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Royal BAM Group and Populous among key names making up project team that would build Manchester’s new arena

• Royal BAM Group, famed for building stadiums and arenas around the world are the preferred contractor and has agreed a Pre Contact Services Agreement in relation to building the new venue in Eastlands
• Populous, the leading sports and entertainment architect form whose projects include Tottenham Hotspur’s new stadium, Manchester City’s stadium expansion, The O2, and Wembley Stadium announced as architect, with inclusivity, sustainability, and accessibility at the core of its designs
• Host of other leading companies including BuroHappold, ME Engineers, Vanguardia, Turner & Townsend and Deloitte will form a full-scale project team behind new arena.

Manchester, 2 April 2020 - Oak View Group (OVG) has appointed Royal BAM Group (BAM) as its preferred construction partner, and Populous, a global architecture design firm, to lead the world-class team behind a new 23,500-capacity arena in Manchester. The venue would be the largest arena in the UK, bringing £350 million private direct investment into the city and significant economic benefit.

• Focus on cash: implementing programme to reduce costs and capital expenditure
• Withdrawing dividend proposal (€0.02 per share) from AGM agenda
• Withdrawing previous guidance for 2020

Bunnik, the Netherlands, 31 March 2020 – Royal BAM Group nv provides the following update in respect of Covid-19. Across BAM’s markets, the situation is variable and difficult to predict. BAM’s priorities are to preserve the health and wellbeing of employees, support the wider community, clients and suppliers, protect liquidity and profitability, and ensure business continuity. BAM is continuously analysing various scenarios and implementing mitigating measures.

Hemel Hempstead, 25 March 2020 - Construction activity at BAM Construct sites across the UK will pause from close of business on Wednesday 25 March to enable further detailed reviews of the working practices necessary to reduce the risks of Covid-19.

Hemel Hempstead, 20 March 2020 - BAM Construct UK has become one of the first firms in the UK to become accredited to Kitemark standard for Building Information Modelling (BIM).

The Trust is pleased to announce the appointment of BAM Construction Ltd to build its new mental health inpatient facility in Highgate.

(Press release Network Rail:) 10 March 2020 - Network Rail will reopen the railway between Redhill and Tonbridge two weeks earlier than expected once repairs to the Edenbridge landslip have been completed, on Monday, 16 March.

News release NHS Hambleton, Richmondshire and Whitby:) 16 March 2020 - The long-awaited remodelling of Whitby Hospital is set to begin this month. The ‘tower block’ part of the site in Springhill will be fully remodelled and modernised in a £13 million scheme funded by NHS England. Major contractor, BAM Construction, is leading the work.

(Pressemitteilung Ministerium für Energie, Infrastruktur und Digitalisierung Mecklenburg-Vorpommern:) Schwerin, 4. März 2020 - Das Landesamt für Straßenbau und Verkehr hat zu Wochenbeginn dem Unternehmen Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau AG aus Hamburg den Zuschlag für den Bau des nordwestlichen Brückenteils der Autobahn 20 bei Tribsees in Richtung Rostock erteilt. Das Bundesverkehrsministerium hat der Vergabe mit einem Auftragswert von knapp 43 Millionen Euro zugestimmt.

Hemel Hempstead, 12 March 2020 - Mark Lockwood has been appointed as BAM Construct UK’s Director of Health and Safety. He took responsibility for leading the business’s health and safety team two years ago, and has since been instrumental in improving BAM’s commitment and performance.