Balfour Beatty Construction

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Balfour Beatty Construction US
Type Public company
IndustryConstruction
Founded1933
Headquarters,
Key people
Leon Blondin, CEO
ServicesConstruction Management, General Contracting, Cost Consulting, Design-Build, Preconstruction Services, Public-Private Partnerships
Revenue$4.5 Billion (2015)
Number of employees
2,400
Parent Balfour Beatty plc
Website www.balfourbeattyus.com

Balfour Beatty Construction, is a commercial construction company, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, with full service offices in the United States. Balfour Beatty Construction's parent company is Balfour Beatty in London.

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History

Balfour Beatty Construction's roots date back to 1933, [1] when two regional construction businesses were founded—Frank J. Rooney Construction Company in Miami, Florida, and Eugene Simpson and Company in Washington, DC.

Centex Corporation acquired these, and other regionally-based construction companies through the 1960s and 1970s to form Centex Construction, [2] the commercial building arm of Centex Corporation.

Centex Construction operated through early 2007, when it was acquired [3] by Balfour Beatty. Since then, the United States branch of the construction company has operated as Balfour Beatty Construction.

Timeline

Balfour Beatty Construction has embarked on a series of acquisitions including Charter Builders in 2006, R.T. Dooley [17] and SpawMaxwell in 2009, [18] Barnhart and Charter Builders in 2010, [19] and most recently in June 2011, Howard S. Wright. [20]

Operations

Balfour Beatty Construction offers several services: Construction management, general contracting, cost consulting, design-build, preconstruction services, public-private partnerships, and IDIQ/JOC. [21]

The company has been identified as a Top Ten Green Builder, [22] loss prevention (a safety record that is more than three times better than the industry average), [23] and employee engagement (named one of Fortune magazine's 100 Best Companies to Work For in four consecutive years). [24]

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