Affordable housing cuts ‘another hammer blow’ for Highland building sector, says SBF

The industry body has also complained that, as competition for dwindling public sector contracts intensifies, many firms are already being forced to put in “suicidal tenders” to secure new work. It has suggested that, with further cuts on the horizon, such practices will push an increasing number of construction firms to the wall.
10th Mar 2010

New investment bank needed to fund Forth Crossing, says Scottish Building Federation

The Scottish Building Federation has warned that, without the creation of a new state-run national infrastructure bank, the planned construction of the £2 billion new Forth Crossing by 2016 could be at risk. The SBF is this week giving its backing to a campaign by the Institute of Civil Engineers for the UK Government to create a new National Infrastructure Investment Bank. Modelled on state-run investment banks such as the KfW Bank in Germany, the new institution could generate significant sums of private sector funding to help pay for major capital projects such as the new Forth Crossing.
26th Feb 2010

WIDENING CONTRACT IN HONG KONG

Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure Group, announces today that Gammon Construction Limited, the market-leading infrastructure contractor in Hong Kong, in which Balfour Beatty has a 50% shareholding, has been awarded a HK$2.4 billion (£195 million) contract for the widening of the Tolo and Fanling Highways in Hong Kong for the HKSAR (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region) Highways Department.
26th Feb 2010

Green Light for Affordable Housing on London Road

City of Edinburgh Council has today (24th February) approved proposals for a much needed affordable housing development on the City’s London Road.
24th Feb 2010

BALFOUR BEATTY COMPLETES TWO PRESTIGIOUS LONDON COMMERCIAL PROJECTS

Balfour Beatty Construction Scottish & Southern Limited, a leading building business within Balfour Beatty plc, is pleased to announce the completion of two prestigious commercial projects within their London Division.
15th Feb 2010

BALFOUR BEATTY LAUNCHES INNOVATIVE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMME DURING NATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP WEEK

Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, launched ‘Balfour Beatty Apprenticeships’ in Bolton Town Hall, last Friday, as part of the Blackburn with Darwen and Bolton Building Schools for the Future (BSF) project.
08th Feb 2010

Apprentice award winner visits the Scottish Parliament

A rising star in the Scottish construction industry swapped his hard hat and boots for a suit and tie yesterday (3 February) when he visited the Scottish Parliament.
08th Feb 2010