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Springfield, MO
General contractor: Branco Enterprises Inc.
Size: 7,000 square feet
Estimated cost: $6.7 million
Estimated completion: December 2024
Project description: The Missouri Department of Conservation’s Shepherd of the Hills Fish Hatchery is expanding its visitor center. The conservation center is temporarily closed amid the project, which is slated to increase the building’s footprint by 2.5 times. The MDC is handling architecture and engineering work for the project designed to accommodate some 250,000 annual visitors.
A City Utilities employee since 2017 with a 25-year legal background, he now leads the municipal utility provider with an $895 million annual budget.