"B&I was founded in 1960 by Gordon Harbuck. Gordon was a plumber and pipe fitter who learned his trade while serving in the United States Navy. He grew the company to more than 100 employees/$10M in annuals sales and in 1986 formed the Employee Stock Ownership Plan which currently owns 100% of B&I Contractors stock. In 1995, Gary Griffin became President of B&I growing the annual revenues to more than $160M in 2021."

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