Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, is one of the United States' largest privately held construction firms, providing general contracting, design-build, and construction management services for a wide variety of markets. Founded in 1964, Brasfield & Gorrie has 12 offices and approximately 3,500 employees. Its 2022 revenues were $5 billion. Engineering News-Record [2] ranks Brasfield & Gorrie 21st among the nation’s “Top 400 Contractors” for 2022. Modern Healthcare [3] ranks the company No. 1 among healthcare general contractors in the nation.
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| Company type | Privately held company |
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| Industry | General contractor (construction) |
| Founded | 1921 as Thomas C. Brasfield Company |
| Founder | Thomas C. Brasfield |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | M. Miller Gorrie, Chairman M. James Gorrie, Chief Executive Officer |
| Services | General construction Construction management Design / Build |
| Revenue |  US$4.20 billion (2022)[1] |
Number of employees | 3,517 (2022) |
| Website | www.brasfieldgorrie.com |
History
editFounded as the Thomas C. Brasfield Company by its namesake in 1921, the company originally performed small commercial and remodeling projects.[4] The company continued in this market until it was acquired in 1964 by Miller Gorrie, who changed the company's name to Brasfield & Gorrie in 1967.[4] As the company grew, Gorrie moved its focus to larger commercial, industrial, and institutional projects.[4] Brasfield & Gorrie expanded its operations in the late 1960s and early 1970s to include high-rise and specialty concrete structures, and expanded further in 1977 to include infrastructure projects, including water and sewage treatment plants.[4] The company diversified into the healthcare industry in 1969 and has continued to the present day. In 1985, Brasfield & Gorrie created two new regions of operation by opening offices in Atlanta, Georgia and Orlando, Florida.[4] It has additional offices in Raleigh, North Carolina, Nashville, Tennessee, Jacksonville, Florida, Dallas, Texas, and Columbus, Georgia. Brasfield & Gorrie has grown in contract revenues from less than $1 million in its first year of operation in 1964 to nearly $5 billion in 2022.[1][4]
Company executives include founder M. Miller Gorrie as Chairman, Jim Gorrie as CEO, Rob Blalock as President, Jeff Stone Executive Vice President, Rob Taylor Executive Vice President, Jill Deer Chief Administrative Officer, Keith Johnson as East Group President, Todd Jackson as Central Group President, Chris Kramer as Chief Strategy Officer, Greg Hunsberger as Chief Operations Officer Planning and Technology, Jim Sexton as Vice President Project and Field Operations, and Matt Carrington as Chief Financial Officer.
Major projects
editCommercial
edit- Regions Financial Corporation - Operations Center, Birmingham, Alabama
- ALFA Corporation - Business Processing and Recovery Center, Montgomery, Alabama
- Regions-Harbert Plaza - a 32 story, 437 foot (138 m) office building located in, Birmingham, Alabama
- HealthSouth Corporation - Corporate Headquarters Campus, Birmingham, Alabama (1997)
- HealthSouth Corporation Corporate Headquarters (2018), Birmingham, Alabama
- AT&T Building - AT&T Tennessee Headquarters, Nashville, Tennessee
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama - Corporate Headquarters Campus, Birmingham, Alabama
- 1010 Midtown - a 35 story mixed-use building located in Atlanta, Georgia
- Colonial Brookwood Center - 9 story multi-tenant office building in Birmingham, Alabama
- Genuine Parts Headquarters Atlanta, Georgia
Healthcare
edit- St. Vincent's Medical Center- South and North Tower additions, Birmingham, Alabama
- Grandview Medical Center Birmingham - Originally the HealthSouth Medical Center hospital, now flagship for Community Health Systems
- UAB Women & Infants Center and the Hazelrig-Salter Radiation Oncology Center, Birmingham, Alabama
- Huntsville Hospital Tram System - a people mover connecting buildings at the Huntsville Hospital
- HealthSouth Medical Center- Southside hospital 1992
- Texoma Medical Center - Denison, Texas
- Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital - North Tower & CEP - Greensboro, North Carolina
Sports & Leisure
edit- SunTrust Park (Now Truist Park) - new home of the Atlanta Braves opening in 2017 (10 miles NW of Atlanta in Cobb County) - built via American Builders 2017 (A joint venture between Brasfield & Gorrie, Mortenson Construction, Barton Malow and New South Construction)[
- The College Football Hall of Fame - Located in Atlanta, Georgia opened August 2014
- Coleman Coliseum - a 15,316-seat multi-purpose arena in Tuscaloosa, Alabama that serves as home to the University of Alabama Crimson Tide basketball and gymnastics teams
- Georgia Aquarium and Georgia Aquarium Expansion - the world's largest aquarium located in Atlanta, Georgia
- Georgia Dome - a domed stadium located in Atlanta, Georgia and home to the Atlanta Falcons
- Visionland - a theme park located outside of Birmingham, Alabama in Bessemer, Alabama
- Bryant-Denny South Endzone Stadium Expansion at The University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa - an expansion to the University's football stadium that brought the capacity to 101,821, making it the fifth largest stadium in the nation. The expansion was completed in time for the 2010 Crimson Tide football season.
- The Greenbrier - renovation and construction of the Spa and Sporting Club
- Tiger Stadium - Completed the south endzone expansion at Louisiana State University. The expansion brought capacity to 102,321, making it the third largest in the Southeastern Conference.
Institutional
edit- McWane Science Center - a science museum and research archive located in downtown Birmingham, Alabama
- Auburn University Student Center- a replacement student activities center in Auburn, Alabama
- Ensworth School - Academic building, library and art/science renovation project in Nashville, Tennessee
- Paideia School - Gymnasium and expansion to the junior high school which earned LEED Gold in Atlanta, Georgia
Government
edit- U.S. Department of the Interior Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
- Department of Justice Program Multiple Projects, Redstone Arsenal - Huntsville, Alabama
- U.S. Army Corps Army Depot Generators, Anniston, Alabama
- U.S. Courthouse Huntsville, Alabama (FY18) [ LEED Gold, SITES Silver ]
- U.S. Courthouse Greenville, South Carolina (FY16 Courthouse Program) [ LEED Gold, SITES Silver ]
- U.S. Courthouse Charlotte, North Carolina (FY16 Courthouse Program) [ LEED Gold, SITES Silver ]
- U.S. Courthouse San Antonio, Texas (FY16 Courthouse Program) [ LEED Gold, SITES Silver ]
- U.S. Courthouse (Tomochichi) Savannah, Georgia (FY16 Courthouse Program) [ LEED Gold, SITES Silver ]
- U.S. Department of Defense Barracks at Fort Benning, Fort Jackson, Camp LeJeune [ LEED Gold ]
- NASA Test Stands, Marshall Flight Center, Alabama ( in support of Space Launch System - Artemis )
- National Naval Medical Center Main Exchange, Bethesda, Maryland
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Greenville, South Carolina
- U.S. Land Port of Entry, Laredo, Texas (FY14) [ LEED Platinum ]
- U.S. Land Port of Entry, Donna, Texas (FY10) [ LEED Gold ]
- U.S. Land Port of Entry, Anzalduas, Texas (FY09) [ LEED Silver ]
- U.S. Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Lake Nona, Florida (FY10) [ LEED Silver ]
- U.S. Courthouse, Shreveport, Louisiana (first GSA Design-Build U.S. Courthouse)
- U.S Courthouse, Little Rock, Arkansas
- U.S. Courthouse, Birmingham, Alabama
References
edit- ^ a b "America's Largest Private Companies". Forbes. 2008-11-03. Archived from the original on September 16, 2010. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
- ^ "Brasfield & Gorrie Standardizes on Construction Project Management Software from Meridian Systems". AECCafe. 2008-09-11. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
- ^ DeButts, Jimmy (2009-04-07). "Robins & Morton, Brasfield & Gorrie top health care construction list". Birmingham Business Journal. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
- ^ a b c d e f "General Company Overview" (PDF). Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC. 2006-08-31. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 17, 2007. Retrieved 2009-04-19.