Balfour gets final sign-off for HMP Highland at £209m

Balfour Beatty has achieved final sign-off at £209m to build the HMP Highland prison in Inverness.
Once completed in 2026, it will be Scotland’s first net-zero prison, with improved education and health facilities to help with rehabilitation.
It will be able to accommodate 200 prisoners, over 100 more than the design capacity of Inverness Prison that it will replace, allowing more adult men from the Highlands and Islands to be accommodated in their local area.When the project was con