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Balfour Beatty

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Second Address : The Corporate Communications Department, Balfour Beatty plc, 130 Wilton Road, London, SW1V 1LQ


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Balfour Beatty exec caught in Mumbai siege

Balfour Beatty chief executive Ian Tyler was caught up in the terrorist attacks in Mumbai.

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Builders' oasis

UK real estate's biggest player are looking to Dubai to shore up revenues as their home market slumps.

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Balfour Beatty expects $1.2bn in Dubai orders

EXCLUSIVE: CEO of construction giant eyes major Gulf growth amid slowing market in UK.

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Balfour Beatty wins $480mn UAE contracts

Construction company's joint venture initiatives win three new deals in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

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Balfour Beatty Dubai orders may hit $1.4bn

Britain's biggest builder says expects to win contracts worth over $1bn in Dubai in 2008.

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UK firms to face price-fixing charges

The UK's Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has issued a Statement of Objection (SO) against 112 firms operating in England's construction sector.

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Omniyat Properties Binary enters phase one

Omniyat Properties has entered the first phase of main construction on The Binary project in Dubai's Business Bay District.

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Dutco pick up Binary deal

Dutco Balfour Beatty has won the main construction package for Omniyat Properties' US $150 million (AED 550 million) The Binary project.

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Teamwork: capacity issues shift client-contractor relations

Rupert Cornford looks at how market dynamics affect the relationship between client and contractor.

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Balfour Beatty sets up to train site workers

Dubai-based contractor Dutco Balfour Beatty planning training and development centre to boost worker skills.

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Contractors clock hike in female recruitment

Construction companies in the UAE have seen a growth in the take-up of women into middle-management roles over the last few years.

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At the bottom of the Burj

As the Burj Dubai gets taller, it's easy to forget those still working on the lower parts of the structure.

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HBG beats off Balfour for Sheffield shop job

HBG has made it through to the second stage of a two-stage tender for a US $88.9 million (£45 million) deal to revamp a shopping centre in Sheffield, according to a report in Construction News.

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Three make aquatic cut

Three firms have been shortlisted to build the London 2012 aquatics centre, the first major venue for the Olympic Games. Balfour Beatty, Eiffel and Hochtief have been selected to enter the next stage of the competition to win the US $197 million (£100 million) contract, designed by architect Zaha Hadid.

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Metronet in court battle over delays

Consortium of Balfour Beatty, Atkins, Bombardier, EDF Energy and Thames Water faces off with London Underground.

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HBG, Beatty & Miller in bid for Moor Markets

Three firms have bid for the first phase of a US $1.47 billion (£750 million) scheme to transform Sheffield city center, according to a report in Construction News.

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UK firms cement their presence in the region

With a history of partnership within the region, UK firms continue to influence the expanding infrastructure. Rupert Cornford takes a look at some of the contractors and key deals they have secured over the last 12 months.

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Main package on One Business Bay awarded

Emirates Belbadi Contracting collects the US $54 million construction contract

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Airport takeover brings Exeter expansion plan

Balfour Beatty teams up with London City to bring South West into the fold

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Transform is preferred bid

Balfour Beatty’s specialist education PPP concession company, Transform Schools, has been appointed the preferred bidder by Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council on Merseyside for the US $309 million (£157 million) concession to construct seven new learning centres under the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme

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Rainfall hits on-site productivity in UAE

MEP contractors count the cost of the worst December weather in the UAE for ten years as work on sites slows due to rain.

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One bid for M74 contract

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Balfour-Carillion JV expected to win East London Line project

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