A Look Back at 2019 and Toward 2020
By JOE BALSAROTTI Last year I gazed into my laser-etched, OLED-lit, solar-powered crystal ball and offered up some of the technical innovations that would hit the prime time in 2019. Here’s my score card: Continued push toward 5G cellular communications. Check. 5G has already had a limited rollout and the Sprint/T-Mobile merger was approved. Look… Keep Reading
Fifty Years of Construction Delay Claims: Few Cases Are Without Them
By JAMES R. KELLER St. Louis CNR celebrated 50 years in 2019. By coincidence, I wrote an article for The St. Louis Bar Journal in its summer 2019 edition entitled “Missouri Construction Delay Law: A 50-Year Review.” The article was penned for lawyers, containing about 50 Missouri appellate reported cases over the past 50 years.… Keep Reading
Lead Generation: Get More Leads and Convert Them into 2020 Sales
By STEPHANIE WOODCOCK As we review our 2020 marketing plans, the main question I hear is: How do we get more leads and turn them into sales? I sit down with companies and develop crawl, walk, run marketing plans. . What do we do first, next, this year and next year? First off – dream… Keep Reading
Henty & Associates Architects Acquires Pfaff Architects
The architectural firm of Henty & Associates Architects is pleased to announce they have acquired Pfaff Architects. Henty & Associates Architects established in 1994, will now be called Henty+Pfaff & Associates Architects. The firm specializes in commercial developments, focusing on Hotel and Hospitality, Senior Living and Corporate Office. Jeff Henty will lead the firm as… Keep Reading
Kadean Construction Completes New Takishima Records in the Grove
Kadean Construction has completed the buildout of a new Japanese-inspired cocktail lounge, restaurant and record listening room called Takashima Records in the Grove neighborhood of St. Louis. Located inside the Chroma luxury apartment complex at 4905 Chouteau Avenue, the 2,776 square foot venue features a ground floor dining room and bar area plus a second-story mezzanine… Keep Reading
Contegra Construction Completes EXO Lounge And Nail Bar in Edwardsville, IL
Successful Debut has Founder Planning Expansion Locally and Nationally The first-of-its-kind EXO Lounge and Nail Barhas successfully launched in Edwardsville, Ill, drawing patrons from Illinois, Missouri and across the Midwest according to its founder Gina Gamblin. “It is an emergence of cultures and a true destination,” said Gamblin. “We are looking to expand locally and nationally.” EXO… Keep Reading
People On The Move In The Local Construction Industry
The latest People in the News highlighting new hires, promotions, honors & recognition of the men and women in the St. Louis building community. Myron Ury Joins G&S Architectural Products St. Louis-based Golterman & Sabo has hired Myron Ury as Sales Representative at G&S Architectural Products, a division of Golterman & Sabo. Ury’s primary focus will be promoting Hufcor Operable… Keep Reading
KAI Hires Respected Industry Leader Brad Simmons, FAIA as New Managing Partner
KAI Enterprises proudly announces the hiring of Brad Simmons, FAIA, to the new position of Managing Partner. Simmons is a recognized and respected leader in the industry with more than 35 years of regional, national and global experience. Simmons had worked collaboratively with KAI on joint projects for the past 20 years through his former… Keep Reading
Western Specialty Contractors Receives Building Enclosure Award
Western Specialty Contractors – St. Louis Roofing Branch proudly announced that it has received a 2019 Outstanding Building Enclosure Project award for its waterproofing work on the new East End Parking Facility at Washington University in St. Louis. Representatives from the St. Louis Roofing Branch accepted the award on Dec. 5, 2019 from the Building… Keep Reading
Restoration and Renovation of Seven Gables Inn Completed
Hotel and new restaurant, Seven, to officially open March 11 Seven Gables Inn, often referred to as a European oasis in the heart of Clayton, will have its official dedication March 11 after an 18-month extensive $9.5 million renovation by Restoration St. Louis. Clayton Mayor Michelle Harris will officiate at the ribbon-cutting ceremony that begins… Keep Reading