof for a list that was about to appear in that week’s edition The list was of […]
From St. Louis Public Radio: Before and after the Emancipation Proclamation, formerly enslaved and free Black people built towns across the nation. A national research project shows that African Americans settled five little-known towns in the St. Louis region, and one of those cities — Kinloch — still exists. Robertson, Kinloch, North Webster and Meacham […]
by Tom Finan, Executive Director/CO-Founder, Construction Forum All good business begins with questions. But the questions we ask don’t always tell us what we truly need to know. That is particularly true in the M/WBE contractor arena. Too frequently the questions asked center around percentages and bid numbers. The questions that SHOULD be asked reveal […]
From Mass Transit: A finalized design concept has been approved for the “Transit Stop Transformation Project” at the 5th and Missouri Transit Center in East St. Louis, Ill. The project – being completed in conjunction with the St. Clair County Transit District, Citizens for Modern Transit (CMT), AARP in St. Louis and Metro Transit – will […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: A St. Louis developer hopes to build an apartment complex and new hotel next to the casino in St. Charles, expanding on another developer’s pre-pandemic project that didn’t take off. Lux Living is proposing the project on a five-acre site at at 1406 and 1410 S. Fifth St., at the […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: The HFW Cos., a growing, St. Louis-based professional services firm targeting the architecture, engineering and construction sector for investments, has expanded with the addition of a Las Vegas-based civil engineering firm. HFW said Wednesday that it has formed a “strategic growth partnership” with Taney Engineering, a civil engineering and land […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: At the height of the pandemic, supply chain disruption slowed some business to a halt, impacting a wide range of technologies and materials, from chip shortages to steel and car even car parts. But while chatter around supply chain shortages has waned, it’s still top of mind for many contractors […]
From St. Louis Public Radio: A $25.9 million project to bring 60 new affordable housing units to south St. Louis is moving forward. The city’s Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority last week approved tax abatement and other provisions for the Marquette Homes project, which includes the rehabilitation of six buildings and the construction of five […]
From St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune: The Union Sportsmen’s Alliance, unions of the St. Louis Building Trades Council and St. Louis Labor Council and Florissant city officials celebrated the groundbreaking of a new state-of the-art archery range overlooking the Missouri River March 23 at Florissant’s Sunset Park. The range is the vision of Allan Bathon, […]
From Construction Dive: A staggering statistic, one in five U.S. adults experience mental illness annually. In industries like construction, where safety risks are present daily, taking steps to provide resources and support for individuals to take their mental health seriously is critical. As the industry advances physical safety protocols, mental health and wellness are also becoming […]
by Andy Martone, President and CEO, Hesse|Martone Editor’s Note: Construction labor and employment attorney Andy Martone of the firm Hesse|Martone recently provided the board of the St. Louis Construction Cooperative with an update on the impact of legalization of recreational cannabis on the construction workforce. This article is a result of that presentation. On Thursday, […]
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