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Cochran is proud to be recognized for our engineering design on improvements to the City of Farmington’s Northeast Wastewater Treatment Facility, which was named a Top Project for 2023 by Wastewater Digest Magazine. The project, which included aeration improvements, was completed in Spring 2023. You can read more about the project and watch a short video about it here. Bob Crossen, who wrote the article, noted that what made this project stand out to Wastewater Digest was the cost efficiencies – the City spent $500,000 on the improvements, but the solution is expected to save the City $80,000 annually in energy costs. We are most excited about the overall improved functionality of the plant and the improved quality of effluent being discharged. Credit goes to Cochran’s own Brian Gentges, designer; Bill Giessing of Brockmiller Construction, contractor; and Jaeger Aeration, manufacturers; and Larry Lacy, City of Farmington Public Works Director.

Cochran serves as the primary engineer firm for Club Car Wash, providing survey, engineering, and material testing services for 100+ locations throughout the mid-west (Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and Oklahoma).

From inception to completion, our services include full civil design, due diligence, conceptual planning, preliminary site planning, zoning, attendance at public meetings, and preparation of construction documents through permitting for construction.

The Oasis at Lakeport is making headlines across the country (from California to Florida), and Cochran is proud to be part of the world-class design team creating this new $300M family resort and entertainment district in Osage Beach, MO. Located at Highway 54 and Jeffries Road adjacent to the Grand Glaize Bridge, development plans call for amusement rides, hotels, restaurants, a marina and boardwalk. Cochran is pleased to be providing site design, including roadways, utilities and grading.

When it opens next year, this exciting development from SkyView Partners and Tegethoff Development will be a premier Midwest tourist destination and a game changer for the City of Osage Beach. Estimates are that Oasis at Lakeport will generate 500 jobs and bring an additional 500,000 visitors to Missouri.

Read more about it here:

• https://www.oasisatlakeport.com/
• https://www.lakeexpo.com/real_estate/city-unanimously-approves-oasis-at-lakeport-new-entertainment-district-on-lake-of-the-ozarks/article_f60e1754-0167-11ee-8e77-5783848b4fee.html
• https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/now/2023/06/07/350-million-lake-of-the-ozarks-resort-set-to-open-in-2024/70294308007/
• https://khqa.com/news/local/osage-beach-aldermen-approve-plans-for-oasis-at-lakeport
• https://www.kansascity.com/news/business/development/article273694335.html
• https://www.sacbee.com/detour/article276107261.html
• https://www.miamiherald.com/detour/article276107261.html

This 84-acre tract of land on Roelker Road will soon be the home of a new Wright City High School. The $55M project includes a single-story building spanning 122,245 SF, parking lots, multiple access roads, and athletic fields.

Working with Bond Architects and the school district, Cochran completed land surveying, conceptual design, preliminary site plan, sanitary & sewer, permitting, and preparation of construction documents (full civil design). Construction was awarded to Wright Construction. Work began in January 2023 and is scheduled to be completed in October 2024.