Compiled
by Lauri Johnson
ST. CHARLES CONVENTION CENTER RECEIVES
2007 PRIME SITE AWARD
The St. Charles Convention Center earned a 2007 Prime Site Award
from Facilities & Destinations magazine, an industry
publication that covers public assembly facilities. The annual
awards are given to the top convention and exposition centers
chosen by industry experts, association executives, meeting
planners and tradeshow managers on behalf of the magazine.
Located in St. Charles, Mo., the 154,000-square-foot convention
center opened in April 2005 and has exceeded expectations by
hosting nearly 700 events through December 2006.
PAPERAGE MAGAZINE NAMES SMURFIT-STONE
EXECUTIVE “PAPERMAKER OF THE YEAR”
Patrick J. Moore, chairman and CEO of Smurfit-Stone Container
Corporation, is the 2007 recipient of the Executive Papermaker
of the Year Award from PaperAge magazine, a publication
that covers the worldwide paper industry. The award recognizes
top industry leaders based on their corporate vision, strategic
objectives and strong leadership within their respective companies
and the industry as a whole.
Under Moore’s leadership in 2006, Smurfit-Stone trimmed its
overall costs by $243 million, increased segment operating profit
by $242 million and reduced company debt by $937 million. Smurfit-Stone
is an integrated manufacturer of paperboard and paper-based
packaging and is one of the world’s largest paper recyclers.
QUALIFIED REMODELER NAMES SCHEIPETER
CONSTRUCTION ONE OF TOP 500 REMODELERS
S.W. Scheipeter Construction, a residential remodeling company
based in Webster Groves, has been named one of Qualified
Remodeler magazine’s Top 500 Remodelers list for 2006. Scheipeter
claimed the No. 413 spot with $2,456,519 in volume for 2005.
The annual list ranks the nation’s top design/build, full-service
and specialty companies in the construction remodeling business
according to their volume of work in 2005. Founded in October
2000, Scheipeter Construction has 12 employees.
THOMPSON NAMED TO MIDWEST REAL ESTATE
NEWS’ FORTY OVER FORTY LIST
Tony Thompson, president and CEO of Kwame Building Group, has
been named to Midwest Real Estate News’ inaugural Forty
Over 40 list for excellence in commercial real estate in the
Midwest. Thompson founded Kwame Building Group, a program and
construction management firm, in 1991. He has led the firm on
such major projects as the Lambert-St. Louis International Airport
expansion and the new Busch Stadium. Prior to launching his
own firm, Thompson worked as a project engineer for Anheuser-Busch
Cos., a mechanical engineer at Monsanto Chemical Co. and a construction
engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
THREE ST. LOUIS FIRMS MAKE FORTUNE’S
BEST COMPANIES TO WORK FOR LIST
Edward Jones, KPMG LLP, and A.G. Edwards have been included
on FORTUNE magazine’s 100 Best Companies to Work For
list for 2006. Edward Jones ranked No. 29, KPMG claimed the
No. 97 spot, and A.G. Edwards ranked No. 99. This is the tenth
appearance on the list for A.G. Edwards and the eighth for Edward
Jones.
What makes these companies such great places to work? The magazine
noted that Edward Jones “has more U.S. offices (8,955) than
Starbucks has cafés. In 2006 the number of limited partnerships
was expanded from 4,535 to nearly 12,000, more than a third
of employees.” Accounting firm KPMG “more than doubled matching
contributions to its 401(k) plan last year (it’s now 75 cents
per employee dollar up to five percent of pay) and gave first-ever
bonuses to administrative staff.” A.G. Edwards “tries to be
more down-to-earth than its Wall Street brethren,” according
to the magazine.
The annual list is compiled by the Great Place to Work Institute
in San Francisco and is based largely on employee responses
to surveys aimed at measuring workplace culture. This year,
more than 105,000 employees at 446 companies responded to a
57-question survey. The remainder of a company’s score is derived
from an analysis of benefits, compensation, demographic make-up,
internal communications, management style and other aspects
of corporate culture.
For more information on St. Louis area companies in national
rankings, please visit the St.
Louis RCGA website.
