From the Ground Up: White River Valley Electric Cooperative Inc.

Owner/developer: White River Valley Electric Cooperative
General contractor: Williams Construction Inc.
Architect: Creative Ink Architects LLC (now Buxton-Kubik-Dodd-Creative Inc.)
Engineers: Olsson Associates Inc., civil; Meridian Structural Works Inc., structural; Smith-Goth Engineers Inc., mechanical, electrical and plumbing
Size: 56,000 square feet
Estimated cost: $16 million
Lender: U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service
Estimated completion date: May 15
Project description: This project will add employee offices, a lounge for lineman and a truck garage to the Branson headquarters of White River Valley Electric Cooperative. Launched in 1939, the nonprofit electric cooperative serves residential and business customers in Ozark, Taney, Stone, Douglas and Christian counties. The co-op, owned by the people, or members, who use the power generated, has more than 48,000 services in place and 5,000 miles of energized line, according to www.whiteriver.org.

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