Springfield Business Journal_2020-11-02

SPRINGFIELD BUSINESS JOURNAL · 9 NOV. 2-8, 2020 SALUTE TO CONSTRUCTION As CEO of Morelock Builders & Associates, Crystal Webster is helping lead a $27 million project aimed at dog lovers. PAGE 10 Meet 2020 Design Team of the Year finalists by Christine Temple · ctemple@sbj.net This year’s finalists for the Springfield Contractors Association Design Team of the Year were tasked with maximizing the use of space. These firms stepped up to the challenge by transforming a former day care into an animal shelter, designing a 415,000-square- foot warehouse and operations center expansion and doubling the size of a high school’s sports stadium. The projects are the Nixa High School stadium, Republic Animal Control Center and SMC Packaging Group. The winning design team will be announced at the Salute to Design and Construction Awards’ 36th annual banquet scheduled Nov. 5. The awards celebrate notable projects, developers and construction leaders. This year, it will be held vir- tually on YouTube. A 10-person selection committee of industry pro- fessionals selected this year’s design team finalists and winner, said SCA Board President David Fore- man. Design teams were judged on exterior and interior design, creativity, quality, teamwork and community impact of the project, he said. REPUBLIC ANIMAL CONTROL CENTER Pages 14-15 SMC PACKAGING GROUP Pages 16-17 NIXA HIGH SCHOOL STADIUM Pages 12-13 provided by SMC PACKAGING GROUP provided by MILLER ENGINEERING PC provided by GAYLE BABCOCK - ARCHITECTURAL IMAGEWORKS LLC