a:25:{s:9:"weblog_id";s:1:"4";s:8:"entry_id";s:0:"";s:6:"sticky";s:0:"";s:14:"allow_comments";s:1:"n";s:16:"allow_trackbacks";s:1:"n";s:10:"entry_date";s:19:"2008-09-08 08:04 PM";s:15:"expiration_date";s:0:"";s:23:"comment_expiration_date";s:0:"";s:8:"category";a:1:{i:0;s:1:"4";}s:9:"author_id";s:1:"2";s:6:"status";s:4:"open";s:14:"trackback_urls";s:0:"";s:18:"versioning_enabled";s:1:"y";s:5:"title";s:58:"KCI Construction awarded $13.9 Million Cooling Tower at MU";s:9:"url_title";s:56:"kci_construction_awarded_139_million_cooling_tower_at_mu";s:6:"submit";s:6:"Submit";s:11:"field_id_26";s:58:"KCI Construction awarded $13.9 Million Cooling Tower at MU";s:11:"field_ft_26";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_31";s:0:"";s:11:"field_id_44";s:195:"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. ";s:11:"field_ft_44";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_28";s:0:"";s:11:"field_ft_28";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_29";s:1296:"<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>";s:10:"category_0";s:1:"4";}