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Royal BAM Group

has appointed

Theo Cullinane

managing director

of BAM

Contractors with

effect from

1 September 2009.

Theo Cullinane

is succeeding

Brendan Barrett

who will remain director until his

retirement at year-end 2009.

Brendan Barrett has been employed

by BAM Contractors since 1973 and

has led the company since 1986.

The Supervisory Board and the

Executive Board are very grateful

to Mr Barrett for his contribution

to BAM through the years. From

1 January 2010 the management

of BAM Contractors will consist

of Theo Cullinane, chairman,

Bernard Murphy and Leo Harmon.

Internal publication for the employees of Royal BAM Group nv Volume6, number 3, Autumn 2009

BAMWorldThe windmills

near Rotterdam

make a

picturesque

backdrop to

the soil survey

being carried

out by BAM

Infratechniek.

Futuristic footbridge

Drilling and blasting in every kind of weather

t is hardly possible

to envisage a more

inhospitable

landscape than that around the

Glensanda quarry on the west

coast of

Scotland. In this

out-of-the-way

location, which

is only accessible from the

sea, BAM Ritchies has been

successfully blasting rock for

almost two years. In December

2007, the BAM Nuttall division

was awarded a five-year

contract by Aggregate

Industries for drilling and

blasting at Glensanda. Ian

Christie, drilling and blasting

manager of BAM Ritchies:

‘Thanks to an efficient operation

and the use of modern, remotely

controlled equipment, BAM

Ritchies has raised the annual

production of

granite from

6 to 7.5 million

tonnes.

Moreover, the company was

able to reduce Glensanda’s

CO2 footprint considerably.’

A great performance, since the

weather conditions on the west

coast of Scotland are sometimes

appalling with lots of low clouds

and snow. The use of modern

three-dimensional surveying

and scanning equipment makes

it possible to produce quick and

accurate surveys in the brief

intervals of improved weather.

The blasted rock is fed to an

underground transhipment

station via a three-hundred-

metre deep shaft. From there, it

is transported by a 1,500-metre

long conveyor to the loading

equipment at sea level.

Glensanda is one of the

largest quarries in Europe.

Since Ritchies’ foundation

in 1966, the BAM Nuttall

subsidiary has blasted out

more than five hundred

million tonnes of rock.

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Stirling, north-east of Glasgow in

Scotland, has a new architectural

attraction: a 114-metre-long futuristic

footbridge built by BAM Nuttall near

the railway station to link the city

centre with a new development area

on the banks of the River Forth.

BAM Wegentrack record

BAM Wegen has reconstructed

an eight-hundred-metre section

of Circuit Park Zandvoort in the

province of North Holland in just

three and a half days. Achieving

this record time involved the BAM

team working some very long days.

The composition of the asphalt for

the track is a closely guarded secret.

The mix includes special additives

to meet the track’s skid resistance

and horizontal force requirements.

www.circuit-zandvoort.nl

Appointment atBAM Contractors

Theo Cullinane.

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Earlier in the evening Eric E. Verbeeck, the Interbuild director responsible

for the design, construction, maintenance and removal of the pavilion,

had presented the winning consortium. Verbeeck: ‘There is a very strict

and tight construction schedule, but I believe that together we can produce

a magnificent pavilion, especially in view of the support we can count on

from our sister company Tebodin, which has a branch in Shanghai.’

Brain cell

The pavilion, which will have an area of approximately 5,500 m2, is an important

showcase for Belgium and will also include the European Union exhibition

hall. Architect Christine Conix based her design on a neuron – a brain cell.

The neuron is a reference to the rich artistic traditions of Belgium and Europe

as a whole, as well as to Belgium’s central position in the heart of Europe.

A transparent, recyclable synthetic textile is used to create a gigantic ‘brain

cell’ in the exhibition centre, which visitors move through. Lighting effects

constantly change the colour of the neuron.

‘One of the key principles on which our pavilion is based is sustainability.

The pavilion’s structural elements are all very easy to recycle’, says Verbeeck.

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Interbuild is based inWilrijk, near Antwerp, Belgium and undertakes

non-residential construction projects for both private and public

customers. Interbuild’s work as a partner in construction consists

primarily of new build and renovation of offices, distribution depots

and shopping centres in Brussels and Flanders.

BAM’s Belgian

companies

CEI-De Meyer

and Interbuild are

renovating and extending the

railway station in the picturesque city of

Bruges as part of a huge facelift operation in the

station area. The platforms, staircases and lifts are being

completely replaced, and the main passenger tunnel is being

widened. At the same time, the joint-venture is making good progress

on construction of the 43,000-m2 office building next door, which

includes the new station hall and a new underground car and bicycle

park with room for eight hundred cars and one thousand bicycles.

Made in Belgium‘See you in Shanghai!’ were Belgian PrimeMinister Herman

Van Rompuy’s final words lastMay in Brussels following

the presentation of the Belgian pavilion that

will open its doors at theWorld Expo

in Shanghai inMay 2010.

Bruges station facelift

In Antwerp, two new buildings clad in dark-grey stone are rising rapidly

on the port city’s skyline: the London Tower and the adjoining Avenue

Building. The tower’s 119 apartments are spread over 17 of its 22 floors,

with the rest of the space given over to offices. The Avenue Building

has a three-level underground car park. Interbuild is due to complete

the project in the spring of 2010.

The company employs approximately three hundred people and has an average

of twenty construction projects in progress at any given time. Like the other

operating companies within the Group, Interbuild also devotes a good deal of

attention to the various aspects of corporate social responsibility. For example,

extra efforts were made to increase safety in the working

environment during 2008. The company was also

awarded the ISO 14001 certificate for its

environmental awareness.

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The BAM Technical School in Lelystad (central Netherlands) for the

training of building site workers will soon be open for business.

This practically oriented training centre will help maintain and

strengthen professional expertise within the Group.

ne piece of practice

equipment already

being used on the

BAM Materieel site in Lelystad

is a climbing formwork set-up.

‘This is where we first tested the

new climbing system for two

office towers in The Hague.

We then brought the formwork

teams in to master it’, says Leen

van den Oever, manager of the

Formwork Technology business

unit at BAM Materieel. ‘Training

the teams in advance and

practising the finer points of

the system helps to cut on-site

failure costs. Here people can

figure out the system in peace

and quiet rather than under

pressure on the building site.’

The climbing formwork used

to pour the two office towers’

27 cores was developed in-

house by BAM Materieel. ‘The

system consists of self-climbing

scaffolding with attached

formwork and with work

platforms above and below it.

The system, involving a massive

amount of hydraulic gear,

Vopak tanker terminalBAM Infratechniek has started building a new tanker terminal inthe port of Amsterdam for Koninklijke Vopak, and expects tocomplete it in the autumn of 2011. BAM Civiel, BAM Wegen, BAMTechniek and Tebodin are involved in the project. The terminal’s620,000 m3 capacity will be used mainly to store petrol, gas oil and diesel. BAM International is also doing some work for Vopak.At a tanker terminal in Fujairah, one of the United Arab Emirates,the operating company is extending a jetty and using, among other things, the new crane pontoon IB427 to help do it. www.vopak.nl

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Practice tower for climbing formwork

When a group of schoolgirls recently visited a branch of BAM

Techniek, first item on the agenda was a guided tour. They then

had a hands-on session that involved putting together their own

desk lamp along the lines of the lamp created by Disney character

Gyro Gearloose. The excursion was part of International Girls’ Day,

an event designed to interest girls in technology.

Building siteworkers learningabout climbing

formwork.

Girls get technical

creeps up like a caterpillar by

extending itself out and then

pulling itself back in again.

We have put a lot of effort

into refining and optimising

the climbing technology’,

says Van den Oever.


Francesca Roberts, chief

executive of CRASH, said ‘CRASH

is absolutely delighted to receive

this donation which will be used

to help improve accommodation

and facilities for homeless

people. I would like to

compliment Royal BAM Group

on celebrating its 140 years so

imaginatively and appropriately

in the current tough economic

climate.’ Royal BAM Group made

a total of 140 donations of one

thousand euros each to charities

all over Europe. The successful

charities were drawn from a

pool of 1,300 nominations put

forward by employees in the

various Royal BAM Group

companies.

www.bam.eu/bam140

UK and Irish charities’ receivewindfall as BAM celebrates 140 years

The UK charities were nominated

by employees of Royal BAM

Group’s UK companies: BAM

Nuttall and BAM Construct UK.

Among the UK charities to

benefit are CRASH, the

construction industry’s charity

for homeless people of which

BAM is a Patron, the Alzheimer’s

Society, Childline, and Hands

around the World.

Tram trackmakeover

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Over thirty UK charities and seven Irish

charities are set to receive windfalls of one

thousand euros to mark the 140 years

anniversary of Royal BAM Group.Joop van Oostendraws the firstnumbers in thepresence of a notary.

operatives of BAM International in Abu Dhabi witnessed the topping out ceremony

of the fourteen-storey 400 key Crowne Plaza Hotel and six-storey 196 key

Staybridge Serviced Apartment Hotel, with associated external works on Yas

Island Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Yas Island is a leisure and entertainment development and

home to a Formula One race track. The 140-million-euro project will be completed on time for race day ie

the Grand Prix, which is to be held on 1 November 2009.

A BAM Rail team has given a

stretch of Rotterdam’s tram

tracks a complete makeover.

Overall, four hundred metres

of ballast bed, sleepers and rails

have been renewed in two work

sections.

33,,550000

140UK Recipient charities

Alzheimer’s Society, All Saints

Church - Ranton, Carriglea Cairde

Services, Sunshine Panners

Steelband, Mount Hawke Youth

Group (4x), Make-A-Wish-Foundation

UK, MIND Ltd, Hands Around The World,

Steeple Claydon Scouts, The Legacy-

Rainbow House, Doncaster Plant WRS

Boxing Club, Oxford Transplant

Foundation, Cromer Road School

Association, Mission Partners United

Church of Zambia, Motor Neurone

Disease Association (2x), Care

International, Wavendon All Music

Plan, Liverpool Unites, TY Hafan, TOFS,

Islamic Relief, BYV Adventure Camps,

LET US SHINE Africa, The Royal

Zoological Society, Wooden Spoon, QEF

Mobility Centre, Camberley Town Youth

Football Club, CORAM, Crash, Sunshine

Project, Childline.

Irish Recipient charities

Irish Cancer Society, Friends of St Lukes

Hospital, Barretstown Gang Camp,

The Irish Society for Autism, Nesam-

Opearl Charitable Trust, Irish Mountain

Rescue Association, Barretstown Serious

Fun.


Minimising the carbon footprint

Calculator for CO2 reduction

King’s Cross reborn

he massive granary,

and the assembly and

transit sheds behind it,

once played an integral role in

the receipt and dispatch of grain

from the east of England to the

capital. Products were

transported to and from

the site by train, boat and

lorry. Steel railway

turntables and deep

basins in the buildings bear

witness to this historic past. BAM

Construction is transforming the

former grain terminal into a

dazzling campus for the Central

Saint Martins College of Art and

Design. Argent, the property

developer, saw that the arrival

of this internationally famous

university would give impetus

to the extensive regeneration

project.

‘Both the granary and the

transit sheds are English

Heritage listed buildings and

therefore much of the historical

detail must be retained’, says

Peter Atkin, construction

manager within the BAM

After many years of neglect, new life is being breathed into the

27-hectare former railway yard behind King’s Cross Station in

London. BAM Construction is setting the pace by tackling some

historic buildings. In 2011, the hustle and bustle will return, but

by then it will be thanks to thousands of students.

Construction team headed by

project manager Tony Jermak.

‘The historic granary building

dating back to 1852 will remain

generally intact, as will the

offices that flank it on both

sides. We will clean and repair

the perimeter brick walls. We

will refurbish the windows and

doors to modern acoustic and

thermal standards, while

maintaining their original

character. Additional daylight

will be provided by a glass

roofed, newly formed atrium

located in the centre of the

building.’

A different approach will be

taken for the assembly shed

and transit sheds behind the

granary. Only the walls with the

characteristic arches of these

155 to 180 metre long sheds will

remain standing. The existing

roofs will be removed to make

way for a completely new

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New skills for young locals

The new campus will of course breathe life into the area around

King’s Cross, but the construction process itself will also make

an important contribution. This aspect of the project was

recently formalised in a work and training agreement signed by

the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, and companies including

BAM Construction and BAM Nuttall.

All those involved are keen to ensure that local residents benefit

from the employment opportunities created by the project.

Every year, up to 120 young people from the area will attend

a training centre giving them the opportunity to develop into

construction employees. In the first year they will alternate

three-month blocks of theory lessons and practical training,

and then spend most of the second year on the building site.

Teaching safety awareness is considered just as essential as

passing on professional skills.

BAM recently presented its

Project Carbon Calculator

(PCC) at a symposium. The tool

was developed in the light of

the Carbon Footprint concept.

Darren Smith from BAM

Nuttall, who worked on the

development of the software

program right from the start,

spoke at the symposium about

the approach to CO2 emissions

taken in the United Kingdom.

The Project Carbon Calculator

is a practical tool used to

determine the opportunities

for CO2 reduction in the

procurement and building

phases of a building project.

When used in 28 projects in the

Netherlands, PCC showed that

an average CO2 reduction of

approximately 8.1 per cent is

possible. This is why BAM will

use the PCC in a structured way and,

where possible, proactively provide

its customers with opportunities to

reduce CO2 emissions.

Smith: ‘The PCC can be used in

projects in both the infrastructure

sector and the building sector in

every phase of the project. During

design, tendering, construction

and maintenance, it is possible to

determine the carbon footprint of a

building project and identify where

the most efficient reduction

measures can be taken. This

provides insight into the work

processes of the building project

and their consequences for the

emission of CO2.’

BAM also wants to make the tool

available to other players in the

sector and to other interested

parties. In this way, BAM hopes

to contribute to reducing CO2

emissions.

Peter Atkin.

building supported by a large

number of piles. The new

central zone – largely within the

contours of the old buildings –

gives an impression, when

viewed from outside, that little

has changed. However from

September 2011, thousands

of students will occupy an

extremely modern and

business-like building.

The new 160-million-euro

development will accommodate

lecture halls, ballet studios,

exhibition spaces, workshops

and a theatre, as well as a

library and meeting places.

Commercial premises, such

as shops will feature in the

western transit shed.

Infrastructure

BAM Nuttall is responsible for the

infrastructure around the future

university. A square will be

created between the granary

building and the Regents Canal

that will be almost the size of

the famous Trafalgar Square. BAM

Nuttall will also build a bridge

over the canal, so that the campus

can be easily reached from King’s

Cross and St Pancras Stations.

www.arts.ac.uk/kingscross

‘... much of the historical detail must be retained ...’

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Known colloquially as the Rosebowl, BAM Construct UK has recently

completed a new home for the 38.5-million-euro Business and Law

Faculty of Leeds Metropolitan University. The main U-shaped

building wraps around a distinctive bowl-shaped structure

supported on columns. The striking structure is clad in reflective

glass panels that look like petals.

Classroom CO2 in the sights

BAM Techniek - Energy Systems staff are going back to school. Not to

brush up on their skills, but to study energy performance and interior

climate in classrooms. ‘The air in a lot of schools is quite unhealthy.

In some cases we are finding very high concentrations of CO2’, says

energy management consultant Sebastiaan Jager.

Campus with a ‘green’ roof

In Arnhem (eastern Netherlands) BAM Utiliteitsbouw (non-residential)

recently completed the new construction work on the Arentheem

Campus. The design featured an open structure, a playground on the

first floor, five towers and a car park with an arched ‘green’ roof that

was laid by BAM Wegen subsidiary Mostert De Winter.

Praise for BAM Deutschland

BAM Deutschland has been praised as an innovative company in

the public-private partnership field for its work on the Alfons-Kern-

Schule trade school in Pforzheim. The award it received is intended

to help make PPP projects in Germany more attractive and more

transparent.

Star-gazing restoration project

Renovation specialist Schakel & Schrale has begun restoration work

at Leiden Observatory. The old Observatory was built in 1861 and

is part of the University Observatory, founded in 1633. The project

covers the restoration of facades and roofs. Masonry, windows and

doors are being carefully restored. The bitumen-covered roofs and

domes will also be getting their original copper and zinc roofing

back. www.strw.leidenuniv.nl

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This year following education projects were completed or are still under construction by BAM:

BAM Construct•BAM Construct UK is number two in the UK education market. Its recently completed and current projects include South Thames College -London•Student Accommodation Block, Bath University - Bristol•Newcastle-under-Lyme College - Staffordshire•Bolton Community College - Bolton,Lancashire• Anniesland College - Glasgow•Grace Academy - Coventry•South Cheshire College - Crewe, Cheshire•Arts Tower, Sheffield University -Sheffield•Cressex Community School - High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire•Filton High School - Bristol•St Peter the Apostle High School - Glasgow BAM Building •University College Dublin - new build UCD Nano Biology laboratory - Dublin•University College Cork - new build UCC Informationtechnology Building - Cork•St Patrick’s College - Carlow Arts Centre - Carlow BAM Deutschland •Alfons-Kern-Schule - Pforzheim BAM Utiliteitsbouw•Petrus Canisius College - renovation/extension - Assen•ROC Aventus - new build school/parking- Apeldoorn•Kloosterveste - new build shops/library/schools - Assen•Maturia - redevelopment primary school/nursery - Assen•British School Forepark Leidschenveen - new build - Den Haag•Carré - new buildlaboratories/education rooms - Enschede•Bernoulliborg - new build college/office - Groningen•ROC van Twente - new build - Hengelo •NoordelijkeHogeschool Leeuwarden - new build/renovation - Leeuwarden•MBO/VMBO Maasland - new build school/sports hall - Maasland •Centrumplan Malberg -new build houses/school/parking - Maastricht•Holland College VMBO Dalton and MBO Westland - new build with sports accommodation - Naaldwijk•Radboud Universiteit - new build college for science, mathematics and IT - Nijmegen•Centraal College - new build - Utrecht •Brouwerspoort - newbuild - Veenendaal•Deltion College - new build - Zwolle BAM PPP •Solihull schools: Smiths Wood Sports College, Park Hall Secondary School,Lanchester Campus, Pupil Referral Unit, Archbishop Grimshaw School Catholic School - Solihull (with BAM Construct)•West Dunbartonshire Schools -four new build schools: Clydebank High School, St Peter the Apostle High School, Vale of Leven Academy and St Eunan’s Primary School, schools andcommunity sports facilities - Glasgow.

Sebastiaan Jager examines

the structural factors.

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Rosebowl for Leeds University


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From 2010 the 260-kilometre

BritNed high-voltage undersea

cable will connect two identical

converter stations, one on the

Isle of Grain in Kent and the

other at the Maasvlakte in

Rotterdam. BAM Nuttall is

building the project on the

British side and BAM Civiel on

the Dutch side. BAM is working

here with Siemens.

roject manager Jaap

de Vries from BAM

Civiel: ‘Construction

at the Maasvlakte is going well.

We are using three innovative

techniques, which, as well as

cutting costs and improving

quality and safety, also save

time and reduce noise – and

a quiet site tends to be a safe

site. I am talking about soil

compaction, sliding formwork

and fibre concrete.’

Soil compaction

is a silent

method that

eliminates the

need for pile-

driving and

therefore the risk of hitting

underground high voltage

cables.

Outside the direct current halls

six heavy transformers will be

set up between twenty-metre-

high fire-resistant,

explosion-proof walls,

which BAM Civiel has

built using sliding

formwork. Guides in the

concrete, the so-called

hydraulic jacks, move

the formwork and the

concrete up at a rate of

around three metres a

day. ‘Sliding

formwork

is not a special

technique and is

not commonly

used at this height,

but it is very attractive here

because of the synergy with

BAM Nuttall.’

The third innovation is fibre

concrete, which is being used

in external foundations for

resistors, condensers and

electrical coils. De Vries:

‘Stray currents can heat steel

reinforcement or make it burst

out of the concrete or, in a

worst-case scenario, even

melt it! We could insulate the

reinforcement, but it is time-

consuming and expensive.

Instead, we are adding synthetic

British/Dutch undersea power project

continuing care, respite and

rehabilitation services to over

two hundred people. The works

consisted of demolition,

extensions, alterations and

upgrading of wards and ancillary

areas to the existing facility. BAM

Building constructed a new two

storey extension accommodating

six single bed wards and six five

bed wards, bathrooms, ancillary

areas, two kitchens and day rooms.

A prefabricated extension was

also included in the works

providing six bedrooms with en-

suite facilities. All works were

carried out while maintaining

a live hospital.

BAM Building has comprehensive

healthcare construction

Ms Mary Harney TD, Minister for

Health and Children, recently

opened the newly refurbished

Royal Hospital in Donnybrook,

Dublin.

The Royal Hospital is the oldest

hospital of its type in Ireland.

It was established in inner city

Dublin in 1743. The hospital

moved to its current location

at Donnybrook, one of Dublin’s

most fashionable suburbs, in

1804.

Set in thirteen acres of grounds,

the hospital now provides

experience and is currently

working on several community

nursing units, the National

Programme for Radiation

Oncology units at St James’s

and Beaumont

Hospitals, Our

Lady’s Hospice

Harold’s Cross,

The Incorporated

Orthopaedic

Hospital in

Clontarf, Holles

Street Hospital

in Dublin and

Curaheen

Hospital in

Cork.

P fibres as they make steel

reinforcement redundant.’

1,200 piles

BAM Nuttall project manager

Janus Moorhouse: ‘The Isle of

Grain is in the south-east of

England near the River Medway.

Because the soil conditions were

so poor, we had to put in

1,200 thirty-metre piles before

we could start building the

converter station. We also had

to build a long road to the site,

which has put us a bit behind

our BAM Civiel colleagues at

the Maasvlakte. Sharing our

experiences of different aspects

– like for instance the sliding

formwork, which we are using

here too – has proved very useful.’

www.britned.com

Jaap de Vries.

Rejuvenation cure for Royal Hospital

Janus Moorhouse.


Every two years, the BAM international procurement meeting is

held in one of the BAM home markets. This year, the meeting was

organised by BAM Deutschland and Wayss & Freytag in co-

operation with BAM Strategic Sourcing in Frankfurt. Central

theme of this year’s meeting was ‘Connecting BAM ... value by

joining, sharing and learning’.

Procurement managersmeet

Several relevant supply chain

issues like e-procurement,

sustainable sourcing/

entrepreneurship and

international sourcing were

presented and discussed. Next

to these specific themes, Rob

van Wingerden, executive board

member, gave an introduction

on BAM’s position in the current

economic situation and how the

procurement function should

evolve. BAM Deutschland and

Wayss & Freytag procurement

managers Alexander Schroeder

and Rudiger Beeck highlighted

the specific procurement

processes. Participants paid a

visit to a construction project

and a major supplier of BAM

Deutschland where there was

further discussion about

procurement issues. Outside

the formal meeting many

contacts were (re)established

and best practices and ideas

were shared during the free

hours. All in all a couple of very

fruitful days in which it became

clear that we certainly are not

the same, but by open

communication lines, we

can learn and share a lot of

knowledge with each other

for the benefit of Royal BAM

Group.

Design Boulogne Jonkers, Zoetermeer

Photography De Beeldredaktie

Printing Thieme Media Services, Delft

BAM World is compiled by Monica van Soldt,

Royal BAM Group nv, Public Relations Department:

+31 (0)30 659 86 22, [email protected]

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the question of whether noise

might be a problem.’

Bas Reedijk, coastal engineering

team leader: ‘We proposed

moving the reclamation work

four hundred metres north

to improve accessibility and

to create more distance to

adjacent recreation facilities.

The client has since taken up

our suggestion. Our special

expertise in design-based

maritime studies goes back

a long way. The interaction

between design and

environment is becoming

more and more important

and we believe we have

come up with a very

creative response to the

design challenge here.’

Walvis Bay environmental study

Protecting the flamingos

alvis Bay is Namibia’s

main port. ‘Originally

the plan was to build

an onshore terminal, but there

were so many objections that

it was decided to put it on an

artificial island measuring at

most 2,500 by 500 metres and

joined to the land by a dam’,

says Hendrik Bergmann, a

consultant in BAM Infraconsult’s

coastal engineering

department.

‘The environmental study is

designed to gauge the effect

of land reclamation on currents

and the deposition of silt in the

lagoon which discharges into

the bay. The nature area is home

to vast numbers of water birds,

including flamingos and

pelicans. We are also looking at

the terminal’s effects on the salt

fields next to the lagoon, and

BAM is transforming Nieuwegein’s town hall. When the project,

being built by BAM Utiliteitsbouw (non-residential) in joint venture

with Ballast Nedam, is completed the multifunctional building will

house the council offices, the central library, a social centre, a visual

arts centre and a meditation centre. There will also be room for some

shops. This mix of functions will transform the town hall near Utrecht

into a centre for information, welfare and culture and make it a wide-

ranging resource for the whole community.

Multifunctional town hall

How will the construction of a container terminal in the port of Walvis Bay in Namibia affect the nearby

nature area and its huge population of water birds? The answer to this and many other questions is

contained in an environmental impact assessment prepared by BAM Infraconsult, which will report

its findings to the port authority, Namport, in the autumn.

Hendrik Bergmann(left) and Bas Reedijk.

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