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Balfour raided by FBI
00:00 28 Jun 2000
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Following a dawn raid by 40 FBI agents on a Balfour Beatty project
office in America, the construction group says it has no idea as to
the reason for the unexpected swoop.
The raid took place at 7am on 7 June. Documents and computers were removed by FBI agents acting on behalf of the office of the inspector general, America's equivalent of the UK's National Audit Office.
The site, in Massachusetts, was the joint project office of Balfour Beatty Construction and Massachusetts Electric Construction. The jv has been working on a contract which is part of the £1.9bn railway modernisation of the North East Corridor.
When awarded in December 1995, Balfour's contract was worth £260m. However its current value has risen to £400m as the design by Morrison Knutsen/Spie Battignolles has developed, partly as a result of client changes.
"The last stage payment was made last week, with Amtrak[the client] saying it was satisfied with the work," said a Balfour spokesman.
The raid took place at 7am on 7 June. Documents and computers were removed by FBI agents acting on behalf of the office of the inspector general, America's equivalent of the UK's National Audit Office.
The site, in Massachusetts, was the joint project office of Balfour Beatty Construction and Massachusetts Electric Construction. The jv has been working on a contract which is part of the £1.9bn railway modernisation of the North East Corridor.
When awarded in December 1995, Balfour's contract was worth £260m. However its current value has risen to £400m as the design by Morrison Knutsen/Spie Battignolles has developed, partly as a result of client changes.
"The last stage payment was made last week, with Amtrak[the client] saying it was satisfied with the work," said a Balfour spokesman.
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