From the Ground Up: Cycles Unlimited

General contractor: Green Gate LLC

Architect: Burns & Associates Architecture

Engineers: Allen Moore PE (Joplin)

Size: 5,000 square feet

Estimated cost: $700,000

Lender: None

Estimated completion date: July 1

Project description: Ashley Burchfield is building a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-certified building to house his bicycle shop, Cycles Unlimited, which has been at 1254 E. Republic Road for eight years. Burchfield established Bicicleta LLC in 2005 to handle the building’s development.

He said his new shop would be at least 30 percent more energy-efficient than a standard building through green efforts including the recycling of construction waste, use of natural light and rainwater collection. Burchfield received help from Environmental Market Solutions Inc., an international environmental consulting firm with offices in Springfield, Washington, D.C., and Beijing and Shanghai, China.

Reporter Cory Smith brings you new projects each week. He may be reached by e-mail at csmith@sbj.net, by fax at (417) 799-0603 or by phone at (417) 831-3238.