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Club Car Wash

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.

Oasis at Lakeport

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:

New Wright City High School

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.

New Pool Rendering

Cochran’s recent owner’s representative project made the front page of Franklin County’s newspaper, The Missourian. Cochran is providing owner’s representation services on the City of Washington’s new pool project. Westport Pools has been selected to provide the design for the aquatic center. A final design hasn’t been agreed upon.

The current design rendering includes a splash pad, a change in shade structures, removal of the proposed zip line and a new location for the rock climbing wall.

Franklin County Jail Expansion Halfway Complete

The Franklin County Jail expansion has reached its halfway point. The project consists of sheriff’s office, detention center addition and 911 communications facilities on a 33-acre lot. It is composed of a planned 47,000 square feet in new construction with extensive renovations and strengthening of the existing structure. Navigate Building Solutions is running the project.

Cochran is providing surveying, geotechnical, civil, and construction testing & inspection services for the project. Cochran conducted a geotechnical investigation for the proposed jail addition which included recommendations for remediation of uncontrolled fill, and soft soils. This project is currently under construction with Cochran providing construction testing & inspection.

The Missourian provided an update on its construction, that can be reached by clicking here.

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