by Dr. John Gaal 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 Wellness & Well-Being Blog as a regular […]
Chesterfield Sports Association (CSA) hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the grand opening of the new Chesterfield Sports Complex, the largest indoor volleyball and basketball complex in the region. The state-of-the-art facility, located at 150 N Eatherton Road in the Chesterfield Valley area of St. Louis County, is anticipated to attract an estimated 900,000 visitors […]
Swansea, Ill.-based Holland Construction Services, one of the top construction companies in the St. Louis area, is opening a regional office in Missouri to support the company’s continued state-wide growth and employee recruitment efforts. Offering full-service construction management, general contracting, and design / build services, Holland’s new 6,500 square foot Missouri office is located in […]
St. Louis-based election technology firm, KNOWiNK, known for its flagship product Poll Pad®, is tripling the size of its office in a new headquarters in Creve Coeur, Mo. The new 16,000-square-foot office has debuted with the renovation of the former American Heart Association building at 460 North Lindbergh Boulevard. It is designed to support KNOWiNK’s […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: A construction jobs initiative started by developer Clayco in the aftermath of 2015 Ferguson unrest has now expanded with participation from contractors across St. Louis, as the industry looks to boost the number of young and diverse people in construction careers. The nonprofit Construction Career Development Initiative, which was renamed […]
From St. Louis Public Radio: A $1 million grant from Jeff Bezos’ Day 1 Family Fund will enable the St. Louis region’s only emergency shelter for families facing homelessness to make major changes. Gateway 180 received the donation, the largest in its history, in the fall. Executive Director Kathy Connors said she had to read the […]
From KSDK: A $44 million redevelopment project of the historic Broadview Hotel broke ground in Downtown East St. Louis on Tuesday. It’s the largest project in the Metro East town since The Casino Queen in 1993. “Even though it’s dreary, the sun is shining,” Mayor Robert Eastern III said. The Broadview Hotel opened in the […]
Gray Design Group, named one of the Top 10 Interior Design Firms by the St. Louis Business Journal, welcomes associate Katie Rammelkamp to their interiors studio. Collaborative and detail-oriented, Katie’s focus as an interior designer is to create a well-balanced, versatile space that considers the overall user experience. She is passionate about interior design’s impact […]
From Construction Equipment Guide: Terramac has expanded its production capacity to deliver an increasing number of machines for the North American and international markets with the unveiling of its new assembly facility located in St. Louis, Mo. “It’s an exciting time for Terramac. We took an existing older, shuttered 100,000 square foot complex located on eight […]
From The Construction Record: It’s Day Two of CONEXPO/CON-AGG, and Daily Commercial News and Journal of Commerce national managing editor Vince Versace and digital media editor Warren Frey are covering the show and reporting from the floor on what they’ve seen at the biggest construction trade show and conference in North America. On this episode […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: Major League Soccer franchise St. Louis City SC in recent months has expanded its real estate holdings in Downtown West, purchasing a pair of buildings just north of its CityPark stadium. The buildings add to City SC’s existing real estate in Downtown West, which already includes its 22,500-seat stadium, training […]
From The Wall Street Journal: In 2011, I was in the psychiatric hospital because I’d tried to kill myself for the third time that dark year. I wouldn’t be released unless my psychiatrist believed I was no longer at risk for “harming myself,” the common euphemism for a suicide attempt. He asked: “You’re having self-destructive […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Pier Property Group was awarded up to $50 million in bonds on Wednesday for two of its projects in St. Louis’ central corridor, including a renovation of a William B. Ittner-designed school. The Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority agreed to issue $40 million in bonds for PPG’s plan to build 144 […]
From The NY Times: My son Japhy, 5, still spontaneously falls off his chair from time to time, and is shaky on his pedal bike, but at Diggerland USA, a construction-themed amusement park in southern New Jersey, we have given him control of a 7,092-pound JCB excavator. He is sitting high in the cab on his […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: A $10 million ground-up apartment project in Lafayette Square, delayed for years by the pandemic, will soon start construction, bringing a new type of apartment to the St. Louis market. The Lagosian Apartments at 2300 Lasalle, being developed by St. Louis-based D&R Building Group, will break ground on construction in […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Nearly 200 years ago, workers gathered flat pieces of limestone, likely from the bluffs of the Mississippi River or a nearby creek bed. They stacked them up and built a little stone cottage, and added a single door and a window. Maybe they used the home as a place to rest […]
From Marketplace: Labor shortages have been pretty common throughout this pandemic recovery economy, but a growing shortage of skilled tradespeople could slow down efforts to shift to a green energy economy. Last year’s federal Inflation Reduction Act is supposed to channel hundreds of billions of dollars into clean energy projects in an effort to transition homes and […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: The president of one of St. Louis’ largest construction companies is stepping down. Keith Wolkoff, president of PARIC Corp., on Thursday said he is leaving his leadership role in the company after serving for a decade as president of the general contractor, construction manager and design-build firm. PARIC Holdings Chairman […]
Build My Future STL is on April 26 and 27 at the St. Charles Family Arena. Over 2800 high school youth will attend over the two days and we are looking for volunteers to help out in various roles on April 26 and 27, between 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM. Are you interested in giving […]
Keen Independent invites construction workers and apprentices in the St. Louis area to participate in a virtual in-depth interview regarding conditions in the local marketplace for workers in the construction industry. This is your opportunity to speak up! Construction workers, apprentices and others, please provide input! Click here to complete the questionnaire: https://qrco.de/bdnl4x About […]
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