Ready for the off

Newsletter of Royal BAM Group nv, volume 7, number 4, November 2010

Two hundred BAM employees from the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany met up in September at the start of the Ride for the Roses. The green

and orange BAM colours stood out a mile in the pack of 7,000 cyclists. The 110-kilometre sponsored cycle run started and finished in Venlo, in the south of

the Netherlands. As the day drew to a close, almost €825,000 had been raised for the Dutch Cancer Society. www.ridefortheroses.nl

Return to Sri Lanka

The 25 homes that were rebuilt in Thal Aramba shortly after the tsunami, with financial support from and supervised by BAM, still stand proud. The major difference between now and five years ago is that the area is once again covered in vegetation. Koen Benders, engineering

manager of BAM International, recently returned to the coastal village on the southern tip of Sri Lanka. He co-ordinated the recovery operation after the enormous wave had caused such devastation in December 2004. Benders is currently working in Sri Lanka on the fishing harbour project in Dikkowita.

‘Super Lab’

Four of BAM’s green and orange tower cranes surround the frame of the new 30,000-m2 Laboratory of Molecular Biology which reached its highest point and topping

meet the changing needs of world class science for many years to come. This has involved a substantial challenge with the phasing of M&E works, off-site

pre-fabrication and building a separate energy centre. BAM Design and BAM Service Engineering have been very involved. The £165 million project is one of, if not the largest undertaken by BAM Construct UK. The laboratory will open between spring and summer 2012.

out in Cambridge last August. The new building will be twice the size of its predecessor and will house over 400 scientists and 160 support staff. The LMB has a flexible design to

Koen Benders with

the Malanee family.

Graham Cash,

CEO BAM Construct UK

during the topping out.

Group News

Sign up for Safety

On 19 October, some 50,000 BAM and their building partners’ employees took time out to reflect on the importance of safety at building sites and in offices all over the world. The BAM Safety Day began with a video message from Chairman of the Executive Board, Nico de Vries, in which he emphasised the need to think, act and live safely in order to get home safely at the end of each day. Extra efforts are needed to reduce the number of accidents.

He then called on everyone taking part in the worldwide safety day to sign for safety. The cards with the signatures will be included in a ‘safety picture’, intended to express the importance of safety.The video message from Nico de Vries and the BAM safety day presentations can be seen on the special www.bamsafe.eu website.

Low-energy swimming pool

The Neptunus swimming pool in Klazienaveen in the northern Netherlands has a first. Following a programme of renovations of its various M&E installations by BAM Techniek, it has become the first Dutch swimming pool with the A++ energy label. Gas consumption has been

reduced by 75 per cent by using gas absorption heat pumps. In addition, the air conditioning system has been renewed, while energy costs have been cut by three-quarters through heat reclaim ventilation. Furthermore, heat is reclaimed from the wastewater from the pool by means of heat-pump technology via a buffer basement area. Previously this warm (30°C) wastewater would simply disappear into the drainage system. Now that energy is transferred to the water used in the swimming pool.

Cum laude student hotel

Providing students with modern, comfortable and clean accommodation, that is what City Living is all about. The company has been active in British university towns and cities for many years, and has now turned its sights to Amsterdam. BAM Utiliteitsbouw is a partner in the process of developing and building the student hotel. Two former office buildings – with a total floor area of 19,000 m² – are to undergo a major renovation. In addition, a new-build 6,000 m² wing is to be erected

Project manager Karel Velema

next to the heat-pump.

Cranes for butterflies

The four ‘butterflies’ of the Isala clinics in Zwolle, in the northern Netherlands, are starting to open their wings. However, it will not be until 2013 that they will be revealed in their full glory. The building site is dominated by seven green and orange tower cranes. A joint venture of BAM Utiliteitsbouw and four installation companies, including BAM Techniek, are building one of the largest (more than 100,000 m²) non university hospital in the Netherlands. The ‘slanting’ shapes provide a glimpse of the organic building design and the natural materials, such as timber frames and zinc and titanium. Two million multi-coloured bricks will be used for the exterior walls.

alongside both premises. The student hotel will have 650 residential units. Work starts in September 2011,

and the project will be completed in mid-2013.

The Netherlands

Concrete progress

Steel fibre concrete is already used in floors in non-residential premises and in prefab tunnel elements on a regular basis. In various tests, BAM Woningbouw is now exploring the possibility of introducing steel fibre reinforcement for residential housing. Steel fibre concrete offers significant benefits. For the test, three building envelopes of family homes were cast with tunnel formwork on the site of the Eindhoven University of Technology. Failure tests were then carried out on the floors of each storey and the balcony slabs.

From left: Theo Cullinane,

CEO BAM Contractors, Batt O’Keeffe,

Government Minister and

Martin O’Halloran, CEO Health

and Safety Authority launching

BAM Safety Day in Ireland.

A quiet extension

BAM Civiel is extending the Wilhelminahaven quaysides in Eemshaven, in the northern Netherlands. The 1,200 metre extension is needed in order to accommodate the large vessels, bringing coal for two new power stations. Because of the proximity of the Wadden Sea, a nature reserve, BAM Civiel has to comply with strict noise regulations. The steel foundation poles, for example, have to be covered with sound insulation material. The approximately €55-million design and construction assignment is being undertaken on behalf of Groningen Seaports. The quay is scheduled to be ready by mid-2011, including the surfacing work by BAM Wegen.

Blackwall Tunnel

The £49 million refurbishment of the northbound section of Blackwall Tunnel in East London has been taken on by BAM Nuttall. The three year contract will involve a variety of upgrade work as well as tunnel ventilation, lighting, and drainage.The project is progressing well and is on target to be completed six months early during 2012 prior to the commencement of the Olympic Games.

United Kingdom IrelandOlympic Park

The BAM Supervisory Board and Executive Board have met the Boards of BAM Nuttall and BAM Construct UK in London. They also visited Olympic Park, where BAM Nuttall has undertaken the infrastructure work including landscaping works. In 2006 BAM Nuttall started land reclamation works; almost one million tonnes of contaminated soil has been cleaned for reuse on the site. BAM Construction is also involved in the Olympic park working on the construction of Chobham Academy, a £35 million project within the heart of the athlete’s village.

School contracts

BAM has reached financial close on Somerset County Council’s £50 million schools project. BAM PPP is sponsoring the deal with BAM Construct UK, providing an integrated solution with BAM Construction as building contractor. BAM Facilities Management will provide facilities management services throughout the 25 year operational concession. The contract will provide the new-build replacement facilities for three schools in Bridgwater, in the South-West of England. The schools will open in October 2012.BAM Construction is also preferred bidder on what is believed to be the largest contract let so far under the academies programme. Medway Council has appointed BAM to design and build three new academy schools in Kent. The £80 million project will start early in 2011, and should be completed in 2013.

Glendoe

BAM Ritchies, BAM Nuttall and Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau are all involved in the £20 million project at Glendoe, which involves the creation of a new by-pass tunnel and access tunnel on a hyro-electric scheme, which will be achieved through drilling and blasting techniques. The team has just begun to carry out work at Glendoe deep in the Scottish Highlands and is expected to have the project completed by 2012.

Road PPP scheme

The National Roads Authority has selected the BAM Balfour Beatty Consortium as preferred bidder for the N17 / N18 Gort to Tuam PPP Scheme in Ireland. The project includes the design, build, finance and maintenance of approximately 57 kilometres of motorway in the West of Ireland, between Gort and Tuam, as part of the Atlantic road corridor. The road has three grade separated junctions, including a major intersection with the new M6 Dublin Galway interurban motorway. The scheme also includes a roundabout, two railway bridges, five river bridges, 31 road bridges and several other structures. The project will be funded by way of availability payments over the period of the contract of 25 years. It is expected that work on the project will begin early 2011 and be completed by the end of 2014.

Castleisland Bypass

Minister for Defence, Tony Killeen, has officially opened the Castleisland Bypass. The 5.5-kilometre road bypasses Castleisland to the west of the town and is projected to divert seventy per cent of all traffic from the town centre. BAM Civil started work on the €34 million project in May 2009 and the bypass was due to finish in December 2010. However, good weather conditions in 2010 and a strong push by the contractors saw the Bypass finish well ahead of schedule. ‘I am delighted at the progress of the Castleisland Bypass over the past 15 months’, Mayor of Kerry, Cllr Pat Leahy, stated. ‘The opening of the Bypass will benefit the town hugely. To be finished two months ahead of schedule

is a fantastic achievement, and I want to pay credit to BAM Civil, Jacobs Engineering and RPS of Cork.’

Developer BAM Properties has started construction last month on a 7,500 m2 speculative office scheme in West London. The £45 million development, Chiswick Green, which fronts Chiswick High Road, will be among the first to be built speculatively in West London since the property crash three years ago.

Ultra-energy efficient offices

Severn Trent Water’s £60 million new operations centre in Coventry has been completed by BAM Construction. The BREEAM-excellent rated seven-storey offices have more than 15,000 m2 of office space and are fitted out for the 1,700 staff that will benefit from an ultra-energy efficient and comfortable working environment.

The environmental features include thermal adaptive cooling, photovoltaic and solar panels, biomass boilers and rainwater harvesting. The 38-metre-high scheme has one of the lowest carbon footprints of any UK office building.

Work is scheduled to be completed in February 2012.

The team mark the end of the

first stage of drilling.

Speculative office scheme

Hackescher Markt

BAM Deutschland is making excellent headway at Hackescher Markt in the Mitte district of Berlin on a 60,000-m² office complex and the Adina apartment hotel for client IVG. The offices (left) and the hotel are located above a two storey underground car park.

LNG jetty in Papua New Guinea

BAM International, in joint venture with the Australian engineering and construction company Clough, has received an additional Letter of Intent from Chiyoda JGC Joint Venture for the fabrication and construction of the topsides for the PNG LNG condensate offloading jetty on the coast of the Gulf of Papua New Guinea. The contract for the design and construction of the jetty has been formally signed recently. The second contract is valued at approximately €40 million, bringing the total value of contracts awarded to BAM Clough for the PNG LNG jetty project to €200 million. The scope includes the design and construction of a 2.4-kilometre-long trestle with substation platform, loading platform and single berth. Completion is scheduled for year-end 2012.

Awards

BAM World is compiled by Monica van Soldt, Royal BAM Group nv, Public Relations Department, P.O. Box 20, 3980 CA Bunnik, The Netherlands,

telephone +31 (0)30 659 86 22, e-mail bamworld@bamgroep.nl • Photography De Beeldredaktie, Graeme Duncan, Photo Holland, Jean Pierre Reijnen

• Design Boulogne Jonkers, Zoetermeer • Printing De Swart bv, Den Haag

Partners in crime

The State of Lower Saxony and BAM PPP, together with BAM Deutschland and Müller-Altvatter Gebäudemanagement, have signed the contracts for the States first PPP project to design, build, finance, maintain and operate the €50.5 million prison project in the City of Bremervörde in northern Germany. The scope of the project comprises the design and build of a new 300 inhabitants’ prison. Non-custodial services include all hard and soft Facility Management, administration support, catering, provision of education and training services, social and health care services, perimeter security services and provision of workplaces for 135 prisoners. Works will be completed end of 2012 followed by a concession period of 25 years.

Strong bridges

Betonac is constructing a railway bridge as part of the opening up of the north side of Zaventem Airport in Brussels via a rail link. The double steel arches of the railway bridge, with an 85-metre span, support three concrete layers with railway tracks at different heights. As part of the same project, three viaducts are being upgraded to make them suitable for rail traffic. Betonac is carrying out the alteration work, which has been made necessary due to the heavier loads being transported by rail. Following a three-year building programme, Betonac expects to complete the project in the spring of 2011.

Mercedes-Benz Arena

BAM Deutschland is refurbishing the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Stuttgart, Southern Germany. The two stands at either end of the stadium, home to VfB Stuttgart, are being completely renovated, to increase the capacity to 60,000 spectators. Instead of having one ring, the stadium will soon have two rings behind the goals as well. The stand at the Untertürkheimer curve will be completely demolished and rebuilt, with the addition of VIP boxes and lounges. A special feature is the

2,000-seater sports hall, which has been integrated with the first ring. The stand in the Cannstatter curve is being completely reconstructed too.

Germany

Belgium

Worldwide

Last month at the 2010 Construction Manager of the Year ceremony in London Ivan Gethin from BAM Construction was awarded with silver in the category new build/refurbishment projects over £26 million to £40 million for his work on Newcastle Lyme College. The awards are widely recognised as the Oscars of the industry and the premier accolade for management in the built environment.

Buildings delivered by contractor BAM Construct UK won three out of nine awards at the Public Architecture Awards. The BOHO Core 1 building (picture) in Middlesborough received a commended award and two Hampshire projects, Hampshire County Council’s new offices, Elizabeth II Court in Winchester, and Wellstead Primary School in Hedge End, were both highly commended.

Liefkenshoek rail link

Two tunnels, more than six kilometres in length, are the largest structural works in the seventeen-kilometre long Liefkenshoek rail link in the Antwerp port area. CEI-De Meyer and Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau are joint venture partners with Vinci Grand Projects and CFE. BAM Betontechnieken and BAM Techniek are also involved with the project. The client is the PPP consortium, Locorail (BAM PPP, CFE, Vinci Concessions). Among the civil works are culverts, an aqueduct, road junctions, open tunnel sections, a cutting with retaining and slurry walls, escape shafts and a ballast construction in a canal dock. A 1,200-metre long railway tunnel is also being renovated. The contract amounts to €680 million.

BAM Deutschland will complete the offices before year-end. The hotel will be open for business in early 2011.

Enhancing Poznan

Under the supervision of Tebodin-SAP Projekt, the ‘Za Teatrem’ (‘Behind the Theatre’) apartment and office complex is taking shape in the historic centre of Poznan, in western Poland. Located on a two-storey underground car park, it will consist of three blocks with 1,500 m² of office space, seven shops and 160 apartments. The design of the project will fit in superbly with the surrounding historic buildings. As well as supervising the building process, including the construction and fitting of all the technical installations, Tebodin is also responsible for carrying out all the finishing work to the site and making it ready for use; this is scheduled for September 2012.

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