Balfour Beatty to convert UK stadium

[LONDON] Construction group Balfour Beatty has won a £154 million (S$320 million) contract to convert London's Olympic stadium into a facility that will be the permanent home for West Ham United Football Club.

The British company said it would transform the centrepiece of the London 2012 Olympic Games into a venue that will be used to host five matches during the Rugby World Cup in 2015.

It will also be the new national competition stadium for athletics in Britain, Balfour Beatty said yesterday, and West Ham United, an East London soccer club, will relocate there in 2016.