Legal challenges against major infrastructure projects will be limited to one attempt, the prime minister has pledged. Sir Keir Starmer revealed on Thursday (23 January) plans to speed up the planning process by stopping small pressure groups using the courts “to obstruct decisions taken in the national interest”. The Planning…
Herefordshire Council is retendering a £200m multi-service contract after deciding to terminate a deal with incumbent contractor Balfour Beatty. Publication of the public realm services tender – covering highways and improvement works – on 16 January brought to a close nearly two years of deliberations by the council. The agreement,…
A legal battle in which Balfour Beatty was claiming damages from truck manufacturers operating a cartel has drawn to a close, Construction News understands. The UK’s biggest contractor launched legal action against 14 firms – including Fiat Chrysler, Volvo, Renault and Daimler (see full list below) – in 2020, alleging they…
Balfour Beatty and Costain have got the go-ahead to start work on infrastructure for a huge carbon capture project in the North East. The £4bn construction work on two sites at Net Zero Teesside Power (NZT Power) will start in mid-2025, with both contractors helping to deliver the world’s first…
Leo Quinn, the boss with the biggest wage bill in construction, has given a cautious welcome to the Budget. Chancellor Rachel Reeves yesterday (30 October) announced a 1.2 percentage point rise in employers’ national insurance (NI) contributions and lowered the threshold at which employers start paying them. But Quinn, chief…
Construction firms have begun jostling for position to win the jobs to build two carbon capture and storage (CCS) sites that were backed by the prime minister last week. Balfour Beatty and Costain said they had the tools and skills to deliver the “mega” projects announced by the prime minister.…
Balfour Beatty has said that use of a digital platform co-run by its chief executive’s nephew has helped it achieve a record safety performance. The plc has been working with AI-powered platform Site Assist since 2021 to digitise and streamline permit to work procedures on its sites. Statistics provided by…
Galliford Try has won the contract to complete a link road in Buckinghamshire. The firm announced yesterday (24 September) that its infrastructure business had been appointed to a contract worth £88.9m to complete the South East Aylesbury Link Road (SEALR) project. The firm will build 1.1 miles of dual carriageway…
Balfour Beatty has settled a sexual harassment lawsuit in North Carolina for $80,000 (£60,300), according to the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The federal agency launched action against Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Inc in September 2023 after a female truck driver working in Craven County, North Carolina, allegedly faced sexual…
Balfour Beatty has been picked for £363m worth of cabling job in East Anglia. The UK’s largest contractor will undertake the Bramford to Twinstead reinforcement job for National Grid, building new lines and cables to upgrade the electricity network. Balfour Beatty will replace the existing high-voltage electricity network between Bramford…
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