Articles: BenchMark 2000 No. 1

Available Beauty
Thanks to Colbert-Burns & McDonnell (CBM) and the city of Spring Hill, Kan., more golfers will be teeing off at a championship course in summer 2000.

Boiler Makers
“Speed” is the word for Burns & McDonnell engineers and environmental experts as they plunge into the massive job of replacing a Kansas City, Mo., power plant boiler that was destroyed by an explosion in February 1999.

Past and Future Partners
Looking over this first issue of Bench Mark for the year 2000, I’m proud of all the ways Burns & McDonnell is helping clients prepare for an exciting future.

Prairie Crossing
In two years, a 345kV transmission line will run seamlessly through the patchwork farmland of western Kansas, soaring over the grazing cattle who walk the earth beneath.

Ready for Take Off!
The Kansas City Aviation Department’s $156 million improvement program at KCI involves reconfiguring airline assignments to facilitate future expansion, replacing HVAC systems, improving concession and ground transportation services and upgrading terminal interior and exterior finishes.

Time for TEA
TEA time is under way for cities, counties and states who hope to nab federal funds from a highway bill that President Clinton signed into law in 1998.

Wind Power
Think of windmills as rusted-out relics standing abandoned in scattered farm fields?