BE&K, Inc. - Introduction

Introduction

2000 International Park Drive
Birmingham, Alabama 35243
U.S.A.
Telephone: (205) 972-6000
Fax: (205) 972-6651
Web site: http://www.bek.com

Private Company
Incorporated: 1972
Employees: 7,700
Sales: $1 billion (2004 est.)
NAIC: 233320 Commercial Building Construction

BE&K, Inc. is a major U.S. engineering and construction contractor serving the pulp and paper, cement, chemical, petrochemical, power generating, environmental, and telecommunications industries. The Birmingham, Alabama-based private company does business through a group of subsidiaries, including Allstates Technical Services, Inc., providing engineering and information technology outsourcing solutions; As-Built Services, which offers such high-tech services as 3D-CAD modeling, digitized photography, and computer analysis; BE&K Building Group, provider of construction services for commercial, health-care, industrial, and institutional projects in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic region; Enprima, serving power companies, municipal utilities, and other clients with consulting, design, engineering, and project management services; MEI Consultants, Inc., dedicated to the hydrocarbon sector, providing a variety of engineering services related to oil and gas production, pipelines, terminals, and storage; NorthStar Communications Group, Inc., providers of wireline and wireless telecommunications services, including engineering, network installation, construction management, maintenance, and staffing; QBEK, which tests equipment and offers other quality assurance and quality improvement services; Rintekno Group, primarily an engineering and contracting company in the Life Science and Chemical Process industries; BE&K's Saginaw Warehouse, which offers a full line of construction equipment for rent; SW&B Construction Corporation, offering general contracting services primarily to the pulp and paper industry; and Terranext, LLC, an environmental consulting and engineering service company.