Mettemeyer Engineering adds Joplin office

Alan Mettemeyer, of Ozark, is the principal owner of the business, which since 2002 has operated an office in Springfield, 2120 W. Chesterfield Blvd., Ste. B-105. His cousin, Matt Mettemeyer, also is a principal owner.

The company opened last month in “The Joe” in Joplin, and Alan Mettemeyer said the expansion is a strategic effort to broaden the customer base and increase the company brand.

“We’re a structural and civil engineering firm that covers just about all realms,” Mettemeyer said. “We’ve done highway design, site development, waste-water treatment, as well as designing building systems. Basically, we make the buildings stand, and (architects) make them look pretty.”

Mettemeyer said most of his experience comes with work through Springfield-based Bass Pro Shops – the company has engineered designs for 10 of the national chain’s stores. Mettemeyer said his company also has worked on seven Embassy Suites hotels, the Discovery Center of Springfield and the Students in Free Enterprise building along Interstate 44. The firm also is the structural engineer of the Willard R-II Agricultural Center, which has an estimated completion of August.

Chesney Beck, a structural engineer who will be working out of the Joplin office, said one of the first projects going through Joplin is the Monett Police Station and Municipal Court building.

Mettemeyer Engineering’s work on the Willard R-II Agricultural Center will be profiled in SBJ’s Feb. 11 Architects & Engineers Report, which will feature nearly 40 projects under way in the Ozarks.[[In-content Ad]]