Balfour Beatty appointed BAA Heathrow contract

07/01/2008

International construction company Balfour Beatty has been chosen to carry out BAA's Midfield Pier project at Heathrow Airport.

Construction work is scheduled to begin in spring this year and will involve building in three phases, with phases one and two being undertaken between 2008 and 2011.

Phases one and two of the development project is estimated to be worth £428 million on completion, with phase three costing up to a further £100 million.

Commenting on the new contract, Balfour Beatty chief executive, Ian Tyler, said: "Having achieved preferred supplier status for BAA's programme of complex building works in the coming period, we are delighted to have secured the planned work on the Midfield Pier project at Heathrow."

"Our performance in delivering the rail systems element of Terminal 5 has been instrumental in the successful on-schedule handover of Terminal 5 to BAA on September 17th," he added.

Balfour Beatty is the UK's current leader in building and construction services, employing almost 35,000 people.

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