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Kill, Co. Kildare, 28 September 2022 - Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Danny Collins, Darragh O’Brien TD, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and Director of Infrastructure Delivery for Irish Water, Brian Sheehan have turned the sod signalling the start of the new Water-Rock development as part of the LIHAF Initiative Infrastructure Works near Midleton, Co. Cork.

Hemel Hempstead/ Camberley/Kill, Co. Kildare, 3 October 2022 – BAM’s UK and Ireland businesses have set an ambitious carbon target to become net zero in their direct operations by 2026. It is ruling out counting electricity from green energy tariffs towards its net zero emissions.

(Press release Environment Agency:) London, 28 September 2022 - An Environment Agency flood scheme, which will better protect more than 509 homes and businesses from flooding this winter, is officially complete.

Kill, Co. Kildare, 22 September 20222 - BAM Ireland, one of the country’s leading construction firms, has recovered from the impact of Covid-19 restrictions and has shown strong improvement in its annual report for 2021. The company had a consolidated turnover of €626.2 million for 2021 compared to €460.8 million in 2020, resulting in a turnaround to a pre-tax profit of €10.7 million from a pre-tax loss of €16.9 million in 2020.

Glasgow, 19 September 2022 - As work on Sighthill Bridge across the M8 in Glasgow nears completion, BAM has become the first contractor in Scotland to make use of 3D concrete printing – installing the staircase which will provide access to the new structure. It is believed to be largest printed concrete construction in the UK to date.

Bunnik, the Netherlands, 16 September 2022 – Royal BAM Group nv has sold its German operating company Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau to ZECH Building SE, which bundles all construction activities of the Zech Group. The transaction, announced on 21 June 2022, has been successfully completed.

New public-transport focused tunnel will reduce congestion and improve reliability and resilience at Blackwall Tunnel

(Press release Transport for London:) London, 7 September 2022 - Tunnelling of the new public-transport focused river crossing at Silvertown is now underway, Transport for London (TfL) and Riverlinx have confirmed.

(Press release Network Rail:) London, 2 September 2022 – Network Rail has installed new lift shafts as part of the new £15 million East Linton station development.

Brussels, 2 September 2022 - On 31 August 2022, the foundation stone was laid commencing construction on the Egied Van Broeckhoven School in Belgium.