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04/10/2019

Balfour Beatty JV Secures £490m Contract

A £490 million contract has been awarded to Balfour Beatty for a project in Hong Kong.

The company's 50:50 joint venture, Gammon Construction will deliver an Advanced Manufacturing Centre (AMC) on behalf of the Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation.

Work on the 108,000m² AMC facility will include all mechanical, electrical and plumbing services, the building façade and a significant amount of steelworks.

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Gammon will deploy a wide range of innovative technologies and methods including BIM, modularisation and off-site manufacturing techniques to improve safety and quality and contribute to a significant reduction in the duration of the works programme.

Thomas Ho, Chief Executive of Gammon, said: "This impressive and complex facility for one of Gammon's long-term customers is designed to meet the increasing need for high-end on demand manufacturing in the region. This latest success is testament to our proven experience in constructing complex buildings and our market leading engineering and technical capability."

The AMC is expected to be complete in 2021.

(CM/MH)

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