People of Construction

Welcome to the Design & Construction Industry….by Ron Unterreiner, PEOPLE/WBEDC Does our industry welcome new business owners/emerging firms and do we present these business owners with opportunities to grow and succeed–or are we content with the status quo and the businesses solidly in place? Is there a place in our industry for new trade contractors and if so, how do they get established? I feel these are questions worthy of active discussion by industry leaders, City of St. Louis, County…

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Are we living in tough times?  Are the challenges we face today above and beyond what they were in our parent’s time?  In our grandparent’s time?  Have the changes, the creations, the inventions of the past fifty years advanced us or are we sliding backwards?  Is it a plus that we can whisper something into our watch and send a message across the globe and get an answer back in seconds?  How did we ever live without being able to…

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On my Friday afternoon country road rides with my mother-in-law, there is a stretch of road that we encounter that is dead straight and seems to run off into the future as far as the eye can see; connecting to a powerful sky of restless clouds.  I always stop and ponder this site.  You lose sight of the road due to some small dips but eventually the hills that follow the valleys bring the road back into sight.  I relate this to…

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