Monett Chamber of Commerce

Jerry Dierker of Dierker Construction is the general contractor for Monett Chamber of Commerce office, which comprises about 6,700 square feet. Executive Director Suzy McElmurry said Dierker is working with Danny Vaughn of Vaughn Co. Inc. on the project. The architect is Richard Werner of Springfield-based Werner & Associates Architects LC. Engineers are Sprenkle & Associates Inc. of Monett for the civil engineering and HBH Engineers LLC for the mechanical, electrical and plumbing design.

The estimated value of the project is $670,000, McElmurry said, but determining the estimated cost is difficult because companies – many of them chamber members – have donated much of the labor and materials.

The building will provide growing room for the chamber, which now has about 255 members. There will be a community meeting room on-site and a meeting room for the chamber’s board of directors, outfitted with audio-visual equipment. McElmurry said chamber officials hope to move into the new building in January.