From Brookings: As a group, the nation’s 55 major metro areas shifted from a historic population decline in the peak pandemic year of 2020-21 to a gain of 2.3 million residents in 2023-24, with immigration from abroad accounting for almost all of that increase. Only one of these 55 metro areas (Memphis, Tenn.) lost population […]
Editor’s Note: St. Louis Native Gabe Fleischer began writing Wake Up to Politics in 2011 as a high school student. From Wake Up to Politics: I wasn’t planning to write again (yet) about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the migrant deported by the Trump administration to El Salvador despite an order protecting him from being sent there, but […]
From St. Louis Magazine: A 36-unit apartment building whose development has long been stuck at the city’s Preservation Board now appears set for construction off Morganford Road, just two blocks from Tower Grove Park. In the past two years, developer AHM Group has twice been denied permission to knock down three historic, rundown buildings at […]
Alton CUSD #11 will restart the Home Building Program for Construction Trades students at Alton High School as part of its expanded curriculum. A groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday morning at Woodland Hills Court in Alton marked the location where next year’s students will begin construction. This marks the return of the program after 20 years. During […]
by Diana Wilhold, Deputy Executive Director, COO, Construction Forum Last week at Construction Forum, we launched our first U.S. Department of Labor Registered Apprenticeship program, Certified Survey Technician (CST). Click here to download a flyer on the program. We had a week-long training to prepare the five CST apprentices. A big “thank you” is due […]
What does “Building Tomorrow” look like? It looks like: An innovative management labor collaboration to prevent suicide; A longtime expert in the apprentice space who pioneered new ideas; An emerging leader who helped create new opportunities for workers; A CEO who creates places at the starting line for nontraditional companies and workers; and A growing, […]
From St. Louis Magazine: A 36-unit apartment building whose development has long been stuck at the city’s Preservation Board now appears set for construction off Morganford Road, just two blocks from Tower Grove Park. In the past two years, developer AHM Group has twice been denied permission to knock down three historic, rundown buildings at […]
Washington University in St. Louis will pause construction on major capital projects on its Danforth Campus, in response to uncertainties regarding federal funding. Projects that will be put on hold will include planned improvements to Mudd Field, which began at the start of the year, and the new Arts & Sciences building, which was announced last fall. […]
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 […]
From St. Louis Public Radio: The Missouri Department of Public Safety this week awarded $50 million for the construction of the Gateway Regional Law Enforcement Training Center. Leaders from St. Louis, Jefferson, St. Charles and Franklin counties gathered Thursday at the Missouri Department of Transportation’s Transportation Management Center in Chesterfield to celebrate the occasion. They […]
From Construction Dive: Construction input prices increased 0.5% in March, while nonresidential input prices climbed 0.6%, both unusually steep jumps, according to an analysis by Associated Builders and Contractors of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Both overall and nonresidential input prices are now 0.8% higher than a year ago and sit more than 40% […]
From St. Louis Magazine: When the three-day World of Asphalt trade show and conference kicks off Tuesday at America’s Center, more than 15,000 pavement professionals from across the U.S. will descend on downtown to check out the industry’s latest equipment, services, and technologies. “And I’m sure they’re going to have some thoughts about the quality […]
Registration is now open for FreightWeekSTL 2025, set for June 2-6. The St. Louis Regional Freightway is hosting the conference for the eighth consecutive year. The week-long freight and logistics event features panel sessions, interviews, a riverboat tour through the Ag Coast of America and more. FreightWeekSTL spotlights the latest trends and innovations impacting global […]
The Home Builders Association of St. Louis & Eastern Missouri (HBA) announced the winners of its annual HBA Awards Program on April 10 at a ceremony at Bogey Hills Country Club in St. Charles. The HBA Awards Program honors excellence in the home building industry and includes over 75 awards, divided into three categories: Homes […]
From SMART: On Thursday, April 10, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision that backed a federal judge’s order requiring the government to facilitate the return of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to the United States. SMART General President Michael Coleman issued the following statement in response: “Since last week, our demand has been a […]
From The Missouri Times: With tax season here, the construction industry is sounding the alarm on a billion-dollar scheme that allows crimes to go unchecked and the guilty unpunished. Tax fraud and misclassification of workers is robbing federal, state and local governments of much-needed revenue, while ripping off vulnerable construction workers who are paid meager […]
From Muddy River News: A public presentation of a feasibility study for a proposed multi-million indoor sports complex in Quincy is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday in City Council chambers. Quincy Mayor Mike Troup said three entities have been working on the feasibility study since May 2024 — ARCO National, a construction company from Richmond Heights, […]
From The Kansas City Star: Kansas City’s long-planned project to put a park over a downtown interstate officially has a name. Officials announced Friday that the park formerly known as the South Loop Project is now called Roy Blunt Luminary Park, after former U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, who represented Missouri in the Senate from 2011 […]
From St. Louis Public Radio: A year ago, a Wall Street Journal report rattled St. Louis’ reputation and confidence, describing the region’s downtown as a “real-estate nightmare” and cautionary tale for other U.S. cities struggling with office districts that lost their vibrancy during the COVID pandemic. The national publication’s characterization of St. Louis’ challenges drew prickly responses […]
From The New York Times: Ben Whelan is not the kind of carpenter to wax poetic about the joys of framing a wall or redoing a roof. Like a lot of men he knows, he started working in residential construction as a teenager because it was a reliable way to earn money. But he has […]
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