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The government has announced plans to sell £1.5bn worthof property assets over the next three years, as part of a drive to generate savings by consolidating staff into fewer buildings.A further £500m of savings will be sought by reducing operating costs, using modern building materials and energy sources, and cutting…

Profit at both Bam Nuttall and Bam Construct jumped as the remaining pandemic-related restrictions were eased. In financial results posted by its Dutch parent company, Royal Bam, for the first six months of the year, Bam Nuttall – the group’s UK engineering arm – scored a “solid performance, supported by…

Bam Construct has been awarded a £54m contract to build a new health campus for the University of Huddersfield. The agreement will see the contractor work on delivering a new 10,000 sq ft health innovation campus, to be built on the ground of a former leisure centre. Plans to build…

Flexible working can help to tackle the skills gap in construction without having a negative impact on business performance, according to a review of four pilot projects at top firms. The review, conducted one year after flexible working pilots were introduced at Bam Construct, Bam Nuttall, Skanska UK and Willmott…

“Selective tendering” helped to nudge Bam Nuttall’s turnover over the £1bn mark for the first time. But the civil engineering specialist warned that the “higher inflationary environment” had forced it to adopt a “conservative” approach for 2023. “Our business delivered its operations safety, profitably, sustainably and predictably, despite the ongoing…

Bam has landed a £24m contract to redevelop Fred Longworth High School in Wigan, Greater Manchester. The contract was won through the Department for Education’s (DfE) high-value framework. The project will involve building a new three-storey teaching block, tearing down the existing school and creating new pitches for sports. It…

US-based architect HOK has unveiled its plans for the upgrade of the AO Manchester Arena, to the tune of £50m. The project, developed with entertainment firm ASM Global, involves expanding the stadium’s standing space, developing new lounges and installing VIP seating. ASM and HOK’s scheme will also add new entrances,…

Royal Bam Group, parent company of UK contractors Bam Construct and Bam Nuttall, has reported what it called “strong operational performance” in a first-quarter trading update. It revealed adjusted EBITDA earnings of €97.3m (£82.8m) in Q1 2022, before one-off charges, including restructuring costs, on revenue of €1.55bn (£1.32bn). These results…

Southern Construction Framework (SCF) has notified contractors for a £4.5bn construction framework for work on public-sector projects in the south of England. Framework provider SCF, which is a joint initiative between Hampshire County Council and Devon County Council, will launch the fifth-generation framework, SCF 5, in April 2023, which will…

Two senior directors at Royal Bam and Bam Construct have left their posts. Bam Construct executive director Doug Keillor said earlier this week that he was stepping down after more than 30 years at the company, and five and a half years as head of the contractor. “This has been…