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NorthStar Three-peats as Number One in Telecommunications Ranking
For Immediate Release. August 19, 2004, Birmingham, Alabama: It's three years in a row for NorthStar Communications Group (NorthStar). It is once again ranked as the number one firm in the design of wireline telecommunications transmission lines and cables, according to Engineering News-Record's (ENR) annual listing of the "Top 500 Design Firms." In addition, ENR ranks NorthStar number seven in the wireless towers and antennae category, and number four in the overall telecommunications engineering and design category.
Headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, NorthStar is the stand-alone telecommunications subsidiary of BE&K, Inc.
"NorthStar's consistent ranking as a top telecommunications design firm can be directly attributed to our employees' commitment to quality and service," said Bill Johnson, president and CEO of NorthStar Communications Group, Inc.
"Our ability to maintain our position in the market reflects a strategy of doing more things for a select group of clientele," stated Tom Anderson, senior vice president of core services. "By focusing on clients that share the same corporate culture and values as NorthStar and BE&K Inc., we have developed a client base that will be the leaders of the telecommunications industry for a long time to come."
NorthStar is listed as BE&K, Inc. in the July 2004 Source Book edition of ENR.
NorthStar offers a full suite of wireline and wireless communications network infrastructure services as well as maintenance and staff augmentation solutions. For more information regarding NorthStar's service offering, visit our website at NorthStar.net.
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 US" and Engineering News Record 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 was recently honored as a Diversity Champion by Working Mother.
For more information, contact:
Kim Ingram
NorthStar Communications Group, Inc.
E-mail: IngramK@NorthStar.net
For additional BE&K company information, contact:
Susan Wasley
BE&K, Inc.
E-mail: WasleyS@BEK.com
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