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• Civil engineering: overall result driven by UK operations and held back by Netherlands and Belgium
• PPP: stable result from portfolio
• Order book increased whilst maintaining focus on quality

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Hemel Hempstead, 1 November 2017 - Sheffield Hallam University has appointed BAM Construction to build its £14 million, world-leading Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC). Building of the AWRC is scheduled to start in February 2018 and it will form the centrepiece of the Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park (OLP).

London, 1 November 2017 - BAM has been named the winner of the building category at the 2017 Synchro Digital Construction Awards, for our use of Synchro’s 4D planning software at 30 Broadwick, London. The awards celebrate best practice and the innovative use of Synchro’s software; attracting submissions from its users around the world.

(Press release Network Rail:) 30 October 2017 - Network Rail has awarded contracts to two Alliances ahead of future rail enhancements on the Transpennine Route between York and Manchester.

Leeds, 26 October 2017 - Teaching and learning in the digital construction sector in Yorkshire has been given a boost as Leeds College of Building has signed up BAM Construction as a sponsor. The College helps to deliver the award winning Design Engineer Construct! (DEC) learning programme in schools and sixth form centres through the national ‘Adopt A School’ programme. BAM employs around 175 people in the region plus around a thousand sub-contractors from its office based in Thorpe Park.

Bunnik, the Netherlands, 18 October 2017 – BAM International (the operating company of Royal BAM Group active outside Europe) together with JJM Construction (Canada) and Manson Construction (USA) has been awarded the contract to build the new Rio Tinto Aluminium BC Works wharf on behalf of LNG Canada. This wharf will replace the existing Rio Tinto Terminal B, used for import and export of raw materials and finished products for Rio Tinto’s ongoing operations, that needs to be relocated due to the planned LNG export terminal in Kitimat, British Columbia (approximately 600 km northwest of Vancouver).

Bunnik, the Netherlands, 17 October 2017 - In consortium with IMC Worldwide and Atkins, BAM has been awarded the design and construction contract to rehabilitate the water supply in Sierra Leone’s capital city, Freetown. The contract will develop the scheme through feasibility studies, engineering and detailed design and construction using NEC target cost contracts to demonstrate value and cost for each stage. BAM’s part of the project will amount to approximately €25 million.

(News release Scottish Borders Council:) Newtown St. Boswells, 16 October 2017 - Exciting plans to create a new intergenerational community campus in Jedburgh have been submitted.

Edinburgh, 12 October 2017 - BAM Properties in partnership with Hermes Investment Management, the £30.1 billion manager, has announced that it is set to develop what is currently Edinburgh’s largest speculative office development.