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7 September 2018

3,000 South Wales pupils get back to schools in brand new facilities thanks to Cardiff contractor

Cardiff, 7 September 2018 - A Welsh construction company is celebrating getting over 3,000 pupils in South Wales into brand new accommodation in under two years. BAM Construction, which has had offices in Maindy Road Cardiff since the 1940s, has just handed over £9 million pound Pencoed Primary School in Bridgend.

7 September 2018

Two new schools get under way in Rugby

Hemel Hempstead, 7 September 2018 - BAM Construction in the Midlands has commenced work on two new schools in Rugby, Warwickshire.

6 September 2018

New video from London City Airport highlights huge civil engineering works in King George V Dock as piling works get underway

(News release London City Airport:) London, 3 September 2018 - A new video from London City Airport goes behind-the-scenes of the vast civil engineering project taking place in King George V Dock, as part of the £480 million City Airport Development Programme (CADP).

5 September 2018

First occupier secured for Edinburgh’s Capital Square

Edinburgh, 5 September 2018 - BAM Properties, in partnership with Hermes Investment Management, the £35.3 billion manager, has secured the first occupier at Capital Square - Edinburgh’s largest speculative office development, located within the Exchange business district.

5 September 2018

Handing over Great Western Academy tops £150 million Swindon milestone for BAM

Swindon, 5 September 2018 - One of Britain’s largest contractors has just reached £150 million of schemes delivered in the town of Swindon. Contractor BAM has handed over the £21 million Great Western Academy for its grand opening in September.

3 September 2018

Builders reveal why new theatre facilities at Leeds Children’s Hospital mean so much to them

Leeds, 3 September 2018 - Work on the new Leeds Children’s Hospital theatre is progressing well and on track to open in February next year. But the works, for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, have a special significance for the two men leading the construction.

30 August 2018

Long-term partnership between Dutch construction firms and Schiphol

(Press release Royal Schiphol Group:) Schiphol, the Netherlands, 30 August 2018 - Dutch construction firms will be able to carry out assignments at Schiphol with a total estimated value of 2.5 to 3.5 billion euros over a period of no more than nine years. The assignments will centre on maintaining and investing in existing infrastructure at the airport. The firms that Schiphol is taking through to the finalisation phase of the tendering process are BAM, Heijmans and VolkerWessels.

28 August 2018

BAM appointed for Leeds Playhouse Scheme

Leeds, 28 August 2018 - BAM’s North East construction team has been appointed by Leeds City Council to deliver the redevelopment of Leeds Playhouse. BAM has been developing the design from Glasgow-based architect Page\Park for the circa £15 million scheme.

28 August 2018

BAM realises two multifunctional projects in Brussels

Bunnik, the Netherlands, 28 August 2018 – citydev.brussels, the public body responsible for the urban development of the Brussels-Capital Region, has awarded BAM the contracts for two new projects in the Brussels borough of Anderlecht. Both projects (with a combined value of €60 million) were jointly developed by the property development companies of BAM Belgium (Kairos and Immo BAM).

27 August 2018

Artist’s impression Cité Jean-Christophe. ©SNHBM.

First project with family homes for BAM in Luxembourg

Bunnik, the Netherlands, 27 August 2018 – BAM Lux, a subsidiary of BAM’s Walloon operating company Galère, has won a contract from the Luxembourg housing corporation SNHBM (Société Nationale des Habitations à Bon Marché) for the hull construction for 26 family homes in Hautcharage (in the southwestern part of Luxembourg). The contract value is approximately €3 million. BAM Lux will complete the works in the summer of 2019.

23 August 2018

BAM reports 1H18 adjusted pre-tax result of €57.8 million and reconfirms full year outlook

Construction & Property: Dutch residential property development drives margin improvement
Civil engineering: cost overrun IJmuiden largely offset by improved results outside the Netherlands
PPP: solid result from existing portfolio supported by project transfer to PGGM joint venture
Order book: stable and developing in line with markets
Higher cash outflow in first half 2018; trade working capital efficiency reduced from -11.1% to -10%
Adoption IFRS 15 accounting change: restatement 2017 opening shareholders’ equity and result

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21 August 2018

BAM PPP and Building Equality celebrate and promote diversity in the construction industry

Glasgow, 17 August 2018 - BAM PPP, alongside our sister companies BAM Construct UK and BAM Nuttall, have joined forces with Building Equality, an alliance of 19 construction and construction-related companies working together to drive Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT+) inclusion in the construction industry.

15 August 2018

Cardiff and Vale College and the Clean Slate Cymru pilot project - preparing ex-offenders to enter the construction workforce

(Press release Cardiff and Vale College:) Cardiff, 14 August 2018 - Cardiff and Vale College is proud to partner with the Construction Youth Trust, BAM Nuttall, The Wallich BOSS project, Cardiff Prison, Acorn Recruitment and Careers Wales in the delivery of the Clean Slate Cymru pilot project.

14 August 2018

BAM appoints Director Human Resources

Bunnik, the Netherlands, 14 August 2018 – The Executive Board of Royal BAM Group nv has appointed Mr S.J.J. Van de Wynkele, MSc as Director Human Resources with effect from 20 August 2018. Sven Van de Wynkele (1969) will succeed Rob Zuidema, who has accepted a position outside the Group.

10 August 2018

Strathclyde to lead science and engineering equality programme

(Press release University of Strathclyde:) Glasgow, 9 August 2018 - A programme for enhancing equality and diversity in science and engineering at universities is to be led by the University of Strathclyde.

7 August 2018

100 reasons to celebrate as work begins at 100 Embankment

Manchester, 6 August 2018 - Construction work has started on 100 Embankment, the second and final phase of the Embankment scheme in Salford’s Greengate neighbourhood.

6 August 2018

XblocPlus in the spotlights

The coastal engineering team of BAM Infraconsult/DMC was present at the International Conference on Coastal Engineering in Baltimore, where the latest developments in the field of coastal engineering are shared. Here BAM showed its youngest innovation XblocPlus to the public. BAM’s presentation of the results of the XblocPlus study were received favorably and received great interest of almost all leading scientists in the field of coastal engineering.

1 August 2018

BAM Nuttall arranges career enhancing training in the UK for local operatives from its Freetown Water Rehabilitation Project in Sierra Leone

Camberley, 31 July 2018 - Leading construction and engineering company BAM Nuttall has brought seven local operatives, from its Freetown Water Rehabilitation project in Sierra Leone, to the CITB’s National Construction College (NCC) to complete excavator and lifting operations training.

30 July 2018

EDGE Technologies awards BAM contract for EDGE Grand Central office building in Berlin

Bunnik, the Netherlands, 30 July 2018 – EDGE Technologies, a Dutch real estate technology company, has awarded the contract for the construction of EDGE Grand Central – a high-tech office building located northwest of Berlin Central Station, to BAM Deutschland, the German non-residential operating company of Royal BAM Group nv.

26 July 2018

Construction team cricketers step up to the crease to support top Sheffield charities

Sheffield, 26 July 2018 - The team behind Sheffield’s Heart of the City II development swapped hard hats for cricket bats in a recent charity cricket tournament.

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