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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.11

                                               AMENDMENT TO
                                   SPLIT DOLLAR LIFE INSURANCE AGREEMENT

         This Amendment, made and entered into as of this _________ day of
______________________________________, 2002, by and between BUTLER
MANUFACTURING COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred to as the
"Corporation") and _________________ (hereinafter referred to as the
"Employee").

         WITNESSETH:

         WHEREAS the Corporation and the Employee entered into that certain
Split Dollar Life Insurance Agreement dated December 1, 2000 (the "Agreement")
and the parties, by mutual agreement, desire to modify and amend the Agreement.

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of these premises and of the mutual
promises contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

         1.       Paragraph 4 of the Agreement is hereby amended to add the
                  following as the last sentence hereof:

                  "Notwithstanding any provision of the Agreement, effective as
                  of December 1, 2002, for the period from December 1, 2002,
                  until December 31, 2003, the amount of the premium to be paid
                  shall generally be the same amount as paid in the initial
                  year, except that the Corporation may chose, in its sole
                  discretion, to make no premium payment in cash in a particular
                  year."

         2.       Subparagraph a. of Paragraph 6 is hereby amended in its
                  entirety, effective as of December 1, 2002, to read as
                  follows:

                  "Except as otherwise provided herein, the Employee may sell,
                  assign, transfer, borrow against, surrender or cancel the
                  Policy, change the beneficiary designation thereof, in any
                  such case, only with the express written consent of the
                  Corporation provided that the Corporation has met its
                  obligations under the terms of this Agreement."

         3.       The following sentence shall be added at the end of paragraph
                  10 of the Agreement to read as follows:

                              "Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
                              Agreement, the Corporation and the Employee agree
                              that, effective as of December 1, 2002, the
                              failure of the Company to make any Policy premium
                              payments in cash prior to December 31, 2003, shall
                              not be an event of default under the terms of this
                              Agreement and the collateral assignment of the
                              Policy shall continue in full force and effect."

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement, in
duplicate, as of the day and year first above written.

                                                    BUTLER MANUFACTURING COMPANY


                                            By: ________________________________
______________________________      Print Name: ________________________________
Print Name: _____________                       Print Title: ___________________
             "Employee"                                          "Corporation"