Builder honored for reflecting diversity

Published Nov. 14, 2009 at 5:19 a.m.
(By Stella M. Hopkins, shopkins@charlotteobserver.com) The lead contractor for Bank of America's ongoing uptown development project will be honored Monday night for its programs to help minority contractors gain expertise and grow.

Balfour Beatty Construction, with its Southeast division based in Charlotte, has had more than $350 million of projects with minority and women-owned firms since 2001. Nearly all the work has been in North Carolina, including about one-fifth of the spending for the bank's project, which includes a Ritz-Carlton Hotel and 30-story office tower, said division president Bill Blank.

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