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Springfield, MO
General contractor: Nabholz Construction Corp.
Size: 162,266 square feet
Estimated cost: $30.3 million
Estimated completion: December 2022
Project description: The upgrades at Hillcrest High School include new classrooms, administration areas, locker rooms and added fire protection throughout. The first phase of the project for Springfield Public Schools was completed for the start of the fall semester, with additional updates coming in 2022. The project is funded by the $168 million Prop S bond issue. Buxton Kubik Dodd Design Collective is the project and landscape architect, with engineering work by Toth and Associates Inc., structural; and Anderson Engineering Inc., civil.
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.