Balfour Beatty

Balfour Beatty is a provider of general contracting, at-risk construction management and design-build services for public and private sector clients across the United States, delivering complex buildings and civil infrastructure projects. The firm traces its US operations to 1933 and is consistently ranked among the nation's largest building contractors by Engineering News-Record (ENR). It is a subsidiary of the London-listed Balfour Beatty plc (LSE: BBY), with its US headquarters in Dallas, Texas.

Its work spans heavy civil and vertical construction. Heavy civil covers highways, rail systems and water infrastructure; vertical construction covers healthcare facilities, educational institutions, tourism hubs and mission critical/data centres. The sectors served include aviation, healthcare, higher education, mission critical, transportation, water infrastructure and tourism. Beyond Dallas, the company operates from Atlanta, Austin, Seattle, San Diego and Washington D.C.

Delivery methods include general contracting, at-risk construction management and design-build, supported by lean construction practices. The company describes its culture as centred on innovation and as "Relentless Allies", and runs a Zero Harm® safety programme built on the commitment that no level of harm should come to anyone as a result of its business operations. It focuses on projects that shape communities and how people live, work, learn and play.