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Balfour Beatty PLC

05 March 2009

 



5 March 2009

BALFOUR BEATTY WINS NEW CONTRACTS 

TOTALLING $480 MILLION (£341 MILLION) IN US

Balfour Beatty, the international engineering, construction, services and investment Group, announces that it has won $480 million of new contracts in the US.

In Charlotte, North Carolina, Balfour Beatty Construction US, in joint venture, has been awarded the $293 million Mecklenburg County Jail expansion project. The facility will contain an estimated 1,300 to 1,700 beds, with a new utility plant and expansion or renovation of existing support areas. In addition, the project includes associated site work and infrastructure expansion and improvements.  Pre-construction will start in spring 2009 and construction is scheduled to begin in summer 2010.

Heery International has won two contracts totalling $187 million. 

In Texas, it has been awarded a construction management contract by Eagle Mountain-Saginaw Independent School District for its new high school, stadium and career technology facility located north-west of Fort Worth. The three components of the project will be constructed on a single site of approximately 124 acres. Pre-construction services will commence immediately.

In California, it has been awarded a contract by Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) for the Wounded Warrior barracks for marines and sailors stationed at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. The two-storey structure, which is to be built to LEED gold standards, is to be completed in 24 months.

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Analyst/media enquiries:    

Duncan Murray

Tel: [phone]
www.balfourbeatty.com

Notes to Editors:

1.    Balfour Beatty Construction US provides general contracting, at-risk construction management, design-build, preconstruction, public/private and turnkey services for clients nationwide. Over the past 35 years, Balfour Beatty Construction US has built more than 14 million square feet of criminal justice projects throughout the United States, including the Osceola County Courthouse in Kissimmee Fl; the Bertie Correctional Institution in Windsor, NC and the North Carolina Scotland Correctional Institution in Laurinburg, NC. 

2.    Barnhart Inc is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Heery International. Barnhart and Heery combined represent the fourth largest educational builder in the nation, according to Engineering News Record magazine.  

3.    Heery International is a 1,500-person programme management, construction management, architecture, construction, interior design and engineering firm with annual revenues of nearly $1.2 billion. The firm's Southern California operations, currently manages more than $1.5 billion worth of construction projects throughout Southern California. The company has recently completed the Cahill Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics at the California Institute of Technology. Also in California, Barnhart Inc has completed the $10 million, 18-classroom addition to Cajon Park School in Santee. The company is overseeing construction and management for the modernisation of nine elementary schools in the Santee school district.

4.    Balfour Beatty is a world-class, engineering, construction, services and investment business, well-positioned in infrastructure markets which offer significant long-term growth. We work in partnership with sophisticated customers who value the highest levels of quality, safety and technical expertise. Our skills are applied in appropriate combinations to meet individual customer need. Balfour Beatty's financial position, with significant net cash and with strong operating cash flows, offers continuing flexibility to add additional capacity and expertise to the business mix and to make appropriate investments in PPP and other long-term growth opportunities.

 

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