Leadership Council member Contegra Construction has wrapped up its $10.5 million renovation and expansion of the Hatheway Hall theater building on the Lewis and Clark Community College campus. Updates include the addition of 6,800 square feet to the building and the renovation of another 62,500 square feet of the structure. Features include a 2,000-square-foot glass-enclosed lobby topped by a suspended "wave" ceiling and a new commercial kitchen. Contegra also supervised the installation of an 8,600-square-foot solar rooftop array that will power the building's hot water system and provide supplementary electrical power. (Read more)
Korte completes work on building at Scott Air Force Base (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 3/2/2012)
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Leadership Council member Korte Co. has completed work on a 21,500-square-foot, two-story administrative building for the 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Scott Air Force Base. Following the Base's standard design guidelines, Korte provided complete design and construction services, along with all work tied to utilities, storm drainage, electric, HVAC and security. The new facility will replace the squadron's current aging building, and was designed to blend with the other structures located within the Base Historic District. (Read more)
Will Gateway's revival rev up area's economy? Race track reopens after closing in 2010 (Belleville News Democrat, 3/12/2012)
The former Gateway International Raceway, located in Madison, Ill., reopened March 17 as Gateway Motorsports Park. Last September, the 150-acre property was purchased by life-long Metro East resident and National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) driver Curtis Francois and a group of investors who reached an agreement with the NHRA to bring racing back to the track. Since then, Francois and his partners have invested more than $1 million on updates and renovations to the facility, which is expected to create 50 full-time jobs and up to 300 part-time
jobs over the next two years. (Read more)
North Main Street project approved (The Edwardsville Intelligencer, 3/8/2012)
The Edwardsville Intelligencer reports that the Edwardsville City Council has voted to approve a $3 million construction project on North Main Street. Plans for the project include the relining of the North Main sewer, which will begin in three to four weeks. Following the completion of sewer work, water mains will be replaced, and the Illinois Department of Transportation will resurface and/or rebuild North Main from Fourth Street to High Street. Additional plans for extensive streetscaping, relocation of utilities underground and new sidewalks are also in the works for the project, which is set for completion in spring 2013. (Read more)
Holland Construction, Pepper Construction to build Memorial Hospital-East (St. Louis Business Journal, 3/6/2012)
The St. Louis Business Journal reports that Leadership Council member Holland Construction Services, Inc., has been tapped to serve as construction manager and constructor on the $118 million construction of Memorial Hospital-East. Working alongside Pepper Construction Group of Chicago, Holland Construction will help build the 94-bed adjunct facility which will be located at Frank Scott Parkway East and Cross Street in Shiloh. Plans for the facility include 72 beds in private patient rooms, a 16-bed obstetric unit, a six-bed intensive care unit, cardiac catheterization and gastrointestinal labs and a pharmacy. Pre-construction plans are now underway, with construction expected to begin in March 2013. (Read more)