Directorate Change

Balfour Beatty PLC
21 August 2003


                              BALFOUR BEATTY PLC

                              Board Appointments


Balfour Beatty, the international engineering, construction and services group,
announces today the appointment of two new non-executive Directors with effect
from 1 September 2003.

Chalmers Carr, 65, is a lawyer who has been General Counsel to Coutts and
Company since 1998, having previously been General Manager and Group Legal
Adviser to HSBC Holdings plc for eight years.  His career experience also
includes senior legal and other management positions in the Central Electricity
Generating Board, Bridon plc, GKN plc, Elliott Automation and Rolls Royce Ltd.

Gordon Sage, 56, a chemical engineer, is Deputy Chairman of ERM Holdings Ltd,
the environmental services consultancy, and a non-executive Director of Merrill
Lynch World Mining Trust plc.  From 1970-2001 he held a series of increasingly
senior positions in Rio Tinto plc, finally as executive director responsible for
its industrial minerals and diamonds businesses.

Commenting on the appointments, Balfour Beatty Chairman, Sir David John, said: '
I am pleased to welcome Chalmers Carr and Gordon Sage to the Balfour Beatty
Board, to which they will add valuable experience from their respective
backgrounds and areas of expertise.'


Enquiries to:

Tim Sharp
Tel: [phone]
www.balfourbeatty.com


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