VIDEO: Pre-Season Emerging Leaders Event at Wies Offsite Showcases the Future

Date Posted: February 25, 2025

Posted In: Discussion, Ideas, Workforce,

If you’re interested in the future of our industry Construction Forum Emerging Leaders event on March 25th offers a prelude to Cardinals’ Opening Day that’s a home run. The event is being held from 4:00 – 6:00 PM at Wies Offsite in Maryland Heights. It is free to attend but registration is required. Click here to register.

Dan Wies is CEO of Wies Offsite, a company which designs and manufactures structural stud solutions. He is a third-generation member of the construction industry.

The Emerging Leaders group will have the opportunity to see the plant and the software company Dan is building to automate the way structural framing is designed.

Wies has been exploring the intersection of construction and technology for over 15 years. Late last year he expanded operations of Wies Offsite by standing up a new 100,000-square-foot manufacturing facility with three computerized stud roll-forming lines in Maryland Heights.

This video explores Dan Wies’ path, and his aspirations for his company, the construction industry here, and the St. Louis Region.

Construction Forum’s Emerging Leaders Group was formed a decade ago to provide networking opportunities and a voice for those whose careers are on the rise in the St. Louis Region’s built environment.

The Group — 150-plus members strong — represents a very diverse cross-section of careers in the built environment. From skilled-craft workers to attorneys, project managers to human resource directors, the ELG is an inclusive and encouraging resource for the people who will help shape the future of the St. Louis Region.

From its beginning, the ELG also focused on bringing along the industry’s next generation and on giving back to the community. From after-school programming at LifeWise (formerly Kingdom House), to assisting the Forum’s education outreach to youth, parents, and educators, members of the ELG have stepped up. They realize that young persons pondering what they will do in life can identify more with people closer to their age.