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(Translation of original Dutch news release Rijkswaterstaat:) Utrecht, the Netherlands, 22 February 2018 - Rijkswaterstaat (part of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment and responsible for the design, construction, management and maintenance of the main infrastructure facilities in the Netherlands) intends to award the reinforcement of the Afsluitdijk and increasing the water discharge capacity to Levvel bv (in formation). A joint venture of BAM PPP PGGM Infrastructure Coöperatie U.A. / Van Oord Aberdeen Infrastructure Partners B.V. / RebelValley B.V. will be responsible for designing, building and pre-financing the project.

Bunnik, the Netherlands, 21 February 2018 - The Supervisory Board of Royal BAM Group nv has decided to nominate Mr E.J. (Erik) Bax (60) for re-appointment as member of the Executive Board at the Annual General Meeting on 18 April 2018. This reappointment will be for a term of one year.

Bunnik, the Netherlands, 16 February 2018 - The consortium consisting of BAM-PGGM and HABAU has reached financial close on the Availability Model A10 / A24 AS Neuruppin to AD Pankow in Germany. The construction volume is €650 million.

(Press release Rockspring and Sterling:) Birmingham, 12 February, 2018 - The construction of Birmingham’s most anticipated new office development, 103 Colmore Row, has taken a major step forward. Rockspring Property Investment Managers LLP (Rockspring) and Sterling Property Ventures (Sterling), the development team behind Birmingham’s tallest office tower, have selected BAM for the £80 million build contract. The contractor begins site surveys today (12 February), alongside an intense period of pre-construction design. The main substructure works commence in early June, with completion of the 26-storey building set for Q3 2020.

Glasgow, 7 February 2018 - BAMTCP Atlantic Square, a joint venture between BAM Properties and TCP Developments, and LGIM Real Assets (Legal & General) have confirmed that work will begin in March 2018 on the development of circa 284,000 sq. ft. of Prime Grade A office space at Atlantic Square in Glasgow, 187,000 sq. ft. of which will house the next UK Government hub, and will be funded by Legal & General Retirement with BAM TCP Atlantic Square funding the remaining 97,000 sq. ft. of speculative space.

Hemel Hempstead, 29 January 2018 - A former University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) student from Preston has had the unusual distinction of returning to his former place of learning – to help re-build it. Mark Hardisty, now a senior site manager with BAM Construction in Salford, has returned after ten years to work on the first phase of University’s £200 million masterplan, the Engineering Innovation Centre.

Bunnik, the Netherlands, 23 January 2018 – BAM employees are celebrating two million hours worked lost time injury free at the building site for the Museum of the Future in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This achievement is thanks to the professionalism and continuous commitment from those on the project, who have worked tirelessly to ensure the site remains harm free.

(Press release V&A Dundee:) Dundee, 18 January 2018 - V&A Dundee, Scotland’s first design museum, will open to the public on Saturday 15 September 2018.

Hemel Hempstead, 16 January 2018 - The ESFA has appointed BAM Construction to deliver £16 million new teaching facilities for Helston Community College in Cornwall. BAM’s appointment follows a competitive procurement process. The scheme is funded through the regional priority school building programme of the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) which managed the process.