# Balfour Beatty awarded £50M National Grid substation replacement contract

Balfour Beatty has been awarded a £50 million contract by National Grid to replace a 400kV substation at Littlebrook Power Station in Kent. The five-year project includes design, supply and construction, with completion scheduled for winter 2023.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2019-06-21
- Where: Littlebrook Power Station, Kent, United Kingdom
- Value: $63.0M (50.0M GBP)
- Jobs: 100
- Status: announced
- Products: high-voltage substation
- Sectors: [Power Generation Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/power-generation-equipment.md), [Electrical Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/electrical-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Balfour Beatty](https://endata.com/companies/13673.md)
- [National Grid](https://endata.com/companies/389.md) (customer)
- [Balfour Beatty](https://endata.com/companies/13673.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [balfourbeatty.com](https://www.balfourbeatty.com/media-centre/latest/balfour-beatty-awarded-50-million-national-grid-substation-replacement-contract/), 2019-06-21: "Our extensive knowledge and ability to provide an integrated solution in the delivery of high-voltage substations makes us ideally positioned to help National Grid secure the power supply to the South East of England for years to come."
- [millbank.com](https://www.millbank.com/blog/balfour-beatty-awarded-50m-400kv-substation-build-kent), 2019-06-21: "Our extensive knowledge and ability to provide an integrated solution in the delivery of high-voltage substations makes us ideally positioned to help National Grid secure the power supply to the South East of England for years to come."
- [theconstructionindex.co.uk](https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/balfour-beatty-wins-50m-littlebrook-substation-replacement), 2019-06-21: "National Grid has given Balfour Beatty a £50m contract to replace a high-voltage substation at Littlebrook Power Station in Kent."
- [building.co.uk](https://www.building.co.uk/news/balfour-beatty-plugs-in-for-50m-electricity-job/5100188.article), 2019-06-21: "Balfour Beatty has nabbed a £50m contract to design and build a high-voltage substation near Littlebrook Power Station in Kent."
- [transformer-magazine.com](https://transformer-magazine.com/news/6647-63-m-worth-substation-replacement-work-underway-in-england/), 2019-06-24: "The five-year contract forms a critical part of National Grid's transformation of the national transmission network, to keep the lights on across the southeast of England."

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