Founded in 1898, Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc. is an internationally recognized engineering, construction, environmental and consulting firm, with headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri, and offices in 15 other US cities. Burns & McDonnell is a leader in many markets. The firms cross-functional expertise and capabilities are applied to a broad array of projects that includes studies, design, planning, construction management and business analysis and consulting for Air Pollution Control Systems, Airports and Aviation Facilities, Architecture, Defense Facilities, Electric Substations, Transmission and Distribution, Environmental Services, Environmental and Permitting Studies, Food and Food Ingredient Processing, Industrial Facilities, Information Technology, Laboratory Facilities, Management Services, Petroleum and Chemical Processing, Power Generation, Stormwater Management, Transportation Infrastructure, and Water Resources and Wastewater Management. Burns & McDonnell was ranked as the 32nd largest engineering firm and 149th largest contractor in the US according to the Engineering News Record//s 2004 rankings of 500 largest engineers and 400 largest contractors.