Contract win

RNS Number : 5972E

Balfour Beatty PLC

23 December 2009

 



23 December 2009

BALFOUR BEATTY AWARDED FACILITIES MANAGEMENT CONTRACT 

 BY QINETIQ

Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group operating in construction services, professional services, support services and infrastructure investments, announces today that it has been appointed by QinetiQ, a leading international provider of technology-based services and solutions, to provide integrated facilities management services for a seven-year contract with a base-line value of £15 million per annum plus additional fees for non-core services.

The contract will consist of the facilities management of QinetiQ's portfolio of 31 sites across the UK. 
Balfour Beatty will be transforming the service, providing greater efficiencies and cost reductions to QinetiQ and will be responsible for mechanical and electrical and building fabric maintenance, waste management, mail, logistics, cleaning, front of house, helpdesk management and ground maintenance.

Commenting today Balfour Beatty Chief Executive, Ian Tyler, said:

"We are delighted to be appointed as service provider for this contract by one of the world's leading defence and security technology companies. We look forward to transforming the facilities management service to support QinetiQ's ability to operate efficiently across all of its sites."

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Analyst/media enquiries:    

Marjorie Hooper

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Notes to Editors:

	Balfour Beatty WorkPlace is a leading asset and facilities management business  providing hard and soft services including property and project planning, and professional services such as helpdesk management, BMS design and manufacture and energy surveys and consultancy.
	Balfour Beatty WorkPlace customers include British Energy, the Royal Mail, BT, the Department for Work and Pensions, the BBC, BAA, and Tesco.  Balfour Beatty WorkPlace also carries out facilities management for a number of the Balfour Beatty Group's PPP hospitals and schools schemes including Stoke Schools, North Lanarkshire schools, the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, and the University Hospital of North Durham.
	Balfour Beatty (www.balfourbeatty.com) is a world-class infrastructure group operating in construction services, professional services, support services and infrastructure investments. We work in partnership with our customers principally in the UK, the US, South-East Asia and the Middle East, who value the highest levels of quality, safety and technical expertise. Our key infrastructure markets include transportation (roads, rail and airports); social infrastructure (education, specialist healthcare, and various types of accommodation); utilities (water, gas and power transmission and generation); and commercial (offices, leisure and retail). We deliver services essential to the development, creation and care of these infrastructure assets including investment, project design, financing and management, engineering and construction, and facilities management services. Balfour Beatty employs more than 53,000 people around the world.

 

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