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BAM UK & Ireland’s Chief Operating Officer, John Wilkinson, shared his thoughts on the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget with Construction News, stressing the need for long-term certainty and sustained investment in infrastructure to support economic growth, job creation and the UK’s transition to a low-carbon future.
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NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group aims to put nature and connectivity at the centre of a major new development, which will transform the patient experience at the new Royal Liverpool University Hospital. Plans for the garden space will be submitted to Liverpool City Council Planning Department for consideration in December 2025.

BAM has joined NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and the Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) to celebrate the official opening of the Parkhead Hub in Glasgow’s east end.

BAM has joined the first cohort of signatories to a new Advance Market Commitment (AMC) aimed at accelerating the development, commercialisation and adoption of next-generation low-carbon concrete in the UK.

BAM has been awarded an £8 million contract to lead the design phase of the Cardiff Central Enhancements Programme (CCEP), a flagship infrastructure scheme that will modernise.

BAM is progressing with the development of a new Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) building at Atlantic Technological University’s (ATU) Galway City campus in Ireland, a project that will enhance learning, research and industry engagement. This flagship 5,500m² facility will deliver state-of-the-art teaching, laboratory and collaborative spaces for the engineering, science and computing disciplines. Designed to foster innovation and close industry links, the building will expand ATU’s capacity to develop highly skilled STEM graduates ready to meet Ireland’s future workforce needs.

BAM UK & Ireland has completed the teaching facilities at the new £32.8 million Orchards Academy in Swanley, Kent, which is now officially open. The project, scheduled for full completion in summer 2026, will accommodate 750 students and provide 6,214 m² of modern, sustainable teaching and sports facilities.

BAM has celebrated a major milestone at a new primary and secondary school in Lyde Green, with a topping out ceremony. The schools are the largest in England to date, to be designed and built to Passivhaus standards.

At an event with SSEN Transmission, BAM has officially opened a new shared office space in Inverness, creating a dedicated Highland hub for its engineering and energy operations in the north of Scotland.

BAM Executive Director for Infrastructure, Huw Jones, featured in a thought-provoking New Civil Engineer article exploring what makes the perfect client. Bringing together senior leaders from across the industry, the feature provides an in-depth look at how client leadership and approaches can shape project outcomes.

BAM has commenced construction on the M50 Junction 14 Link Road scheme in the Sandyford and Leopardstown Road area, one of Dublin’s busiest employment and residential areas in Ireland. The vital infrastructure project to the south of the city will ease congestion, unlock network capacity and accelerate the shift toward sustainable transport.

Construction is well underway on the new Library, IT and Education Building at Atlantic Technological University’s (ATU) Letterkenny campus, Donegal, Ireland, with BAM proud to be the main contractor of this transformative project. This project is one of five new buildings being delivered in phase two of the Higher Education Public Private Partnership (PPP) Programme.

BAM celebrated a key milestone in the transformation of Cork’s Docklands with the topping out of a landmark residential development at Horgan’s Quay, Cork, Ireland.

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At Dewars Farm Quarry in Oxfordshire, BAM’s controlled blasting revealed something extraordinary: dinosaur footprints dating back 166 million years. Now investigated and catalogued by experts at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History and the University of Birmingham, the site represents one of the most significant trackways ever discovered in the UK.

BAM UK & Ireland and the Eden Project have launched a pioneering collaboration to place nature recovery at the heart of the built environment. In a first for both organisations, the new partnership aims to spark industry-wide change across the construction industry.

BAM has revealed new figures highlighting the positive social impact of three major construction projects in Huddersfield, with £77 million spent locally, £250,000 donated to community projects and 17,000 apprenticeship weeks provided.

Twenty-five miles off the Shetland coast, Fair Isle is UK’s most remote inhabited island. Home to 60 people, the island is known for its traditional Fair Isle knitting, bird observatory and unique culture.

BAM has marked a major milestone in the delivery of Plymouth’s new £22 million Community Diagnostic Centre, with a topping out ceremony to celebrate the building reaching its highest point.

Scunthorpe born John Wilkinson, Chief Operating Officer of BAM, has returned to his hometown to mark the opening of North Lindsey College’s brand new £38 million teaching building just as students prepare to step inside for the first time this September.