Construction
Posted November 18, 2024 Charles Garney, founder and former CEO of Garney Construction, passed away on Wednesday, two weeks before his 93rd birthday. A Kansas City native, Garney was born on Nov. 27, 1931. He founded North Kansas City-based Garney…
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Posted October 10, 2024 The Starlight Theatre has begun work on its $40 million project to improve the venue and create new community programs. Starlight hosted a groundbreaking celebration for its Uniquely KC, a $40 million capital campaign that will…
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Posted September 27, 2024 The University of Missouri Department of Athletics has received $25 million from an anonymous donor for the Memorial Stadium Improvements Project. Laird Veatch, University of Missouri director of athletics, announced the department received a $25 million…
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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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