McCarthy/Mortenson Wins Bio Research Contract

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.