Balfour Beatty powers up order book 20% to record £18.4bn

Balfour Beatty is set to close the year with a turbocharged order book and cash pile as the UK energy boom powers the pipeline to record levels.
This morning Balfour said it would reach year-end with an order book around 20% higher at roughly £18.4bn, driven by more than £3.5bn of new UK power-generation work and the long-awaited inclusion of £3bn of Sizewell C civils.
Revenue is expected to come in more than 5% ahead of last year’s £10bn, with UK construction and s