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| Balfour Beatty wins new contracts in US British construction and engineering company Balfour Beatty announces that it has won $480 million of new contracts in the US. In Charlotte, North Carolina, Balfour Beatty Construction US, in joint venture, has been awarded the $293 million Mecklenburg County Jail expansion project. Pre-construction will start in spring 2009 and construction is scheduled to begin in summer 2010. Heery International, a U.S. unit of Balfour Beatty, has won two contracts totalling $187 million. In Texas, it has been awarded a construction management contract by Eagle Mountain-Saginaw Independent School District for its new high school, stadium and career technology facility located north-west of Fort Worth. In California, it has been awarded a contract by Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) for the Wounded Warrior barracks for marines and sailors stationed at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. The two-storey structure, which is to be built to LEED gold standards, is to be completed in 24 months. write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Construction News :: home page |