Royal Bam

The UK construction arm of Netherlands-based Royal Bam has bounced back into the black with “a solid increase” in turnover and “strong” project execution. Bam Construction UK generated adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of €31.1m (£27.1m) in the year to 31 December 2025, according to Royal…

Bam Nuttall has signed up to use a new digital payment platform designed as an alternative to Project Bank Accounts (PBAs) – its first use on a public project. The contractor has adopted Digital Parallel Payment Accounts (DiPPAs) on two contracts with the Environment Agency (EA) in the North East…

The Department of Education (DfE) has issued half a dozen main works contracts, with a combined value of more than £160m, under its £7bn 2021 Construction Framework. Tilbury Douglas has been appointed to deliver three of the six projects, including a £14.9m deal to build Buckton Fields Primary School in…

London-based construction labour supplier Danny Sullivan’s latest accounts show its pre-tax profit has slumped by more than two thirds. In its latest accounts for the 17 months to 31 December 2024, the firm’s profit dropped to £3.7m, from £11.4m in the year ending 31 July 2023. In July ─ after…

Water ingress has caused a 34-week delay to the £36m build of a Passivhaus-standard leisure centre in Scotland. Bam Construct had expected to finish construction work at Blairgowrie Recreation Centre by 16 December last year, but the contractor only handed over to the local council on 11 August, after water…

Bowmer & Kirkland was the Department for Education’s (DfE) highest paid construction company for the fourth year in a row, Construction News can reveal. Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show that the Derbyshire-headquartered firm was paid £320.8m in the 2024/25 financial year - £57m ahead of the…

Strabag soared to the top spot in the August league tables thanks to a mammoth aqueduct job in the North West. The contractor scooped the £2.9bn job from United Utilities last month, which will see it upgrade six tunnel sections of the Haweswater Aqueduct. The aqueduct is a crucial artery…

The company that maintains and upgrades the M25 was the largest single supplier to National Highways in 2024-25, Construction News can reveal. It is the first time in four years that Costain has not been the client’s top supplier. Private finance initiative (PFI) company Connect Plus received £487m during the…

A return to profit by Bam’s UK construction arm has boosted the Dutch group’s overall half-year performance. Bam’s UK construction subsidiary posted an adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) of €8.1m (£7m) on a revenue of €519m for the first half of 2025. That compared with an…

Bam has removed Danny Sullivan Group from the controversial HS2 ‘bat tunnel’ project after an investigation into labour supply issues. The move comes after HS2 launched an internal investigation earlier this year into whistleblowing allegations that overinflated rates were charged for workers supplied to build in the West Midlands. It is understood…