The Korte Company has built a wide variety of historic landmarks in the St. Louis, Missouri region. In celebration of St. Louis" 250th year as a city, The Korte Company remembers its most historic builds, which includes the construction of the Cahokia Museum and Interpretive Center, one of the St. Louis area’s historic landmarks. Where the Cahokia Mounds sit today, a bustling city once stood at the epicenter of a massive, sprawling civilization—one that spread from modern-day Wisconsin all the way to Florida and many places in-between. Until the 1780s, it was the biggest known settlement in what is now … Read more

By Daryl Lang Today, when everything is becoming more automated and electronic, certain jobs still require — and place a high value on — human judgment. There’s no better example of such a job than the construction superintendent. It’s a job that requires something no software or checklist can accomplish: how to understand people, and how to communicate with them. There seems to be little doubt that superintendents have one of the hardest jobs in construction. To the open-ended question: “Who has the hardest job in construction?” the most popular answer among the construction professionals surveyed by FieldLens, a mobile-first … Read more

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Wisconsin’s Epic Deep Space Auditorium was the most impressive construction project of 2014, the Associated General Contractors of America announced recently. As a result, the project’s contractor, JP Cullen, was the Alliant Build America Grand Award winner, while 22 other firms received awards in various categories. “These projects exemplify the best characteristics the construction industry has to offer — craftsmanship, creativity and dedication,” said Al Landes, the association’s president and president and chief operating officer of Herzog Contracting Corp. “These contractors have completed projects that demonstrate an unparalleled level of innovation and excellence in our … Read more

CINCINNATI, Ohio — The University of Cincinnati Board of Trustees recently approved $16 million in funding to renovate the university’s Campus Services Building—originally a 1929 Sears, Roebuck and Co. department store—into a research accelerator facility. The building is expected to be a hub of entrepreneurial innovation for the university by providing space for startup companies born of UC-developed technologies. “The University of Cincinnati has long been an economic spark plug for the region and state of Ohio. Creating such a much-needed translational research facility will occupy a critical place in our local entrepreneurial and commercialization ecosystem,” said UC President Santa … Read more