KANSAS CITY—The Opus Group just finished building a 208,000-square-foot, 30-acre headquarters for Freightquote, a provider of web-based freight transportation management services, in Kansas City. Opus officials say they had to battle uncharacteristically severe winter and spring weather, including two blizzards and 17 days of rain delay, but completed the building under an accelerated timeline and delivered it under budget.

“Our integrated team worked closely with Freightquote to deliver a new office space that meets their business needs,” says Oscar Healy, vice president at Opus Design Build, L.L.C. “Our design-build approach allowed us to construct the main structure while the interior design was being finalized, resulting in project completion in just 290 days.”

Last week, Gov. Jay Nixon and other dignitaries helped celebrate the opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The new building will accommodate the company's current workforce of 1,100 employees and have enough space to hold 1,800 employees. Located on Carondelet Drive just east of State Line Road with easy access to Interstate 435, the four-story headquarters has a steel frame and features architectural precast concrete with glass curtain wall. Construction began in August 2012 and was completed in early June of this year.