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Bam Construct appoints new Scottish boss Bam Construct has promoted Jim Ward to director of its Scottish division. Ward will take over from Bruce Dickinson, who has moved into a broader role at Royal Bam Group. The new boss of the Scottish business has been with Bam Construct for 40 years and worked on flagship schemes in the region including the V&A Dundee and Bam’s current Atlantic Square scheme. He was serving as a construction director before his promotion to a regional director position. Commenting on his appointment, Ward said: “I am privileged to be leading Bam Construction in Scot...

Plans for the UK’s largest ever film studio featuring one million square feet of studio space have been submitted for approval. Property consultancy Bidwells has put in the application to Hertsmere Borough Council in Hertfordshire for the complex that will include 21 stages and an extra 600,000 square feet of commercial space, across a total of 90 acres. The facility, called Hertswood Studios, will be built next to Sky’s £190m studio complex currently being built by Bam Construct if the proposals are approved. Studio construction is a growth area currently with schemes also in developmen...

Balfour and Bam among winners on £650m Scotland healthcare framework Balfour Beatty, Bam Construct, Graham and Kier are among the six contractors picked by Health Facilities Scotland for its new £650m framework. McLaughlin & Harvey and RMF – a joint venture between Robertson and FES – have also scooped places on the new NHS Frameworks Scotland 3, which will replace the current framework managing construction procurement for Scotland’s health service. Laing O’Rourke has missed out on the new framework, having been on the previous iteration. Bam Construct and McLaughlin & Harvey are n...

Royal Bam has set it sights on doing more work in the UK despite revealing mixed results for 2020. Its civil engineering operation, Bam Nuttall, made an

Bam Construct wins £30m hospital expansion Bam Construct has been picked to deliver a £30m expansion of the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro. The contractor will build a three-storey extension on the existing Trelawny Wing, which will include an MRI suite and a 24-bed haematology and oncology ward. Enabling works were completed last month and the main building phase will begin shortly. Subcontractors appointed so far include TClarke on the M&E, joinery specialist Luscombes and groundworks firm WBM. The new project is scheduled to be completed in autumn 2022. Bam construction director Graham...