Greg Carlson, Director of Global Facility Construction/Design-Build for Burns & McDonnell, has been promoted to Vice President. With nearly three decades of experience in the construction industry, Carlson provides the strategic vision for construction of global facilities, aviation, federal and commercial projects.
“Within the last year, Carlson has built a new commercial construction division at the firm and doubled the size of his team,” said Greg Graves, Chairman and CEO of Burns & McDonnell. “One of Carlson’s greatest assets is his versatility. He has vast experience in leading innovative and complex construction projects for everything from hospitals and retail stores to plants and resorts – which each being best in class.”
Carlson’s most recent construction projects include $20 million in upgrades and renovation to the central utility plant on the University of Kansas Medical Center campus in Kansas City, Kansas; additions and renovations to 49 Hy-Vee grocery stores in the Midwest; and the $130 million expansion of the Burns & McDonnell World Headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri.
Carlson has a Bachelor of Science degree in Construction Engineering from Iowa State University, which he received in 1985, and a Master of Business Administration from Loyola University Chicago. He is based at Burns & McDonnell’s World Headquarters in Kansas City, Mo.
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