Balfour Beatty Construction

Balfour Beatty Construction US
Company typePublic company
IndustryConstruction
Founded1933
Headquarters
Dallas, Texas
,
United States
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
ParentBalfour Beatty plc
Websitewww.balfourbeattyus.com

Balfour Beatty Construction, formerly Centex 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.

History

Balfour Beatty Construction's roots emerge from two regional construction businesses, Frank J. Rooney Construction Company in Miami, Florida, and Eugene Simpson and Company in Washington, DC, which were both founded in 1933.[1]

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

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

Timeline

  • 1933: Frank J. Rooney Construction Company (now Balfour Beatty Construction's Florida division)[4] and Eugene Simpson & Company (now Balfour Beatty Construction's Washington, D.C. division) are founded.[1]
  • 1936: J.W. Bateson Company (now Balfour Beatty Construction's North Texas division) is founded.[5]
  • 1966: Centex acquires J.W. Bateson.[6]
  • 1971: Completion of the Cinderella Castle and other projects at Disney World, which opens to the public.[7]
  • 1972: Completion of Texas Stadium, former home of the Dallas Cowboys.[8]
  • 1987: Centex purchases the backlog and other assets of Rogers Construction Company in Nashville, Tennessee; the newly formed company is named Centex-Rodgers Construction.[9]
  • 1989: Completion of the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas.[10]
  • 1994: Centex Construction is ranked as the second largest general contractor in the U.S. and also the third largest builder of healthcare facilities.[2]
  • 1995: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, built by J.W. Bateson, is the target of terrorist bomber Timothy McVeigh.[11]
  • 1996: Completion of the NASA Mission Control in Houston, Texas.[12]
  • 2001: The company forms a startup division (Southeast Division) in Charlotte, North Carolina.[13]
  • 2003: Centex Construction is chosen to build the Pentagon Memorial to victims of the 9/11 terrorist attack in Washington, D.C.,[14] the National Museum of the Marine Corps,[15] and the United States Air Force Memorial.[16]
  • 2004: Completion of the Gaylord Texan Resort Hotel & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas.[17]
  • 2004: Completion of the Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.[18]
  • 2007: Centex Construction is acquired by Balfour Beatty plc, a U.K.-based international engineering and construction group. The company is re-branded as Balfour Beatty Construction.[3]

Balfour Beatty Construction has embarked on a series of acquisitions including Charter Builders in 2006, R.T. Dooley[19] and SpawMaxwell in 2009,[20] Barnhart and Charter Builders in 2010,[21] and most recently in June 2011, Howard S. Wright.[22]

Operations

Balfour Beatty Construction offers several services: Construction management, general contracting, cost consulting, design-build, preconstruction services, public-private partnerships, and IDIQ/JOC.[23]

The company has been identified as a Top Ten Green Builder,[24] loss prevention (a safety record that is more than three times better than the industry average),[25] and employee engagement (named one of Fortune magazine's 100 Best Companies to Work For in four consecutive years).[26]

References

  1. ^ a b "About Us". Balfour Beatty. Archived from the original on April 6, 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Centex Construction". Funding Universe. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Balfour Beatty Buys Centex". The Telegraph. February 1, 2007. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  4. ^ "Fort Lauderdale" Archived April 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, www.balfourbeattyus.com Balfour Beatty Construction website.
  5. ^ ""J. W. Bateson Construction Company", www.emporis.com Emporis website". Archived from the original on February 20, 2013. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  6. ^ "Securities and Exchange Commission Form 10-K" www.getfilings.com website, Page 5, Part 1, Item 1.
  7. ^ "Builder Puts His Mark on Community". The Ledger. June 9, 2003. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  8. ^ "Texas Stadium Implosion",FOX 4 DFW April 12, 2010.
  9. ^ ""Centex Rodgers Inc.", www.emporis.com Emporis website". Archived from the original on July 31, 2012. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  10. ^ "Centex Construction Nabs Highly Sought Contract for $45-Mil Austin Museum of Art". Globest. January 31, 2001. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  11. ^ "Timothy McVeigh: Convicted Oklahoma City Bomber" ,CNN March 29, 2001.
  12. ^ "American's Nerve Center for Mission Operations",NASA.
  13. ^ "Charlotte" Archived November 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, www.balfourbeattyus.com Balfour Beatty Construction website.
  14. ^ "Pentagon 9/11 Memorial Honors Victims in Symbols, Concrete" ,CNN Sept. 11, 2008.
  15. ^ "Proud to Claim the Title of Marine",Fairfax Times Nov. 11, 2006.
  16. ^ "Air Force Memorial Unveiled at Pentagon",NPR Oct. 15, 2006.
  17. ^ "Gaylord Opryland Texas Resort, Grapevine, Texas". Hotel Management Network. January 12, 2003. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  18. ^ "Health-care project passes halfway mark". Building, Design and Construction. August 11, 2010. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  19. ^ "Balfour Beatty Acquires RT Dooley", Charlotte Business Journal, February 23, 2009.
  20. ^ "Balfour Beatty Expands Texas Operations", ENR Texas, by Debra Wood, July 1, 2010.
  21. ^ "Balfour Beatty Expands Texas Operations", ENR Texas & Louisiana, by Debra Wood, July 1, 2010.
  22. ^ "Howard S. Wright sold", Portland Business Journal, 2011.
  23. ^ "Our Services" Archived December 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine www.balfourbeattyus.com Balfour Beatty Construction website.
  24. ^ "Top 100 Green Contractors", Engineering News-Record, 2011.
  25. ^ "Zero Harm Brochure" Archived April 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine(PDF)
  26. ^ "100 Best Companies to Work for 2013 - Balfour Beatty Construction - Fortune".