UMKC picks contractors for complex $14.5M renovation project

McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. has been chosen to lead the renovation and modernization of 75,000 square feet of laboratory space in the Spencer Chemistry and Biological Sciences Building at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

The $14.5 million renovation project will address deferred maintenance, outdated facilities, inadequate space for teaching/laboratories and other facility deficiencies.

Built in 1968, the Spencer Building houses UMKC's primary biology and chemistry teaching laboratories,…