Balfour Beatty - Revision history

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 ==Lobbying firms==
 *[[Edelman]]<ref> [http://www.appc.org.uk/members/register/register-profile/?company=Edelman Register 1st September 2014 - 30th November 2014] ''APPC'', accessed 29 January 2015 </ref>
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 '''Employees:''' 16,115. encouraging. The group will seek further Balfour Kilpatrick Ltd. (cables) - Erith (1<
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 Tel. 0161 440 0700 / Fax 0161 439 7511
-===Directors=== [[HM Bedelian]] (Managing Director). Randolph House, 4648 Wellesley Road,
+===Directors===
 WE Clifford, WA Evans, DG Fison. Croydon, Surrey CR9 3QD

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-One of the UK's most infamous construction compaines due to its wilful involvement with projects such as the Ilisu dam in Turkey,{{ref|1}} it is also the UK's second largest and most profitable with a turnover in excess of £2.6 billion. In 2000, the company made £94m profit, £477, 233 of which went to its chief executive, Michael Welton.{{ref|57}} Balfour Beatty is the world's fifteenth largest construction company and has 28,500 employees in 24 countries.{{ref|58}} In 2002, it had 5,449 new global contracts.{{ref|59}}
+==Background==
 Balfour Beatty manages many hundreds of projects a year, and has relationships with approximately 10,000 suppliers, and sub-contractors.{{ref|60}} Thanks to PFI, Balfour Beatty announced a rise in sales to £3.44bn during 2002 and PFI now forms 20% of its £5.1bn forward order book.{{ref|61}} It is the UK's leading PPP/PFI concessionaire/contractor.
-In addition to its extensive involvement in rail projects following the privatisation of Britain’s railways in the early 1990s, Balfour Beatty received, along with Tarmac (another major donor to the then-ruling Conservative Party), 49% of all road construction contracts.{{ref|62}}
+In addition to its extensive involvement in rail projects following the privatisation of Britain’s railways in the early 1990s, Balfour Beatty received, along with [[Tarmac]] (another major donor to the then-ruling Conservative Party), 49% of all road construction contracts.{{ref|62}}
 Under its finance director at the time, [[Ron Henderson]] (now group finance director at [[Network Rail]] but previously with [[Halliburton]], Brown and Root and [[Arthur Andersen]]), Balfour Beatty was found responsible for the Heathrow tunnel collapse of 1994. It was fined £1.2 million – at the time the largest ever imposed by the [[Health and Safety Executive]] (HSE) fine, after failing to ensure the safety of both its employees and members of the public.
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 :'I went to a DTI reception. I was introduced to someone who identified himself as the chairman of a company and we were talking about corruption. He announced with great pride that he personally handed over the cheque to the government minister for the Pergau dam “bribe” in Malaysia.' Identifying the interlocutor as 'the chairman of Balfour Beatty', he continues: 'The corporate honcho was not confessing, but boasting about the payment which he may have considered not a bribe but just the cost of doing business Malaysian-style.'{{ref|65}}
-Balfour Beatty was also part of the [[Lesotho Highland Project Contractors]] consortium (see [[AMEC]]). In March 1991, according to Swiss bank records which form the basis of the prosecution's case, the consortium allegedly paid £585,000 via an intermediary into a Swiss bank account controlled by a Lesothan official. Only one month earlier a building contract was signed, worth £135.66
+Balfour Beatty was also part of the [[Lesotho Highland Project Contractors]] consortium (see [[AMEC]]). In March 1991, according to Swiss bank records which form the basis of the prosecution's case, the consortium allegedly paid £585,000 via an intermediary into a Swiss bank account controlled by a Lesothan official. Only one month earlier a building contract was signed, worth £135.66.
 In March 1994 the consortium allegedly paid another £200,000 to the official's account. Two weeks later, they signed the contract to build another dam, worth £41m.{{ref|67}}
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 ==BICC Group plc.==
 Devonshire House, Mayfair Place, London W1X 5PH
 Tel. 0171 629 6622 / Fax 0171 409
 '''Turnover:''' £4.4bn. (1995)
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 [* = non-executive]
-===Political Links===
+===Political links===
 [[Lord Howe]] was a Conservative MP 1964-92, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1979-83, Foreign Secretary 1983-89, Leader of the House of Commons & Deputy Prime Minister 1989-90. BICC has supported [[Aims of Industry]], the [[Economic League]] and [[British United Industrialists]].
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-BB Construction Ltd. has been a member of the British Roads Federation (BRF) since at least 1989. [[Warwick Evans]], a director of BB Civil Engineering Ltd., was a member of the BRF Board of Directors 1992-3. [Source: BRF Annual Report 1993]. [[Colin Shepherd]] MP (Conservative, Hereford) is registered as a parliamentary advisor to BB Ltd. [Source: A Bit On The Side, 1994 (not sure if still the case)]. BB is suffering from the reduced UK power and civil engineering markets. Building and building services have had a bad year, but are expected to recover slowly. Maintenance and facilities management have been successful. Railway engineering is picking up, with the acquisition from BR of 3 maintenance and track renewal units.
+BB Construction Ltd. has been a member of the [[British Roads Federation]] (BRF) since at least 1989. [[Warwick Evans]], a director of [[BB Civil Engineering]] Ltd., was a member of the BRF Board of Directors 1992-3. [Source: BRF Annual Report 1993]. [[Colin Shepherd]] MP (Conservative, Hereford) is registered as a parliamentary advisor to BB Ltd. [Source: A Bit On The Side, 1994 (not sure if still the case)]. BB is suffering from the reduced UK power and civil engineering markets. Building and building services have had a bad year, but are expected to recover slowly. Maintenance and facilities management have been successful. Railway engineering is picking up, with the acquisition from BR of 3 maintenance and track renewal units.
 "The UK market outlook for 1996 is not - expansion overseas was" - Michael Welton BB currently has 50% of sales outside the UK (it was 25% at start of 1995). This includes Indonesia, Malaysia (incl. the Pergau Dam), Watch) Dubai, Lesotho (£260m HEP dam), Singapore, Hong Kong and USA (incl. several road schemes). BB Construction Intemational is based at Sidcup, Kent.
-===Offices=== BB Construction Ltd. - Walton-on-Thames (Surrey), Lichfield (Staffs.), Wythenshawe (nr. Manchester), Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Edinburgh. BB Projects & Engineering Ltd. - Sidcup (Kent), Exeter, Bristol. Wallington (Surrey), Birmingham, Renfr'ber (Strathclyde). See Who Owns Whom for other subsidiary acquisition from BR of 3 maintenance and BB Power Construction Ltd. - Kirby. - Look in the phone book! (or call Corpor
+===Offices===
 ==Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Ltd.==
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 Balfour Beatty was ranked the UK's largest trunk roads contractor in financial year 1992-3, 2nd largest in 1993-4. It won the biggest single road scheme each year: the £65m Second Sevem Crossing and the £71m A13 Thames Avenue/Wenninton respectively.
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	#{{note\|68}}'Balfour Beatty Rail fined £150,000 after boy electrocuted,' Contract Journal, 11.02.04. See: www.contractjournal.com/home/Default.asp?type=2&liArticleID=40599&liSectionID=2&liDF=1. Viewed: 23.02.04		#{{note\|68}}'Balfour Beatty Rail fined £150,000 after boy electrocuted,' Contract Journal, 11.02.04. See: www.contractjournal.com/home/Default.asp?type=2&liArticleID=40599&liSectionID=2&liDF=1. Viewed: 23.02.04

−	[[Category: Construction Industry]]	+	[[Category: Construction Industry]][[Category:Transnational Corporations]]

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-#{{note|1}} Balfour Beatty Key Facts. See: http://www.balfourbeatty.com/bbeatty/aboutus/keyfacts/. Viewed: 10.03.04
+#{{note|1}} Balfour Beatty Website. See: http://www.balfourbeatty.com/bbeatty/media/pr/2001/2001-11-13/ for their take on the end of their involvement with this project. Viewed: 27.03.07
 #{{note|59}}'Top Global Contractors,' ENR, 2002. See: http://enr.construction.com/people/toplists/topGlobalcont/topglobalCont_1-50.asp. Viewed: 11.03.04
 #{{note|60}} See: www.buildonline.com/oursolutions/casestudies.asp Viewed: 22.01.04

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−	One of the UK's most infamous construction compaines due to its wilful involvement with projects such as the Ilisu dam in Turkey,{{ref\|56}} it is also the UK's second largest and most profitable with a turnover in excess of £2.6 billion. In 2000, the company made £94m profit, £477, 233 of which went to its chief executive, Michael Welton.{{ref\|57}} Balfour Beatty is the world's fifteenth largest construction company and has 28,500 employees in 24 countries.{{ref\|58}} In 2002, it had 5,449 new global contracts.{{ref\|59}}	+	One of the UK's most infamous construction compaines due to its wilful involvement with projects such as the Ilisu dam in Turkey,{{ref\|1}} it is also the UK's second largest and most profitable with a turnover in excess of £2.6 billion. In 2000, the company made £94m profit, £477, 233 of which went to its chief executive, Michael Welton.{{ref\|57}} Balfour Beatty is the world's fifteenth largest construction company and has 28,500 employees in 24 countries.{{ref\|58}} In 2002, it had 5,449 new global contracts.{{ref\|59}}

	Balfour Beatty manages many hundreds of projects a year, and has relationships with approximately 10,000 suppliers, and sub-contractors.{{ref\|60}} Thanks to PFI, Balfour Beatty announced a rise in sales to £3.44bn during 2002 and PFI now forms 20% of its £5.1bn forward order book.{{ref\|61}} It is the UK's leading PPP/PFI concessionaire/contractor.		Balfour Beatty manages many hundreds of projects a year, and has relationships with approximately 10,000 suppliers, and sub-contractors.{{ref\|60}} Thanks to PFI, Balfour Beatty announced a rise in sales to £3.44bn during 2002 and PFI now forms 20% of its £5.1bn forward order book.{{ref\|61}} It is the UK's leading PPP/PFI concessionaire/contractor.

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	#{{note\|67}}'Corruption in Southern Africa - Sources and Solutions,' Lori Pottinger, 10.07.00. See: www.irn.org/programs/lesotho/index.asp?id=/programs/lesotho/chatham.01.html. Viewed: 26.01.04		#{{note\|67}}'Corruption in Southern Africa - Sources and Solutions,' Lori Pottinger, 10.07.00. See: www.irn.org/programs/lesotho/index.asp?id=/programs/lesotho/chatham.01.html. Viewed: 26.01.04
	#{{note\|68}}'Balfour Beatty Rail fined £150,000 after boy electrocuted,' Contract Journal, 11.02.04. See: www.contractjournal.com/home/Default.asp?type=2&liArticleID=40599&liSectionID=2&liDF=1. Viewed: 23.02.04		#{{note\|68}}'Balfour Beatty Rail fined £150,000 after boy electrocuted,' Contract Journal, 11.02.04. See: www.contractjournal.com/home/Default.asp?type=2&liArticleID=40599&liSectionID=2&liDF=1. Viewed: 23.02.04
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 ==Notes==
-#{{note|58}}} Balfour Beatty Key Facts. See: www.balfourbeatty.com/bbeatty/aboutus/keyfacts/. Viewed: 10.03.04
+#{{note|58}} Balfour Beatty Key Facts. See: www.balfourbeatty.com/bbeatty/aboutus/keyfacts/. Viewed: 10.03.04
-#{{note|59'Top Global Contractors,' ENR, 2002. See: http://enr.construction.com/people/toplists/topGlobalcont/topglobalCont_1-50.asp. Viewed: 11.03.04
+#{{note|59}}'Top Global Contractors,' ENR, 2002. See: http://enr.construction.com/people/toplists/topGlobalcont/topglobalCont_1-50.asp. Viewed: 11.03.04
 #{{note|60}} See: www.buildonline.com/oursolutions/casestudies.asp Viewed: 22.01.04
 #{{note|61}}'Unison Companies Update,' Unison, 09.04.03. See: www.unison.org.uk/acrobat/B798.pdf. Viewed: 26.01.04
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 #{{note|66}}'Corruption in Southern Africa - Sources and Solutions,' Lori Pottinger, 10.07.00. See: www.irn.org/programs/lesotho/index.asp?id=/programs/lesotho/chatham.01.html. Viewed: 26.01.04
 #{{note|67}}'Corruption in Southern Africa - Sources and Solutions,' Lori Pottinger, 10.07.00. See: www.irn.org/programs/lesotho/index.asp?id=/programs/lesotho/chatham.01.html. Viewed: 26.01.04
-#{{note|68}}'Balfour Beatty Rail fined £150,000 after boy electrocuted,' Contract Journal, 11.02.04. See: www.contractjournal.com/home/Default.asp?
+#{{note|68}}'Balfour Beatty Rail fined £150,000 after boy electrocuted,' Contract Journal, 11.02.04. See: www.contractjournal.com/home/Default.asp?type=2&liArticleID=40599&liSectionID=2&liDF=1. Viewed: 23.02.04