Kevin Honomichl

Civil engineering ' 86

Kevin Honomichl, De Soto, is president of BHC, a civil engineering and surveying firm headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, which he co-founded in 1992. He received his bachelor’s degree from Kansas State University in 1986 and master’s from the University of Kansas, both in civil engineering.

Honomichl began his career as a structural engineer at Black & Veatch, performing structural steel design for power plant projects and leading design projects for portions of AT&T’s initial transcontinental fiber optic cable projects. He joined Ross Stephenson & Associates, Modesto, California, and continued his focus on fiber optic telecommunication projects throughout the Western United States. He and colleagues launched Brungardt Honomichl & Company P.A. in June 1992, later rebranded to BHC.

He is a 2011 graduate of Leadership Kansas and has served on the board of directors of the American Council of Engineering Companies-Kansas, including a term as national director and as the group’s national political action committee chair for Kansas. He served on the board of directors of the Wyandotte County Economic Development Corporation and the De Soto EDC. Honomichl served on the City of De Soto Planning Commission for 13 years and was elected to the De Soto City Council in 2017 and reelected in 2021. He currently holds a position on the Johnson County Community College Foundation Board.

Honomichl is a trustee of the KSU Foundation and has served on both the civil engineering advisory council and the Carl R. Ice College of Engineering advisory council. He was appointed by K-State President Richard Myers to serve on the Johnson County Education and Research Triangle board of directors. He received the Professional Progress Award from the K-State College of Engineering in 2000 and the Distinguished Service Award from Kansas State University in 2002. He also was named the Chi Epsilon Chapter Honor Member in 2009.