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St. Louis subcontractor releases rap video to promote construction careers

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UPCO's “Old Town Road” parody song highlights the brand and aims to draw new recruits to the industry.

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St. Louis sees a $750M hotel construction boom

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The growth is being driven by demand from the city's burgeoning tech industry and a desire to draw in more convention business.

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How to Choose the Best General Contractor to Partner with for your “First” Commercial Construction Project

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Sure, there are drawings and designs, but there are also usually details and ideas in the client’s head that haven’t made it on paper yet. Navigating the ins and outs of a new market: If you take a set of plans and build the exact same project in both St. Louis and Los Angeles, you’re likely to have two very different experiences.

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Protecting hospital patients from power outages

CK Power

That’s why we were called in to help create a standby power system for one of St. Louis’ largest healthcare providers. . It’s best to err on the safe side when it comes to seismic preparedness and safety, especially as St. Louis is within the New Madrid Seismic Zone. Drawing plans and awarding contracts.

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How Autodesk Build Became a Project Manager Favorite

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Wilson, a construction management firm out of St. Louis, Missouri. Models, contracts, drawings, issues, progress tracking, documents, and more are all stored in one place–and so many of the most important project workflows in construction are now connected. The Autodesk team was working on bringing S.

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FEATURE STORY: Game-Changer In The Heartland

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It is served by Norfolk Southern, Canadian National and CSX railroads, and provides lower cost and efficient shipping options to the east, west and gulf coasts, bypassing the congestion of Chicago, St. Louis and Indianapolis. Situated 36 miles from Springfield, 120 miles from St. DECATUR: BUSTLING WITH ACTIVITY. 36 and U.S.

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Due diligence part 1: The world’s largest pheasant

The Korte Company

The construction market in St. Louis is like anywhere: cyclical. Design-Build opportunities were still rare in St. Louis at the time, so we needed to cast a wider net. The Korte Company used the intel Mike gathered to build a construction team, a mixture of local subs along with a handful we brought along from St.