Balfour Beatty

At this year’s Scottish Civil Engineering Awards, East Lothian Council and Balfour Beatty collected the accolade in the Rail Infrastructure Project category for the delivery of a new bridge and diversionary road.  The road replaced the Markle Level Crossing near East Linton. Within the bu

Balfour Beatty has announced that it has sold its 50% shareholding in Gammon Construction - a Hong Kong-based contractor- to a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited (Jardine Matheson), its joint venture partner. The sale of the shareholding was made for a total cash considerat

The Central Greenock project building demolition works are now approaching completion, with the removal of the A78 High Street flyover and eastern section of the Oak Mall Shopping Centre structure now having been mainly delivered.  The progress comes after the demolition of Hector McNeil House,

Balfour Beatty is looking to expand its UK workforce from around 14,000 to 16,000 over the course of two years as it prepares itself to spearhead the delivery of critical infrastructure. Efforts to increase its workforce signify a ramp-up in the global infrastructure group’s UK growth, with st

Balfour Beatty is extending its partnership with Edinburgh Airport through the delivery of the South East Pier Expansion (SEPEX), which is valued at approximately £65 million, continuing over 25 years of collaborative project delivery.   The contract, which was awarded in May this year, w

A milestone has been met for the Forres Academy project on 15 September as pupils cut the turf at the site of their future school.

Transport Scotland has formally invited tenders for a £1.94 billion framework agreement which will be used to procure the remaining sections of the A9 Dualling Programme between Perth and Inverness. The invitation marks the start of the final stage in the procurement process following publicat

Following the success of the inaugural Meet The Contractor event, organisers are now committing to hold the event every year.  Roughly 130 people from the construction sector were present at the first event of its kind organised by the co-founders of the Skilled Trades Network (STN), Pamela Cun

Balfour Beatty has secured a £515 million syndicated revolving credit facility from Lloyds Bank, refinancing its debt to support future growth.

Balfour Beatty has appointed Emma Loxton as chief strategy officer, boosting its group executive committee.  Loxton will join the group from McKinsey & Company, where for over ten years she guided major industrial and infrastructure businesses on strategy, transformation and growth. 

Balfour Beatty has upgraded its full-year guidance after reporting a sharp improvement in first-half profitability, driven by strong performances in UK power transmission and US buildings construction, alongside a much-reduced loss in its US civils business. The infrastructure group said underlying

Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) has made progress in its Low Carbon Passport programme, with over 1,000 learners now trained in the skills needed for building delivery in the UK. 

The international infrastructure group, Balfour Beatty, has announced the appointment of Melody Meyer and Sandra (Sandy) Stash on 6 July as the company's non-executive directors and members of the Remuneration Committee, effective on 13 July. Meyer carries international board and executive experienc

International infrastructure Group Balfour Beatty has appointed Ed Egerton as chief legal and commercial officer, who will join the firm from the engineering and project management services company, AtkinsRéalis.  Egerton joins Balfour Beatty in September from AtkinsRéalis, where

Balfour Beatty has been awarded a two-year £325 million contract by Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) to deliver the Netherton Hub in Aberdeenshire.  Secured through SSEN’s Accelerated Strategic Transmission Investment Offshore Framework, the contract builds on Balfo