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Building Wyre’s coastal resilience legacy

8 October 2025

UK

Discover how the Wyre Beach Management Scheme is safeguarding more than 11,900 homes and businesses from coastal flooding, while creating a lasting legacy for the community. Delivered through the SCAPE Civil Engineering framework on behalf of Wyre Council, this project provides vital flood defences, biodiversity improvements and community-focused upgrades to create a safer, more resilient coastline.

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Balfour Beatty JV celebrates opening of Cesar Chavez Elementary School

7 October 2025

UK

Balfour Beatty, in joint venture with Clark/Sullivan, celebrates the completion and grand opening of the new Cesar Chavez Elementary School for Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD). The newly constructed campus replaces both Edward Kemble Elementary and Cesar Chavez Intermediate School, uniting them into a single, modern learning environment. As the district's largest campus to date, the school serves as a vibrant new home for 850 TK–6 students.

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2025 Early Careers Festival – the highlights

3 October 2025

Group

This week, we hosted our 2025 Early Careers Festival, bringing together almost 400 apprentices and graduates from across the UK. From inspiring talks and interactive workshops to making new connections and exploring career opportunities, it was a true celebration of talent, ambition and possibility. Watch the highlights and hear what our apprentices and graduates had to say. #ECFest2025

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Balfour Beatty welcomes Joanna Vezey as Managing Director of its UK Highways business

30 September 2025

UK

Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, has today announced the appointment of Joanna Vezey who will join the Group in December 2025 as Managing Director of its UK Highways business. 

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Balfour Beatty VINCI reopens M6 early after HS2 viaduct slide

29 September 2025

UK

Balfour Beatty VINCI engineers have reopened the M6 ahead of schedule after sliding part of a huge new HS2 viaduct across the busy motorway.

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Balfour Beatty appointed as principal contractor for New Deer Substation extension

25 September 2025

UK

Balfour Beatty has today announced its appointment by SSEN Transmission to upgrade the New Deer electricity substation in Aberdeenshire, marking a significant milestone in Scotland’s journey towards a clean power, energy secure future. 

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Balfour Beatty awarded first phase of SSEN Transmission’s Netherton Hub

22 September 2025

UK

Balfour Beatty has today been awarded the initial works of the Netherton Hub project by Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks Transmission’s (SSEN) multi-billion-pound Accelerated Strategic Transmission Investment (ASTI) Offshore Framework.

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A landmark lift at Hinkley Point C

22 September 2025

UK

Discover how Balfour Beatty achieved a major milestone at Hinkley Point C – set to be the UK’s first new nuclear power station in over 20 years. Using precision engineering and a 700-tonne crane, we lifted a 230-tonne Triple Point Formwork into a 42-metre-deep shaft - a feat that demonstrates the scale, planning and innovation driving this project.

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Plymouth City Council and Urban Fox launch full scale on-street EV charging rollout following pilot success

17 September 2025

UK

Plymouth City Council and Urban Fox, a partnership between Balfour Beatty Investments and Urban Electric Networks, have announced the official launch of their partnership to deploy low impact, on street electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in Plymouth. This comes after a highly successful two and a half year pilot, which saw Urban Fox install 26 dual socket UEone chargepoints - serving 53 charging bays across 10 hubs - and support the annual charging needs of up to 650 EV drivers.

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Balfour Beatty features in UNLEASH discussing the wide ranging benefits of Microsoft 365 Copilot

16 September 2025

UK

Balfour Beatty has featured in UNLEASH, where Chief Information Officer, Jon Ozanne, shares how the organisation’s £7.2 million investment in Microsoft 365 Copilot, one of the largest of its kind in the UK construction and infrastructure industry, is already supporting employees and helping to drive productivity across the business.

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Balfour Beatty secures place on SP Energy Networks multi-billion-pound strategic framework

15 September 2025

UK

Balfour Beatty today announces that it has secured a place on SP Energy Networks transmission business’ Strategic Agreement for Overhead Line Works framework.

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Newport’s first on-street EV chargepoints go live as Urban Fox network launches across the City

11 September 2025

UK

Urban Fox, a partnership between Balfour Beatty Investments and Urban Electric Networks, are will be introducing the first wave of new on-street electric vehicle (EV) chargers across Newport from this week, with the full network set to be operational by 30th September 2025.