Solutions

In the early 1900s, Henry Ford turned manufacturing on its head. His innovations enabled workers to build an automobile in about 90 minutes, down from nearly 13 hours the decade prior. Ford’s formula for success was rooted in his belief that every second of a worker’s day must be fluid, efficient and safe.

How many times have you said to yourself, “Wow! That was a close one. I was lucky!”? Maybe you started to change lanes without looking over your shoulder and spotted a vehicle emerging from your blind spot. Perhaps you crossed the street while looking down at your cell phone as you heard a car come to a screeching halt. Or you realized that pot was still boiling on the stove as you smelled smoke.

University of Pennsylvania is building a new 1.5 million square foot new hospital on Penn Medicine’s West Philadelphia campus.

From the start, Balfour Beatty’s preconstruction team dug into the details and identified and evaluated an off-site prefabricated synthetic wall system using Sto Panel technology for the 309 East Paces Ferry project. This unique solution mimicked the look of brick façade, provided close to $500,000 in savings, enhanced the energy efficiency of the building and provided a much faster and safer method of replacing the envelope on the busy streets of Buckhead.

Take a look at the complete transformation of 309 East Paces Ferry - bringing to Buckhead Atlanta wide-open, creative, and loft-style office and retail spaces embracing the best of industrial chic and fully modern sleek. With the help of a black curtain, our team was able to demo 2,925 tons of exterior skin from the inside keeping dust and debris away from the surrounding areas to ensure a safe and cleaner job site.

Balfour Beatty's Florida team needed to create a more robust and dynamic site logistics plan that reflected the complexity of the site. The traditional two-dimensional (2D) approach was not adequate for this project as it was visually limited in representing the nuances of the logistics plan. To better convey the plan, the team had to find an easy-to-adopt platform that offered better visuals.

Supply and demand—the yin and yang of modern economics—govern everything from gas and grocery prices to the amount you’ll fork over to see your favorite NFL team. Like the guiding tenets of traditional Chinese medicine, supply and demand should reach a healthy equilibrium.

Imagine if Thomas Edison, Steve Jobs or Henry Ford had never dared to defy convention. Like those innovators, Balfour Beatty embraces the possibility of finding a better way. Virtual Reality—VR for short—is one such exciting tool our teammates are adopting to create a bold and better future for our people and partners.