Articles from Balfour Beatty US

Balfour Beatty announces the appointment of Justin Maletic as business unit leader for its Central Texas and Arizona buildings operations. In this role, Justin will lead strategic growth and operational excellence across the company’s Austin and Scottsdale offices, with a focus on expanding Balfour Beatty’s presence in key sectors including K-12 and higher education, mission critical, hospitality, tenant improvements and special projects.

Balfour Beatty has been recognized with five Eagle Awards from Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) for construction excellence across Florida. The honors, presented by three regional ABC chapters, celebrate the company’s project teams and their commitment to delivering complex, high-profile projects across diverse market sectors with a relentless focus on safety, quality and innovation.

Balfour Beatty proudly announces that two of its distinguished leaders, Mark Johnnie and Pete Distefano, were recognized at the 2025 Carolinas Associated General Contractors (CAGC) Summit & Expo held in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Their achievements reflect the CAGC and AGC of America’s commitment to excellence, leadership and community impact in the construction industry.

Balfour Beatty announces the appointment of William “Bill” Motherway as vice president of Risk for its U.S. Infrastructure operations. With more than three decades of experience in legal, compliance and enterprise risk management, Motherway brings a wealth of knowledge and leadership to the company’s risk oversight and mitigation strategies.

As part of a joint venture between Balfour Beatty’s Civils West and California Buildings operations, the company has been selected as one of the prequalified Design-Build and Construction (DB&C) Services contractors for Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) Multiple Award Task Order Contracts (MATOC).

Balfour Beatty announces that as part of Associated Builders and Contractors' (ABC) 2025 Top Performers list, the company ranks No. 9 on ABC's Top General Contractors list. The national trade association's list is an annual publication that recognizes its contractor members' outstanding achievements in safety, quality, merit, project excellence and special designations ranked by number of hours worked.

Balfour Beatty is pleased to announce the hiring of Annette Ebright as the company’s vice president of compliance based out of the company’s Charlotte office in North Carolina.

Balfour Beatty is named Engineering-News Record (ENR) California’s 2024 No. 1 Top Education Builder for the second consecutive year with a revenue of $437 million in the K-12 and higher education market sector in 2023.

Balfour Beatty US announces the hiring of William “Billy” Webb as General Manager of its Total Power Group (TPG) operations based in Greensboro, North Carolina. Billy succeeds former general manager Kevin Miller, where he will be responsible for leading the TPG team in providing traction electrification solutions for transit systems as well as efficient energy system solutions for aviation and mission critical facilities across the U.S.

Balfour Beatty’s US operations announces that five of its projects have been recognized with awards from Engineering News-Record’s (ENR) 2024 Best Projects program in their respective regions.

Eric Stenman, Balfour Beatty president and chief executive officer, is named the 2024 CEO of the Year in the large public company category by the San Diego Business Journal. The awards program, which took place on June 27 in downtown San Diego, is a part of the publication’s CEO of the Year Awards which recognizes CEOs’, executives’ and presidents’ contributions to company growth, involvement and community development in the area.

Balfour Beatty announces the hiring of Ryan Ouyang as the company’s Vice President, Legal for U.S. Civils West operations. This executive role is responsible for legal affairs of the company’s Civils operations in California, Oregon and Washington, working in coordination with the U.S. Civils’ General Counsel.

Balfour Beatty has achieved substantial completion on the Caltrain Electrification project, the first undertaking in North America in which diesel trains and their infrastructure components are transitioned to an electrified system. The milestone signifies the successful turnover of the electrified, 51-mile corridor between San Francisco and San Jose, as Caltrain prepares to transform the system into a faster, more efficient and sustainable service for commuters throughout the Bay Area.