Burns & McDonnell
About
Burns & McDonnell keeps a Raleigh-area office at Fenton Main Street in Cary. The firm does engineering, construction, architecture, and consulting, and the work is infrastructure: the things a region needs in order to function.
It was founded in 1898 and is 100 percent employee-owned, which means the people doing the work own the company. There are more than 75 offices worldwide. The mission has not changed since the beginning, and it is stated plainly: make our clients successful. The company describes safe, essential infrastructure as the foundation of a flourishing society.
What to know
- Associated Builders and Contractors named the company a 2026 Top Performer.
- Recent project work includes refrigeration retrofits and an Illinois solar project.
- Teams are fully integrated, carrying a project from design through construction.
- An intern program brings students onto working teams.
- Much of the client base is asset-intensive industry, where big ideas have to survive operational reality.
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