From the Ground Up: St. John's Clinic – Whiteside addition

General contractor: DeWitt and Associates Inc.

Architect: Ireland & Associates

Engineer: Packard Engineering, C&R Mechanical, Stahl & Ponder

Size: 19,000 square feet

Estimated cost: $1.5 million

Lender: none

Estimated completion date: July

Project description: This is the first of three parts for the new St. John's Cancer Center, which will house suites for cancer/hematology, breast cancer facilities and a cancer resource library. This one-story addition will connect the cancer center and clinic, according to Stephanie Ireland of Ireland & Associates, the architect for the Whiteside expansion and remodel. The two remaining sections of St. John's Cancer Center, designed by Thompson/Architecture in Columbia and Christner Inc. in St. Louis, are scheduled to be complete by February 2007.

Contact Jeremy Elwood with your From the Ground Up submissions. He may be reached by phone at (417) 831-3238, by fax at (417) 799-0603 or by e-mail.