Spotlight On Southwestern Illinois Commercial Contractors

By ROBERTA CODEMO    Work is completed on the new $17 million Fairview Heights Recreational Complex dubbed The REC located at 10025 Bunkum Road. The 30-acre site is the former location of Our Lady of Assumption Church at Bunkum Road and Interstate 64 on the city’s west side. Opening day is May 6.    The city’s Parks…

By DENNIS GRUBAUGH    E.J. Roscow started off small, built a multi-million-dollar business, and gives his employees credit for the growth.    “The success we have had is because of our employees — 100 percent. Our people are the best in the trade, from our foreman all the way to the office and warehouse staff,” the president…

By RITA DUCKWORTH    A new dental facility on Illinois Route 157 in Edwardsville is one of the latest design/build projects for Plocher Construction of Highland.    The facility will house new offices for two separate dental care practices: BauerHite Orthodontics and Southern Illinois Pediatric Dentists. The design was provided by Hurford Architects of Glen Carbon. Edwardsville’s…

By RITA DUCKWORTH    Poettker Construction Co., headquartered in Breese, Ill., has collaborated with Ameren Corp. on more than 80 projects since 2016 for the utility’s Buildings & Facility Management Group as well as Transmission, Distribution, and Gas Service Groups. Most recently, the company completed its first design/build project for Ameren Illinois, the new $19 million…

By ROBERTA CODEMO    Work is progressing on a new $27 million upscale apartment development in Shiloh dubbed Thirteen01 at Hartman Lakes. Edwardsville-based Contegra Construction is the builder.    Hartman Lakes Apartments, located at 1301 Centerpoint Circle, includes nine, three-story garden apartment buildings situated on 17 acres. The apartment complex is part of a larger planned development…

By RITA DUCKWORTH    The Residences at Boland Place is currently under construction near Interstate 64 and Hanley Road at the corner of Dale Avenue and Boland Place in Richmond Heights. IMPACT Strategies, based in Fairview Heights, is the general contractor, and Scott Manning is the project manager on the job.    The luxury mixed-use development will…