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These days, you can’t enter a room where construction professionals are gathered without hearing the phrase, “Operational Excellence.” Though it is by no means a new concept, dating back to the early days of the Industrial Revolution, economic conditions of the past decade have renewed our focus on sustained and disciplined execution.

Attention midnight snackers and airplane bottle aficionados! Your favorite travel companion is on its way out, thanks to recent hospitality trends that favor social interaction in public spaces over isolation in private guest rooms. A recognized leader in hospitality construction, Balfour Beatty is on the cutting edge of these shifting priorities, helping a diverse client base create the modern experiences guests crave.

According to Chinese astrology, 2017 is the year of the fire rooster. Techies argue it might be better classified as the year of the drone.

Think about the space you inhabit right this very moment. Perhaps it’s a place of business with gleaming marble surfaces, glass-fronted offices, and geometric terrazzo tile. Or maybe it’s a modern courthouse with finishes like warm wood paneling and intricate stone inlays that impart the values of freedom and justice. Maybe it’s a home you built with your spouse, where rooms were planned and constructed as much around past memories as future dreams.

Innovative shoring and excavation solutions keep water table challenges at bay.

As the old saying goes - everything old becomes new again. Here in the design and construction industry, we can definitely see that there is a trend towards restoring, preserving or even faking historical architecture and exteriors. As desirable as this aesthetic may be, it usually comes at a high price in terms of budget and schedule.

Once upon a time the use of solar energy was seen as a cost-prohibitive fantasy that couldn’t really compete with traditional energy sources.

Call it a cliché, call it a proverb, call it a cautionary tale. If you work in construction, you know these five words pack a lot of punch: “What gets measured gets done.”