From the Ground Up: Nixa Junior High, Phase II

Owner/Developer: Nixa Public Schools
General Contractor: Branco Enterprises Inc.
Architect: Sapp Design Associates Architects PC
Engineers: Shaffer & Hines Inc., civil; Toth and Associates Inc., structural; Colvin Jones Davis LLC, mechanical, electrical and plumbing
Size: 15,348 square feet
Estimated Cost: $3.2 million
Lender: None
Estimated Completion: Oct. 1
Project Description: Nixa Public Schools spokesman Zac Rantz said the addition features a commons area that doubles as a Federal Emergency Management Agency tornado shelter. Funded by $9.5 million in bonds issued last year, crews also are creating a lunch room, redesigning a secure entrance, and adding and remodeling classrooms for band, music and science, Rantz said. Designed to help reduce overcrowding in the junior high and the use of trailers for classrooms, the project concludes construction the district began with an April 2012 bond issue.

Send project info to bbrown@sbj.net.