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Balfour Beatty fights £9.6m student scheme fire defect claim
Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick (BBK) has denied that student accommodation built by a joint venture involving its predecessor was unfit for habitation when complete…
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Three bidders shortlisted for £5.7bn Thames Water reservoir
Thames Water has shortlisted three consortiums to bid for a £5.7bn contract to build the proposed White Horse Reservoir in Oxfordshire. Balfour Beatty is biddi…
Markets
Balfour Beatty to rejoin London blue chip share index
Balfour Beatty will rejoin the FTSE 100 index of leading shares on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) on 1 October following a 17-year absence. The UK's largest c…
Industrials
Fluor, Balfour Beatty complete $677M Texas highway project
Five years after construction broke ground, the JV marked the opening of the Oak Hill Parkway project in Austin, Texas.
Industrials
Balfour Beatty to add 2,000 UK staff by 2027
Balfour Beatty has announced plans to increase its UK workforce by 2,000 people by the end of 2027 as infrastructure workloads rise. The UK's biggest contracto…
Transport
Balfour Beatty wins £65m Edinburgh Airport expansion job
Balfour Beatty has won a contract worth about £65m to expand Edinburgh Airport's terminal and provide eight additional departure gates. Under the client's Sout…
Macro
Balfour Beatty Leeds station job delayed another month
A £46.1m Balfour Beatty job to create a new entrance at Leeds railway station has been delayed another month to enable more work, including testing of new lift…
Balfour Beatty names new strategy chief
Emma Loxton, who held previous positions at consulting firm McKinsey and the U.K. government, will help the London-based firm plan for growth.
Industrials
Balfour Beatty appoints McKinsey partner as strategy chief
Balfour Beatty has appointed long-serving McKinsey & Company partner Emma Loxton as its chief strategy officer as the contractor targets growth in energy, tran…
Housing
Balfour Beatty faces £9.6m liability order claim over student scheme
Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick is being sued for an estimated £9.6m remediation bill over alleged external wall defects at a student accommodation site in Bradford.…
AI
Balfour Beatty bullish on aviation, data centers in US
U.S. construction, a recent thorn in the side of the London-based builder, returned to profitability in first-half 2026 earnings.
Housing
Balfour Beatty reports 17 per cent profit rise on UK construction
Balfour Beatty has said its UK construction business is poised for further growth after underlying profit improved after a one-off prior-year gain was excluded…
Consumer
Balfour Beatty tops out $385M Miami Beach hotel
The Grand Hyatt Miami Beach will connect to the city's convention center via a climate-controlled skyway and open the doors for larger events in the city.
Macro
Balfour Beatty Leeds station job delayed due to 'complex' works
A £46.1m Balfour Beatty job to create a new entrance at Leeds Railway Station is expected to open in September - a year later than planned - after facing "comp…
Commodities
Former Balfour Beatty chief joins nationalised British Steel board
Former Balfour Beatty chief executive Andrew McNaughton has joined the board of British Steel following its nationalisation by the government. McNaughton was a…
Macro
Balfour Beatty lands £120m Leeds ring road job
Balfour Beatty has been appointed by Leeds City Council to deliver a seven-year programme of maintenance and structural improvements on the Leeds Inner Ring Ro…
Technology
Balfour Beatty commits £10m to built environment technology fund
Balfour Beatty has invested £10m in venture capital firm Pi Labs' latest fund as it seeks earlier access to technologies aimed at improving infrastructure deli…
Industrials
Balfour Beatty appoints Murray to lead UK major projects
Balfour Beatty has appointed Angus Murray as managing director of its UK major projects business, with effect from 1 September. Murray will oversee delivery of…
Industrials
Balfour Beatty hires new legal chief
Ed Egerton, who brings more than 20 years of experience in infrastructure, engineering and energy, is the firm's second C-suite addition to come from AtkinsRéa…
Energy
Balfour Beatty wins £325m electricity transmission hub contract
Balfour Beatty has secured a £325m job from Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) to deliver the Netherton Hub in Aberdeenshire. The two-year main…
Energy
Balfour Beatty lands £121m National Grid substation contract
Balfour Beatty has secured a £121m contract from National Grid to extend a 400kV substation in Suffolk as part of a wider electricity transmission upgrade sche…
Housing
Balfour Beatty to pay £200k over Leeds water pollution
The Environment Agency (EA) has accepted a £200,000 enforcement undertaking from Balfour Beatty over discharges of silt-contaminated water. The incidents stemm…
Geopolitics
Rep. Joyce Beatty lauds passage of Iran war powers resolution, judge's order on Kennedy Center name
A federal judge last week ordered the removal of President Trump's name from the Kennedy Center and also barred the performing arts center from closing its doo…
Industrials
Balfour Beatty revamps leadership structure around three core markets
Balfour Beatty has announced a restructuring of its UK operations, creating three new business portfolios focused on transport, energy and defence as it seeks…
Industrials
Balfour Beatty lands £83m Moray school rebuild job
Balfour Beatty has secured an £83m contract to build the new Forres Academy in Moray, Scotland, for public infrastructure development body Hub North Scotland o…
Technology
Balfour Beatty reports strong start to 2026
Balfour Beatty has declared a strong performance since the start of 2026 and expects a "high single-digit percentage growth" in profit from its operating busin…
Housing
Balfour Beatty cleared to start Middlewich bypass after cost hike
Balfour Beatty has received notice to proceed on the Middlewich Eastern Bypass for Cheshire East Council, five months after the client said the project's overa…
Finance
Trial date set for Balfour Beatty after nuclear site death
A date has been set for the health and safety trial of Balfour Beatty following the death of a worker at a nuclear site in Berkshire. The tier one contractor a…
Finance
Balfour Beatty pleads not guilty in nuclear site worker death case
Balfour Beatty has pleaded not guilty to health and safety offences related to a worker death at a nuclear site in Berkshire. The tier one contractor entered a…
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