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Burns & McDonnell

US construction, architecture and engineering company

Burns & McDonnell is an American multinational construction, architecture and engineering firm based in Kansas City, Missouri, and has 100% employee stock ownership. It was established in 1898 by engineers Clinton Sumner Burns and Robert Emmett McDonnell.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

  • HeadquartersTopeka1
  • Websitewww.burnsmcd.com
  • Legal formINCORPORATED3
  • LEI5493001WHR0IA2MMGC493
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
  • Registered addressC/O INCORP SERVICES, INC., 66603 Topeka, United States3
  • Registered withBusiness Services Division (Kansas Secretary of State), 09559973

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Burns & McDonnell is an American multinational construction, architecture and engineering firm based in Kansas City, Missouri, and has 100% employee stock ownership. It was established in 1898 by engineers Clinton Sumner Burns and Robert Emmett McDonnell.2

Corporate structure

Burns & McDonnell sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Burns & McDonnell Topeka, Kansas, United States
    • BURNS & MCDONNELL ENGINEERING INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · Mumbai, India

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$1.7B 2008–2026
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2008–2026: $1.7B in all. Federal grants $4.2M; Federal contracts $1.7B.$0$50M$100M$150M$200M2008 · Federal grants: $805.6K2008 · Federal contracts: $100.3M20082009 · Federal contracts: $45.4M2010 · Federal grants: $255.5K2010 · Federal contracts: $42.6M20102011 · Federal grants: $1.7M2011 · Federal contracts: $48.1M2012 · Federal contracts: $59.8M20122013 · Federal contracts: $45.9M2014 · Federal grants: $1.5M2014 · Federal contracts: $53.3M20142015 · Federal contracts: $44.5M2016 · Federal contracts: $50.8M20162017 · Federal contracts: $39.3M2018 · Federal contracts: $84.2M20182019 · Federal contracts: $105.4M2020 · Federal contracts: $86.6M20202021 · Federal contracts: $104.6M2022 · Federal contracts: $133.0M20222023 · Federal contracts: $182.7M2024 · Federal contracts: $197.3M20242025 · Federal contracts: $159.4M2026 · Federal contracts: $68.7M2026
Without federal contracts$4.2M 2008–2014
Without federal contractsWithout federal contracts, 2008–2014: $4.2M in all. Federal grants $4.2M.$0$500K$1M$1.5M$2M2008 · Federal grants: $805.6K20082010 · Federal grants: $255.5K20102011 · Federal grants: $1.7M20122014 · Federal grants: $1.5M2014
Figures by year
YearFederal grantsFederal contractsTotal
2026–$68.7M$68.7M
2025–$159.4M$159.4M
2024–$197.3M$197.3M
2023–$182.7M$182.7M
2022–$133.0M$133.0M
2021–$104.6M$104.6M
2020–$86.6M$86.6M
2019–$105.4M$105.4M
2018–$84.2M$84.2M
2017–$39.3M$39.3M
2016–$50.8M$50.8M
2015–$44.5M$44.5M
2014$1.5M$53.3M$54.8M
2013–$45.9M$45.9M
2012–$59.8M$59.8M
2011$1.7M$48.1M$49.8M
2010$255.5K$42.6M$42.8M
2009–$45.4M$45.4M
2008$805.6K$100.3M$101.1M

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov4, by calendar year, 2008–2026, for 3 registered units, including subsidiaries under the same parent. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest grants

  1. Sep 30, 2008$1.8M from Department of Energy: Renewable Energy Research And Development5 To BURNS & MCDONNELL, INC. Award FC26-08NT05869
  2. Apr 1, 2014$1.5M from Department of Energy: Electricity Delivery And Energy Reliability, Research, Development And Ana; Electricity Delivery And Energy Reliability, Research, Development And Analysis6 To BURNS & MCDONNELL ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC. Award DEOE0000700
  3. Sep 30, 2008$970.4K from Department of Energy: Conservation Research And Development; Renewable Energy Research And Development7 To BURNS & MCDONNELL, INC. Award DEFC2608NT05869

Largest contracts

  1. Mar 30, 2007$95.7M from Department of the Army: Airfield runway8 To BURNS & MCDONNELL ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC. Award 0001
  2. Oct 22, 2008$54.9M from Department of the Army: Brac battlespace environmental lab, w9129 To BURNS & MCDONNELL, INC. Award W912PP09C0001
  3. Jan 17, 2008$27.1M from Department of the Navy: Jet engine test cell facilities10 To BURNS & MCDONNELL ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC. Award N6247008C8003
  4. Feb 5, 2024$22.6M from Department of the Navy: P200 nptu simulator training facility11 To BURNS & MCDONNELL ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC. Award N6945024C0014
  5. Mar 16, 2006$20.8M from Department of the Army: Uspfo for west virginia burns mcdonnell engineering ward pkwy kansas city mo martinsburg berkeley virginia maint/other administrative servic12 To BURNS & MCDONNELL ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC. Award W912L806C0002

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