Bird Construction Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Mr. Steve Edwards to the Board, effective August 1, 2022. Mr. Edwards recently announced his retirement from Black & Veatch after 44 years of leadership, service, and dedication, most recently as Chairman and CEO and brings a remarkable combination of experience and expertise. As Chairman and CEO of Black & Veatch, Mr. Edwards had overall responsibility for the company's engineering, consulting, construction and related infrastructure businesses in the power, oil and gas, water, telecommunications, and food and beverage markets worldwide.

Steve Edwards is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Black & Veatch. Steve assumed this position in November 2013. With revenues of $3.3 billion, Black & Veatch is consistently ranked in the Top 10 categories for power generation, power delivery, water infrastructure development and telecommunications in Engineering News-Record magazine and is ranked in the Top 150 of the Forbes list of Largest Private Companies.

The company is the 12th largest employee-owned corporation in the United States, according to the National Center for Employee Ownership. Since joining Black & Veatch in 1978, Steve has been responsible for various global projects and business lines. He was named Chief Operating Officer in March 2013 in a transition role before becoming Chairman and CEO.

He was appointed to the Black & Veatch Board of Directors in 2012. Steve is a registered professional engineer and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri.