National Award Recognizes Tomahawk Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility

March 13, 2020, Overland Park, Kan. – McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., the 12th largest domestic building contractor in the U.S. and a leading commercial builder in Kansas, has awarded its annual Spirit of Ownership Chairman’s Award to the Tomahawk Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility project. The facility is owned and operated by Johnson County Wastewater and is located in Leawood, KS.

The Tomahawk facility was selected from among more than 150 projects currently under construction by McCarthy across the nation.

“McCarthy is 100 percent employee-owned, and the annual Spirit of Ownership Award recognizes one McCarthy project from across the country that exemplifies the spirit of ownership and entrepreneurship that distinguishes our company,” said Steve Meuschke, Vice President of Operations, McCarthy Building Companies, Kansas City. “This year the Tomahawk Creek project was selected for this recognition.”

Serving as construction manager, McCarthy’s Kansas City team began work on Tomahawk Creek in 2018 and is on-schedule to complete work in 2022. During peak construction in 2019, there were approximately 450 workers onsite.

The $270 million expansion of the facility is the largest project ever undertaken by Johnson County and is expected to improve water quality while providing cost-effective long-term treatment solutions for Johnson County customers. Tomahawk is a joint project of Johnson County Wastewater, Black & Veatch, HDR and McCarthy.

McCarthy Building Companies/Kansas City

McCarthy established the firm’s full-service Kansas City office in 2013 and has since grown to more than 100 employees. With projects from healthcare to industrial, community centers and sophisticated laboratories, our Kansas City team pairs intelligent solutions with built-in know-how to build the most complex facilities. The Kansas City office is located at 7930 Santa Fe Drive in Overland Park, Kan.

About McCarthy

McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. is the oldest privately held national construction company in the country – with more than 150 years spent collaborating with partners to solve complex building challenges on behalf of its clients. With an unrelenting focus on safety and a comprehensive quality program that spans all phases of every project, McCarthy utilizes industry-leading design phase and construction techniques combined with value-add technology to maximize outcomes. Repeatedly honored as a Best Place to Work and Healthiest Employer, McCarthy is ranked the 12th largest domestic building contractor (Engineering News-Record, May 2019). With approximately 5,000 salaried employees and craft professionals, the firm has offices in St. Louis, Atlanta; Collinsville, Ill.; Portage, Ind.; Kansas City, Kan.; Omaha, Neb.; Phoenix; Las Vegas; Denver; Dallas, Houston; and San Diego, Newport Beach, San Francisco, San Jose and Sacramento, Calif. McCarthy is 100 percent employee owned. More information about the company is available online at www.mccarthy.com or by following the company on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram.