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Balfour Beatty Construction is making news headlines around the nation. Here are just a few of them.
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February 20, 2013
IKEA has hired Balfour Beatty Construction to be the construction manager on it's new Florida store.
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February 19, 2013
Waste Management announced the winners of the 2012 Sustainability Circle of Excellence Award, a recognition given to the top customers in the construction industry who achieved outstanding sustainability milestones during the planning and building phases of their projects.
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February 05, 2013
Howard S. Wright, a Balfour Beatty Company, is mentioned in this January 31 online story by The Silicon Valley Business Journal.
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January 25, 2013
This story in the Union-Tribune talks about the last beam being put into place at Montgomery Middle School, a Balfour Beatty Construction project in Otay Mesa, California.
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December 17, 2012
Howard S. Wright is mentioned in this article about the Pearl Marriott groundbreaking in Portland, Oregon.
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November 05, 2012
Balfour Beatty Construction wins Engineering News-Record’s Texas and Louisiana 2012 Best Projects awards.
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November 05, 2012
Howard S. Wright, a Balfour Beatty company, is mentioned as a merit award winner in the ENR Northwest Best Projects Safety Award.
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October 02, 2012
Howard S. Wright, a Balfour Beatty company, is mentioned as the builder of the Tony Nelssen Equestrian Center in Arizona.
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September 18, 2012
Howard S. Wright, a Balfour Beatty company, is a winner of Engineering News-Record's Southwest Best Project 2012 competition.
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September 18, 2012
Howard S. Wright, a Balfour Beatty Company, is mentioned in this article by the Portland Business Journal about integrated project delivery.
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August 16, 2012
On August 20, students will go back to school in style in Columbus, Georgia. See why school is cool at Carver High.
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August 15, 2012
Balfour Beatty Construction's Jeff Pistor explains to CBS 11 how and why he's used iPads to replace traditional blueprints on the massive seven-year, $2.3 billion DFW International Airport terminal renovation project.
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August 01, 2012
Balfour Beatty Construction is mentioned in a heat safety story on KXAS Channel 5, the NBC station in Dallas/Fort Worth.
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July 30, 2012
This online story in the Dallas Morning News mentions Balfour Beatty Construction and the Joule expansion project.
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July 25, 2012
Howard S. Wright Construction, a Balfour Beatty company, is mentioned in this article on Oregonlive.com about two high school students who are interns for the summer, helping to remodel their own school.
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June 21, 2012
Howard S. Wright, a Balfour Beatty company, is mentioned in this article and picture gallery about work at the Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt federal office building in Portland.
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June 21, 2012
This article mentions Howard S. Wright, a Balfour Beatty company, and discusses five reconstruction projects in one city that make a bottom-line case for reconstruction across the country.
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June 21, 2012
The Daily Journal of Commerce in Oregon has released it's list of Top Projects. Several Howard S. Wright projects made the list.
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May 17, 2012
Balfour Beatty implemented Egnyte’s HybridCloud File Sharing solution as a part of the Dallas Fort Worth Airport reconstruction, allowing their design team to save $5.1 million (71%) in costs and eliminating 9,000 lbs of paper printing.
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May 10, 2012
Howard S. Wright, a Balfour Beatty company, received three top project awards from the Daily Journal of Commerce in Oregon.
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May 08, 2012
Howard S. Wright, a Balfour Beatty company, is featured in the Daily Journal of Commerce for being part of the Northwest Youth Careers Expo.
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May 02, 2012
Howard S. Wright is mentioned in an article about a six-story Hyatt House hotel that will be developed on Portland's South Waterfront District.
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April 06, 2012
Portland Community College is in the midst of a massive facelift for it's Sylvania campus. GBD Architect and Howard S. Wright, a Balfour Beatty Company, won the contracts for the campus-wide work.
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April 03, 2012
During national Women in Construction Week, the Daily Journal of Commerce in Oregon is shining the spotlight on a few of the women making impacts in the industry. One of them is from Howard S. Wright, a Balfour Beatty Company.
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February 29, 2012
ENR Texas & Louisiana magazine mentions Balfour Beatty Construction in the Feb. 20 article about how the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport project has gone paperless.
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January 27, 2012
NBC Channel 5 in Dallas/Fort Worth got an exclusive, behind the scenes glimpse of the improvements being done at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, a Balfour Beatty Construction project.
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January 25, 2012
Balfour Beatty Construction's North Region headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia is mentioned in the December 2011 issue of Construction Executive magazine as an IPD pilot project.
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January 18, 2012
Rhonnda Edmiston, diversity and business equity manager at Howard S. Wright, a Balfour Beatty Company, has been named a Daily Journal of Commerce Newsmaker for 2012.
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December 06, 2011
The Julie Ideson Library held a ribbon cutting ceremony to showcase the newly-renovated, restored and expanded building that’s been a part of the downtown Houston landscape since 1926.
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November 28, 2011
Balfour Beatty Construction's Shane Morrow and Chad Brewer, with Anibal Franco (Balfour/Russell/Pegasus), co-authored a construction safety and sustainability article published November 21, 2011 in El Nuevo Constructor magazine.
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November 11, 2011
Senior Environmental Manager Mike Alberson talks to Erosion Control Magazine about the environmental challenges faced at one our project sites in Carlsbad, California.
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October 21, 2011
Meet the CEO: Balfour Beatty Construction’s Robert Van Cleave talks about everything from his first job, how he spends his weekends, corporate culture and his biggest pet peeve in the November 2011 edition of D CEO Magazine.
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October 04, 2011
Public Works tells the story of how Balfour Beatty Construction delivered two Florida roads on time and under budget, using the construction-manager-at-risk delivery method. “This is not a typical delivery method for paving projects … But that may be changing.” Read more about this successful project and the benefits of CM at Risk for public works needs.
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September 16, 2011
Engineering News-Record talks about how technology adoption in the construction industry is growing, especially with field management software and tablet computers that are helping firms control costs and manage risk on job sites. Read more about how Balfour Beatty Construction recently approved an enterprise-wide license of Vela Systems software for all U.S.-based projects.
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August 03, 2011
Balfour Beatty Construction is highlighted in this issue of Building Washington for their 26,000 square-foot offices at the Bridgewater Corporate Center in Fairfax, Virginia. The open plan layout encourages employee interaction and is symbolic of the company’s collaborative culture.
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November 10, 2010
Built by Balfour Beatty Construction, The Austonian receives a 4-star commercial rating from Austin Energy Green Building.
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November 10, 2010
In an article featuring Barnhart Balfour Beatty projects, the San Diego Union-Tribune explores how building information modeling is shaping the future of construction.
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September 27, 2010
The Charlotte Business Journal reports on Balfour Beatty's mentor-protege program and how the company's corporate volunteerism is supporting minority and women-owned businesses in the Southeast.
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September 27, 2010
The Charlotte Business Journal reports on how Balfour Beatty employees gave back to their community by building a barn to support equine therapy at The Crossnore School in North Carolina.
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September 19, 2010
In a regular column in Constructech Commercial magazine called "A BIM Point of View," Barnhart Balfour Beatty's Brad Hardin discusses current topics on building information modeling.
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August 16, 2010
The Charlotte Business Journal reports on how mission critical projects are providing a niche market for some contractors, despite the recession.
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April 21, 2010
The Charlotte Business Journal reports that the Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte hotel achieved LEED Gold certification on April 21, 2010. Balfour Beatty Construction managed construction of the project, which completed in September 2009.
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March 01, 2010
Southeast Construction reports on the outlook for new construction projects in Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas, interviews Kent Long, senior vice president of Balfour Beatty Construction.
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January 22, 2010
In an interview for the Charlotte Business Journal, RT Dooley's Chris Butlak describes how the Balfour Beatty Construction and RT Dooley team helped build a green Ritz-Carlton hotel in Charlotte, NC.
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January 19, 2010
WFAA - TV in Dallas/Fort Worth reports on the rapid progress of the Omni Dallas Convention Center Hotel. Balfour Beatty Construction is managing construction of the project, which officially broke ground in September 2009.
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October 15, 2009
The Orlando City Commission in August approved $70M worth of bonds.
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October 14, 2009
Commissioners on Tuesday voted to award the contract for designing and building the Hays County Government Center to Balfour–Beatty; a contract for approximately $74 million is expected to be signed next week.
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October 03, 2009
Guilford County commissioners got a surprise Wednesday when they found out the county will likely save nearly $10 million.
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October 01, 2009
Balfour Beatty served as construction manager for the $280-million Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino.
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September 18, 2009
Groundbreaking on the $185 million project is scheduled later this fall, with completion targeted for early 2013.
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September 17, 2009
Dominating the Austin skyline at 56 stories, the Austonian officially "tops out" on Thursday.
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September 07, 2009
Balfour Beatty Construction LLC has been awarded a $61.6–million firm–fixed–price design–build contract by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command.
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August 11, 2009
Dallas-based general contractor Balfour Beatty has been chosen to lead the pre–construction with local minority–owned businesses such as R.L. Burns Inc., Rey Group Inc. and Forte Young Inc.
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July 09, 2009
$170 million project includes 81 new homes and 668 remodeled ones.
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July 01, 2009
Balfour Beatty Construction was recently selected to manage construction of the Parkland Replacement Hospital.
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June 30, 2009
Balfour Beatty and design firm Architect Design Group took a gamble last year agreeing to build the politically sensitive project on a fast track, a method where construction starts before all of the design is completed.
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June 24, 2009
People First Certification has already taken the Fortune 500 community by storm.
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June 01, 2009
The fund drive, chaired by Dallas and Houston oilman and civic leader Forrest Hoglund, exceeds $115 million.
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April 01, 2009
The Direct Supervision Facility will contain between 1,300 and 1,700 beds.
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