Sites may have to close because of coronavirus, Balfour Beatty admits

By Dave Rogers2020-03-11T11:03:00

Firm’s top executives meeting twice a week to discuss mitigation plans

Balfour Beatty is having high-level meetings about the coronavirus outbreak twice a week as the firm became the first major contractor to publicly admit it might have to close sites.

Chief executive Leo Quinn said the business unit heads at the country’s biggest contractor were meeting every Tuesday and Thursday to review the impact of coronavirus on its 14,000 UK staff and 336 sites in the UK.

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