{ "language": "en", "url": "https://voltformer.com/epc-contractors/burns-mcdonnell", "company": { "id": "burns-mcdonnell", "slug": "burns-mcdonnell", "name": "Burns & McDonnell", "legalName": "Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc.", "country": "United States", "countryCode": "US", "headquarters": "Kansas City, Missouri, United States", "foundedYear": 1898, "website": "https://www.burnsmcd.com/", "logo": "/logos/burns-mcdonnell.svg", "tagline": "Integrated engineering and construction for energy, grids and water", "overview": "Burns & McDonnell is a Kansas City engineering and construction organization founded in 1898 and wholly owned by its employees. Its integrated delivery brings engineering, procurement, construction, environmental services and consulting together for power, grid, renewable, water and industrial projects. Construction operations include AZCO, while 1898 & Co. provides business and technology consulting. The project records distinguish a commercially operating solar facility, an ongoing substation replacement and a progressive design-build water contract, preserving each announced delivery stage.", "specialization": [ "Utility-scale solar and energy storage", "Power generation and high-voltage networks", "Water and wastewater design-build", "Industrial engineering and construction" ], "sectors": [ "power-generation", "renewable-energy", "substations-transmission", "industrial-plants", "oil-gas-energy", "energy-storage-bess" ], "services": [ { "name": "Integrated EPC and construction", "description": "Engineering, procurement and construction through company operations, subsidiaries or consortium delivery with defined project responsibilities." }, { "name": "Transmission and substations", "description": "High-voltage transmission, substations, protection, controls and integration of new infrastructure with operating electricity networks." }, { "name": "Water and industrial infrastructure", "description": "Water treatment, wastewater, industrial process facilities and supporting civil and electromechanical infrastructure." }, { "name": "Testing and commissioning", "description": "Construction completion, equipment testing, controls verification and startup support coordinated with the owner and technology suppliers." } ], "turnkeyCapabilities": { "engineeringDesign": true, "procurementSupply": true, "constructionCivil": true, "commissioningTesting": true, "substationEpc": true, "highVoltageTransmission": true, "powerPlantEpc": true, "gridInterconnection": true }, "keyProjects": [ { "title": "Gibson City Solar", "sourceUrl": "https://www.burnsmcd.com/news/illinois-solar-project-demonstrates-path-around-bottlenecks", "country": "United States", "capacityOrScope": "Gibson City Solar commercial operation", "description": "Earthrise Energy’s 346 MWdc Gibson City Solar in Illinois reached commercial operation with Burns & McDonnell as EPC contractor. The project uses an adjacent gas plant’s existing switchyard and surplus interconnection capacity; Burns & McDonnell designed and commissioned coordinated SCADA controls.", "technologies": [ "Solar photovoltaics", "SCADA" ] }, { "title": "Anaheim Southwest Substation", "sourceUrl": "https://info.burnsmcd.com/benchmark/article/a-powerful-substation-designed-to-boost-capacity-aesthetics", "country": "United States", "capacityOrScope": "Anaheim Southwest Substation replacement", "description": "Burns & McDonnell described its USD 30 million EPC replacement of Anaheim Public Utilities’ Southwest Substation in California. Work includes two 69/12 kV transformers, 12 kV switchgear and capacitor banks, plus a new control building; existing equipment remains in service during phased work.", "technologies": [ "High-voltage grid systems", "SCADA" ] }, { "title": "San Marcos", "sourceUrl": "https://www.burnsmcd.com/news/design-build-water-reclamation-facility-san-marcos-texas", "country": "United States", "capacityOrScope": "San Marcos water reclamation design-build", "description": "The City of San Marcos, Texas, selected Burns & McDonnell for progressive design-build delivery of a new water reclamation facility. The announced design capacity is two million gallons per day; early collaboration supports the city’s wastewater needs and growing residential development.", "technologies": [ "Water reclamation" ] } ], "certifications": [], "highlightStats": [ { "label": "Founded", "value": "1898" }, { "label": "Headquarters", "value": "Kansas City" }, { "label": "Ownership", "value": "Employee-owned" } ], "contactInfo": { "address": "Kansas City, Missouri, United States", "website": "https://www.burnsmcd.com/" }, "sources": [ { "name": "Burns & McDonnell · Company profile and construction", "url": "https://www.burnsmcd.com/industries/construction" }, { "name": "Burns & McDonnell · Leslie Duke appointment", "url": "https://www.burnsmcd.com/news/new-ceo-leslie-duke" } ] }, "leadership": { "name": "Leslie Duke", "since": "2024-01-01", "role": { "en": "Chairman and Chief Executive Officer", "tr": "Yönetim Kurulu Başkanı ve CEO", "de": "Verwaltungsratsvorsitzender und CEO", "ru": "Председатель совета и генеральный директор", "es": "Presidente del consejo y director ejecutivo", "ar": "رئيس مجلس الإدارة والمدير التنفيذي", "it": "Presidente del consiglio e amministratore delegato", "pt": "Presidente do conselho e diretor executivo" }, "biography": { "en": "Leslie Duke took the Burns & McDonnell CEO role in 2024. She joined in 1999 as a structural engineer in Houston and later led the South Central region. She studied civil and structural engineering at Texas Tech.", "tr": "Leslie Duke, 2024’te Burns & McDonnell CEO görevini üstlendi. 1999’da Houston’da yapı mühendisi olarak katıldı, daha sonra South Central bölgesini yönetti. Texas Tech’te inşaat ve yapı mühendisliği eğitimi aldı.", "de": "Leslie Duke übernahm 2024 die CEO-Rolle bei Burns & McDonnell. Sie begann 1999 als Tragwerksingenieurin in Houston und leitete später die Region South Central. Sie studierte Bau- und Tragwerksengineering an Texas Tech.", "ru": "Лесли Дьюк стала CEO Burns & McDonnell в 2024 году. Она пришла в 1999-м инженером конструкций в Хьюстоне, затем возглавила регион South Central. Изучала строительную инженерию в Texas Tech.", "es": "Leslie Duke asumió como CEO de Burns & McDonnell en 2024. Entró en 1999 como ingeniera estructural en Houston y después dirigió South Central. Estudió ingeniería civil y estructural en Texas Tech.", "ar": "تولت Leslie Duke منصب المدير التنفيذي لـBurns & McDonnell في 2024. وانضمت في 1999 مهندسة إنشائية بهيوستن، ثم قادت منطقة South Central. ودرست الهندسة المدنية والإنشائية في Texas Tech.", "it": "Leslie Duke è diventata CEO Burns & McDonnell nel 2024. È entrata nel 1999 come ingegnera strutturale a Houston, poi ha guidato South Central. Ha studiato ingegneria civile e strutturale a Texas Tech.", "pt": "Leslie Duke tornou-se CEO da Burns & McDonnell em 2024. Entrou em 1999 como engenheira estrutural em Houston e depois liderou South Central. Estudou engenharia civil e estrutural na Texas Tech." }, "sources": [ { "name": "Official leadership and appointment record", "url": "https://www.burnsmcd.com/news/new-ceo-leslie-duke" } ], "verifiedOn": "2026-10-10" }, "news": [ { "title": "Burns & McDonnell — SewerAI inspection and capital planning", "url": "https://voltformer.com/news/burns-mcdonnell-sewerai-asset-planning-partnership-2026" }, { "title": "Burns & McDonnell — Gibson City Solar commercial operation", "url": "https://voltformer.com/news/burns-mcdonnell-gibson-city-solar-operation-2026" }, { "title": "Burns & McDonnell — Gritt solar construction robotics partnership", "url": "https://voltformer.com/news/burns-mcdonnell-gritt-solar-robotics-partnership-2026" }, { "title": "Burns & McDonnell — Anaheim Southwest Substation replacement", "url": "https://voltformer.com/news/burns-mcdonnell-anaheim-southwest-substation-2026" }, { "title": "Burns & McDonnell — Bengaluru engineering office expansion", "url": "https://voltformer.com/news/burns-mcdonnell-bengaluru-engineering-expansion-2026" }, { "title": "Burns & McDonnell — San Marcos water reclamation design-build", "url": "https://voltformer.com/news/burns-mcdonnell-san-marcos-reclamation-design-build-2025" }, { "title": "Burns & McDonnell — Muskegon Solar EPC groundbreaking", "url": "https://voltformer.com/news/burns-mcdonnell-muskegon-solar-groundbreaking-2024" } ] }