GMH Military Housing Becomes Balfour Beatty

Initially the company will operate under both namesBalfour Beatty Communities and GMH Military Housinguntil the transition of our identity is complete in about four months. While our name is changing, our 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 Naval Station Mayport 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 plc 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 plc 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 US and the UK. 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 US military entities, including the New Campus East at Fort Belvoir for the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center at the Naval Base in Bethesda, Maryland, and the new training facilities for the US Army Corps of Engineers at Fort Lee, Virginia. 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 US Army Corps of Engineers and Department of Veterans Affairs for healthcare facilities in the US, Puerto Rico and Germany.

Balfour Beatty Group has also worked on a number of high profile US government projects including the US 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 ("GSA") 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, Bruce 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 a strong as ever, and we will continue to provide the same quality housing and service. The entire staff at Naval Station Mayport 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 service members 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."