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Balfour Beatty
8 years
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge receive @BalfourBeatty hard hats for Princess Charlotte and Prince George at the opening of the @uom_mecd
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Balfour Beatty
4 years
In the early hours of Saturday morning, our @HinkleyPointC Marine team successfully transported the next mega-machine, TBM Emmeline, to the launch site.
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Balfour Beatty
4 years
We’re thrilled to have welcomed 280 new apprentices, graduates & trainees yesterday! Together for the first time for a virtual welcome event, they’re our largest ever intake of Emerging Talent and further support our pledge to increase those in ‘earn and learn’ positions by 30%!
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Balfour Beatty
6 years
We're proud to announce we have successfully completed the new #Dundee railway station and hotel for @DundeeCouncil
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Balfour Beatty
4 years
We’re so proud to have successfully completed the @NHSLouisaJordan temporary hospital to provide up to 1000 additional beds in the fight against COVID-19, in just two weeks. We were honoured to have received this touching gesture from all the NHS staff on site.
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NHS Louisa Jordan
4 years
Every week, the nation has been #ClappingForCarers . Today, as construction is completed on @NHSLouisaJordan , our NHS staff are clapping for every single member of our contractor teams who have worked night and day to make this possible. Thank you!
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Balfour Beatty
4 years
Another example of #COVID19 best practice, our @edfehinkleyc site has removed every other canteen seat to create a safe space at lunch times. The team is also making sure that daily briefings are delivered from a safe distance.
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Balfour Beatty
6 years
We have successfully completed the £63m #Rossall coastal defence scheme for @wyrecouncil in partnership with the @EnvAgency reducing flood risk to 7,500 nearby residential properties.
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Balfour Beatty
7 years
"Don’t be put off by the old stigmas that the construction industry is a man’s world. If it is something that interests you then go for it."
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Balfour Beatty
5 years
Our team at @edfehinkleyc have reached a significant milestone, with the concrete pour for the first of six, 5,000 tonne underwater concrete heads. This is a fantastic achievement for all on the project!
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Balfour Beatty
7 years
We’re forming a collaborative UK Strategic Design Consultant Partnership with @atkinsglobal , @MottMacDonald and @WSP_UK
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Balfour Beatty
7 years
We've been appointed as preferred bidder for Hinkley Point C tunnelling & marine package. Photo: @edfenergy
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Balfour Beatty
6 years
Powering through the snowy weather, we’re working with @SSE to install a 132kV cable circuit connecting one of the UK’s highest-yielding wind farms to the national grid. Here’s our team yesterday, working nearly 900m above sea level just north of Dalwhinnie, Scotland.
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Balfour Beatty
4 years
Over the weekend, our Balfour Beatty VINCI JV team successfully completed the installation of bridge beams on the M4. Work was completed well ahead of schedule with the site team installing the new bridge in just 24 hours. #ExpertEngineers
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Balfour Beatty
6 years
We have today been formally awarded the £287 million contract by The University of Manchester to construct the Manchester Engineering Campus Development (MECD).
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Balfour Beatty
2 years
Tonight our #A63 Castle Street project will feature on the new series of @BBCTwo ’s #DiggingForBritain with @theAliceRoberts . Tune in at 8pm!
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Oxford Archaeology
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Our excavation at Trinity Burial Ground #A63 in Hull with @highwaysyorks @balfourbeatty features in the new series of #DiggingforBritain ! Here's 🦺 @theAliceRoberts with our osteologist🥼 @noddinggoth 📺20:00 Thu 6th Jan @BBCTwo and catch up @BBCiPlayer
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Balfour Beatty
7 years
Great to see employees, suppliers & customers all standing down together to discuss the importance of safety. #fitforwork
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Balfour Beatty
7 years
We're pleased to open Abbey Wood's new station building to passengers - the first station to open on the new Elizabeth line
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Balfour Beatty
6 years
#Throwbackthursday to our first construction contract in 1909. Can you guess where this picture was taken? #TBT
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Balfour Beatty
7 years
Harnessing the potential of a gender balanced industry. #diversity #notjustforboys
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Balfour Beatty
8 years
We’re pleased to announce that Ian Currie has been appointed as Managing Director for our Power Transmission and Distribution business
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Balfour Beatty
5 years
We are celebrating 110 years of shaping the future. Using market leading technologies and world class engineering techniques, Balfour Beatty continues to revolutionise the construction and infrastructure industry. #BBis110
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Balfour Beatty
6 years
This morning our team working on @edfehinkleyc project held a two minute silence and heard a short reading to mark their respect for Remembrance Day.
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Balfour Beatty
7 years
Congratulations to Charlie for winning the Apprentice of the Year award for his exceptional work as a commercial #apprentice
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Balfour Beatty
5 years
We’re proud to be at the @WiCSeries ‘s Women in Construction Summit today. Please stop by our stand to hear about all our fantastic career opportunities for women. #WinConstruction #notjustforboys #loveconstruction
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Balfour Beatty
6 years
Thanks to Dave, a Health, Safety and Environmental Manager at @SellafieldLtd , for speaking out about his #mentalhealth experience. It’s #TimeToTalk and break the stigma! @matesinmind
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Balfour Beatty
4 years
It was great to have @KateForbesMSP at our Skye, Lochalsh & South West Ross Community Hospital to see the progress on site. Construction began in August 2019 and will provide the island community a modern health facility.
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Balfour Beatty
4 years
Happy New Year from everyone here at Balfour Beatty! We look forward to a safe and sustainable 2020 with you. #ExpertEngineers
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Balfour Beatty
6 years
Today we’re at the Women in Construction Summit hearing from some fantastic female role models about how we can achieve gender equality in our industry #winconstruction #pressforprogress #IWD2018
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Balfour Beatty
7 years
We led a three day practical exercise, teaching pupils the engineering properties involved in building a bridge.
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Balfour Beatty
3 years
We’re extremely proud to have built the world’s first T-pylon in Somerset, on behalf of @nationalgriduk . The new “T” shape is the first departure from the traditional lattice design in 100 years! More here:
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Balfour Beatty
8 years
We’ve secured a £82.5m contract to build engineering & training facilities at RAF Marham
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Balfour Beatty
8 years
"Being an engineer is a challenging role but it’s great to look back & physically see what you’ve built." #NWED2016
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Balfour Beatty
4 years
Our team at @hinkleypointc has reached a key milestone by successfully lifting a 60-tonne, 5-storey ‘Elbow’ structure into a water cooling tunnel with millimetre precision - with only 80mm tolerances either side.
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Balfour Beatty
7 years
We've completed the coastal defence scheme at Anchorsholme in Blackpool - reducing flood risk to 4,800 properties
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Balfour Beatty
6 years
Our expert engineers have delivered a critical milestone to support reopening of the Rhondda Tunnel in South Wales.
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Balfour Beatty
7 years
Balfour Beatty @VINCI to be awarded HS2 contracts valued at c. £2.5 billion
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Balfour Beatty
7 years
We're proud to achieve a Employer Recognition Scheme Gold award for our commitment to our Armed Forces community
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Balfour Beatty
7 years
The construction industry is #notjustforboys . Scarlett enjoyed speaking at @KendrickSchool for girls about careers in construction.
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Balfour Beatty
4 years
We’re proud to be supporting our NHS Scotland front line workers #COVID19
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NHS Louisa Jordan
4 years
Over 400 contractors and nearly 150 NHSScotland clinicians and operational staff are now working on site to help build the @NHSLouisaJordan at the @SECGlasgow . More➡️
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Balfour Beatty
5 years
Congratulations to our project team from the @Kelvinside1878 School of Innovation project for reaching an important milestone. The team and key stakeholders celebrated with a topping out ceremony last week.
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Balfour Beatty
6 years
We’re proud to be working with @matesinmind to support wellbeing and #mentalhealth in our business and within the industry. It’s #TimeToTalk and tackle the stigma! #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
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Balfour Beatty
7 years
Proud to be the 1st company in the world assessed against ISO 20 400 - a new standard for sustainable procurement.
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Balfour Beatty
7 years
On 24 July our sites & offices across the UK will hold a safety stand-down. Get involved by tweeting your pictures using #fitforwork
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Balfour Beatty
5 years
Talking to young people about careers will help them make informed decisions when the time comes. So we have developed new pages on our website to help educate parents and teachers about the industry and opportunities at Balfour Beatty. #shapeeverything
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Balfour Beatty
7 years
We've been selected to electrify a 40-mile train route as part of The Great Western Mainline upgrade by @NetworkRail
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Balfour Beatty
7 years
We've secured a £36m contract extension to operate and maintain the M1-A1 Link Road for @HighwaysEngland
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Balfour Beatty
6 years
In order to protect the new £1 billion #Dundee Waterfront area, we have completed a £6.5 million flood protection scheme on behalf of @DundeeCouncil .
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Balfour Beatty
7 years
We've secured a £16m enabling works contract for the redevelopment of #Glasgow Queen Street Station
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Balfour Beatty
4 years
We’re delighted Balfour Beatty has been voted Britain’s Most Admired Company in the Heavy Construction category. Read more here: #Expertengineers
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Balfour Beatty
7 years
We’re proud to be part of the team delivering #phaseone of HS2
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HS2 Ltd
7 years
We've taken a major step forward by signing the contracts to deliver the tunnels, bridges & earthworks for #PhaseOne
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Balfour Beatty
6 years
What a great location for us to hold a collaboration meeting with @pickeverard and @GleedsGlobal of #perfectcircle - on top of the #forthrailbridge . #teamscape
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Balfour Beatty
2 years
Today, we’re celebrating the hard work and dedication of all our colleagues at Balfour Beatty VINCI as their tunnel boring machine, Dorothy, becomes the first across the @HS2ltd route to complete her journey underground. Check out the video below to find out more!
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HS2 Ltd
2 years
Today we celebrate our first #tunnelling breakthrough 🎉 🥳. Our giant 125m long tunnel boring machine (TBM) ‘Dorothy’ has broken through the wall of the reception box at the Long Itchington, South Portal site in #Warwickshire . Find out more:
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Balfour Beatty
7 years
We're supporting the #matesinmind initiative to break the silence & stigma surrounding mental health in construction
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Balfour Beatty
2 years
We’ve reached a significant milestone at our Avonmouth facility, successfully unloading @hinkleypointc ’s first intake and outfall heads for transportation which will form an integral part of the new nuclear power station’s cooling system. Well done to all involved!
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Balfour Beatty
7 years
We've reached a key milestone on our 5 Miles Student accommodation development in Vauxhall, here are a few great pictures from the project
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Balfour Beatty
6 years
We are extremely proud to be the first company to achieve certification to the new ISO44001 international standard across the company. This achievement is testament to the strength of our collaborative culture & commitment to a more collaborative industry
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Balfour Beatty
7 years
We successfully ran a work experience program giving students the opportunity to gain technical & life skills. #futureexperts
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Balfour Beatty
5 years
Tunnel Boring Machine Charlotte is the first to complete a section of tunnel on @TidewayLondon ’s #SuperSewer ! Charlotte will now be taken 600m north to begin digging in Fulham, helping to stop millions of tonnes of sewage from pouring into the Thames.
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Balfour Beatty
6 years
Proud to see Stacey encouraging young women to join the #construction industry! #pressforprogress #IWD2018 #NAW2018 #interconnect2018
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Balfour Beatty
5 years
Today, we're at the Sandhurst STEM Careers Fair. Come and meet our Emerging Talent team in the main marquee at stall no.26 to find out how you can shape a #career at Balfour Beatty #shapeeverything
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Balfour Beatty
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Balfour Beatty’s Kerry Daly named Community Champion at @thameswater 's Spotlight Awards for her fundraising efforts for @CR_UK & @WaterAidUK
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Balfour Beatty
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Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering, in a JV with @SkanskaUKplc has completed the foundations for one of the key bridge structures on the A14
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Balfour Beatty
7 years
Congratulations to Jwerea, who won the 'Best Woman in Highways' @WICEAwards for driving change for female employees
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Balfour Beatty
6 years
Happy New Year from all of us at Balfour Beatty!
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Balfour Beatty
8 years
Two of our Comms team, Antonia & Jenny, had a great morning with @Crossrail Whitechapel project #WOMENINCONSTRUCTION
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Balfour Beatty
6 years
Go behind the scenes on some of our amazing projects during Open Doors week 19-24 March! Book your visit today: #opendoors18
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Balfour Beatty
2 years
It’s National Apprenticeship Week! Today we’re sharing an insight into what it’s like to be an apprentice at Balfour Beatty. Find out why Joshua, Apprentice Quantity Surveyor, thinks apprenticeships are a great opportunity. #NAW2022 #BuildTheFuture #ShapeTheAnswer
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Balfour Beatty
4 years
It's very cool indeed, thank you to everyone from Balfour Beatty who is supporting #ChildrenInNeed2019 today! @BBCCiN
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Cadent
4 years
👀 who’s digging deep to support #ChildrenInNeed2019 On site upgrading our gas pipes in #Atherton #Wigan @Flanneryplant donates all money to @BBCCiN from the lease of this machine to our partner @balfourbeatty How cool is that 👍
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Balfour Beatty
6 years
We’re delighted to announce we have been appointed as sole contractor to @scape_group ’s second generation civil engineering frameworks, with a combined value of up to £2.1 billion. #teamscape
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Balfour Beatty
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We have been awarded, in joint venture, a $1.95 billion (c. £1.4 billion) design, build, finance, operate and maintain contract for the ‘Automated People Mover’ at @flyLAXairport by Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA).
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Balfour Beatty
5 years
Our team at @edfehinkleyc are making some fantastic progress! This orthophoto is composed of many aerial shots, digitally stitched together to create one seamless image.
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Balfour Beatty
6 years
Huge congratulations to the Balfour Beatty team competing in the @RaceToTheStones challenge last weekend, raising over £7k for charity. #endurance #giving
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Balfour Beatty
5 years
How do you save over 1m plastic bags from going to landfill? In a UK first, our team working on the Waterworks Bridge project has surfaced a key cycle lane using a #sustainable plastic asphalt. #SingleUse @thameswater
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Balfour Beatty
5 years
Season's greetings from all of us at Balfour Beatty!
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Balfour Beatty
7 years
26 miles, 3 hills, 700 metres high: congratulations to the Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick team for conquering the @3peakschallenge
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Balfour Beatty
5 years
Thank you to everyone who took part today for #Constructionlive , providing questions and interaction for our panel.
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Balfour Beatty
3 years
To help improve air-quality, we’re decarbonising our plant, company car and light commercial vehicles to electric and plug-in hybrid options where possible. At the end of 2020 42% of our UK vehicles were either electric or plug-in hybrid. #BuildingNewFutures #EarthHour
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Balfour Beatty
6 years
We’re making strong progress on the Middlehaven Dock Bridge and Road project for @MbroCouncil , successfully installing the first two precast concrete units which will form the new 'lifting' bridge.
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Balfour Beatty
7 years
We're supporting #rednoseday with a #cakesale at our HQ in Canary Wharf. Get involved and donate today!
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Balfour Beatty
6 years
Studying civil engineering? Want to win a 3 month fully paid placement? Enter our competition today: @ICE_engineers
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Balfour Beatty
6 years
We’re proud to announce we have re-signed the UK Armed Forces Covenant demonstrating our ongoing commitment to the Armed Forces community. #SaluteOurForces #ArmedForcesDay
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Balfour Beatty
4 years
The decision made by the Government to progress with HS2 is exciting news for our country as well as the economy and society. @HS2ltd
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Balfour Beatty
5 years
It was great to support Constructionarium, a fantastic week long programme that saw 30 students from @CaledonianNews University and @AbertayUni challenged to construct a bridge and three turbine wind farm!
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Balfour Beatty
4 years
A good example by our Manchester Engineering Campus Development project team adapting their daily briefings and usual working practices to help prevent the spread of #COVID19 .
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Balfour Beatty
4 years
For 110 years, we’ve been creating and connecting communities – from airports to rail infrastructure, critical utilities to operating and maintaining vital roads, we help bring people together over the holidays.
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Balfour Beatty
6 years
Leo Quinn, our Group Chief Executive shares his thoughts following today’s news on the #Heathrow Airport expansion.
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Balfour Beatty
5 years
Yesterday marked the first day of Balfour Beatty Living Places’ highways contract with @TelfordWrekin . We look forward to working in partnership over the next seven years. #highways #partnership
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Balfour Beatty
6 years
We’ve taken delivery of 22 specialist machines ready to deliver our own in house Earthworks capability. #expertengineers
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Balfour Beatty
4 years
We have successfully completed the electrification of 77 kilometres of the @GWRHelp line between Bristol and Cardiff - a significant part of @NetworkRail ’s overall Greater West Electrification Programme.
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Balfour Beatty
3 years
This year more than ever, our industry has stepped up to keep the wheels of the economy turning, transport networks moving, communities connected and essential services running - many thanks to all. Enjoy the holiday season, we look forward to a safe & sustainable 2021 with you
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Balfour Beatty
6 years
We’ve secured a £43m contract to deliver the second phase of #Bristol ’s Wapping Wharf regeneration project.
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Balfour Beatty
7 years
Our rail teams are out across the rail network during the Christmas break. Here they are installing new track for @Crossrail in #Maidenhead .
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Balfour Beatty
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Yesterday, Bethany Welsh, our Community Benefits took home the “Outstanding contribution to Diversity and Inclusion through STEM” award at the @STEMLearningUK Inspiration Awards! Congratulations Bethany!
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Balfour Beatty
5 years
For over a century we’ve shaped the world we live in, pioneering new technologies and transforming the built environment. See what we were doing throughout 2018 in our latest video! #Expertengineers
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Balfour Beatty
5 years
Our team at @edfehinkleyc have reached a major project milestone, the start of tunnelling for the first intake tunnel. The first of three Tunnel Boring Machines has installed the first permanent ring for the tunnel, one day ahead of schedule.
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Balfour Beatty
4 years
We are delighted to have been awarded “Responsible Business of the Year“ by @EdinChamber . The awards recognise some of Edinburgh’s top performing businesses that help contribute to the success of the city.
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Balfour Beatty
4 years
We’re proud to announce that the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon project team, working on Britain’s biggest road project, are set to open the scheme over half a year early. Fantastic achievement, well done to all involved! @HighwaysEngland
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Balfour Beatty
8 years
Crucial track possession delivered on @Crossrail Whitechapel project - safely & on time, well done to the rail team.
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Balfour Beatty
6 years
It's International Women's Day!! Today we will recognise & celebrate the expert women working at Balfour Beatty. #IWD2018 #pressforprogress Damini shares why she choose a career in the construction industry.
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