Those with construction jobs at Balfour Beatty may already be aware of the company's recent management statement.

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It revealed that performance in the building trade for the US and UK had been strong overall and that the firm's average net cash is there a word missing here? was over £260 million, for June 28th to November 10th 2009.

Despite the economic difficulties presented, the company succeeded in gaining some worthy contracts for education in areas from Hull to West Sussex. These have included deals to work on both academies and schools.

In the summer it was the chosen contractor for work scheduled for the South West Water K5 capital programme, starting in 2010.

Balfour Beatty currently works with customers in varying locations worldwide, from the US to the Middle East, alongside the UK.

It considers itself to be a "world-class construction, services and investment business".

The company set itself development goals in four key areas in 2006 which were to expand its UK regional contracting and technical and professional services, lengthen its investment business into new markets and set up strong domestic businesses overseas.