LENEXA, Kan., Aug. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — According to Shamrock Roofing and Construction Executive Director Garen Armstrong, “Even though we have formed a strong bond with our Lenexa community, we’ve outgrown our facility. So now, the well-known Bob Hamilton Plumbing, Heating, AC & Rooter building at Highways I-35 and 69 in Overland Park, Kansas will soon be transformed into an architectural showcase–and Shamrock’s new Headquarters–thanks to the hard work and creative expertise of Dimensional Innovations.”

Recently named one of the Kansas City Business Journal’s “KC Fast 50” Shamrock Roofing and Construction has literally doubled in size year over year for the past three years, which is truly monumental, particularly during a pandemic.

Armstrong is looking forward to the company’s future, saying, “Our continuing growth has facilitated the need to invest in a new space and engage the right engineering firm to make it our own. Dimensional Innovations is the ideal partner to take on this project, and we can’t wait to move in!”

Dimensional Innovations approached the building renovation with equal enthusiasm: “We were thrilled to work alongside Shamrock’s team to ensure their new headquarters’ exterior signage receives the attention that it deserves,” said Corporate Account Director Brandon Kuzara. “Clients and passers-by alike will undoubtedly be drawn to their new facility and we’re proud to have played our small part in making that happen.”

Take a look at the renderings of what will be coming soon and watch for this new Kansas City icon to start lighting up the skies in observance of special holidays, community events and to cheer on our favorite sporting teams.

About Shamrock Roofing and Construction

Known for our uncompromising dedication to never cutting corners, Shamrock Roofing and Construction has been in business since 1977. A devoted community activist, with quarterly roof giveaways to military families, the sponsor of a local soccer team, and provider of the annual “Put the Unity in the Community” scholarship, Shamrock Roofing and Construction is already planning fresh ways to get the most out of the new space as we continue to give back to our hometown.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Samuel K. Cullan, M.D., J.D., an attorney at the nationally acclaimed trial law firm of Cullan & Cullan, has been chosen for a listing in The Best Lawyers in America© 2022, an annual legal ranking guide by Best Lawyers®.

It is a notable accomplishment to be listed in The Best Lawyers in America, as the annual guide’s selection process hinges on the results of a rigorous peer review. Best Lawyers asks top-rated attorneys to review nominees within their geographic and legal practice areas to determine whether a listing in the upcoming edition is warranted. Since only the top 6% of the nation’s attorneys are listed in the published guide, the competition is fierce.

In The Best Lawyers in America 2022, Best Lawyers recognized Dr. Sam Cullan for his work in Kansas City, Missouri in the following legal practice areas:

• Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs
• Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

Best Lawyers has listed Dr. Sam Cullan in The Best Lawyers in America for his esteemed legal advocacy since 2015. Further, he was named the Best Lawyers Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs “Lawyer of the Year” in Kansas City in 2016, 2019, and 2021. Only the highest-scoring Best Lawyers candidate in each practice area and location is granted the “Lawyer of the Year” award.

Dr. Sam Cullan’s in-depth knowledge as a medical doctor, engineer, and attorney helps him recover the full compensation owed to his clients, regardless of the case’s complexity. He primarily represents clients in medical malpractice, catastrophic injury, and wrongful death cases. What’s more, he is a renowned advocate for those who have sustained brain and spine injuries, as well as for children who have suffered birth injuries at the hands of negligent health care professionals. Super Lawyers®, Kansas City Business Journal, and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum have also acclaimed him for his work. 

To learn more about Dr. Sam Cullan, Esq. and his practice at Cullan & Cullan, kindly visit doctorspracticinglaw.com. Further information about Best Lawyers may be found at bestlawyers.com.

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In a partnership with Energy Cloud Inc., Black & Veatch funded, created, and studied air purification system to fight airborne pathogens including Covid-19

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Through work with the clean-teach company Energy Cloud Inc., Black & Veatch created a technology that purifies the air of COVID-19 and other pathogens in real time.

An article in the Kansas City Business Journal interviews Black & Veatch Program Director Lance Lippencott and Energy Cloud CEO John Carrieri about the Hummingbird system, which can deactivate 99.5% of COVID-19 virus in the air without producing unhealthy byproducts.

“We know that it’s airborne, yet all we hear about are the vaccines and masks,” Carrieri said of Covid-19 to Kansas City Business Journal. “While those are obviously extremely important, they are only pieces in the puzzle. If we don’t upgrade our air quality in our buildings, we’re never going to completely solve this problem.”

The affordable, scalable air purification system can be used in any size commercial building. Not only does the Hummingbird purify air immediately while its counterparts take about 60 minutes to do so, it also omits the extra filtering that is common with air purification systems, comparatively decreasing energy consumption over time.

The team involved in the study of the Hummingbird included Black & Veatch engineers as well as 10 scientists, one of whom was the first U.S. scientist to prove that COVID-19 is airborne.

Black & Veatch is committed to providing a range of COVID-19 services and solutions like rapid modular health systems and return to workplace assessments. Through the IgniteX Covid-19 Response Accelerator, Black & Veatch provided the funding for the Hummingbird project.

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COVID Delta has delayed the great American comeback . . . And now more than 1000 Kansas City Midtown workers remain at home.

Here’s a www.TonysKansasCity.com news link that might be worth peeking on the other side of the paywall . . .

American Century Investments delays return to office as Covid-19 surges in Missouri – Kansas City Business Journal

Kansas City-based American Century Investments planned to launch its return-to-office program on Sept. 13, but the Covid-19 pandemic once again has thrown a wrench into planning efforts. With the Delta variant ravaging the nation and the Kansas City area a hot spot, American Century delayed plans it calls Connected Workplace.

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Cerner Corp.’s historical connections to Sporting Kansas City’s parent company could end up costing the soccer club millions of dollars with the health care IT provider’s plan to sell its Wyandotte County offices.

The planned departure from the Continuous Campus could run afoul of local assurances Cerner made before building out and receiving incentives for the Kansas City, Kansas, offices.

However, Cerner will not face consequences. Rather, OnGoal LLC could foot as much as a $15 million bill over the next five years. Sporting’s parent was part of a $414 million development effort that linked construction of Cerner’s campus and what now is Children’s Mercy Park stadium.

Cerner and OnGoal accepted an obligation to park at least 4,000 jobs, with minimum average salaries of $54,000, or at least $216 million in annual payroll, at both the Continuous Campus and Sporting KC’s stadium by 2016, according to a 2010 agreement with the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas. The companies then were to maintain these job and payroll levels through 2026.

A 2010 stadium agreement between the UG and OnGoal affiliate Kansas Unified Development LLC also spelled out the obligation. It tasked OnGoal with paying $3.04 million for each year it and Cerner were found to have fallen short between 2017 and 2026. The UG would collect the penalties and forward them to the state.

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T-Mobile US Inc. is in the process of modernizing three of the four Overland Park office buildings it inherited from Sprint Corp. through the wireless carriers’ $37 billion merger in April 2020.

The company is undertaking complete interior renovations at its 6160 and 6220 Sprint Parkway buildings. It also started building out what it says will be a state-of-the-art new Network Operations Center, meant to manage network traffic and ensure optimal performance for users, at its 6200 Sprint Parkway building.

Aspiria project progresses as developers look to revamp Overland Park’s former Sprint campus

Between November and early July, T-Mobile pulled a collective $36.75 million in commercial tenant finish and interior demolition permits for the three properties, according to Overland Park’s development database. The renovations do not include the company’s 6360 Sprint Parkway building and are expected to be complete by the year’s end, T-Mobile said.

“T-Mobile is partnered with Perspective Architecture and CBRE to design (and) build a fresh, new open-office employee experience, incorporating the latest amenities and technologies,” a T-Mobile spokesperson said in an email. “The design brings to life the T-Mobile brand, but with a strong Kansas City influence unique to the Overland Park Campus.”

T-Mobile counts Overland Park’s former Sprint campus — rebranded to Aspiria later in 2020 — as its second headquarters, supplementing its base in Bellevue, Washington.

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Southwest Airlines seat capacity has surged between August 2020 and August 2021.
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Airline seat capacity is increasing at Kansas City International Airport as travel picks up in the second year of the pandemic.

Data from KCI shows that seat capacity on nonstop flights rose sharply between August 2020 and August 2021, although it has not surpassed pre-pandemic levels for most airlines.

Southwest Airlines seat capacity surged to 209,605 from 173,052 last August. It still has some ground to make up: seat capacity in August 2019 was 312,962. Southwest is the biggest airline at KCI by market share.

Delta Airlines seat capacity is approaching pre-pandemic levels at 98,652. In August 2019, the airline logged a 116,321 capacity. It had fallen last summer to 54,361.

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Business owners near Interstate 70 and Sterling Avenue in Kansas City are fed up with a growing number of crime reports and people sleeping and trespassing in the area. The problem has gotten worse during the pandemic, they say.The I-70 bridge over Sterling Avenue served as a shelter on Wednesday KMBC 9 Investigates saw sleeping underneath the bridge.”It’s getting worse every day,” said Cindy Neal, who runs Neal’s Gallery and Frame Shop. Neal says customers are reluctant to come to her shop because of what’s happening. She says people have broken into nearby businesses, stolen a fence gate, and slept right outside doors in the Sterling Plaza strip mall. She’s fed up.”It’s just dirty and nasty,” she said. DrumMagazines.com gun store owner Charles Weston is growing tired of the homeless camp, too. He said someone came rushing into his business recently to tell them about a pile of trash burning near his gas meters.”We’re talking alcoholic people, talking people with mental illness literally sleeping sometimes out in front of the store,” he said.Weston said he’s asked for help from Kansas City police and the Missouri Department of Transportation. But Weston said he has not received any long-term solutions.Both MoDOT and KCPD officials say they’re working together to find solutions.MoDOT spokesman Markl Johnson sent KMBC 9 Investigates the following statement:”MoDOT is not a law enforcement agency and therefore we do not have the authority to displace or remove citizens from our right of way. “However, we do have “no trespassing” verbiage on most of our bridges and overpasses for law enforcement purposes. “In addition, before we can perform any cleanups on our right of way, all citizens must be removed. However, due to the potential spread of the COVID-19 virus, and according to current CDC guidelines, it is our understanding that currently unsheltered citizens are not allowed to be displaced. We continue to work with the City of Kansas City and the Kansas City Police Department to identify solutions for persons experiencing homelessness on our right-of-way.”Kansas City police spokeswoman Leslie Foreman said the department has recently reached out to people in the area to address quality of life issues, including bringing social workers to help. She agreed the COVID-1- pandemic has made the task more difficult. Officers have not made any arrests, she said. “We have been working with MoDOT to continue to try to find solutions and work to improve quality of life for the community.”Meanwhile, business owners say they don’t know where to turn next.”It’s a never-ending cycle for MoDOT, I’m sure,” Neal said. “But this is the worst it’s ever been.”KMBC 9 Investigates will continue to report on the situation as people work to find solutions. If you have any tips about the issue, email investigative reporter Matt Flener at investigates@kmbc.com.

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Business owners near Interstate 70 and Sterling Avenue in Kansas City are fed up with a growing number of crime reports and people sleeping and trespassing in the area.

The problem has gotten worse during the pandemic, they say.

The I-70 bridge over Sterling Avenue served as a shelter on Wednesday KMBC 9 Investigates saw sleeping underneath the bridge.

“It’s getting worse every day,” said Cindy Neal, who runs Neal’s Gallery and Frame Shop.

Neal says customers are reluctant to come to her shop because of what’s happening. She says people have broken into nearby businesses, stolen a fence gate, and slept right outside doors in the Sterling Plaza strip mall. She’s fed up.

“It’s just dirty and nasty,” she said.

DrumMagazines.com gun store owner Charles Weston is growing tired of the homeless camp, too. He said someone came rushing into his business recently to tell them about a pile of trash burning near his gas meters.

“We’re talking alcoholic people, talking people with mental illness literally sleeping sometimes out in front of the store,” he said.

Weston said he’s asked for help from Kansas City police and the Missouri Department of Transportation. But Weston said he has not received any long-term solutions.

Both MoDOT and KCPD officials say they’re working together to find solutions.

MoDOT spokesman Markl Johnson sent KMBC 9 Investigates the following statement:

“MoDOT is not a law enforcement agency and therefore we do not have the authority to displace or remove citizens from our right of way.

“However, we do have “no trespassing” verbiage on most of our bridges and overpasses for law enforcement purposes.

“In addition, before we can perform any cleanups on our right of way, all citizens must be removed. However, due to the potential spread of the COVID-19 virus, and according to current CDC guidelines, it is our understanding that currently unsheltered citizens are not allowed to be displaced. We continue to work with the City of Kansas City and the Kansas City Police Department to identify solutions for persons experiencing homelessness on our right-of-way.”

Kansas City police spokeswoman Leslie Foreman said the department has recently reached out to people in the area to address quality of life issues, including bringing social workers to help. She agreed the COVID-1- pandemic has made the task more difficult. Officers have not made any arrests, she said.

“We have been working with MoDOT to continue to try to find solutions and work to improve quality of life for the community.”

Meanwhile, business owners say they don’t know where to turn next.

“It’s a never-ending cycle for MoDOT, I’m sure,” Neal said. “But this is the worst it’s ever been.”

KMBC 9 Investigates will continue to report on the situation as people work to find solutions. If you have any tips about the issue, email investigative reporter Matt Flener at investigates@kmbc.com.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Froman is a co-owner of Fetch, a store located in the West Bottoms with eclectic knick-knacks and vintage clothing.

Froman said the start of the pandemic hit them hard and things were just starting to get back to normal.

“This could be worse than what we saw in 2020,” he said.

Froman said tourists who typically visit the store may fear coming into the county, now that it has been deemed a hot spot.

“Now we are seeing a downward spiral in traffic and footsteps because of the new insurgency,” Froman said.

Both Jackson and Cass counties have been dubbed a “hot spot” by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.

COVID-19 Hotspot: Missouri issues advisories for Jackson, Cass counties

With only a little over 40% of people vaccinated in both Kansas City and Jackson County, Froman and his co-owner fearing for the worst.

“It sucks because if we got this right the first time, we wouldn’t be in this problem again,” he said.

Cass County Health Director Andrew Warlen said COVID-19 cases now are almost double from what they saw this time last year.

“The Delta variant has seemed to change things quite a bit,” Warlen said. “We have gotten more loose with our social distancing, gotten back to normal with activities, not wearing a mask.”

Cass County records show that data is not the worse it’s been throughout the pandemic, there were about 234 confirmed cases as of Tuesday. That’s down from 301 cases a week before.

But county leaders say they are still on edge.

COVID-19 cases rapidly on the rise in Cass County, health department says

“Just because we have a decline doesn’t mean we are anywhere out of the woods,” Warlen said.

As both counties work to handle the new threat of the delta variant, Froman is hoping the danger stops here.

“I just hope we don’t get back into the lockdown situation, the closure situation, but we will have to be prepared like we were before,” he said.

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Three Kansas City business owners are bringing two historic buildings that sit across the street from the Kansas City Workhouse Jail on 2000 Vine St. back to life.

Shomari Benton, Jason Parson and Tim Duggan plan to transform the vacant buildings into a mixed-use office and retail development, with opportunities for local food and retail business incubators and community gathering spaces.

Vine Street Brewing, soon to be the first Black-owned brewery in Kansas City, will also have a space in the project’s south building.

“Historic preservation allows us to stand out from other locations,” Benton said. “I think there’s a natural attraction to places that take a stance of preservation and honor its uniqueness based on that particular architectural form for that city or region.”

The two buildings at 2000 Vine Street, formerly housing Kansas City’s Water and Street departments, have been abandoned since the late 1970’s, Duggan said.

Before the trio got into the renovation, the two buildings had been on the City’s dangerous buildings list, making them unsafe to occupy. They got to work and started fixing collapsed roofs, boarded-up windows and overgrown plants.

Duggan, who bought an abandoned historic home in Beacon Hills with his wife, said renovating older buildings like these adds another level of sustainability to Kansas City.

“Reusing, restoring and conserving [gives] direct opportunities to the community on so many levels,” Duggan said.

The buildings will be less expensive to lease due to how long they have been around, Benton said.

“If we don’t preserve these spaces and we simply rely on new construction that prices out many folks’ abilities to live, work and play in the city or neighborhood they know and love,” Benton said.

Benton, an attorney with the firm of Benton, Lloyd and Chung, along with Duggan, who works with Phronesis, a local landscape and architectural design firm, both said they are committed to preserving historic buildings in Kansas City.

Benton, who also sits on the Kansas City Museum Foundation Board, said they have been hard at work restoring another historic structure, Corinthian Hall, to reopen the museum this fall.

“People are moving Northeast forward – whether it be by preservation, new construction, cultural events and places – the Northeast is having a moment,” Benton said. “Vine (Street) can play some role in that space given that it’s a next-door neighbor.”

The Scarritt Renaissance Neighborhood also received $179,000 of Public Improvement Advisory Committee (PIAC) grant funding for Phase I of the Colonnade restoration. The PIAC funding is a citizen driven process requiring residents to petition the city for project funds.

The Colonnade at Concourse Park was built in 1908 and is a historic art structure made with cut limestone and reinforced concrete. The structure is in need of many repairs for safety, and the roofing and ceiling are in various stages of decay. Repairs for the structure will include new trellises, clay roof tiles, decorative ceilings, new concrete rails, security cameras and repair of some of the floor surfaces.

“A lot of historic structures we’ve had are very old parts of the parks system,” said Kansas City Parks and Recreation Interim Director Roosevelt Lyons. “It’s not only important to preserve the history but for the neighborhood and the residents that live down there to have a well-maintained space.”

The Sarah Rector Home at 2000 E. 12th street – recently received $75,000 in grant funding from the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund. This funding, according to a press release, is said to be dedicated to Rector’s legacy and home.

Rector accumulated millions of dollars after her father leased her allotted 160 acres of land in Oklahoma to the Devonian Oil Company of Pittsburg. In 1913, wells drilled on her land were able to produce 2500 barrels of oil a day, which meant Rector received an income of $300 per day.

The grant will support stabilization and rehabilitation efforts for the Sarah Rector home.

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