Construction

A star high school football player Damion Baker dreamed of helping others. His mother is keeping his legacy alive.

Aurora Bihler, director of the Building Union Diversity program, hopes more women and minorities follow her journey.

The facility will include a first-ever innovation center, where people without security clearances can work alongside NGA staff on problems or issues the agency regularly grapples with.

McCarthy Building Cos., one of the St. Louis area’s largest employers, is grappling with a labor shortage familiar to many construction companies.

The department is studying Interstate 64 from Kingshighway to Jefferson for upgrades and repairs that could take place over the next five to 10 years.

The city bought the 100,000 square-foot facility last June to establish the center which will offer programs in welding, carpentry, construction and many other trades.

“Those guys, they were just proud Black men— capable, talented, smart and they were role models for all of us,” an East St. Louis native said.

Current and former students are playing a role in the Rolla school district’s $25 million construction project, adding to and renovating four buildings.

A large share of construction workers in Missouri, southern Illinois and Kansas are being diagnosed with muscle and joint injuries each year, according to a large analysis of union health care data from Washington University, and many are prescribed opioid painkillers.

After receiving upgrades costing $67 million, a stretch of Interstate 255 will reopen by Nov. 1.