Balfour Beatty

Balfour Beatty has invested £7.2m in Microsoft 365 Copilot as part of its digital transformation strategy, marking one of the UK construction industry’s largest known commitments to artificial intelligence. The four-year partnership will see the technology embedded across Balfour Beatty’s internal Microsoft 365 systems, allowing the AI assistant to operate…

The company that maintains and upgrades the M25 was the largest single supplier to National Highways in 2024-25, Construction News can reveal. It is the first time in four years that Costain has not been the client’s top supplier. Private finance initiative (PFI) company Connect Plus received £487m during the…

Bam has removed Danny Sullivan Group from the controversial HS2 ‘bat tunnel’ project after an investigation into labour supply issues. The move comes after HS2 launched an internal investigation earlier this year into whistleblowing allegations that overinflated rates were charged for workers supplied to build in the West Midlands. It is understood…

Danny Sullivan Group has denied deliberate wrongdoing after Balfour Beatty terminated all its agreements with the labour supply firm over the misclassification of HS2 workers’ employment status. In a statement on Friday (4 July), Balfour Beatty said that an independent investigation had found that Danny Sullivan Group had misinformed it…

A long-delayed highway improvement scheme in East Sussex dubbed in Parliament a “road to nowhere” is now due to be completed later this summer. The Queensway Gateway Road in St Leonards was initially slated for completion in 2016 but has been dogged by delays, most recently because of the need…

The refurbishment of Edinburgh’s iconic North Bridge is expected to continue until next summer, with costs spiralling five-fold after “significantly more deterioration” than expected was discovered in the structure. Balfour Beatty was appointed seven years ago to carry out repairs to the Grade A-listed bridge, built in 1897 to link…

Proposals for a £208m road job that was awarded to Balfour Beatty three years ago are to go to a public inquiry next month. Lincolnshire County Council said the formal process of examining legal orders for North Hykeham Relief Road would begin on 1 July. Balfour Beatty was named in…

Migrant workers are at an increased risk of exploitation on construction sites, a new report has warned. The probe by Achilles, which deals in supply chain risk, found migrant workers are vulnerable to unexplained deductions from wages, restricted access to mobile phones and “informal or unclear” employment arrangements. Based on…

Nearly a third of Balfour Beatty’s shareholders rebelled against a pay package increase for chief finance officer Philip Harrison at the company's annual meeting this morning (8 May). The UK’s biggest contractor saw 70.25 per cent of its shareholders vote in favour of the 2024 remuneration report in the firm’s…

Balfour Beatty expects cash to near £1bn at the end of 2025, after reporting wins in key markets this year. The UK’s biggest contractor said in a trading update this morning (8 May) that average net cash in 2025 is expected to reach between £900m and £1bn, following a “strong”…