KPA’s Directory of Preservation Resources

    
ARCHITECTS     ARCHITECTS, GRANT ADMINISTRATION & ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES 
ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE/INTERIORS/MASTER PLANNERS     ATTORNEYS     CONTRACTORS     DEVELOPERS     DOORS
ENGINEERS     EXTERIOR RESTORATION     FOUNDRY- ORNAMENTAL IRON     HISTORIC PRESERVATION/CONSTRUCTION/CONSULTING
MASONRY     PAINT     PRESERVATION CONSULTANTS     STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS     TAX CREDIT SERVICE     WINDOWS
      
Businesses listed in this Directory are not endorsed or guaranteed by the Kansas Preservation Alliance, the Board of Directors or any member of KPA.  Individuals should obtain references when hiring a contractor.
All listed companies or individuals are members of the Kansas Preservation Alliance at the  Business / Professional level or higher.
   
ARCHITECTS
Berger Devine Yaeger Architects
7780 West 119th Street, Overland Park, KS  66213   Ph. 913.742.8000  Fax: 913.742.8570
www.bdyinc.com   Email:  mturner@bdyinc.com   Contact Person:  Matthew Turner
BDY provides architectural, interiors, and planning design services to a growing roster of clients on local, national and international projects.  In addition to remodeling, renovation and historic restoration, BDY provides design services for sustainable design, commercial, hospitality and government projects.
 
Borhani & Associates Historic Preservation Masterplanners & Architects,
407 Pershing Court, Ft. Riley, Kansas  66442   Ph. 785.239.0443   Email:  rborhani@dynamac.com
 
Bruce McMillan AIA, Architects, P.A.
555 Poyntz Avenue, Suite 295, Manhattan, KS  66502; 332 West 7th St., Suite A, Junction City, KS  66441
Ph. 785.776.1011/785.238.5678  Fax: 785.776.9785/785.238.5767
Email:  bruce@mcmillanarchitects.com   Contact Person:  Bruce McMillan 
Architectural services concentrating on historic preservation, sustainable design and building rehabilitation in the Flint Hills Region and state-wide in Kansas.
 
Ecological Architecture P. A.
842 W. 21st Street, Lawrence, KS  66046   Ph. 785.749.1018
www.ecologicalarch.com   Email:  alstrom@sbcglobal.net   Contact Person:  Sven Erik Alstrom AIA, NCARB
Architecture and Interior Design.  Commercial, residential and historic renovation experience including mixed use, adaptive reuse, music hall and theaters.  Licensed in CA, CO, KS, MO, NC, and NM.
 
Randal Steiner Architect, P.A.
333 N. Waco St.,  Wichita, KS  67202   Ph. 316.265.3222  Fax: 316.265.4648
www.RSAarchitect.com   Email:  Randal@RSAarchitect.com  Contact Person:  Randal Steiner
Interior and exterior preservation & renovation of historic churches and civic buildings, Condition Analysis Reports, phased masterplans, value-engineering, A.D.A. improvements, building additions.
 
Stark Wilson Duncan Architects
315 Nichols Road, Suite 228, Kansas City, MO  64112   Ph. 816 531.1698  Fax: 816.531.1978
www.swdarchitects.com   Email:  info@swdarchitects.com  Contact Person:  Paul Stark or Tim Wilson
Established in 1935, SWD specializes in all aspects of historic tax credit, adaptive reuse, interiors and preservation projects including master planning, design, assessment, field verification/documentation, sustainable design and construction administration services.
 
Treanor Architects, P.A.
1715 SW Topeka Blvd., Topeka, KS  66612   Ph. 785.235.0012  Fax: 785.235.0013
www.treanorarchitects.com   Email:  drowe@treanorarchitects.com   Contact person:  Dan Rowe 
Comprehensive design services including providing master planning, adaptive use, conditions & material assessments, historic interiors, historic tax credit assistance.
WDM Architects P.A.
105 N. Washington, Wichita, KS  67202   Ph. 316.262.4700  Fax: 316.262.0002 
www.wdmarachitects.com
Email:  mseiwert@wdmarachitects.com  Contact person:  Mike Seiwert or Wes Darnell
Design services for finding new uses for historic structures utilizing economic and state and federal historic tax incentives.
 
ARCHITECTS, GRANT ADMINISTRATION & ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
Hernly Associates, Inc.
920 Massachusetts St., Lawrence, KS  66044   Ph. 785.749.5806  Fax: 785.749.1515
www.hernly.com   Email:  stan@hernly.com  Contact person:  Stan Hernly   
Master planning, condition & material assessments, historic tax credit assistance, grant writing & administration and environmental testing services.
 
ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE/INTERIORS/MASTER PLANNERS
Bowman Bowman Novick, Inc.
411 Nichols Road, Suite 246, Kansas City, MO  64112   Ph. 816.753.2550  Fax: 816.753.0889
228 Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, KS  66502   Ph. 785.776.4912  Fax: 785.776.0944
www.bbnarchitects.com
Email:  ldb@bbnarchitects.com     Contact person:  Lori Doolittle-Bowman
Email:  nmb@bbnarchitects.com   Contact person:  Nancy Burton
Seventeen member firm with offices in Kansas City and Manhattan, KS.
Providing services in architecture, landscape architecture, interiors and urban planning.
 
ATTORNEYS
Ronald Schneider, J.D., M.Arch.
900 Massachusetts St., Suite 600, Lawrence, KS  66044   Ph. 785.841.2040  Fax: 785.856.0243
Contact:  Ron Schneider   
Unique practice of law, emphasizing historic preservation, construction and land use litigation since 1979.
   
CONTRACTORS
JE Dunn Construction
929 Holmes, Kansas City, MO  64106   Ph. 816.474.8600
www.JEDUNN.com
Founded in 1924 by John Ernest Dunn, Sr., J.E. Dunn Construction is the largest commercial contractor in the Kansas City area offering services in: General Construction, Construction Management, Program Management, Design/Build.
An organization comprised of five professional construction companies with 14 offices across the country.
 
Martin K. Eby Construction Company
610 North Main, Suite 500, Wichita, KS  67203   Ph. 316.268.3500  Fax: 316.268.3649
www.ebycorp.com   Contact Person:  Michael A. Grier, President/CEO or Email:  lwalton@ebycorp.com  Linda Walton, Corporate Secretary, 316.268.3636
Martin K. Eby Construction Company was founded in Wichita in 1937, and over its 73-year history, has been "Building a Better Tomorrow" by building solutions for the needs of future generations.  Eby Construction is committed to being the "Contractor of Choice" for owners facing difficult, complex, or demanding building or infrastructure needs.  Eby provides this service by performing general contracting, design-build, and construction management at risk contracts.
 
Rainbow Construction Company, Inc.
Rainbow Construction Company, Inc.
242 New York, Wichita, KS  67214   Ph. 316.264.4689  Fax: 316.264.0629
www.rainbowconst.com  Email:  tlr@rainbowconst.com   Contact person:  Tom Rives
Since 1966 Rainbow Construction has provided professional building services and consulting in historic renovations, new construction, remodels and additions.
 
Straub Construction Company, Inc.
7775 Meadow View Drive, Shawnee, KS  66227   Ph. 913.451.8828  Fax: 913.451.9617
www.straubconstruction.com  Email:  info@straubconstruction.com 
Contact person:  Jim Calvert, LEED AP, Vice President, Business Development and Dan Gilpin, Vice President, Business Development
General contractor for historic renovation, commercial, multi-family construction.  Straub Construction Company is an award-winning general contractor.  Founded in 1920, today our capabilities include a full range of construction management services, including historic preservation.  Straub Construction's outstanding reputation and performance as a general contractor continually exceeds industry standards and customer expectations.
 
Sutherland Builders, Inc.
6053 S. Seneca, Wichita, KS  66502   Ph. 316.529.2620  Fax: 316.529.2529
www.sutherlandbuildersinc.com  Email:  tsutherland@builders.kscoxmail.com   Contact person:  Tim Sutherland
Founded in 1987 by Paul and Tim Sutherland, Sutherland Builders has successfully completed over 600 projects ranging from $5,000 to $ 3,000,000.  In 1997 the company was recognized as the fastest growing privately held company in the Wichita metro area.  Projects are located throughout the state of Kansas and in other midwestern states.  Sutherland Builders now builds and remodels industrial and manufacturing complexes, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, churches, offices, schools, and commercial buildings.
 
DESIGN
John Coultis Associates
161 S. Oliver, Wichita, KS  67218   Ph. 316.683.5617  Fax: 316.683.1823
www.coultis.com  Email:  Bridget@coultis.com   Contact person:  Bridget Coultis-Thornton
A fully integrated interior design firm noted for commitment to quality, attention to detail, and personal services.
     
DEVELOPERS
Foutch Brothers, LLC
8109 NW Hillside Dr., Weatherby Lake, MO  64152-1628   Ph. 816.746.9100  Fax: 816.746.0031
Email:  steve@foutchbros.com  Contact person:  Steve Foutch   Cell: 816.520.3948
A single source for an owner, architect, developer and general contractor.
 
Garrison Development Company
416 East 3rd Street, Kansas City, MO  64106   Ph. 816.474.4857  Fax: 816.474.4867
www.garrisoncompanies.com  Email:  ghassenflu@garrisoncompanies.com  Contact person:  Garrison Hassenflu
A real estate development and management firm operating in 6 states and dedicated to the conversion of historic structures to residential and mixed-use.
 
MetroPlains Development, LLC
1600 University Avenue, Suite 212, St. Paul, MN  55104   Ph. 651.646.7848  Fax: 651.646.8947
www.metroplains.com   Email:  rmccready@metroplains.com  Contact person:  Rob McCready
MetroPlains is a real estate development company operating in 9 midwestern states.  The majority of projects involve adaptive re-use of historic buildings into primarily housing.  MetroPlains has seven National Register buildings in Kansas and several more buildings that are located in historic districts.
Pioneer Group, Inc.
1200 South Kansas Avenue, Topeka, KS  66612-1375   Ph. 785.232.1122  Fax: 785.232.1660
www.pioneergroupinc.com   Email:  RossPGI@msn.com  Contact Person:  Ross Freeman, President
Email:  Rick_Kready@juno.com  Contact Person:  Rick D. Kready, VP of Operations
Pioneer Group is a full-service historic preservation real estate consultant and developer, prepared to help put together the team of professionals and/or resources needed to help you preserve your property.  Pioneer Group has a proven successful track record for preservation and adaptive use of historic properties of all sizes. 
  
DOORS
SUN-DOR-CO 
901 S. Spencer Road, Newton, KS  67114   Ph. 316.284.0044
www.SUNDORCO.com
Custom wood doors.  Replication of historic doors and millwork.
   
ENGINEERS/STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
DGM Consultants, P.A.
10251 Goddard St., Overland Park, KS  66214-2619   Ph. 913.894.2048  Fax: 913.894.2225
Email:  dgmcmican@worldnet.att.net  Contact person:  Donald G. McMican
Structural and masonry evaluation of historic structures (review historical documentation, site survey to determine concerns, discussion of findings, conclusions, recommendations, priorities, probable cost of construction), preparing HTF Grant applications, attend meetings about building, prepare repair bid documents, provide professional services during construction (submittal review, certification of pay applications, issue clarifications), attend progress meetings, site visits to provide quality assurance services, and other construction administration on the owner’s behalf.
 
Thos. Rewerts & Co., LLC
4550 Main Street, Suite 216, Kansas City, MO  64111   Ph. 816.531.2666  Mobile: 913.424.5180
Email:  t.rewerts@earthlink.net  Contact Person:  Thomas L. Rewerts, SE
Structural engineering, specializing in historic concrete and masonry structures.
 
EXTERIOR RESTORATION
MTS Contracting, Inc.
1019 Swift Street, North Kansas City, MO  64116   Ph. 816.421.0909   Fax: 816.421.6969
www.mtscontracting.com  Email:  mtscont@hotmail.com  Contact Person:  Justin Fritter
Tuck pointing, caulking, building cleaning, injection, concrete restoration/repair, concrete coatings, water repellants, masonry/stone restoration, parking garage restoration
   
FOUNDRY- ORNAMENTAL IRON
Deggingers Foundry
436 NW Crane, Topeka, KS  66603   Ph. 785.232.4788
Ornamental architectural metals, statuary and historic restoration.
    
HISTORIC PRESERVATION/CONSTRUCTION/CONSULTING
Nickelodeon Restorations, LLC
P.O. Box 394,  401 Oak St., Overbrook, KS  66524   Ph. 785.665.7477  Fax: 785.665.2595
Email:  d747n@embarqmail.com  Contact person:  Daryl Nickel
Historic preservation, woodworking, stone masonry, site management, project analysis
 
MASONRY
Cathedral Stone Products, Inc
Home:  7266 Park Circle Drive, Hanover, MD  21076   Ph. 800.684.0901  Fax: 800.684.0904
www.cathedralstone.com  Email:  info@cathedralston.com  
Contact Person:  Gary Keshner   816.554.1825   mstlong@aol.com
Cathedral Stone Products is the leading North American manufacturer-distributor of environmentally safe masonry restoration and preservation products.  Cathedral Stone provides Restoration Training Workshops as well as on-site consulting before and during masonry restoration projects.
 
Mid-Continental Restoration Company, Inc.  
P.O. Box 429400 E. Hudson, Fort Scott, KS  66701   Ph. 620.223.3700  Fax: 620.223.5052
www.midcontinental.com  Contact person:  Nina Bosley
Specializing in masonry restoration and repair, serving 22 states across the Midwest and southeastern regions of the United States.  “Preserving the past, building for the future.”
 
Restoration and Waterproofing Contractors, Inc.
KANSAS CITY OFFICE - 901 Scott, Kansas City, KS  66105-1219   Ph. 913.321.6226  Fax: 913.321.6225
TOPEKA OFFICE - 1416 SW Auburn Road, Topeka, KS  66615-1503   Ph. 785.478.9538  Fax: 785.478.9572 
WICHITA OFFICE - P. O. Box 771137, Wichita, KS  67277-1137   Ph. 316.942.6602  Fax: 316.942.6808  
www.restoration-waterproof.com  Email:  kcrwc@kc.rr.com  Contact person:  Al Hanks, Assistant Vice President, KCK, 913.321.6226
Services provided:  caulking, tuckpointing, epoxy injection, waterproofing, gunite and shotcrete, special coatings.  Full service building envelope restoration including planning and budget.
 
 
MECHANICAL SYSTEMS
Unico, Inc.
7401 Alabama Avenue, St. Louis, MO  63111-9906   Ph. 800.527.0896  Fax: 314.457.9000
www.unicosystem.com  email:  sales@unicosystem.com  Contact Person:  Randy Niederer
Unico, Inc. designs and provides distinctive small duct high velocity central heating and air conditioning systems.  Products are made of the highest quality materials and assembled in the manufacturing plant in St. Louis, MO.  These products include air handlers, advanced control boards, electric furnaces, custom outlets, SMART control boards, Unichiller RC outdoor units, plenums and duct tubing.  Our small 2-inch round ducts allow you to have central heating and air conditioning without marring the original architecture of the building.
   
PAINT
J.F. McGivern, Inc.
3333 SE 21st Street, Topeka, KS  66607   Ph. 785.354.1787  Fax: 785.354.1812
Email:  steve@jfmcgivern.com  Contact person:  Steve Beier
Complete painting and decorating service – industrial, commercial, residential, waterblasting/sandblasting.
 
R.B.P., Inc.
P.O. Box 493, Wichita, KS  67201   Ph. 316.303.9606  Fax: 316.393-9607  
www.rbp-inc.com  Email:  rbeard@rbp-inc.com
Residential and commercial painting and wallcovering.
   
PRESERVATION CONSULTANTS
Brenda R. Spencer
10150 Onaga Road, Wamego, KS  66547   Ph. 785.456.9857  Fax: 785.456.9857  
Email:  spencer@wamego.net
Preservation planning and design services including condition analysis, feasibility and use studies, design review and technical assistance, National Register Nominations and investment tax credit applications.
 
Davis Preservation
909 1/2 Kansas Ave., Topeka, KS  66612   Ph. 785.213.1369
Email:  christykdavis@yahoo.com   Contact person:  Christy Davis
A full-service preservation and public history firm providing services related to historic property survey, property research, historical writing, national register nominations, historic structures analyses and reports, tax credit and grant applications, museum support and more.
 
Rosin Preservation, LLC
215 W. 18th St., #150, Kansas City, MO  64108   Ph. 816.472.4950  Fax: 816.472.4981
www.rosinpreservation.com  Contact Person:  Elizabeth Rosin
Full service historic preservation consulting - PSIQ, NR, tax credits, design guidelines, preservation plans.
 
Sally Schwenk Associates, Inc.
112 W. 9th Street, Suite 510, Kansas City, MO  64105   Ph.  816.221.2672
Email:  sschwenk@ssapreservation.com  Contact person:  Sally Schwenk
Full-service preservation and cultural resource management consultant providing professional services in:  cultural resource survey, National Register (individual, districts, Multiple Property submissions, National Historic Landmark designation, HABS, KS PSIQ, Determination of Eligibility documentation, state and federal tax credit and grant applications, Preservation planning (preservation components to comprehensive and neighborhood plans, tourism programs, design guidelines, local commission training, Section 106 compliance, and historic site management and interpretive plans.
 
Susan Jezak Ford/Citysearch Preservation
3628 Holmes Street, Kansas City, MO  64109   Ph. 816.531.2489  Fax: 763.431.2489
Email:  citysusan@gmail.com  Contact Person:  Susan Ford
Architectural and historical research tailored to your needs.  Nominations to the National Register, architectural surveys, tax credit applications, general research and finishing your projects, 50 successful NR nominations so far!
 
TAX CREDIT SERVICE
Commerce Bank, N.A.
8000 Forsyth Blvd., St. Louis, MO  63105   Ph. 314.746.3223
Email:  peter.noonan@commercebank.com  Contact Person:  Peter T. Noonan, VP
We specialize in tax credit assistance.
  
WINDOWS:  HISTORIC WINDOW REPLACEMENT
Raming Window Systems, Inc.
520 West 103rd Street, #198, Kansas City, MO  64114   Ph. 913.233.6641  Fax: 913.322.6673
www.ramingwindows.com  Email:  tgrossi@ramingwindows.com  Contact Person:  Tony Grossi
Wood Windows/Aluminum Clad Wood Windows/Aluminum Windows; each of these window systems are available to replicate the sightlines of the original historic windows.  In addition, we have developed storefront and entry systems that replicate the original historic sightlines and profiles.

Raming Windows Systems, Inc. is an installing window contractor with more than 15 years of experience.  For projects that require replacement, we custom design windows to replicate historic windows.  We have designed warehouse type (projected) window systems and hung window systems that have met the project requirements of local, state, and National Park Service criteria.  We work with historic consultants and architects, providing Certification Part II drawings and we install with our own full time employees to insure the quality and attention to detail that this work demands.

 
Re-View
1235 Saline Street, North Kansas City, MO  64116   Ph. 816.741.2876  Fax: 816.746.9331
www.re-view.biz  Email:  todd@re-view.biz  Contact Person:  Todd Maxwell
Restoration or replication of historical wood windows and doors.
    
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ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE/INTERIORS/MASTER PLANNERS     ATTORNEYS     CONTRACTORS     DEVELOPERS     DOORS
ENGINEERS     EXTERIOR RESTORATION     FOUNDRY- ORNAMENTAL IRON     HISTORIC PRESERVATION/CONSTRUCTION/CONSULTING
MASONRY     PAINT     PRESERVATION CONSULTANTS     STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS     TAX CREDIT SERVICE     WINDOWS
   
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