JE Dunn will renovate facade of federal courthouse it built two decades ago
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ALPLA will build manufacturing facility in Blue River Commerce Center - Kansas City Business Journal
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Brandenburg took down 76 buildings as part of the Bannister Federal Complex demolition with no recorded incidents in 750,000 manhours worked.
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Even the smallest demolition projects require detailed planning, on-site coordination and constant communication, but when the task is taking down 4.5 million square feet of buildings located on 300 acres, the importance of proper preparation cannot be overstated.
This was the challenge for Chicago-based Brandenburg when it was chosen as the demolition contractor for the Kansas City, Missouri-based Bannister Federal Complex, which was jointly owned by the Department of Energy (DOE) and the General Services Administration (GSA).
Missouri offered double the incentives, but Urban Outfitters chose to build in Kansas Kevin Hardy and Allison Kite, The Kansas City Star
Dec. 22 When Kansas City lost its bid to land a massive Urban Outfitters distribution center this summer, Mayor Quinton Lucas wrote to city staff, congratulating the negotiating team for holding the line when negotiating incentives with the company.
The mayor said the Port Authority of Kansas City, which led those talks, was determined to not give away the farm, even with competition from other cities.
What was not publicly known at that time were details of the various incentive packages offered on opposite sides of the state line. In Kansas City, Port KC offered about $125 million in total incentives to lure the $400 million project.