Howell Opportunity Radar finds public bids, permit activity, planning signals, infrastructure work and development activity across Missouri — then ranks what matters for your trade or sales territory.
The product is a decision shortcut: what should my company pay attention to today? Radar combines sources that usually live in separate government systems and translates them into potential work.
When public records identify them, Radar surfaces the owner, developer, applicant or design agent so you have a concrete path to research instead of stopping at an address.
An electrician should not have to sift through roofing-only jobs. Each signal is tagged to the trades and vendors most likely to care.
Ready-to-bid work is surfaced with close dates, while planning signals, approved developments and active construction are clearly separated so buyers know what action makes sense.
Every published signal links back to an official source so a buyer can validate project status before spending time or money.
The best time to learn about work is often before a bid package lands in everybody’s inbox. Radar separates each signal by where it sits in the project lifecycle so you know what action makes sense now.
Planning, zoning, industrial permits, financing and other clues that spending may be coming. Research the owner and position early.
The project has cleared a meaningful development milestone. Identify the developer, design team and likely GC before trade packages release.
Documents and deadlines are visible. Verify eligibility, pre-bid requirements and decide whether to prime, subcontract or supply.
Work is moving. Find the awarded prime/subs and pursue remaining packages, suppliers, rentals, service, changes and closeout work.
These are real current signals collected from official Missouri and local-government sources. The founding release was built from 144 sourced Missouri opportunities and signals. The protected member feed automatically removes expired public bids and can layer in reviewed additions. This public page intentionally shows only a small sample. Founding access unlocks the broader working queue, ranking, territory matching, known-project-party intelligence and recurring updates.
New wet well, two submersible pumps, valve vault, piping, electrical work and generator.
Likely fit: utilities, concrete, pumps, piping, electrical, generator, controls, suppliers.
Next move: Open the official bid documents, confirm pre-bid/eligibility requirements, and decide whether to prime, subcontract, or supply.
Clarifier addition, flow-diversion junction box, piping, earthwork and ancillary work.
Likely fit: water/wastewater, concrete, piping, earthwork, mechanical, electrical, equipment suppliers.
Next move: Open the official bid documents, confirm pre-bid/eligibility requirements, and decide whether to prime, subcontract, or supply.
Construct a new soldier dining facility at Wappapello Training Site.
Likely fit: General contracting, concrete, structural, roofing, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, kitchen equipment and suppliers.
Next move: Open the official bid documents, confirm pre-bid/eligibility requirements, and decide whether to prime, subcontract, or supply.
Open Clean Water SRF treatment-plant process project.
Likely fit: mechanical, process piping, electrical, controls, specialty equipment, concrete, industrial suppliers.
Next move: Open the official bid documents, confirm pre-bid/eligibility requirements, and decide whether to prime, subcontract, or supply.
Open city bid for structural repairs to the City Hall parking garage; the due date was extended to September 18.
Likely fit: structural concrete, repair/restoration, coatings, specialty demolition, reinforcing, waterproofing and suppliers.
Next move: Open the official bid documents, confirm pre-bid/eligibility requirements, and decide whether to prime, subcontract, or supply.
Columbia enacted the planned development at 1205 University Avenue for Theory Sterling University. The approved plan allows up to 320 dwelling units on about 2.91 acres near the University of Missouri.
Potential fit: demolition, high-density multifamily GC, concrete, structural, roofing, elevators, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, interiors, glazing and suppliers.
Known project parties: Theory Sterling Mizzou (developer) • Crockett Engineering (agent) • multiple site owners
Next move: Research Theory Sterling Mizzou and its construction partners now; watch demolition/building permits and get on the subcontractor/vendor list before vertical work starts.
Kansas City approved a preliminary development plan covering roughly 55 acres between E. 20th and E. 25th Streets for public/civic uses identified as a hospital campus.
Potential fit: healthcare/general contracting, structural, concrete, HVAC/mechanical, electrical, plumbing, med-gas, fire protection, low-voltage, roofing, interiors, sitework and suppliers.
Next move: Identify the hospital/development team and design consultants; watch building permits and GC announcements and get prequalified before trade packages release.
Columbia enacted the rezoning, preliminary plat and planned development for The Retreat at Columbia on roughly 32.7 acres north of Grindstone Parkway, permitting a 194-unit multifamily development.
Potential fit: sitework, utilities, concrete, framing, roofing, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, paving, landscaping, fencing, interiors and suppliers.
Known project parties: Grindstone Acres, LLC (owner) • Crockett Engineering (agent)
Next move: Identify Grindstone Acres/Crockett Engineering project contacts and likely GC; monitor final plats, land disturbance and building permits for package timing.
Columbia adopted a preliminary funding agreement related to a proposed Creekside Community Improvement District associated with construction of a new hotel and convention center south of Vandiver Drive and east of US 63.
High-value early fit: hotel/GC, sitework, utilities, concrete, structural, roofing, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, low-voltage, elevators, interiors, kitchen/FF&E, paving, landscaping and suppliers.
Known project parties: Novelty Construction Inc. (CID/funding applicant)
Next move: Research Novelty Construction’s hotel/convention-center team, follow CID formation and site-plan/permit filings, and seek vendor/subcontractor prequalification before packages are released.
A Blue Springs rezoning and planned-development concept proposes approximately 252 multifamily units in multiple buildings with a clubhouse and retail uses near Adams Dairy Parkway and Napoleon Drive.
Potential fit: multifamily/mixed-use GC, sitework, utilities, concrete, framing, roofing, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, interiors, paving, landscaping, retail buildout and suppliers.
Known project parties: Matt Tap / Griffin Riley (applicants) • City of Blue Springs (property owner listed in public notice)
Next move: Check council disposition and subsequent site/permit filings, identify the development entity and intended GC, and get on the multifamily/retail trade list before vertical construction procurement.
O’Reilly Development is advancing a roughly 12.15-acre continuing-care retirement community at Scott Boulevard and W. Vawter School Road. The Planning & Zoning case was approved and the final-plat/development-agreement process remained active in August.
Potential fit: senior-living/general contracting, sitework, concrete, framing, roofing, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, low-voltage, interiors, landscaping and suppliers.
Known project parties: O'Reilly Development LLC (developer) • Capital Land Investment LLC (owner) • A Civil Group (agent)
Next move: Contact O’Reilly Development / project engineering team, identify the intended GC, and watch final plat and building-permit issuance for procurement timing.
Columbia adopted support for Park Avenue Phase II at Park Avenue and Fifth Street, including intent to allocate $250,000 in CDBG funds and $150,000 in HOME funds alongside the housing tax-credit application.
Potential early fit: multifamily GC, demolition/sitework, concrete, framing, roofing, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, interiors, accessibility, landscaping and suppliers.
Known project parties: Columbia Housing Authority (developer/applicant)
Next move: Monitor MHDC award and CHA procurement; get prequalified with the Housing Authority/project team before construction bidding is broadly advertised.
Columbia City Council adopted a resolution supporting construction of Columbia Mall Apartments near Worley Street and Fairview Road and the developer’s application for Missouri low-income housing tax credits.
Potential early fit: multifamily GC, sitework, concrete, framing, roofing, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, interiors, paving, landscaping and suppliers.
Known project parties: Cohen-Esrey Development Group, LLC (developer)
Next move: Track the MHDC tax-credit award and local site/building approvals; contact Cohen-Esrey’s development/construction team before subcontractor procurement begins.
Lee’s Summit Parks and Recreation broke ground Sept. 3 on a new multi-court indoor sports fieldhouse, described by the city as the largest capital project in the department’s history.
Active-project fit: specialty sports systems, electrical/lighting, HVAC, plumbing, fire protection, interiors, flooring, signage, sitework, landscaping, equipment and suppliers.
Next move: Identify the awarded prime and active subs; pursue remaining specialty systems, equipment, supplier, service, change-order and closeout opportunities.
A 2026 City permit record describes a three-story, 50-unit active-adult multifamily building with community rooms, fitness room, office, meeting room, laundry, maintenance shed and dumpster enclosure.
Research fit: multifamily GC/subtrades, fire protection, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, finishes, sitework and building-material suppliers. Permit-stage signal; verify current project status.
Next move: Identify the awarded GC and active subs; pursue downstream packages, change-order work, service needs, rentals, or material supply.
Construction phase is underway to install 12 new manholes and nearly 3,500 linear feet of 10-inch gravity sewer pipe and retire an existing lift station.
Research fit: underground utility, excavation, sewer pipe, manholes, restoration, trucking and suppliers. Active-project intelligence rather than an open bid.
Next move: Identify the awarded GC and active subs; pursue downstream packages, change-order work, service needs, rentals, or material supply.
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Radar completed a county-by-county south-to-north routing pass, then kept the incorporated-place universe as a second audit layer so small Missouri markets do not disappear just because they lack a modern permit portal.
All 115 county-level jurisdictions have a documented route: direct municipal/county sources where published, explicit county/state fallbacks where they are not. The municipality audit keeps all 947 incorporated-place records visible while direct town-level source coverage continues to deepen.
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“Covered” does not mean every tiny municipality publishes permits online. It means Radar records the correct source path instead of silently treating an offline town as zero activity.
The product only works if buyers can trust where the signal came from. Radar prioritizes first-party government sources and keeps the original link attached.
Because the expensive part is not opening one government webpage. It is knowing which hundreds of pages to watch, what changed, which project matters to your trade, when it closes, and what deserves attention first. Radar is built to turn scattered public records into a short, ranked work-development queue.
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