Eastern promise: Balfour Beatty JV wins £705 million Hong Kong construction contracts

Infrastructure group Balfour Beatty’s Far East joint venture Gammon Construction has been awarded a £137 million contract from the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority in Hong Kong to extend the Lyric Theatre Complex (pictured) in the territory. Gammon has also secured a £568m contract for the highways department of the Government of the Hong Kong to construct the Kai Tak West section of the Central Kowloon route. Work is due to start on the road early this year with completion scheduled in 2025.