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Official opening ofDrogheda Courthouse

This summer, the Minister for Justice

and Equality, Mr Charlie Flanagan, in

the presence of the Hon Mrs Justice

Susan Denham officially opened

Drogheda’s Courthouse in Ireland,

the first of seven courthouses in

the Courts Bundle 1 PPP.

The completed facility includes two

double height courtrooms, ancillary

accommodation for Judges and staff,

consultation rooms for practitioners,

clients and vulnerable witnesses,

a spacious public lobby and waiting

area and spaces for the media.

The Hon Mrs Justice Susan Denham

congratulated all those associated

with the delivery of the courthouse

on creating a centre that ‘meets

the needs of modern society’ and

described the building as ‘being

destined to be part of the cultural

heritage of the people of Drogheda’.•

Magazine of Royal BAM Group nv, volume 14, number 3, Autumn 2017

Proactive ownership

‘I take the initiative to prevent,

rather than fix’

Open collaboration

‘I share, so we all gain’

Scalable learning

‘I ask, listen and support,

so that we learn collectively’

Predictable

performance

‘I deliver what I promise’

From the Board

Summary of BAM’s Code of Conduct and Speak up guidance

Doing things right

World's biggest bike park

Costa Norte LNG jetty project reaches another milestone

BAM Deutschland wins third important project for the same client in Berlin

Sustainable radiation bunkers

Hyperloop test facility unveiled

No.1 Spinningfields reaches practical completion

WTC Utrecht rises – this time in physical space

Another success story at King’s Cross

Alluringfaçades

BAM has delivered part of an underground bike park, with space for

6,000 bikes next to Utrecht’s main railway station. When the second phase

opens next year, the three-storey construction will have a total capacity of

12,500 bikes. That will make the Utrecht project the biggest underground

bike park in the world. The 17,100 m² underground bicycle parking forms

part of the redevelopment of the area around Utrecht’s central station.•

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people feel confident and free to

speak their mind. The ‘Doing things

right’ campaign is aimed at achieving

just that.

Predictable performance (delivering

as promised) is one of those core

values. We have the expectations

of our stakeholders to live up to

– in terms of quality, but also in

terms of reliability. We all work

together to make good on our

promises through our behaviour,

with the help of our Governance

and Risk & Compliance departments,

our code of conduct, and with our

latest addition, the Speak up line.

Taking responsibility (proactive

ownership) is another one of

those BAM values. We expect

everyone within BAM to act on

the basis of their moral compass

and to always maintain a critical

approach to their work.

However, a high-integrity, ethical

organisation is not built on self-

reflection alone. We have a

responsibility towards each other.

Whenever we see a colleague

behave irresponsibly – including

things like speeding, misusing of

company assets or discriminating –

we mustn’t look the other way, but

speak up and address it through

the proper channels. That is how

we do things in the open culture

we are aiming for.

We encourage you to use the

Speak up procedure and we will

investigate any concerns you report.

Under all circumstances you can rely

on our strict confidentiality.•

One BAM ValuesCFO Thessa Menssen: ‘Open up the integrity discussion’

‘Doing things right’ is about more

than our operations (delivering

quality in our projects) or our safety

performance. It’s also key in the

way we collaborate with clients,

co-creators and BAM colleagues.

BAM’s four core values are our

guiding principles here.

Opening up the discussion on

integrity is an essential part of this. In

addition to a safe work environment

we aim to create a culture in which

Royal openingNew Scotland YardHM Queen Elizabeth officially

opened New Scotland Yard, the

headquarters of the London

Metropolitan Police in July.

BAM Construction in London

completed the refurbishment and

new build project at Curtis Green,

London, in February 2017. Project

Manager, Gavin Pantlin (middle)

with next to him Paul Monaghan

of AHMM architects, spoke to

Her Majesty at the opening.

‘I explained that at its peak

we had 350 people working

on site, that the project had

taken two years and that our

client seemed very happy with

the end result.’ It is estimated

that the new building will

contribute six million pounds

per year in efficiency savings

to the Met Police.•

Europe’s first test facility for the hyperloop has been unveiled on the campus of TU Delft. The facility was realised by BAM Infra under a special collaboration agreement with its initiator, Hardt Global Mobility.

The hyperloop, as proposed by

Elon Musk’s space transport

company SpaceX, is a transport

system in which (magnetically)

floating capsules travel at a speed

of over a thousand kilometres per

hour through a tube in which air

pressure has been greatly reduced.

Jeroen Nuijten, Innovation

Specialist at BAM Infraconsult:

‘The test facility consists of a

thirty-metre-long steel tube with

a diameter of just under three

metres. In this tube, Hardt will

perform low-speed tests of all

crucial systems of the hyperloop

capsule, such as propulsion,

gliding and safety.’

‘This test tube will provide a

wealth of information, but it will

be a test at less than the intended

speed’, said Bart van Riel, Project

Manager for BAM Infra Rail. ‘The

next step could follow a few years

from now and will involve the

construction of a one- to three-

kilometre test facility that allows

testing at full speed.’•Bart van Riel (left) and Jeroen Nuijten witness the construction of the hyperloop test facility.

Hyperloop test facility unveiled BAM is introducing a hotline – Speak up – which can be used anonymously to report behaviour

that breaches the code of conduct. ‘In particular,

serious incidents or abuses can be reported on

this independent platform, anonymously or not’,

says Walter Swinkels, Director of Governance,

Risk & Compliance.

‘BAM takes integrity seriously’,

continues Swinkels. ‘We believe

it’s important to have a culture of

doing the right thing and taking

responsibility, especially if you

see a deviation from the code

of conduct. In such a case, speak

to someone personally about their

behaviour. That often works best.

And report it to the supervisor

or compliance officer in your

operating company. If in doubt,

there is the option of contacting

the confidential advisor.

A list of compliance officers

and confidential advisors can

be found on your intranet.’

BAM’s wide-ranging code of

conduct describes the behaviour

that is expected of employees.

Behaviour towards customers,

shareholders and business

partners, as well as towards

the environment, competitors

and one’s own colleagues.

Such behaviour concerns,

‘BAM attaches great importance to doing the right thing’

for example, the use of company

assets, dealing with confidential

information and the prevention

of conflicts of interest.

Walter Swinkels: ‘If these issues

are at stake, sound the alarm!

Doing the right thing, that’s

what it’s all about.’

Confidentiality

Confidentiality is observed in

all cases, whether reported

anonymously or not.

‘This is really important to us

at BAM’, Swinkels emphasises.

‘Employees who report an abuse

deserve to be given appropriate

protection.’

More information about BAM’s

code of conduct and the procedure

for reporting abuse is in the flyer

‘Doing things right’ which can

also be found on your intranet.•

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Safety

Appointment at BAM Belgium Solar cells in road surface In the footsteps of our founders

Mark Beyst MRE has

been appointed Executive

Director at Interbuild nv.

He succeeds Manu

Coppens, who has

expressed the wish

to continue his career

outside BAM.

Beyst was commercial

This autumn, the Dutch province of

Utrecht and BAM Infra are starting

a two year test of incorporating solar

panels into a road surface. A heavy-

traffic-resistant, twenty-metre-long

mat of solar cells and protective

covering will be incorporated in

an actual carriageway (N401) near

Utrecht. The test aims to measure

BAM Bouw en Techniek has been

awarded the large-scale repurposing

renovation of Shell’s monumental head

office in The Hague. It's a commission

with historic significance, as it was

BAM Group’s legal predecessor,

Bataafsche Aanneming

Maatschappij, that

first built the

office in

1917.

The renovation comprises among

other things the replacement of

all technical installations and window

frames. BAM will apply its latest

innovations in energy efficiency

and climate control. Works will

commence in early

2018 and will

be completed

by the end

of 2019.

Asphalt’s anti-aging cream

BAM Infra recently ‘rejuvenated’

a stretch of the A12 motorway

near Utrecht. Over a length of

48 kilometres, the road surface

was treated with a cream that

is absorbed into the asphalt

and improves its quality.

Application of the rejuvenating

cream reduces overhaul costs,

minimises inconvenience for road

users and is more environmentally

director at Interbuild and also

co-ordinated the commercial

activities within BAM Belgium.

Co-ordination of the commercial

activities of BAM Belgium has

been taken over by Christophe

Aelbers in combination with

his role as commercial director

of BAM Contractors.

friendly. Field trials have shown

the cream to close small cracks

in the asphalt and strengthen

the bitumen binding agent so that

it better retains the aggregate.

Indications are that the cream

increases the lifespan of porous

asphalt (ZOAB) up to three years.

Another success story at King’s CrossThere seems to be no end to

the string of projects for BAM

Construct UK around London

King’s Cross and St. Pancras

stations where it has completed

over a dozen projects over the

past ten years. Right now, the

green and orange cranes tower

over the eye-catching ‘kissing

roof’ of Coal Drops Yard.

Sealed with a kiss

London’s Coal Drops Yard was

built in 1850 to receive trains

filled with coal for a fuel-hungry

city. In the architectural design

by Heatherwick Studios, which was

further developed by BAM Design,

the two coal drop buildings will be

connected through gently curving

roof extensions. David Packham,

who has ten years’ experience of

managing BAM projects at King‘s

Cross, says: ‘The two roofs ‘kiss’

where they meet in the middle.

The roof canopies integrate the

two buildings, enabling us to retain

many of their existing features,

which was a project requirement

as they are the only buildings of

their kind in the UK. The ninety-

plus million euro project will be

ready in July 2018, when it will

contain 65 small-scale units for

retail, cafés and restaurants.’

Structural challenges

The construction of the canopies

is an especially complex challenge,

with a steel construction being

assembled on site within the

smallest possible tolerances.

‘These are individual parts

weighing between 15 and 25

tonnes. The connecting part, the

‘kissing point’, weighs 55 tonnes.

The carrying structure of steel

columns and beams stands on

its own foundation, for which

we drove 340 mini piles.’

Packham: ‘One requirement was

to retain as much of the original

buildings as possible. When we

lowered the floors and beams

of the railway elevation, existing

roof trusses had to make way for

the steel construction. Some of

those we were able to re-use.

The roofs were completely

redone with 80,000 slate tiles.’

www.coaldropsyard.com•

‘All employees are entitled

to a safe work environment.

To fulfil this ambition we need

continuous awareness of the

major safety risks, possession

of the necessary safety

knowledge and open

communication with BAM

colleagues and subcontractors’,

said Corporate Safety Officer

Geert van der Linde.

After the game, teams will

be asked to take a picture of

their boards – more specifically,

of the part where they were

asked to draw safety solutions

or innovations that they are

proud of on their sites.

All entries will be shared after

Safety Day in an online collection

on BAM’s safety website:

www.bamsafety.com.•

Safety at work is priceless. That’s the idea behind the board game that was developed especially for this year’s Worldwide BAM Safety Day. On 10 October, the game will bring BAM employees and their co-creators round the table on over 1,900 construction sites and office locations.

‘The right to a safe workplace’

A Martian excavation

What looks like a typical landscape on the planet Mars is actually good old Leicestershire, where BAM Ritchies is involved in the creation of a new granite quarry, one of the largest of its kind in Europe. BAM Ritchies’ drill and blast division is developing the quarry to bring it up to full production by 2019 and the geotechnical division is installing rock bolts and steel to strengthen the 28 metre high faces of the new crusher house. After over 150 years, the original Bardon Hill quarry is close to exhaustion, but the extension will extend its life by another forty years.•

David Packham.

the energy yield of the photovoltaic

road surface and the impact of busy

traffic on the materials.

Sections of the ‘kissing’ steel roofs are lifted onto the temporary support columns.

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Chain of supply

Simple and user-friendly

Collaborate

Professional

‘Always having real-time up-to-date information available. This enables us to make the right decisions at the right time and deliver our services e�ciently’

‘I will feel better knowing I can spend my working days directly contributing to the goals of my team instead of looking for the right info at late hours’

‘Simpler and more e�cient administration because some processes are now incorporated, avoiding manual actions like re-typing information’

Easier reporting

‘Easy to streamline work processes, be more productive and e�cient, and deliver better service overall’

‘We need this if we want to maintain growth’

‘Due to excellent project control we are an even more reliable partner for our clients’

‘I can work much easier together with colleagues from di�erent areas’

‘We have one �uent authorisation process which makes our work easier and more professional’

Synchronisation of data - one time data entry

Integration of processes

Real-time process information

One integrated system, worldwide

‘Keep track of logistics and subcontractors’

System ready

Middle East/Gulf StatesAmericas AfricaAsia Pacific SeptemberMay July

Roll-out phase 1 Roll-out

NovemberAustraliaHQ/ HEC Pilot project

Enterprise resource planning system

One system, one company

Tweets

One system across the globeBAM International is rolling out a brand-new enterprise resource planning (ERP) system that was tailor-made for its global organisation. The ERP is part of a move to upgrade the operating company’s technological support systems, all under the direction of James van de Merbel and his Information Management Department.

The ERP system will enable

BAM International to keep

track of its resources and

the impact they have on its

projects and its business.

It will create a continuous

flow of information from

the Supply Chain and Plant

departments to Finance

and Commercial, while also

making life a lot easier for

Tendering & Engineering.

The introduction of the

specially developed ERP

system ensures all BAM

International offices and projects

share resource data in a single

application. This replaces and

expands on existing systems,

from paper to Excel sheets and

a variety of more advanced, but

largely incompatible systems.

With real-time insights and

streamlined procedures, the

ERP system will vastly increase

operational efficiency. For

instance, the first results of a

pilot project in the United Arab

Emirates show that figures

pertaining to contract value are

more consistent in the new ERP

compared to existing procedures.

Ready for the future

The roll-out of the ERP follows

on a detailed analysis of business

processes, strategic streamlining

of procedures and careful

selection of providers who are

able to build a system that fits

BAM International’s business

and is ready for the future.•

The Costa Norte LNG jetty project

in Panama has achieved another

important milestone: the start

of the trestle execution using

the purpose-built launching girder

(temporary cantilever frame).

Mid-June the first pile using the

launching girder was successfully

driven in the trestle. The girder was

designed by BAM Infraconsult in

close co-operation with the jetty‘s

design and project team and is

Costa Norte LNG jetty project reaches another milestone

based on the cantilever bridge

system used in previous projects.

Jaime Orduña Mozo, Site Engineer:

‘The launching girder is a good

example of successful in-house

experience and co-ordination

with other sister companies.

The method reduces execution

time, reduces cost and decreases

the environmental impact to the

minimum. An execution method

we are proud of!’•

Flawless first submersions The wind turbine foundations

were built by BAM Infra and BAM

Nuttall in a Newcastle dry dock

after a design by BAM Infraconsult.

‘After we floated and undocked

the elements we first improved

their stability by applying ballast

concrete’, said Victor Arnolds,

Project Engineer at BAM Infra.

‘Next, the elements were taken

on a six-hour tow to the wind park

location. Submersion of each

element took some ten hours of

pumping water into the caissons.

Once they had settled on the

seabed, the caissons were filled

with sand.’

The margins for the operation

were very narrow, with a maximum

tilt angle of 0.5 degrees and

a maximum horizontal deviation

of two metres.

‘We stayed well within these

margins: the angle on the first

caisson is 0.12 degrees – within

fifty centimetres of perfection.

The horizontal deviation on

the second is as small as

four centimetres’, said Arnolds.

Looking back on his first

submersion, he is happy and

satisfied. ’It’s been an intensive

time and the team has spent a

great deal of time and energy, but

at the same time we got a real kick

out of taking this project from the

drawing board into reality.

I hope to use the knowledge

and experience we gained on

many future submersion projects.’

The project, which is financed in

part through a Topsector Energy

subsidy from the Dutch Ministry

of Economics, is a commission

from EDF Energy Renewables.

The submerged foundations will

carry wind turbines with a total

capacity of 41.5 megawatts.•

The five wind turbine foundations

of the Blyth Offshore Demonstrator

wind farm are now securely in

place on the seabed off the UK’s

north-eastern coast. The entire

operation of transporting,

submerging and ballasting

the caissons has been

absolutely flawless.

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BAM Deutschland wins third important project for the same client in BerlinBAM Deutschland has been awarded (in joint venture with Hochtief) with the contract for the refurbishment of a listed historical ensemble of two government buildings in central Berlin.

The client is the German Building

Agency (Bundesanstalt für

Immobilienaufgaben, BImA).

The future user of the buildings

is the German Ministry of Health

(Bundesministerium für Gesundheit,

BMG). It's BAM Deutschland's third

project in a row for this client.

Dr. Markus Koch, Chairman of

BAM Deutschland’s Management

Board, highlights the successful

co-operation with this client:

‘[…] we are very happy to

undertake this refurbishment

on behalf of BImA and to the

privilege of continuing our long

years of trustful co-operation.’

The refurbishment works will

start this year and are planned

to be finished in 2020.

As part of the contract the joint

venture will be responsible for the

operation and maintenance of

the Ministry building for a period

of 25 years. The refurbishment

of the currently vacant buildings

is a PPP-funded project.

The so-called ‘Haus 1’ has a gross

floor area of 38,000 m² and will

include offices, a visitor and press

centre, as well as meeting rooms

and a cafeteria.

‘Haus 2’ has a gross floor area

of approximately 30,000 m2

and will also be used by other

ministries. The joint venture of

BAM Deutschland and Hochtief,

At this point in time, the overall

image at One Molesworth Street,

Dublin is dominated by steel and

concrete. But the builders of BAM

Ireland are moving fast and it won’t

be long until the office building’s

structure disappears behind the

bronze, natural stone and glass of

the façades. Architect Henry J Lyons

has designed a building that holds

the allure of top-grade materials.

‘We have chosen to raise the steel

structure in phases so that we can

quickly start closing the façades’,

says Project Manager Eddie

Connolly of BAM Ireland.

Alluring façadesWith its many museums, government buildings, universities, shops and hospitality venues, Dublin’s city centre is a genuine hive of activity. Any contractor would consider it a challenge to add appropriate office space, but BAM Ireland is coming through with flying colours.

On a commission from project

developer Green REIT, the

operating company is realising

a five-storey building with a total

office floor area of 6,600 m².

Construction began in the spring

of 2016 in an excavation deep

enough to hold three underground

floors accommodating the

building’s installations, parking

space, retail and services.

Prefab unit

In terms of installations on the site,

BAM Ireland is not only providing

those of the building itself, but also

a traction station for the Luas tram

line. Conolly: ‘This technical area

at the back of the building had

a much earlier completion date.

The solution we’ve chosen is to

place this as a prefab unit on top

of a temporary support structure

and later integrate it into our

new build. We will finish this

project in October.’• A glimpse of future allure.

The building was erected in phases to allow access onto the façade earlier. The façade on the front elevation has continued whilst work on the steel structure (behind the trees) is almost complete.

Eddie Connolly.

in co-operation with the renowned

architectural firm KSP Jürgen Engel

Architekten, will deliver modern

properties that satisfy the

demanding user requirements

and meet top-level standards in

terms of architectural quality,

functionality, energy efficiency

and monument conservation.•

The inner courtyard of Haus 1.

Haus 1 in front, Haus 2 at the back.Special piles in sandy soilBAM Infra Speciale Technieken has

set up its tallest piling rigs to drive

173 screwed piles into the sandy

soil just opposite The Hague’s

central station. The piles, thirty

metres in length and ninety

centimetres in diameter, will

support two residential towers

and an underground bicycle park.

‘We developed the piles especially

for this project’, says Michiel

Schaminée, Head of Support at

BAM Infra’s foundation division.

‘They combine tubular piles

formed in-situ with serrated

drilling points and grout injection

– none of them unique, but the

combination is remarkable.’•

New Market Developments at BAM PPP

One of BAM PPP’s Strategic Agenda

initiatives is to expand into new

territories, concentrating on the

key markets of North America,

Scandinavia, Australia and the

Middle East. By pursuing new markets

BAM PPP will become less dependent

on the volatile market conditions

in home countries, which allows

BAM PPP to become more selective

in deciding which projects to pursue.

BAM PPP is taking a proactive

approach both within the BAM Group

– especially with BAM International –

and with external partners in the

pursuit of projects by focusing on

specific sectors and products, and

utilising the unique selling points of

sister companies in categories such

as near shore marine, tunnelling,

ports and terminals, roads, rail and

hospitals. Strategic partnerships

will be vital for delivering large

multidisciplinary projects in these

new markets. It is essential that BAM

joins forces with reliable, high-quality

partners that have a strong local

presence, complementary experience

and know-how, and can deliver

extraordinary value.

Another strategic initiative that is

linked to this is (to expand existing

products), such as delivering

management services to PPP projects.

The first sign of progress in 2017 in

relation to new sectors was the

signing of the Zaanstad Penitentiary

project in the Netherlands where

BAM PPP will provide the Management

Services Agreement for the third

party owned project company dealing

directly with the Rijksvastgoedbedrijf

(the Central Government Real Estate

Agency).

There is a healthy pipeline with

interesting and relevant projects.

Through the mobilisation of

everyone’s knowledge, experience,

contacts, and information about

projects, partners, and countries,

BAM PPP can achieve the goal of

BAM becoming the preferred

partner in PPP solutions worldwide.

Your input, ideas, and questions

are therefore highly appreciated!

Contact: info@bamppp.com

Michiel Schaminée (left) and Site Agent Oscar Spierings.

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StrategyPartnerships with IBM, Autodesk and Synchro

BAM has entered worldwide framework agreements with IBM, Autodesk and Synchro to join forces in supporting the further digitalisation of the construction process, one of the main pillars upholding BAM’s Strategic Agenda ‘Building the present, creating the future’.

‘These collaborative frameworks

allow us to speed up the

digitalisation process’, said

Director Digital Construction

Menno de Jonge. ‘Through BAM

Startup we are working together

with IBM on the development of

a digital construction platform.

Autodesk is an important partner

in the implementation of BIM

throughout the life cycle of our

projects. In the integration of

planning into our 3D models

– the fourth dimension, or 4D –

more and more of our projects

are using Synchro’s software. The

agreements cover worldwide usage

of software licences, consultation,

maintenance, support and cloud

solutions.’•

‘We built the whole thing in the

3D BIM model first – floors, façades,

technical installations, everything.

We’re now reaping the benefits, as

just about all clashes were detected

in advance and everything fits

beautifully together. From the

fourth storey up, floor plans are

mostly repetitive, apart from the

staggering loggias. We’re now

moving up another floor every

eight working days. The lower floors

comprise the entrance, a double-

eight restaurant and a conference

centre with facility rooms.’

In addition to BREEAM, WTC

Utrecht will be the first office in

the Netherlands to receive WELL

certification in recognition of its

excellence in health and wellbeing

in the work environment.

Delivery in shell-plus state is

planned for February 2018.•

From early 2018, WTC Utrecht will

offer more than 32,000 m² of fixed

and flexible office spaces.

Commissioned by CBRE Global

Investors, both the design and the

realisation are in the hands of BAM.

‘The stamp-sized location and

tight planning together make this

a challenging project’, says Henk

Frederiks, Construction Manager

for BAM Bouw en Techniek.

Fitting modules in the distribution rack.

The WTC Utrecht team and their project.

WTC Utrecht rises – this time in physical spaceAfter the BIM model, the World Trade Center Utrecht project is now fast taking shape at its location adjacent to Utrecht’s (and effectively the Netherlands’) central station. Like a protective collar, the green and orange steel fencing provides safety for people inside and outside of the tight construction site.

Modular building

Designs for the technical

installations were completed well

ahead of building commencement

– an absolute must in the BAM-

developed modular construction

method. ‘On each floor, 37 modules

make up the distribution rack.

With each module being exactly

lorry-size, we are receiving

transports every eight days’,

says Ton van Manen, Production

Manager for BAM Bouw

& Techniek’s modular design

and construction division.

Great team effort in Manchester as BAM Construction finishes the commercial milestone for the city.

No.1 Spinningfields reaches practical completionBAM Construction has handed

over No.1 Spinningfields to

developer Allied London. This

world class building has been

designed by architects

SimpsonHaugh & Partners and

is set within the heart of

Spinningfields, Manchester’s

premium business district.

The impressive 24-storey office

building is the highest building in

Manchester. Designed with true

flexibility, amenity and choice in

mind, the development has over

24,000 m² of office space.•

‘Today’s modularity is tomorrow’s circularity’Let’s begin with a

clarification: modular

design and construction

of conduit systems does

not equal prefabrication.

‘What we do is much

farther reaching and has

everything to do with circular

construction and waste

prevention’, says Nico Lamerichs.

According to the Director of BAM

Bouw en Techniek’s modularity

division (Modulair Ontwikkelen en

Bouwen, MOB) their approach fits

perfectly into the Group strategy:

virtual builds precede the actual

realisation.

The division’s first success is the

so-called distribution rack, which

combines conduits for heating,

cooling and fire fighting

(sprinklers) with cable ducts

for data and electricity.

Lamerichs: ‘Instead of designing

a new distribution rack for every

project, we have made it a generic

product. There are many benefits

in standardisation, not just in the

design and construction process,

but also in calculations and pricing

and even at the operational and

maintenance stages. For instance,

the modules allow for much easier

modifications to meet a new

tenant’s requirements.’

‘Industry acceptance is a must

if we want to make modularity a

success, so we are actively liaising

with consultancy firms and of

course sharing our knowledge

within the Group. We are

exploring collaboration with our

international colleagues. First

steps have been taken with BAM

Construct UK and BAM Danmark

to determine the application of the

distribution rack in their projects.’

Small step

It’s just a small step from modular

to circular construction. Lamerichs:

‘Once a building reaches the end

of its lifecycle, the distribution rack

modules are easily removed and

re-used elsewhere. Hence our

slogan: ‘Today’s modularity is

tomorrow’s circularity’.’•

The distribution rack module in production.

Nico Lamerichs (right) and Pieter Hoogendoorn, Marketing & Business Developer, below a distribution rack module.

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Children’s hospital project, Dublin

BAM Building, the Irish building subsidiary, has been awarded a build-only contract for the new children’s hospital project in Dublin. The contract value is over six hundred million euro. The construction of the new children’s hospital is expected to take four years. The new hospital will include four acres of outdoor gardens and external space and 380 individual inpatient rooms.

Highway viaduct refurbishment

A three-way joint venture between BAM Nuttall, Morgan Sindall and VolkerFitzpatrick has secured the 100 million-plus pound project to refurbish the Oldbury viaduct on the M5 in the Midlands for client Highways England. The work will be undertaken in three phases to allow for continued two way traffic flow of this strategic route. The works are due to be completed in spring 2019.

Medical research centre

BAM Deutschland has been awarded a contract for a laboratory and research building for the Centre for Molecular Medicine Cologne (ZMMK). The contract value is more than 35 million euro. Works on the medical research centre with a gross floor area of over 12,000 m² are expected to be completed by the end of 2019.

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Sustainable radiation bunkersFor the construction of two radiation bunkers in Louvain-la-Neuve, just east of Brussels, Galère is using a special concrete mix. In the future, decommissioning costs will be significantly reduced as a result of this technique.

This spring, the first radiation

bunker was transferred to IBA, the

client for this project. The company

develops innovative solutions for

cancer treatment based on proton

therapy. To do this, IBA builds

cyclotrons or particle accelerators

at their site in Louvain-la-Neuve.

Radiation is emitted when testing

the cyclotrons, which means that

the equipment needs to be

shielded from the environment

by two-metre-thick concrete walls.

Due to the radiation, the concrete

itself would become contaminated,

thereby resulting in high costs

when it came to decommissioning

the testing site in the future.

‘That’s why we’re covering the

concrete walls in the testing

room with thirty-centimetre-thick

prefabricated concrete panels.

These elements have a different

concrete composition; they are

not activated by the radiation’,

says Benoît Hubeaux, Galère’s

Project Manager.

The concrete mix was developed

by WTCB, the Belgian Building

Research Institute. ‘The concrete

is composed of raw materials

with low activation rates.

Pure chalk proved very suitable

for this. Glass fibres are used as

reinforcement’, says Hubeaux.

IBA has since tested the first

cyclotron in the new bunker.

Hubeaux is now focussing on the

second – almost identical – bunker,

the contract for which was awarded

at the end of 2016. This seven-

million-euro project is being

delivered in phases.•

The Galère project team.

A cyclotron being built in the new bunker for the testing phase.

Mixing our methods in BavariaIn Freising, just north of Munich, Wayss

& Freytag Ingenieurbau has begun work

on the Vötting tunnel, which is part of

the new access road that will reduce

through traffic in the Bavarian town’s

centre. The length of the underground

connection will be 850 metres. BAM’s

German operating company together

with Bauer will apply a combination of

construction methods: part of the

tunnel will be excavated below the

surface and another part will be built in

an open trench. The wall-cover method

has been chosen for road crossings.

The project (with a BAM share in the

total contract value of over 25 million

euro) is due for completion by the end

of 2019.•

Michael Blaschko, Member of the Board of W&F Ingenieurbau, carries a statue of Saint Barbara, patron saint of tunnellers, to the tunnel mouth. He is accompanied by Brigitta Brunner, the District President of Upper Bavaria.

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