Balfour Beatty promises to be more picky with clients after £200m Aberdeen road loss

By Dave Rogers2020-03-11T12:57:00

Scheme ended up costing more than double its original £533m price tag

Balfour Beatty has said it will pick and choose clients more carefully after losing £200m on a scheme to build a bypass around Aberdeen.

The £533m job, signed as a fixed-price lump sum deal, ended up costing more than double that when it was finally completed early last year.

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