YOUR BUSINESS AUTHORITY
Springfield, MO
General contractor: Rich Kramer Construction Inc.
Architect: R. E. Werner Architect LLC
Engineers: Own Inc., civil; Edelman Engineering, structural; and Schober Engineering LLC, mechanical, electrical and plumbing
Size: 9,375 square feet
Cost: Would not disclose
Estimated completion: June
Description: In Strafford’s Southwest Missouri Rail and Business Park, 417 Express Delivery LLC is expanding its facility, bringing the freight business to 25,000 square feet. The project will add a dock door and includes an office for a potential tenant, project officials say. 417 Express was the second building completed at the business park near Interstate 44 and State Highway 125.
A safe room and classroom addition at Willard Central Elementary School will be used by the music, arts and athletic programs for a district that had 4,536 students last year, according to Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education figures, but school officials say enrollment is projected to grow.