Summer 2022 Construction in the Ozarks: Blue Eye Elementary addition

General contractor: DeWitt & Associates Inc.
Size: 14,000-square-foot addition and 14,000-square-foot demolition
Estimated cost: $2.7 million
Estimated completion: July 2023
Project description: Project officials are adding additional classroom space to the Blue Eye R-V School District’s elementary school, using steel and concrete blocks for the structure. The project also includes demolition of part of the school. School officials say the elementary school serves roughly 190 students. Ball Architects is the project architect and engineering work is by Pinnacle Design Consultants LLC, civil and structural, and The LaRose Group LLC, mechanical, electrical and plumbing.