<p><br />KCI Construction was recently awarded the Power Plant Cooling Tower Upgrade and 480V SUS Replacement project at University of Missouri in Columbia, with a total contract amount of $13.9 million.&nbsp; The 18-month project, which is scheduled to begin immediately, involves site improvements and construction of a new concrete cooling tower basin to receive a five-cell fiberglass cooling tower, followed by demolition of four existing cooling towers off the roof of the power plant.&nbsp; Concurrently with the cooling tower work is replacement of aging electrical systems inside the plant with a new 480-Volt secondary unit substation, switchgear and motor control systems.&nbsp; <br />&nbsp;<br />KCI has worked successfully in the mid-Missouri region in recent years, with three other major projects currently under construction for the University of Missouri in Columbia totaling $80 million - Brady Commons Student Center expansion, Graham-Defoe Mid-Campus student housing, and LaFerre Hall addition.<br />&nbsp;<br />KCI Construction is a general contractor with offices in both St. Louis and Lebanon, MO, and a 2007 volume of $89 million, and has recently begun an ownership transition from owner Doug Jones to Jon Schenk, Tom Huster and Brent Krueger.<br />&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;</p>