Balfour Beatty

Women and minority-gender construction students from across Scotland completed the Balfour Beatty Equate Scotland ConStructEd programme last month.

SSEN Transmission has today awarded the first phase of the c. £690 million Skye 132kV reinforcement project to Balfour Beatty. On completion, the project will ensure the supply of secure, clean electricity to thousands of homes and businesses across the Hebrides and West Highlands.

Plans to demolish a 1960s office building in Edinburgh to allow for a student residential development have been recommended for approval.

Urban Fox, a partnership between Balfour Beatty Investments and Urban Electric Networks, has unveiled the UEone, Europe’s first fully retractable electric vehicle (EV) chargers, at a launch event held at the internationally renowned design museum, V&A Dundee, Scotland.

As the country enters the second week of the UK general election campaign trail, 12 Tier One UK infrastructure and construction contractors and consultants have shared 12 recommendations that the future government should implement to effectively boost the UK’s economic growth and productivity

Edinburgh Futures Institute has officially opened its doors to the public in the transformed and revitalised Old Royal Infirmary building. The much-loved city landmark will officially open to the public on Monday 3rd June following an extensive seven-year, multi-million-pound restoration.

The size and scale of two new East Lothian primary schools has become clear with the installation of the steel frames which will form the basis of the buildings.

Balfour Beatty has said its trading from 1 January 2024 to date has been in line with expectations and that it continues to expect an increase in profit from operations from its earnings-based businesses and an increase in group earnings in 2024.

The next major phase for the replacement Liberton High School in southern Edinburgh has been marked by a special groundbreaking event on the site.

The funicular railway at Cairngorm Mountain is likely to remain closed for a few months after a programme of remedial works to bring it back into service enters a new phase this week.

A new prison in Inverness that has been given the final go-ahead will arrive six years late and cost more than four times its original estimate.

Work will soon get underway to significantly improve public spaces on Melville Crescent thanks to £2.1 million in Transport Scotland funding secured by the City of Edinburgh Council. Improvements to the historic west end street will complement the recently completed City Centre West to East Li

School pupils got hands-on construction experience at a special event to provide a platform for future career development.

Balfour Beatty has hailed its "disciplined contract risk management" for helping the firm deliver increased revenue and profit from its earnings-based businesses last year. Announcing its full-year results for 2023, the contractor reported a 7% revenue increase to £9.6 billion (2022: £8.

Minister for higher and further education Graeme Dey MSP kicked off Scottish Apprenticeship Week at Fife College’s new Dunfermline Campus.