B.L. Harbert International, LLC, is a construction company based in
Birmingham, Alabama
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, that was founded in 2000 by Billy L. Harbert, as a division of
Harbert Corporation
Harbert Management Corporation, based in Birmingham, Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, is a United States investment management company founded in 1993 by Raymond J. Harbert.
Overview
The company has Investment fund, investment funds in ten alternat ...
. B.L. Harbert has two main operating divisions, the U.S. Division and the International Division. The U.S. Division is further divided into the following divisions: commercial, healthcare, federal, and civil/industrial. They undertake the preconstruction, general construction, construction management, and design-build services of office buildings, condominiums, embassies, institutional buildings, healthcare facilities, churches, industrial facilities, water and wastewater treatment plants.
BL Harbert employed over 10,000 people around the world as of 2025. Much of the firm's business is in the form of federal government contracts for embassy construction projects abroad, the largest of these in cumulative contract value being U.S. Embassy Beirut ($613.8 million), U.S. Embassy New Delhi ($563.5 million), U.S. Consulate Erbil ($433.2 million), and Guatemala City ($288.5 million). In 2025 the company was ranked the 93rd largest contractor in the country by ''Engineering News-Record''.
They are also
one of the top 100 contractors for the US government.
The company has additional U.S. offices in:
Atlanta
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,
Charleston,
Houston
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,
Huntsville
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,
Oxford
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,
Nashville
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and
Washington D.C.
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The company has international offices in:
London
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,
Dubai
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, and
Istanbul
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.
Projects
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The Sandy and John Black Pavilion at Ole Miss,
Oxford, Mississippi
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U.S. Embassies or consulates
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Concord Center, Birmingham, Alabama
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Auburn Basketball Arena,
Auburn,
Alabama
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References
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External links
B.L. Harbert International Website
Companies based in Birmingham, Alabama
Harbert family
Construction and civil engineering companies of the United States