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By making what's invisible invaluable, we're Building a World of Difference that makes anything possible. Let's show you how.
Our integrated design and construction approach adds value and increases project performance while ensuring cost and schedule certainty.
Design Build
Industry-leading, management consulting services to support strategy, technology, operational, financial and regulatory challenges that influence the need for integrated, end-to-end global capabilities.
Advisory Services
Infrastructure is more than substation equipment and miles of transmission line. We uncover your infrastructure’s potential to accelerate growth, eliminate carbon emissions, and harden systems, so it works for good.
Grid Solutions
Energy evolves, and so do we. New challenges means new energy solutions –from strategy to execution we lead with innovation to reach your decarbonization and zero-emission goals.
New Energy
Infrastructure that is connected, distributed and sustainable. Clean transportation infrastructure unlocks energy and mobility resilience to help us stay ahead of the rapid evolution of technology and global challenges.
Clean Transportation
Black & Veatch works behind the scenes to deliver end-to-end connectivity wherever it’s needed.
Communications Infrastructure
Transforming unused or vacant sites takes vision. From site acquisition through commissioning, we work behind the scenes to provide comprehensive environmental and land services to support our clients’ growth.
Environmental
Land Services
Operating Assets takes more than digital tools and data. It’s a competitive advantage for clients that requires deep industry knowledge, lifecycle experience, and proven processes to streamline construction and management.
Operating Assets
Staying ahead of the curve is more than simply implementing facility and technical upgrades. It requires a roadmap resulting in a competitive advantage for clients seeking sustainable, resilient infrastructure solutions, supporting our clients’ global energy transitions and growing nutrition demands.
Process Solutions
BV makes the invisible invaluable by relieving the pressures of project risk and serving as a single point of accountability for our clients. We serve as a trusted extension of your team, providing the enhanced levels of coordination needed to successfully manage large-scale capital programs and multiple-site distributed infrastructure programs.
Program / Construction Management
We're approaching a world where renewable energy represents more installed capacity than traditional power generation. Solutions include solar, wind, battery storage, hydropower and more.
Renewables
To best meet the world’s needs for clean water, we’re connecting the dots between infrastructure potential, community development, and environmental stewardship. Our integrated, cross-sector solutions deliver water security, conservation, and efficiency.
Integrated Water Solutions
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An increasingly volatile world requires heightened awareness of any geopolitical threat. Black & Veatch helps federal clients to support its mission-critical facilities, infrastructure, and programs worldwide. Our nation requires resilient, sustainable, and integrated competitive advantages to protect our citizens and troops, eliminate threats, and strengthen its systems so they work no matter what.
Federal Design & Integrated Solutions
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Infrastructure consulting, design, construction and management solutions that drive growth, resilience and sustainability
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LNG SUSTAINABLE PROCESS
Process
Water
DESIGN-BUILD PROGRAM & CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT INTEGRATED WATER CIVIL WORKS
Grid
CLEAN TRANSPORTATION COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE DISTRIBUTED ENERGY
Distributed Infrastructure
Commercial & Industrial Facilities
FACILITIES/DATA CENTER INDUSTRIAL/MANUFACTURING PROCESS
STRATEGIC ADVISORY DIGITAL ADVISORY
RENEWABLES SUSTAINABLE GENERATION
Advanced Power Generation
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We deliver infrastructure consulting, design, construction, delivery and management solutions that drive your growth, resilience and sustainability. Experience the difference we deliver.
Our integrated design, engineering, and construction approach increases project performance while ensuring cost and schedule certainty for critical infrastructure.
Design-Build
We're helping transition to an intelligent, secure, interconnected grid, so your infrastructure can deliver reliable and efficient power from a diverse and sustainable generation portfolio.
Energy evolves, and so do we. New challenges means new energy solutions – from strategy to execution we lead with innovation to reach your decarbonization and zero-emission goals.
The rapid evolution of technology and global challenges, like climate change, deepen the need for transportation infrastructure that is connected, distributed, sustainable, and resilient.
Partner with us at any stage of your sustainability journey. We can help accelerate your path to making better economical and compliance-based decisions to benefit communities in the long-term.
Our worlds' volatility requires heightened awareness. We help in supporting resilient, sustainable, and integrated competitive advantages to protect citizens and troops, eliminate threats, and strengthen systems so they work no matter what.
Heavy asset owners must plan ahead and optimize performance, using services like data-driven analytics and maintenance. Working smarter, not harder, opens the door to continued growth.
We develop integrated, reliable, and bankable solutions for innovative new and established processes through our technical expertise, ability to collaborate for scale-up, and proven execution experience.
Black & Veatch simultaneously manages the delivery of entire project portfolios, benefiting our clients in ways that wouldn’t be possible if managed individually.
We're approaching a world where renewable energy represents more installed capacity than traditional power generation, leveraging solutions like solar, wind, battery storage and hydropower.
Behind the labels, every drop of water is water and valuable. Our integrated systems-based solutions deliver the water resource quality, efficiency and productivity needed for resilient, sustainable growth.
INTEGRATED WATER SOLUTIONS
OPERATING ASSET
RENEWABLES
PROGRAM/CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
LAND SERVICES
NEW ENERGY
GRID SOLUTIONS
PROCESS SOLUTIONS
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Industrial Cybersecurity
Engineering and Construction or Modernization Ongoing Operations
Disaster Resiliency & Recovery
As the Data Center industry increases its focus on sustainability, natural gas offers a clean, accessible and reliable alternative to diesel generators for their energy-intensive operations.
Powering Data Centers with Natural Gas
Design, Construction & Infrastructure
Black & Veatch selected to provide comprehensive design-build services for PointOne Development Corporation’s first U.S. data center campus
Diode Ventures, Enfinite Capital Debut Innovative Financing Approach for Integrated Data Center Project
Nautilus Data Technologies’ new data center is highly efficient and sustainable, ushering in new possibilities for data center design
Black & Veatch Completes Commissioning for the World’s First Floating Commercial Data Center that Consumes No Water
With a 360-degree view into their operation, the client is able to analyze and make day-to-day operational decisions more quickly and easily.
Data Center Assessment and CFD Analysis for Leading Financial Institution
Site Due Diligence
Black & Veatch performs site due diligence for data centers and mission critical facilities. We’ll collaborate with you to assess greenfield and brownfield sites using our extensive experience in the data center industry and our internal expertise in permitting, power, water, telecom/fiber, design and environmental.
Strategic, Upfront Investigation and Planning That Yield Big Returns in Minimizing Project Risk.
Our comprehensive services and global resources extend across the entire data center lifecycle to help you effectively scale and respond to data centers' dynamic market forces with ease.
Black & Veatch Assesses, Plans, Designs and Builds Mission Critical Facilities Across the Globe.
Data Centers
Learn how Black & Veatch supports its clients with quick, reliable solutions. Backed by 100 years of infrastructure experience, Black & Veatch provides global mission critical facility and data center solutions to protect your most essential assets.
40 Years’ Experience Building Data Centers
Black & Veatch’s large-scale design and construction experience, global resources, and in-depth critical and sustainable infrastructure expertise elevates us to solutions provider. We create custom solutions delivered with speed, precision, and cost and performance certainty.
Continuity and End-To-End Solutions That Deliver Quality Projects on Budget and on Schedule.
With 100 years of critical infrastructure experience, specializing in power, water and telecom systems, we have unique insight into what drives reliable, efficient and sustainable facilities.
With Data Use at Its Highest Level Ever, Black & Veatch Works with Companies to Understand Their Existing Data Center Infrastructure, Its Capabilities and the Best Path Forward to Continue Growing and Leading Their Industries.
Modernization & Sustainable Solutions
Calls for sustainability are driving data center operators to find ways to reduce their carbon footprints.
Demystifying Decarbonization – Ask the Data Center Experts LinkedIn Live
Black & Veatch was contracted by a major confidential technology client to complete the engineering, procurement and construction of modifications to the blend tank in Washington. The city is home to over 60 megawatts of server farms for major data center companies.
Data Center Water Reuse Project Blend Tank Modifications
Black & Veatch is leveraging a century of critical infrastructure expertise when we modernize your mission critical facilities and data centers, transforming them into schedule-efficient, sustainable operations that can meet your future demand and growth. We deliver smart, responsible solutions that cover your facility’s entire life cycle while keeping your operations live 24/7.
Leverage Existing Infrastructure and Sustainability Technologies to Transition to A Next-Generation Mission Critical Facility.
Revealing Hidden Value in Existing Data Centers
Data Center Solutions: Helping Financial Enterprises Maximize Performance
Black & Veatch is performing data center method of procedure (MOP) reviews for a confidential client at nine locations throughout the US.
Data Center Method of Procedures Review
Global investment firm retained Black & Veatch to gather and review technical information for four data centers on potential property purchases to ensure a good return on their investment.
Multi-Site Data Center Assessment
Black & Veatch developed the site-specific permitting approach and supported the permitting process through discussion with the local regulators, working with local legal counsel, and developing and issuing both environmental and construction permits.
Hyperscale Data Center Design
Commissioning oversight leads to launch of first-of-its-kind data center
Commissioning for Innovative and Sustainable Data Center... Simply Safer
Fast-tracked facility ensures reliable, sustainable data center operations
Water Reuse for Data Center Hub
Black & Veatch’s Data Center Assessments offer a benchmark to measure and test existing infrastructures’ capabilities, as well as operational excellence.
Assure A Strong Return on Data Center Investments with Data Centers That Operate at Their Greatest Potential.
As our clients’ single point of contract responsibility, we work as a collaborative team to maximize your return on investment and deliver projects of the highest value possible.
Our Integrated Design, Engineering, and Construction Approach Increases Project Performance While Ensuring Cost and Schedule Certainty for Critical Infrastructure.
Data centers require a tremendous amount of power to operate efficiently. Resilient, sustainable alternatives for emergency backup power is one way data centers are working on increasing their focus to greener operations.
Decarbonizing Data Centers: 3 Replacements for Diesel Generators
Powering Data Centers with Natural Gas: A Report on the Benefits of Natural Gas for Data Center Backup Power
With our broad understanding and expertise across essential infrastructure, Black & Veatch is your partner to help explore your path forward and help you accelerate to zero carbons.
Every Company’s Path to Sustainability Is Different, Each with A Distinct Destination Based on Their Specific Motivations and Goals.
Today’s digital world and its promises of on-demand access and information in real-time are revolutionizing how companies conduct business and serve their customers.
Avoid Risk: 4 Ways to Prepare Data Centers for Rising Rack Density
Commercial organizations are deploying solar photovoltaic panels and battery energy storage systems at record rates to slash carbon emissions and get more control over energy production, storage and use. As organizations seek energy independence and reliability in a decarbonized era, microgrids are emerging as a cost-effective technology that solves several pain points. Download this eBook to learn if microgrids are the right solution for your facility.
Is a Microgrid Right for Your Commercial Facility? Four Questions to Ask
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INDUSTRIAL/MFG PROCESS
FACILITIES/DATA CENTER
By leveraging our 100 years of expertise in power, renewables, energy storage, water, and telecommunications, we provide comprehensive facility solutions across the entire infrastructure lifecycle.
Black & Veatch has worked on hundreds of control and command centers for data centers and other mission critical facilities. We make the invisible invaluable by guiding our clients through every step of the entire infrastructure lifecycle including planning, design, engineering, construction, and commissioning.
Control and Command Centers
The climate crisis and the resulting fluctuations in weather events are changing the game for data centers as they face challenges adapting to increasing temperatures.
Climate Change Threatens Data Centers
Companies are increasingly interested in occupying green buildings to help them decarbonize their operations. Through green development and retrofits, investors, developers and building owners can divest from carbon-heavy assets and focus on in-demand green-certified structures. Sustainable structures lower operational costs, slash carbon footprints and speed corporate and community decarbonization, creating a win-win for everyone.
Future-Ready Commercial Facilities
Although many types of facilities benefit from having their own private fiber networks, the security, performance, and economic aspects are especially important for data centers. If you’re a data center developer, hyperscaler/cloud provider, co-location provider, or military/federal entity, it’s essential to consider the following benefits of private fiber networks.
Four Reasons to Implement Private Fiber Networks for Data Centers
With the increase in AI cloud-based services, digitalization, and electrification, access to “always on” power is critical. In some regions, energy demands of data centers may exceed current and future grid capacities. When data centers can no longer rely solely on the traditional power grid, they must seek creative solutions. To meet the energy demands of your data center in the near and long-term, follow these six steps toward resiliency.
Six Steps to Resiliency: When Energy Demands Exceed Grid Capacity
OT Cybersecurity
From startup technology firms to established companies, Black & Veatch to ensures clients’ projects are rigorous, predictable, and bankable.
Industrial Process Validation
Black & Veatch is Helping Client Take Their Technologies from Demonstration-Scale Plants to Full-Scale Commercial Facilities.
Our Expertise Lies Across the Light End of the Hydrocarbon World.
Conventional Hydrocarbon Processing
Black & Veatch works with all technology licensors across the nitrogen fertilizer market, to expand existing facilities and build the new production our clients need.
Fertilizer Production
Manage, move, supply, treat and reuse mine water resources to deliver on your environmental and sustainability goals.
Mine Water Management
Sustainable Mining Requires Reliable and Innovative Management of Water Across the Full Mine Lifecycle.
Black & Veatch’s floating and modular LNG offerings use our PRICO® mixed refrigerant to bring efficient, low $/ton LNG production
LNG Production & Delivery
LNG Allows the World to Use Natural Gas Where and When it is Needed.
From foods to consumer goods, Black & Veatch is helping established players and market disruptors bring their products to market.
Industrial Production & Packaging
From the Raw Materials to the Finished Product
From food and beverage to consumer products, as industrial processes evolve to decarbonize, we will apply the right sanitary design principles to keep your facility and products safe.
Sanitary Design
Ensure that Your Products are Clean and Safe, and Your Process Units Remain on Spec and Online.
Global Food Security Drives Growth of Affordable, Accessible Ammonia and Fertilizer Production.
Black & Veatch teams have scaled up bio-fermentation processes from the pilot to demonstration, and demonstration to commercial scale, for a diversity of products from proteins to plastics.
Bioprocesses Upend Traditional Production Methods.
Biological Processes
See how these engineering project solutions that rigorous, predictable, and bankable as we work with our partners to achieve the goal of feeding the world using sustainable and innovative processes.
Food & Beverage
We’re Pros In Optimizing Your Existing Facilities, Designing and Building New Ones, and Collaborating with You to Bring Emerging, New-To-World Food, Beverage and Agricultural Innovations to Market.
Black & Veatch can provide an answer for permitting, conceptual design, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, program management and O&M, for gas processing, natural gas liquids fractionation, light hydrocarbon export facilities, and sulfur recovery units (SRUs).
LNG Production Delivery
Food, Beverage & Ingredients
Lab & Biosciences
As operations become more digital, connected and automated, critical infrastructure becomes more exposed to cyberthreats. Increased attacks, stronger regulations and a growing technology dependence have made industrial cybersecurity an operational reality and a business imperative.
Industrial Cybersecurity from the Ground Up
DIGITAL ADVISORY
STRATEGIC ADVISORY
Distributed Energy
Conventional Generation
Program/Construction Management
Civil Works
Industry-leading, management consulting services to support strategy, technology, operational, financial and regulatory challenges that influence the need for integrated, end-to-end global capabilities
• Clean Power Procurement • Transportation Electrification Strategic Planning
Strategy & Planning
DESIGN-BUILD
• Independent Engineering/Technical Due Diligence • Restructuring Advisory Support • Construction and Operations Monitoring • Project Development and Valuations • Electricity and Fuel Price Forecasting
Transactions
• Decarbonization Strategic Planning
• LNG and Other Fuels Strategic Planning
CIVIL WORKS
• Decarbonization Strategic Planning • Transportation Electrification Strategic Planning
Rates & Regulatory
FEDERAL DESIGN & INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS
• Business Operations Reviews
• Rate Case Management and Support Services • Performance-based & Infrastructure Ratemaking • Alternative Regulation Services
COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE
• Independent Engineering/Technical Due Diligence • Restructuring Advisory Support • Construction and Operations Monitoring • Project Development and Valuations • Electricity and Fuel Price Forecasting • Program Management
DATA CENTERS
• Decarbonization Strategic Planning • Hydrogen Fuels Strategic Planning • Transportation Electrification Strategic Planning • Grid Mod/DER Integration Strategic Planning • Program Management
• Decarbonization Strategic Planning • LNG and Other Fuels Strategic Planning • Hydrogen Fuels Strategic Planning • Transportation Electrification Strategic Planning • Program Management
• Independent Engineering/Technical Due Diligence • Restructuring Advisory Support
• FERC Regulatory Support • Business Operations Reviews
• Decarbonization Strategic Planning • Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) • LNG and Other Fuels Strategic Planning • Hydrogen Fuels Strategic Planning • Transportation Electrification Strategic Planning
ENVIRONMENTAL
• Rate Case Management and Support Services • Performance-Based & Infrastructure Ratemaking • Alternative Regulation Services • Business Operations Reviews
CLEAN TRANSPORTATION
• Decarbonization Strategic Planning • Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) • Clean Power Procurement • Transportation Electrification Strategic Planning • Grid Mod/DER Integration Strategic Planning • Program Management
DISTRIBUTED ENERGY
• Rate Case Management and Support Services • Performance-Based & Infrastructure Ratemaking • Alternative Regulation Services
• Clean Power Procurement • Transmission Strategy and Planning • Grid Mod/DER Integration Strategic Planning • Program Management
• Rate Case Management and Support Services • FERC Regulatory Support • Performance-Based & Infrastructure Ratemaking • Alternative Regulation Services
CONVENTIONAL GENERATION
• Decarbonization Strategic Planning • Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) • Clean Power Procurement • Transmission Strategy and Planning • LNG and Other Fuels Strategic Planning
• Rate Case Management and Support Services • Performance-Based & Infrastructure Ratemaking • Alternative Regulation Services • Stormwater Utility Development and Implementation Support
• Decarbonization Strategic Planning • Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) • Clean Power Procurement • Transmission Strategy and Planning • LNG and Other Fuels Strategic Planning • Transportation Electrification Strategic Planning • Program Management
• Construction and Operations Monitoring
Program Management
• Independent Engineering/Technical Due Diligence • Restructuring Advisory Support • Construction and Operations Monitoring • Project Development and Valuations
• Rate Case Management and Support Services • Performance-Based & Infrastructure Ratemaking • Alternative Regulation Services • Financial Planning, Cost of Service, and Bond Feasibility Studies • Stormwater Utility Development and Implementation Support • Business Operations Reviews
• Transportation Electrification Strategic Planning • Program Management
• Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) • Clean Power Procurement • Transmission Strategy and Planning
Complete Solutions- From Design to Operations
INDUSTRIAL CYBERSECURITY
In a constantly changing risk environment, companies need a partner they can trust, who knows how they operate and how to keep their operations up and running safely. At Black & Veatch, we our clients prevent and minimize attacks on their Operational Technology (OT) systems and networks by designing, building and implementing OT cyber programs throughout their assets’ full lifecycle.
From the Ground Up
• Advanced Metering Infrastructure • Customer Information and Management
• Enterprise Asset Management • Asset Lifecycle Risk Management • Distributed Infrastructure Advisory Services • Industrial Cybersecurity
• Operational Technology • EMS/ADMS/DERMS/DRMS/SCADA Business Integration • Pipeline Management and Gas Control • Grid Modernization Strategy and Roadmap • Digital Twin Advisory Support • Industrial Cybersecurity
Digital Customer
Digital Asset
Digital Grid
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Charging stations energize routes to support EV adoption and establish sustainable travel coast to coast.
Charging Stations
Black & Veatch deployed 25,759 charging posts on 1,938 sites in 46 states and Canada.
Electric medium and heavy-duty fleets offer jaw-dropping economics when compared to diesel fleets.
Medium Heavy Duty Fleet
Black & Veatch is working with global logistics companies to transition their extensive fleets to clean, electric last-mile delivery.
Go to bv.com to read how the grid, civic infrastructure, and fueling systems need to change to soar into the zero-emission future, as studied by Black & Veatch and the National Institute of Aerospace, on behalf of NASA.
Electric Aviation
Black & Veatch is Helping Electric Aircraft Companies Ampaire and Beta Scale Zero-Emissions Aircraft Into Widespread Service By Mid-Decade.
Learn how hydrogen fueling expands decarbonization options for zero emission transportation at bv.com
Hydrogen Refueling
Black & Veatch Constructed the First-Ever Hydrogen Fueling Station Network In California—The Largest Hydrogen Fueling Station Deployment in the U.S.
Networked charging systems open the door to onsite resilient energy generation and storage for reliable, low-cost energy.
Networked Charging Systems
Black & Veatch engaged 165+ GW of renewables, and 55,000 kW of networked energy storage for EV peak shaving.
Black & Veatch has deployed over 150,000 wireless sites and 50,000 miles of fiber networks – enough to circle the earth twice! Learn about smart transportation at bv.com.
Modern Transportation Systems
The U.S. is Advancing EV Charging Networks, with Charging Plans that Cover 75,000 Miles of Highway. Telecommunications Help Evolve EV Charging Corridors into Intelligent Transportation Systems that Support Safe and Convenient Travel and Transport.
Learn how Black & Veatch helps decarbonize transportation on the land and in the air.
Black & Veatch Deployed 25,759 Electric Vehicle Charging Posts Across 46 States and Canada.
Learn more this groundbreaking project and carbon-free trucking at bv.com
Medium and Heavy Duty Fleets
Black & Veatch Worked with Daimler Trucks North America to Build the First-Of-Its-Kind Public Charging Station Designed for Medium and Heavy-Duty Electric Commercial Vehicles.
Learn how Black & Veatch helped the Town of Vail, Colorado, electrify their public transit fleet to slash tailpipe emissions and lower operation costs.
Fleet Electrification
of transit and fleet charging
Black & Veatch Deployed 235 MW of Transit and Fleet Charging Across the U.S.
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Aviation Charging
Networked EV Charging
The rapid evolution of technology and global challenges like climate change deepen the need for transportation, communications and energy infrastructure that is connected, distributed, sustainable, and resilient.
COMMUNICATIONS
Autonomous Vehicles
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) advances transportation safety and mobility, while enhancing productivity by integrating advanced communications technologies into transportation infrastructure.
As Farmers Face Labor Shortages, Climate Change, and Environmental Protection Regulations, What Types of Strategies Are Needed for Food, Beverage, and Agriculture Production? Black & Veatch has You Covered in How to Implement Advanced Ag Tech
Rural Broadband
Whether For the Home, Business, Utility, Municipality or Network Operator, Black & Veatch Can Develop a Fiber Optic Broadband Network From Feasibility Through Design, Engineering, and Construction.
Accelerating Digitalization and Using Automation Effectively to Optimize Operations Takes an Integrated Perspective Covering Your Entire Enterprise.
Private Networks
Capture the Power of IoT and Automation. with a Private Network from a Trusted Deployment Partner, You Can Open Up a World of Possibilities and Innovation to Deliver an Exceptional User Experience.
Small Cells Wireless
Black & Veatch has a Proven History of Serving the Unique Network Integration Needs of a Variety of Clients, Including Wireless Carriers and Government Agencies. We Have the Required Skills and Background Necessary to Execute Projects with the Utmost Quality, On-Time and On-Budget.
• 1st Fiber Optic Network for a large US National Carrier • 1st PCS Network for a large US National Carrier • 1st Terrestrial Network for large US National Satellite Radio Provider • 1st Video • Experience with more than 100k sites • 1st Video-to-Mobile Network for large US provider of wireless TV • Deployed first-ever WiMAX technology based high speed internet system in the United States
Legacy of Pioneering and Engineering
Wireless Tower
Black & Veatch integrates nationwide consulting, project management, site acquisition, engineering, procurement, construction, and program management capabilities to produce valuable solutions for your wireless network needs.
Black & Veatch Lends Expertise to First Ever Public Private Partnership for a Broadband Network
Wireline/Fiber
50,000+ Miles of Fiber Experience
Low-earth Orbit Infrastructure
With More Than a Third of The World Still Offline, Low-Earth Orbit Satellite Constellations Can Help Connect the Unconnected and Bridge the Digital Divide That’s Leaving Remote and Rural Communities Behind.
Develop a Smarter Grid
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Low Earth Orbit Infrastructure
Grid Protection
In 2022, natural disasters cost the U.S. $175.2 billion in damages. Floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and wildfires pose dangerous threats to critical infrastructure such as power lines, water and wastewater systems, and communications networks. In the wake of these natural disasters, the essential nature of the services that power, water and telecommunication provide becomes even more obvious. By adopting a proactive approach, it becomes possible to eliminate the risk of service disruptions altogether.
Four Steps to Storm Resiliency and Response for Power, Water, and Telecommunications Providers
ATC needed an expert in HVDC technology, and we looked for a partner we could depend on to help educate, advise and assist with the Mackinac HVDC project. Black & Veatch was our unanimous choice,” said Ken Jauquet, Project Manager, American Transmission Company
Black & Veatch Improves Transmission Grid Reliability in Michigan.
HVDC/FACTS
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Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)
Black & Veatch deployed over 490 BESS projects, with more than 150 located behind-the-meter, to help clients capture and use energy from clean sources.
Learn more about this groundbreaking project and others on bv.com
Microgrid
Black & Veatch Designed, Procured, and Constructed a Microgrid for Shell Technology Center in Houston. The Microgrid Helps Shell Manage Power from Multiple Sources and Explore Advancements in Renewable Energy.
Learn how Black & Veatch can make clean energy part of your economic and sustainability engine.
Black & Veatch deployed more than 1,000 distributed rooftop solar installations that offset operation costs and decarbonize energy.
Rooftop Solar
Learn how Black & Veatch deploys established and emerging technologies to create decarbonized, low-cost energy options
Black & Veatch deployed several solar canopies, paired with Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), for Electrify America to bridge the EV charging energy gap and lower charging costs with clean, onsite energy.
Solar Canopies
Black & Veatch delivers resilient energy where it’s needed, under blue skies or from within the eye of a storm.
Climate Adaptive Infrastructure, Like Ground Mount Solar Panels, Provide Clean Energy When and Where its Needed, Even in Severe Weather.
Ground Mount Solar
Microgrids
Solar Canopy
Mobile and Modular Solutions
After more than a year of halted operations in the wake of COVID-19, the seas were finally open again for business. Before they could restore their cruise line operations, our confidential client—an international mass media, entertainment, and hospitality conglomerate—had to comply with a rigorous CDC vetting process. Black & Veatch’s Mobile and Modular Solutions team was selected from 26 bidders to develop integrated infrastructure and processes for large-scale COVID-19 testing operations.
Black & Veatch Develops COVID-19 Testing Infrastructure for Confidential Cruise Line Client, Protecting Over 400k Guests to Date
The things you can't see often make all the difference. At Black & Veatch, our unrelenting commitment to innovation is the secret to our success. We combine the capabilities of an integrated engineering and construction company with our passion for reshaping the industry to drive advancements in sustainable infrastructure. Our Mobile and Modular Solutions team, which emerged from our internal growth accelerator, is focused on creating customizable, mobile and modular healthcare infrastructure.
Engineering Innovation
Goodwill Industries is a nonprofit organization that proves an unassuming bag of secondhand donations has the power to change lives. Through Goodwill’s retail stores, sales from your donations fund job training, employment placement services and other community-based programs. Black & Veatch's mobile and modular solutions team collabored with Goodwill of Western Missouri and Eastern Kansas (MoKan Goodwill) to meet their business objectives in our hometown of Kansas City.
Mobile Donation Collection Vehicle Extends Reach of Kansas City Nonprofit Efforts
Goodwill Industries is a nonprofit organization that provides job training, employment placement services and other community-based programs for people who have barriers to their employment, commonly including the lack of digital equity. To ensure true digital equity, everyone needs access to information and communication technologies and the knowledge to properly use them.
Delivering Mobile Education Solution to Bridge Digital Equity Divide
In our highly competitive world, timing is essential. If your business can’t get products or services to your customers at the right place at the right time, your position in the market may become obsolete. With supply chain issues affecting almost every industry, companies are looking for quicker ways to go from project conception to completion.
Mobile and Modular Solutions: Five Ways to Rapidly Address Evolving Business and Community Needs
In 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed the first-ever drinking water standard for PFAS. The new regulation is expected to be finalized at the beginning of 2024 with compliance mandated by 2027. Water utilities are understandably growing concerned about how to efficiently and affordably meet these standards. Fortunately, modular water treatment solutions are available for rapid and emergency deployment.
Three Benefits of Using Modular Solutions to Mitigate PFAS Contamination
Enabling owners to utilize existing wind power infrastructure, expand energy output, extend the operating life of assets, and maximize return on investment with upgraded facilities.
Onshore Wind
of Global Wind Power Generation Project Experience
GW
56+
Our work on the Twin Falls project increased reliability, power generation and flood protection—all without disturbing the flow of the Menominee River. Learn how Black & Veatch increased renewable energy while protecting the local way of life.
Hydropower
Black & Veatch Boosts Dam’s Hydropower Capacity by
%
47
Projects Designed and 64 GW of Hydropower Worldwide
500
Where Water Moves There’s Energy that Can Be Harvested.
Helping developers and OEMs navigate exponential growth and expansion into new markets.
Offshore Wind
Substation, Floating LNG, Marine and Tidal Energy Experience
Years
50
Reliable, sustainable, and economical power source your communities need.
Solar
Solar Power and Solar Plus Storage Energy Projects
49+ GW
#1 Solar Team
solar team
A webinar on considerations for planning, developing, and implementing solar PV and battery energy storage projects.
Solar + BESS
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Hot Topics for Solar + BESS
Implement, monitor, and manage BESS efficiently and safely.
of Global Energy Storage Project Experience
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Where water moves, there's energy that can be harvested. Our single-source expertise and project life-cycle solutions to help our clients maximize their return on investment.
Operation Breakthrough’s new Ignition Lab is inspiring the next generation of STEM students, all while generating onsite zero-carbon solar generation. Learn more about how Black & Veatch partnered with other Kansas City-based organizations to fund and complete the Lab’s solar canopy.
Solar Canopy Powers Real-World Learning
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Black & Veatch harnessed the power of wind with sixty massive turbines rising nearly 30 stories above the ground, generating over 150 megawatts of electricity.
Cleaner and Greener Energy Soars Above Tens of Thousands of Cropland Acres.
Learn how leveraging measures such as lifespan extension, repowering and optimization upgrades can result in more efficient wind power generation.
As Existing Wind Fleets Age, Performance Begins to Decline.
Combat this issue by devoting more research and data into the site selection process and accurately predicting wind speed.
Underperforming Wind Farms are Putting Owners at Risk.
An overview of the potential of this growing generation source.
Challenges and Lessons Learned in Offshore Wind
Learn about the application of BESS at the distribution system level, with case studies illustrating what energy storage can and can’t do.
Grid Resilience
Even a Few Hours of Stored Electricity can Make a Significant Difference for Grid Resilience.
Black & Veatch experts discuss the application of BESS at the distribution system level, utilizing case studies to illustrate what energy storage can and can’t do.
Distributed Energy Resources (DER) are Rapidly Changing the Landscape of Utility Distribution Systems.
Offshore wind is exploding in union-dominated areas, which can be uncharted territory for non-U.S. developers.
What Developers Need to Know About Project Labor Agreements
Pumped storage offers balance for renewable energy. This safe, efficient, long-life, and proven solution supports the energy transition by balancing generation with demand and supporting electric grid efficiency and stability.
Years pumped-storage experience
25 +
Pumped Storage
Whether it’s sustainable baseload power or renewables generation, we offer a single turnkey solution, from planning to EPC, to address our clients’ most pressing issues around the energy transition to clean, reliable, sustainable and affordable power.
SUSTAINABLE GENERATION
Emerging Renewable Energy
With the high-level of interconnectivity and reliance on digital technologies, Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) have a greater number of potential entry points for malicious activities. To minimize this risk, it is critical to implement cybersecurity best practices throughout the DER ecosystem to enhance infrastructure reliability and integrity, protecting it from potential threats.
Preserving the Reliability of the Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Ecosystem
Nuclear
Hydraulic Structures
Gas Power
Utility’s willingness to embrace innovation leads to more reliable, highly efficient and cleaner source of energy.
Delivering Efficient Reliable Power
Gas Turbine
Improve emissions and ease your transition from fossil fuels with trusted solutions from an experienced partner known for successfully planning, building and operating gas turbine plants.
We Have Performed 360+ Combustion Turbine Installations in Over 25 Countries.
Detroit Edison’s COLA Application Is One of Few Applications that Reached ACRS Committee Review Phase.
Nuclear Energy is the Only Large-Scale Zero Emission Generation. Read Our Study Exploring Gen IV Nuclear Technology’s Critical Role in Realizing Global Decarbonization.
A trusted, experienced advisor with the nuclear expertise to help navigate the new nuclear ecosystem and help you determine and execute right-sized nuclear solutions.
We have over 70 years of nuclear expertise and provide full-service nuclear power engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) solutions.
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The existing wastewater treatment plant in Salina, Kansas, was originally constructed in 1926, and its most recent major upgrade was completed almost 30 years ago. The treatment plant serves many essential purposes including preliminary screening, grit removal, primary clarification, secondary treatment, and ultraviolet disinfection.
Wastewater Treatment Plant Modernizations Underway in Salina, Kansas
Wanting a comprehensive solution for its wastewater, Johnson County turned to Black & Veatch
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Meticulously delivered, the Tomahawk Wastewater Treatment Facility Expansion met the county’s goals for long-term treatment quality, flexibility, stainability, capacity, impact, and cost-effectiveness, including saving ratepayers $400 million over the project’s lifecycle.
If your project budget limits your capacity to address wish list items, taking a segmented approach to preconstruction enables owners and their design-build partners to prioritize options, perform pilot tests, assess ancillary scope, and control project costs.
Addressing Your Project “Wish List” Using the Design-Build Delivery Method
Projects delivered under construction management at-risk (CMAR) and progressive design-build (PDB) contracts are becoming more common in the development of water infrastructure. There are many similarities between these two delivery methods, but PDB offers one major differentiator: an opportunity for owners to appropriately transfer risk.
Design-Build Delivery Method
the Progressive Design-Build Delivery Method Benefits Project Owners
3 Ways
Black & Veatch professionals are experts in design-build, one of the most popular and rapidly growing delivery methods for construction projects in the United States. Offering a full spectrum of design-build and EPC services, Black & Veatch is one of the most diversified contractors in the industry.
Design-Build Capabilities
Behind the labels – drinking, waste, storm, ground, cooling, etc. – water is invaluable. Our systems-based solutions deliver the water resource quality, efficiency and productivity needed for resilience, sustainability and growth.
PROGRAM/CONSTRUCTION MGT
INTEGRATED WATER
Wastewater
Delivery Method
Black & Veatch engineers and constructs Phoenix water treatment plant that blends in with desert nature. The desert location demanded an approach that treated the environment with care. Plant life and other native flora were preserved during construction in an on-site, five-acre nursery. The plant uses latest technology to process 80-million-gallons-per-day (mgd) to serve customers in the Phoenix metropolitan area.
Design that Blends in to Stand Out
Black & Veatch is best known for our complex engineering services—but did you know we’re also a leading general contractor? We execute quality construction projects through experienced project leadership, strong industry relationships, and skilled trades deployed in the field.
General Contracting Services
Last year, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled (and later rescinded) new federal mandates requiring water system inspections to include assessments of cybersecurity threats. While emerging standards are a step forward, there are worries about whether basic observance would give water utilities a false sense of security; compliance often does not necessarily equal a robust cybersecurity program.
Growing Concern About Cyberattacks Calls for Additional Guidance
Our program management expertise spans the entire project lifecycle from conceptual planning, funding, and environmental advisory through design, construction, and operation of major capital improvements.
Infrastructure Lifecycle
Leverage Black & Veatch’s technical solutions through coordinated programmatic services, taking complex steps necessary to achieve your unique goals.
We Offer a Full Spectrum of Services That Can Be Customized for Your Program Needs.
Programmatic Services
The right expertise, resources when you need them, risk management and cost control. In short, certainty in project execution is all achievable through Black and Veatch’s program management expertise.
Solving Today’s Sustainable Infrastructure Challenges Demands a Broader Approach.
What is Program Management, and is it Right for Your Project?
Black & Veatch provided Program / Construction Management services to Denver Water on the Gross Reservoir Expansion Project, a major component of the utility’s comprehensive strategy to deliver safe, reliable, and resilient water service. The expansion will more than double current reservoir capacity and improve water supply dependability for the 1.4 million people in the Denver metropolitan area.
Colorado Dam Expansion to Substantially Improve Water Supply, Reliability
Construction Management
Based on a survey of more than 450 U.S. water stakeholders, Black & Veatch’s Water Report offers a comprehensive look into the issues and trends facing the water utility industry today. In this 11th edition of our report, our experts provide detailed analyses of the survey’s findings and key insights into trends driving infrastructure transformation in today’s water industry.
2023 Water Report
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North Miami Beach Water (NMB Water) serves more than 175,000 customers in northern Miami-Dade County. NMB Water is investing approximately $106 million in their Capital Improvements Program to enhance the quality and reliability of the water they provide, reduce service interruptions and ensure compliance with local and federal regulatory requirements.
Providing program management expertise for water infrastructure capital improvements
The ongoing Pure Water Program will locally provide nearly half of San Diego’s water supply by the end of 2035. This multi-phase program uses proven water purification technology to clean recycled water and deliver a reliable, sustainable supply of high-quality drinking water.
Pure Water Phase 1 Facilities Establish Resilient, Cost-Effective Water Supply
When it comes to stormwater management, water utilities and municipalities throughout the United States are looking for solutions to address increasingly extreme weather events, evolving regulatory requirements, workforce development challenges and lack of funding. In response to these challenges, optimizing the operation and maintenance (O&M) of stormwater assets – also known as stormwater best management practices, or BMPs – is essential to protecting infrastructure investments. To develop a substantial O&M program for BMPs, public agencies should consider taking the following three steps.
Three Steps to Optimizing Operations, Maintenance of Stormwater Assets
Dams are essential to society, providing water and energy for this generation and the next. The United States has the second highest quantity of large dams in the world — over 91,000 across all 50 states, with an average age of 57 years. Unfortunately, our decades-old dam infrastructure leaves residents threatened by water supply deficits and safety concerns. Dam owners and operators, municipal water supply divisions, water wholesalers, public utilities and hydropower providers should consider the following three key reasons to modernize existing and new dams.
Unlock the Benefits of Dam Modernization: Preserve Water, Provide Energy, Protect Lives
In March 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a new plan to improve the digital defenses of public water systems, with the EPA’s assistant administrator for water putting the gravity of the issue in clear but stark terms.
In World of Risks and Ransomware, Readiness Holds the Key
Through intensified processes, nature-based solutions and optimized operations, its water, energy nutrients, and other organic matter can be reclaimed for less cost, producing less output and contaminants, and with a smaller footprint.
It's Time We Treat Wastewater Not as Waste but Resource...
How Black & Veatch delivered a sustainable, cost-saving solution for Johnson County
Meticulously delivered, the Tomahawk Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility Expansion met the county’s goals for long-term treatment quality, capacity, flexibility, environmental impact, and cost-effectiveness, including saving ratepayers $400 million over the project’s life.
An increasingly volatile world requires heightened awareness of any geopolitical threat. Mission-critical systems need to work no matter what, to identify and neutralize threats and keep citizens and troops safe.
Treatment
For governments, private enterprise and water, wastewater and stormwater utilities, we meet any level of treatment, residuals and odor control needed, providing practical, proven innovation that optimizes facilities and operations.
Square Feet
1M +
Black & Veatch develops integrated solutions at every stage of the project lifecycle for water, wastewater, and stormwater collection, distribution, storage, treatment, disposal, and reuse. For public and private enterprises seeking water security, conservation, and efficiency solutions, we work at the forefront of practical innovation to resolve the growth and resource challenges of today while the resilience and sustainability needs of the future. We’re focused on realizing the true value of water for our clients.
Water Solutions for Every Stage of the Project Lifecycle.
Connecting old with the new at McCook Reservoir Tunnel and Gates P&S. Black & Veatch performed the detailed design for the McCook Main Tunnel System (MTS) project on behalf of USACE Chicago District.
Connecting Old and New
Black & Veatch serves USACE on multiple contracts under its growing Civil Works program. Team worked with Nashville District (LRN) and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to design cofferdam and new lock at Chickamauga Lock & Dam
Exceptional Performance
Our leadership in water and civil works infrastructure delivers environmentally sustainable, economic, and technically sound solutions to all levels of government. We offer cost-effective access to deep multidisciplinary resources, with capabilities ranging from basic civil works infrastructure services to complex water resource engineering and emergency response.
Projects Within the Last 10 Years
16B+
We help owners plan, operate, maintain, monitor, rehabilitate and replace assets in the right way at the right time, optimizing their performance, mitigating their risk, and driving down their operational, maintenance and capital costs.
Asset Management
Support throughout the digital journey – get it with our Smart Utility Infrastructure® planning, implementation, and optimization and ecosystem of operational applications. Reduce and remove roadblocks, and empower secure, proactive and informed management of business and water resources.
Digital Water
Black & Veatch is an innovative, award-winning global company improving planning across military installations. We help our clients achieve better economic, stakeholder and project outcomes through integrated master planning solutions that address the environmental needs of today and risks in the future.
Planning
Adaptively manage water resources and infrastructure with confidence. From CIPs to resilience and sustainability plans, and from public outreach to alternative funding, we reduce risk and advance priorities with defensible investment strategies.
Wastewater Treatment
Our clients require the best resources to undertake any civil works project, regardless of size, scope and complexity. Black & Veatch is a leader in the implementation of all aspects that touch civil works programs.
Spillways & Gates Projects
Pump Station / Hydraulic Structure
4000+
Black & Veatch’s sustainability-focused Reedy River Basin Sewer Tunnel project in South Carolina recognized for excellence in construction management, administration.
Top Public Works Project of 2022 by American Public Works Association
Tunnels
Population growth, aging infrastructure and climate changes take a toll on our tunnels and trenches. Our clients require underground solutions to tackle some of their most complex issues. We work with clients in all types of geologic, environmental and community settings to select sustainable and advanced tunneling technologies that solve conveyance challenges.
of Tunnel
miles
1120
To Comply with the Latest Seismic Safety Standards and Restore the Supply Reliability of its Regional Water Infrastructure System, SFPUC Developed the Calaveras Dam Replacement Project.
Dam Replacement
Dams, Levees and Reservoirs
Black & Veatch is a premier dam and levee/floodwall design and construction management firm. We provide risk assessment analysis, risk reduction strategies, instrumentation and monitoring plans and data reviews for dams and levees, as well as repair, replacement and maintenance of these aging key facilities.
Dams and Reservoirs
Major Dams and Reservoirs
500+
Black & Veatch provided engineering services for preliminary evaluations, design, equipment procurement, construction and startup phases of the Inline Storage System Pump Station upgrades project.
Our Solution Improves Reliability of Pump Station
Pump Station
Black & Veatch ensures that clients maintain the service customers expect while controlling costs and managing risks.
We Believe in Replacing the Right Pipe, at the Right Time, with the Right Material to Help Clients Make Better Decisions.
Pipeline Assessment
Black & Veatch evaluates, designs, commissions and value-engineers solutions for new, rehabilitation and upgrade pump station projects
Evaluate, Design, Commission.
We offer water and wastewater conveyance solutions that provide our clients with the best life-cycle cost and system reliability benefits through robust optimization processes performed by the most experienced pumping and piping experts in the industry.
Conveyance | Pipelines | Pump Stations
Large Scale and Latest Technical Modifications
Major Dams and Resivoirs
of Conveyance Pipeline Infrastructure Worldwide
Miles
12,000+
Working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Black & Veatch helped to identify the best way to restore the city of New Orleans Hurricane Protection System.
Helping Safeguard New Orleans
Hurricane Protection System
New Dam Built Under Black & Veatch Oversight Near California Fault Line Safeguards Bay Area’s Water Supply.
Resilience, Vitality & Reliability of Water Resources
Water Resources
Project Increases Reliable Electrical Capacity Without Changing River Operation and Protects Way of Life.
Black & Veatch Boosts Dam’s Hydropower Capacity by 47 Percent
Learn about how dams play an integral part in providing the world with irrigation, hydropower, flood control and water supply.
Reservoir Storage Needs Will Increase as World Population Grows
Resevoir Storage
Black & Veatch, in a joint venture, provided construction management services for this dam raise project, which added 117 feet to the height of the dam and more than doubled the size of the San Vicente Reservoir.
World's Largest Roller-Compacted Concrete Dam Raise Boosts Emergency Water Availability
Water Supply
Spillway and Outlet Works Design
Black & Veatch was the appointed professional engineering services consultant overseeing the development, engineering and construction of Deep Tunnel Sewerage System (DTSS) Phase 2, which covers the western and southern parts of Singapore.
Project Meets Sustainability Goals Through Iconic Used Water Resilience in Singapore
Water Development
Black & Veatch’s Center of Excellence in its Houston office was established to help clients deliver challenging conveyance and storage projects with an eye to economic, environmental and community benefits.
Black & Veatch Center of Excellence in Houston Drives Tunneling, Flood Control Options
To address the client’s unique geotechnical situation, Black & Veatch assembled a group of its world-class tunneling experts to act as an independent technical advisory panel and sounding board to WSSC and the design team.
Black & Veatch Facilitates Technical Decision-Making for a Drinking Water Tunnel
Integrated Deep Tunnel Solution Will Eliminate the Impacts of CSOs in Toronto, Improving its Water Quality and Quality of Life.
Integrated Deep Tunnel Solution Improves Water Quality and Quality of Life
Black & Veatch Client’s Sustainability Project will Increase Production at World’s Largest Copper Mine.
Delivering Fresh Water to the Driest Place on Earth
Learn about six unseen risks created by climate change and outdated design standards, and what you can do to combat them.
Staying Ahead of Mother Nature in your Design Basis
Climate Change
Based on a survey of water and wastewater stakeholders, learn how our report examines the issues and trends impacting today’s industry.
When Too Much of a Good Thing Isn’t Great
Water Resilience
Black & Veatch solutions and capabilities to advance Florida island’s climate mitigation efforts.
Black & Veatch to Lead Multi-Year Resilient Infrastructure Program in Miami-Area Village of Key Biscayne
Climate Resilience
Ever-changing coastal, inland and urban flooding events impact quality of life, natural systems and infrastructure. Black & Veatch provides global sustainable and resilient solutions to help coastal and waterfront communities prepare for, respond to, and recover from climate change and hazardous or catastrophic events such as storms and hurricanes.
Coastal & Flood Relief
Resiliency Solutions to Address Coastal, Inland and Urban Flooding
Black & Veatch’s Latest Strategic Directions Report takes deep dive into complexities of water, delivery.
Data Analytics, Resilience and Sustainability Drive Water Discussion
Sustainable Water
Exemplifying resilience, sustainability and collaboration, a massive, $320-million project aided by Black & Veatch to bolster Atlanta’s strained water supply has won top honors as the Engineering News-Record’s water and wastewater global and Southeast project of the year, which includes a deep rock 5-mile long tunnel.
$320-Million Water Storage, Tunneling Effort Grabs Influential Publication’s ‘Award of Merit’ in Water, Wastewater Category
Water Storage
Black & Veatch offers water and wastewater conveyance solutions that provide clients life-cycle cost and system reliability benefits through robust optimization processes.
Trust Proven Expertise in Water Conveyance and Storage
Conveyance | Storage
Black & Veatch provided design, construction project management to San Diego County Water Authority’s (SDCWA) $1.5 billion E&CSP project comprising of several large dams, reservoirs, interconnected pipelines, pump stations and tunnels to help enhance water supply reliability.
San Diego Water Resilience Project Wins Top Global Civil Engineering Award
Dam | Hydropower
Coastal
Power Outages Cost Americans an Average of $150 Billion Annually (U.S. Dept. of Energy)
In a World that’s Becoming Increasingly Unpredictable, We Help Our Clients Reduce Risk and Recover Quickly.
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Program management as a service, simplified.
What is PMO?
Enhanced delivery of entire project portfolios brings grid asset owners cost and schedule certainty.
Storm Readiness & Response
Operations & Maintenance
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Renewable integration requires being able to operate and maintain HVDC inverter substations. Our team can provide those services.
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With decades in the water business and an experienced operations & maintenance team, we can run desalination plants and water processing plants for our clients.
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Our team can help you install chargers into your existing electrical infrastructure and help you monitor and maintain the EV charging station.
Modifications & Upgrades
We help our clients manage their renewable asset, whether they need to manage a program of work, remotely monitor generation assets, or upgrade their assets to be more efficient
Monitoring
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We help our clients manage their distributed generation asset, whether they need to manage a program of rooftop solar deployments, remotely monitor dispersed generation assets, or upgrade their assets to be more efficient.
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Learn how BV helped one of our clients winterize their assets, preventing the widespread outages faced by neighboring utilities.
Proactive Texas Utility Weathers 2021 Winter Storm
Whether you’re looking to maintain operations, winterize ahead of the storm, or retire an existing plant, Black & Veatch can be your one-stop shop.
Storm Readiness
Decommissioning & Demolition
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With new and emerging technology like hydrogen, having a monitoring and operations & maintenance organization with access to industry-leading designers & engineers is a critical advantage for our clients.
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For our process industry clients, Black & Veatch can help them monitor, modify & upgrade their assets to keep business up and running.
The deployment of private LTE networks makes maintaining uptime even more important. We offer monitoring and operations & maintenance services to keep communication going.
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Digital Advisory
Advisory Servcies
Decommissioning and demolishing coal plants effectively means getting the most out of your valuable assets. Make sure the process runs smoothly to maximize investment by following our latest guide.
4 Things to Consider When Decommissioning or Demolishing Power Plants
Industrial/Manufacturing Process
Sustainable Generation
Integrated Water SOlutions
INDUSTRIAL/MANUFACTURING PROCESS
• Monitoring • Operations & Maintenance
• Operations & Maintenance • Modifications & Upgrades
• Program Management • Modifications & Upgrades • Operations & Maintenance
• Monitoring • Operations & Maintenance • Modifications & Upgrades • Storm Readiness • Decommissioning & Demolition
Whether you're looking to maintain operations, winterize ahead of the storm, or retire an existing plant, Black & Veatch can be your one-stop shop.
• Program Management • Monitoring • Operations & Maintenance • Modifications & Upgrades
We help our clients manage their renewable asset, whether they need to manage a program of work, remotely monitor generation assets, or upgrade their assets to be more efficient.
• Operations & Maintenance
PMO: Program Management as a Service
Power outages cost Americans an average of $150B annually, according to the U.S. Dept. of Energy. We help clients reduce risk and recover quickly.
SUSTAINABLE PROCESS
LNG
Onshore
Offshore
Gas Processing
New sources of low- and zero-carbon renewable fuels help reduce emissions and reach decarbonization goals.
Black & Veatch is Turning Waste Into Sustainable Fuels Such as RNG, Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF), and Renewable Diesel.
Sustainable Fuels
See how hydrogen is being utilized to advance clean energy storage.
Black & Veatch Goes Beyond Li-ion to Deliver Innovative Medium and Long-duration Grid-scale Energy Storage Solutions.
Advanced Energy Storage
See how we are delivering value across the hydrogen value chain.
Black & Veatch Deployed the First Major Hydrogen Refueling Station and Hydrogen Power Generation Conversion Project.
Hydrogen
Carbon capture, utilization and storage is critical to decarbonizing difficult-to-electrify heavy industries and hard-to-abate sectors of the economy.
We're Working with the U.S. Department of Energy to Capture 100,000 Tons of CO2 Per Year Through the Advancement of Direct Air Capture (DAC) Technology.
Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage
Ammonia
Biotechnology
Plastic Recycling
The grid of the future will require digitalization to deliver higher performance, increased flexibility and integrate a new generation mix. Learn why Virtual Protective Relays (VPR) are an important step in this process.
Why VPR Could be Right for Your Project, Right Now
You can trust our dedicated protection settings teams, tasked with calculations and settings design, to shield you from any unplanned power loss.
We Understand What it Takes to Protect Your Grid Infrastructure.
Active Substation Projects
Learn why Private LTE is making its mark as the top network solution for the grid edge.
Making the Case for Utility Private LTE Networks (PLTE)
New telecom network used to control relays that protect transmission lines and terminal stations from electrical faults over hundreds of miles within milliseconds.
Planning, Design, Implementation and Testing of State-wide Private Network
Developed a 10-year master plan for PowerSouth to build a custom network that is sure to meet current and future power needs.
Utility Network Expansion to the Edge
A review planning and execution considerations to meet interconnect requirements, including anticipated transmission grid constraints.
Renewable Integration for Transmission Systems.
Grid Integration
Renewable energy is only as powerful as its ability to be interconnected with the grid.
We Offer a Complete Grid Integration Solution, From Up-front Studies Through EPC.
"ATC needed an expert in HVDC technology, and we looked for a partner we could depend on to help educate, advise and assist with the Mackinac HVDC project. Black & Veatch was our unanimous choice,” said Ken Jauquet, Project Manager, American Transmission Company
Closing a 230,000-volt loop through the SMECO service area involved the longest fusible polyvinyl chloride (FPVC) conduit bundle successfully installed at the time, and earned praise from regulators and environmentalists.
Project Faced 4,500-foot River Crossing with Depths Up to 160 Feet.
Underground Transmission
Climate impacts, renewable integration, and an increasing need to work in densely populated areas are driving demand for underground transmission.
Underground Transmission Experience Including First-of-a Kind Projects
Years of
55
Black & Veatch’s engineering design team’s work on this one-of-a-kind project helped ensure Xcel Energy could continue to deliver reliable, resilient power to Western Colorado.
Transmission Replacement Project Ensures Reliable Power Future.
Overhead Transmission
Renewable and distributed generation sources are requiring new transmission paths while environmental and right-of-way (ROW) challenges have utilities looking to maximize existing infrastructure.
Designed 1,000’s of Circuit Miles In Our 70+ Years of Overhead Transmission Experience.
Our EPC work on the Cassava substation and 13 miles of new transmission line prepared AEP for future growth.
Black & Veatch Expands Capacity, Ensures Reliable Power in West Texas
Substation
Black & Veatch has a history in the substation industry dating back to the 1940s. The grid is evolving to meet new energy demands and substations have a vital role to play.
Substations
Projects a Year
2,000
As generation moves further away from traditional load centers, technologies like high-voltage direct current (HVDC) and flexible alternating current transmission systems (FACTS) are critical to managing voltage levels and minimize system losses.
Black & Veatch Has Decades of HVDC and FACTS Experience, Including First-of-a-kind Projects.
With unparalleled speeds and data capacity to collect and securely transmit data, Private Networks unlock unlimited opportunities to digitalize infrastructure and optimize grid operations.
For Over 20 Years, We Have Designed and Deployed Information And Communications Technology (ICT) Solutions to Support Utilities’ Smart Grid Initiatives.
Distribution networks are the heart of reliable service and the focus of innovative infrastructure deployment. As leaders in the new energy economy, we are committed to helping you deliver safe, reliable power to your community while improving grid resiliency.
Distribution, Seamless Solutions for an Era of Innovation and Evolution
Distribution
We have the scale, flexibility and resources to ready distribution systems efficiently and bring grid edge technologies online faster.
With 1,000’s of Circuit Miles Designed, We’re Ready to Upgrade and Replace Distribution Systems to Improve Grid Resiliency And Reliability.
United Illuminating found a forward-looking solution by collaborating with Black & Veatch on a SCADA Master replacement that not only ensures regulatory compliance, but also positions UI for smart grid functionalities for years to come.
SCADA Project Sets State for Smart Grid Future
Grid Automation
Ontario project seeks to cut consumer energy costs, lower emissions and bolster electric grid’s resilience, reliability
Black & Veatch to Design, Build Canada’s First Electric Smart Grid
Get your guide to understanding grid modernization, its major drivers and key areas to focus on to chart a path forward to a resilient and optimized grid.
Prepare for the Grid’s Transformation
We apply leading technical, network and execution skills to plan, design and deploy the technology to monitor, control and automate the grid and its varying generation sources.
For Over 20 Years, We’ve Been on the Forefront of Smart Grid Solutions.
By deploying fiber optics and monitoring and control technologies, AEP and PSE&G gained remote insight into their systems and became more automated, reliable, proactive, and safe.
Utilities Improve Reliability of Underground Distribution Systems
We’re helping transition to an intelligent, secure, interconnected grid, so your infrastructure can deliver reliable and efficient power from a diverse and sustainable generation portfolio.
HVDC-FACTS
Grid Planning
The growth of DERs, EVs and Renewables have added complexity to the grid, meaning planning is increasingly important.
Managing the Push and Pull of Electrons on the Grid
We provide experienced grid planners versed in the tools, standards and regulations to help our clients make the right decision on how to move a project forward confidently with timely, accurate power system studies.
Relying on 70 years of power delivery services to provide accurate system models
As a trusted and reputable energy utility, you’re focused on building a strong connection to your customers. Your power distribution system’s ability to provide affordable service, effectively withstand the elements, mitigate security threats and comply with evolving regulations directly impacts your customers. Compared to traditional overhead distribution, underground systems offer the following benefits to energy utilities and their surrounding communities.
Why Go Underground? Four Benefits of Underground Distribution Systems
If you’re a football fan like me, it’s a common belief that “Defense wins championships.” The idea is that a strong defense stops the offense from getting into scoring position, reducing their opponent’s probability of reaching the end zone to put points on the board. We often apply this strategy and perspective to critical infrastructure cyber war.
How to Build Your Game Plan to Win the Fight Against Utility Ransomware
As if U.S. electric utilities didn’t already have enough to worry about in hardening their assets against severe climatological events, protecting their critical infrastructure from cyber or physical attacks increasingly are keeping operators up at night.
Cybersecurity and the Grid Edge: Planning, Investment Key to Safeguard Infrastructure
Black & Veatch develops noise compliance strategies and acoustical solutions to meet regulations and protect the health of our increasingly connected communities. See how we design and engineer customized solutions for all your noise and vibration needs.
All Your Noise and Vibration Needs in One Place.
Acoustics
Air quality can create uncertainty and challenges, but our experts help clients make educated and confident decisions for on time and on budget projects. We’ll work with you to establish a comprehensive compliance strategy and integrate environmental objectives into business operations.
Solving the Complexities of Air Quality Regulations
Air Regulation & Sciences
Identifying and analyzing environmental issues and concerns is an essential component of meeting broader sustainability goals.
Black & Veatch Combines Environmental Experts with Data Analytics to Help Clients Strategically Navigate Regulatory and Environmental Requirements.
Environmental Science & Ecological Studies
Our tailored, data-driven approach helps you prepare for extreme scenarios and climate hazards. From climate resiliency to adaption and planning, our teams develop customizable solutions to fit your specific needs.
Assess the true cost of climate change and prepare for tomorrow, today.
Climate Solutions
Climate SOlutions
Air REgulation & Sciences
Routing, Siting, Right of Way
Remediation
Regulatory Compliance & Monitoring
Land services work through the complexities of real estate codes and regulations, while mitigating potential schedule impacts and aligning to your goals.
Black & Veatch is a Leader in Site Acquisition Services, from Site Development, Design and Construction to Completion and Close Out.
Selecting and acquiring the most cost effective, optimally operational, and environmentally and socially compliant site for your new or expanded facility is critical.
of Acquisition Service Experience on Transmission Lines and Other Linear Routes.
1000+
With decades of experience of partnering with clients on remediation challenges, we help you eliminate legacy environmental liabilities while achieving long-term sustainability, community and natural resource management goals.
500+ contaminated sites cleaned up
Cleaning Up Project Sites, Water Supplies and Facilities is Our Business
Learn how Black & Veatch’s environmental compliance can save you from costly oversight and help you meet your sustainability goals.
Stay Ahead of Compliance Risks at All Stages of Your Infrastructure Lifecycle
Black & Veatch Restores and Modernizes Arnold Air Force Base Facilities. Arnold Air Force Base is home to the Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC), the largest and most advanced complex of flight simulation test facilities in the world
Restore and Modernize
Air Force Base Facilities
Take a look at U.S. Army Cyber Command and Second Army's future headquarters at Fort Gordon Georgia, in this fly-through video.
Innovation and Operations Converge
Fort Gordon Operations Wing (ARCYBER)
An increasingly volatile world requires heightened awareness of any geopolitical threat. Critical mission systems need to work no matter what, to identify and neutralize threats and keep citizens and troops safe.
Critical Mission Facilities & Infrastructure
of Designed SCIF Space for DoD Projects
We collaborate closely with clients to develop and implement sustainable design-build solutions. Our team solves clients’ challenges with design-build services tailored to the needs of the federal government.
100 + Years Designing and Building Facilities
Black & Veatch is a designer of record JV partner for the largest USACE design-build project in the past 10 years.The program is a design build construction effort to replace the existing National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) West Campus facilities in St. Louis, Missouri.
$1B+ Revenue of Design-Build Construction Each Year
Black & Veatch delivers over $1 Billion in design-build construction each year with an exceptional safety record. Our cradle-to-grave architecture and engineering services integrated with design-build contractor teams deliver efficient, reliable, and high-quality critical mission facilities.
Cradle-to-Grave Architecture and Engineering Services
The building supports several vital defense missions, and is continuously manned and operational, at a high operational tempo. The building addition increased the overall building area to 77,400 square feet.
HVAC Upgrades, Buckley Air Force Base
projects within the last 10 years
6B+
As federal agencies begin decarbonizing their fleets, proper planning is critical. A leader in the clean transportation market, Black & Veatch brings the knowledge, experience, and end-to-end solutions to plan and deploy cost-efficient, sustainable, and resilient energy and transportation systems.
Planning is Critical
Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure | Integrated Solutions
Black & Veatch developed this eBook to help service fleet managers, Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV) action officers, and installation energy managers select charging technology and sites, plan for power delivery, and deploy optimal energy and electric vehicle (EV) charging facilities.
Electric Fleet Vehicles | Integrated Solutions
Military Electric Fleets
Steps to Deploy
10
Facility/Asset Management for Battle Command Facility Utilization Study, Fort Leavenworth, KS. Black & Veatch has performed numerous Facility/Asset Management planning efforts at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas including multiple Facility Utilization Studies (FUS) for the installation and tenant organizations.
Facility/Asset Management
Master Planning
Facility Planning & Programming for Planning Charrettes, Site/Facility Assessments, and Economic EIS, Poland for MDA. Black & Veatch provided an on-site charrette with USACE Europe District, Missile Defense Agency, Polish Army, Installation Management Command (IMCOM) headquarters and IMCOM Europe personnel for programming the support facilities for an Polish EIS. Their holistic and collaborative planning solutions for an area development plan included a mix of re-used buildings and new construction, along with a basic level of road and utility infrastructure.
Facility Planning & Programming
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When microgrids are implemented at military installations, they also bolster energy security for critical mission facilities and help meet energy initiative goals. Military bases benefit from microgrid applications that provide energy, security, achieve energy efficiency and meet Department of Defense (DoD) renewable energy goals.
Microgrids to Meet Your Renewable Enery Goals.
Security
Black & Veatch ensures the DoD resilient and sustainable energy security with its first full-scale microgrid system at MCAS Miramar The microgrid has been proven to provide 100 percent capability – even in the event of power outages – across the facility’s more than 100 critical mission buildings, including its entire flight line.
Resilient and Sustainable Energy Security.
A proven partner in security design to support secure and reliable mission completion in the face of today’s and tomorrow’s full range of ever-evolving threats.
Nothing is More Important than Protecting our Nation’s Security.
Black & Veatch developed this eBook to help government agencies – Federal, State & Local – and Federal Contractors prepare and implement defenses against leading cyberattack vectors to our nation’s critical infrastructure security and resilience. Both will need to reduce their risk of data breaches and other disruptive and damaging cyberattacks.
Pathway to Federal Cybersecurity Compliance
Cybersecurity
Supporting the Modernization of Global Energy Infrastructure with CMMC 2.0 As a CMMC-AB Registered Provider, we offer comprehensive services and have the required knowledge and expertise of the CMMC 2.0 framework to assist federal contractors as they prepare for NIST compliance.
Modernizing Global Infrastructure
Black & Veatch design for Aegis Ashore Deckhouse Concept Advances National Security to support U.S. Missile Defense Agency. The project continues Black & Veatch’s more than 25-year support of the defense agency’s ballistic missile defense program.
U.S. Missile Defense Agency Support
Black & Veatch wins stake of $249M U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contract in Europe. Architect and Engineering Services to support the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) growing missions in five European countries.
Century-Old Relationships Still Ongoing.
Our world’s volatility requires heightened awareness. We help in supporting resilient, sustainable, and integrated competitive advantages to protect citizens and troops, eliminate threats, and strengthen systems so they work no matter what.
Integrated SOlutions
Critical Mission Facilities
Security & Asset Protection
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Black & Veatch is a full-service AEC provider specializing in master planning/programming, feasibility studies, design, construction phase services and commissioning for critical mission facilities.
Federal Critical Mission Facilities
Imagine unmatched ability to visualize and interact with your data, enabling immediate and actionable insights into the functional and performance characteristics of an asset or system. This is the promise of a digital twin. But what constitutes a twin, really? Whether you are beginning your journey or looking to level-up the solution you already have, there are some essential considerations. By unlocking the full potential of your data, using game-changing technology solutions, you can revolutionize the way you manage your facility and assets.
Are You Using a Digital Twin to Unlock Your Data's Full Potential?
Listen to experts to ensure you are prepared to meet the compliance requirement.
Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC)… Are You Ready or Not?
Ready or Not, Cybersecurity Compliance Deadline Looms for Federal Contractors. Government entities must be proactive in their cybersecurity efforts – learn about how the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification framework will help protect the confidentiality of federal contract information and control unclassified information.
Cyber-attacks and Cybersecurity Breachs are on the Rise.
Black & Veatch Designs State-of-the-Art Diagnostics Laboratories for DTRA’s Biological Threat Reduction Program Making the World Safer. The BSL-3 laboratory was specifically designed and constructed to serve as a central location for research, consolidation and training on the proper handling of dangerous pathogens.
Making the World Safer
Integrated Solutions
Black & Veatch is providing support and advisory services in overall institutional and infrastructure development to USAID for its growing global mission.
Black & Veatch wins share of $800M USAID Worldwide Contract
We work relentlessly to solve humanity's critical infrastructure challenges. Black & Veatch experts are applying the latest innovations to improve service delivery and increase access for millions of people around the globe in the energy, water and sanitation, and health sectors.
Increased Delivery and Access for Millions of People
International Development
An increasingly volatile world requires heightened awareness of any geopolitical threat. Critical Mission systems need to work no matter what, to identify and neutralize threats and keep citizens and troops safe.
Designed in More than 20 Countries
Laboratories
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Armenia Cooperative Biological Engagement Program Phase 1. Black & Veatch was given the task of purchasing, installing and training technicians on the new infectious disease diagnostic equipment.
Preparation is Paramount
Biological Diagnostics
Download today to learn about: • Cybersecurity Threats • DoD Policy Changes • Secure, Resilient & Sustainable Infrastructure • Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) 2.0 • Path Forward • Stakeholder Engagement with Utilities
Resilient Energy Security
Learn how military installations are using microgrids to participate in the energy market, increase operational flexibility, support the stability of their local power system, and provide resiliency and mission continuity during extreme events that cause power outages in the centralized utility.
Achieving Military Resilience through Next Gen Microgrids
In the interest of protecting our nation’s citizens, federal agencies need to achieve the three pillars of energy security – reliability, resiliency and redundancy. • Reliability: Prevent and resist utility disruptions • Resiliency: Adapt and recover from utility disruptions (referring to both energy and water) • Redundancy: Operate continuously using backup systems during utility disruptions The military and federal agencies benefit from the services Black & Veatch, an expert advisory partner.
Achieving DOD Energy Initiative Goals
When we think of security as it relates to military and federal facilities, physical and cybersecurity are the first few things that come to mind — but these four considerations regarding energy security are just as essential. In the interest of protecting our nation’s citizens, federal agencies such as DoD, DoE, NAVFAC, USACE, and FEMA seek continuous improvement when it comes to energy security. Download this whitepaper to learn how these organizations, defense logistics agencies, and energy coordinators can build more secure and resilient facilities.
Energy Security for Federal Facilities: Four Things to Consider
We integrate operational safety and security into critical infrastructure projects throughout the project lifecycle. From design-build, to running your programs and monitoring your assets.
Deliver
Build
Design
Commissioning • Anomaly Detection • Vulnerability Assessment • Cyber Training • Network Topology Development
Implementation • Technology Implementation • Segmentation • Hardening • Supply Chain Cyber Risk Management • Policy Development
Technical Consulting • Pre-Build Cyber Requirements • Security-by-Design Master Plan • Architecture Review • Supplier Selection Support • Cyber Assessments
ONGOING OPERATIONS
Engineering and Construction or Modernization
Run
Ongoing Services • Managed Services • Monitoring • Incident Response Support • Recovery • Threat Intelligence
Implementation • Program Stand-up • Training • Policy Development • Incident Response Plan Development • Hardening • Segmentation • Asset Management • Vulnerability Management
Technical Consulting • Maturity/ Compliance Assessments • Master Plans • Policy Reviews • Asset Inventory • Penetration Testing/ Vulnerability Assessments • Tabletop Exercises/ Red Teaming
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Climate Risk Modeling
System Assessments
Black & Veatch and our subsidiary Bird Electric prepare and protect your grid systems in response to disasters. Whether we’re preparing for future disasters or providing a rapid response during hard times, Black & Veatch and Bird Electric have the resources to plan and execute recovery strategies across the nation.
Disaster Resiliency and Recovery
Recovery
Response
Preparedness
PLANNING
Operational Optimizations
It keeps energy utilities up at night: a major storm has rolled though, and customers are without service. Systems need to be back up and running again as soon as possible. By adopting a proactive approach, it’s possible to mitigate the risk of service disruptions. Energy utilities should consider the following four steps on your resiliency-bolstering journey.
Storm Resiliency and Response Checklist for Energy Utilities: Are You Ready?
Disasters are cyclical, and the main goal of resiliency is to proactively break the cycle so that the impacts of the next disaster are less severe for people and property. The planning stage may include system assessments, climate risk evaluations, identification of vulnerable assets, operational optimizations, investments in technology, and personnel training.
In 2022, natural disasters cost the U.S. $175.2 billion in damages. In the wake of these disasters, the essential nature of the services that power, water and telecommunication providers deliver becomes even more obvious. By adopting a proactive approach, it becomes possible to mitigate the risk of service disruptions altogether. Download this eBook to learn the four steps essential services providers should consider on your resiliency-bolstering journey.
Four Steps to Natural Disaster Resiliency
Mega-damage disasters have caused $1.4 trillion in damage in the past four years. Can climate modeling help you weather the storm? Black & Veatch is using climate modeling and other forms of data analysis to help utilities better prepare for the future. Download this eBook to learn three key factors.
Three Climate Modeling Considerations for Utilities
In 2011, El Paso experienced a traumatic storm which, at the time, was the region’s worst weather event in half a century. After life-threatening disruptions to power and water, El Paso Electric decided they would never let this happen to their city again. The utility enlisted Black & Veatch’s expertise and spent 18 months winterizing their generation, transmission, and distribution assets.
Proactive Texas Utility Protects Customers a Decade After Implementing Winterization Strategies
Engineering, Procurement, and Construction
Business Case Development
Monitoring, Operations and Maintenance
RESPONSE
During the preparedness phase, plans are executed to ensure that people, equipment, resources and infrastructure are ready before disaster strikes. The preparedness phase may include business case development, construction, asset management program development, monitoring, O&M, and vegetation management.
Black & Veatch served as the Construction Manager for the Great Lakes Water Supply Project. The project’s 36-mile-long pipeline system diverts Lake Michigan water to Waukesha Water Utility through the City of Milwaukee’s supply system and returns 100% of the water used by the utility to the lake, providing long-term water supply safety, resilience, and sustainability for the community of Waukesha.
Waukesha Achieves Supply Resilience by Using Water from Lake Michigan
Your power distribution system’s ability to provide affordable service, effectively withstand the elements, mitigate security threats and comply with evolving regulations directly impacts your customers. No matter if they are in a dense urban city, a suburban sprawl or a remote rural community, customers are asking their utilities to consider the transition from overhead to underground power distribution — especially in the wake of increasingly extreme weather events.
The United States has the second highest quantity of large dams in the world — over 91,000 across all 50 states, with an average age of 57 years. Unfortunately, our decades-old dam infrastructure leaves residents threatened by water supply deficits and safety concerns. Dam owners and operators should consider these three key reasons to modernize existing and new dams.
Unlock the Benefits of Dam Modernization
When it comes to stormwater management, water utilities are looking for solutions to address increasingly extreme weather events, evolving regulatory requirements, workforce development challenges and lack of funding. In response to these challenges, optimizing the operation and maintenance of stormwater assets is essential to protecting infrastructure investments.
Extreme weather events create unique operating challenges for power generation and industrial facilities by testing equipment designs, safe operating ranges, and control instrumentation limits. The use of remote monitoring paired with data analytics can help mitigate climate-related issues, ensuring continued operation in the face of challenges.
Remote Monitoring Can Mitigate Reliability Issues During Extreme Weather Events
Mobile Infrastructure
Aerial Drone Services
In-House Assessment Teams
To bolster our integrated construction solutions, Black & Veatch acquired Bird Electric in May 2023. Bird Electric is a U.S. self-perform electrical construction services provider with a national reach in emergency power restoration. With more than 600 employees, Bird Electric delivers grid solutions and operates in adjacent distributed infrastructure markets including renewables, electric vehicle charging, and connectivity.
Welcoming Bird Electric to the Black & Veatch Family
RECOVERY
In this context, response refers to actions taken during and immediately after a disaster; with aging infrastructure plaguing virtually every service provider, the possibility of failure is looming. The response phase may include mobilization of damage assessment teams, utilization of data-driven assessment technology, field oversight, deployment of aerial drones, and mobile infrastructure.
Pole Insights is Black & Veatch’s innovative software solution designed to optimize infrastructure management through data collection, advanced automation and streamlined workflows. Leveraging low-cost, high-rate data capture and asset mapping, Pole Insights empowers energy utilities to enhance engineering design, remote visibility, and pole loading analysis.
Geospatial Solutions: Capture, Visualize, and Leverage Your Data
Donwload Now
In the power sector, forward-thinking engineering and construction are using UAVs and reality capture technology to optimize design, permitting, construction and maintenance for utilities across the country. Energy utilities should consider these three reasons to utilize UAVs for the construction of new infrastructure and operations of existing assets.
Three Reasons Energy Utilities Should Consider Using Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles
In September of 2022, Hurricane Ian devastated Lee Health’s service area, including impacts to multiple acute care facilities. In communities all over southwest Florida, many people were unable to leave their homes as major road infrastructure was impassible and alternative transportation was limited. In the months following, Lee Health began to seek rapidly deployable infrastructure solutions to mitigate the impacts of future disasters and support communities in need when impacted by storms.
Innovative, Rapidly Deployed Infrastructure for Lee Health
Data Centers and Communications Networks
Food Supply and Industrial Facilities
Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment Systems
Power Generation, Distribution and Transmission
INland fLOODING
Coastal Flooding and Ports
Airports and Transportation Systems
Natural disasters can have detrimental impacts to airports and transportation systems including debris on runways, damaged terminal buildings, grounded planes, collapsed bridges, blocked roadways, and damaged railway tracks. In addition to considering preventative measures, it’s critical for airports and transportation providers to have recovery plans in place before disaster strikes.
Ensuring Reliable and Resilient Transportation in a Modern Society
Recovery encompasses long-term and future-focused efforts to restore damaged grid infrastructure and get the community back to “business as usual.” The recovery phase may include crew housing logistics, infrastructure replacements, subcontractor management, mobilization of specialty equipment, and system testing.
As climate change brings profound change to the world’s water cycle, U.S. water utilities are being compelled to rapidly adapt to the ever-evolving conditions to better prepare for threats and hazards and withstand and rapidly recover from adverse climatic events. The key: Planning, preparedness and a focus on adaptation enables effective response and prevents costly and less effective reactive measures.
Climate Change: An Evolving Paradigm for Sustainable Infrastructure
As a result of The United Illuminating Company’s study of its regional electric load growth, it was determined that capacity needed to be added in the New Haven, Connecticut area. The company also identified and replaced assets that were beyond their useful service life.
Despite Superstorm Sandy, Black & Veatch Installs a Distribution Substation on Time
Power Distribution and Transmission
In early 2023, Winter Storm Mara had widespread impacts from Texas to Tennessee – causing more than 150,000 systemwide power outages. A local energy utility hired Bird Electric as an outside contractor to augment their ongoing power restoration efforts. Bird Electric provided essential equipment and placed more than 1,000 full-time employees in the field. Coordinating a vast number of outside resources resulted in various logistical challenges, but Bird Electric was able to expedite crew onboarding and resource allocation – enabling safe and timely restoration of power for the affected community.
Supporting Utilities Through the Biggest Storms of Our Generation
As sea levels rise, storm surges are also becoming more frequent and severe, leading to increased flooding and damage to coastal communities, particularly during extreme weather events. To ensure the safety and well-being of residents and businesses, city governments and municipalities along coastlines must assess their risks and take proactive measures to achieve coastal resilience.
Four Steps to Building Resilient Coastal Cities
Data center owners and developers are setting sustainability goals to actively protect the environment and mitigate climate change impacts. Stay ahead of the net-zero curve by planning and designing sustainable infrastructure for a future-ready data center.
Sustainable Data Center Design for Reliability and Continuity
After more than a year of halted operations in the wake of COVID-19, the seas were finally open again for business. Before they could restore their cruise line operations, our confidential client—an international mass media, entertainment, and hospitality conglomerate—had to comply with a rigorous CDC vetting process.
Black & Veatch Develops COVID-19 Testing Infrastructure for Confidential Cruise Line Client
Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities
Farmers are facing climate change and environmental protection regulations that require action, all while trying to feed the growing global populace. As they work to overcome these challenges, one key strategy is the introduction of advanced agriculture technology into their farming practices.
Technology Helps Farmers Overcome Modern Agriculture Challenges
Weekes Wash drains a portion of the Superstition Mountains east of metropolitan Phoenix. The usually dry watercourse cuts through desert foliage and is often defined by flash floods. When heavy storms hit, it all quickly comes out in the wash – floodwater, sediment, debris – with destructive force. In harm’s way is Apache Junction, a growing suburb of approximately 40,000 residents.
Nature-Based Project Addresses City’s Top Public Works Priority, Winning Record FEMA Grant
