Access to and use of any part or page of www.education.balfourbeatty.com Balfour Beatty Academy’s Knowledge Series Portal (the “Website”) is provided by Balfour Beatty plc on the terms below. These pages are published by Balfour Beatty plc.
By using the Website, you agree to be bound by these terms, which shall take effect immediately on your first use of the Website.
If you do not agree to be bound by all of the following terms please do not access, use and/or contribute to the Website. Balfour Beatty may change these terms from time to time and so you should check these terms regularly. Your continued use of the Website will be deemed acceptance of the updated or amended terms. If you do not agree to the changes, you should cease using the Website.
You agree to use the Website only for lawful purposes and in a way that does not infringe the rights of Balfour Beatty or its third party licensors or that does not restrict or inhibit anyone else’s rights, use or enjoyment of the Website. Prohibited behaviour includes harassing or causing distress or inconvenience to any person, transmitting obscene or offensive content or disrupting the normal flow of dialogue within the Website.
“Educational Content” means any materials, documents, slides, audio or video content on educational or know-how content related to the construction, infrastructure or engineering industries or other matters made available on the Website;
Copyright in these pages is owned by Balfour Beatty. Any copyright, trademarks, design rights, patents, database rights or other intellectual property rights (registered or unregistered) (“IPR”) in any Educational Content shall, where owned by Balfour Beatty, remain vested in Balfour Beatty or, where owned by third party contributors, be made available under strictly licence. Other than as set out below, all other IPR in and on the Website and all content (including all applications) located on the Website shall remain vested in Balfour Beatty.
You may not copy, reproduce, modify, republish, disassemble, decompile, reverse engineer, download, post, broadcast, transmit, make available to the public, commercially exploit, sell, distribute or otherwise use Website content, your account or any of the Educational Content in any way except for your own personal, non-commercial use and in relation to tutors or education providers, except for classroom based broadcasting of video content for the sole purposes of non-commercial access to and use of the Educational Content. Any permitted use must acknowledge and attribute Balfour Beatty or the relevant third party contributor as author. All other use is prohibited. You also agree not to adapt, alter or create any derivative works from any Website content or Educational Content except for your own personal, non-commercial use.
The Website may include or feature Educational Content created or authored by third parties including third party contributors, academics or contractors. Balfour Beatty may also link to, reference or promote websites, applications or services from third parties.
Balfour Beatty does not guarantee the accuracy of or endorse any views or opinions expressed or provided by such third parties. Neither Balfour Beatty nor its licensors are responsible for the quality, conformity and/or accuracy of any Educational Content provided by such third parties. Any dealings you have with a third party including advertisers or sponsors are solely between you and such third party.
Content and information provided by third parties other than Balfour Beatty is identified clearly where it appears. You must take appropriate steps to verify the appropriateness or accuracy of any Educational Content you choose to use before using it.
The content of the pages of this Website and any Educational Content is for your general information and personal use strictly in accordance with these terms only. You acknowledge that the Educational Content does not constitute legal or regulatory advice, tax or investment advice or opinion on any investment products or services and is subject to change without notice.
The Educational Content is made available free of charge by Balfour Beatty on a strictly ex gratia and ‘as is’ and ‘as available’ basis. In recognition of this, Balfour Beatty does not warrant that such Educational Content is accurate, fit for purpose or meets any quality standards or requirements nor that the Website will be uninterrupted or error free. Nevertheless, Balfour Beatty shall use reasonable endeavours as far as reasonably possible remedy or correct any proven errors or inaccuracies in Educational Content reported to it by users.
Except for liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation or which cannot be excluded by law, Balfour Beatty’s liability to you in contract, tort (including negligence), statutory duty or otherwise and in relation to access, quality, accuracy, use and/or unavailability of the Website and/or Educational Content is:
Balfour Beatty is not liable for the accuracy or quality of any Educational Content which has been provided by third party sources or contributors to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Although we have taken care when putting together this Website, and have tried to make sure the information it contains is up to date and accurate, we cannot guarantee that it is all correct. Neither Balfour Beatty nor any third parties provide any warranty or guarantee as to the accuracy, timeliness, performance, completeness or suitability of the information and materials found or offered on this Website or the Educational Content for any particular purpose and you use the Website at your own risk.
Balfour Beatty does not warrant that functions available on the Website will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that the Website or the server that makes them available are free of viruses or bugs. You acknowledge that it is your responsibility to implement sufficient procedures and virus checks (including anti-virus and other security checks) to satisfy your particular requirements for the accuracy of data input and output.
Neither Balfour Beatty nor its group companies are responsible for the availability or content of any third party sites that are accessible through the Website. Any links to third party websites from the Website are provided for convenience only and do not amount to any endorsement of that site by Balfour Beatty or its group companies and any use of that site by you is at your own risk.
Any reference to any product or service which has been or may be provided by Balfour Beatty plc or any other company does not amount to a promise that such product or service will be available at any time. Changes to or improvements in such products or services may be made at any time without notice.
You acknowledge that you must keep your user and password credentials for access to the Website and/or Educational Content secure and private and must not permit any third party to use them. You must also properly complete the age verification acknowledgment provided on the Website and update your user account details to ensure such details are accurate and up to date at all times.
Any personal data you supply to the Website will be collected, stored and used in accordance with Balfour Beatty’s Privacy Notice as set out on the Website.
These conditions of use are governed by the laws of England and Wales and you agree that the English courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction in any dispute.
To the extent that any part of these conditions of use is found to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction such part shall to that extent be severed from the remaining terms all of which shall remain in full force and effect as permitted by law.
The failure or delay of Balfour Beatty to exercise or enforce any right in these terms does not waive Balfour Beatty’s right to enforce that right.