With the goal to eliminate worker injury, Mortenson and a group of other national construction firms launched the industry’s first annual “Safety Week” May 4-10. Safety Week is an opportunity to promote safety awareness in the construction industry which traditionally has higher than average incident rates compared to other occupations. Members of the participating firms comprise the Construction Industry Safety Initiative and the Incident & Injury-Free Executive Forum. Each participating company will be conducting information sessions and safety training for workers on their projects during the week. According the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2012 — … Read more

St. Louis, Mo. — Construction on Missouri’s largest investor-owned utility solar facility — the O’Fallon Renewable Energy Center — has begun with the ceremonial installation of the first solar panel. St. Louis, Mo.-based MC Industrial, Inc., an independent McCarthy company, has been chosen to manage the design and construction of Ameren Missouri’s multimillion-dollar project.In a groundbreaking event at the construction site in O”Fallon, Mo., dozens of key state leaders joined Ameren executives and special guest speakers, including O’Fallon Mayor Bill Hennessy; Missouri Public Service Commission Chairman Robert S. Kenney and Director of the Missouri Division of Energy Llona Weiss. The … Read more