News Release

02 February 2026

BALFOUR BEATTY SECURES £315 MILLION WARWICKSHIRE HIGHWAYS MAINTENANCE CONTRACT

Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, today announces that it has been awarded the £315 million seven-year Warwickshire Highways Maintenance contract by Coventry City Council, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council and Warwickshire County Council.

The new contract marks the company's third consecutive term delivering the Warwickshire Highways Maintenance contract, taking the unique partnership through to Spring 2033. There is an option to extend the contract by a further six-years based on the successful delivery of the initial term, worth up to a total value of £900 million.

Balfour Beatty Living Places - Balfour Beatty's local road maintenance, street lighting and public‑realm service provider - will be responsible for delivering a variety of road maintenance services to over 5,000 kilometres of roads as well as cyclical maintenance to over 55,000 streetlights.

The award follows a strong track record of performance spanning effective asset management, value for money, and close collaboration with the three local authorities since 2011.

Balfour Beatty Living Places will implement an integrated, digitally enabled operating model with a centralised planning and permitting system; consolidating programme, performance and operational data to strengthen council oversight and enable future AI‑enabled improvements in inspections, winter planning and reactive service delivery.

Philip Hoare, Balfour Beatty Group Chief Executive, said: "This award reflects the confidence and trust our customers place in Balfour Beatty.  Over the last fifteen years, we have worked collaboratively with our local authority partners to build a strategic infrastructure partnership that combines effective asset management and improving services to deliver strong, measurable outcomes.

"Long term partnerships such as this are critical to the delivery of essential infrastructure, enabling sustained investment in people and services so that we can provide better outcomes for communities."

The contract will commence in Spring 2026 and at peak, will employ a workforce of c.160, including multiple graduate and apprenticeship positions.

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Notes to editors:

·    Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure group with 27,000 employees driving the delivery of powerful new solutions, shaping thinking, creating skylines and inspiring a new generation of talent to be the change-makers of tomorrow.

·    We finance, develop, build, maintain and operate the increasingly complex and critical infrastructure that supports national economies and deliver projects at the heart of local communities.

·    For over 115 years, we have created iconic buildings and infrastructure all over the world. Currently, we are working to deliver Hinkley Point C, the first UK nuclear power station in a generation; constructing the world-class arts and cultural facility, the Lyric Theatre, in Hong Kong; and designing, building, financing, operating and maintaining the Automated People Mover superstructure at the fifth busiest airport in the world, Los Angeles International Airport.

·    Balfour Beatty Living Places works in long-term partnerships with local authorities to create great places to live, work and play. We work with local people to understand the need of the communities we work in and shape the places where local economies can thrive and grow. As a leader in sustainable solutions and social value, we use our expertise to bring about real, positive change for our customers and the communities we operate in.