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Balfour Beatty completes its largest continuous concrete pour in California at 500 Folsom St. The milestone involves 888 concrete trucks, 8,218 cubic yards of concrete, and 2.5 million pounds of reinforcing steel.

The sounds of childhood jingles and nursery rhymes are not what most people would expect to hear on a jobsite. Nor the sight of an ice cream truck. However, that is exactly what you will find if you visit one of General Superintendent Neal Ernest’s summer jobsites.

More than 600 people gathered with Balfour Beatty and The Related Group to celebrate a remarkable milestone – the topping out of Icon Midtown, the tallest residential tower built in Atlanta since the recession.

Beth Davis was visiting construction sites before she could walk. A second-generation builder who learned the ropes of large commercial projects from her dad, the Ohio native has spent her entire 18-year career with Balfour Beatty.

Using Lean Construction to shorten project schedules and reduce risk.

Check out our Atlanta team’s time-lapse video of their successful crane “jump” at The Related Group’s Apogee Midtown high-rise residential tower.

Watch how the Balfour Beatty team utilizes Lean methods, including SmartStart®, Pull Planning, and virtual reality.

Balfour Beatty teammates across the globe recently collaborated together during a 24-hour Virtual Reality (VR) “storm” – a rapid collaborative sharing session. Nearly a dozen work teams across multiple time zones and continents including Asia, Europe and North America - advanced their understanding of VR capabilities and shared their experiences with each other.