London Heathrow has awarded Balfour Beatty as programme manager and contractor for infrastructure works. The company that is based in the UK will for three years work with Heathrow, in its bid to maintain and upgrade terminal 1, 2 and 4 of the airport. This is one of the frameworks established by the British airport to make yearly savings on its capital investment programme. This will be achieved when one contractor is chosen to handle a variety of development projects necessary within the airport. The entire project is estimated to be worth £180 Million.
The company is expected to deliver on most projects and handling various stages on others. Individual parts of the project worth will range from £500,000 to £70 Million. At the end of the contract in 2016 depending on their performance, Heathrow airport can extend the contact by another two years. This extension will require an additional of up to £70 Million. Balfour Beatty is not new to Heathrow as the company has in the past done business with the airport. It has in fact delivered infrastructural support for terminal five facilities.
The company assured Heathrow that it will bring its significant expertise and experience making the framework successful. Balfour Beatty will deal with design Engineering, construction details. It will also bring in building information modelling which will provide 4D samples for the airport to choose from. Mechanical and Electrical specification swill also be taken care of by the company. Before this new agreement, Balfour Beatty was already dealing with a part of terminal 2 that is worth £590 Million.
Other projects will include improvements on structures like escalators and lifts. Air conditioning, CCTV cameras and other security systems will also be covered in the improvement and replacement phase. They will be renovating the retail areas of the said terminals.
