Royal BAM is the parent company of two UK operations – construction contractor BAM Construct and civils firm BAM Nuttall.
Early collaboration among construction-sector partners would give clients, contractors and suppliers a better chance of decarbonising their operations, a recent roundtable discussion heard. But while innovative technology can play an important part in meeting net-zero targets, getting better at the basics is crucial, too. Mike Walter reports On the panel…
The outlook for the year ahead changed dramatically towards the end of 2022 – from optimism and expected growth to worries about material costs and inflation. The last couple of months of the year saw a raft of gloomy forecasts about the state of the construction industry in 2023, with…
Employee-benefits specialists have warned contractors to give careful consideration to cost-of-living payments, and to communicate them well. A number of big construction firms including Galliford Try, Skanska and Royal Bam have joined companies in other sectors in offering discretionary one-off sums to workers faced with soaring bills this winter. Experts…
Despite a lengthy delay due to lockdown and the constraints of a very tight site, Bam Construct delivered a new office block in Leeds using innovative methods. Joshua Stein reports. Scheme: Globe Point, Leeds Client: CEG Main contractor: Bam Construct Structural engineer: Arup MEP subcontractor: Hoare Lee Architect: Feilden…
A recent Construction News roundtable, sponsored by BAM, examined how clients, contractors and investors are shaping their approaches to carbon reduction
On the panel Yetunde Abdul, head of climate action, UK Green Building Council Martyn Coombes, engineering manager, Southampton Airport Stephen Elderkin, project director, National Highways Stacey Flor, managing director,…
Cyber attacks can have a significant effect, both internally and on prospects of winning work. Ian Weinfass investigates what can be done to minimise this disruption and looks at why openness and transparency is being urged in this often-secretive element of business risk
On 4 May, Royal Bam group director of…
The coronavirus crisis “has opened the eyes of everyone who works in an office that we can work remotely”. And, speaking to Construction News via video conference from his home in Dubai, Paul Mullett observes how commonplace this kind of link has become lately. But the director of engineering and…
Bam tackles tricky ground conditions and a wooden welcome centre for the Royal Horticultural Society, with a design that demands extreme precision
Project: Welcome building and lake at RHS Bridgewater Client: Royal Horticultural Society Main contractor: Bam Construct Total cost of creating gardens: £32m Contract type: Design and build…
Charged with finishing the second of two office towers inherited from Carillion in Manchester, the firm is overcoming a host of legacy issues
Project: 100 Embankment Client: Ask Real Estate Main contractor: Bam Contract value: £40m Contract type: Design and build Architect: Flanagan Lawrence Facade: Prater Structures and civils consultant:…
Project: Bath South Quays Client: Bath and North East Somerset Council Contract value: £21m Contract type: Design and build Main contractor: Bam Construction Architect: Bam Design Structural engineer: Buro Happold Sheet piling contractor (riverwall): Ivor King Piling Foundations contractor (office building): Bachy Soletanche M&E consultant: Hoare Lea Start date: January 2019…
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