From the Ground Up: Sam's Club

Owner: Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Developer: The Kroenke Group (Columbia) and Ron Stenger Cos.

General contractor: Crane Construction Co. (Savannah)

Architect: Shade L. O'Quinn (Dallas)

Engineers: Malone Wolverton & Associates Inc. (Duluth, Ga.), civil; Glenn E. Parsons, The Benchmark Group Inc. (Rogers, Ark.), mechanical; Progressive Plumbing Inc., plumbing; Bill's Electric Inc., Galloway Electric LLC and Fat Boy Electric (Kansas City), electrical

Size: 135,000 square feet

Estimated cost: $9.36 million

Lender: None

Estimated completion date: July 23

Project description: Springfield's second Sam's Club, known as store No. 4985 and anchoring the west end of James River Commons, will include a pharmacy, optical center, one-hour photo, café, tire and battery center, car wash and a fuel station with six islands. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. spokesman Ryan Horn said that environmentally sustainable elements in new construction and remodeling are now standard; they include energy-efficient lighting in the retail chain's freezers and coolers, skylights, a water-reclaiming system in the car wash, and recycling services for tires, batteries, cardboard, single-use cameras, food waste, plastic waste and building materials. A Sam's Club of this size typically employs 250, Horn said.Compiled by Jill Slack, contributing writer. 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.