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Springfield, MO
General contractor: Rich Kramer Construction Inc.
Size: 42,000 square feet
Estimated cost: $3.8 million
Estimated completion: October
Project description: A building dedicated to health, physical education and recreation is under construction in the Strafford R-VI School District. School officials say the building also will be used for extra classroom space, band and elementary indoor recess. The site will have a turf field, batting cages, and a baseball and softball diamond. Renderings show a building with a high, vaulted roof line and a large indoor playing surface with a retractable dividing wall. Buxton Kubik Dodd Design Collective is the architect and mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineer, Anderson Engineering Inc. is the civil engineer, and Miller Engineering is the structural engineer.
With over 15 years of experience as an entrepreneur in the fitness industry, including nearly a decade as owner and CEO of his online-based business, Barbell Logic Inc., Matt Reynolds knows his way around a gym. However, he took on a new challenge this year to become a first-time author.