St. Louis, Mo., July 26, 2010 – The City of St. Louis has chosen S. M. Wilson & Co. to construct a new $16.7 million recreation complex in O’Fallon Park on the City’s North Side. Construction is scheduled to begin in July and be completed in the Fall of 2011. S. M. Wilson will provide general contracting services for the project.

The two-story, 79,000 square foot recreation complex will feature an aquatic center including an indoor splash pool with a triple loop slide, motion pool, children’s pools, sauna, steam room and spa, plus an outdoor lap pool. Other amenities of the recreation complex include a gymnasium, indoor track and fitness center, locker rooms, a community center, multipurpose rooms and a lobby.

The project is designed to be LEED certified, and S. M. Wilson and the City of St. Louis hope to achieve the Silver rating in the LEED classification system after the project is completed.   KAI is the project architect.

“We’re extremely pleased to be selected to build this major enhancement for the North St. Louis community,” said Scott Wilson, President of S. M. Wilson & Co. “We are based in the City, and we are dedicated to helping the City grow and prosper. This project is a great opportunity for us to help further the City’s development.” 

S. M. Wilson is a full-service construction management, design/build and general contracting firm with headquarters in St. Louis and Rollins Construction Company, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of S. M. Wilson, in Indianapolis. S. M. Wilson is one of the largest general construction and construction management firms in the St. Louis area, and was named a ‘2006 Business of the Year’ by St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay. The company posted $450 million in 2009 revenues, and ranks 149^th in Engineering News-Record’s 2010 list of Top 400 commercial contractors nationwide.

Founded in 1921, the company has built a reputation for high quality of work and outstanding financial and general project management expertise. The company is a proud member of the Associated General Contractors of St. Louis and the Associated Builders and Contractors Heart of America Chapter, as well as the Construction Management Association of America, North America's only organization dedicated exclusively to the interests of professional construction/program management.