BBY · story · 3 November
Balfour Beatty · 3 headlines from 3 outlets, on 3 November 2026.
Balfour Beatty will build a large Teesside substation.
The story's tone is the average of its headlines' own scores. Each score rates how good or bad the news was for the company, from −10 (clearly bad) to +10 (clearly good). 0 is neutral, and anything beyond ±6 is strong and rare. It rates the coverage, not the share price.
Average tone of each outlet's headlines in this story, −10 to +10. Impact = headlines × strength of tone.
Construction Enquirer is the largest at 8.3, 1.5 times Construction Index (5.5). Geomechanics.io is the smallest at 5.0.
Source: MarketFrame news analysis
| outlet | Average tone |
|---|---|
| Construction Enquirer | 8.3 |
| Construction Index | 5.5 |
| Geomechanics.io | 5.0 |
| Outlet | Headlines | Average tone |
|---|---|---|
| Construction Enquirer | 1 | +8.3 |
| Construction Index | 1 | +5.5 |
| Geomechanics.io | 1 | +5.0 |
One or two headlines is not a lean: read these as how this story was told, not as a verdict on the outlet.
| Tone | What the article reported, and why it scored that way |
|---|---|
| +8.3 | Company wins contract for what is described as the country's largest substation. |
| +5.5 | Large Teesside grid infrastructure scheme, company involved as builder. |
| +5.0 | Engineering commentary on a major substation project the company is delivering. |
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