GMH Military Housing becomes Balfour Beatty Communities Published May 27, 2008 By Balfour Beatty Communities FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. -- The planned acquisition of GMH Military Housing was completed by Balfour Beatty, public limited company, April 30. Going forward, GMH Military Housing will be known as Balfour Beatty Communities. Initially the company will operate under both names - Balfour Beatty Communities and GMH Military Housing - until the transition of the company's identity is complete in about four months. While the name is changing, the company's core focus remains exactly the same: to provide exceptional housing and responsive world class service to the U.S. military personnel who live in the properties we manage. Balfour Beatty Communities' commitment to military families at Fairchild is to provide a community they are proud to call home. In fact, all personnel, services and facilities that were under GMH Military Housing will remain the same, as will any construction and renovation plans. Who is Balfour Beatty? Balfour Beatty, plc is a world-class engineering, construction, services and investment group headquartered in London with 35,000 employees worldwide. Balfour Beatty has operations involving construction and management of a wide range of privatization projects that directly improve the lives of people and their communities - from schools to hospitals, highways to railways, and water supply systems to power generation. Since 1909, Balfour Beatty and its affiliates, referred to as the Balfour Beatty Group, have continued their commitment to customer satisfaction, first class service, safety and a responsible approach to the environment. The Balfour Beatty Group is familiar with working in the defense/security and other sensitive sectors in the U.S. and the United Kingdom. In fact, Balfour Beatty Construction is currently working on the 9/11 Memorial at the Pentagon and has significant design and construction contracts with various U.S. military entities, including the New Campus East at Fort Belvoir, Va., for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center at the Naval Base in Bethesda, Md., and the new training facilities for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Fort Lee, Va. This is in addition to Balfour Beatty Construction's work on the GMH Military Housing privatization projects. Balfour Beatty Group is also currently providing master planning, engineering, design and design/build services for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Department of Veterans Affairs for healthcare facilities in the U.S., Puerto Rico and Germany. Balfour Beatty Group has also worked on a number of high-profile U.S. government projects including the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, DC, and multiple National Archives and Records Administration facilities, as well as provided project management services of border stations for the General Services Administration in Arizona and Washington and project management services for the GSA of several Federal Bureau of Investigation buildings. Focus remains the same Unlike most mergers, there are no broad-reaching changes planned at Balfour Beatty Communities. Bruce Robinson, who held the position of president of GMH Military Housing, remains in charge at Balfour Beatty Communities, and his management team remains in tact. At ground level, all the management and staff will remain in their positions with no change in personnel. In commenting on the transaction, Mr. Robinson stated, "The military personnel and families we serve can rest assured that nothing will change other than our name. Our commitment to our residents is as strong as ever, and we will continue to provide the same quality housing and service. The entire staff at Fairchild will continue to be the day-to-day contact for residents, and all of our current policies, leases and procedures will remain the same." Robinson continued, "Balfour Beatty Communities is laser-focused on its core business - the development, renovation, construction, maintenance and management of family housing for the purpose of improving military family housing communities. We understand that when servicemembers deploy, they must feel confident that their families have quality, attractive and affordable housing within the framework of community support. The Balfour Beatty Communities Management and Maintenance staffs are committed to respond to every resident's need and manage each community and home as if it were its own."
