Problems in completing Manchester’s Co-op Live Arena pushed Bam’s UK construction division to a £20M loss, but its civils division has seen a healthy uptick in performance.
Arup has been chosen to lead a multidisciplinary team that will work on the next stage of designs for upgrading Stratford station and the surrounding area in London.
The construction of High Speed 2 (HS2) has seen recent success with the completion of two important beam lifts for a road bridge in Buckinghamshire and a bridge over the West Coast Main Line in Kenilworth.
A £6M claim made by Tilbury Douglas against Arup for defective tunnel designs in a project to convert a former railway yard in Edinburgh into a commercial development has been thrown out by the court.
A programme of mine mitigation works at Huddersfield station has been completed by Bam and Network Rail as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU).
Bam has commenced construction of the €102M (£87M) Narrow Water Bridge in County Louth that will connect the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Contractor Bam is preparing to begin a landmark scheme to clean up historic waste deposits that have been building up since the early 20th century on the coast in Northumberland.
A group of 12 Tier 1 contractors have put together a manifesto urging the next government to “depoliticise infrastructure” among other recommendations to effectively boost the UK’s economic growth and productivity.
High Speed 2 (HS2) main contractor EKFB (Eiffage Kier Ferrovial Bam JV) has passed halfway in the construction of the prefabricated 880m Thame Valley Viaduct.
Engineers from High Speed 2 (HS2) contractor EKFB (Eiffage Kier Ferrovial Bam) have successfully slid a 3,130t steel section of the Wendover Dean viaduct deck into position.
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