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Babcock manages vital assets valued at over £40bn and employs 17,000 skilled people across the UK, Africa, North America and Australia reporting financially on six divisions: Download brochure

  • Marine
    We are the UK’s leading naval support business and have a unique role supporting the Royal Navy and the Ministry of Defence. Key activities include base porting, refitting, refueling and decommissioning submarines; maintaining and refitting warships, building the next generation aircraft carriers, managing naval bases and providing equipment support on behalf of the UK Government. We recently formed a new business unit within the division to bring together the engineering, design, systems integration and platform management capabilities across the Group. Integrated Technology is one of the leading organisations of its type in the UK defence sector.

 

  • Defence
    We provide facilities management, equipment support and training expertise to the Ministry of Defence and civil customers such as BAA. Key activities include facilities management for the MoD through two regional prime contracts; technical support to the RAF through multi-activity and IOS contractstraining to the Royal School of Military Engineers and support for baggage handling systems at London Heathrow.

 

 

  • Nuclear
    We are the UK’s largest nuclear engineering support services business with an operational Tier 1 position in the civil nuclear market and a direct relationship with the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, complementing our Tier 1 position in the military nuclear market. The division provides outage and maintenance support for current power generation and operation in the decommissioning and waste management markets. Key activities include outage support for operational reactors; decommissioning activities; waste management solutions and safety and risk analysis.


 

  • Engineering and Plant
    Operating mainly in South Africa the division supports Eskom, the national power supplier, and operates the Volvo franchise for construction equipment. In the US we provide specialist oil pipeline support. Key activities include maintenance and engineering support on power station boilers; construction, erection and maintenance of high voltage power lines and sole distributor of Volvo equipment to mining and infrastructure companies.

 
By combining a diverse range of services and capabilities, we are able to offer fully integrated technical and engineering solutions to satisfy several different markets. Our six divisions are split into eight business units each with their own business head. The eight business units are:

  • Africa
    Providing essential capabilities to national power infrastructure and other key industry sectors. Reported financially as the Engineering and Plant division.

 

  • Airports
    Providing through-life integrated solutions to airport baggage handling and management requirements. Reported financially as part of the Defence division.

 

  • Defence
    Supporting the equipment and training needs of the British Armed Forces. Reported financially as part of the Defence division.

 

  • Infrastructure
    Offering expertise in public and private estates, building and life cycle asset management. Reported financially as part of the Defence division.

 

  • Marine
    Strategic UK provider of engineering and support services to the Royal Navy. Reported financially as the Marine division.

 

  • Networks
    Specialist service provider to the communications, power transmission, utilities and property sectors. Reported financially as the Networks division.

 

  • BNS Nuclear Services
    One of the UK’s largest specialist nuclear support services organisations. Reported financially as the Nuclear division.

 

  • Rail
    The UK’s largest track renewals contractor and one of Network Rail’s four partners. Reported financially as the Rail division

 

Please also see Babcock Library:Annual and Half Year Reports further information.

 

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Operating from 150 locations across the UK 450 services specific to 9 markets Performing 75% of all UK Warship Maintenance 97% Highest ever track quality measurement achieved by a Network Rail contractor Providing baggage system support to 1/3 of UK air passengers Enabling 100% of planned sorties to take place at RAF Valley Large Company, local delivery One of the UK's largest employers of nuclear engineering resources Managing the largest nuclear construction project in the UK Largest provider of support services to BAA Leading infrastructure support providers to the M.O.D. One of Network Rail's key supply chain partners No. 1 engineering support services company in South Africa Sole Provider of operational work on UK Nuclear Submarines One of two key players in the UK power transmission sector