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Whether you’ve worked in construction for forty years or four months, you’ve probably seen a safety poster that reads, “Safety is as simple as ABC – always be careful.” Given the complex and dangerous nature of construction work, this message may seem elementary. But at Balfour Beatty, we believe safety can indeed be simple if we strive to eliminate rather than mitigate risk.

When you hear the word workplace, what images come to mind? If you’re like most, you think of fax machines and file cabinets, copiers and cubicles. But what about swag huddle rooms where employees socialize or strategize? Unassigned seating in an all wireless environment? Outdoor work areas beneath canopied trees?

Balfour Beatty's Seattle team constructed this new seven-story, mixed-use office building in the University District, which is the new home of the Washington State Employee Credit Union's administrative office and branch bank.

Check out this drone footage of our Harrison Medical Center Acute Care Expansion project in Silverdale, Washington.

Innovate or die. The adage made famous by Peter Drucker is clear. Short and to the point, we understand that innovation is imperative for success. For us at Balfour Beatty, it means we continuously seek better ways of doing things in order to deliver maximum value for our clients and teams. In fact, our vision has long been “to differentiate ourselves so significantly that we change the industry.” That vision reeks of innovation!

Hardly a day goes by that you don’t hear about a new cyber scandal. Whether it’s a government entity, global corporation or even an individual computer user, the digital age has made potential targets of us all. Sony, Equifax and Target have all been victims of large-scale data theft, compromising the confidential personal and financial information of tens if not hundreds of millions of individuals

At Balfour Beatty, Zero Harm is paramount to everything we do. It is the principle that guides our commitment to our teammates, trade partners, and clients that we will accept nothing less than zero injuries for anyone coming into contact with our projects.

Accurate as-built data is a critical component of any planning and design process – a fact that rings especially true in the realm of adaptive reuse projects. For buildings that were originally constructed decades or more ago, like so many in the metro-Washington D.C. area, the little data that is available is often inaccurate.