Balfour Beatty and Southampton City Council extend partnership

Balfour Beatty Living Places and Southampton City Council have announced an extension to their Highways Services Partnership.

Following a history of good performance and collaborative working with the local authority, the current ten-year contract will be extended by five years, taking the contract to the end of September 2025.

The Highways Services Partnership sees Balfour Beatty Living Places providing an efficient, sustainable and community focused highways service, allowing Southampton City Council to determine cost certainty and maximise value through working collaboratively.

In addition, the company has also been awarded an extension to its management of Southampton City Council’s public safety and traffic CCTV cameras. Awarded in 2012, this contract will also be extended until the end of September 2025.

The partnership itself was awarded a V3 Digital Award in 2016, recognising the dedication of Balfour Beatty Living Places to using digital technology excellence wherever possible in the contract. This commitment has seen digital tools used throughout the city such as drones, laser scanning and BIM.

Using this type of technology enhances worker safety and improves asset information and decision making, while also benefitting road users and the local economy as a result of fewer road closures and restrictions.

Upon confirmation of the contract extension, Balfour Beatty Living Places has committed some £500,000 of investment into local apprenticeships, graduates and those Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEETs), and £100,000 in local suppliers.

Steve Helliwell, Managing Director, Balfour Beatty Living Places, said, “We have significant experience in the highways industry and are dedicated to identifying new technologies which will benefit Southampton City Council and the city’s residents. We are very pleased with the decision of Southampton City Council to extend our contract, a move which demonstrates the strength of our relationship and quality of works we provide.”

Councillor Jacqui Rayment, Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport at Southampton City Council, commented, “I am really pleased to be extending our Highways Services Partnership Contract. We have worked well together to ensure the partnership has not only delivered on its key objectives but contributed additional benefits to support economic growth, investment in the local community and customer focused activity above and beyond the original contract requirements. This foundation ideally places Balfour Beatty Living Places to meet the challenges the future will bring and I am confident they are committed to working with us to deliver efficiencies and cost savings whilst keeping our customer priorities at the very heart of what we do.”

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