Septeber 2024 - More than $720,000 was raised by the local construction industry during St. Louis Children’s Hospital's annual KIDstruction Week. Ambassador Grady visited the Campus Renewal site at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in June. The BJC and McCarthy teams treated Grady, his mom and three brothers to a fun outing and popsicles. He made new friends in hard hats and steel-toed boots.
June 11, 2024 - It was a beautiful day to celebrate a signficant milestone - the topping out of the new Plaza West Tower at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, representing more than 1.7 million hours of labor. The final structural beam, signed by trades men and women, employees, physicians, patients and families, was hoisted 300+ feet to the top of the tower.
May 2024 - Charles Henson, BJC planning, design and construction (PD&C) senior diversity manager, was recently recognized at the Connections to Success annual tribute.
May 2024 - Retaining apprentices is a challenge in the construction industry. McCarthy Building Companies has launched a program on BJC's Campus Renewal to beat the odds.
February 2024 - Daland Jefferson, a junior at Webster Groves High School, likes figuring out how to do things. That’s why he recently joined some of his classmates at the BJC Campus Renewal Career Resource Center to learn more about careers in construction and the trades.