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Source-linked Missouri construction research

Howell Opportunity Radar

Missouri construction opportunity intelligence for contractors, suppliers and AEC business-development teams. Find source-linked public bids and earlier project signals, filter them by trade and territory, and keep the next step attached to the record. Spend less time checking agency and municipal websites one by one. Current depth is strongest in civil, paving and sitework; check your trade and region before choosing a plan.

No required sales callPlans from $4.99/monthCancel future renewals any timeSource-linked records
Built for Missouri contractors: find public bids and selected private-development leads, organized by trade and location. Records keep their source links and verification status visible. Available projects vary by owner and procurement channel.

Less searching. A clearer next move.

Start with the projects that fit the work your company does. Check the source, identify the known project team, and keep your next steps in one workspace.

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Known project parties

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.

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Trade-matched

An electrician should not have to sift through roofing-only jobs. Each signal is tagged to the trades and vendors most likely to care.

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Deadline-aware

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.

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Source-verifiable

Every published signal links back to an official source so a buyer can validate project status before spending time or money.

Radar follows the opportunity — not just the bid

An advertised bid and an early development lead call for different next steps. Radar separates the project stages so you can decide whether to review bid documents or research future work.

1Early signal

Planning, zoning, industrial permits, financing and other clues that spending may be coming. Research the owner and position early.

2Approved development

The project has cleared a meaningful development milestone. Identify the developer, design team and likely GC before trade packages release.

3Public bid

Documents and deadlines are visible. Verify eligibility, pre-bid requirements and decide whether to prime, subcontract or supply.

4Active construction

Work is moving. Identify the confirmed project team and ask whether relevant trade packages or supplier requirements remain available. Construction activity does not establish open bidding.

See what fits your business.

Know what you are looking at. A private-development lead is not an invitation to bid. Planning documents are not a complete bid set. Coverage varies by source, place and trade; check the source and current requirements before acting.

These source-linked examples come from Missouri and local-government records. Each record shows its stage and its available source and check dates. The protected member feed combines source-linked Missouri opportunities and signals, automatically removes expired public bids, and can layer in reviewed additions. This public page loads a selected set of current public bids from the verified member feed. A Radar subscription unlocks the broader working queue, ranking, territory matching, known-project-party intelligence and recurring updates.

Live counts below describe the protected member feed. The public examples below load from the current verified feed.

—current public-bid records
—current private-bid invitations
—current early project signals
—current approved developments
—current active-construction watches

Checking current member-feed counts. Browse the dated public examples below while this loads.

PUBLIC VIEW: A selection of current public bids is shown publicly. The protected feed is source-linked, automatically removes expired public bids, and can add reviewed opportunities as they are verified. We deliberately do not publish the entire opportunity database for free.
See Radar through your trade: HVAC view · Electrical view · Civil / concrete view · Supplier view. Every filtered view can be shared as its own link.

Get the free Missouri opportunity pulse

See whether Radar finds relevant work in your trade and territory before subscribing.

Free limited sample: up to three matching public examples by email; no login or complete feed. Radar plans from $4.99/month: broader source-linked Missouri monitoring, complete opportunity access, saved filters, notes and pipeline tools.

Free public updates only. No guarantee of work or awards. Source records should be verified before acting.

Missouri coverage, with clear source limits.

Radar combines state, county and local discovery routes. The inventory below is a research checklist, not a guarantee that every agency publishes online or that every project is in the feed.

115 / 115county-level jurisdictions in the research inventory
947incorporated-place records in the Census BAS26 Missouri audit universe
113current records with known project-party context
121structured source feeds

Source types in the inventory

City / municipal permit & planning recordsWHERE VERIFIED
County / unincorporated recordsSOURCE-SPECIFIC
MissouriBUYS + state construction bid sourcesSTATEWIDE
MoDOT locally-let projectsSTATEWIDE
Missouri DNR bid / construction / industrial signalsSTATEWIDE
Census place universeRESEARCH CHECKLIST

Check the coverage that matters to your business.

Use the public sample to check your trade and Missouri territory. The source inventory distinguishes automated feeds, change monitors, manual review and access-limited systems. A shared state or county page is not proof that it carries every independent district’s procurement.

Open the statewide coverage audit →

Unknown or inaccessible sources remain identified as gaps. Private-development coverage is selective; undisclosed projects and restricted bid invitations are not promised.

Source backbone

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.

MissouriBUYS Bid LocatorMissouri's own consolidated search tool crawls local, state and federal public-sector bid sites across the state.
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MoDOT — Projects Let by OthersCurrent locally-let road, bridge, trail and transportation projects with posting and letting dates.
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Missouri DNR — SRF Bid OpportunitiesOpen drinking-water and wastewater construction opportunities across Missouri.
Open source ↗
Missouri DNR — Pending Air PermitsIndustrial construction and operating-permit activity used as an early facility-expansion research signal — never presented as an open bid without separate verification.
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Missouri OA — State Construction Bid BoardCurrent state-facility construction work including HVAC, roofing, fire alarm, renovations, paving and new-building projects.
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U.S. Census — Building Permits SurveyState, county and permit-issuing-place data used as a completeness and market-activity layer.
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Census TIGER — Missouri Incorporated PlacesAuthoritative incorporated-place registry used to make sure small towns and villages are not silently skipped.
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Local city / county portalsDirect municipal and county sources are indexed across Missouri; the municipality audit keeps direct paths and explicit fallback routes visible. Examples include Nixa permit reports and Joplin's current bid board.
Nixa permits ↗ · Joplin bids ↗
Source inventory: Automated structured feeds extract individual records and change monitors flag pages for review. Current counts appear above and in the coverage audit. 86 additional procurement systems are tracked separately as portal-limited and are not counted as structured coverage; 406 audited owners currently have no direct public feed found.
INDEPENDENT INDUSTRY PUBLICATION

Read the project-before-bid workflow behind Radar.

Water Online published Howell Commerce Co.'s contributed article on monitoring local water-infrastructure opportunities before formal bidding. It explains the research problem Radar is designed to solve.

Clear distinction: publication of a contributed article is not an endorsement of Howell Opportunity Radar by Water Online.

Read the Water Online article
A PRACTICAL FIT CHECK

Know what Radar is built to do.

Radar is a focused Missouri research and pipeline tool. It helps a team find, verify, qualify and organize potential work; the issuing owner and current project team still control requirements, availability and awards.

Radar is a strong fit when

  • You pursue construction work in Missouri.
  • Your team repeatedly checks public owners, permits, planning records or development activity.
  • Trade relevance, territory and project stage matter more than a raw lead count.
  • You want the official source kept with every published opportunity.

Choose another tool when

  • You primarily need private commercial projects outside Missouri.
  • You require a hosted plan room, takeoff suite or direct GC invitation network.
  • You expect guaranteed work, guaranteed awards or complete coverage of undisclosed projects.
  • You only need to check one known owner occasionally.

What paid Radar access changes

  • Broader protected Missouri opportunity access.
  • Saved trade and territory filters.
  • Saved projects, notes and pipeline stages.
  • Recurring updates with source and date context preserved.
THE GOOGLE TEST

Why pay for this if the records are public?

Because the expensive part is not opening one government webpage. It is knowing which public-record 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.

Doing it yourself

  • Search city, county and state sites one by one
  • Read bid boards, permit records, agendas and notices
  • Work out which projects fit your trade
  • Keep your own deadline calendar
  • Repeat the search every week
  • Small towns disappear if you forget to check them

Howell Opportunity Radar

  • One Missouri-wide opportunity queue
  • Trade and supplier relevance tags
  • Deadlines and project stage surfaced first
  • Priority scoring instead of a raw-data dump
  • Original government source attached to every signal
  • County + municipality coverage audit makes known blind spots visible
Public bidsBuilding & development permitsPlanning / zoningRoad & bridgeWater / wastewaterIndustrial expansion signalsKnown owners / developers / applicants

Check the work that fits your crew

Start with the public civil and building examples, then filter by your trade and territory. HVAC, electrical, plumbing and some regions currently have thinner coverage; inspect the available records before paying.

The public opportunity view is intentionally limited. Full access unlocks the broader Missouri feed, saved preferences and member workflow.

Missouri Radar plans start at $4.99/month

Start with one trade and region, expand your monitoring as you grow, or select full statewide access. Every plan includes source-linked research, known coverage limits and no required sales call. Check your trade and territory on the public opportunities page first; project volume varies by market.

Simple monthly plans

$4.99 / month to start
  • Starter: $4.99/mo — one trade and region
  • Plus: $9.99/mo — up to three trades and regions
  • Pro: $19.99/mo — broader statewide feed
  • Managed: $39.99/mo — Pro plus a monthly research pack

No guarantee of bids, work or awards. Official-source verification is essential.

Choose the right plan

Compare monthly access, research scope and project-stage coverage. Select your trades and regions before secure Stripe checkout.

Compare monthly plans

Prefer a one-time check? Get a $4.99 Bid Match Mini-Scan — up to five potential matches by email, with a refund if no meaningful matches are found.

Existing $79 subscribers keep their purchased access and billing terms unless they actively change plans.

Help another Missouri contractor find Radar

If this public view is useful, one share can put it in front of another estimator, trade contractor or supplier who spends time hunting project information.

Know another Missouri contractor who should see this?

Radar grows when useful project information reaches the right trade. Send this page to one contractor, estimator, supplier or project manager who could use it.

Important information

Research product

Howell Opportunity Radar is a research and business-development intelligence service that organizes information from public and other lawful sources. It does not guarantee project accuracy, completeness, timing, bid eligibility, awards, profitability or project completion. Customers should verify official source records before acting.

Refunds

Subscription charges are billed monthly in advance and are non-refundable once a paid billing period begins. Canceling stops future renewals but does not create a prorated or retroactive refund for the current paid period. Exceptions may apply where required by law or for verified duplicate, unauthorized, billing-error, or unresolved access/delivery charges. See the Refund Policy.

Privacy

Howell Commerce Co. may collect information you provide through forms, purchases or support requests, including name, email, company and business preferences. Information is used to deliver and improve Radar and to communicate service updates. Howell Commerce Co. does not sell customer personal information.

Use restrictions

Customers may use Radar for their own legitimate business-development purposes. They may not resell, republish, scrape or redistribute the feed as a competing data product without written permission.