Balfour Beatty Construction, formerly Centex Construction, is a commercial construction company, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, with full service offices in the United States. Balfour Beatty Construction's parent company is Balfour Beatty in London.
History Balfour Beatty Construction's roots emerge from two regional construction businesses, Frank J. Rooney Construction Company in Miami, Florida, and Eugene Simpson and Company in Washington, DC, which were both founded in 1933.
Centex Corporation acquired these, and other regionally-based construction companies through the 1960s and 1970s to form Centex Construction, the commercial building arm of Centex Corporation.
Centex Construction operated through early 2007, when it was acquired by Balfour Beatty. Since then, the United States branch of the construction company has operated as Balfour Beatty Construction.
Timeline 1933: Frank J. Rooney Construction Company (now Balfour Beatty Construction's Florida division)"Fort Lauderdale" , www.balfourbeattyus.com Balfour Beatty Construction website. and Eugene Simpson & Company (now Balfour Beatty Construction's Washington, D.C. division) are founded. 1936: J.W. Bateson Company (now Balfour Beatty Construction's North Texas division) is founded. 1966: Centex acquires J.W. Bateson."Securities and Exchange Commission Form 10-K" www.getfilings.com website, Page 5, Part 1, Item 1. 1971: Completion of the Cinderella Castle and other projects at Disney World, which opens to the public. 1972: Completion of Texas Stadium, former home of the Dallas Cowboys."Texas Stadium Implosion",FOX 4 DFW April 12, 2010. 1987: Centex purchases the backlog and other assets of Rogers Construction Company in Nashville, Tennessee; the newly formed company is named Centex-Rodgers Construction. 1989: Completion of the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas. 1994: Centex Construction is ranked as the second largest general contractor in the U.S. and also the third largest builder of healthcare facilities. 1995: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, built by J.W. Bateson, is the target of terrorist bomber Timothy McVeigh."Timothy McVeigh: Convicted Oklahoma City Bomber" ,CNN March 29, 2001. 1996: Completion of the NASA Mission Control in Houston, Texas."American's Nerve Center for Mission Operations",NASA. 2001: The company forms a startup division (Southeast Division) in Charlotte, North Carolina."Charlotte" , www.balfourbeattyus.com Balfour Beatty Construction website. 2003: Centex Construction is chosen to build the Pentagon Memorial to victims of the 9/11 terrorist attack in Washington, D.C.,"Pentagon 9/11 Memorial Honors Victims in Symbols, Concrete" ,CNN Sept. 11, 2008. the National Museum of the Marine Corps,"Proud to Claim the Title of Marine" ,Fairfax Times Nov. 11, 2006. and the United States Air Force Memorial."Air Force Memorial Unveiled at Pentagon",NPR Oct. 15, 2006. 2004: Completion of the Gaylord Texan Resort Hotel & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas. 2004: Completion of the Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. 2007: Centex Construction is acquired by Balfour Beatty plc, a U.K.-based international engineering and construction group. The company is re-branded as Balfour Beatty Construction.
Balfour Beatty Construction has embarked on a series of acquisitions including Charter Builders in 2006, R.T. Dooley"Balfour Beatty Acquires RT Dooley", Charlotte Business Journal, February 23, 2009. and SpawMaxwell in 2009,"Balfour Beatty Expands Texas Operations", ENR Texas, by Debra Wood, July 1, 2010. Barnhart and Charter Builders in 2010,"Balfour Beatty Expands Texas Operations", ENR Texas & Louisiana, by Debra Wood, July 1, 2010. and most recently in June 2011, Howard S. Wright."Howard S. Wright sold", Portland Business Journal, 2011.
Operations Balfour Beatty Construction offers several services: Construction management, general contracting, cost consulting, design-build, preconstruction services, public-private partnerships, and IDIQ/JOC."Our Services" www.balfourbeattyus.com Balfour Beatty Construction website.
The company has been identified as a Top Ten Green Builder,"Top 100 Green Contractors", Engineering News-Record, 2011. loss prevention (a safety record that is more than three times better than the industry average),"Zero Harm Brochure" (PDF) and employee engagement (named one of Fortune magazine's 100 Best Companies to Work For in four consecutive years).
See also Clark Construction
References
External links Official Website Home Renovation