Balfour Beatty lands Scottish electricity contract

Balfour Beatty has been awarded a £290m contract by Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission to replace the electricity transmission line between Beauly and Wharry Burn, 20km north of Denny.

The contract is a significant part of the overall Beauly-Denny scheme and involves the project development, design, material provision and installation of a 200km double circuit 400kV overhead electricity transmission line and associated civil and access works, including construction of temporary access roads and associated improvements to some private roads. It will replace an existing 132kV overhead transmission line that will be dismantled during the contract period including reinstatement of the existing sites.

Work is due to be completed in 2015.

Mike Sparrow, Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions managing director, said:
“We are delighted to be awarded this complex project to upgrade the electrical infrastructure from the Highlands to the central belt of Scotland. We look forward to working with SSE and local communities to sensitively and successfully deliver this contract which will ensure that Scotland has the robust electricity network necessary to enable it to become a European leader in decarbonisation, through connection of its targeted growth in renewable generation.”