Balfour Beatty meets targets

Published on Friday 3 July 2009 10:00

ENGINEERING, construction and investment group Balfour Beatty has said trading has continued in line with expectation.

Ahead of the publication of half-year results in August, Balfour Beatty said its order book would be broadly in line with the 12.8 billion reported for 31 December 2008.

They reported performance in the building sector has exceeded last year, with the UK steady and the US strong.

The firm has made good progress on a host of road projects and began work in May on a 6.2 billion scheme to widen the M25 motorway.