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Black & Veatch’s Randy Castro Elected to National Academy of Construction

Publish date: Thursday, June 17, 2021   |   Location Overland Park, Kansas

Black & Veatch proudly announces that Randy Castro, leader of the company’s federal business and a retired U.S. Army major general, has been elected to the 2021 class of the National Academy of Construction (NAC).

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Diode Ventures Announces Financial Close of its First Greenfield Utility-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Project

Publish date: Monday, June 14, 2021   |   Location Overland Park, Kansas

To help address growing demand for solar energy generation in the southwestern U.S., Diode Ventures (Diode), a Black & Veatch company that develops global infrastructure projects, announced today that has reached financial close on the Grizzly Ridge Solar Project, a nearly 140-megawatt (MW) utility-scale solar field located in Hamilton County, Texas. Read more

Black & Veatch Expands ‘Experts on Demand’ to Include Data Center Facility Consulting and Advisory Services

Publish date: Monday, June 14, 2021   |   Location Overland Park, Kansas

Accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, organizations are increasingly employing more data-intensive applications to conduct business and serve their customers, driving a growing need to upgrade or modernize their enterprise data center infrastructure. To better address the changing needs of its clients, Black & Veatch announces today that it has added data center facility consulting and advisory services to its Experts on Demand micro-consulting platform.

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Decarbonization Roadmap: New Black & Veatch ebook helps organizations ensure their early steps towards decarbonization are the right steps

Publish date: Thursday, June 10, 2021   |   Location Overland Park, Kansas

The impacts of climate change are fostering a sense of urgency in the drive to decarbonize. Many organizations, however, remain unclear about how to achieve their NetZero commitments. Hydrogen 2021: A Roadmap to NetZero, a new ebook from Black & Veatch, helps organizations chart a pathway towards delivering their decarbonization goals.

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Intelligent Transportation Systems Focus of New Black & Veatch eBook

Publish date: Monday, June 7, 2021   |   Location Overland Park, Kansas

The rise of digitization and smart technologies such as advanced driver-assistance systems, smart sensors and other Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) are transforming the world of transportation as we know it. A new eBook from Black & Veatch explores how transportation authorities are leveraging digital communications networks to build increasingly advanced ITS that can address major transportation challenges such as accidents, congestion and carbon emissions.

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Black & Veatch to Conduct Feasibility Studies for Andes Energy Terminal, an LNG Terminal and Power Plant Project in Buenaventura, Colombia

Publish date: Thursday, June 3, 2021   |   Location Overland Park, Kansas

Black & Veatch, a leading provider of low-carbon energy infrastructure solutions, has been selected to conduct the technical, engineering and commercial studies of the Andes Energy Terminal (AET) located in the Aguadulce Peninsula in Buenaventura, Colombia. Read more

Black & Veatch realizará estudios de factibilidad para la Andes Energy Terminal, una terminal de GNL y Proyecto de Planta de Energía en Buenaventura, Colombia.

Publish date: Thursday, June 3, 2021   |   Location Overland Park, Kansas

Black & Veatch, proveedor líder de soluciones de infraestructura energética bajas en carbono, fue seleccionado para realizar los estudios técnicos, de ingeniería y comerciales de la Andes Energy Terminal (AET) ubicada en la Península de Aguadulce en Buenaventura, Colombia. Read more

Mario Azar, Key Architect of Black & Veatch Power Transformation, Joins Company’s Board of Directors

Publish date: Wednesday, June 2, 2021   |   Location OVERLAND PARK, Kansas

Black & Veatch, a leading provider of critical human infrastructure solutions, today announced that Mario Azar, president of its global Power business has been named to the company’s Board of Directors.

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Black & Veatch Analysis of Carbon-Neutrality Projects Informs Sacramento Municipal Utility District’s 2030 Zero Carbon Plan

Publish date: Wednesday, May 26, 2021   |   Location Overland Park, Kansas

Zero-carbon technologies, including carbon capture, energy storage, hydrogen, solar and wind, will allow the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) to achieve its goals of zero-carbon emissions in its electricity supply by 2030, finds a recent analysis by decarbonization solutions leader Black & Veatch.

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Black & Veatch Completes Commissioning for the World’s First Floating Commercial Data Center that Consumes No Water

Publish date: Monday, May 24, 2021   |   Location Overland Park, Kansas

Digital modernization has led to an explosion in data, driving companies to increasingly seek out reliable, secure data centers that are both resource-efficient and sustainable. Black & Veatch, a global leader in data center engineering and construction, announces today that it has completed commissioning oversight for the world’s first zero water consumption commercial data center.

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Black & Veatch, Paterson & Cooke to Collaborate on Integrated Solutions in Tailings, Water and Energy Management in Mining

Publish date: Thursday, May 20, 2021   |   Location Overland Park, Kansas

Looking to stimulate the development of integrated technology solutions to support the sustainability needs of their mining clients, Black & Veatch and Paterson & Cooke announce today their collaboration in offering industry stakeholders guidance on a unified approach to technology solutions in tailings, water and energy management.

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Black & Veatch Management Consulting Names New Leaders to Accelerate Growth in Transactions and Infrastructure Modernization

Publish date: Monday, May 17, 2021   |   Location Overland Park, Kansas As organizations around the globe work to modernize aging infrastructure, embrace decarbonization and adopt advanced technologies, Black & Veatch Management Consulting, LLC, announces today that it has promoted  three leaders to expand its strategic services for new and existing clients. Read more

Black & Veatch to support development of U.S. renewable energy expertise and technology exports

Publish date: Thursday, May 13, 2021   |   Location Overland Park, Kansas

Black & Veatch has further expanded its contribution to global decarbonization, and the export of U.S. renewable energy expertise, through the appointment of Sean Tilley to the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee (REEEAC).

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Black & Veatch Report Finds Water and Wastewater Utilities, Customers Challenged by COVID Economics

Publish date: Wednesday, May 12, 2021   |   Location Overland Park, Kansas

Although the COVID-19 pandemic shed new light on the importance of water and wastewater services, system resilience, funding and affordability remain challenges facing communities across the U.S., according to Black & Veatch’s new 2021 50 Largest Cities Water and Wastewater Rate Report. Released today, the engineering, construction and consulting leader’s new report highlights how the pandemic amplified several key issues facing the water industry including the disparities in funding across major U.S. Read more

Black & Veatch Report: Corporate Sustainability Goals Are Here to Stay, But Delivering Tangible Results Remains a Challenge

Publish date: Tuesday, May 11, 2021   |   Location Overland Park, KS

Companies of all sizes across business sectors are elevating sustainability as a core tenet of their practices, yet a new Black & Veatch report discovers that many companies continue to establish targets without a clear understanding of how to achieve them.

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Black & Veatch’s Julie Eiter Selected for Society of American Military Engineers’ Leadership Development Program

Publish date: Monday, May 10, 2021   |   Location Overland Park, Kansas

Black & Veatch proudly announces that licensed mechanical engineer Julie Eiter of the company’s federal business has been accepted to the Society of American Military Engineers’ (SAME) inaugural national leadership development program (LDP) for innovative problem solvers.

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Black & Veatch Names Patty Corcoran Chief Human Resources Officer

Publish date: Thursday, May 6, 2021   |   Location Overland Park, Kansas

Black & Veatch announces that Patty Corcoran, executive sponsor of the company’s growth accelerator and a catalyst in driving positive change across the company, has been named Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). As a member of the executive leadership team, Corcoran will be responsible for leading all elements of Human Resources and managing talent and organizational capability for the company.

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Black & Veatch appointed to Drax Technical Services Framework

Publish date: Tuesday, May 4, 2021   |   Location Redhill, Surry

Major UK power provider Drax has awarded Black & Veatch a role on the company’s Technical Services Framework.

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Black & Veatch Promotes CIO Irvin Bishop Jr. to Executive Vice President

Publish date: Monday, May 3, 2021   |   Location Overland Park, KS

Having intensified Black & Veatch’s focus on deployment of data optimization and other transformative technologies to bolster decision-making and value to clients, Irvin Bishop Jr., chief information officer (CIO), has been promoted to executive vice president.

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Black & Veatch’s `Rapid Modular Health System’ Wins Top Edison Award for Efforts to Fight COVID-19

Publish date: Friday, April 30, 2021   |   Location Overland Park, KS

Black & Veatch proudly announces that its Rapid Modular Health System (RaMHS) solution has won the coveted top prize for pandemic-related solutions at the 2021 Edison Awards. The company received a gold award in the “COVID-19 Innovations: Mobilizing for Emergency Response” category for its RaMHS solution, a mobile screening, testing and vaccination facility capable of mitigating access point risk for healthcare, office, education and other industries dealing with the pandemic.

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