Balfour Beatty awarded £197 million Lewisham Gateway Phase Two regeneration contract

Balfour Beatty announces that it has been awarded a £197 million contract to construct Phase Two of the Lewisham Gateway regeneration scheme on behalf of Lewisham Gateway Developments, a subsidiary of Muse Developments. Once complete, the scheme will be owned and operated by Get Living.The contract will see Balfour Beatty construct four mixed-use buildings, including 530 homes for rent, 119 co-living units, a cinema and gym, office facilities, as well as retail and restaurant areas. The development will also create dedicated ‘green spaces’ for the community to enjoy.In addition to delivering the main construction works, Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick will deliver the infrastructure’s mechanical and electrical (M&E) works, while Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering will carry out the piling works. Located adjacent to Lewisham’s DLR station, Lewisham Gateway will represent one of the largest transformational regeneration schemes in South East London, with the overall scheme creating up to 900 new homes and urban spaces for the local community.As part of Balfour Beatty’s commitment to 25 by 2025, an initiative to reduce work undertaken onsite by 25% by 2025, the team will utilise modular construction techniques throughout including the installation of prefabricated bathroom pods, which will in turn increase efficiency, quality and onsite safety.Following a pre-construction services agreement which commenced in mid-2019, full works are due to begin imminently with completion expected in Autumn 2023. At construction peak, the scheme will employ 500 people, with a minimum of 5% of its workforce formed of apprentices and graduates.