Black & Veatch, a global engineering, consulting and construction company, announced Thursday that it had opened a Lawrence office, 1008 N.H., Suite 300.

The office will serve as a base of operations for its work on a new sewage treatment plant, to be built along the Wakarusa River south of Lawrence. Black & Veatch started work for the city of Lawrence in 1917, when N.T. Veatch – a co-founder of the firm – designed the city’s original sewage treatment plant, in east Lawrence.

Black & Veatch also has a long-standing relationship with Kansas University, and has more than 400 KU graduates as part of the company’s integrated global workforce doing business in 100 countries.

“Our expansion into Lawrence further demonstrates our commitment to the city, and also highlights additional ways that Black & Veatch helps add to the economic benefits of the region,” said Dan McCarthy, president and CEO of Black & Veatch’s global water business.