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Car Repair Shop Proposed for Long Road Crossing

6 months 2 weeks ago
From West Newsmagazine:  Omaha Collision Company LLC has submitted plans for a proposed vehicle repair and service facility to be known as B Street Collision Center located at 714 Long Road Crossing Drive in the 22.99-acre Long Road Crossing subdivision. An amended site development concept plan was presented at the Chesterfield Planning Commission meeting Sept. […]
Kacey Crawley

Preservation Board Rejects Morganford Apartment Proposal Again

6 months 2 weeks ago
From St. Louis Magazine:  For the second time in a little more than a year, the St. Louis Preservation Board has spurned developers hoping to tear down three empty buildings on an otherwise vibrant strip of Morganford Road and replace them with a 36-unit apartment building. Neighbors, nearby businesses, and the alderwoman whose ward the […]
Kacey Crawley

Meet Harris Armstrong, the Architect Who Shaped St. Louis Modernism

6 months 2 weeks ago
From Ladue News:  St. Louis boasts a rich architectural history and has been home to several iconic architects, including St. Louis-born greats like Preston J. Bradshaw, Thomas B. Annan and William B. Ittner. Among them is Harris Armstrong, born in 1899 in Edwardsville, Illinois, whose visionary works remain influential today. Armstrong, now regarded as the […]
Kacey Crawley

St. Louis to Host National Conference on Vacant and Abandoned Properties

6 months 2 weeks ago
From Stlouis-mo.gov:  The City of St. Louis is honored to host the national Reclaiming Vacant Properties Conference (RVP) [communityprogress.org], set to take place from October 9-11 at the Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch. Presented by the Center for Community Progress, RVP is only national conference focused on the reuse of vacant, abandoned, and […]
Kacey Crawley

Wildwood, Chesterfield Keep Open the Option to Annex Clarkson Valley

6 months 2 weeks ago
From West Newsmagazine:  Several West County municipalities recently had the chance to submit boundary map plans to the St. Louis Boundary Commission. It’s part of a five-year map plan that Missouri cities must submit. On Aug. 27, representatives from Ballwin, Chesterfield, Ellisville, Wildwood and St. Louis County presented their proposals, including any intentions to annex […]
Kacey Crawley

Mercy O’Fallon Record Plat Approved, Including New Connector Road

6 months 2 weeks ago
From MRN: In July 2023, O’Fallon approved a general plan for 56 acres located along Hwy. K between the Route 364 South Outer Road and Waterford Crossing Drive. The property, owned by Mercy, was split into four lots zoned C2/General Business District, with a 33,500 square foot Mercy medical building for ambulatory and outpatient surgery […]
Kacey Crawley

VIDEO: Venezuelan-Native CEO Builds 115-Employee Engineering Firm

6 months 2 weeks ago
From 5 on Your Side: Lusnail Rondon Haberberger formed a family. Familia is their number one core value. It’s the foundation to her business called Luzco Technologies, a woman-owned boutique engineering company. “We do high powered designs for electrical facilities and its partners,” Haberberger explained. With her at the helm, her firm has flourished. For […]
Tom Finan

Construction’s Future Makes an “In-Tents” Appearance at Gateway South

6 months 3 weeks ago
Yesterday (Sept. 26), the future of the construction industry visited the St. Louis riverfront. Over 300 persons gathered in a large tent at the Gateway South Advanced Building Collaboration District, located South of the Gateway Arch, to listen to a panel of experts on the intersection of construction thought and technology. Afterwards, they viewed exhibits […]
Dede Hance

Fast Company Names CannonDesign #1 Workplace for Innovators in U.S.

6 months 3 weeks ago
CannonDesign is proud to be recognized by Fast Company as one of the Best Workplaces for Innovators. CannonDesign earned a spot on the overall list and secured the #1 ranking in the Best Workplaces for Innovators in the United States category. Each year, the Best Workplaces for Innovators list celebrates company cultures that empower employees […]
Dede Hance

Keystone Construction Company Completes Two Corporate HQs in St. Louis

6 months 3 weeks ago
Design/build general contractor, Keystone Construction Company, has completed construction of the corporate headquarters for both Tubular USA and SourceOne Solutions. Keystone built the new 131,000-square-foot headquarters and manufacturing facility for Tubular USA, one of the largest suppliers of in-line galvanized pipe and tubing in the United States. The 37,500-square-foot headquarters for SourceOne Solutions, LLC, which […]
Dede Hance

Southern Illinois Builders Association Soliciting Scholarship Applications

6 months 3 weeks ago
The Southern Illinois Builders Association began offering scholarships in 2012 and have awarded 137 scholarships totaling approximately $264,400.00. SIBA solicits candidates for the SIBA Scholarships in the fall and requests that all information be submitted by November 1, 2024 for the SIBA Education Committee to meet and make their selections. To be eligible for a […]
Dede Hance

Worker Wellness Blog: Decrease in Overdose Deaths in US

6 months 3 weeks ago
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 carries the Worker Wellness & Well-Being Blog as a regular feature. The […]
Dede Hance

Lux Living Owners Indicted on Fraud Charges Alleging Minority Hiring Scheme

6 months 3 weeks ago
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  The brothers behind one of the city’s most prolific apartment developers were indicted Friday on fraud charges related to the city’s minority hiring program. Vic Alston and Sid Chakraverty — along with their accountant, Shijing “Poppy” Cao — are accused in a federal indictment unsealed Friday of falsifying records related to […]
Kacey Crawley

The Unexpected Tool Required for Jobsites: Conflict Resolution

6 months 3 weeks ago
From Builder Online:  General and trade contractors need more than just tools in their belts. They need conflict resolution tools, according to a report from Dodge Construction Network in partnership with Dusty Robotics. On the jobsite, contractors have an average of 17 interactions daily with people from other companies with 44% of those interactions involving […]
Kacey Crawley

Developer Requests Relief From Main Street Development Escrow

6 months 3 weeks ago
From West Newsmagazine:  Funds for the construction of Main Street have once more become an issue in a proposed development in Wildwood’s Town Center. TB Realty and Benton Homes have proposed a plan for 55 attached and detached single-family dwellings at the southeast corner of Eatherton Road and Crestview Drive in Wildwood, called Latitude N38. […]
Kacey Crawley

Gateway Arch Backers Buy Vacant St. Louis Hotel

6 months 3 weeks ago
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  The nonprofit dedicated to the preservation of the Gateway Arch grounds has announced it will buy the long-vacant Millennium Hotel on downtown’s riverfront. The group does not yet have a plan for the property, its leader said Thursday. Gateway Arch Park Foundation Executive Director Ryan McClure said his organization has two […]
Kacey Crawley

The Growing Moral Responsibility for Designing for Shade

6 months 3 weeks ago
From Building Design + Construction:  In the tragic first chapter of Kim Stanley Robinson’s breakthrough novel, The Ministry of the Future, readers follow a caregiver as he navigates an Indian city amidst a crushing heat wave. The power grid fails. Mass death occurs. And, before and amidst it, people seek shade to survive. We read […]
Kacey Crawley

Hwy 47 Bridge to Close September 27-29 for Demolition

6 months 3 weeks ago
From Lincoln News Now:  Local motorists would be well advised to avoid the Highway 47 bridge in Troy next weekend as a portion of it will be demolished as part of Phase Two of the new diamond interchange being constructed there. According to Missouri Department of Transportation District Engineer Jeff Niemeyer, the bridge over U.S. […]
Kacey Crawley