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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
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.
Our integrated design, engineering, and construction approach increases project performance while ensuring cost and schedule certainty for critical infrastructure.
Design-Build
Black & Veatch simultaneously manages the delivery of entire project portfolios, benefiting our clients in ways that wouldn’t be possible if managed individually.
Program/Construction Management
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.
Operating Asset
It's time for your next move. With decades developing gas, coal and nuclear plants, we provide transitional generation plant solutions, so you can press forward while always delivering affordable, reliable power, as promised.
Conventional Generation
Your deployment partner that delivers a faster path to the connected future so you can capture the value of 5G and IoT technologies.
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.
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.
Data Centers
When downtime is not an option and speed is critical, Black & Veatch is your single point of contact from planning through construction and operational consulting for data centers and mission-critical infrastructure.
The rapid evolution of technology and global challenges, like climate change, deepen the need for transportation infrastructure that is connected, distributed, sustainable, and resilient.
Your partner to support environmentally sustainable, resilient and technically sound civil works solutions to modernize and strengthen its infrastructure.
Civil Works
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.
The rapid evolution of technology and global challenges, like climate change, deepen the need for energy systems that are connected, distributed, sustainable, and resilient. When well-integrated, these systems provide clean, low-cost energy at the right time and without fail.
Distributed Energy
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.
RENEWABLES
PROGRAM/CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
PROCESS SOLUTIONS
OPERATING ASSET
NEW ENERGY
LAND SERVICES
INTEGRATED WATER SOLUTIONS
GRID SOLUTIONS
FEDERAL DESIGN & INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL
DISTRIBUTED ENERGY
DESIGN-BUILD
DATA CENTERS
CONVENTIONAL GENERATION
COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE
CLEAN TRANSPORTATION
CIVIL WORKS
ADVISORY SERVICES
ALL SOLUTIONS
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We deliver infrastructure consulting, design, construction and management solutions that drive your growth, resilience and sustainability.
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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.
Decarbonization
Digitalization
Environmental Services
Grid Modernization
Mission Critical Facilities
wATER Professional Services
Charging stations energize routes to support EV adoption and establish sustainable travel coast to coast.
Charging Stations
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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
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.
235
Electric AVIATION
CHARGING STATIONS
NETWORKED EV CHARGING
HYDROGEN
Networked EV Charging
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
Watch Now
Hot Topics for Solar + BESS
Implement, monitor, and manage BESS efficiently and safely.
Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)
of Global Energy Storage Project Experience
16
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
+
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
OPERATING ASSETS
DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES
Battery Energy Storage Systems
onshore Wind
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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...
Wastewater
How Black & Veatch delivered a sustainable, cost-saving solution for Johnson County
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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
PLANNING
Behind the labels – drinking, waste, storm, ground, cooling, etc. – water is water and invaluable. Our systems-based solutions deliver the water resource quality, efficiency and productivity needed for resilience, sustainability and growth.
WASTEWATER Treatment
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.
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)
Mission-Critical 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 mission-critical 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
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
Designed in More than 20 Countries
Laboratories
100
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
for National Federal Planning
Awards
9
When microgrids are implemented at military installations, they also bolster energy security for mission-critical 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
Listen to experts to ensure you are prepared to meet the compliance requirement.
Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC)… Are You Ready or Not?
International Development
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 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 mission-critical 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.
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.
Preperation is Paramount
Biological Diagnostics
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
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
Cybersecurity
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.
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
CyberSecurity
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.
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
Wanting a comprehensive solution for its wastewater, Johnson County turned to Black & Veatch
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
With our collaborative construction and engineering resources in-house, we’re uniquely positioned to offer a fully integrated design-build approach. Our clients benefit from the integrated capabilities of our global organization, which we proudly deliver as their responsive local partner.
Fully Integrated Design-Build Approach
Delivery Method
DESIGN BUILD
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.
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
Energy evolves, and so do we. New challenges means new energy solutions – from strategy to execution we lead with innovation to reach your decarbonized and zero-emission goals.
NEW energy
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
Grid Protection
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)
Private Networks
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
Black & Veatch Improves Transmission Grid Reliability in Michigan.
HVDC/FACTS
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.
Selecting and acquiring the most cost effective, optimally operational, and environmentally and socially compliant site for your new or expanded facility is critical.
Routing, Siting, Right of Way
of Acquisition Service Experience on Transmission Lines and Other Linear Routes.
Miles
1000+
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.
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 client’s growth.
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
Environmental Science and Ecological Studies
PROGRAM / CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
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.
Program Management
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
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Power Outages Cost Americans an Average of $150 Billion Annually (U.S. Dept. of Energy)
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Renewable integration requires being able to operate and maintain HVDC inverter substations. Our team can provide those services.
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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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.
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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.
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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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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Major Dams and Resivoirs
of Conveyance Pipeline Infrastructure Worldwide
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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
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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.
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Resiliency Solutions to Address Coastal, Inland and Urban Flooding
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Data Analytics, Resilience and Sustainability Drive Water Discussion
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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
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Black & Veatch offers water and wastewater conveyance solutions that provide clients life-cycle cost and system reliability benefits through robust optimization processes.
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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
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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.
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Black & Veatch works with all technology licensors across the nitrogen fertilizer market, to expand existing facilities and build the new production our clients need.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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
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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.
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
New service offering designed to assist data center operators with upgrading facility infrastructure to meet increased data demand and processing needs
Black & Veatch Expands ‘Experts on Demand’ to Include Data Center Facility Consulting and Advisory Services
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
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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
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
When downtime is not an option and speed is critical, Black & Veatch helps clients from planning through construction and operational consulting for all data center, technology manufacturing facilities and mission-critical infrastructure needs. We deliver resilient, sustainable and secure new-build solutions or renovations to live systems.
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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
Curious about what BESS can do for you?
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.
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
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
Solar Canopy
Microgrids
The rapid evolution of technology and global challenges, like climate change, deepen the need for energy systems that are connected, distributed, sustainable, and resilient.
Ground Mount 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.
eArticle: 4 Things to Consider When Decommissioning or Demolishing Power Plants
Ensure your coal replacement strategy from retirement to renewal is safe, effective and you receive the most from your assets, time and investment.
We’ve Performed Over 3.5 GW of Decommissioning & Demolition Work.
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.
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.
Nuclear
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.
Detroit Edison’s COLA Application Is One of Few Applications that Reached ACRS Committee Review Phase.
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DecommisSioning & Demolition
COMMUNICATIONS infrastructure
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.
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
SMALL CELLS WIRELESS
INTELLIGENT Transportation Systems
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