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BAA selects Balfour Beatty for the Heathrow Midfield Pier project

Balfour Beatty, the international engineering, construction, services and investment group, announces today that it has been selected by BAA to provide pre-construction advice for its Midfield Pier project at Heathrow Airport.

The Midfield Pier is part of the proposed Eastern Apron programme of works to realign the taxiway and aircraft stand configuration surrounding Terminals 1 and 2 to a rectilinear layout similar to Terminal 5. The Midfield Pier project will be delivered in three phases, commencing with the £100 million North section planned to commence on site this year.

Pre-construction work, comprising design, value management and construction programme development, is under way on a project which will complement the proposed new Heathrow East.

Commenting on the award today, Balfour Beatty Chief Executive, Ian Tyler, said:

"We are delighted to be supporting BAA during the pre-construction stages of the Midfield Pier project at Heathrow and are confident that we can develop a scheme that meets BAA's targets. Our performance in delivering the rail systems element of Terminal 5 was instrumental in the successful on-schedule handover of Terminal 5 to BAA on 17 September ."

Balfour Beatty has worked closely with BAA over many years on a number of their key airport developments and, most recently, has been involved over the last six years in the design, management and delivery of some £450 million of work at Heathrow Terminal 5. This has provided an excellent platform for the continuation of the relationship into the next generation of BAA's infrastructure investments.

The handovers of the Piccadilly Line extension, the Heathrow Express extension, the new Terminal 5 underground system and the inter-terminal track transit system were all achieved on time.

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Enquiries to:
Tim Sharp
Tel: 020 7216 6884
www.balfourbeatty.com