From the Ground Up: KY3 studio

Owner/developer: KY3 Inc.

General contractor: Killian Construction Co.

Architect: Marshall-Waters-Woody and Associates Inc.

Engineers: Lee Engineering & Associates LLC, civil; J.S. Smith Consulting Engineers PC, structural; Malone Finkle Eckhardt & Collins Inc., mechanical, electrical and plumbing

Size: 20,400 square feet

Estimated cost: $4.7 million

Estimated completion date: mid-July

Project description: A 20,400-square-foot addition to the NBC affiliate's studio and office will make room for the KSPR-33 news team and staff, which KY3 officials have managed since August 2007. Springfield-based Perkin Media owns KSPR's Federal Communications Commission license, and KY3 Inc. owns the ABC station's hard assets. The new space is largely KSPR's newsroom and studio, though a community room and an emergency electrical generation system to prevent broadcast interruption during power failures are also in the plans.Compiled by Jim Versemann. Springfield Business Journal brings you new projects each week. Send project info by fax to (417) 799-0603 or by e-mail to sbj@sbj.net.