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COMMERCE IN BRIEF
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Fischer
& Frichtel Auction Raises More than $18,000 for Two St. Charles
Area Charities
Above:
John W. Fischer (far right), president of Fischer & Frichtel,
was pleased to divide more than $18,000 raised in a home décor auction
to two St. Charles County charities. Representing the recipients
(from left): Major Marc Johnson and Director Alleen Ford, Salvation
Army’s Family Homeless Shelter in O’Fallon, and Pat Kullik, director,
Bridgeway Counseling Service’s Women’s Center.
Though torrential rains came, it did not dampen the generosity of
the more than 250 people who attended the first Fischer & Frichtel
Benefit Auction. The event happened in June at Wyndham Meadows,
one of the homebuilding firm’s residential communities, in O’Fallon.
The 125 registered bidders found bargains among many display furnishings
and home décor items. They generated a net of $18,030, plus an additional
$75 through concession purchases.
Proceeds of the auction were divided between two St. Charles County
charitable organizations, Bridgeway Counseling Service’s Women’s
Center and Salvation Army’s O’Fallon Homeless Shelter.
Fischer & Frichtel employees joined volunteers in handling the auction
day activities. Jim Beardsley of Coldwell Banker/Lake St. Louis
served as event coordinator and auctioneer Lee Hollorah of Midwest
Auction Service donated hours of his time.
Several vendors and trade partners contributed products and services
for the auction, including: Ambassador Flooring, A.S.&W. Wholesale,
Authorized Builders Sales, B&R Truss, Bransen Electric, Donnelly
Interiors, EZ Cleaning Service, Frank Fischer/Design Aire, Metro
Lighting, T.L.C. Landscape, Villa Lighting, and Wholesale Building
Materials.
BKD Creates Technologies Division
The St. Louis office of the new BKD, LLP, formed from the merger
of Baird, Kurtz & Dobson and Olive LLP, has created BKD Technologies
to provide information technology (IT) services to middle-market
organizations.
The BKD Technologies team includes more than 50 consultants with
industry-specific experience, along with certified systems engineers
and information system security professionals. In addition to IT
services or e-business, networks and security systems, the team
also has experience with a variety of financial software applications.
Michael Burlew, former director of consulting for Baird, Kurtz &
Dobson, serves as partner in charge of BKD Technologies. Several
BKD Technologies consultants are located in the St. Louis office
and other consultants will be in local BKD, LLP, offices.
BKD, LLP, the eighth largest CPA and consulting firm in the U.S.
is headquartered in Springfield, Mo., and has 26 offices in 11 states.
Fred Weber Receives MODOT awards
The Missouri Department of Transportation (MODOT) presented two
awards to the general contracting firm Fred Weber Inc. (FWI), recognizing
the company’s achievements on 2000 MODOT projects.
FWI earned top ratings statewide for Overall Performance on MODOT’s
Contractors Performance Rating System for Heavy Volume Contractors.
Also, the company received top ratings statewide for Contract Compliance
in the Heavy Volume Contractors Group. MODOT compiles the ratings
using a formula that evaluates contractors’ performance in several
areas, including quality, safety, on-time completion, and adherence
to specifications.
Founded in 1928, FWI now employs approximately 650 people. The company
owns and operates seven asphalt plants and nine quarries, all but
one of which are located in the St. Louis metro area and adjacent
counties.
WESTCO Acquires Integrated Residential Systems
WESTCO Security Systems and WESTCO Home Systems of Chesterfield
have acquired Integrated Residential Systems. David Maniscalco,
former managing partner with Integrated Residential, joins WESTCO
Home Systems as director of sales and market development.
Together WESTCO Security and WESTCO Home systems offer design and
installation of home alarm and monitoring systems, telecommunication
and intercom service, environmental controls, networking and custom
home theater. The acquisition complements WESTCO’s growth in high-speed
Internet access and HDTV signals, which recently became available
in the St. Louis area market.
DSI Process Systems Acquires Consolidated Technology Group Assets,
Duncan Joins DSI
DSI Process Systems has acquired specific assets of the Consolidated
Technology Group Inc. This includes the PDSII system, a powder delivery
and dissolving system designed for use by the food, beverage and
biopharmaceutical processing industries. Ken Duncan, the president
and owner of the Consolidated Technology Group will join DSI Process
Systems.
Based in St. Louis, DSI Process Systems serves the food and beverage
industry nationally by supplying integrated process systems. The
Consolidated Technology Group formed in 1999 in St. Louis to design
and develop innovative process equipment.
Union Pacific Opens Vehicle Distribution Facility
Above:
Union Pacific Railroad locomotive No. 4000 is one of the railroad’s
new high-horsepower locomotives used to pull railcars with finished
automobiles and trucks to and from UP’s new $20 million vehicle
distribution facility in Centreville, Ill.
Representatives from Union Pacific Railroad (UP) and DaimlerChrysler
officially opened UP’s new $20 million vehicle distribution facility
in Centreville, Ill. The 95-acre facility completed during the summer
serves St. Louis metro area DaimlerChrysler and Mazda new auto dealerships
as well as used vehicles for CT Services and St. Louis Auto Auction.
Selected for its strategic location the Centreville facility has
four 2,400-foot tracks designed to accommodate up to 80 railcars.
Other features include: staging capacity for almost 5,000 vehicles
and 200 multilevel railcars, security fencing and guardrail, and
a 7,000-square-foot administration building. In addition DaimlerChrysler
has capability to monitor their shipments through the Internet using
UP’s Automotive Distribution and Inventory Management System.
This is one of two new facilities UP has constructed to support
DaimlerChrysler’s rail transportation needs. The other opened in
Council Bluffs, Iowa, last year. The railroad also has expanded
or improved vehicle terminals in California, Kansas, Oklahoma and
Texas.
New vehicles arrive in Centreville on trucks from DaimlerChrysler’s
Fenton assembly plant, then loaded onto railcars and shipped to
other distribution facilities throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
Various new cars and trucks built elsewhere also arrive by rail
at the facility and are distributed to St. Louis area dealerships.
Cushman & Wakefield Merges with Cushman Realty Corp.
Above: John
C. Cushman III
Cushman & Wakefield (C&W) and Cushman Realty Corp. announced the
merger of the two commercial real estate firms, retaining the name
Cushman & Wakefield. John C. Cushman III will become the privately
held firm’s chairman of the board and his brother Lou becomes vice
chairman and a member of the board of directors.
The new Cushman & Wakefield combines property management and brokerage
capabilities into one firm, which will have revenues near or exceeding
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