Case Study: Balfour Beatty achieves an estimated £1.3M savings from reduced errors and rework with Oracle Aconex

Balfour Beatty Saves Estimated £1.3M in Reduced Errors and Rework on Offshore Wind Farm

Balfour Beatty used Oracle Aconex on the Burbo Bank Extension onshore substation project for the offshore wind farm — the first commercial deployment of 8 MW turbines. The team faced rapid staff turnover requiring fast onboarding, strict National Grid Reference and NGTS compliance with unique ID requirements, a demanding technical query approval process, and extensive safety documentation obligations.

Aconex provided a central, searchable master document register with configurable templates, version control and on-demand NGTS documentation, streamlining approvals and safety reviews. Results included a 67% reduction in specialist ramp-up time (from 6–8 weeks to 2), weekly audit time cut by 50%, document collation accelerated from 3.5 months to 2 weeks, an estimated £1.3M saved in reduced errors and rework (~1% of project value), plus £100k annual savings and improved asset valuations.

Balfour Beatty

Andrew Richardson

Design Manager