Engineering and Design
Wichita-based Vantage Point Properties has officially made its move into the Kansas City market. This week the real estate company closed on a plot of land around I-435 and Renner Blvd in Lenexa. Dubbed Reflections at City Center, this site…
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Burns & McDonnell officially unveiled a new position, just today. As the second-highest ranking officer, John Olander will now serve as the first chief operating officer in the firm’s history. Olander, who first came to Burns & McDonnell in 1991,…
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Burns & McDonnell and Science City have sealed the deal. Although the two have already worked together for more than a decade, they came together last night to make the partnership official and announce lofty plans for the future. To…
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The future of transportation is among us. A new study by Black and Veatch and Olsson Associates confirms that a Hyperloop system connecting Kansas City to Columbia and St. Louis is, indeed, feasible. The system, which utilizes floating pods, carries…
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A couple of weeks ago, new chancellor Mauli Agrawal spoke at a meeting of regional business executives, and recounted a conversation he'd had earlier this summer, just after arriving at UMKC. How, he asked of Kevin Truman, dean of the…
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Before you can compile a roster of the most influential business executives in a market of nearly 3 million people, you first must define what it means to have influence as an executive, what it means to wield that power,…
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Viewed through a lens of work-force development and regional economic growth, the numbers are sobering: By some counts, nearly 7,700 jobs in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math are available annually in Kansas City—yet employers are able to…
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