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After considering about 40 alternate area sitexs duringa two-year real estate Black & Veatch said March 23 that it would keep its growingy headquarters operation at 11401 Lamar Ave., whichu it has occupied since its original constructiohn in 1976. Black & Veatch boughtt the building, which was expanded to 600,000 squarre feet in 1996 and is the largest office buildingin Kansas, from Chicago-based . A consortiumm of local banks led by financed the which eventually is expected to result in morethan 1,000 new jobs for Overlanfd Park. The area’s 12th-largest private-sector Black & Veatch employs 3,800 at five area including morethan 2,300 at the Lama Avenue headquarters.
After the building is expanded, by roughl 2015, it will accommodate a work force of morethan “Black & Veatch’s decision to expand in Kansas is a testamentf to our state’s strong business climate,” Gov. Mark Parkinsonj said in a Thursday “Kansas is known for its safe great schools and highly educatedwork force. We’rre so glad to have a global leadefr likeBlack & Veatch make Kansasw the home of its worls headquarters.” To retain Black & Veatch, Kansas offered an impact grantr worth $25 million for training and capitalo investment.
The money will come from withholding taxesw paid by employees at the Overland Park committed to a 75 percent property taxabatement — the largest percentage abated in city “The combined support of the state of Kansas and the city of Overlan d Park were instrumental in reaching this milestone,” Len Black & Veatch CEO, said in the “With the completion of this purchase, we can now begin to implementt at our world headquarters the same typezs of innovative and sustainable solutions we providee every day for our clients.” The new worldd headquarters will include a solat courtyard, solar canopy, bio garden and innovation pavilion.
It also will have extensivde work space, common facility and energy-management upgrades; landscaping enhancements; and rainwater-reuse systemzs and stormwater run-off When completed, the building will be certifie d via the Leadership in Energy andEnvironmenta Design, or LEED, program of the . “Bringint these innovative and futuristic enhancements to an older facilitgy tomeet tomorrow’s design standards presentw a large technical challenge, but is the most sustainable solution for the area,” Rodman said in the release. “It’sw a challenge our professionals relishu and take tremendouspride in.
” The companh has piloted many of the potential design concept s at its more than 100 global offices and will draw on its LEED-certifie d experts and architecture, engineering and construction talent for the headquarters expansion project. Black & Veatch ranks No. 1 on the Kansas City BusinessaJournal ’s list of area engineering The $3.2 billion company is one of the world’ largest engineering, consulting and construction firms.
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