From the Ground Up: Ozark East Elementary expansion

Owner/developer: Ozark R-6 School District
General contractor: Larry Snyder & Co.
Architect: Hollis and Miller Architects Inc. (Overland Park, Kan.)
Engineers: Anderson Engineering Inc., civil; Hollis and Miller Architects, structural; and Smith & Boucher Inc. (Olathe, Kan.), mechanical, electrical and plumbing
Size: 10,440 square feet
Estimated cost: $2.87 million, per building permit
Lender: None
Estimated completion: July 29
Project description: Ozark School District Executive Director of Technology and Communication Curtis Chesick said the addition features a new office complex and classroom pod, which doubles as a storm shelter. The project includes conversion of the school’s current offices for a high-needs special education program. The plans are part of $20 million in bond-issued projects to expand five school buildings and address the district’s growing student population. According to Springfield Business Journal archives, enrollment in Ozark public schools is up 17 percent the past decade. Scott Brown, project manager with Larry Snyder & Co., said the contractor earned a $9.7 million bid for work on four elementary schools.

Send project info to bbrown@sbj.net.