Balfour wins East Sussex deal worth up to £730m

18/10/2022 | DOMINIC BROWNE

Balfour Beatty Living Places (BBLP) has won a major highways maintenance contract with East Sussex County Council, which could be worth up to £730m.

The initial seven-year £297m deal has the option for a further seven-year extension based on successful delivery, bringing the potential total value to over £700m.

BBLP will work alongside East Sussex County Council to maintain the county’s highway network and infrastructure, including roads, pavements, drainage, streetlights, traffic lights and bridges.

In addition, the company will also provide winter gritting services and deliver highway improvement schemes.

The company will establish a new facility in East Sussex - building on the success of its Operational Control Hubs in Herefordshire and Southampton.

These control hubs use innovative technologies and systems designed in-house to provide a single source of visibility to monitor all activities in real time, track progress of works and enable data-driven decision-making to drive efficiencies across the network.

You can read more about the operation control hub system in our Highways October issue.

Steve Helliwell, managing director of BBLP said: 'Our dedicated team of professionals will seek to introduce new technologies and innovative solutions wherever we can, helping us to create great places to work, live and play, whilst also leaving behind a lasting positive legacy for the communities in East Sussex.'

Cllr Claire Dowling, the county council’s lead member for transport and 'Environment said: 'This new contract has undergone extensive scrutiny to ensure it reflects the feedback we receive on our highways work and that it builds on the successes of the current contract and is fit for purpose for our residents and communities.

'As well as demonstrating that this could be achieved, Balfour Beatty Living Places also showed how its activities would align with our ongoing efforts to reduce our carbon emissions and how its actions would benefit the communities of East Sussex through its social value plan, including training, apprenticeships and community projects and events.

'Balfour Beatty Living Places has a lot of experience with highways maintenance and major infrastructure projects, delivering services with a number of councils across the country and we look forward to working with them in East Sussex.'

As part of its commitment to The 5% Club, BBLP expects the number of people in earn-and-learn positions will increase to 10% during the contract term through its partnership with the Youth Employability Service East Sussex.

The contract is scheduled to commence in spring 2023. It will replace the council’s current £300m seven-year contract with Costain and Jacobs (previously CH2M), signed in May 2016.

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