Current Control Co history

Early conception of the components of the UNIVAC system and their imagined appearance from the first brochure issued by Eckert & Mauchly in 1948.

CSC was founded by Bill Brown of Independence, Mo., in 1970.

1972 Straight out of high school, Ed Brown joins the pipefitters apprentice program to work alongside his father, Bill, now the sole owner of the company.

George Thomas established Contemporary Controls in 1975 as a system integration and consulting business focusing on microcomputer and PLC applications.

1987 ASHRAE forms a committee to begin developing a standardized building automation and control networking protocol, which is now known as BACnet®.

1989 On April 14, 1989, Bill Brown signs a distribution agreement with Automated Logic Corporation (ALC) to become its 15th Authorized Dealer in the United States.

1995 Gary Hull of Automated Logic awards CSC the prestigious President’s Award for its success as the year’s top performing field office.

In order to meet the needs of an increasing European business, in 1997 Contemporary Controls Ltd (CCL) was established as a wholly-owned subsidiary in Coventry, England with offices located in the University of Warwick Science Park.

In 1998, the EXTEND-A-BUS® was introduced as a convenient way of extending CAN networks in the field.

2000 Automated Logic introduces WebCTRL as a true web-based building automation platform.

In 2002, Contemporary Controls GmbH (CCG) was established with a German partner in Eisleben, Germany to develop and produce device-level and Industrial Ethernet products on a cooperative basis.

2003 Automated Logic recognizes CSC for Project of the Year for its work on the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

2004 CSC consolidates its offices into a new 12,000-square-foot building in Lee’s Summit, Mo., positioning itself for future growth.

In 2005, Contemporary Controls purchased the financial interests of its German partner in CCG after the partner was purchased by another company.

2006 Fort Leavenworth selects CSC and Automated Logic as its standard BAS platform with the award of an energy performance project.

In 2007, Contemporary Controls introduced the BASremote, a family of BACnet-compliant products that not only connected to Ethernet networks, but could interface with common sensor and actuator devices as the company proved that taking Ethernet down to the device-level was possible.

In 2008, the company introduced the BASrouter - a BACnet/IP to BACnet MS/TP router and began becoming active in BACnet events.

2009 CSC expands its services by adding lighting control systems to its portfolio of building automation system offerings.

Contemporary Controls was recognized by Tridium in 2010 as one of the first companies to obtain Sedona Framework certification.

In 2011, Contemporary Controls became a Tridium OEM partner with the right to resell Niagara Framework technology.

2012 Cerner awards CSC the building automation and lighting controls portion of its new Cerner Legends Campus of buildings, later to be called Cerner Continuous Campus.

2013 CSC celebrates the addition of its 50th employee as part of its continued commitment to outstanding client service.

In 2014 Contemporary Controls was honored by receiving Control Trends (CTA) Peripheral Product of the Year award while George Thomas was inducted to CTA's Hall of Fame.

2015 CSC purchases the control division of James River Mechanical in Springfield, Mo., and opens up its Springfield office with a highly talented group of employees to serve the Southern Missouri market.

2016 As part of its continued investment in smart buildings, CSC adds a security division and structured cabling division to its technical complement, developing synergies between all aspects of building technology.

2017 CSC breaks ground on a new 25,000-square-foot office building that will service as the Kansas City headquarters and training facility.