Balfour Beatty

Balfour Beatty’s Asian joint venture, Gammon Construction, has been awarded a £300m contract by Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group to construct an office building in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. The contract is the latest in a string of contract wins for the joint venture, of which Balfour Beatty owns a 50…

The planned upgrade of a key section of the A66 has been deemed “poor value for money” by the Department for Transport (DfT) due to spiralling costs. The scheme to complete the dualling of the Northern Trans-Pennine route between the A1(M) at Scotch Corner and the M6 at Penrith is…

Balfour Beatty's south-east Asian subsidiary Gammon has clinched a job to build a residential development in Hong Kong worth £150m. Contracted on behalf of consortium Top Oasis, the firm will construct a 33-storey residential tower – providing 792 flats above the city's existing MTR metro line. Gammon will adopt Design…

Four big-name contractors have been appointed to a £1.3bn project to upgrade a key section of road in northern England. Balfour Beatty, Costain, Kier and Keltbray have signed an agreement to deliver the A66 Northern Trans-Pennine project. The deal will see the firms work together to dual remaining single-carriageway sections…

Balfour Beatty has today announced a raft of changes to senior roles. A statement from the company outlined the extra responsibilities being taken on by some of its top bosses. Chief executive for major projects Stephen Tarr has been named chief executive for transport, energy and power major projects, with…

Balfour Beatty has joined forces with a Norwegian engineering firm to strengthen its chances of securing work on UK offshore wind projects. The tier one contractor has signed a memorandum of understanding with Aker Solutions to deliver “end-to-end design and construction solutions” for the concrete floating and gravity-based offshore wind…

Balfour Beatty has been named as the sole contractor on two Scape civil engineering frameworks worth a combined £4bn. Separated into two regions, the framework for England, Wales and Northern Ireland is valued at up to £3.23bn, while the one for Scotland is worth £750m. Both frameworks will enable local…

Balfour Beatty has appointed Peter Mumford as managing director of its regional civils business in England and Wales. He joins from National Highways, where he spent five years. He was executive director of major projects and capital portfolio management at the roads body, and previously worked at Aecom and HKA,…

Several of the UK’s top contractors will limit work or completely shut sites during the Queen’s funeral next week. Earlier this week, the Construction Leadership Council told firms that there was no obligation on them to suspend business during the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, as per government guidance. It…

Balfour Beatty has been awarded a £12.5m contract to restore the Grade A-listed Temperate and Tropical Palm Houses at the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh. The two-year contract will see the contractor replace deteriorating and damaged stonework, roof structures and windows. This will help the building meet legal obligations for…