From the Ground Up: McQueary Family Health Sciences Hall

Owner/developer: Missouri State University
General contractor: Bailey Building Co. LLC
Architect: Doug Sampson; Hastings & Chivetta Architects Inc. (St. Louis)
Engineers: Anderson Engineering Inc., civil; Alper Audi Inc. (St. Louis), structural; Tennill & Associates Inc. (Chesterfield), mechanical, electrical and plumbing
Size: 5,000 square feet
Estimated cost: $1.78 million
Lender: None
Estimated completion date: Nov. 17
Project description: A naming-level gift from the McQueary Drug Co. family is funding construction of a two-story addition of the former Physical Therapy Building, according to MSU spokeswoman Jessica Clements. The building houses the physical therapy and physician’s assistant programs, nursing and sports medicine, Clements said, and the project will add a cadaver lab, classrooms and offices. A first-floor tiered classroom will hold 90 people, Clements said. Doug Sampson, MSU architect and director of planning, design and construction, worked with St. Louis firm Hastings & Chivetta Architects as design consultant.