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Joint venture partners BAM and Siemens Energy together with SSEN Transmission representatives came together to mark the official start of construction in Orkney of the £900 million Orkney-Caithness 220kV Subsea Link project.

BAM has broken ground on the transformative £60+ million campus redevelopment of Yeovil College, a project funded by the Department for Education (DfE). The historic investment marks a significant milestone in further education for Somerset and North and West Dorset.

BAM has completed the Snugborough Interchange Upgrade located at one of Dublin’s busiest routes along junction 2 of the N3. This complex multi-storey project, co-funded by National Transport is a key strategic infrastructure project that will improve connectivity, ease traffic congestion, reduce travel times and encourage safe active and sustainable methods of traveling in the area.

Twenty-three future leaders from construction firm BAM recently engaged in a rewilding expedition in the Scottish Highlands, travelling from across the UK to learn more about BAM’s commitment to enhancing biodiversity across its projects and operations.

Sustainability leaders within major UK businesses are calling for tax incentives, government subsidies and ‘nature-based loans’ to turbocharge their efforts to tackle the nation’s biodiversity crisis, according to new research* by major construction and civil engineering firm BAM UK & Ireland.

London’s super sewer, designed to protect the River Thames from sewage pollution, has now been turned on.

For the first time since before astronauts walked on the moon, residents of the West of England and beyond will be able to catch trains to and from Ashley Down station, following opening of the latest BAM-built station last weekend.

Construction work on the £4.3bn EGL2 project took a major step forward today with a symbolic simultaneous groundbreaking ceremony in Scotland and England at each end of the 2GW subsea electricity link.

A ground breaking ceremony marked the start of construction on the first phase of Kirklees Council’s major regeneration scheme in Huddersfield town centre – Our Cultural Heart.

BAM and JV partner Siemens Energy have been selected by SSEN Transmission to deliver key elements of the Orkney-Caithness Link project, connecting Orkney to the GB electricity transmission network for the first time.

BAM has started construction of a new academic building on the University of South Wales' (USW’s) Treforest Campus in Pontypridd. A ground breaking ceremony marked the start of the project.

BAM has been appointed to deliver the next phase of the Transpennine Route Upgrade West project, securing £800m of work as part of the £2bn TRUWest Alliance contract award.

With work already under way BAM will deliver the new school with a floor area of approximately 11,000m2 located on a 4.6 hectare site.

BAM UK & Ireland has today announced the appointment of Mark Gibson as the new Regional Director for the UK Construction segment Northern region.

BAM together with delivery partners Hitachi Energy and NKT have enabled the delivery, for the first time ever, of homegrown clean energy from Shetland to hundreds of thousands of UK homes and businesses.

BAM has completed a £12m Environment Agency project to improve Cockett Wick seawall, protecting vulnerable communities from tidal flooding.

BAM welcomed Scotland’s First Minister, John Swinney, at the Cross Tay Link Road site this week, where he became one of the first people to walk across Destiny Bridge and witnessed the final stages in the structural completion of the bridge.

BAM has started work on a new community diagnostic centre for University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust. Once complete, the new centre will provide 91,000 diagnostic tests each year in a highly sustainable new building.

BAM is currently carrying out major transformation work at the iconic London Victoria Station and once complete, it'll reduce congestion, improve safety and make for a better passenger experience.

BAM’s commitment to building Net Zero schools is a promise to meet sustainability targets, deliver products that positively impact the environment and keep running costs low. From our Passivhaus schools in Scotland, to our Net Zero Carbon in Operation (NZCiO) schools in England, we’re making possible greener and cost-efficient schools for our communities.