Panasonic Energy Co. has selected more firms for its project team to build a $4-billion electric vehicle battery plant in Kansas. Site work at the De Soto property began last month.
Greenville, S.C.-based Industrial Project Innovation is the construction manager, Panasonic said in a Dec. 22 announcement. Portland, Ore.-based Mackenzie Inc. is the architect-of-record; Toledo, Ohio-based SSOE Group is providing engineering and design work; and Columbia, Mo.-based Emery Sapp & Sons Inc. and Kansas City, Mo.-based Kissick Construction Co. Inc. are doing site preparation.