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Roadbuilding
Thirty-year Missouri DOT worker killed during bridge maintenance work
Missouri Department of Transportation employee Lyndon D. Ebker, 55, was struck and killed by a vehicle Thursday while flushing bridges on eastbound Route 100 near Buchheit Road on the outskirts of St. Louis. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Ebker’s crew posted signage identifying the work and parked a dump truck fitted with an attenuator […]
April 7, 2016
Workforce
Ironworkers send messages of hope to St. Louis Children’s Hospital patients
Another group of construction workers is making life for children battling serious illnesses just a little bit brighter, this time in St. Louis. According to a report from ABC News, two ironworkers working on an addition to St. Louis Children’s Hospital wrote a message to a little girl in late July after noticing her waving […]
September 7, 2015
Roadbuilding
Missouri DOT archaeologists find colonial artifacts near Poplar Street Bridge in St. Louis
What do French settlers have in common with St. Louis’ Poplar Street Bridge? Location, for one. Archaeologists with the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) have uncovered artifacts dating back to 1764, when French settlers founded the city, near the bridge, St. Louis Public Radio reports. The archaeologists made the discovery while planning for new construction […]
April 2, 2014
Business
Construction skills boot camp in St. Louis to shut down due to lack of funding
After 14 years of equipping unemployed minorities with the skills necessary for a job in the construction industry, the Construction Prep Center in St. Louis, Missouri is shutting down. The boot camp cost students nothing but carried an annual budget that fluctuated between $180,000 and $480,000, according to a report from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. […]
January 27, 2014
Roadbuilding
Rapid-set cement helps rehab seven overpasses, one bridge in St. Louis
Here’s a look at the rehabilitation of seven overpasses in six locations and one bridge rehabilitation throughout the City of St. Louis. The video below explains how rapid-set cement was used in the rehabilitation and the process of how it was used using volumetric mixers. Warning: The background music for the video may make […]
December 17, 2013
Roadbuilding
MoDOT warns against dangerous roadside debris
Adopt-A-Highway volunteers in Missouri are seeing an increase in the amount of dangerous discarded materials on roadsides, CBS St. Louis reported. Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) District Maintenance Engineer Becky Allmeroth said the volunteers have seen more guns, cell phones and meth-making materials–including two-liter bottles, coolers and tanks–along the sides of roadways. Allmeroth said there […]
April 23, 2013
Home
Explosion at Caterpillar repair site injures one worker
An explosion at a Caterpillar mining equipment repair site in Carrier Mills, Illinois leveled a building and sent one worker to the hospital, the Associated Press reports. The cause of the explosion, which happened Monday, is still unknown. Caterpillar spokesperson Rusty Miller told the AP that the blast occurred in an unattached paint building on […]
February 12, 2013
Business
Chicago-St. Louis high-speed rail construction could create 6,200 jobs
A high-speed rail project that will connect Chicago, Illinois to St. Louis, Missouri has been cleared for construction, according to a report by CivSourceOnline.com. The project’s environmental impact plan passed muster with environmental feasibility standard and received the OK from state and federal officials. Amtrak trains are being considered to run the roughly 300-mile route […]
November 21, 2012
Construction Equipment
Volvo Rents expands in Missouri
Volvo Rents has opened a new rental center at 2520 East Outer Road in Scott City, Missouri. This is Volvo Rents’ sixth rental center in Missouri. Other stores are located in Hollister, Kansas City, Springfield and St. Louis. The new rental center will service all of southeastern Missouri and certain areas in northern Kentucky and […]
August 20, 2012
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