From the Ground Up: Clever High School Performing Arts Center

Owner/developer: Clever R-V School District
General contractor: Sides Construction (Cape Girardeau)
Architect: Sapp Design Associates Architects PC
Engineers: Toth & Associates Inc., structural; Malone Finkle Ekhardt & Collins Inc., mechanical, electrical and plumbing
Size: 12,000 square feet
Estimated cost: $1.4 million
Lender: None
Estimated completion date: Aug. 17
Project description: Clever School District Superintendent Richard Henson said bonds approved by voters in April 2010 are funding the performing arts center, which will house the district’s growing arts and speech programs. The 510-seat auditorium, which includes a lobby area and a classroom for speech students, had been envisioned when Clever built a new high school three years ago, according to Henson. He said the district is working to secure funding for a storm shelter/band room connected to the center.

Send project info to bbrown@sbj.net.