BE&K Executive Wins National Award for Advancing Women.

Business Editors

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 21, 2003

BE&K Construction Company announced today that Randy Evans was named the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) Crystal Vision Award Winner. The purpose of the Crystal Vision Award Program is to recognize individuals who promote, expand, and encourage the role of women in the construction industry. Evans, a vice president, is the third BE&K employee to receive the distinction of the award. When the award was first introduced in 1995, BE&K Chairman Ted Kennedy was the recipient. BE&K Industrial Services group vice president Susan M. Steele was recognized in 1998.

"We are proud of Randy and it seems fitting that the award originally presented to Ted Kennedy has found its way back to BE&K. Clearly, we have a work environment that encourages this kind of success," said BE&K COO and Executive Vice President John Redmon. "Randy is at the front line of implementing the training and construction force development programs that distinguish our team and his honor reflects that team effort. Respecting the equal contributions of women in our industry is part of the BE&K legacy."

BE&K, through its global network of affiliate companies, provides engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance services to the process, manufacturing, industrial, automotive, pulp and paper, power, and telecommunications industries. Forbes ranks BE&K among the "Top 500 Privately Held Companies in the U.S. and Engineering News Record magazine consistently ranks BE&K among the Top Contractors and Designers in the world. BE&K has also been recognized as a construction industry leader in family friendly business practices and it was recently honored as a Diversity Champion by Working Mother magazine.

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