The four-year project, which is due to commence this month, includes designing, fitting out and installing works at Woolwich Station and will employ 200 people, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.

Balfour, which has endured a tough 18 months marred by profit warnings and the exit of its chief executive, is trying to refocus itself as an Anglo-American construction and specialist group.

(Reporting by Li-mei Hoang; Editing by David Holmes)