Balfour Beatty

A Balfour Beatty / Costain / Skanska JV has announced the opening of the 19-km A14 bypass a year ahead of schedule. The new dual carriageway, part of a wider 34-km £1.5bn Cambridgeshire road scheme, is due to open in December. A statement from Balfour said the road will save…

Construction of the Midland Metropolitan Hospital has been given the go-ahead by the government – along with £350m of funding for the project. The Treasury has announced today that it has formally signed-off the hospital build, which has been stalled since the collapse of Carillion in January 2018. The Sandwell…

The National Audit Office is investigating the government’s handling of Carillion’s hospital contracts. The financial watchdog will examine both the Midland Metropolitan Hospital and Royal Liverpool Hospital builds, which were being funded by private finance initiatives (PFI) when the contractor went under. After Carillion went bust, both PFI contracts were…

A Balfour Beatty JV has been awarded a HK$4.75bn (£490m) contract to build a factory in Hong Kong. Gammon Construction, a 50:50 JV between Balfour and Hong Kong-based Jardine Matheson, will construct the Advanced Manufacturing Centre for the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation. The project involves construction of…

Government approval for work on Midland Metropolitan Hospital, which will enable Balfour Beatty to start main construction work, is to be finalised by the end of the month. The hospital build was originally being delivered by Carillion prior to the firm’s collapse in January 2018. It was revealed in April…

British Land’s masterplan to redevelop 21 ha in Canada Water has been approved by Southwark Council. The scheme worth around £4bn will see a “new town centre” built, according to British Land. It will take around 15 years to deliver the whole masterplan, which will deliver around 2m sq ft…

Balfour Beatty head of legal Jonathan Lagan has left the company after less than six months. Mr Lagan took over the post in March this year after the retirement of David Mercer. Prior to joining Balfour, Mr Lagan spent ten years at Tesco in several different leadership positions. He was…

Balfour Beatty, Colas and WSP have won Lincolnshire County Council highways services contracts worth £762m, subject to approval by the council executive. Balfour has been recommended by Lincolnshire's officers for the main highways contract worth £638m. The UK’s largest contractor will be responsible for the majority of the county’s road…

The cancellation of HS2 would drive up costs in the UK infrastructure market due to added risk premiums, a group of several major contractors has told the Oakervee review. Balfour Beatty, Bouygues TP, Mace, Skanska and Costain were among companies who signed a letter to the review, which was organised…

A union has called for an urgent investigation after it was revealed that cladding installed by Carillion on the Midland Metropolitan Hospital might not meet safety standards. Board papers for the Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust’s September meeting stated that three different types of cladding had been used on…