Construction Services boss says details of major shake-up to be set out next month

Balfour Beatty鈥檚 major restructure of its UK construction business is 鈥渙n track鈥 the heavy weight contractor鈥檚 construction boss has said.

In May, the firm with 650 jobs to be lost. At the time, Balfour Beatty said a new senior leadership team would be announced at the end of May, which would take the new business forward during a transition period through to January 2013.

This week, Balfour Beatty Construction Services UK chief executive Mike Peasland said that, although the new senior team had yet to be announced, the restructure was still on course to be launched at the beginning of next year.

He said the firm would hold a briefing with its work force at the beginning of August, with further details on the restructure to be made public later that month.

鈥淲e are on track with the decisions we have needed to make. It鈥檚 a question of getting more detail together on new leaders, how the business is going to be run and the brands,鈥 he said.

The firm鈥檚 UK construction services arm includes contractor Mansell, Balfour Beatty Construction, Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering and Balfour Beatty Engineering Services.

Under the restructure UK construction services division will be reshaped around : major infrastructure; regional mechanical and electrical; and regional civil engineering and building.