From the Ground Up: Associated Electric Cooperative Inc.

Owner/developer: Associated Electric Cooperative
General contractor: DeWitt & Associates Inc.
Architect: Sapp Design Associates Architects PC
Engineers: Malone, Finkle, Eckhardt & Collins Inc., mechanical electrical and plumbing; Mettemeyer Engineering LLC, structural; and Olsson Associates Inc., civil
Size: 53,000 square feet
Estimated cost: $8 million
Lender: USDA Rural Utilities Service
Estimated completion date: late September
Project description: The 53,000-square-foot addition to Associated Electric Cooperative’s Springfield office consists of two stories and a basement, said Stephen Telscher, project manager at Sapp Design, making room for executive offices, training and meeting rooms and engineers’ workstations. Conference and meeting rooms will be located on each floor. Telscher said the building was designed to achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-Silver certification.

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