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A legal battle in which Balfour Beatty was claiming damages from truck manufacturers operating a cartel has drawn to a close, Construction News understands. The UK’s biggest contractor launched legal action against 14 firms – including Fiat Chrysler, Volvo, Renault and Daimler (see full list below) – in 2020, alleging they had operated a cartel to

Balfour Beatty, Kier, Bam and Ferrovial are among those in the running to work on a world-leading prototype nuclear fusion power plant. As part of a £410m investment from the government to boost the UK fusion sector, the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) facility will be built at the former West Burton coal power

Balfour Beatty and Costain have got the go-ahead to start work on infrastructure for a huge carbon capture project in the North East. The £4bn construction work on two sites at Net Zero Teesside Power (NZT Power) will start in mid-2025, with both contractors helping to deliver the world’s first gas-fired power station with carbon

A former Balfour Beatty worker has been given a suspended jail sentence after stealing £75,000 of cabling from the contractor. Paul Stott, 52, was discovered after he attempted to sell the cable to the same scrap metal dealer that Balfour Beatty uses, according to the Derby Telegraph. Stott worked at Balfour for 14 years as

Fort William, Scotland Balfour Beatty has won a contract with NHS Highland for two projects in Caithness. As the principal supply chain partner and managing contractor for the Lochaber and Caithness hospitals redesign projects, Balfour will lead the design and construction of a new hospital in Fort William as well as the refurbishment of Caithness

A joint venture between the US subsidiary of Balfour Beatty and Metcon is to deliver a $650m ($526m) phased construction programme at Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) in North Carolina. In a construction manager at-risk function for the Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority, Balfour Beatty will work on landside expansion of Terminal 2 (pictured) plus associated roadway and

Balfour Beatty workers will carry out three 36-hour strikes on consecutive weekends next month in a dispute over pay. The RMT rail union announced the action following a ballot of Balfour staff working for the Central Rail Systems Alliance (CSRA), a joint venture between the firm, Network Rail, Atkins and TSO. The decision to call

Balfour Beatty is on site at the Swansea Travelodge Balfour Beatty is on site carrying out work on a Travelodge hotel after an £800,000 dispute over alleged combustible cladding and other defects was settled. In 2020, Construction News revealed that Travelodge was suing Balfour over what it said were faults at the 70-room hotel on