| Headquarters | 999 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30309 |
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| Key people | Ray Bond, President and CEO Mark E. Birch, Vice President and CFO David L. Confer, Vice President, Human Resources Christine McAnney, Vice President and General Counsel Todd R. Folk, Vice President, Risk Management and Safety Crandall Bates, Vice President and Regional Manager, Western Region John Rempe, Vice President, Southwest Region Mark Johnnie, Vice President, Southeast Region Michael R. Fischer, Vice President, Fru-Con Construction[1] |
| Revenue | $400 million (2010)[2] |
| Employees | Circa 750[3] |
| Parent | Balfour Beatty plc |
| Website | www.bbiius.com |
Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, Inc. is a heavy civil contractor operating in the United States.[4] Established in North America in 1990, the company constructs highways, bridges (over land and water), tunnels, wastewater and potable water treatment plants.[5] The headquarters and business offices are in Atlanta. Its parent company is Balfour Beatty plc[6] a 100-year-old global organization based in the United Kingdom. [7]
Most of the client base consists of municipal, county, state and federal agencies, particularly state Departments of Transportation and expressway authorities.[8] Balfour Beatty Infrastructure is involved in multiple joint ventures, such as the design-build Texas State Highway 130 project.[5]
The company employs about 750 at its offices and work sites.[8]
Balfour Beatty Infrastructure is a recipient of the AGC of America’s Marvin M. Black Excellence in Partnering Award,[9] and is recognized by Engineering News Record as one of the “Top 50 Domestic Heavy Contractors” for 2011.[10]
Fru-Con Construction, LLC,a wholly owned subsidiary of Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, is the 10th oldest contractor in the United States and a major player in the construction of water and wastewater treatment plants. Fru-Con's main office is in Woodbridge, VA, and the company operates in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. Balfour Beatty Infrastructure acquired Fru-Con in June 2011.[11]
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Balfour Beatty Infrastructure operates in three distinct regions in the United States.[12]
The Southeast Region works on bridge and highway projects in the Carolinas, Florida, Georgia, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Three offices support the Southeast Region: Wilmington, NC, Jacksonville, FL and Washington, PA.[13]
The Southwest Region office, based in Austin, TX, serves the metro areas of Houston, San Antonio, Austin and Dallas.[14] The Southwest teams focus on highway projects for public works agencies.
The Western Region office serves California, Washington and Oregon. The teams work on highways and bridges, water and wastewater treatment plants, tunnels and rail systems. The office is in Fairfield, CA. [15]
Fru-Con Construction, with its main office in Woodbridge, VA, performs water and wastewater infrastructure projects in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. [16]
Some of the projects that Balfour Beatty Infrastructure has performed over the years include:
Balfour Beatty Infrastructure replaced the Sikorsky Memorial Bridge in Stratford, CT, in 2007. Two new bridges in its place (northbound and southbound) each carry three lanes of traffic. [17]
In 2003, workers built a five-mile (8 km), four-lane structure to replace the two-lane Virginia Dare Memorial Bridge in Manteo, NC, which spans the Croatan Sound.[18]
Balfour Beatty Infrastructure performed a seismic retrofit on the Golden Gate Bridge, making it less vulnerable to earthquakes.[19]
Work on the five-mile (8 km)-long San Mateo-Hayward Bridge, completed in 2003, expanded the structure from four lanes to six.[20]
In 2007, Balfour Beatty Infrastructure performed a renovation of the Homestead Grays Bridge in Homestead, PA. The bridge was repainted gray to match the uniform color of the historic Homestead Grays African-American baseball team made up of steelworkers. [21]
The Martin Luther King Jr. Bridge over the Maumee River in Toledo, Ohio, required the replacement of bascule spans, counterweights and deck. Workers finished the project in 2008.[22]
The Trent River Bridge in New Bern, NC, replaced the old Alfred Cunningham swing-span bridge, built in 1954. The bascule bridge project was completed in early 2010.[23]
As part of the Lone Star Infrastructure joint venture, Balfour Beatty Infrastructure helped construct Texas State Highway 130, the 49-mile (79 km) tollway stretching from Interstate 35 to U.S. 183 southeast of Austin. The job was completed in 2008.[24]
The Interstate 270 (Ohio) and Ohio State Route 161 Interchange included 43 miles (69 km) of new highway, 17 bridges, 18 ramps and a 440-foot (130 m)-long tunnel. The interchange opened to all traffic in August 2008.[25]
The Dallas North Tollway extension, finished in 2004, included a new three-level interchange, six-lane roadway, drainage structures, ramps, bridges and retaining walls.[26]
Balfour Beatty Infrastructure widened about five miles (8 km) of a freeway and 13 bridges of Route 405 passing through Culver City, CA. The project was completed in the summer of 2009.[27]
M. L. Shank Co., Inc. and Balfour Beatty Infrastructure formed a joint venture to upgrade the sewerage system for the Narragansett Bay Commission in Rhode Island by excavating the Providence (R.I.) CSO (combined sewer overflow) Tunnel. The job was finished in 2005.[28][29]
Balfour Beatty Infrastructure completed subcontracting work on the Seattle Bus Tunnel in 2007, retrofitting the tunnel to handle light-rail technology.[30]
The Dorchester Tunnel project in Boston involved cutting an 11,000-foot (3,400 m) tunnel to receive storm water runoff that empties into a pump station. Balfour Beatty Infrastructure finished the work with joint venture partner M.L. Shank Co. in the spring of 2009.[31]
Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, joint venture partner Jay Cashman and major subcontractor Balfour Beatty Rail, Inc. completed the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Greenbush Old Colony Commuter Rail Line, an 18-mile (29 km) line in Boston.[32][33]
The Maryland State Highway Administration awarded a $48.5 million contract to Balfour Beatty Infrastructure to construct a bridge to carry trains over Maryland Route 450 (Annapolis Road) in Bladensburg, MD. Balfour Beatty Rail, Inc. constructed track on the project.[34]
The National Engineering Contracting Co. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, Inc.) modernized the Garrett A. Morgan Pump Station Plant for the City of Cleveland, OH, by building a new water-pumping station and demolishing a 5-million-US-gallon (19,000 m3) cell of the existing reservoir. The team finished the job in 2003.[35]
The Folsom South Canal Connection project in the Sacramento and San Joaquin counties of Northern California includes construction of two plants. The Folsom South Canal Connection Project is designed to supply water from the Sacramento River to customers in Sacramento County and the East Bay, San Francisco area. The project is scheduled for completion in March 2011.[36]
Completed in March 2010, the Freeport Regional Water Intake Facilities project in Sacramento, CA, involved a new intake and pumping plant (a 185-million-US-gallon (700,000 m3)-per-day capacity) on the Sacramento River.[37]
The Vineyard Water Treatment Plant will receive its water from the Freeport Water Intake Facility that Balfour Beatty Infrastructure is constructing in the Sacramento River. The 45-month project, scheduled for completion in 2011, calls for a plant that treats 50 million US gallons (190,000 m3) per day.[38]
Balfour Beatty Infrastructure is performing the work on the new 14-acre (57,000 m2) Sunnyside Water Treatment Plant in Lake Stevens, WA. It includes the wastewater intake, an aeration system and an ultraviolet disinfection and several buildings. [39]
Balfour Beatty Infrastructure has several sister companies, operating in the United States as part of Balfour Beatty plc. They include the following:
Balfour Beatty Capital Group, based in Newtown Square, PA, works with government entities and public sector firms through a Public-Private Partnership model. Its divisions include Balfour Beatty Capital, Balfour Beatty Communities, Balfour Beatty Energy Solutions and Balfour Beatty Campus Solutions.[40]
Balfour Beatty Construction, LLC provides commercial construction services to both public- and private-sector clients in the United States. Formerly Centex Construction, the company has headquarters in Dallas and 12 offices around the United States.[41][42]
Balfour Beatty Rail, Inc. is an infrastructure contractor specializing in construction and maintenance services for the public and private railroad markets. The company has its headquarters in Atlanta, with offices and project locations across the United States.[43][44]
Heery International, Inc. is an architecture, interior design, engineering construction management and program management firm. Projects include the 1996 Olympic Stadium/Turner Field in Atlanta and many educational, health care and correctional facilities. The firm has headquarters in Atlanta and 30 offices across the country.[45][46]
Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) develops and operates infrastructure in all major markets, including transportation, power and energy, buildings, water and wastewater, environmental services and community development. Based in New York City, PB serves both public and private clients. [47]