Balfour Beatty Living Places has won a seven-year, £297m contract from East Sussex County Council in the UK to maintain highways assets and deliver infrastructure services.
The contract also comes with an option of extension by a further seven years, which would take its total value to £730m.
The firm will be responsible for the maintenance of roads, pavements, drainage, streetlights, traffic lights and bridges.
Besides winter gritting services, the company will also deliver highway enhancement schemes.
The contract is set to begin in Spring 2023.
The company will develop a new operational control hub in East Sussex.
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By GlobalDataThis hub will feature the latest in innovative technologies and systems that have been designed in house.
It will serve a single source of visibility to track all activities in real time, monitor progress of work and help in data-driven decision making to boost efficacies across the network.
Balfour Beatty Living Places managing director Steve Helliwell said: “This latest award builds on our longstanding expertise and commitment to providing best-in-class highways and infrastructure maintenance services across the UK.
“Our dedicated team of professionals will seek to introduce new technologies and innovative solutions wherever we can, helping us to create great places to work, live and play, whilst also leaving behind a lasting positive legacy for the communities in East Sussex.”
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Image: The contract is set to begin in Spring 2023. Credit: David Mark from Pixabay.
