From the Ground Up: Southwest Center for Independent Living

Owner/Developer: Southwest Center for Independent Living

General contractor: Morelock-Ross Builders Inc.

Architect: Slone Architects

Engineers: Lee Engineering & Associates LLC, civil; Edelman Engineering, structural; and Crocker Consulting Engineers Inc., mechanical, electrical and plumbing

Size: 6,464-square-foot addition

Estimated cost: $738,000 (addition, remodel and parking)

Lender: Great Southern Bank

Estimated completion date: Dec. 1 (Phase I)

Project description: The Southwest Center for Independent Living is adding services for people with disabilities that might otherwise prevent them from living on their own. Director Gary Maddox said the $2.4 million multiphase project will expand the center's assistive technology and home modification departments as well as create an in-home service program. The project's first phase is an addition, remodel and parking expansion. The final phase will be a $1.6 million building across the street, specifically for the assistive technology program, which currently has to store recycled medical equipment off-site, Maddox said. Kenny Ross of Morelock-Ross Builders said his company will handle all phases, but fundraising is ongoing for the new 18,000-square-foot building, and no construction start date has been scheduled.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.