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Balfour Beatty plans to close North Lincolnshire office risking 26 jobs

Construction giant Balfour Beatty is reportedly set to be putting 26 jobs at risk as it plans to close its Barton-upon-Humber office in North Lincolnshire.

According to Construction Enquirer, consultation has started with staff at the office about redundancies and the option of relocating to Balfour’s Leeds office.

Barton-upon-Humber is the former head office of Birse Plant Hire, which was incorporated into Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering in July 2006 following the acquisition of the Birse Group.

A Balfour spokesperson said: “We have spoken to employees in our Balfour Beatty Barton office, regarding a proposal to close the office and relocate to our existing Leeds office.

“This is in order to reduce property overheads costs. There are 26 employees based in this office.

“We haven’t yet entered into formal consultation with our employees on this proposal so it would be inappropriate to comment further.

“Our BPH plant hire business which is on the same plot is unaffected.”

The Enquirer understands the move is a local change and not related to the ongoing KPMG review into Balfour which is due to report by the end of this year.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Clare Burnett .