Midwest City Scoop: Construction Starts in Kansas City, Mo. and Kan.

Value of new contracts expected to jump 5% in 2021 after falling 15% last year

Residential, transportation forecast to grow after pandemic shock, while other public works are expected to fall.

City Grill

Jeffrey Valentino
EPC Manager
Burns & McDonnell

“As far as pursuits out there in the market for future work, we saw a bit of a pause button that occurred through the early months of the pandemic,” Valentino says. “A lot of that work came back almost threefold. Specific sectors—manufacturing and our food, consumer products, data centers, mission critical facilities—are just getting slammed. Multifamily is still very strong. There was a pause where owners were evaluating if higher end products would maintain occupancy or maybe move out of urban areas, but it has stayed strong.”

Firm in Focus

Burns & McDonnell
9400 Ward Parkway, Kansas City, Mo.
CEO: Ray Kowalik
Employees: 7,600
Founded: 1898
Recent project: REVERB, a 14-story, 132-unit multifamily apartment tower in the Crossroads Arts District of Kansas City, was completed in August for client Copaken Brooks.