“Kara truly is a game-changer for environmental projects throughout our region,” said Holly Fults, Leader of Environmental Health & Safety Compliance solutions for Burns & McDonnell in Texas. “Her unique skillset and wealth of regulatory and industry experience are assets benefitting our industrial water design and permitting teams.”
Working directly with the regulated community for more than a decade, Denney has extensive experience in stakeholder outreach, permitting, regulatory development, and compliance management. She specializes in water-related regulatory issues facing the industrial and power sectors, including CCR compliance, cooling water intake structure requirements, and beneficial reuse.
An industry leader from the outset of her career, Denney served as Technical Lead for Texas’ authorizations for the beneficially reuse of industrial wastewater in 2014. Shortly after, she was selected as Project Manager for the state’s implementation of the federal cooling water intake structure rules.
Denney is a certified Floodplain Manager by the Texas Floodplain Management Association. She received both her master’s degree in geographic information science and her bachelor’s degree in geography water resources from Texas State University.
Zach Zesch joins Burns & McDonnell in Dallas to lead construction teams on a wide range of construction/design-build and mission-critical projects around the world. With more than a decade of experience in mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) design and construction, Zesch has led MEP coordination for several major-capital projects worldwide.
“As the challenges facing our clients’ industries grow increasingly complex, the need for versatile, well-rounded construction professionals is greater than ever,” said Christine Wood, Leader of the Global Facilities Group in Dallas-Fort Worth for Burns & McDonnell. “Zach certainly ranks highly among these talented individuals in our region. He brings a tremendous amount of industry experience and insight to our construction/design-build team and will help us continue delivering exceptional design-build solutions to our clients throughout the world.”
Zesch is well-versed in prefabrication construction techniques, focusing on MEP systems modularization for clients in the advanced technology, healthcare, and government sectors. His background also includes building management system and electrical power management system controls design and implementation; commissioning; and building information modeling coordination.
Equipped with an expansive skill set, Zesch will lead construction services within complex design and design-build projects for clients in the mission-critical, aerospace, manufacturing, commercial, and distribution sectors. Prior to joining Burns & McDonnell, Zesch served as a Lead MEP Coordinator for a multi-billion-dollar construction management firm in northeast Texas.
Zesch received his bachelor’s degree in architecture, with an emphasis in construction science, from Texas A&M University.
Burns & McDonnell is a family of companies bringing together a team of 7,600 engineers, construction professionals, architects, planners, technologists, and scientists. With an integrated construction and design mindset, the company offers full-service capabilities with more than 55 offices, globally. Founded in 1898, Burns & McDonnell is a 100 percent employee-owned company.
