Burns & McDonnell wins $20 million Hy-Vee contract for concept that includes cocktail service

Burns & McDonnell is jumping into the commercial construction field with a contract to renovate 50 Midwestern Hy-Vee supermarkets with a new restaurant concept that includes cocktail service.

The venture into upgrading the Hy-Vees with a casual dining concept called Market Cafe and Market Grille is a marked departure from an engineering firm thats better known for engineering huge power plants and other large-scale public works endeavors.

Burns & Mac is the 20th largest engineering company in the U.S., according to Engineering News-Record, a respected trade publication.

The move into commercial construction is being led by Greg Carlson, who joined Burns & McDonnell in June after working for 20 years with Weitz construction.

The $20 million contract with Des Moines, Iowa-based Hy-Vee calls for the renovation of about one-fourth of the companys stores in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, Minnesota and South Dakota. Construction is scheduled to begin next month.

Store operations will not be disrupted during the construction of the approximately 40 Market Cafe concepts and 10 Market Grilles. The new dining concept will include a full-service menu and cocktails.

Carlson said the new commercial construction venture is a continuation of Burns & Macs capability of providing full-serve to its clients from design work through construction.

The all in-house approve Burns & McDonnell has done has been a model for other areas and product types for decades in power and energy, Carlson said, but bringing it into the commercial world is a new venture. Were excited about Hy-Vee.

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Burns & McDonnell wins $20 million Hy-Vee contract for concept that includes cocktail service