Balfour Beatty

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Balfour Beatty has been awarded the £16 million enabling works contract by Network Rail for the redevelopment of Glasgow Queen Street Station. The contract, which supports Network Rail’s expansion scheme to accommodate increasing passenger numbers, will involve the demolition of platform building

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Leo Quinn Britain’s biggest construction contractor Balfour Beatty has returned to profit after two years of losses.

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Leo Quinn The turnaround plan installed at Balfour Beatty has delivered “fundamental change” to the group, according to its chief executive Leo Quinn.

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BAM celebrates the Kitemark achievement Six contractors have become the first organisations in the world to achieve a new Kitemark for BIM (Building Information Modelling) launched yesterday by the business standards company BSI.

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Omnicom’s OmniVision is utilised by Network Rail to inspect, map and monitor difficult to access areas Balfour Beatty has enhanced its position in the UK Rail market with the acquisition of Omnicom Engineering Limited.

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The Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice chief executive Rhona Baillie has announced that Balfour Beatty is the contractor for work to build a new home for Glasgow’s Hospice as the first JCB arrived on site at Bellahouston Park. The announcement marked the start of a project to build a state-of-

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Major infrastructure projects in the UK are now under threat as construction firms are increasingly faced with limited access to labour and finance, a new paper from Balfour Beatty has warned. With an “anticipated infrastructure investment of £411 billion in 564 projects and programmes from 2015/

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A £47 million finance deal for a state-of-the-art academy in Aberdeen has been agreed as the project moves to the next phase. Aberdeen City Council and development partner hub North Scotland have now signed the financial deal to allow building work to begin.

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The City of Edinburgh Council has revealed that the new Portobello High School will open in October this year - three months earlier than expected. The school was originally expected to open this summer but water drainage issues meant a delay until January next year.

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Balfour Beatty has started work on a new £47 million state-of-the-art secondary school at Bobby Calder Park in Aberdeen. Aberdeen City Council’s convener of education and children’s services committee, Councillor Angela Taylor cut the first sod to mark the start of construction of the south of

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