St. Charles

Holland Construction Working on Renovations for New Mack Truck Service Center in St. Charles, MO

Holland Construction Services is currently working on a 12,000 square-foot renovation to house a new Mack Truck Service Center for Vanguard Truck Centers. The new service center will be located at 940 Harmsted Court in St. Charles, Missouri.

The nearly $1 million renovation includes both interior and exterior work. The new service center will feature a newly remodeled interior, including a lobby, parts showroom and warehouse, drivers lounge, offices, a wash bay and service bays.  The exterior of the building will receive new paint, canopy and signage, along with a new parking lot, landscaping and lighting.

Senior Project Manager Steve Teipe with Holland Construction Services commented that “Holland is very excited to be constructing this project for Vanguard Truck Centers which will allow Vanguard to provide truck service to their customers from the St. Charles, Missouri area.”

Vanguard Truck Centers owns and operates full service commercial truck centers across the United States with locations in Arizona, Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, South Carolina and Texas.

Fitzgerald & Associates out of Oklahoma City, OK is the architect on the project. Construction is scheduled to be complete this October.

Holland Construction Services is a full-service construction management, general contracting, and design/build firm based in Swansea, Ill., guided by the principle of providing our clients the best possible building experience on every project. For more information, visit Holland’s website at www.hollandcs.com.

Integrated Facility Services Installs Mechanical Systems for the Boulevard Senior Living of St. Charles

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Integrated Facility Services (IFS) has completed design-build plumbing and HVAC work on The Boulevard Senior Living of St. Charles, which opened this fall in St. Charles, Missouri. The general contractor is HBD Construction, Inc. The developer is O’Reilly Development Company, LLC, whose operations/property management partner is St. Charles-based Arrow Senior Living Management.

IFS participated in the early stages of the design-build project, using state-of-the-art BIM technology and robotic layout to design the mechanical systems for the 180-unit, 195,000-square-foot independent living, assisted living and memory care facility.

A continuum of care community, The Boulevard Senior Living of St. Charles is located on a 10-acre tract at Ehlmann Road and Truman Boulevard in St. Charles County. The lodge-style campus features 90 independent living units, 62 assisted living units and 28 memory care units. The facility also includes community common areas, offices, a commercial kitchen, beauty shop, exercise and social rooms.

Integrated Facility Services (IFS) is a full-service HVAC, plumbing, piping, fire protection and building automation firm with more than 270 professional and trade employees. 

Area Residents Invited to Centennial Greenway Expansion Project Open House in St. Charles

Project Includes New Pedestrian Bridges over Highways 364 and 94 

Great Rivers Greenway is inviting area residents to a community open house on Thursday, Feb. 9, to learn the latest details about the soon-to-be constructed bicycle and pedestrian bridges over highways 364 and 94 in the City of St. Charles. This phase of the project involves extending the existing Centennial Greenway that links Heritage Park and the Katy Trail State Park to connect thousands of residents on both sides of the community.

The open house will be held at the St. Charles County Heritage Museum at Heritage Park (1630 Heritage Landing, St. Peters, MO 63303) from 5 – 7 p.m.  Area residents are invited to stop by anytime during that timeframe to ask questions, review maps and learn more about the expanded greenway. Duplicate 30-minute presentations will be held at 5:30 and 6:30 p.m.

The plans call for a one-mile extension of the existing 2.2-mile Centennial Greenway just east of the Heritage Museum. The paved greenway will head north and cross both highways 364 and 94 where it will connect to Old Highway 94 near Muegge Road. The new route will enable on-street connections to nearby Laurel Park, Schaefer Park, Wapelhorst Park, the Laurel Park Trail, the McClay Branch of the St. Charles City-County Library, Francis Howell North High School and Henderson Elementary School – all of which are less than two miles from the bridges.

“This is a game-changing connection for people in the City of St. Charles, St. Charles County and beyond,” says St. Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann. “By bridging these two highways, thousands of people who live, work, and go to school in this area will now be able to safely walk or ride a bike to get where they need to go. It will also connect them to the Katy Trail and St. Louis County via the existing Centennial Greenway.”

In addition to a paved trail and bridges, the greenway expansion will also feature a rest stop landscaped with native plants. The interpretive signage will highlight the unique features of the Centennial Greenway and its connections to the region’s rivers, parks and communities.

“We are grateful for our partners at the City of St. Charles, St. Charles County, and Missouri Department of Transportation whose input and support helped make this project a reality,” says Susan Trautman, Executive Director Great Rivers Greenway. “We have been working together for a long time to expand the Centennial Greenway over these two highways. We are eager to eliminate this barrier and open up a new route so people can walk or ride bikes to get to work and school, run errands or just enjoy some fresh air.”

Great Rivers Greenway connects the St. Louis region with greenways so people can explore their rivers, parks and communities, making it a vibrant place to live, work and play. For more information, visit www.GreatRiversGreenway.org.