Balfour Beatty

More than 100 Balfour Beatty maintenance workers are set to strike over pay terms. According to Unite the Union regional officer Phil Silkstone, staff working at five sites on the M25 voted to strike after the contractor “repeatedly refused” to offer them a reasonable pay offer. The staff, numbering about…

Balfour Beatty delivered a “solid performance” last year with revenue growth of 7.8 per cent to £9.6bn, chief executive Leo Quinn has announced. In an update published via the London Stock Exchange this morning (13 March), the UK’s biggest construction company stated that pre-tax profit for the year ending 31…

The Balfour Beatty Vinci joint venture (JV) working on HS2 has announced the launch of a women’s only training course to mark International Women’s Day. The course, called Introduction to Construction, is designed to equip women with the skills and accreditation they need to start a new career in the…

John F Hunt has appointed Balfour Beatty regional build director Darren Potter as its new operations director. The Essex-headquartered demolition specialist said in a statement that Potter would add to the significant experience in the business and bring detailed knowledge of sectors including aviation, defence, HS2, infrastructure, rail, nuclear and…

A Balfour Beatty roadworker in Southampton was attacked with a baseball bat by a driver trying to get through a road closure, it has emerged. The incident was highlighted by the firm and Southampton City Council as part of an attempt to stamp out abuse of roadworkers. A survey by…

Balfour Beatty has been selected to build a £67.8m Passivhaus-accredited secondary school in Edinburgh. The UK’s largest contractor will build a replacement campus for Liberton High School, whose existing building is being demolished after a 12-year-old girl was crushed to death when a wall collapsed in 2014. The mixed-use campus…

Balfour Beatty’s UK construction services chief will retire at the end of the year, Construction News has learnt. An email sent to staff by the firm’s chief executive Leo Quinn announced that Mark Bullock will step down at the end of the year after more than three years in the…

Balfour Beatty’s US business is being sued by a federal agency over allegations that a female truck driver was subjected to severe sexual harassment at work. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced this week that it had launched the action against Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Inc, alleging that the driver…

Balfour Beatty Group's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions rose last year, official documents have revealed. The business, a major subsidiary of the UK's largest contractor, reported an 18 per cent rise in its scope 1 and 2 emissions. This figure, calculated using the standard market-based approach, means the entity was responsible…

A strong performance in UK construction helped to boost Balfour Beatty’s bottom line in the first half of this year. Interim financial results released this morning (16 August) show that group turnover grew by 9 per cent year on year to reach £4.53bn. Pre-tax profit totalled £97m for the six…