Balfour Beatty has said that use of a digital platform co-run by its chief executive\u2019s nephew has helped it achieve a record safety performance.<\/p>\n
The plc has been working with AI-powered platform Site Assist since 2021 to digitise and streamline permit to work<\/a> procedures on its sites.<\/p>\n Statistics provided by the contractor state that now it has deployed the software widely on its sites, it is in line to slash the number of service strikes on utilities from 200 in 2022 to a forecast 55 this year.<\/p>\n Site Assist Software Ltd was incorporated at Companies House in January 2021 by two founders, including Balfour Beatty chief executive Leo Quinn\u2019s nephew Luke Quinn, who remains a director.<\/p>\n Balfour Beatty<\/a>\u2019s annual reports for 2022 and 2023 show it paid the company \u00a31m in each of the years.<\/p>\n The payments were detailed as a \u201crelated party transaction\u201d, a term that is used to highlight payments from a listed company to an associate of a director or major shareholder.<\/p>\n