Balfour Beatty

Balfour Beatty will not seek a main contractor role in the rejigged £37bn New Hospital Programme (NHP), its outgoing chief executive Leo Quinn has said. Last month, NHS England said it was seeking 10 contractors to join the Hospital 2.0 Alliance (H2A) framework to deliver 34 new or redeveloped hospitals…

Balfour Beatty boss Leo Quinn has pushed back against suggestions by HS2 bosses that construction contracts on the London to Birmingham rail scheme could be renegotiated. In December, Construction News reported comments made to MPs by HS2 chief financial officer Alan Foster, saying that contractors accepted that the legal agreements…

Construction sector leaders, including Balfour Beatty chief executive Leo Quinn, have warned that US tariffs on the UK will raise prices and reduce demand for steel. Speaking yesterday (12 March) during a presentation on his company’s annual results, Quinn warned that main contractors will need to tread “very carefully” to…

Underlying turnover at the UK's biggest contractor exceeded £10bn for the first time last year, alongside a double-digit percentage increase in pre-tax profit. Balfour Beatty’s departing chief executive, Leo Quinn, hailed the latest full-year results as evidence of “further strong progress”. However, the group noted an £83m building safety charge…

Leo Quinn is to step down from his role as Balfour Beatty’s chief executive after 10 years at the helm. The UK’s largest contractor has announced that Quinn will be succeeded by Philip Hoare, chief operating officer at AtkinsRéalis, in September. Quinn will continue in an advisory capacity for several…

The UK’s biggest contractor is engaged in a drawn-out £34.4m legal case over defects at a London student accommodation site it completed in 2009. Balfour Beatty has denied allegations it was responsible for “significant defects” on the six-storey Hive building in Bethnal Green, according to court documents seen by Construction…

Balfour Beatty has appointed three new sector leads to focus on the UK’s “critical” growth areas. The UK’s biggest contractor announced sector leads for the energy, defence and transportation sectors yesterday (10 February), weeks after its chief executive praised the UK government for its investment plans. Balfour Beatty chief executive…

Legal challenges against major infrastructure projects will be limited to one attempt, the prime minister has pledged. Sir Keir Starmer revealed on Thursday (23 January) plans to speed up the planning process by stopping small pressure groups using the courts “to obstruct decisions taken in the national interest”. The Planning…

Herefordshire Council is retendering a £200m multi-service contract after deciding to terminate a deal with incumbent contractor Balfour Beatty. Publication of the public realm services tender – covering highways and improvement works – on 16 January brought to a close nearly two years of deliberations by the council. The agreement,…

A legal battle in which Balfour Beatty was claiming damages from truck manufacturers operating a cartel has drawn to a close, Construction News understands. The UK’s biggest contractor launched legal action against 14 firms – including Fiat Chrysler, Volvo, Renault and Daimler (see full list below) – in 2020, alleging they…