Daily Record (St. Louis, MO/St. Louis Countian) articles from February 2005

Daily Record (St. Louis, MO/St. Louis Countian) archives from February 2005

Affirmative defense amendment was not timely filed, MO Supreme Court finds.(Missouri, Dr. Andy Wright, Kimberly and Jerry Norman, cases)
February 1, 2005... Byline: Donna Walter Timing is everything. A defendant doctor and his attorney found that out the hard way after the Missouri Supreme Court overturned for the second time a trial court's decision to reduce the amount of the damages...

MO Court of Appeals says worker injured doing contract labor not entitled to workers' comp. benefits.(Missouri, Midwest Trailer Repair, Overnight Express Inc.)
February 1, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy An employee was injured while performing work that was not the usual business of his company and was therefore not entitled to workers' compensation benefits as a statutory employee, the Missouri Court of...

Commentary: Police 'qualify' for immunity in recent 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals cases.(cases on qualified immunity)
February 1, 2005... Byline: Marshall H. Tanick (This article originally ran in Minnesota Lawyer, Minneapolis, MN, another Dolan Media publication). The police have a difficult job. Recognizing the problems that law enforcement personnel face, the courts...

Firsthand experience demonstrates need for law firms, lawyers network.
February 2, 2005... Byline: Jane Pribek Everything happens for a reason. But no one wants to hear that when the bad news hits. For example, Minneapolis business lawyer Leon Steinberg was not looking forward to a client meeting back in the late 1980s when he...

MO Court of Appeals says homeowner gets another chance to collect damages over faulty repairs.(Missouri, Donna Stom, Nick Stom)
February 2, 2005... Byline: Donna Walter A couple who spent $9,000 to have a sun room built on their Sunrise Beach, Mo., home and then spent another $7,000 to have the leaky windows replaced have a chance to recoup some of their money. Although a Camden...

Commentary: Tips for setting up an automatic timekeeping system.(Column)
February 2, 2005... Byline: Jim Wirken We have just started talking about the fourth area of the five areas that make up every business in the world. This fourth area is "billing." The other four areas are "clients" and "customers," "administration," "getting...

Former SW MO State Univ. student becomes lawyer after life-changing injury.(Southwest Missouri State University's former student, Eric Westacott now an associate at Rynearson, Suess, Schnurbusch & Champion)(Biography)
February 3, 2005... Byline: Mark Hodapp Eric Westacott had been an active pre-med student at Southwest Missouri State University. He was holding down 18 hours in classes and working 20 hours a week teaching at baseball camps. He also was serving a term as...

Constitutional challenge to sexually violent predator law transferred to Missouri Supreme Court.
February 3, 2005... Byline: Emily Umbright The Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, transferred a convicted rapist's constitutional challenges to the state's sexually violent predator statutes to the Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday, saying it lacked...

Association of Minority Contractors of St. Louis celebrates renewal under new charter.
February 4, 2005... Byline: Jennifer Anast By On. Jan. 18, the new Association of Minority Contractors of St. Louis became chartered at the Royal Vagabonds' clubhouse. The AMC of St. Louis provides a centralized support system for the development and advocacy...

St. Louis electrical training center opens doors.(St. Louis Electrical Industry Training Center)
February 4, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess U.S. Congressman William "Lacy" Clay recently shone a spotlight on the St. Louis Electrical Industry Training Center, highlighting its reputation as one of the nation's top high-tech learning laboratories for electrical...

St. Louis-based Alberici Constructors completes installation of wind turbine at its headquarters.(J.S. Alberici Construction Company Inc.)
February 4, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff On Monday, Jan. 17, Alberici Constructors assembled and placed a three-blade rotor, which spans 52 feet in diameter, atop a monopole that rises 124-feet above the landscape to complete the installation...

Developers locking in loans as interest rates inch higher.
February 4, 2005... Byline: Mark Anderson This article originally ran in Finance and Commerce, Minneapolis, MN, another Dolan Media publication. With short-term interest rates finishing a 12-month, 150-basis-point ascent and long-term rates likely to start a...

Jeremey Lay joins St. Louis office of Horner & Shifrin Inc.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Horner & Shifrin Inc., engineers/architects/planners, announces that Jeremey Lay, P.E., has joined its St. Louis office as environmental project manager. Lay's experience in both water and...

MO Dept. of Natural Resources offers water pollution prevention grants.(Missouri)
February 4, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is accepting applications for project funding that will protect Missouri's waters from nonpoint source pollution. Grant awards typically range from $5,000 to...

Clayco hires Otto Nichols III as project engineer.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Otto Nichols III has joined Clayco as a project engineer. In his new position, Nichols assists the project manager in all design coordination, construction management, preconstruction and post...

Bruce J. Brophy named to national advisory board.(Coldwell Banker Commercial Advisory Board)
February 4, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Bruce J. Brophy, CCIM, RPA, of Coldwell Banker Commercial CRA L.L.C. has been named a member of the Coldwell Banker Commercial Advisory Board. Brophy brings more than 25 years of commercial real...

St. Louis lawyer Michael E. Kaemmerer honored as one of nation's top attorneys.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff For the 10th consecutive year, St. Louis lawyer Michael E. Kaemmerer, Esq., has been honored as one of the nation's top attorneys. Kaemmerer is a partner with the Chesterfield law firm McCarthy,...

Wehrenberg Theatres opens St. Louis area's largest screen, auditorium.
February 4, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Motorists on Highway 40 can clearly see something "big" has arrived at Chesterfield Commons in Chesterfield, Mo. It is the largest movie screen and auditorium in the St. Louis area at Wehrenberg...

Associated Builders and Contractors objects to proposed OSHA rule.(Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
February 4, 2005... Byline: Cody McCullough National officials from the Associated Builders and Contractors recently announced they have submitted comments to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration challenging the agency's Notice of Proposed...

Online construction guidelines more popular than expected.
February 4, 2005... Byline: Michelle Madison Twenty years ago, Dan O'Brien says he had little input in the jobs his electrical contracting business landed. "We used to be a very adversarial business - we were directed and demanded to do a job in a certain...

U.S. Congress renews Realtor act.
February 4, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Legislation that permanently prohibits big banking conglomerates from entering real estate brokerage or property management was reintroduced in the U.S. Senate, the National Association of Realtors...

Is workers' compensation in need of repair in Missouri?
February 5, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask After years of debate, it appears likely the Missouri General Assembly will amend the workers' compensation insurance statute. Whether that is a good thing depends on who you talk to. Republicans now not only control...

Rising cost of workers' compensation cuts into profits for some St. Louis-area businesses.
February 5, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask The rising cost of workers' compensation insurance is hurting the bottom line, some area businesses say. Jeff Hansen, who operates Hansen's Tree Service & Environmental Wood Resources, has seen double-digit increases...

Option of straight party selection provokes ballot debate in Missouri legislature.
February 5, 2005... Byline: Mike Nixon Making one mark to indicate favor for all candidates of a given political party has became a control issue. Republicans in the Missouri legislature have introduced two nearly identical bills this session which would...

Law firm of Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin elects eight new partners.
February 5, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The law firm of Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin has elected eight new partners. Practicing in the firm's St. Louis office are: Saraann S. Parker, who joined the corporate department in 2001 in the...

Work Center opens its eighth facility in South St. Louis County.(Brief Article)
February 5, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Work Center is expanding its reach to South St. Louis County with its eighth facility, which opened on Jan.17. The South County facility is a 3,600-square-foot, full-service industrial rehabilitation...

Bryan Groh joins international law firm of Bryan Cave as counsel in its St. Louis office.(Brief Article)
February 5, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Bryan Groh has joined the international law firm of Bryan Cave L.L.P. as counsel in its St. Louis office. Groh concentrates his practice in civil litigation. Representing clients in contract disputes,...

Gregory Upchurch is appointed to Missouri's Coordinating Board for Higher Education.(Brief Article)
February 5, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Gregory Upchurch is the newest member appointed to the Coordinating Board for Higher Education, nominated by Gov. Matt Blunt earlier this month and confirmed by the Missouri Senate. Upchurch practices in...

Missouri Court of Appeals Summaries of Opinions: February 5, 2005.
February 5, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Civil Law Constitution; sexually violent predator law Albert Bernat appeals from the trial court's judgment, after a jury trial, finding that he was a sexually violent predator pursuant to...

Jefferson County sheriff sees service as resource for lawyers, courts.(Glenn Boyer)(Biography)
February 7, 2005... Byline: Mike Nixon Glenn Boyer is living the life many men dreamed of in their childhood. As sheriff of Jefferson County during the past 12 years, Boyer said that his law enforcement career, which just crossed over the 30-year mark, is the...

Court rules on taxation of contingency fees.(Supreme Court, California. Department of Education)
February 7, 2005... Byline: John Finerty Contingency fee agreements in most cases allow an attorney or law firm to obtain compensation for legal services by taking a portion of an award or settlement. How to treat the contingency fee portion of an award or...

MO Court of Appeals assesses penalty against Wal-Mart for not paying injured employee's medical bill.(Missouri, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.)
February 8, 2005... Byline: Donna Walter Wal-Mart's refusal to pay more than $20,000 in medical expenses for an injured employee means the company will now have to pay close to $60,000 as a penalty for noncompliance. Even though the employer-approved...

Survey shows more lawyers take work home.
February 8, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess Most people think homework ends with graduation, but a survey by Robert Half Legal found that attorneys said they give themselves homework assignments an average of nine days per month, or more than twice a week. ...

Kansas City jury finds cigarette maker liable for death.
February 8, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy A jury comprised of three smokers and several people with stated biases against smokers found a tobacco company liable for the death of a woman who smoked for 52 years. The jury awarded $2 million in...

MO Court of Appeals reverses its reversal in dispute over insurance policy proceeds.(Missouri)
February 9, 2005... Byline: Emily Umbright A little over a month ago, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, reversed a St. Charles County trial court by awarding a deceased man's $100,000 life insurance policy proceeds to his second wife, rather...

MO Court of Appeals finds non-compete contract unenforceable.(Missouri)(Systematic Business Services Inc.)
February 9, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, found one portion of a company's non-compete clause was too broad and, therefore, unenforceable in an affirmed in part, reversed in part opinion. A...

Applicants sought for vacancy on St. Louis City Circuit Court.
February 9, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The 22nd Judicial Circuit Commission in St. Louis City announced that it is now accepting applications for the position of associate circuit judge. The vacancy is created by the appointment of Judge...

Commentary: How to set up billing for your word processing.
February 9, 2005... Byline: Jim Wirken We are continuing to talk about the fourth area of the five areas that make up every business in the world. As you know, this fourth area is "billing." We have previously talked about the three areas which are as...

Dan Glazier looks forward to challenges as new Legal Services of Eastern MO executive director.(Missouri)
February 10, 2005... Byline: Donna Walter Legal aid lawyers love challenges, and Dan Glazier is certainly looking forward to the challenges he will face as the new executive director of Legal Services of Eastern Missouri. Glazier has worked for LSEM for...

Plans for Legal Services of Eastern MO include serving as many clients as possible.(Missouri, Dan Glazier)
February 10, 2005... Byline: Donna Walter Dan Glazier has big plans for Legal Services of Eastern Missouri. On March 1, he will assume his role as executive director and begin putting those plans into action. All of those plans are client-centered and...

New president of St. Louis realtors assn.: building on trust, focusing on cooperation.
February 11, 2005... Byline: Leah G. Rothschild Known by his colleagues as an ever hardworking optimist, Robert "Bob" Staniforth made his mark as a commercial real estate broker in St. Louis. Staniforth was lauded for his accomplishments last month during...

Fed notices mixed results for St. Louis economic activity.(Federal)(Brief Article)
February 11, 2005... Byline: Leah G. Rothschild Local economic activity continued to expand during the latter part of 2004 and into the first weeks of 2005, according to the most recent 8th District Federal Reserve's Beige Book report. The report gave high...

National affordable housing group offers new quality certification program.
February 11, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The National Affordable Housing Management Association has announced a new certification program that recognizes the outstanding achievements of property managers and owners who provide high-quality,...

Commentary: Water-supply issues need win-win solutions.
February 11, 2005... Byline: Matt Moroney (This article originally ran in The Daily Reporter, Milwaukee, WI, another Dolan Media publication). In committees and commissions, town hall meetings and public forums, communities continue to debate how to...

Survey: Landscape architecture firms on the rise across country.
February 11, 2005... Byline: Cody McCullough (This article originally ran in the Daily Journal of Commerce, Portland, OR, another Dolan Media publication). The demand for landscape architecture services is growing significantly across the country,...

Commentary: New tax rule may help speed home sales.
February 11, 2005... Byline: Gary Williams (This article originally ran in The Daily Record, Baltimore, MD, another Dolan Media publication). Military families and homeowners who live in their home fewer than a total of two years before selling it still...

Dominion Hospitality Group names new market sales manager for St. Louis.(Brief Article)
February 11, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Florence Hodge has joined Dominion Hospitality Group as market sales manager for its TownePlace Suites and Fairfield Inn hotels located at the Fenton Business Park, near the intersection of I-270 and...

Old Post Office project developers to begin block fill-in of east wall.(Brief Article)
February 11, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The developers of the Old Post Office project will soon begin a block fill-in of the east wall of the Syndicate Trust Building. The treatment is for weatherproofing purposes and in time will be concealed...

MO's Paric Corp. names new senior project engineer.(Brief Article)
February 11, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Mike Rallo Jr. has been promoted to senior project engineer at Paric Corp. P. Joseph McKee III, president of Paric, made the announcement. Rallo will assist in the project management process. This...

St. Louis real estate firm gains national account.
February 11, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff In 2005, Coldwell Banker Commercial CRA L.L.C. will broker a different kind of deal for Scottrade Inc., a leader in online investing. The company has expanded its relationship with the St. Louis-based...

Horner & Shifrin's St. Louis office expands park, adds to staff.
February 11, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Horner & Shifrin Inc., engineers/architects/planners, is designing improvements to City Park No. 2 at Osage Beach, Mo. According to a statement made by project manager Gino Bernardez, P.E.: "The...

MO's McBride & Son Homes names general counsel.(McBride & Son Homes Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 11, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff McBride & Son Homes Inc., the largest home builder and residential land developer in Missouri, announced that Jeffrey M. Berger has been named general counsel. "Jeff plays an integral role in our...

St. Louis-based Drake and Co. wants trade assn. hub at Chesterfield Village.
February 11, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Drake and Co., a St. Louis-based association management organization, wants to attract national trade associations to Chesterfield Village - Sachs Properties' 1,500-acre mixed-use development in...

Software standards to save construction industry $1 million.
February 11, 2005... Byline: Daily Journal of Commerce Staff (This article originally ran in the Daily Journal of Commerce, another Dolan Media publication). The Associated General Contractors of America has partnered with FIATECH to begin the process of...

Mediation used more to settle construction disputes.
February 11, 2005... Byline: Brian Johnson (This article originally ran in Finance & Commerce, Minneapolis, MN, another Dolan Media publication). In the world of professional football, a disputed call is often cleared up with the use of instant replay. ...

Congress cuts funding to housing voucher program.(Department of Housing and Urban Development)
February 11, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Agencies administering the Housing Choice Voucher Program received word from the Department of Housing and Urban Development in a memo dated Jan. 21 that they are, once again, going to have to figure out...

Whether MO's tax incentives are investments or giveaways depends on one's perspective.
February 12, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask "In my opinion, it's a matter of perspective." So says David A. Leezer, director of business development for St. Charles County Executive Joe Ortwerth, about the use of tax credits and other economic incentives that...

Incentives alone won't entice development in Missouri.
February 12, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask The bundle of economic incentives offered by the state of Missouri and local governments is just one of a number of factors that corporations consider when deciding whether to locate their offices, manufacturing plants...

Benefits from corporate tax breaks dependent on backers.
February 12, 2005... Byline: Mike Nixon Some call it corporate welfare when companies large and small are awarded tax breaks offered in a variety of government-backed programs. Others contend it is a matter of insuring community well-being with creative ways...

MO-based Behr, McCarter, & Potter adds associate to staff.(Missouri)(appointment of Jason W. Kinser )(Brief Article)
February 12, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Jason W. Kinser has joined the law firm of Behr, McCarter & Potter as an associate concentrating in the areas of civil litigation as well as legal and medical malpractice defense. He holds a law degree,...

MO's Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale P.C. adds to appellate litigation practice group.(Missouri)(appointments)(Brief Article)
February 12, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The law firm of Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale P.C. has added Jordan B. Cherrick to head the firm's appellate litigation practice group and to assist in constitutional and complex litigation. Other...

St. Louis-based Evans & Dixon L.L.C. adds associate to workers' comp practice.(appointment of Melissa Flynn)(Brief Article)
February 12, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Melissa Flynn has joined Evans & Dixon L.L.C. as an associate in the firm's workers' compensation practice. She represents major insurance carriers and self-insured employers from a variety of...

Financial Planning Assn. of MO/Southern Illinois adds to board of directors.(appointment of Scott M. Tatum)(Brief Article)
February 12, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Financial Planning Association of Missouri/Southern Illinois has named Scott M. Tatum, CFP, to its board of directors, where he will assume the responsibility of director of programs for the St....

St. Louis-based Brown Smith Wallace promotes one to member.(appointment of Anthony Munns)(Brief Article)
February 12, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Anthony Munns has been promoted to member at Brown Smith Wallace. Munns' new role as member recognizes his more than 20 years of experience in the IT and risk-management industry. He recently was...

MO office of Armstrong Teasdale elects three new partners.(appointments of Casey O. Housley, Connie McFarland-Butler and Mark L. Stoneman)
February 12, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Kansas City's Casey O. Housley and St. Louis' Connie McFarland-Butler and Mark L. Stoneman have been elected to partnerships at Armstrong Teasdale. Housley is a member of the firm's litigation...

MO-based Drone & Mueller and Associates names new account supervisor.(appointment of Richard Arthur)(Brief Article)
February 12, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Richard Arthur has joined the staff of Drone & Mueller and Associates as an account supervisor. In addition to working directly with a variety of the firm's clients, he has new business development...

Enterprise Bank & Trust names new VP at Sunset Hills, MO, bank.(Enterprise Bank & Trust's Sunset Hills)(appointment of Steven L. Albart)(Brief Article)
February 12, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Steven L. Albart has been named vice president at Enterprise Bank & Trust's Sunset Hills, Mo., bank. Albart is responsible for managing and developing a client portfolio of privately held businesses...

MO's Government e-Management Solutions appoints business analyst.(Missouri)(appointment of Tanya Hawkins)(Brief Article)
February 12, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Tanya Hawkins has been appointed a business analyst for the financial team at Government e-Management Solutions Inc. In her new position, she trains new customers on GEMS' financial management software,...

Coro Leadership Center-St. Louis selects recipient of top leadership honor.
February 12, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Coro Leadership Center-St. Louis has selected Lawrence Biondi, S.J., president of Saint Louis University, to receive the organization's top leadership honor, the Mayor John H. Poelker Award, which...

Missouri Court of Appeals Summaries of Opinions: February 12, 2005.
February 12, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Civil Law Labor and employment; benefits Yolanda Frenchie (Claimant) appeals the decision of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission regarding her unemployment benefits. DISMISSED....

St. Louis attorney author reveals no mystery to his novel career.(Michael A. Kahn)
February 14, 2005... Byline: Mike Nixon It was a dark and stormy night. Well, all right, it might not have been particularly stormy, but driving through the constant rainfall, down a dark, residential lane, uncertain of where to find the destination address...

Decision to terminate parental rights required specific details, MO Court of Appeals says.(Missouri)
February 15, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess Severing the ties that bind a mother and child requires specific reasoning from the court terminating the parental rights that goes beyond statutory recitation, reminded the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District,...

Social workers protected by qualified immunity, 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says.(Melissa Johnson and Family Services of Family Services)
February 15, 2005... Byline: Donna Walter Two social workers who failed to conduct a proper investigation of child abuse are protected by qualified immunity from a civil rights and wrongful death lawsuit brought by the one triplet who survived the abuse. ...

St. Louis Jewish lawyers form Cardozo Society.
February 16, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess Likeminded lawyers flock together, as can be seen in the diverse legal associations the St. Louis region has to offer, such as the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, the Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers,...

Evidence was sufficient for driver's license revocation, MO Court of Appeals says.(in Terry vs. Director Of Revenue case, Missouri )
February 16, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy Even though a driver refused a chemical blood alcohol test, a law enforcement officer had reasonable grounds to believe he was intoxicated, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, ruled in a...

MO Court of Appeals rules trial court lacked jurisdiction over negligence claim.(for an employee of Freight Consolidation Services Inc.)(Missouri)
February 16, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy An employee who was injured while performing a contracted task for a railroad company was subject to the provisions of the Missouri Workers' Compensation Act, and his claim for common law negligence rested...

Commentary: using your photocopier as a firm profit center.(cost accounting)
February 16, 2005... Byline: Jim Wirken We are continuing to talk about "tips" in the area of "billing" as you know. Billing is the fourth of five parts that make up every business in the world. The other four parts are: "Clients" or "customers;"...

Speaker at Washington Univ. advocates trust for the justice system.(Philip K. Howard talks, Washington University's Murray Weidenbaum Center )
February 17, 2005... Byline: Emily Umbright Where did all the seesaws go? Those seemingly trivial relics of childhood past that taught kids who to trust and how to work together have all but vanished from the nation's playgrounds and for an absurd reason...

Vulgar behavior not actionable in same-sex discrimination suit, 8th Circuit Court of Appeals rules.(Terri Pedroza and Pam Straw of Cintas Corp.)
February 17, 2005... Byline: Donna Walter A woman who worked for Cintas Corp. in Springfield, Mo., failed to show a female co-worker lusted after her and may not pursue her same-sex sexual discrimination claim against her employer. Last Friday, the 8th...

New ABA report gauges minority progress in the legal profession.(ABA House of Delegates)
February 17, 2005... Byline: KC Daily Record Staff Minorities are faring significantly worse in the legal profession than in other professions, minority entry into law has slowed considerably since a growth period from the 1980s through the mid-1990s, initial...

MO's 'State of Custom Home Building' program forecasts higher costs.
February 18, 2005... Byline: Cathy Kingsley The home building industry has seen a nearly 14-year run of prosperity with the last four being record years, Steven Hays, a CPA with Rubin, Brown, Gornstein & Co. L.L.P., told members of the Home Builders...

Strong growth drives home construction in St. Charles County.
February 18, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess Growth continues in St. Charles County, increasing both the number of single-family and multifamily housing permits and the amount of money that will be spent in the construction of the residences. Permits issued in...

Liquefied natural gas terminal safer than previously thought.(Brief Article)(Reprint)
February 18, 2005... Byline: CityBusiness Staff (This article originally ran in CityBusiness, New Orleans, LA, another Dolan Media publication). Proposed liquefied natural gas terminals in the Gulf of Mexico won't be nearly as harmful as previously...

Building with the environment in mind is on increase.(Reprint)
February 18, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Cline (This article originally appeared in the Colorado Springs Business Journal, Colorado Springs, CO, another Dolan Media publication). Editor's note: This article is part one of a two-part series on LEED...