ST. LOUIS-The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has just chosen a joint venture between St. Louis-based McCarthy Construction and Minneapolis-based Mortenson Construction to develop the $80 million Central Utility Plant for the future National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas.
“We have a great deal of expertise in this type of program,” McCarthy Senior Vice President Tom Kreher told GlobeSt.com. McCarthy/Mortenson has been providing preconstruction services since 2009 for the same project, including doing design reviews, cost estimates, design mock-ups and site preparation. Since 2000, McCarthy also built a facility for the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, among others.
NBAF was planned as a state-of-the-art biocontainment facility for the study of foreign animal diseases that threaten American agriculture and public health. Its employees will conduct research, develop vaccines and other countermeasures, and train veterinarians in preparedness and response against disease.
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Brian J. Rogal
Brian J. Rogal is a Chicago-based freelance writer with years of experience as an investigative reporter and editor, most notably at The Chicago Reporter, where he concentrated on housing issues. He also has written extensively on alternative energy and the payments card industry for national trade publications.
