Balfour Beatty

For those of us who regularly look for signals around the health of the construction market, the last few weeks have felt like an almost unrelenting barrage of negative signs. We’ve seen three reasonably sized firms collapse, including the CN100-listed Shaylor Group. Elsewhere, we heard today that the UK’s oldest…

In a set of results notable for their absence of provisions and surprises, Balfour Beatty delivered a solid set of numbers for the second year in a row today.

There’s one thing subcontractors and journalists have very much in common: we’re both on the lookout for tell-tale signs of trouble among main contractors.

Corporate pay packets are being scrutinised like never before. CN analysed the accounts of the biggest listed construction firms to reveal who earns the most among the top bosses.

Welsh slate exterior, Danish brickwork and wallpaper from France, the completed Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice will be a grand design befitting its royal name.

Balfour Beatty’s return to form is a tonic for construction.

Leo Quinn was notably relaxed in front of analysts today – even smiling at one point – as he unveiled the work he is doing to steer Balfour Beatty’s continued turnaround. 

Filled with well-established heavyweight construction firms, fitting into the Hong Kong construction market can be a huge challenge. So how go you go about doing it? Lucy Alderson investigates.