The Eskie Update | Fall 2024
It’s time for The Eskie Update! 🍂
It's been a wonderfully busy season here at Eskie + Associates! We can’t wait to fill you in on our latest accomplishments.
In this installment, you will meet our new clients, learn about the milestones being made on our active projects, and be introduced to our newest Project Manager, Joshua Weber! Check out our Eskie Team Spotlight to learn how he makes the most of the fall season.
PROJECT UPDATES
Master’s Transportation – CONSTRUCTION 🏗️
Client: Master’s Transportation
Project Size: $70 million | 300,000 SF
Project Partners: Miller Stauch Construction | Finkle + Williams Architecture | Renaissance Infrastructure Consulting | Port KC
Progress continues at Master’s Transportation’s three-building campus in South KC. The project includes a service building, production building, and two-story office space.
Photos courtesy of Miller Stauch Construction
So far, the service building structure is in place! Site utility work, retaining walls, and site paving are ongoing. Structural steel has been set for the two-story office space, and lastly, the production building structure is substantially completed with work ongoing for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing.
Construction for the three buildings is estimated to be completed by Spring 2025. We are proud and excited to watch these new constructions take shape!
Roy Blunt Health Science Innovation Center – CONSTRUCTION 🚜
Client: Missouri Southern State University
Project Size: $40 million | 68,000 SF
Project Partners: Crossland Construction | CGA Architects | DLR Group | Pulse Design
Exciting progress is underway at the Roy Blunt Health Science Innovation Center!
Pier drilling continues onsite at MSSU, laying the groundwork for this state-of-the-art facility. Next steps will be foundations and structural masonry walls. Meanwhile, the team is working on furniture design, ensuring that every space will be fit and functional.
Basehor-Linwood USD 458 Bond 2024 – DESIGN + BUDGETING 📊
Client: Basehor-Linwood USD 458
Project Size: $60 million bond
Project Partners: McCownGordon Construction | HTK Architects | Schlagel & Associates
Project design and budgeting for the addition to Basehor-Linwood High School is ongoing. Construction on the high school is anticipated to start in December, and the design of the early learning center will begin later this year.
In preparation for the high school addition, the district has begun relocating an onsite storage building to make room for the new construction!
Canyon Creek Forest Apartment Homes – CONSTRUCTION 🚜
Client: MRE Capital
Project Size: $46 million | 5 buildings – 212 units
Project Partners: Schlagel | Streamline General Contractors | KTI | TranSystems
Over in Lenexa, KS, cut and fill earthwork continues on the 17-acre Canyon Creek Forest site. So far, rock blasting for sanitary sewer lines has been completed. The Streamline team is currently working on pier drilling, building footings and foundations.
Stay tuned for more updates as this project comes to life!
Kansas State University Foundation Office Park Phase III – COMPLETED ✅
Client: Kansas State University Foundation
Project Size: $26.4 million | 80,000 SF
Project Partners: McCownGordon Construction | BHC | Hoefer Welker | Scott Rice Office Works
The latest addition to the Edge Collaboration District Office Park, 1960 Kimball, is now occupied by it’s new tenants! We are so proud of the work that went into bringing this project together ahead of schedule and under budget.
Check out the latest photos of the completed Phase III building!
Torah Learning Center – CONSTRUCTION 🦺
Client: Torah Learning Center
Project Size: $3 million | 7,600 SF
Project Partners: Baron Contracting | B+A Architecture | Alpha-Omega Geotech | Trimark
The Torah Learning Center renovation and expansion project is “dried-in”, meaning the roof is on and we are water-tight. The project team is currently working on interior framing and drywall.
TriMark has started to build refrigerators and freezers in for the new kitchen space. Recently, the most critical concrete pours of the entire project took place; the Mikvah (bath) and Tevilah (sink). Rabbis traveled in from out-of-state to review, approve, and watch the pours take place.
The project is estimated to be completed by the end of November.
Clyde & Co – CONSTRUCTION 🔨
Client: Clyde & Co
Project Size: $1.5 million | 10,000 SF Tenant Finish
Project Partners: KBID | Scott Rice Office Works | Evardy Construction, LLC
Construction has begun at the Clyde & Co office! Troy Fuqua has been serving as Tenant Finish Representative to Clyde & Co through the renovation of their existing Kansas City office.
Demolition work is complete and furniture has been removed where the new offices are to be installed. Casework is now being built, with installation scheduled for late October. Flooring will be installed at the end of October. Painting will continue for the duration of the project. This tenant finish is estimated to be completed in late November!
INDUSTRY NEWS
Welcome to the Eskie Team, Joshua Weber!
Meet our newest Project Manager, Joshua Weber!
In August of this year, Joshua joined our team at Eskie + Associates as a Project Manager, where he provides full-service Owner’s Representative services to clients such as Basehor-Linwood USD 458, Missouri Southern State University, + more.
Joshua has over 15 years of experience in the AEC industry. He began his career as a rough carpenter while in college building houses in and around Ames, IA. After graduation he worked as an architectural intern for a couple firms across the midwest and rocky mountain region, where he worked on projects ranging in scale of luxury vacation homes and sports stadiums to high rise buildings and healthcare facilities. Joshua further expanded his knowledge in the AEC industry by passing the Architectural Registration Exam and receiving his MBA in Construction Business from the University of Oklahoma. Going on to work for companies such as McCownGordon Construction and Shamrock Trading Corporation, he gained in-depth experience working as a Virtual Construction Specialist, Construction Manager, and Owner’s Representative.
Using his multifaceted industry experience, advanced education and excellent communication skills, Joshua strives to make the construction process as easy as possible for the project owners from concept to completion.
We are thrilled to have you on board, Joshua!
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Lunch-and-Learn with our Owner’s Reps!
Eskie’s Representative Services are designed to improve every project we touch. That includes the day-to-day operations of our project partners. If you and your team are interested in learning how an Owner's Rep adds value to a project and makes your job easier, contact us so we can set up a Lunch-and-Learn.
Start organizing your team’s Lunch-and-Learn using the link below or reach out to Julie Hendrix and she will take care of the rest.
SIOR Development Day 2024 was a success!
The Eskie team had a blast at Union Station this year. We appreciate you stopping by Booth #24, entering our raffle, and saying hello to the team.
Congratulations to Alex Gonzalez, Owner of Gonzalez Construction, on being the grand-prize raffle winner and taking home the $100 Top Golf gift card!
ESKIE TEAM SPOTLIGHT
Eskie’s new Project Manager Joshua Weber is an avid traveler, especially when the fall season arrives.
Joshua Weber | Project Manager
“I seem to always to plan all my travel for the year around Fall.”
So far this year, Joshua has traveled to New York City and Albany. He will be heading to Palm Springs/Joshua Tree, CA for some Halloween festivities this month, and will pay a quick visit to New Orleans in November.
Last year, Joshua spent over a week vacationing in London and Paris with family. The year before that was a fun trip to Vegas and then New York City for Halloween. A few years back, Joshua also took a solo hiking trip to Zion National Park where the leaves were in full color.
Besides travel, Joshua loves the Halloween holiday and the changing weather. He is excited to finally sport some cozy flannels and enjoy bon fires and drinks outside with his friends and dog Rupert.
“I did really enjoy my old neighborhood’s Halloween nights, where the whole street would go all-out for the kids in the historic Scarritt Renaissance near downtown KC.”
Have a happy fall, everyone 🍂
We hope this installment inspires you to join in on the festivities of the season. We will see you again in the next edition of The Eskie Update!
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