Royal BAM

Plans have been submitted to complete the second phase of the £700m Paradise Square development in Birmingham. The latest submission covers a 180,000 square foot commercial building – 3 Chamberlain Square – a 17-storey hotel and new public realms. Sir Robert McAlpine is already delivering an office block – One…

Royal Bam has struck a deal to sell its German business as part of a strategy to focus more on the firm’s UK, Ireland and Netherlands operations. Bam Deutschland will be sold to German real estate and construction company Zech Group, and the associated Gustav Zech Foundation. The sale is…

Bam Construct has collaborated in the production of an emotive new video that aims to raise awareness and understanding of suicide risks in construction. The short film (embedded below), called On the Edge, was recorded at a site in Whitechapel, London, where Bam Construct is working on a £78m, 12-storey…

A construction worker was rushed to hospital from a Bam Construct site in central Edinburgh. The man, who was working on a new Johnnie Walker building on Princes Street, was injured at the site on Tuesday (24 August). According to the Daily Record, he was trapped under a platform lift that…

Royal Bam has boosted its profit and turnover to levels above both the COVID-affected results seen in the same period a year ago, and on the first half of 2019. The Dutch parent company of Bam Construct and Bam Nuttall increased revenue by 17 per cent to €3.63bn (£3.10bn) in…

Bam Construct has appointed Danielle Aberg as its head of social impact, a newly created role reporting directly to chief executive James Wimpenny. The company said Aberg has worked in the related fields of social value and diversity and inclusion for more than 16 years. Before joining Bam, she ran…

Bam Construct has won a £95m contract for a 230,000 square foot mixed-use development in Camden, north London. The project will see the firm redevelop an industrial estate site into offices, retail and two separate residential buildings for developer W Real Estate. Work at the St Pancras Campus is due…

Kier, Sir Robert McAlpine and Multiplex are exploring possibilities to enable tradespeople and site-based staff to work flexibly, Construction News can reveal. Kier will soon start pilot programmes on three projects that will see workers, including tradespeople, try flexible-working options. The pilot will be run in association with flexible working…

Morgan Sindall has landed the enabling works package for the redevelopment of the North Manchester General Hospital. The facility, in Crumpsall, is one of the 40 new hospitals pledged under the UK Government’s health infrastructure plan and received £54m in funding from the government last year. Morgan Sindall has landed…

Bam Construct is actively working with its supply chain to mitigate the impact of materials shortages and rising prices, according to its chief executive. Surging activity levels and constrained supply following last year’s lockdown has caused shortages and price rises for a number of key materials. Bam Construct is now…