Directorate Change

Balfour Beatty PLC
19 February 2008


19 February 2008


                               BALFOUR BEATTY PLC
                               BOARD APPOINTMENTS

The Balfour Beatty Group has grown successfully and substantially over recent
years. This trend is expected to continue as both the Group's core contracting
and investment businesses acquire and expand and Balfour Beatty further
establishes itself in its chosen markets overseas. Most recently, the
announcement of an agreement to buy GMH Military Housing (GMH), the US military
accommodation PPP concession company, taken together with Balfour Beatty Capital
in the UK, will create an international portfolio of 42 infrastructure
investments, including those at preferred bidder stage.

In this context, Balfour Beatty announces today the appointment of Anthony
Rabin, currently its Finance Director, as Deputy Chief Executive of Balfour
Beatty plc. In this role, he will take responsibility for the management and
development of the Group's infrastructure investment businesses in the UK,
Europe, South-East Asia and the US, including direct line management
responsibility for GMH. He has been Finance Director since 2003, following five
years in which he was responsible for the successful establishment of the
Group's UK PPP business.

He will be succeeded as Finance Director by Duncan Magrath, Deputy Finance
Director of Balfour Beatty plc since March 2006, who will join the Board. Duncan
Magrath, who is 43, is a Chartered Accountant and a graduate engineer. He joined
the Group from Exel plc where he was Director of Investor Relations and
Financial Strategy. Prior to that, he carried out a number of senior finance
roles in both the UK and in the US. He spent the early part of his career at
Price Waterhouse.

Commenting on the new appointments, Balfour Beatty Chief Executive, Ian Tyler,
said:

'Our strong, continuing growth makes it appropriate to strengthen further
Balfour Beatty's senior management team. Anthony Rabin has done an excellent job
as Finance Director since 2003 and will now, together with some other
responsibilities, take direct responsibility for the direction and development
of our very substantial infrastructure investment business, which is a strategic
priority for the Group. The structure of the Group's construction and
engineering activities, which continue to report directly to me, will also
evolve over time as the business increases in scope and scale.

'Since joining us in 2006 as Anthony's deputy, Duncan has amply demonstrated his
suitability to step up into the senior finance role and I am delighted to
announce his appointment as Finance Director.'

These changes will become effective on Monday 31 March.

                                      ENDS

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

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