As International Women’s Day gets under way, CIOB People speaks to Balfour Beatty’s Claire Thompson about how the organisation is supporting the recruitment and retention of more female employees

Balfour Beatty is using an automated cable installation equipment machine to deliver the second phase of the National Grid’s London Power Tunnels 2 project.

A round-up of BIM and digital construction stories that you might have missed in the past month, including Doka securing BIM certification.

Balfour Beatty has finished installing six offshore liners at Hinkley Point C.

Ten apprentices from Balfour Beatty and its supply chain have secured the company’s Founder’s Pledge Award

Multi-disciplinary consultant Waterman has launched a materials passport framework, aimed at standardising the approach to documenting and managing materials throughout their lifecycle in order to improve their reuse. How should materials passports be implemented?

Balfour Beatty is working with Groundwork Northamptonshire to provide paid work placements and long-term employment opportunities

Funded by the Scottish Government through Sustrans, and Glasgow City Council’s Vacant Derelict Land Fund, a new bridge reconnects the communities in north Glasgow and completes the last link in the Forth and Clyde Canal towpath

Creating a workforce that reflects the UK population is a long-term ambition for the company  

Balfour Beatty is partnering with the New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE)

A Balfour Beatty worker has died following a serious incident at the Atomic Weapons Establishment Aldermaston site in Reading on 6 July.

Balfour Beatty Atkins won Digital Innovation in Asset Management, sponsored by the Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management, at the Digital Construction Awards last night (4 July) for their work on the A19 Norton to Wynyard project in the North East. 

Su Butcher, programme manager at BIM for Housing Associations, project manager of the Plain Language Guide Editorial Board at the Institution of Engineering and Technology, and a great many other roles, is the deserving recipient of the Digital Construction Champion of the Year accolade, sponsored by BIMcollab.

Sir Robert McAlpine’s glorious renovation of the iconic Elizabeth Tower in Westminster is the deserved winner of the digital construction project of the year accolade – sponsored by Revizto – for 2023, announced at the Digital Construction Awards last night (4 July).

Balfour Beatty has digitalised the goods received notes (GRNs) and proof of delivery (POD) processes on more than 230 sites with 750 user accounts.

Balfour Beatty is partnering with independent social enterprise Renaisi to provide skilled refugees with construction careers

Balfour Beatty carried out emergency restoration works of Nuneham Viaduct, Oxfordshire, after it became structurally unsafe.

Balfour Beatty, Galliford Try and Morgan Sindall Group are to trial new technology which could provide automated, real-time reporting of scope 3 carbon emissions.