New BAM leadership team to take business forward

Royal BAM Group companies BAM Construct and BAM Nuttall have appointed new chief executives to oversee BAM activities and to grow the BAM brand in the UK.

Graham Cash will become chief executive of BAM Construct on 1 April 2010. He succeeds Richard Gregory who retires from the company following 43 years of service, many in senior management positions.

Stephen Fox becomes chief executive of BAM Nuttall, also from 1 April 2010. This will allow Martin Rogers to concentrate on his Royal BAM Group executive board roles that include the UK and Ireland.

The management boards will be:

BAM Construct: Graham Cash, Richard Bailey and John Burke.

BAM Nuttall: Stephen Fox, David Belsham, Robert Treadgold and Geoff Renshaw.

BAM companies in the UK have a combined annual turnover of approximately £1.75bn.

BAM Construct is busy on a range of major construction projects throughout the UK including new hospitals in Wales and Scotland, corporate headquarters buildings for Severn Trent Plc and the Co-operative Society, the Transport Museum in Glasgow and many projects in the education sector.

BAM Construct’s construction and FM businesses work closely with BAM PPP on school projects. Together they have completed 35 schools funded by public private partnerships or as part of the Building Schools for the Future programme (BSF) They are currently bidding for another three waves of  the BSF programme. BAM Construct is also one of the chosen contractors on the National Contractors Framework to build academies.

BAM Nuttall has a UK wide portfolio that includes extensive infrastructure and landscaping works on the 2012 Olympic Games Park, the refurbishment and upgrade of Tottenham Court Road underground station, the provision of a new berthing facility at Rosyth naval dockyard, the upgrade of the rail link between Birmingham and London for Chiltern Railways. BAM Nuttall is also constructing new facilities at the Sellafield Nuclear energy plant, is involved in a significant framework contract with Network Rail and has just been awarded a Managed Motorways Framework Contract by the Highways Agency.

BAM Nuttall and BAM Construct frequently work together on schemes, which include a project to regenerate the Kings Cross lands for Argent Plc and will soon be working on a major transport hub in Wolverhampton.

Martin Rogers said, ‘BAM continues to become more influential in the UK. We aim to continue our sound performance although market conditions will remain challenging in all construction sectors. We intend to do this by developing the BAM brand and growing our market share in both our existing and emerging market sectors. This will involve continuing to use the combined strengths and expertise of the BAM companies in the UK and across Europe. By making the most of the synergies between group companies we can offer added value. I am confident in the strengths of the UK management teams and all our staff and their ability to provide all our customers in both public and private sectors with an excellent and sustainable service’.

Notes for Editors

Royal BAM Group’s three subsidiary companies in the UK, BAM Nuttall, BAM Construct UK and BAM PPP, deliver a combined turnover of £1.75 billion per annum, which positions BAM as one of the top three construction and civil engineering businesses in the UK.

The BAM companies cover a full spectrum of activities: facilities management, design services, civil engineering, M& E, construction, property development, and PFI /PPP project financing.

BAM has a strong regional presence with over 30 offices and plant depots throughout the UK ensuring both a local and a national service to our customers. The Group is currently involved in the construction of two world class stadiums in South Africa for the 2010 World Cup Finals.

Royal BAM Group is a worldwide construction services company turning over more that €8 billion and listed on the Euronext Amsterdam.

For further information contact

BAM Nuttall

Peter Bishop, Head of Public Relations and Corporate Communications, BAM Nuttall Ltd
St James House, Knoll Road, Camberley, GU15 3XW 
Tel: 01276 854708

BAM Construct UK
Mark Slattery, Press and Media Manager
Breakspear House Breakspear Way Hemel Hempstead Herts HP2 4FL
Tel: 01442 238415