Construction
Posted September 20, 2024 The University of Kansas celebrated a milestone this week as the final steel beam for the new David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium was set. On Thursday, over 100 members of the Kansas Football program visited the…
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Posted September 17, 2024 The Downtown KC Streetcar construction will be temporarily suspended for approximately four weeks to connect its route with the Main Street Extension project. The temporary service suspension is estimated to begin on September 30 and last…
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Posted August 21, 2024 Overland Park-based Black & Veatch has named Paul Westerberg global manager of construction and executive vice president for the company’s growing construction division. At Black & Veatch, Westerberg will oversee construction activities, employees, equipment, assets and…
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Posted August 6, 2024 The construction industry added 25,000 jobs in July as the industry experienced an increase of 3.0% in employment year-over-year. The surge in construction jobs follows an unemployment rate increase of 3.9% in July, according to the…
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Posted August 5, 2024 Kansas City-based engineering consultant firm CRB has announced Ryan Schroeder has retired as president and CEO of the company. Schroeder joined CRB in 1987 as a design engineer. In 2010 he would take the role of…
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Posted July 16, 2024 Kansas City-based VanTrust Real Estate is set to begin construction on a nearly 750,000-square-foot facility that will serve as Sephora’s Midwest distribution center. The build-to-suit facility is 746,672 square feet and will be located on 61…
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Posted July 15, 2024 The University of Kansas announced that construction has begun for phase two of renovations for Allen Fieldhouse ahead of the its 70th season. Phase one of the $50 million renovation plan took place in March 2023,…
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Posted July 8, 2024 Updated at 9:47 a.m., July 9, 2024 Overland Park-based construction firm MMC Corp, and its companies, announced it will rebrand under the new name Cerris. MMC Corp will become Cerris; MW Builders will become Cerris Builders;…
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Posted July 2, 2024 BlueScope Properties Group is requesting an industrial revenue bond to fund a 149,500-square-foot light industrial facility in the Great Plains Commerce Center. BlueScope Properties Group (BPG) plans to build Building B, a 149,500-square-foot facility, sitting on…
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Q. With Panasonic Energy’s construction update last week and hiring underway for a workforce of 4,000, can you tell us what you’re hearing about local efforts to connect workers to those jobs in De Soto? A. It’s a vast network,…
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