{"id":2716,"date":"2014-12-22T14:33:53","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T20:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lamp1.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=2716"},"modified":"2019-06-04T16:21:12","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T21:21:12","slug":"ellison-auxier-selected-as-spratt-stadium-architect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2014\/12\/22\/ellison-auxier-selected-as-spratt-stadium-architect\/","title":{"rendered":"Ellison-Auxier selected as Spratt Stadium architect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Board of Governors at Missouri Western State University has approved the selection of Ellison-Auxier LLC to provide architectural and design services on the Spratt Stadium project.<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Ellison of Ellison-Auxier provided some preliminary conceptual drawings and layouts for fundraising efforts and the public announcement of the plan to make approximately $7.8 million in improvements to Spratt Stadium, including the construction of a new concourse, concessions are, restrooms, club level (including suites) and press box on the home side.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In moving beyond the preliminary phase, board policy requires that the university issue a Request for Qualifications on projects over $1 million. Five architectural firms responded to the RFQ, which was issued Dec. 1. A selection committee comprised of two governing board members and six university administrators reviewed the proposals and voted 8-0 to recommend Ellison-Auxier based on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prior experience working with similarly sized institutions.<\/li>\n<li>Significant prior experience with building design on Missouri Western\u2019s campus and with all aspects of the university\u2019s facilities, grounds and fiscal constraints.<\/li>\n<li>Direct experience with similarly sized stadium renovation projects, in particular Northwest Missouri State University\u2019s football stadium renovation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ellison-Auxier can now move forward to finalize design plans and prepare bid specifications.<\/p>\n<p><em>Missouri Western State University is a comprehensive regional university providing a blend of traditional liberal arts and professional degree programs. The university offers student-centered, high quality instruction that focuses on experience-based learning, community service, and state-of-the-art technology. Missouri Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/em><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\">www.missouriwestern.edu<\/a><\/em><em>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Board of Governors at Missouri Western State University has approved the selection of Ellison-Auxier LLC to provide architectural and design services on the Spratt Stadium project. Jeff Ellison of Ellison-Auxier provided some preliminary conceptual drawings and layouts for fundraising efforts and the public announcement of the plan to make approximately $7.8 million in improvements [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[48],"tags":[127,169,696],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2716"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2716"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7926,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2716\/revisions\/7926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}