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| Balfour Beatty provides update on trading Balfour Beatty plc, the international engineering, construction and services group, has issued the trading update ahead of reporting its preliminary results for the year ended 31st December 2006 on 7 March 2007. The group said performance for the year are expected to come in line with expectations. In 2006, Balfour Beatty's leading positions in its principal markets continued to offer substantial opportunity. During the year, the Group's order book grew by some 20% to approximately £9 billion. The future earnings potential of Balfour Beatty was further enhanced by acquisitions in the US building, UK rail and UK civil engineering sectors and by successes for company's investment business in the education, healthcare and airport sectors. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Construction News :: home page |