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Balfour wins West Sussex deal20/04/2011 Balfour Beatty is believed to have won the the 5-year West Sussex highways maintenance framework. |
Balfour Beatty wins Sussex maintenance job27/04/2011 West Sussex County Council has selected Balfour Beatty to deliver the £150m maintenance and improvement contract for the County's highways. |
Balfour to start on new £11m Cumbria bridge30/06/2011 Balfour Beatty has been given the go-ahead to start work on an £11m replacement bridge over the River Derwent at Workington in Cumbria. |
Balfour wins £75m motorway widening01/09/2011 The Highways Agency is understood to have picked Balfour Beatty to carry out a key part of the congestion-busting managed motorways programme near Bristol. |
Balfour to start on M4/M5 contract27/10/2011 Balfour Beatty has been confirmed as the winner of a £88.6m contract to transform the M4 and M5 near Bristol to a managed motorway. |
Balfour Beatty starts M4/M5 managed motorway job12/01/2012 Balfour Beatty began work yesterday on the £78m scheme to allow hard should running around the M4/M5 motorway interchange, near Bristol. |
Councils save £1m bundling repairs04/04/2012 Three neighbouring councils have joined together to sign a highways contract that it is hoped will bring joint savings of £1 million a year. |
Balfour lands major roads contracts01/05/2012 Balfour Beatty Regional Civil Engineering has picked-up a pair of major highways improvement jobs as part of a £143m haul of new business during the first quarter of 2012. |
Balfour wins £5m road signs and data deal18/05/2012 Balfour Beatty has won the Highways Agency’s first Regional Technology Maintenance Contract (RTMC). |
Balfour wins £11m Tottenham Hale gyratory job18/07/2012 Balfour Beatty has won the contract to return the Tottenham Hale gyratory road in North London to two-way traffic with an £11m bid. |
Balfour lands north west HA deal31/07/2012 Balfour Beatty has won its second Highways Agency contract to maintain roadside technology. |
Balfour signs road materials testing deals05/09/2012 Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions has signed-up with two of the country’s leading materials testing companies to make sure street works and road repairs are right first time. |
Balfour lands £150m WIltshire deal20/12/2012 Balfour Beatty Living Places is set to be named as Wiltshire’s highway maintenance contractor over the next five years. |
Balfour confirmed winner of £150m Wiltshire deal04/01/2013 Balfour Beatty confirmed has been awarded a five-year highways maintenance contract worth £150m by Wiltshire Council. |
Birse Civils to construct £22m Yorkshire relief road23/05/2013 Birse Civils has been appointed as the main contractor to construct the £22 million Beverley southern relief road in Yorkshire. |
Sunderland gateway project underway10/06/2013 Balfour Beatty has started work on an £11 million scheme to create a new gateway into Sunderland. |
Balfour Beatty awarded £200m highways contract14/06/2013 Balfour Beatty Living Places has been awarded Herefordshire Council’s £200 million highways maintenance contract. |
Balfour Beatty demolishes bridge over M811/07/2013 Balfour Beatty has completed the demolition of a bridge over the M8 allowing the new Heartlands junction to be completed. |
Work underway on Beverley Integrated Transport Plan05/08/2013 Birse Civils has started work on the £22 million Beverley Integrated Transport Plan (BITP). |
First superspan gantry installed on M2523/08/2013 The first superspan gantry has been lifted into place on the M25. |
Balfour Beatty completes A11 bridge lift02/10/2013 A new steel bridge has been lifted into place at the B1106 junction as part of the Highways Agency’s £105 million A11 dualling and improvement scheme. |
Balfour Beatty Mott MacDonald wins considerate constructor award17/12/2013 Balfour Beatty Mott MacDonald, which operates and maintains Area 4 on behalf of the Highways Agency, has been recognised as a considerate constructor. |
RoWSaF wins award23/12/2013 The Road Workers’ Safety Forum (RoWSaF) has won a Prince Michael International Road Safety Award. |
Balfour Beatty completes M54 bridge lift15/01/2014 Balfour Beatty has lifted a new 400-ton bridge into place over the M54 motorway. |
Work on £19m link road underway31/01/2014 Balfour Beatty has started work on a £19 million motorway link road in Merseyside. |
Balfour wins £4.1m Durham interchange17/03/2011 Balfour Beatty Regional Civil Engineering has been awarded a £4.1m contract for highway infrastructure works on the DurhamGate Project. |
Balfour wins £300m maintenance deal14/06/2012 Balfour Beatty has been confirmed as the winner of a £300m new-style maintenance contract in the north west. |
Balfour Beatty wins £8.7m technology maintenance contract23/04/2014 Balfour Beatty has secured its third regional technology maintenance contract (RTMC) from the Highways Agency. |
Contract awarded for A1 widening scheme03/06/2014 Balfour Beatty has been awarded a contract to widen the A1 Western bypass on behalf of the Highways Agency. |
Students given highways sector insight16/06/2014 Connect Plus Services (CPS), the company responsible for managing and upgrading the M25 network, has given 11 young people an opportunity to work in the highways sector. |
Four contractors to work on £184m smart motorway project19/06/2014 Costain is one of four contractors that have been selected to deliver an upgrade to the M60 and M62 motorways on behalf of the Highways Agency. |
Third Don Crossing to be built by Balfour Beatty24/06/2014 Balfour Beatty has been named as the preferred bidder for the Third Don Crossing in Scotland. |
Balfour Beatty awarded A21 dualling scheme11/07/2014 The dualling of the A21 between Tonbridge and Pembury moved a step closer today (Friday 11 July) with the appointment of Balfour Beatty as the contractor. |
WSP wins A21 design contract15/07/2014 Balfour Beatty has appointed WSP as lead designer for the Highways Agency’s A21 Tonbridge to Pembury dualling scheme. |
Balfour Beatty awarded M3 smart motorway project23/07/2014 Balfour Beatty has been awarded a £129 million scheme to upgrade a 13 mile stretch of the M3 through Hampshire and Surrey to a ‘smart motorway’. |
Balfour Beatty and Carillion in merger talks25/07/2014 Balfour Beatty and Carillion have revealed that they are in talks over a possible merger. |
Balfour Beatty and Carillion end merger talks31/07/2014 Balfour Beatty has terminated discussions with Carillion over a possible merger deal. |
Balfour wins £75m A63 improvement scheme in Hull08/08/2014 A £75 million Highways Agency scheme that will see improvements made to the A63 in Hull has been awarded to Balfour Beatty. |
New Carillion merger approach rejected by Balfour Beatty11/08/2014 Balfour Beatty has rejected a revised approach from Carillion over a possible merger deal. |
Carillion makes improved merger offer for Balfour Beatty19/08/2014 Carillion has made an improved merger offer to Balfour Beatty that would see the company retain a 58.268% share of any combined business. |
UPDATE: Carillion walk away after latest merger offer is rejected by Balfour20/08/2014 The board of Balfour Beatty has rejected Carillion’s latest merger offer leading the construction services company to announce that it is no longer pursuing a deal. |
Balfour Beatty supports road worker safety campaign16/09/2014 Road workers from Balfour Beatty are supporting a Highways Agency campaign to raise awareness of the dangers they face maintaining the strategic road network. |
Balfour wins £10m Lincoln East-West link road contract01/10/2014 Balfour Beatty has been awarded a £10.5 million contract to build a new road through Lincoln. |
New chief executive at Balfour Beatty15/10/2014 Leo Quinn has been announced as the new chief executive officer of Balfour Beatty. |
Balfour Beatty completes roundabout upgrade28/10/2014 Balfour Beatty has completed the upgrade of the Garroch roundabout on the A75 in Dumfries seven weeks ahead of schedule. |
£9.5m Derby link road contract awarded29/10/2014 Balfour Beatty has been appointed by Derby City Council to deliver the £9.5m T12 Derby link road scheme. |
Final section of M25 ‘smart motorway’ completed early10/11/2014 Skanska Balfour Beatty, a construction joint venture working on behalf of Connect Plus for the Highways Agency, has completed a £1.3bn upgrade of the M25 motorway 36 weeks ahead of schedule. |
£105m A11 dualling scheme completed12/12/2014 A £105 million upgrade of the last remaining single carriageway section of the A11 to dual carriageway has been completed. |
Balfour Beatty appointed to £1.5bn framework19/01/2015 Balfour Beatty has been appointed as the sole contractor to a new UK-wide civil engineering and infrastructure framework for public works, which includes road repairs and major highway projects. |
Balfour Beatty to carry out M40 junction improvements18/02/2015 Balfour Beatty has won a contract to carry out £11.6 million worth of improvements to junction 12 of the M40. |
A21 dualling to get underway27/03/2015 The dualling of the A21 between Tonbridge and Pembury will start next month (April). |
Balfour Beatty awarded £9.3m road bridge scheme31/03/2015 Balfour Beatty will build a new road bridge over the M1 for Leicestershire County Council through the Midlands Highways Alliance Framework. |
Balfour Beatty wins Woodside Link contract24/04/2015 The contract to construct the Woodside Link road in Bedfordshire has been awarded to Balfour Beatty. |
JV awarded £40m highways contract extension07/05/2015 A joint venture between Balfour Beatty and South West Highways (SWHBBIS) has been awarded a £40 million 10-year extension to its highways maintenance contract on the A30/A35 Exeter to Bere Regis trunk road. |
Driver prosecuted after ploughing through roadworks19/05/2015 A driver has been handed an 18-month ban and will undertake 100 hours of unpaid community work after being prosecuted for dangerous driving through roadworks in Dorset. |
A21 works progressing well05/06/2015 Work to dual the A21 between Tonbridge and Pembury is on course to be completed by the end of next year. |
Smart motorways investment for England announced22/07/2015 Highways England has today appointed six joint-venture companies to design and build 10 smart motorways across England as part of a £1.5 billion investment. |
Balfour could lose £150m highways deal22/07/2015 Balfour Beatty could lose its £150 million highways maintenance contract with Wiltshire Council. |
Road worker killed on M329/07/2015 A road worker from Balfour Beatty has been killed on the M3 in Surrey. |
Wiltshire Council ends £150m highways deal with Balfour Beatty03/09/2015 Wiltshire Council and Balfour Beatty (BBLP) have mutually agreed to end their £150 million highways contract after it became clear that the contractual arrangements were no longer appropriate for either party. |
JV wins £292m A14 upgrade scheme21/09/2015 A Balfour Beatty/Carillion joint venture has been selected to deliver a £292 million construction package to upgrade the A14 between Swavesey and Milton as part of the wider A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme. |
Balfour awarded £6.3m improvements project in Cambridgeshire20/10/2015 Balfour Beatty has been awarded a £6.3 million contract to carry out a package of works on the A14, M11 and A1307 in Cambridgeshire. |
Balfour Beatty awarded £104m Norfolk road deal27/11/2015 Balfour Beatty will complete works on the Norwich Northern Distributor Road (NNDR) after being awarded a £104 million contract by Norfolk County Council. |
Work on £32m Daventry link road to start07/12/2015 Work on the new £32m A45 Daventry development link road will get underway this week. |
£1m fine for Balfour Beatty after road worker killed27/01/2016 Balfour Beatty has been fined £1 million after a road worker was killed whilst repairing a central reservation barrier that had been damaged in a road traffic collision. |
Balfour wins £245m Warwickshire highways contract03/02/2016 Balfour Beatty has been awarded a seven-year, £245 million highways maintenance contract for three local authorities – Coventry City Council, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council and Warwickshire County Council. |
Transport Secretary visits Norfolk to see road schemes07/03/2016 Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin visited Norfolk last week and took a look at the early work being carried out on the Norwich Northern Distributor Road (NNDR). |
Balfour Beatty achieves BIM certification23/03/2016 Balfour Beatty has been verified as Building Information Management (BIM) 2 certified by BSI (British Standards Institution). |
Balfour given extra time to complete Third Don Crossing31/03/2016 Aberdeen City Council has agreed an eight-week time extension with contractors Balfour Beatty for the completion of the new £22.3 million Third Don Crossing. |
Crown wins M5 contract04/05/2016 Crown International has secured a £375,000 contract with Balfour Beatty to supply and install roadside masts, as part of the smart motorways project on the M5. |
Balfour wins £130m M20 lorry park contract26/05/2016 Balfour Beatty has been awarded a £130 million contract to construct a 3,600-space lorry park near the M20 in Kent to relieve congestion during Operation Stack. |
Balfour wins £35m Perth Transport Futures contract26/08/2016 Balfour Beatty has been awarded a £35 million contract by Perth and Kinross Council to create a new grade separated junction on the A9 dual carriageway in Scotland. |
DfT approves M4 smart motorway plans06/09/2016 The proposed upgrade of the M4 from junctions 3 (Hayes) to 12 (Theale) to a smart motorway has been given development consent by the Department for Transport. |
Balfour completes M3 bridge demolition24/11/2016 Balfour Beatty has completed the demolition of a bridge on the M3 and will now start work to replace it. |
Balfour Beatty VINCI hail 4G modelling for smart motorway project12/12/2016 Balfour Beatty VINCI, the joint venture working on the conversion of the M5 Junctions 4a to 6 smart motorway project, says it has achieved "significant results" through the use of 4D modelling as a management tool. |
Balfour Beatty announces 2016 full-year results17/03/2017 Balfour Beatty has announced its results for the full-year ended 31st December 2016, showing a 15% increase in the value of its order book and underlying revenue up 4% to £8.5 bn. |
Sharp focus wins Balfour Beatty student Commonwealth Gold12/04/2018 Balfour Beatty summer placement student David McMath has won gold for Scotland in the men's Double Trap shooting event at the Commonwealth Games. |
Balfour Beatty hails 'success' of fully open £205m Broadland Northway18/04/2018 Contractor Balfour Beatty has hailed the ‘lasting legacy’ of the Norwich Northern Distributor Road, which is now fully open. |
Contractors predict summer finish for Aberdeen bypass24/05/2018 Transport Scotland has said it still expects the troubled Aberdeen bypass to open in the autumn, despite the remaining contractors on the project predicting a finish this summer. |
Leeds awards Eastern Orbital work to Balfour after Carillion fall07/06/2018 Leeds City Council has awarded Balfour Beatty a contact to deliver the first two phases of the East Leeds Orbital Road (ELOR) after Carillion was originally lined up for the job. |
Long read: Working together today to deliver tomorrow's infrastructure14/06/2018 Philip Wright, Balfour Beatty framework director, explains why early contractor involvement ECI means completion within cost and programme parameters can typically be achieved on over 90% of projects, compared to around 60% for non-ECI projects. |
Infrastructure sector shows its colours celebrating pride month06/07/2018 From flags to cupcakes, all month companies have been celebrating diversity in support for the LGBT community. |
The highways industry of the future - Balfour Beatty looks ahead10/08/2018 One of the UK's top infrastructure companies has released a thought leadership paper addressing the challenges of the future, including a increased focus on customer service and new forms of delivery and finance. |
Unite and Balfour Beatty 'agree new contract arrangements' in North West10/08/2018 The union Unite said it has reached an agreement with Balfour Beatty to ban the employment of workers through ‘exploitative’ umbrella companies on a major Highways England contract. |
Balfour says union's umbrella firm claim is 'a misinterpretation'10/08/2018 Balfour Beatty has cast doubt on a union’s claim that it has agreed to ban the employment of workers through ‘exploitative’ umbrella companies on a major Highways England contract. |
Balfour Beatty sees profit rise despite new AWPR loss15/08/2018 Balfour Beatty PLC has hailed its ‘continuing transformation’ as it announced a two thirds rise in half-year underlying profits, despite further losses on the Aberdeen bypass scheme. |
Transport Scotland set to award £62m A9 dualling works to Balfour Beatty30/08/2018 Balfour Beatty is in line for a £62m construction contract for the next major section of the £3bn A9 Dualling Programme. |
Balfour profits up, debt down in 201813/03/2019 Balfour Beatty has announced a 5% increase in pre-tax profit alongside a cut of more than 40% in its gross debt. |
Another Balfour man on the ground at Van Elle10/06/2019 Independent ground engineering contractor Van Elle has appointed Malcolm O’Sullivan, formerly managing director of Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering, to head its largest division. |
Standing on a new platform21/08/2019 Phil Clifton, managing director for Balfour Beatty’s highways business, talks to Dominic Browne about building a digital enabled offering for the modern market. |
Big Interview: Balfour Beatty's Phil Clifton on becoming digitally-enabled04/09/2019 Phil Clifton is managing director of Balfour Beatty’s highways business. He talks to Dominic Browne about building a digital-enabled offering for the modern market. |
Lincolnshire to hand out £762m highways contracts10/09/2019 Balfour Beatty, Colas and WSP are set to scoop highways services contracts for Lincolnshire County Council worth a combined £762m over a potential 12 years. |
Firms set to clean up as M25 gets the vacuum treatment30/09/2019 A new vehicle-mounted vacuum litter picker is set to change the way the UK’s busiest motorway is cleaned, Balfour Beatty has said. |
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