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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

From Labor Tribune:  Around 15 percent of all construction workers in the United states have a substance use disorder, compared to 8.6 percent of the general population of adults. Construction workers represent about 25 percent of fatal opioid overdoses among all workers. On Sept. 17, experts came together to talk about the issue and what […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

From St. Louis Business Journal:  A St. Louis architecture firm has chosen to be acquired by a private equity-backed national architectural platform, as a form of succession planning. Hastings + Chivetta Architects of St. Louis has been acquired by Grace Hebert Curtis Architects, or GHC, an architecture, engineering and consulting firm located in Baton Rouge, […]

From Construction Business Owner:  In the fast-paced world of construction, prioritizing worker wellness is more crucial than ever. The health of construction employees is directly tied to productivity, job satisfaction and overall business success. One effective way to enhance worker wellness is by promoting recovery from substance use disorders (SUDs) and reducing the associated stigma. […]

From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  A group of residents, advocates and history buffs is trying to save a historic school here — and turn the tide on the town’s future, too. The former Lincoln School, erected 138 years ago, was the city’s first school for Black students. It survived the 1917 massacre that targeted East St. […]

From Webster-Kirkwood Times:  Members of the Webster Groves community remain committed to building affordable senior housing at 204 E. Lockwood Ave., and will again submit an application for federal and state tax low-income housing tax credits despite being denied funding a year ago. The land is owned by Peace United Church of Christ (UCC), whose […]