From the Ground Up: Greenwood Scholars' Science Laboratory

Owner/developer: Missouri State University
General contractor: Rich Kramer Construction Inc.
Architect: Butler, Rosenbury & Partners Inc.
Engineers: Olsson Associates Inc., civil; Butler, Rosenbury & Partners, structural; Ross & Baruzzini Inc. (Webster Groves), mechanical, electrical and plumbing
Size: 9,000 square feet
Estimated cost: $2 million
Lender: None
Estimated completion date: Aug. 26
Project description: The new science wing will house two 1,800-square-foot classroom labs with associated storage space, two study atriums, faculty offices and a student atrium, according to Missouri State University. The wing will be named after donors Bill and Shirley McQueary and Fred and Ramona McQueary. The two labs will be named for former Greenwood science instructors – the late Efton R. “Heavy” Henderson, who taught physics and chemistry at Greenwood 1926–1966, and Robert J. McLaren, who began teaching biology and earth science in 1966 and retired in 1991. A capital campaign raised nearly $2.5 million to cover the cost of the wing, which is designed to meet Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design-Silver standards.