Putting Our Values Into Practice
For over a century, Black & Veatch has been leveraging our industry experience, curiosity, get-it-done attitude, and sense of urgency to Build a World of Difference. We combine the capabilities of an integrated engineering and construction company with our passion for reshaping the industry to drive advancements in sustainable infrastructure. Spanning across multiple industry sectors, Black & Veatch’s Evolution team develops transformative growth strategies, enters new markets, and manages our pipeline of new business concepts to meet the growing needs of our clients.
Innovation is prevalent in the solutions we offer our clients, and in our own facilities and practices. We’re passionate about launching first-of-a-kind technology to drive market competition and eliminate complacency amongst other engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firms.
Expanding Solutions to Support Our Clients
Our innovative capabilities expand each time we have the privilege to collaborate with a client looking to address their evolving needs in creative ways. So far, our innovative solutions offerings have expanded to include:
Hydrogen
Our culture of innovation led us to be at the forefront of the hydrogen revolution — developing the first hydrogen power generation conversion project and the first major hydrogen fueling station deployment in the United States.
Advanced Water Treatment
Our integrated water solutions team achieves new levels of effectiveness, sustainability, and resilience for clients via advanced water treatment — implementing novel technologies and strategies that promote exemplary resource recovery.
Mega Solar
Black & Veatch is developing a novel approach to building city-scale solar power systems with the potential for up to 50% cost savings.
Utility-Scale Offshore Wind
Black & Veatch performed mechanical and electrical construction for the nation’s first utility-scale offshore wind power development.
Clean Transportation
We deploy the newest charging, fueling, communications, and energy storage technologies that support the latest advanced transportation technology.
Geospatial Solutions
Pole Insights is Black & Veatch’s innovative geospatial software solution designed to optimize infrastructure management through advanced data collection and visualization.
NextGen Agriculture
From alternative proteins to innovative materials, we provide engineering and construction scale-up solutions to bring novel food and bio-based production methods to market and commercialization.
Mobile Solutions
Used as alternatives to more permanent infrastructure, our mobile solutions are quick to deploy, adaptable, and cost-effective – leveraged for a variety of use cases such as disaster relief and workforce development.
Modular Construction
We’re modularizing design and construction efforts for infrastructure – helping our clients respond quickly, improve safety, reduce schedule impacts, and optimize quality.
BV IgniteX Program
Through our BV IgniteX program, Black & Veatch partners with innovative startups that share our passion for solving the world's most complex challenges. Program participants partner with Black & Veatch experts to co-develop, pilot, and market their new technologies. Participants also receive mentorship, access to our vast industry network, product testing opportunities, pitch development coaching, investor introductions, and potential strategic investments.
Collaboration and Recognition Across the Industry
Black & Veatch sponsors various industry events and programs in support of innovation. We are a proud sponsor of the Edison Awards, an annual competition honoring excellence in new product and service development, marketing, human-centered design, and innovation. Black & Veatch is also a core member of CharIN, a non-profit organization promoting the Combined Charging System (CCS) as the global standard for all electric vehicles.
Black & Veatch’s innovations in sustainable infrastructure (and our BV IgniteX program) have been recognized with the following industry awards:
2024: Bronze (Vineyard Wind)
2023: Gold (Digital Equity Bus)
2021: Gold (Rapid Mobile Health Systems)
2017: Silver (Hydrogen Fueling Station Deployments)
2016: Gold (Microgrid)
2022: Round 2, Phase 1 Winner
2023: Round 2, Phase 2 Winner
2023: Direct Air Capture (DAC), Phase 1 Winner
2024: Round 3, Phase 1 Winner
2023: 3rd Place, Innovation in Employee Enablement
2022: 3rd Place, Innovation in Employee Enablement
2020: Innovator of the Year (NEXT Coalition)
2023 Winner (Digital Equity Bus)
What's Next?
The world is constantly changing, and Black & Veatch is on the forefront of that change. As a global infrastructure provider with more than 12,000 employee-owners, we’re reshaping how we engage with our clients and our communities in response to global megatrends such as climate change, decarbonization, and electrification. Contact us to learn more about Black & Veatch’s investments in innovation.
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