Spotlight On Southwestern Illinois Commercial Construction

By ALAN J. ORTBALS    Contegra Construction Co. began work on the expansion of West Star Aviation in early August. Completion is projected for March 2014.   West Star is located at St. Louis Regional Airport in East Alton. It specializes in airframe repair and maintenance, engine repair and maintenance, major modifications, avionics installation and repair,…

By KATE GENO    Enclave West is a brand-new apartment community specifically designed to provide off-campus housing for the students of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Located on 12 acres of land along New Poag Road in Edwardsville, the nine-building complex opened in August.    IMPACT Strategies broke ground on the $20 million project in October…

By KATE GENO    The third location of the Legacy Place Senior Living Community is under construction in Breese. Plocher Construction Co. is building the 54,000-square-foot facility that will also include a memory care wing.     Project manager Rachelle Lengermann says after constructing the Legacy Place communities in Highland and Waterloo, Plocher Construction is confident…

By ALAN J. ORTBALS    When the American Association of Orthodontists planned to reorganize its departments to create a more efficient workflow in its aging facility, the association called upon The Korte Co. to make it happen.     The association’s decision was easy, as The Korte Co. had just completed a project for the American…

By KATE GENO    Holland Construction Services is building a new $22.6 million senior high school for Wesclin Community Unit School District 3 in Clinton County.   The current junior/senior high school does not have capacity for the existing student population and the district has been renting classroom space around the community. The future 120,000-square-foot school…

By ALAN J. ORTBALS    A program to modernize Belleville’s sewer system will reach an important milestone later this year when Phase I of its Long Term Control Plan is completed. Korte & Luitjohan Contractors Inc. is the contractor on the three-year, $41.5 million wastewater treatment project.    The city adopted the plan in 2007…

By KATE GENO    Poettker Construction Co. is working on multiple expansion projects to accommodate the growth of Continental Tire Corp.’s Mount Vernon operations.     Continental Tire Mount Vernon is a subsidiary of the Germany-based Continental Corp., one of the top five automotive suppliers in the world. The Mount Vernon plant expansion projects will help…