In 1898 our corporate founders, Clinton Burns and Robert McDonnell, selected Kansas City as their home base after looking for a central location with plenty of potential water and sewer clients within a day's travel. Since then, the Burns & McDonnell World Headquarters has grown to fill three office buildings with more than 2,200 employee-owners.

Today more than 350 engineering, architectural, construction, environmental and consulting services are offered to our clients.

People needn't look far for the many ways the company touches their lives every day. From the water they drink, to the air they breathe, from the airport and roads they travel to the electricity that powers their homes and businesses, Burns & McDonnell is there contributing to the quality of life.

Hometown Proud

Since 2006, Burns & McDonnell has annually made the top 10 of The Kansas City Business Journal's Best Places to Work. Readers of Ingram's magazine also voted Burns & McDonnell as Kansas City's favorite engineering firm.