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ON THE MOVE BALFOUR BEATTY PROMOTES SARAH BRAND TO VICE PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL BUSINESS ACQUISITION Balfour Beatty announced the promotion of Sarah Brand to vice president of business acquisition for its national operations. In this role, Sarah is responsible for the development and support of strategic pursuits. Working in cooperation with various teams her primary focus is with Federal acquisition. Sarah also supports Public-Private Partnership programs with the company’s Buildings and Investments operations, and she is active in researching U.S. Rail opportunities and partnerships within existing Balfour Beatty geographies. Since starting her career at Balfour Beatty in 2008, Sarah has successfully led planning, design integration and delivery efforts for various civic and social projects partnering with a range of clients from private developers to federal government entities. She has also guided project teams through the
successful execution of design-build or team-based delivery methods and played an integral role in the pursuit and delivery of many high-profile projects including the National Science Foundation Headquarters, the Utah Data Center, Most recently, Sarah led the design team on the $700 million design- build-finance-operate-maintain Joint Government Center in Broward County, Florida Mark Konchar, Balfour Beatty senior vice president and managing director of U.S. Rail operations commented, “Sarah is a rare talent who blends technical expertise with relationship building. She is a proven leader who performs at the front-end of highly strategic opportunities, while building positive, collaborative relationships that ultimately delivers projects through the lens of diverse perspectives. I am excited to work alongside Sarah as she propels Balfour Beatty services and delivery forward to the benefit of our clients.”
Sarah is a graduate of Duke University where she received Bachelor of Science in civil engineering with an emphasis in structures and certificate in architectural engineering. She is a professional engineer in Virginia, certified Core Clarity instructor, Designated Design- Build Professional and LEED Accredited Professional. Balfour Beatty is an industry-leading provider of general contracting, at-risk construction management and design- build services for public and private sector clients across the United States. Performing heavy civil and vertical construction, the company is part of Balfour Beatty plc, a leading international infrastructure group that provides innovative and efficient infrastructure that underpins our daily lives, supports communities and enables economic growth. Balfour Beatty is ranked among the top domestic building contractors in the United States by Engineering News- Record.
ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET, from page 7
TZL: You created the “Toolbelt.” How has this changed the face of your business and do you use it for all projects? CG: This is our virtual reality software and we use it on all projects now. It helps to make the client a real part of the process and gives them ownership. It also helps with speedier decision-making. For instance, what a regular architect can do in three weeks, we can do in three hours. We can get to the design part of the process almost immediately and it’s been very well received and successful. TZL: What type of leader do you consider yourself to be? CG: Inspirational. I try to empower people and be a resource and encourage them to follow their passion. TZL: Your firm recently acquired Gertler & Wente Architects. What was the main impetus for that? How will it help to drive the company forward? CG: It had to do with the desire to diversify our work, sectors, and geographic reach. We’ve always been known for designing high-end corporate interiors – and still are – but we wanted
Mancini’s T3 staff event on May 12, 2022 at the firm’s new headquarters at 520 Eighth Avenue in NYC.
to move into other areas too – hospitality, healthcare, aviation, etc. I knew Jeff Gertler and asked what he had planned for his company after he retired. He said, “No one has made me an offer.” So, with that, an offer was created and an acquisition happened. We now have 20 more people on board, including Jeff, and I hope they are as happy as we are as we took a great deal of time and effort to integrate. They have much experience in the healthcare and multi-family market and we’re excited to expand into this area.
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