Royal BAM

Winvic has topped the March league table for contract wins, thanks to a massive logistics project in the East Midlands. Top 10 contractors, March 2020 Click here for the full top 50 Contractor No Total (£m) 1 Winvic 3 282.0 2 Royal Bam 9 252.3 3 ISG 7 200.3 4…

Bam Construct has been appointed to turn the Harrogate Convention Centre in North Yorkshire into an emergency field hospital. The firm has been appointed to the job through the government’s Procure 22 framework for England. Sister companies Bam Design and Bam's specialist services engineering business will carry out engineering jobs…

Bam Construct is helping deliver emergency facilities for the NHS, it has revealed. In a statement that noted many of its sites had reopened today following a previously announced 48-hour pause and review of working practices in light of the coronavirus, the firm also announced it is working on “two…

Bam Construction has been confirmed on the first phase of the £350m Temple development in Leeds. Developer CEG named the Dutch-owned firm as preferred contractor for the Globe Point office building in September and has confirmed the win today. Bam will start on site on 30 March. The developer claims the…

The project value of Silvertown Tunnel has risen from £1bn to £1.2bn since the end of November. A contract award notice published yesterday showed the total value of the contract had increased by £200m compared to the previous figure given by Transport for London (TfL) in November, when consortium Riverlinx…

Pre-tax profit at Royal Bam Group halved in 2019 because it lost €94m (£77m) on problem jobs in Germany and one project in the Middle East. The Dutch-based contractor's group pre-tax profit was €74.1m (£61m), down from €153.2m (£126m), according to its results for 2019 released this morning. Investors were warned…

Former Kier boss Paul Sheffield will provide assistance to Royal Bam’s interim CEO while the company seeks a permanent replacement. The Dutch contractor announced yesterday that chief financial officer Frans den Houter would take over as interim CEO while a replacement for current boss Rob van Wingerden was found. Van…

Royal Bam Group chief executive Rob van Wingerden will leave the company in April, the firm has announced. He will step down on 15 April at its annual general meeting after spending five-and-a-half years leading the group. A statement from the Dutch-based contractor said van Wingerden’s departure coincided with the…

Sisk topped the contract league for January thanks to a high-rise hotel job near Canary Wharf, according to data compiled by construction intelligence provider Glenigan. Top 10 contractors, January 2020 Click here for the full top 50 Contractor No Total (£m) 1 John Sisk 1 151.0 2 VolkerWessels 4 149.9…

An accident at Crossrail’s Farringdon station site that left one worker seriously injured was "likely" caused by scaffolding not being erected properly, according to a report from the JV building the station. The worker was hospitalised when scaffolding collapsed at the site in September. He has since been released. Another worker…