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Pandemic helps Bam cut carbon emissions ahead of schedule The impact of the pandemic helped Bam Construct substantially reduce its CO2 emissions in 2020, the company has said, cutting emissions to 45 per cent below a benchmark set in 2015. The benchmark level was set in 2015 when Bam Construct gave itself five years to trim emissions by 25 per cent. It achieved that goal early, however, recording a 27 per cent cut by 2018, and further reductions thereafter. Bam Construct head of sustainability Jesse Putzel said: “We were among the first to have targets approved by the Science Based Targets ...

The UK’s largest contractors claimed just over £10m in furlough cash in the three months to the end of February, new figures from HMRC have revealed. Analysis of HMRC’s furlough data found that the combined claims by CN100 contractors totalled up to £3.9m in February, up from a maximum of £3.7m in the previous month. In the three months to the end of February, companies in the CN100 had claimed up to £10m, up from £6.1m in the two months to the end of January. HMRC publishes monthly lists of all UK companies that have placed staff on furlough via their payroll schemes; the figures fo...

Royal Bam profit boosted by UK projects Royal Bam chief executive Ruud Joosten Royal Bam, the Dutch parent company of Bam Construct and Bam Nuttall, has reported Q1 results showing revenue growth and improved profit compared with the same period a year ago. In a conference call, chief executive Ruud Joosten (pictured) cited government-led infrastructure projects in the UK as a key factor: “The majority of the growth came from activities in the UK at this moment in time,” he told analysts. Revenue for the group in Q1 2021 was €1.65bn (£1.43bn), up from €1.60bn (£1.39bn) a year earlie...

Bam names subcontractors on £250m Manchester arena Bam Construct has named its subcontractors on the new £250m Co-op Live arena in Manchester. It announced that around £150m of contracts have been handed to subcontractors with M&E works set to be carried out by Wates-owned SES Engineering Services. The steelwork, for which 9,000 tons of the material will be used, is to be handled by Severfield. Prater has won the contract for facade and roof works while Provectus will undertake excavation and remediation.  The construction will see up to 400 people working on site daily, close to Manchest...

Contractors draft plan to fightback against cyber-attacks on JVs BIM modelling is an area of construction that could be targeted by cyber-criminals A group of experts at major contractors is drawing up guidance for the industry to use to head off cyber-attacks while working in joint ventures. Royal Bam group director of cyber-security, Ian Hill, told Construction News that a group called the Chief Information Security Officer Forum is meeting regularly to work out how to contain the increasing threat to the industry. The forum is working on other cyber-security issues and serves as a “fast...