Balfour Beatty, the international engineering, construction, services and investment group, has announced that it has won £274 million of new contracts in the US states of Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Texas and North Carolina.

In Virginia, Heery International has been awarded its second United States Air Force Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC), for the complete renovation of Langley Air Force Base's Hospital to an outpatient clinic. Located in Hampton, the design and build contract is being co-ordinated through the Fort Worth District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.


Balfour Beatty Construction US has won three contracts also from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District.

The MATOC at Fort Jackson in South Carolina involves the renovation and replacement of 300,000 square feet of existing barracks. At Fort Benning in Georgia, Balfour Beatty has won the MATOC for the design and construction of new barracks to support Army infantry troops.

At Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, where Balfour Beatty Communities manages the family housing on base, Balfour Beatty Construction has won a contract to provide construction management and general contracting services for a new dormitory to house 1,200 airmen.

Commenting, Balfour Beatty Chief Executive, Ian Tyler, said: "We are delighted to have secured these contracts. The US is an increasingly important part of the group and this latest work demonstrates the depth and diversity of our US businesses."

(CD/KMcA)