Balfour Beatty Construction's roots emerge from two regional construction businesses, Frank J. Rooney Construction Company in Miami, Florida, and Eugene Simpson and Company in Washington, DC, which were both founded in 1933.

[2] Centex Construction operated through early 2007, when it was acquired by Balfour Beatty.

[3] Balfour Beatty Construction has embarked on a series of acquisitions including Charter Builders in 2006, R.T. Dooley[19] and SpawMaxwell in 2009,[20] Barnhart and Charter Builders in 2010,[21] and most recently in June 2011, Howard S.

[22] Balfour Beatty Construction offers several services: Construction management, general contracting, cost consulting, design-build, preconstruction services, public-private partnerships, and IDIQ/JOC.

[23] The company has been identified as a Top Ten Green Builder,[24] loss prevention (a safety record that is more than three times better than the industry average),[25] and employee engagement (named one of Fortune magazine's 100 Best Companies to Work For in four consecutive years).