A joint venture between infrastructure group Balfour Beatty and Cavendish Nuclear has been given the go-ahead to build a £160 million nuclear decommissioning support facility at Sellafield. They will construct a 0.5 hectares, 25 metre-high facility that will support two existing waste silos, i.e. underground vertical cylindrical structure for storage, in retrieving historic waste and […]

Allegations have surfaced that some Balfour Beatty employees were involved in a corruption scandal over gas mains contracts in the West Midlands. It is said they allegedly  exchanged  “wads of cash” and even holidays for giving work to subcontractors. The issue involves a gas distribution strategic partnership (GDSP) covering gas mains replacement work in the […]

Building group Balfour Beatty is hoping to bag new power infrastructure contracts with National Grid. It has been awarded places on two major “frameworks” – effectively a preferred supplier list from the grid operator. The first set of projects worth up to £2.5bn is to build and refurbish overhead lines for the next four years. […]

French energy company GDF SUEZ has bought an infrastructure group’s UK facilities management arm for £190 million in cash. Balfour Beatty Workplace, which maintains the London Olympics Park and has major customers including hospitals, schools and power stations, said it has signed an agreement with the energy firm which is expected to be completed by […]

National Grid has awarded contracts worth £3.1 billion to three firms to upgrade four of its gas distribution networks. Two of the eight-year contracts were given to Balfour Beatty to operate networks in the North West and West Midlands, which includes the design and installation of modern polyethylene gas distribution mains to replace aging metal […]

ELN VE 06/01/12 10:00Power & ElectricityBalfour Beatty will service National Grid for 5 more yearsInfrastructure group wins contract worth £750mInfrastructure group Balfour Beatty will service the National Grid for five more years, it announced yesterday. The extended contract is worth up to £750million and will see Balfour continue to maintain and upgrade the UK’s electricity […]

International infrastructure group Balfour Beatty has been awarded a contract, approximately worth £290m, to replace an electricity transmission line between Beauly and Wharry Burn in North-Eastern Scotland. Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission Limited, a subsidiary of SSE have appointed Balfour Beatty to install the 200km double circuit which will carry 400kV on an overhead transmission line. […]

Workers repairing gas mains in Chester have dug up human remains thought to have come from a nearby graveyard and dating from the 1600s. The discovery was made by workers from Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions, which is replacing the Victorian metallic mains. And the company has also unearthed so many other artefacts that it has […]

The government has revealed it is to publish a White Paper on water. Richard Benyon, Parliamentary Under Secretary for Natural Environment and Fisheries, made the announcement at the Future Water 2010 conference in London. He said that now “is the right time for a water White Paper to provide a steer for the industry and […]