{"id":3745,"date":"2019-10-02T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mkec.com\/?p=3745"},"modified":"2021-11-01T09:49:02","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T14:49:02","slug":"kck-school-bond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mkec.com\/kck-school-bond\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission to Modernize America\u2019s Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"

America\u2019s school districts are on a mission to modernize, and that\u2019s creating a lot of opportunity for engineering firms with this niche expertise \u2013 like MKEC \u2013 to create a lasting impact on our children and our future. Large school bond issues are not only one of our specialty areas \u2013 they\u2019re also among our favorite projects.<\/p>\n

Case in point: Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Overcrowded buildings. Leaky pipes. Hot or icy cold classrooms. Buildings reaching the end of their useful lives, and students learning 21st-century concepts in schools built when JFK was president. When the Kansas City metro area\u2019s third-largest school district faced large-scale facilities needs, they turned to us for help.<\/p>\n\n\n

Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools (KCKPS) knew its buildings were long overdue for some serious improvements. In 2016, voters overwhelmingly agreed, approving a $235 million no tax increase bond package for upgrades, replacements and repurposing at each of the district\u2019s schools. MKEC teamed with local architecture firms to provide survey, civil engineering, and landscape architecture services for this massive undertaking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n