McCarthy wins third Arch grounds contract

David Hunn
Mar 20, 2015
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The legs of the Gateway Arch are partially obscured by a morning fog on Wednesday, March 11, 2015 on Wednesday, March 11, 2015. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com

Arch museum packs up remaining artifacts

The statue of Former President Thomas Jefferson stands ready to be packed up and moved out of the Museum of Westward Expansion on Wednesday, March 11, 2015, under the Gateway Arch. All museum artifacts have to be removed to make way for construction on the new museum that will take its place. Some items will return and others will find new homes. Thomas Jefferson will return. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com

Christian Gooden

Workers with Dodge-Mayflower Moving and Storage Co. pack up the life-sized bison at the Museum of Westward Expansion on Wednesday, March 11, 2015, under the Gateway Arch. All museum artifacts have to be removed to make way for construction on the new museum that will take its place. Some items will return and others will find new homes. The bison is being sent to the Ft. Larned National Historic Site in central Kansas. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com

Christian Gooden

A television news camera photographer gets records a bear that is ready to be packed up and moved out of the Museum of Westward Expansion on Wednesday, March 11, 2015, beneath the Gateway Arch. All museum artifacts have to be removed to make way for construction on the new museum that will take its place. Some items will return and others will find new homes. The bear, along with a beaver from the museum, will be on permanent display at the St. Louis Science Center. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com

Christian Gooden

Joe Noernberg (left) and Lucy Bass, workers with Dodge-Mayflower Moving and Storage Co., pack up a beaver that was on display at the Museum of Westward Expansion under the Gateway Arch on Wednesday, March 11, 2015. All museum artifacts have to be removed to make way for construction on the new museum that will take its place. Some items will return and others will find new homes. The beaver, along with a bear from the exhibit, will be put on display at the St. Louis Science Center. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com

David Hunn

ST. LOUIS 鈥� McCarthy Building Companies has won a $96 million contract to renovate and expand the Gateway Arch Visitor Center and Museum, the National Park Service announced on Friday.

Construction will include a new west entrance, interior renovations, and a 44,000 square foot addition, totaling 140,000 square feet of work. The park service said the building has been designed with sustainable practices; partners will apply for LEED silver certification.

Museum exhibits will be part of a separate contract, the park service said in its release.

鈥淧artners have been working for years to get to this point and we are excited to start construction on the new museum and visitor center experience,鈥� said Maggie Hales, executive director of CityArchRiver 2015 Foundation.

This is in the $380 million Arch grounds renovation, funded largely by the Proposition P sales tax and private donations raised by CityArchRiver.

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