A £73m contract for two sea defence projects at Blackpool has been awarded to Balfour Beatty.
The £20m Anchorsholme Scheme for Blackpool Council and the £53m Rossall Scheme for Wyre Council will see the replacement of over 2.9km of original 1930’s seawalls as part of the promenade renewal and beach management projects, protecting over 12,000 properties from the risk of coastal flooding.
The scheme originally had a projected estimate of £100m but savings in both cost and time were made by bundling the two projects together into a single design and build contract. Work on both schemes will commence this coming winter with completion at Anchorsholme planned for summer 2015 and at Rossall in summer 2017. Balfour Beatty will also train teams from both councils to use Building Information Modelling construction methods for asset management purposes including ongoing operations, maintenance, planning and monitoring.
