June 19, 2019
RFT: St. Louis’ Nanjing Connection: How an International Love Story Is Bringing Two Cities Together
St. Louis’ Nanjing Connection:
How an International Love Story Is Bringing Two Cities Together
Riverfront Times, October 24th, 2018 – Tim Hermann had never lived outside of St. Louis until, in his late 50s, he moved to China.
Hermann’s initial trip there in 2008 was one of curiosity, and the first thing he noticed about the country was the dozens of construction cranes dotting the skyline of every city he visited. As the CEO and board chairman of Collins and Hermann, a multi-million-dollar specialty construction outfit, he was naturally drawn to China’s building boom. He returned to China again and again, traveling around by train trying to drum up business. He saw the labor-intensive way Chinese crews carried out certain projects and he thought his firm could do it cheaper.