Black & Veatch
Black & Veatch is an employee-owned engineering, procurement, consulting and construction company with a more than 100-year track record of innovation in sustainable infrastructure. Since 1915, we have helped our clients improve the lives of people in over 100 countries through consulting, engineering, construction, operations and program management. Our revenues in 2018 were US$3.5 billion. Follow us on www.bv.com and in social media.
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12-06-23
Black & Veatch: Grid Cybersecurity Planning, Investment Key to Safeguard Infrastructure
As if U.S. electric utilities didn’t already have enough to worry about, protecting their critical infrastructure from cyber or physical attacks increasingly are keeping operators up at night.
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11-22-23
Black & Veatch Collects Over 3,100 Pounds of Trash as Part of Global Water Cleanup Effort
Global engineering and construction leader Black & Veatch joined organizations around the world this fall to participate in Ocean Conservancy’s annual International Coastal Cleanup.
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11-15-23
Climate Change Preparedness Means Planning
The escalating frequency and strength of hurricanes, wildfires, floods, droughts and environmental impacts offer tangible evidence that climate change is making severe weather events increasingly unpredictable and more costly.
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11-08-23
Power Producers Assess Investment Priorities, Trade-Offs as Decarbonization Pressures Mount
With an influx of federal funding, U.S. energy sector stakeholders are seeing pathways to achieve their decarbonization targets through mature solutions: energy efficiency, battery energy storage and renewable power generation.
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11-01-23
Women-Led Construction Management Team Overcomes Site Challenges To Deliver Solar Project on Time
Black & Veatch provided full engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for a coastal state solar project, including construction management of modules and inverters procured by the client and select services that were subcontracted.
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10-31-23
Grid Modernization: The Promise, Necessity and Challenges
Across the landscape of U.S. electric utilities, the words “grid modernization” more encapsulate the frustration and promise in tackling the growing need to update and harden chronically aging grid infrastructure against an onslaught of threats.
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10-27-23
Proactive Approach to Reliability, Resiliency Keys to Confidence in U.S. Power Grid
Across the U.S., a myriad of challenges is intensifying scrutiny about the resiliency and reliability of the ever-aging grid infrastructure. Load demands are rising due to growing consumer electric vehicle (EV) charging networks, enterprise fleet electrification & cloud computing
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10-25-23
Amid Energy Ecosystem’s Evolution, U.S. Electric Sector Navigates Headwinds, Opportunities
More companies and communities are pursuing clean energy and transportation solutions to serve their near-term decarbonization goals, stoking the need for practical, tactical plans with intensifying scope and ambitions.
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10-04-23
Black & Veatch Chairman, CEO Mario Azar Named to United Way of Greater Kansas City’s Board
Black & Veatch Chairman and CEO Mario Azar has been named to United Way of Greater Kansas City’s governing board of trustees. Azar’s appointment furthers the longstanding collaboration with United Way by Black & Veatch, which in recent decades has contributed more than $28 mill
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10-03-23
An Evolving U.S. Water Sector: A Push for Sustainability, Robust Technology Amid Challenges, Opportunities
Chronically aging infrastructure. Lurking cybersecurity threats, budget tightropes and the quest for sustainability. Mounting external pressures for more resilience against the menace of climate change’s fallout. An evolving, shifting regulatory landscape stoking uncertainty.
