Press releases

Hemel Hempstead, 19 October 2020 - The European Network of Construction Companies for Research and Development (ENCORD) has launched its first foresighting report, which aims to assist companies as they seek to navigate future disruptive changes.

Wien / Stuttgart / Willich, 21.10.2020 - The joint venture of STRABAG subsidiary Züblin and BAM Deutschland AG are building the new Willich I prison. The contract was awarded by the client Bau- und Liegenschaftsbetrieb NRW and has a value in the low three-digit-millions € range. Planned according to modern prison standards, the new buildings replace the outdated, partly dilapidated, existing buildings from the years 1900 to 1905, most of which were already demolished in advance. With a significant increase in capacity from 400 to 768 prison places for male prisoners, the construction project also takes into account the increased space requirements at the prison location in Willich-Anrath. The extensive project with a gross floor area of 63,661 m² includes the construction of two detention houses, a multi-purpose building, a workshop building with a gym, a sports field, connecting corridors and a parking lot. The project will be constructed over a period of five years and is divided into two separate construction phases. In November 2020 the joint venture will commence construction with completion scheduled for the end of 2025.

(Press release HS2): London, 20 October 2020 - HS2 today (Monday 19 October) revealed the latest designs for the Edgcote and Lower Thorpe Viaducts as the high speed rail project began a four week online engagement event for communities in Northamptonshire.

Camberley, 15 October 2020 - Kintore re-joined Scotland’s Railway after an absence of 56 years this morning with the opening of the town’s new station.

Camberley, 7 October 2020 - The Boston Barrier Project team, a BAM Nuttall MottMacDonald joint venture with the Environment Agency, has won the prestigious Edmund Hambly Medal 2020 for innovative and sustainable design from the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).

(Press release EHAB:), 13 October 2020 - British start-up, EHAB, leads a consortium of world class UK-based organisations to improve weather-related risk management and compensation handling across the UK’s £110 billion construction sector.

(Press release Environment Agency:) 13 October 2020 - The Environment Agency has completed repairs to a 40 metre slip on a flood defence embankment in Doncaster, to repair and improve defences for winter.

Kill, Co. Kildare, Ireland, 8 October 2020 – BAM Ireland recently handed over phase 1 of the project, the old Boland’s Flour Mills. Works to this iconic listed building included strip out of existing frame, roof, finishes, completions and replacement and fit out. The overall scheme is scheduled to be completed in the third quarter of 2021.

(Press release Arc-Tech (Scotland):) Glasgow, 12 October 2020 -  A brand new £11 million acute mental health facility has now officially opened at Stobhill Hospital.

Kiel, 12 Oktober 2020 - Am Montag den 5. Oktober wurde, mit einem symbolischen Spatenstich, der Startschuss für die Errichtung des neuen UKSH-Laborzentrums am Campus Kiel gegeben.

Hemel Hempstead, 4 October 2020 - One of the most significant commercial developments in Glasgow has reached an important milestone, and revealed some of the techniques being used to create it. Atlantic Square, a £150 million scheme comprising three buildings that will initially house 2,700 employees for the HMRC, reached its highest point of construction.

(Press release Environment Agency:) 7 October 2020 - Construction of the multi-million pound flood scheme in Stokesley has started with preparation work to help manage the 'river flow' of the River Leven.

Redcar, 9 October 2020 – Redcar and Cleveland Council has appointed one of the North East’s major contractors, BAM Construction UK, to deliver the new Regent Cinema development in Redcar.

Bath, 1 October 2020 – TCN has appointed BAM Construction to breathe new life into an historic landmark in Bath. The £7m contract for the development of Newark Works, is part of the Bath Quays South, which BAM is already delivering next door (valued separately at over £21 million). Newark Works was the old home of one of Bath’s most famous industrial firms – Stothert and Pitt.

Bunnik, the Netherlands, 30 September 2020 – Royal BAM Group nv announces a major restructuring programme in order to mitigate lower revenue caused by Covid-19 and selective tendering.

(Press release Tideway:) London, 24 September 2020 - A giant tunnel boring machine (TBM) building part of London’s new super sewer has today completed its journey, marking another crucial step toward a cleaner, healthier River Thames.

Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 24 September 2020 - Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen, the first publicly accessible art depot in the world designed by MVRDV and built by BAM Bouw en Techniek, has completed construction. Located in Rotterdam’s Museumpark, the depot features a new type of experience for museum visitors: a sturdy engine room where the complete collection of 151,000 objects is made accessible to the public. In addition to the various storage and care areas, the depot has a restaurant and an award-winning rooftop forest at a height of 35 metres. The construction completion paves the way for interior furnishings and the long process of moving the museum’s complete collection into their new storage facility.

Hemel Hempstead, 21 September 2020 - One of Scotland’s largest contractors, BAM Construction, has appointed Mark Nicol as its new Commercial Director.

Ponteland Flood Alleviation Scheme is the first project to get off the ground out of the 22 flood defence projects to benefit from a government funding boost.

Press release Environment Agency:) London, 14 September 2020 - A North East MP has seen first-hand the start of vital work to improve flood defences in a Northumberland town.

The first phase of the new Health Innovation Campus at Lancaster University has been completed by BAM Construction North West.

Bunnik, the Netherlands, 2 September 2020 - The Executive Board of Royal BAM Group nv has appointed Ian Phillpot, BEng as finance director of BAM Nuttall Ltd, effective 7 September 2020. He is currently finance director for Structure Tone (Ireland, UK), a member of the US head quartered STO Building Group Inc, a leading global construction management and general contracting provider.

Bunnik, the Netherlands, 25 August 2020 – The Executive Board of Royal BAM Group nv has appointed Mr J.D. (Jonathan) Wilkinson, BSc as Chief Operating Officer for the business line Civil engineering, effective 5 October 2020.

Bunnik, the Netherlands, 24 August 2020 - At today's extraordinary general meeting, Royal BAM Group’s shareholders appointed Ruud Joosten to the company’s Executive Board. He will start as CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board as per 1 September 2020. Per that date the Executive Board will consist of Ruud Joosten, CEO, and Frans den Houter, CFO. Paul Sheffield, who acted as delegated Supervisory Board member to support the Executive Committee in an advisory role, will continue in that role for two months to enable a proper transition.