A 100% employee-owned engineering and construction firm headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri (founded 1898), with a dedicated Fire Protection & Code Consulting practice within its Buildings group. Its fire protection engineers deliver integrated fire and life-safety systems, code consulting, fire suppression and fire alarm/mass-notification design, and industrial hazard and risk analysis across a wide range of building and facility types — engineered solutions intended to aid, not replace, professional judgement on occupant safety and code compliance.