Firm鈥檚 group chief information officer will take on the position

Balfour Beatty has appointed its first ever chief technology officer.

The role, which has been set up to support the group鈥檚 future digital programme, has been taken on by Chris Johnson.

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Chris Johnson will start his role as chief technology officer at Balfour Beatty immediately

Johnson has been appointed to the position with immediate effect and will report to Balfour Beatty chief executive Leo Quinn.

He was previously Balfour鈥檚 chief information officer and procurement director.

He will retain overall responsibility for these areas at board level.

Johnson said that technology such as enhanced BIM modelling and virtual reality had the potential to transform the industry.

Earlier this week, Balfour Beatty said profit this year would be ahead of expectations with the firm adding revenue is set to top 拢8bn in 2019.

The country鈥檚 biggest contractor said profit for 2019 would be 鈥渂roadly in line鈥� with the previous year鈥檚 拢205m on income up 5% on last year鈥檚 拢7.8bn.

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