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HSW project team serves as a true construction partner, providing Alaska Airlines with a new, sustainable headquarters that connects its entire workforce

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.

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.

Recognizing that eliminating as much waste as possible from the construction equation is mutually beneficial for clients and the company, Balfour Beatty methodically analyzes project performance to continuously hone best practices and improve processes. This analysis doesn’t stop with typical surface issues but goes deeper to the underlying causes such as poor planning, communication challenges, and ineffective meetings.

Find out how our integrated team built the nation’s largest, most patient-centered hospital using Lean methods, BIM and some serious pull planning to manage more than 6 million man hours.

If you only think of bricks and mortar when you imagine a Balfour Beatty Construction jobsite, think again. Yes, there’s the same scent of sawdust hanging in the air, the familiar ringing of equipment alarms, and the whines of buzzing saws. There’s the same passion and energy from our crews, who wake up each and every morning with a zealous embrace of our company’s purpose to be a relentless ally for the success of our clients’ dreams. So if all the fundamentals are the same, you might be wondering the identity of the missing puzzle piece.

Balfour Beatty goes paperless on $800 million Dallas Fort Worth Airport (DFW) renovation project using Egnyte, saving $5.1 million.

Balfour Beatty refuses to accept that work place accidents are an unavoidable part of the construction industry. Watch this video to learn more about our dedication to Zero Harm on the jobsite.