Press releases

Sunderland, 1 November 2022 - BAM has completed the first step a £26 million revamp of Sunderland Station.

London, 31 October 2022 - BAM has appointed Abbe Pickthall as Managing Director of its Integrated Facilities Management business.

Inverness, 26 October 2022 - The railway line between Inverness and Aberdeen has reopened this morning following successful completion of eleven days of work on the Inverness Airport Station programme.

1.9 million cubic metres of rock and earth to be excavated to create the two cuttings – enough to fill the Royal Albert Hall more than twenty times.

(Pres release HS2:) London, 19 October 2022 - HS2 Ltd has begun work on two of the longest cuttings on the new high speed rail project, where the equivalent of more than twenty Royal Albert Hall’s worth of rock and earth must be excavated to provide a level bed for the railway.

Camberley, 19 October, 2022 - BAM Nuttall has achieved the highest ever Highways Excellence Lean Maturity Assessment score of 3.4 out of a maximum of 4.

Anderson Strathern deal is largest new build Grade A office transaction in Edinburgh this year.

Edinburgh, 16 October 2022 - BAM, the developer of Grade A office Capital Square in Edinburgh, has announced three new lettings, taking the development to almost 90% occupancy with only 9,421 sq ft remaining available and a further suite under offer.

Bunnik, the Netherlands, 17 October 2022 – Friday 14 October 2022, the Dutch Fiscal Information and Investigation Service and the Dutch Public Prosecutions Office have visited the offices of BAM International bv in Gouda. BAM International was informed that the company is the subject of an investigation relating to potential irregularities at some already completed projects. BAM is fully cooperating with the investigation.

(Press release NorthCare Charity:) Salford, 12 October 2022 - Thanks to a £2 million donation from the HELP Appeal, the only charity in the country dedicated to funding NHS hospital helipads, the construction of a state-of-the-art helipad on top of the first standalone Major Trauma Hospital in the UK, at Salford Royal Hospital, is now complete.

(Press release HS2:) London, 12 October 2022 – The first two of 14 beehives have been installed on a wildlife site created by HS2 in Northants, as part of a unique partnership with the Great British Bee Project (GBBP) to protect and expand populations of the endangered British Black Bee – Britain’s only native bee species – across the UK.

(News release Network Rail:) London, 11 October 2022 - A new footbridge has been installed as part of the new East Linton station development.

Hemel Hempstead, 10 October 2022 - BAM has been asked by Betsi Cadwaladr University (BCU) Health Board to develop the detailed design for constructing a new inpatient adult and older persons mental health unit at Glan Clwyd Hospital in Bodelwyddan near Rhyl in Wales.

Kill, Co. Kildare, Ireland, 10 October 2022 - A new Relief Road designed to provide a safer environment for cyclists and pedestrians has been officially opened in Carrigaline by Taoiseach Micheál Martin TD, the  Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr. Danny Collins,  and Chief Executive of Cork County Council, Tim Lucey.

Bunnik, the Netherlands, 5 October 2022 – Royal BAM Group nv has completed its current share buy-back programme for 5,287,888 ordinary shares as confirmed on 19 August 2022, to fulfill BAM’s obligations for the various running share-based employee incentive schemes vesting up to April 2025.

Kill, Co. Kildare, 28 September 2022 - Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Danny Collins, Darragh O’Brien TD, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and Director of Infrastructure Delivery for Irish Water, Brian Sheehan have turned the sod signalling the start of the new Water-Rock development as part of the LIHAF Initiative Infrastructure Works near Midleton, Co. Cork.

(Press release Home Group:) Newcastle, 30 September 2022 - A newly constructed head office in Newcastle City Centre has raised the bar for its delivery of social value.

Hemel Hempstead/ Camberley/Kill, Co. Kildare, 3 October 2022 – BAM’s UK and Ireland businesses have set an ambitious carbon target to become net zero in their direct operations by 2026. It is ruling out counting electricity from green energy tariffs towards its net zero emissions.

Bunnik, the Netherlands, 3 October 2022 – Royal BAM Group nv has repurchased 956,720 of its own shares in the period from 26 September 2022 up to and including 30 September 2022 at an average price of €2.56. The consideration for this repurchase was €2.4 million.

(Press release Environment Agency:) London, 28 September 2022 - An Environment Agency flood scheme, which will better protect more than 509 homes and businesses from flooding this winter, is officially complete.

Bunnik, the Netherlands, 26 September 2022 – Royal BAM Group nv has repurchased 903,421 of its own shares in the period from 19 September 2022 up to and including 23 September 2022 at an average price of €2.76. The consideration for this repurchase was €2.5 million.

Kill, Co. Kildare, 22 September 20222 - BAM Ireland, one of the country’s leading construction firms, has recovered from the impact of Covid-19 restrictions and has shown strong improvement in its annual report for 2021. The company had a consolidated turnover of €626.2 million for 2021 compared to €460.8 million in 2020, resulting in a turnaround to a pre-tax profit of €10.7 million from a pre-tax loss of €16.9 million in 2020.

Camberley, 22 September 2022 - More than 200 young para-athletes and supporters joined Perth Strathtay Harriers in a fun day to raise awareness of opportunities for people of all abilities to get involved in sport.

Glasgow, 19 September 2022 - As work on Sighthill Bridge across the M8 in Glasgow nears completion, BAM has become the first contractor in Scotland to make use of 3D concrete printing – installing the staircase which will provide access to the new structure. It is believed to be largest printed concrete construction in the UK to date.

Bunnik, the Netherlands, 19 September 2022 – Royal BAM Group nv has repurchased 778,901 of its own shares in the period from 12 September 2022 up to and including 16 September 2022 at an average price of €2.89. The consideration for this repurchase was €2.3 million.

Bunnik, the Netherlands, 16 September 2022 – Royal BAM Group nv has sold its German operating company Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau to ZECH Building SE, which bundles all construction activities of the Zech Group. The transaction, announced on 21 June 2022, has been successfully completed.