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Balfour Beatty reaches agreement on the sale of Omnicom to Hitachi Rail

17 January 2025

Group

Balfour Beatty today announces it has reached agreement for the sale of Omnicom, its specialist rail measurement hardware and intelligent software business, to Hitachi Rail.

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North Bridge Refurbishment, Edinburgh

15 January 2025

UK

Our team is expertly restoring the 125-year-old North Bridge to preserve the structure and secure this vital transport link for generations to come.

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Balfour Beatty features in Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) & Construction Management discussing supporting the next generation of talent

14 January 2025

UK

Balfour Beatty VINCI's Construction Manager, Frank O'Hare, has featured in the Chartered Institute of Building and Construction Management sharing his experience of carving a successful career in the construction and infrastructure industry as well as the importance of mentoring the next generation of professionals.

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Balfour Beatty features in Project Scotland discussing its role in bringing an innovative and sustainable packaging solution to market

13 January 2025

UK

Balfour Beatty has featured in Project Scotland discussing how it collaborated with Whitecroft Lighting – one of the company’s supply chain partners - to pioneer a groundbreaking packaging solution used to deliver material to the new Dunfermline Learning Campus site at Fife College in Scotland.

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Double feature for Balfour Beatty in New Civil Engineer's Early Careers edition

9 January 2025

UK

Balfour Beatty has featured twice in this month's Early Careers edition of New Civil Engineer highlighting both the benefits of hiring young professionals and exploring what the industry needs to focus on from an apprentice's point of view.

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Balfour Beatty VINCI approaches final phase of construction for giant HS2 box structure under the A46

9 January 2025

UK

Balfour Beatty VINCI has successfully completed the installation of 120 giant concrete beams on a 14,500-tonne box structure that will carry the HS2 line under the A46 Kenilworth Bypass in Warwickshire. 

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Balfour Beatty Living Places features on BBC Sussex Radio discussing its critical winter maintenance services

8 January 2025

UK

Balfour Beatty Living Places has featured on BBC Sussex Radio's breakfast show discussing how the company is gearing up to deliver critical winter maintenance services for communities across East Sussex. 

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Balfour Beatty features in New Civil Engineer discussing how it connected Hinkley Point C’s cooling system tunnels and shafts

20 December 2024

UK

Balfour Beatty has featured in New Civil Engineer discussing the company's latest feat of engineering at Hinkley Point C -  delivering and connecting the tunnels and shafts required for the nuclear power station's critical cooling system. 

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Balfour Beatty awarded contract to unlock renewable energy capacity between Scotland and England

18 December 2024

UK

Balfour Beatty today announces it has been awarded a contract by Prysmian to install 68 kilometres of high voltage direct current (HVDC) land cables from Fraisthorpe Sands to Drax in Yorkshire, England, as well as an additional 1 kilometre of HVDC land cable at Peterhead, in Scotland.

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Balfour Beatty’s Florida operations selected for over $70 million (£55 million) in special project works

17 December 2024

US

Balfour Beatty has been selected to deliver over $70 million (£55 million) in special project works across Central and South Florida, in the US.

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Balfour Beatty VINCI completes motorway works to prepare for HS2's new M42 ‘twin box’

17 December 2024

UK

Balfour Beatty VINCI has completed the first stage of work for the construction of a bridge that will take the HS2 high-speed railway line over the M42 motorway.

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Balfour Beatty supports the Institute for Government’s latest report on the role of Mayoral Development Corporations in getting Britain building

16 December 2024

UK

Balfour Beatty has partnered with the Institute for Government to sponsor new report exploring how England’s mayors can deliver the urban regeneration needed for the government to achieve its economic growth targets.