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The company is re-branded as Balfour Beatty Construction. [3] Balfour Beatty Construction has embarked on a series of acquisitions including Charter Builders in 2006, R.T. Dooley [19] and SpawMaxwell in 2009, [20] Barnhart and Charter Builders in 2010, [21] and most recently in June 2011, Howard S. Wright. [22]
Throughout the 1970s, Balfour Beatty expanded its presence in the road construction sector through schemes such as the M73 motorway and the Glasgow Inner Ring Road. Between 1986 and 1995, Balfour Beatty operated Balfour Beatty Homes; after a collapse of the housing market, Balfour Beatty Homes was renamed Clarke Homes and then sold to Westbury ...
Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, Inc. is a heavy civil contractor operating in the United States. Established in North America in 1990, the company constructs highways, bridges (over land and water), tunnels, wastewater and potable water treatment plants. Its parent company is Balfour Beatty plc.
On October 31, 2014, Balfour Beatty sold Parsons Brinckerhoff to WSP Global. In 2017 Parsons Brinckerhoff changed its name to WSP USA. In 2017 Parsons Brinckerhoff changed its name to WSP USA. On September 3, 2014, it was announced that WSP Global had made an offer to purchase Parsons Brinckerhoff from Balfour Beatty plc for US$1.24 billion. [ 29 ]
The company manufactured the Skylon, the iconic ‘Vertical Feature’ that was the emblematic symbol of the 1951 Festival of Britain. [ 4 ] In 1955 Painter Brothers became a member of the BICC plc group of companies and now operates within the Balfour Beatty Power Networks Division. [ 5 ]
In October 2014, WSP completed the purchase of New York-headquartered professional services firm Parsons Brinckerhoff from Balfour Beatty for US$1.24 billion. [10] The company has a network of approximately 170 offices and nearly 13,500 employees on five continents [11] and became a wholly owned independent subsidiary. [12]
In November 2017, the company invested in Sweden to acquire Eitech and Infratek, specialists in electrical works and engineering. [28] [29] Between 2017 and 2020, Vinci, as part of a joint venture with Balfour Beatty and Systra, was awarded multiple contracts to work on Britain's High Speed 2 project. [30] [31] [32]
On 6 May 2008, Balfour Beatty bought the 95% stake of the airport off CityHopper Airports Ltd for £14 million. [4] The construction company also owned Exeter Airport. On 18 July 2008, the Blackpool Gazette announced that Jet2 planned to suspend its daily service from Blackpool to Belfast International for the winter. A dip in passenger numbers ...