Balfour Beatty in £2.1bn Scape framework win

Infrastructrure group Balfour Beatty said it had been appointed as the sole contractor to Scape Group's two new civil engineering frameworks, valued at a combined total of up to £2.1bn revenue.

The frameworks, open to all public sector bodies in the UK, will run for four years from October 2018, with schemes due to be awarded from early 2019.

The Scape national civil engineering framework, valued at £1.6bn, covers England, Wales and Northern Ireland, while another in Scotland is worth £500m.

The frameworks allow local authorities, local enterprise partnerships and other public sector bodies to commission works “through a procurement process that provides the fastest route to market and utilises early contractor engagement to deliver best value design solutions”, Balfour said.

Chief executive Leo Quinn said: "These frameworks enable us to build on our strong partnership with Scape. Our engineering and project management expertise coupled with our detailed regional knowledge supports Scape's delivery of a wide range of rapidly mobilised infrastructure projects.”