AZZ Precoat Metals is installing production equipment at its new 220,00-square-foot facility in Washington, Mo. Contegra Construction Co., one of St Louis’ largest general contractors, completed the pre-engineered building for AZZ Precoat, North America’s leading independent metal coil coater. Production will commence in 2025. Located at 901 Waterman Drive, Precoat is the first tenant to […]
The St. Louis Regional Freightway announced registration is now open for the 7th annual FreightWeekSTL, set for May 13-17, 2024. The week-long freight and logistics expo features an engaging lineup of virtual and in-person events, a riverboat tour through the Ag Coast of America and more. The event highlights the latest innovations and trends impacting […]
From Construction Dive: Following months of preparation, a joint venture of St. Louis-based Paric and Southfield, Michigan-based Barton Malow started work on a $1.8 billion development at the St. Louis Lambert International Airport on behalf of aerospace giant Boeing, according to local media reports. The project is divided into two phases. The first includes an […]
From ENR: Now 10 years old, Construction Safety Week has evolved. What at first was a national industry stand-down to emphasize safety compliance has grown into a coordinated week of training across the country and advocacy of a cause that reflects changing ideas about the role of workers to shape how construction tasks are done […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Nearly 20 cities in the Normandy schools area are working to create a special sales tax district that would divvy up money for road and sidewalk repairs in neighborhoods that make up a large chunk of north St. Louis County. Backers of the plan, which would ask voters in 18 small […]
From The Guardian: Wooden planks with nails covered the site where Antonio, a construction day laborer in Houston, Texas, was helping clear fencing last December. The contractor that hired him provided no protection, he said – so when he slipped, and a nail struck him just above the ankle, it became “really swollen”. Antonio was […]
The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (MSD) and SIUE have teamed up to create scholarships for the Environmental Resource Training Center (ERTC) of SIUE. MSD is offering two academic scholarships to minority and female candidates. Scholarship application submissions must be received/postmarked by July 19, 2024. To obtain an application or additional information: https://msdprojectclear.org/about/diversity/programs-resources/siue-ertc-scholarships/ Email Employment@stlmsd.com […]
This week’s Forum drone video highlights the reinvigoration of public space near an historic St. Louis Region bridge. On April 14th Great Rivers Greenway celebrated the completion of Chain of Rocks Park, a new 16-acre public park on the Missouri side of the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge on the Mississippi Greenway (also known as […]
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 […]
American Institute of Architects (AIA) President Kimberly Dowdell will be in St. Louis on Friday, May 3rd, for a conversation in advance of Ranken Technical College’s 2024 Architecture Student Showcase. The discussion with Dowdell and the subsequent student showcase are free and open to the public. Doors at Ranken open at 8:00 a.m. with Dowdell’s […]
From St. Louis Public Radio: Restauranteur William Porter spent years thinking about how to transform two vacant Cherokee Street lots into a recreational public space for the neighborhood. In 2015, he started heading across the street from his restaurant, Master Pieza, to Cherokee Street and Nebraska Avenue to clean the lots. When the first basketball […]
From Leader Publications: Work is scheduled to begin April 22 on a project to replace a bridge over a tributary of the Joachim Creek on McGehan Road, which connects Hwy. E and Hardin Road south of De Soto. Jefferson County Public Works Director Jason Jonas said the portion of McGehan Road that includes the bridge […]
From REjournals: The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL) celebrated its 150th Anniversary in March, commemorating the milestone at its new headquarters in downtown St. Louis’ historic Security Building. The $1.5-million adaptive reuse project was designed by St. Louis-based Lawrence Group Architects with construction management firm Integrate Construction Partners. Located at 319 N. Fourth […]
From Mid Rivers Newsmagazine: Six years after it was announced, five years after city approval of an area plan, four years after initial groundbreaking, three years after scores of trees were removed along Route DD and after weathering the COVID-19 pandemic with its economic shocks, the Streets of Caledonia mixed-use development is clearly taking shape. […]
From Call Newspapers: Two representatives from Missouri American Water – Brian Eisenloeffel, senior director of operations, and Timothy Southards, engineering manager – gave a presentation on the projects going on in the area at the Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen meeting on March 12, including an update on the water tower project Southards began by […]
From St. Louis Public Radio: Some construction companies in Missouri and Kansas are illegally misclassifying employees to cut down on payroll costs and avoid millions of dollars of state and federal income taxes, according to a pair of studies from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. The research, which received funding from the Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council, […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: While a potential MetroLink expansion in St. Louis stirs controversy, work has been quietly underway for more than a year on building a long-sought Metro East extension of the light rail line. Illinois state funds are paying the entire cost of the $98 million, 5.2-mile connection from MetroLink’s current easternmost outpost […]
From KSDK: Powell Hall sits in the heart of the Grand Arts District right across the street from the Fox Theatre in Midtown St. Louis. Renovations are being made to the front entrance, lobby, box office, seats and contractors have decreased the elevation by leveling the slope on the hall’s floor. Currently, the hall has […]
From Lincoln News: Dreary, rainy weather couldn’t damper the enthusiasm at a ribbon cutting ceremony last week commemorating the grand opening of a Missouri Job Center office here in Troy. A collaboration between the Workforce Development Board of North Missouri, Gamm Incorporated, and the Lincoln County Missouri Economic Development Office the center, located at 260 […]
From NPR: Rakeb Tesfaye, a 5-year-old student at the Julia Goldstein Early Childhood Education Center in University City, said she enjoys playing outside because she gets to make friends. “And I get to go like this, and like this,” Tesfaye shared as she imagined herself swinging on monkey bars at a playground. She and her […]
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