2022 1st Quarter Newsletter
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Member Kwame’s Tony Thompson’s Remarkable Career Celebrated by St. Louis American
Tony Thompson - The St. Louis American’s 2021 Person of the Year Posted on 01/01/2022 Photo by Wiley Price | St. Louis American From St. Louis American: When Anthony “Tony” Thompson founded Kwame Building Group in [...]
Top 400 Design and Construction Firms 2021
The construction industry is cyclical, a roller coaster of economic trends. In early 2o20, the industry was riding on an upswing. Most large contractors held confidence they could ride out any possible downturn, capitalizing on [...]
WHAT A YEAR IN 2021! We MET Every Goal
2021 YEAR IN REVIEW2 The SLC3 achieved a number of goals for 2021. After 2020, the planning efforts were challenging to say it mildly. Every organization like this one in which events are expected and [...]
Toolbox Talks – Learn About Covid and the Vaccine
In early October of 2021, work began on a series of approximately 30 “Toolbox Talk” videos on Covid vaccine hesitancy. The St. Louis Construction Cooperative (SLCC) hosted Dr. Patrick Mazi, Fellow, Division of Infectious Diseases [...]
SLC3 Clay Shoot
We had a blast! Thanks to all our sponsors, volunteers, planners, and participants! Thank you mother nature for the rain. [...]
2021 ANNUAL SPORTING CLAYS (SLIDESHOW)
We had a blast! Thanks to all our sponsors, volunteers, planners, and participants! Thank you mother nature for the rain. No not really but all was good! Enjoy a quick video of the event! [...]
Construction Inclusion Week – Day 5
Day 5: Community Engagement & Philanthropy Community outreach is about giving, contributing, and supporting causes that affect the welfare, growth and development of the communities where we build. Clients, potential hires and employees are drawn [...]
Construction Inclusion Week – Day 4
Day 4: Jobsite Culture Construction environments already present physical safety challenges. An additional layer of concern is presented in the form of prevalent racism and sexism which contribute to hostile work environments. We all have [...]
Construction Inclusion Week – Day 3
Day 2: Supplier Diversity A focused effort on a Supplier Diversity program is an integral step in promoting inclusivity. Multiple assessments and research has shown that there are commercial and social benefits of effective supplier [...]
Construction Inclusion Week – Day 2
Day 2: Unconscious Bias A bias that we are unaware of happens by our brains making incredibly quick judgments and assessments of people and situations without us realizing it is happening. This bias is influenced [...]
Construction Inclusion Week – Day 1
Day One: Leadership Commitment and Accountability Inclusive leadership involves leaders who are aware of their own biases and preferences, actively seek out and consider different views and perspectives to inform better decision-making and they are [...]
National Suicide Prevention Month
Author: Kirby Kraft, Bayer Crop Sciences September is Suicide Prevention Month, but every month we can all help prevent suicide. Every year a network of mental health organizations and individuals across the U.S. and around [...]
Covid-19 Vaccination Request by the SLC3
https://slccc.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Vaccination-Letter.pdf The COVID-19 pandemic has been with us for well over a year. It has impacted each of us individually, and as a society, in ways one would never have expected. Many of our jobsites [...]
2021 Best Practice and Diversity Awards Gala
2021 SLC3 Gala Program The St. Louis Council of Construction Consumers (dba SLC3) held its Annual Best Practice & Inclusion Awards Gala at the Hilton Frontenac Hotel in Frontenac, MO on August 18, 2021. Kelly [...]
Reduce The Risk of Spreading Infectious Diseases in Your Facility by: Ricky Reams
As Environmental Health and Safety Professionals, creating healthy environments is at the forefront of our minds as we navigate this new terrain as a direct result of COVID-19. As a mechanical contractor that serves clients throughout the [...]
Poettker Construction Announced Sudden Passing of Founder, Chairman & CEO Charles Poettker
Poettker Construction Company announced the sudden passing of its Founder, Chairman and CEO Charles “Chuck” Poettker in a tragic accident last weekend at Kentucky Lake. Keith Poettker, President of Poettker Construction, said, “It is with [...]
HOK Expands Leadership Team in St. Louis
Tony Raya has been promoted from senior project architect to technical principal, joining Margaret McDonald, Angelo Arzano and Eli Hoisington on the St. Louis office leadership team. Since joining the St. Louis studio 21 years [...]
icon Mechanical Moves into New Granite City, Illinois Headquarters
Mechanical Engineering Firm Expands to Accommodate Exponential Growth. Highlights: New 40,800 square-foot facility opened June 4th Expanded HQ represents firm’s continued growth icon employees make full-force return to the office as new HQ opens icon [...]
TSI Moves to New High-Tech Headquarters
TSI’s Comeback After Almost Closing Its Doors During the Flood of 93’ TSI Global Companies, LLC, a truly self-performing MBE low-voltage systems and technology integrator, officially announces its ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held on July [...]
Six Sigma One Point Lessons (By: Kirby Kraft, Bayer)
Six Sigma One Point Lessons One Point Lessons (OPL’s) are short visual presentations on a single point that has three purposes: They sharpen job-related knowledge and skills by communication information about specific problems and improvements. [...]
Employee Involvement – The Key to An Effective Safety Culture
By: Joe Shryock, icon Mechanical My safety management approach has been shaped by tough lessons I have learned throughout my career. It is these experiences that have allowed my team and I to establish a [...]
Nooter PACT (Positive, Awareness, Coaching, Teamwork)
Blob Posted by: Keith Bleile, Nooter Construction Company Nooter Construction's safety culture includes the implementation of a new “PACT” program (Positive, Awareness, Coaching, and Teamwork) beginning with a total commitment to safety as the priority. [...]
SLC3 Diversity Advancement Series Guest Blog
SLC3 Diversity Advancement Series By: Christy Cunningham, Hastings & Chivetta Quotes from Rebeccah Bennett (Emerging Wisdom LLC) “Building together means nobody fails.” “No majority vs. minority and we’ll all one!” Things overheard/quotes from the [...]
Address Stress Workshop
An amazing workshop was held today by Lara Pennington with Mental Health America of Eastern Missouri. She helped us identify different types of stress and identify the biggest stressors in our life. We spent time [...]
Managing Contractor Safety to Meet the Needs of a Diverse Customer Base by: Thomas J. Adams, Guest Blogger
Contractors provide valuable consulting, construction, maintenance, and repair services to all sizes and types of commercial, institutional, governmental, and industrial customers throughout our region. In addition to delivering specialized skills to our customers, contractors must [...]
SLCCC becomes SLC3! And a new look!
The St. Louis Council of Construction Consumers is proud to announce our official name to go by change. Our legal name will remain long, but you can now call us SLC3! Not all things were [...]
Protected: AEC Update and Forecast 2020
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#KeepSTLWorking
Re: A Safety Message from SLCCC SLCCC Members, The COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage on, impacting individuals, families, businesses, and our community. From the beginning, we were uncertain how devastating the impact would be to [...]
Women of Safety Series 1.0: Words of Wisdom
Getting to know SLCCC’s Women of Safety Series Women in the safety profession are making their mark right here in St. Louis. We are delighted to have nine contributors sharing their words of wisdom in [...]
SLCCC AWARDS 2020
It's here! Although we could not have an awards Gala as planned for April and then again this month due to the Coronavirus, we assembled this video to acknowledge our diversity and best practice nominees, [...]
Too Hot to Handle: St. Louis Summer + Face Covering Mandates
By: Deborah Kempf, Safety Compliance (Kadean) Summers in our region get quite heated. The year 2020 really added some fuel to the summer heat as companies and workers strive to meet the challenges of mask [...]
SLCCC Member Spotlight: Michael Hargrave, BJC Healthcare
"After attending my first Safety Committee meeting with the SLCCC, I knew it was an organization I wanted to be involved with. At the meeting, I was surrounded by other owners, contractors, and representatives from [...]
7 Steps to Mitigate COVID Rise in St. Louis County
Earlier today in the St. Louis metropolitan area both St. Louis County Executive, Dr. Sam Page and the City of St. Louis Mayor, Lyda Krewson responded to the rise in COVID-19 cases. St. Louis County [...]
GETTING THE MOST FROM YOUR SLCCC MEMBERSHIP
#1: Ensure your employees know you're members! Too often members are marking themselves as non-members. Membership is not individual it is company-wide. Let everyone know we are a resource to all and all are welcome [...]
LEADING INDICATORS IN SAFETY. by: Kirby Kraft, Bayer
Lagging indicators can alert a company to failure in an area of your safety and health program or to the existence of a hazard. Leading indicators can tell you whether your safety and health activities [...]
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION MESSAGING: Needs of Change Must Be Recognized
Author: Anonymous Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) programs are vital to forward-thinking companies that want to attract and retain the best talent. However, it’s the lack of such efforts at some organizations that have been making [...]
Protected: Economic View & Impact of Covid-19 with the Federal Reserve – WEBINAR
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City Foundry STL Virtual Tour/Panel Discussion & Happy Hour Video Recap
Thank you for attending our multi-hosted CREW, SMPS. ULI and SLCCC St. Louis City Foundry STL Virtual Tour/Panel Discussion & Happy Hour! The recordings can be accessed through the link below. LINK TO WEBINAR VIDEO
Owner Roundtable Virtual Discussions #4
The SLCCC is hosting owner roundtable discussions regarding the challenges of the pandemic and moving forward. Here is some insight from each of our organization leaders. We hope this information helps all members and we [...]
Rebuilding Post Coronavirus
Author: Kelly Jackson, Executive Director (SLCCC) When things first hit for all of us, I immediately reacted with a doomsday mentality given our very mission is to provide in-person education and networking events to better [...]
MEMBER COMPANY SPOTLIGHT – KOZENY-WAGNER
Kozeny-Wagner has provided diversified construction, construction management and design/build services throughout the Midwest since 1965. Childhood friends, Don Kozeny and Rich Wagner had become experienced in civil Engineering and proficient in concrete construction. Together they [...]
SLCCC Covid-19 – Bidding, Contracts, Safety and the Workplace
Thank you to the attorneys at Husch Blackwell for a great webinar in a Covid-19 environment today and beyond. Ken Slavens, James Mathis, Bradley Hiles, and Melissa Smith-Groff shed light on bidding projects, contracts related [...]
The Opioids Epidemic, Substance Abuse, Suicide, and Mental Health/Wellness of the Construction Industry Workforce
AUTHOR: Sal Valadez, LiUNA EMLDC & SLCCC Safety Committee Member According to the Missouri Hospital Association’s 2019 report, The Economic Cost of the Opioid Crisis in the U.S. A State-by-State Comparison, the economic cost of [...]
COVID-19 Updates
Coronavirus (COVID-19) The coronavirus and economic crises have created an urgent, unprecedented challenge for CEOs and corporate leaders to put purpose-driven leadership and stakeholder capitalism into practice. Companies face extraordinary operational and financial challenges, and [...]
Workplace Safety Training
Workplace Safety Training by: Kirby Kraft, Bayer (SLCCC Safety Chair) Workplace safety culture starts with a well-trained workforce. Safety training is required by state and federal regulation and good safety training demonstrates your commitment to [...]
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: SAFETY
By: Rob Miller, L Keeley, SLCCC Safety Committee Member The career of a safety professional is often a little different than those in other professions especially when it comes to their professional development. When the [...]
LEGALLY SPEAKING PROJECT DELAYS & RESULTING CLAIMS
We held our Legally Speaking Project Delays and Resulting Clays Program yesterday at Sunset 44 in Kirkwood, MO to a crowd of 72 attendees. Dan Spirn, attorney with Dentons, Ken Slavens with Husch Blackwell and [...]
2019 Sporting Clays
2019 SPORTING CLAYS We want to thank the sponsors of today’s program. It’s incredibly important to the SLCCC to receive the support of sponsors which helps us achieve our training and education [...]
2019 SLCCC Best Practices & Diversity Awards Finalists Announced
Our finalists are here in SLCCC's Annual Best Practices and Diversity & Inclusion Awards. Thank you to all those who submitted! Join us at the beautiful Missouri Botanical Garden – one of our owner [...]
2019 Best Practices Awards Call for Nominations Through February 21
The Best Practices Awards program provides unique awards that recognize achievement with the implementation of construction industry Best Practices which have been validated by the Construction Industry Institute (CII) to provide improvements in cost [...]
Introduction to Cultural Competency
The United States, like most advanced industrial Western societies, is experiencing a demographic transformation that will unquestionably change the way most companies, large and small, conduct business. Companies/industries who are ready and understand that [...]
Best Practices Awards in Construction
Best practices in the construction industry were recognized by the St. Louis Council of Construction Consumers (SLCCC) during its annual awards on March 5, 2018 at the St. Louis Science Center Planetarium, St. Louis, [...]
Annual Awards Recognition
The St. Louis Council of Construction Consumers Awards Dinner Gala will be held on Monday, March 5, at the St. Louis Science Center Planetarium in St. Louis. The Best Practice awards recognize successful implementation of [...]
Sponsorship Supports Your Marketing
Sponsorships are available for SLCCC monthly continuing education programs as well as networking opportunities. Choose the package that supports your marketing needs. Options include: Annual or Monthly Continuing Education Program Sponsorships Platinum Sponsorship Gold [...]
AWP – Advanced Work Packaging
AWP - Advanced Work Packaging On April 14, 2016 Scott Hounsell, a Construction Services Director for Fluor Construction presented the latest CII, Construction Industry Institute, Best Practice to about 50 SLCCC members. AWP, Advanced [...]
MODOT Award to SLCCC
The St. Louis Council of Construction Consumers (SLCCC) was awarded the "Outstanding Transportation Partner of the Year" Award by the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) during its annual Civil Rights Contractor Compliance / DBE Training [...]
Inclusion Award Nominations
Nominations are open for the 2016 Inclusion Awards. These awards recognize the advancement of diversity and inclusion in the design and construction industry. Nominations are due by February 4, 2016 to the St. Louis Council [...]
2016 Best Practices Awards Nominations
Nominations are open for the 2016 Construction Industry Best Practices Awards. The awards program provides unique awards which recognize achievement with implementation of construction industry Best Practices which have been validated by the Construction Industry Institute (CII) to provide improvements [...]
Awards Recognize Diversity and Inclusion in Construction Industry
The Missouri Department of Transportation (MODOT) was awarded a Diversity Inclusion Organizational Excellence Award for their leadership with the use of minority and women owned business enterprises (MWBE) and use of women and minorities in [...]
Best Practices Awards 2014
Best practices in the construction industry were recognized by the St. Louis Council of Construction Consumers (SLCCC) during its annual awards on December 18, 2014 at the Sheraton Westport Lakeside Chalet, St. Louis, MO. The [...]