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Springfield, MO
General contractor: Branco Enterprises Inc.
Size: 10,000 square feet
Estimated cost: $3.5 million
Estimated completion: August
Project description: The addition of a tornado saferoom to Springfield Public Schools’ Eugene Field Elementary School will double as a gymnasium and auditorium. The precast concrete building features a basketball and volleyball court, stage and extendable bleachers. Paragon Architecture LLC is the project and landscape architect, and engineers are Toth and Associates Inc., structural and civil; and Interpres Building Solutions LLC, mechanical, electrical and plumbing.
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