The largest engineering firms in Kansas City employ more than 3,500 local licensed engineers in the counties of Jackson, Ray, Platte, Cass and Clay in Missouri; and Johnson, Wyandotte and Leavenworth in Kansas. The online version of this ranking expands beyond what appears in print; another 98 engineering firms are included in our digital rankings, in addition to the 21 featured in this week's print edition. This week's List continues a shift in our research methodology and philosophy, one that emphasizes more data and context for readers while better coordinating the resources available to us and our 40-plus sister publications under the American City Business Journals flag. This effort identified thousands of new local records — and cumulatively, tens of thousands of new businesses across ACBJ's footprint — last year alone. Information on The List was obtained through Kansas City Business Journal research or supplied by individual firms through questionnaires that KCBJ could not independently verify. In case of ties, firms are ranked by total employment and then listed alphabetically if ties remain. Additionally, engineering firms that did not respond to employment surveys but were still included on this year's List are sorted by estimated total employment figures derived from KCBJ archives; annual filings with the U.S. Department of Labor; and other firm-specific resources. For information about this and other Kansas City Business Journal Lists, please contact Data Reporter Elizabeth Yost at eyost@bizjournals.com or 816-777-2202.

IFF's office in Kansas City, which serves all of Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Southern Illinois, wants to put $1 billion to work over the next four years.

The bones of SomeraRoad's $526.7 million West Bottoms redevelopment are emerging. Builders are working on sidewalks, roads and a central public square with food and beverage offerings.

The company provides professional development training and sends its proceeds to fund student scholarships at Graceland College.

Plans submitted to the city officially confirm what store employees, neighbors and Kansas City officials have been saying for months.

The collaboration will add eight to 10 jobs over three years and help doctors faster identify qualified patients for treatments targeting rare genetic disorders and aggressive cancers.