Black & Veatch (BV) is one of the world's top global engineering, consulting, and construction firms and specializes in infrastructure development for the energy, oil & gas, water, environmental, government, and telecommunications industries. BV offers environmental consulting, operations and maintenance, security design and consulting, management consulting, and IT services. Boasting $3 billion in annual revenues, the global employee-owned contractor has worked on coal, nuclear, and combustion turbine plants; drinking water and coastal water operations; and wireless and broadband installation. Founded in 1915 in Kansas City, Missouri by engineers E. B. Black and Tom Veatch, BV is now one of the US' largest private companies.