Healthcare Division of BE&K Building Group forms in Nashville

A group of senior healthcare construction executives have launched the healthcare headquarters of BE&K Building Group in Nashville, Tenn., the company announced recently.

Led by Burk Waugh, the group shares a combined industry experience of more than 165 years. Most recently with Bovis Lend Lease, many of the executives worked together at McDevitt & Street Co., a former Nashville company, more than two decades ago.

Together, they established a successful healthcare construction team.

"For this group, teaming with BE&K offered a chance to create a winning culture and a simple and more effective way to do business," Waugh said. "This is a people business. Our commitment will be to focus on our employees and also continue to direct our efforts toward growing long-term client relationships in the healthcare sector."

Waugh said his team will be responsible for more than $150 million in work annually.

"We'll grow with our clients," he added. "Our team will be deliberate and smart about growth. We want to remain as nimble, competitive and efficient as we possibly can. This model will facilitate that."

BE&K Building Group was formed under the guidance of Luther Cochrane, former chairman & CEO of Bovis Lend Lease and current chairman & CEO of BE&K Building Group.

Linkous Construction begins seminary project in Memphis

Linkous Construction Co. Inc. of Memphis, Tenn., recently began construction of a 130,000-sq.-ft home for Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary in Memphis.

The $15.1 million project will be completed in June 2006.

Rogers Group gets ARTBA award for community relations initiative

Rogers Group Inc. of Oak Ridge, Tenn., received first place in the Community Relations Category for its Oak Ridge Operations during the American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation's Sixth Annual Pride Awards Luncheon.

Rogers Group developed a multi-pronged approach that served as a model of how to build a strong relationship with Oak Ridge residents, while simultaneously educating young people about the transportation construction industry.

The initiative included donating educational materials such as coloring books, aggregate activity books and posters to schools so that students could learn more about the stone industry. Company employees also spent time at several schools teaching students about stone and aggregates.