The Effort is There

Date Posted: February 23, 2015

Posted In: Ideas, Workforce,

From The Washington Missourian:No one can say that the effort to build a new stadium in St. Louis for professional football is absent. It was announced Thursday that labor has joined the forces working to build the new stadium.

The St. Louis Building and Construction Trades Council, the Eastern Missouri Laborers’ District Council and the Carpenters District Council of Greater St. Louis have agreed to work a 24-hour schedule without overtime to build the stadium that is part of a plan to redevelop the St. Louis riverfront north of the Arch.

Based on an agreed work schedule of three eight-hour shifts, five days a week, it has been estimated that construction of the stadium could be completed in two years and would save about $40 million in construction costs when compared to a work schedule of two 10-hour shifts. It also has been estimated that the project would provide work for 1,500 people per day at peak construction periods.

The agreement with labor was announced by Gov. Jay Nixon, who earlier appointed the former president of Anheuser-Busch, David Peacock, and Clayton attorney Robert Blitz to head up the efforts to build the stadium for the Rams or another NFL team. Development of a blighted area also is part of the plan.

It was announced earlier that Ameren Missouri and the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis had agreed to relocate two transmission towers and power lines that feed the north riverfront substation, while the railroad group would relocate its tracks to accommodate the stadium. The work would be done at their cost.

The Effort is There

Date Posted: February 23, 2015

Posted In: Ideas, Workforce,

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