From the Ground Up: Oats Southwest Region facility

Owner/developer: Oats Inc.
General contractor: Larry Snyder & Co.
Architect: nForm Architecture LLC
Engineers: TranSystems Corp. (Kansas City), civil and structural; and Gibbens Drake Scott Inc. (Raytown), mechanical, electrical and plumbing
Size: 15,500 square feet
Estimated cost: $3.27 million
Lender: None
Estimated completion date: Dec. 31
Project description: Oats Southwest Region manages transportation operations in 17 southwest Missouri counties, and Regional Director Jeff Robinson said it has outgrown leased office space at 3259 E. Sunshine St. Identified in a 2011 feasibility study, Robinson said the project would increase office space with an 8,000-square-foot administration building and fleet storage with a 6,000-square-foot bus barn. Funded in part by a $2.6 million grant from the Federal Transit Administration State of Good Repair program, the project in Partnership Industrial Center also includes a 1,500-square-foot bus wash building. The Columbia-based organization provides transportation services for senior citizens, people with disabilities and rural residents in 87 Missouri counties.

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