From the Ground Up: Watson Metal Masters Inc., Phase I

Owner/developer: Bill Schahuber
General contractor: Rich Kramer Construction
Architect: R. E. Werner Architect LLC
Engineers: Tate Engineering Consultants, civil; Tom Edelman Engineering, structural; and Pond Creek Designs LLC, mechanical, electrical and plumbing
Size: 27,000 square feet  
Estimated cost: $2.5 million
Lender: Guaranty Bank
Estimated completion date: Aug. 1
Project description: Rich Kramer Project Manager Lowell Thomas said Phase I of the $4.8 million project comprises a 21,000-square-foot manufacturing plant and a 6,000-square-foot office. The shop is designed with extensive electrical cabling, a concrete storm shelter, a stainless steel-lined sandblast booth and a dedicated crane for the custom fabricator of stainless steel and nickel alloy tanks. Thomas said the office building would have a blue-tinted exterior glazing to match Watson Metal’s colors and stainless steel exterior wall panels in the entryway. He said Phase II, to bring square footage to 63,000, is slated to begin in 2015.

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