Balfour Beatty

Network Rail and Balfour Beatty have teamed up with Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland to bring the Forth Bridge Abseil back in 2025.  Daredevils from across the country are encouraged to sign up for the chance to descend from the UNESCO World Heritage site. 

Work to create a new link road and prepare new development platforms at the former Cockenzie Power Station site is progressing well and local school pupils & community groups have benefited.

Strathdearn Community Developments (SCD) has marked an important milestone in its community-owned residential housing project in Tomatin, with the help of local primary school pupils who broke ground on site this week.

Balfour Beatty has been reappointed as a key delivery partner on Network Rail’s eight-year Supply Chain Services’ framework. Having first been appointed in 2018, the new deal includes an option to extend the framework for a further two years.

Work is underway on a £4 million road improvement project on the A78 at Inverkip to pave the way for 650 homes and over 500 jobs.

Work is progressing on a key strategic development site that will include a much-welcomed alternative route to the A82 at Bowling.

Work on the £27 million flood protection scheme at Comrie is underway. 

Balfour Beatty has reported a strong financial performance in 2024, driven by improved margins in its UK construction business and steady growth across key sectors. However, an increased provision for building safety remediation has impacted overall profitability.

Work on Edinburgh’s first new concert hall in over 100 years has come to a halt after the project’s managers parted ways with the original construction firm. The 1,000-seat Dunard Centre, planned as a major cultural venue, was initially set to move forward under Sir Robert McAlpine, whic

A Dunfermline-based apprentice has praised the benefits of work-based learning, saying her apprenticeship has given her independence, confidence, and the opportunity to play her part in the construction of one of the country’s biggest education projects. Sophie Cormack is completing her Busine

Leo Quinn is to step down from Balfour Beatty's board later this year after more than 10 years as group chief executive, the group said today. Balfour Beatty said an extensive international search resulted in Philip Hoare, chief operating officer at AtkinsRéalis, being chosen by the board to

Jack Chambers marks the beginning of Scottish Apprenticeship Week with a first-hand account of being a health, safety, and wellbeing apprentice at Balfour Beatty. When I began my university studies in Environmental Management, I never imagined I would pursue a career in construction, particularly in

Balfour Beatty has commenced construction on the new Nairn Academy school, having been awarded the £61 million contract by The Highland Council at the end of 2025.

Balfour Beatty has appointed executive committee group sector leads for the company’s core UK growth markets: Energy, Defence and Transportation.

Staff at Cairngorm Mountain have begun a series of maintenance activities on the electrical, mechanical and hydraulic systems that govern the movement of the two funicular carriages up and down the 1.8km viaduct.