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Balfour Beatty 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 date back to 1933,〔("About Us" ) ''www.balfourbeattyus.com'' Balfour Beatty Construction website.〕 when two regional construction businesses were founded—Frank J. Rooney Construction Company in Miami, Florida, and Eugene Simpson and Company in Washington, DC. Centex Corporation acquired these, and other regionally-based construction companies through the 1960s and 1970s to form Centex Construction,〔("Centex Construction" ), ''Funding Universe'' website.〕 the commercial building arm of Centex Corporation. Centex Construction operated through early 2007, when it was acquired〔("Balfour Beatty Buys Centex" ), ''The Telegraph'', 2007.〕 by Balfour Beatty, a global leader in engineering and construction. Since then, the United States branch of the construction company has operated as Balfour Beatty Construction. ''A brief historical 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.〔("J. W. Bateson Construction Company", ''www.emporis.com'' Emporis website. )〕 * 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.〔("Centex Rodgers Inc.", ''www.emporis.com'' Emporis website. )〕 * 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.〔("Centex Construction" ), ''Funding Universe'' website.〕 * 1995: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, built by J.W. Bateson, is the target of terrorist bomber Timothy McVeigh.〔("Timohty 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 two largest contracts to date, the Gaylord Texan Resort Hotel & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas and the Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. (Both contracts exceeded $350 million.) * 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 Buys Centex" ), ''The Telegraph'', 2007.〕 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.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Balfour Beatty Construction」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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