Case Study: Balfour Beatty saves £1.3M with Oracle Construction and Engineering

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

Balfour Beatty, working with Oracle Construction and Engineering and its Aconex platform, needed to manage a complex offshore wind farm project with rapid staff turnover, strict document control requirements, NGTS compliance demands, and extensive safety documentation. The team also had to keep a master document register accurate and ensure new specialists could get up to speed quickly.

Oracle Construction and Engineering implemented Aconex as a central, searchable repository with configurable templates, version control, and streamlined approval workflows for technical queries, risk assessments, and safety alerts. This reduced new specialist ramp-up time by 67% (from 6–8 weeks to 2 weeks), cut weekly audit time by 50%, and eliminated errors and rework for an estimated £1.3 million in savings, while also accelerating document collation from 3.5 months to 2 weeks.

Balfour Beatty

Andrew Richardson

Design Manager