Balfour Beatty Construction named to Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Top Workplaces 2012

April 25, 2012 - PRLog -- Balfour Beatty Construction has been named to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Top 100 Workplaces for 2012, a list of the best places to work in the metro-Atlanta area. The list was published on April 22, 2012.
Balfour Beatty Construction ranked 16th among 50 named Atlanta area businesses in the survey’s “Small Employer” category. The small employer category included businesses with 149 or fewer employees. Balfour Beatty Construction employs about 60 people in the Atlanta office.
“There is nothing more fulfilling than having your employees tell such positive stories about their work environments,” said Frank Spears, division president for  Balfour Beatty Construction in Atlanta. . “This ranking supports Balfour Beatty Construction’s continuing reputation as a premier general contractor and employer of choice in the metro-Atlanta area.”
To pick the Top 100 metro-Atlanta companies, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution partnered with Workplace Dynamics to conduct an extensive employee satisfaction and engagement survey. Workplace Dynamics surveyed 188 metro companies, and more than 43,500 employees participated in the survey. Companies were graded on several factors, including the direction of the company, working conditions, career paths, management, as well as compensation and benefits.
One of three construction companies included in the Top 100, Balfour Beatty Construction is the fourth largest contractor in Atlanta.

About Balfour Beatty Construction

A leader in the U.S. commercial construction industry, Balfour Beatty Construction provides general contracting, at-risk construction management, and design-build services through more than 2,400 professionals nationwide. The company has been cited as a Top 10 Green Builder by Engineering-News Record for the past two years, and as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For® by FORTUNE magazine for three years in a row. The company is part of London-based Balfour Beatty plc, a global leader in professional services, construction services, support services, and infrastructure investment, with more than $18 billion in annual revenues. To learn more about the company and its subsidiary—Howard S. Wright—visit balfourbeattyus.com.

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