Balfour Beatty

Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard has urged the Scottish Government to investigate “extremely serious allegations” regarding safety issues on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) construction project.

Balfour Beatty has been awarded two contracts worth £43.5 million for the Beauly to Keith 132kV modernisation programme. Both contracts have been awarded by Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission plc, part of Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN), through the existing F2 Overhead Line Gen

Galliford Try has indicated that the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) remains on course for practical completion this summer but the firm expects to face additional costs due to delays. The £745 million project to build a 28-mile bypass around Aberdeen, already subject to delays and having

The start of work on Dundee’s Regional Performance Centre for Sport was marked yesterday at the city’s Caird Park. The new £32 million facility will feature an indoor athletics centre with an 80m running straight providing all-weather training for athletes.

Balfour Beatty has been awarded a £1.4 million contract by Perth and Kinross Council to deliver ground investigation works for phase two of the Perth Transport Futures Project, the Cross Tay Link Road. The contract has been awarded through the Scape National Civil Engineering and Infrastructure fra

Balfour Beatty has been awarded two contracts worth around £47 million for the Fort Augustus to Fort William 132kV Transmission Reinforcement project. Both contracts have been awarded by Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission plc, part of Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN), through the

The expected opening of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) project has been deferred until Autumn 2018 – six months later than planned, economy secretary Keith Brown has confirmed. The consortium tasked with delivering the £745 million project Aberdeen Roads Limited (ARL) said the impac

Steel beams secured into position at the Perth Transport Futures project Balfour Beatty’s ‘Build to Last’ transformation programme has finally generated an operating profit for the firm’s UK construction business, though issues still remain within some of its problem contracts.

Transport Scotland has announced that two bidders will be competing to deliver the A90/A96 Haudagain Improvement project in Aberdeen. The two shortlisted bidders are Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Ltd and Farrans Construction.

Balfour Beatty is to end operations at its Kintore substation design office by the end of the month with 25 employees set to lose their jobs. The company said a challenging last two years was to blame for what was a "difficult decision".

Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering looks set to be awarded the contract to deliver Dundee’s £32 million Regional Performance Centre for Sport. Councillors are being asked to accept a tender from the firm which could allow work to start on the facility in May, with a construction completion date of

A proposed £60m teaching and learning hub Four contractors have been chosen by the University of Strathclyde for its Framework for Major Building Construction to support the delivery of its ongoing Capital Investment Plan for construction work exceeding £4 million.

Carillion workers employed on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) have been offered jobs by its joint venture partners Galliford Try and Balfour Beatty, according to Transport Scotland. The three companies made up the Aberdeen Roads Limited consortium delivering the £550 million section of

Keith Brown on a visit to the AWPR site last year Cabinet secretary for the economy, jobs and fair work, Keith Brown, has moved to reassure MSPs that disruption and job losses caused by Carillion’s collapse would be minimised in Scotland, though the minister stopped short of giving an opening date

Carillion is part of a coalition delivering the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) Clients and joint ventures partners of collapsed contractor Carillion have taken steps to begin contingency plans after the firm entered compulsory liquidation today.