Black & Veatch Corporation
Encyclopedia
Black & Veatch is a global engineering
, consulting, construction and operations company specializing in infrastructure development in energy, water, telecommunications, management consulting, federal and environmental markets. Black & Veatch is the 11th largest majority Employee-Owned
company in the United States. With revenues of $2.3 billion, the company is also ranked by Forbes
as one of the largest privately owned companies in the United States
.
Engineering News-Record
, which compiles and publishes rankings of the largest construction and engineering firms annually, measured by gross revenues, ranked Black & Veatch 1st in telecommunications, 1st in power
, 7th in water
, 8th in sewer
/wastewater
, 15th in international markets and 16th in the overall top 500 design category , in the United States
based on 2010 revenues.
Black & Veatch has in excess of 100 offices worldwide and has completed projects in more than 100 countries on six continents.
Company Timeline
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
, consulting, construction and operations company specializing in infrastructure development in energy, water, telecommunications, management consulting, federal and environmental markets. Black & Veatch is the 11th largest majority Employee-Owned
Employee-owned corporation
An employee share ownership plan is the practice of companies giving staff members shares in their company as part of their salary....
company in the United States. With revenues of $2.3 billion, the company is also ranked by Forbes
Forbes
Forbes is an American publishing and media company. Its flagship publication, the Forbes magazine, is published biweekly. Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune, which is also published biweekly, and Business Week...
as one of the largest privately owned companies in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
Engineering News-Record
Engineering News-Record
Engineering News-Record is a weekly magazine that provides news, analysis, data and opinion for the construction industry worldwide...
, which compiles and publishes rankings of the largest construction and engineering firms annually, measured by gross revenues, ranked Black & Veatch 1st in telecommunications, 1st in power
Electrical power industry
The electric power industry provides the production and delivery of electric energy, often known as power, or electricity, in sufficient quantities to areas that need electricity through a grid connection. The grid distributes electrical energy to customers...
, 7th in water
Water
Water is a chemical substance with the chemical formula H2O. A water molecule contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms connected by covalent bonds. Water is a liquid at ambient conditions, but it often co-exists on Earth with its solid state, ice, and gaseous state . Water also exists in a...
, 8th in sewer
Sewer
Sewer may refer to:* Part of sewerage, the infrastructure that conveys sewage*Effluent sewer, a collection system that transports only the liquid portion of wastewater through small-diameter pipes laid at contour...
/wastewater
Wastewater
Wastewater is any water that has been adversely affected in quality by anthropogenic influence. It comprises liquid waste discharged by domestic residences, commercial properties, industry, and/or agriculture and can encompass a wide range of potential contaminants and concentrations...
, 15th in international markets and 16th in the overall top 500 design category , in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
based on 2010 revenues.
Black & Veatch has in excess of 100 offices worldwide and has completed projects in more than 100 countries on six continents.
History
Founded in 1915, Black & Veatch develops infrastructure solutions including conceptual and preliminary engineering services, engineering design, procurement, construction, financial management, asset management, program management, construction management, environmental, security design and consulting, management consulting and infrastructure planning.Company Timeline
- 1915 Ernest Batemen Black and Nathan Thomas Veatch form a partnership called Black & Veatch with 12 employees on the payroll .
- 1940 War Department requests that Black & Veatch rebuild Camp Robinson in Little Rock, ArkansasLittle Rock, ArkansasLittle Rock is the capital and the largest city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 699,757 people in the 2010 census...
. Other camp projects include Camp Chafee in Ft. Smith, Arkansas, Camp HaleCamp HaleCamp Hale, between Red Cliff and Leadville in the Eagle River valley in Colorado, was a U.S. Army training facility constructed in 1942 for what became the 10th Mountain Division. It was named for General Irving Hale....
in Pando, Colorado, and other military installations in the Midwest. - 1948 Work begins for the Atomic Energy CommissionAtomic Energy CommissionMany countries have or have had an Atomic Energy Commission. These include:* Australian Atomic Energy Commission * Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission * Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique...
at Los AlamosLos Alamos-United States:*Los Alamos, California*Los Alamos, New Mexico**Los Alamos Ranch School, boys' school**Los Alamos National Laboratory**Los Alamos County, New Mexico**Los Alamos Museum, unofficial name of the Bradbury Science Museum was a large floating dry dock...
, New MexicoNew MexicoNew Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
. - 1950 N.T. Veatch appointed by President Harry Truman to the President's Water Pollution Control Advisory Board.
- 1963 Black & Veatch International is formed.
- 1976 Black & Veatch opens new building at 11401 Lamar Ave. in Overland Park, KansasKansasKansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
. - 1985 Black & Veatch acquires Pritchard Corporation
- 1995 Black & Veatch merges with Binnie & Partners.
- 1996 Black & Veatch acquires Paterson Candy Ltd., a UK-based water treatment process contractor.
- 1999 Black & Veatch changes company structure from general partnership to an employee-owned corporation .
- 2005 Black & Veatch acquires RJ Rudden Associates, Lukens Energy Group and Fortegra, a move that doubles the size of its management consulting business.
- 2006 Black & Veatch acquires the water business of MJ Gleeson in the UK, more than doubling the size of its existing UK water operations.
- 2008 Black & Veatch selected by EskomEskomEskom is a South African electricity public utility, established in 1923 as the Electricity Supply Commission by the government of South Africa in terms of the Electricity Act . It was also known by its Afrikaans name Elektrisiteitsvoorsieningskommissie . The two acronyms were combined in 1986 and...
to provide project management and engineering services for a 4,800 megawatt power generation facility in South AfricaSouth AfricaThe Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans... - 2009 Black & Veatch purchases 11401 Lamar Ave. office building in Overland Park, KansasKansasKansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
and establishes the location as the company's World Headquarters. - 2009 Black & Veatch launched the infraManagement Group LLC (www.inframanagementgroup.com), a wholly owned subsidiary to assist asset owners with management of water, wastewater and power-generating assets .
- 2010 Black & Veatch acquired Enspiria Solutions Inc. to expand its scope of smart-grid services .