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29 July 2016
Blackbrook Pool in Taunton
BAM hands over £40 million of new buildings in Somerset

Hemel Hempstead, 29 July 2016 – Residents in Somerset and North Somerset have three new – and very different – buildings at their disposal, thanks to two years of hard work from major contractor, BAM Construction. BAM has completed Blackbrook Pool in Taunton, a new secure healthcare facility in Wellington, and the new North Somerset Enterprise and Technology College (NSETC) in Weston-super-Mare. Collectively the new buildings represent around £40 million of investment in the leisure, health and education sectors.
22 July 2016
Artists impression Emergency Services Centre in Leverkusen, Germany
BAM wins contract for Emergency Services Centre in Leverkusen, Germany

Bunnik, the Netherlands, 22 July 2016 – BAM Deutschland AG (the German operating company of Royal BAM Group nv, specialising in general building projects) has won a contract to construct a Fire and Rescue Services Centre in Leverkusen (north of Cologne), with a contract value of approximately €40 million. This PPP contract is commissioned by Madora GmbH & Co. KG and funded by LHI Leasing GmbH. BAM Immobilien-Dienstleistungen GmbH will also be responsible for the facilities management of the Centre (‘Hauptfeuer- und Rettungswache’) for a 25 year period.
20 July 2016
Exterior Windmill Community Campus
BAM delivers new Fife Community Campus

Glasgow, 19 July 2016 - BAM Construction has successfully handed over the new £21.5 million Windmill Community Campus, the final project to be built under the Building Fife’s Future Framework which delivered Dunfermline High School in 2012 and Auchmuty High School in 2013.
14 July 2016
A glance into the courtyard of the new HWO building. (Photograph: ETH Zurich/Alessandro Della Bella).
Living on campus

(Press release ETH Zurich:) Zurich, Switzerland, 13 July 2016 - As well as being a site of research and teaching, ETH’s Hönggerberg campus is also set to become a place to live. When the semester gets underway in September, some 900 students will move into their new homes right next to lecture halls and laboratories.
14 July 2016
Blick in den Innenhof des neuen Gebäudes HWO. (Bild: ETH Zürich / Alessandro Della Bella)
Wohnen auf dem Campus

(Medienmitteilung ETH Zürich:) Zürich, 13. Juli 2016 - Der ETH-Standort Hönggerberg wird zum Campus, auf dem nicht nur geforscht und gelehrt, sondern auch gewohnt wird. Auf den Semesteranfang im September beziehen rund 900 Studierende ihr neues Zuhause in unmittelbarer Nähe von Hörsälen und Laboren.
12 July 2016
Official opening of the Ngurdoto primary school in Tanzania
BAM supports education of 850 Tanzanian pupils by rehabilitation primary school

Bunnik, the Netherlands, 12 July 2016 - BAM International, the operating company of Royal BAM Group active outside Europe, has completed the rehabilitation of Ngurdoto primary school in Tanzania. The CSR project was executed voluntarily by the project team that is currently reconstructing Kilimanjaro Airport, northern Tanzania to express BAM’s involvement with the local community. The project was initiated by the Watoto Foundation in collaboration with the Head of School, the District Commissioner (DC) and the District Education Office (DEO).
12 July 2016
BAM in Birmingham secures £40 million retirement village contract
BAM in Birmingham secures £40 million retirement village contract

Hemel Hempstead, 12 July 2016 - BAM Construction in the Midlands has secured a second contract with BUPA-owned client Richmond Care Villages. The construction business which is based in Birmingham will create a retirement village at Wood Norton near Evesham, Worcestershire. BAM is currently building a retirement village in Witney, Oxfordshire, also for Richmond Care Villages.
12 July 2016
Management Heilijgers: Rob Jansen (left) and Arjan van Asselt.
BAM: management buyout Heilijgers

Bunnik/Amersfoort, the Netherlands, 12 July 2016 – Royal BAM Group nv has the intention to sell its construction and properties subsidiary Heilijgers to its management. The company has more than one hundred employees and a pretax profit of €1 million with a total revenue of €40 million in 2015. BAM expects to be able to complete the transaction with a modest book profit in the very near future.
11 July 2016
Chris Williams, Investment Director of BAM PPP (left), and Han Claessens, Senior Investment Manager of PGGM Investments.
BAM and PGGM further strengthen joint venture

Bunnik/Zeist, the Netherlands, 11 July 2016 - Royal BAM Group and Dutch pension fund administrator PGGM announce an increased commitment to their  joint venture.
8 July 2016
Artists impression Great Western Academy
BAM chosen for £21 million Great Western Academy, Swindon

Hemel Hempstead, 8 July 2016 - BAM Construction’s Western team has been engaged by the EFA as the construction partner to create the proposed new £21 million building for Great Western Academy (GWA) in Swindon.
7 July 2016
Mr R.M. van Kampen
BAM appoints Director Startup

Bunnik, the Netherlands, 7 July 2016 - The Executive Board of Royal BAM Group nv has appointed Mr R.M. van Kampen as Director Startup with effect from 1 August 2016. Currently Rob van Kampen (53) is Area Director BAM Bouw en Techniek for the Northwest.
5 July 2016
Douglas Keillor
Management appointment at BAM Construct UK

Bunnik, the Netherlands, 5 July 2016 – The Executive Board of Royal BAM Group nv has appointed Douglas Keillor as executive director of BAM Construct UK Ltd with effect from 1 August 2016. Douglas Keillor has 26 years’ service with the company and has been regional director of BAM Construction in Scotland since 2013.