Press releases

Leeds, 29 March 2023 - BAM has reached a new milestone in the construction of a state-of-the-art pathology laboratory in Leeds. The new facility, which is being delivered for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, will transform diagnostic services across West Yorkshire.

(News release of the University of Huddersfield:) Huddersfield, 30 March 2023 - Construction on the new Daphne Steele Building is now well under way following a groundbreaking ceremony on the site of the National Health Innovation Campus (NHIC).

Great Yarmouth, 29 March 2023 - A major civil engineering operation has been completed in Great Yarmouth, with bridge leaves for Herring Bridge leaves successfully installed by BAM Farrans Joint Venture. Delivered for Norfolk County Council, the bridge will be open to the public during the summer of 2023.

Glasgow, 24 March 2023 - BAM engineers have made the finishing touches to a landmark new active travel bridge in Glasgow which will connect over 800 new homes in the Sighthill area to the city centre.

(Press release North Worcestershire Economic Development and Regeneration:) 23 March 2023 - Work will start on site this week (Wednesday 22 March 2023) to begin transforming the former Magistrates Court into a new Creative Hub.

Hemel Hempstead, 23 March 2023 - BAM Construction has been appointed to the Southern Construction Framework’s South West lot, for projects over £4 million.

(Press release Safetytech Accelerator:) London, 22 March 2023: Three major construction and infrastructure companies have agreed to participate in the Industrial Safetytech Regulatory Sandbox, the world’s first regulatory sandbox for industrial safetytech, it was announced today.

(Press release Cranfield University:) Cranfield, 20 March 2023 - Dr Yifan Zhao, Reader in Data Science at Cranfield University, has received an Industrial Fellowship from The Royal Academy of Engineering.

Bristol, 15 March 2023 - BAM has started work on the new Ashley Down Station in Bristol. The station, which will be between Temple Meads and Filton Abbey Wood, will be completed in 2024. 

(News release Leeds City Council:) Leeds, 8 March 2023 - Work has started to plant thousands of trees at the site of a new flood storage area – a vital part of the Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme Phase 2 (FAS2).

(Press release network Rail:) London, 7 March 2023 - Network Rail has kicked off construction of a new footbridge and lifts at Bexley station which will provide passengers with a fully accessible station.

6 March 2023 - On a seminal day for Waterford, ground was broken on the North Quays Public Infrastructure Project by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar TD, Minister for Environment, Climate, Communications and Transport, Eamon Ryan TD and Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD.

(Press release Norfolk County Council:) Norfolk, 2 March 2023 - Following an initial public suggestion scheme last year and a further public vote on the final shortlist the permanent name of the new Third River Crossing in Great Yarmouth can now be revealed.

London, 3 March 2023 - BAM UK & Ireland is a founding signatory of the Nature Positive Business Pledge, a new framework designed to support businesses to act on biodiversity loss and contribute towards nature restoration.

(News release Hub South East) Livingstone, 28 February 2023 - The school community at Cedarbank School in Livingston have come together to celebrate their superb new state-of-the-art £7 million home.

Hemel Hempstead, 27 February 2023 - A Hemel Hempstead-based company has celebrated raising over £145,000 to help the British Heart Foundation (BHF) fund lifesaving research into heart and circulatory diseases.

Edinburgh, 27 February 2023 - Law firm Eversheds LLP is taking almost 6,000 sq ft of space on the ground floor of BAM Properties’ and Federated Hermes’s Capital Square development in Edinburgh.

(Media release Network Rail:) London, 24 February 2023 - Work on the construction of the £80 million new, bigger sea wall to protect the railway in Dawlish has reached its final stages as a new link bridge and stilling basin near completion at Colonnade viaduct.

London, 24 February 2023 - Jill, the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) delivering the Silvertown Tunnel in east London, has reached the rotation chamber in the Greenwich site, completing the tunnelling of the first bore.

24 February 2023 - Invesis has promoted David Swarbrick to the newly created role of Chief Investment Officer, with effect of 1 April 2023.

Sunderland 20 February 2023 - BAM has completed the steel frame of a stunning new entrance to Sunderland train station which will become a welcome new addition to the city’s skyline.

(News release of Cabinet Office, Government Property Agency, and The Rt Hon Jeremy Quin MP:) Manchester, 23 February 2023 - Minister for the Cabinet Office Jeremy Quin has announced more than 1,000 government roles have moved to Manchester from London as he breaks ground on the Government Property Agency’s new First Street Hub today.

Bunnik, the Netherlands, 23 February 2022 – Royal BAM Group nv has published its annual report 2022 including the annual accounts today, 23 February 2022.

Hemel Hempstead, 22 February 2023 - One of construction’s highest risk activities has had a safety breakthrough after leading construction firm, BAM, and property developer, Related Argent, joined forces to develop a new safety system.