Since 1950, the Heavy Constructors Association of the Greater Kansas City Area has been the advocate for public works in both Kansas and Missouri. The HCA remains committed to delivering needed improvements to Kansas City’s highways, roads, bridges, airports, rivers, sanitary water and storm water systems. Our quality of life as we know it depends on these facilities which we use each and every day.
The HCA was started 75 years ago when a group of area construction company executives met in old Union Station and agreed to join together to tackle the challenges in construction. Over the years, the HCA, made up mainly by local family-owned businesses, has worked hand-in-hand with city, county, state, and federal elected officials and civic leaders to build the infrastructure that is the very foundation of our metropolitan area and our lives.
The story of the HCA is really the story of Kansas City in the years following Worlds War II. The story of how the challenges facing a growing city were met. These challenges continue today; safer roads and bridges; sports entertainment facilities; KCI; and flood retention structures including the Kansas and Missouri River levies and area lakes.
The Heavy Constructors have supported many projects of great significance to the area’s citizens including the revitalization of Union Station and Liberty Memorial. The story of the Heavy Constructors is the story of the proud men and women of the heavy, highway and utility construction industry working together to build the future of our city. The HCA’s motto, “Making It Better…” exemplifies the can-do spirit of the Association members, who are rising to meet the challenges of building on the past to improve Kansas City and the states of Kansas and Missouri.
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