Balfour Beatty has been appointed to deliver £47 million of overhead line and cabling works in the Scottish Highlands.

The company has won two contracts to carry out works for the Fort Augustus to Fort William 132kV Transmission Reinforcement project.

The first deal, worth around £44m, is for the overhead line works and will involve the design, supply and installation of a new conductor system, as well as structural upgrade works.

The second contract, worth approximately £3m, is for the underground cabling works and will include the design, supply and installation of cable systems required to reconfigure the network as part of the overhead line reinforcement programme.


Both deals have been awarded by Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission plc, part of Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN), through the existing F2 Overhead Line General Works Framework and the 132kV Underground Cable Works Framework.

Work is due to start this spring and completion is scheduled for 2020. Around 100 people will be employed on the project including a number of graduates, trainees and locally employed staff and contractors.

Andy Smith Operations Director for Balfour Beatty's Power Transmission and Distribution business in Scotland, said: "These two contracts build on Balfour Beatty's long-standing relationship with SSEN and demonstrate our ability to deploy innovative solutions and deliver challenging projects to exacting safety standards. We are delighted to have been selected to support SSEN in the reinforcement of this critical transmission infrastructure."

(LM)