bam view Local expertise; International experience

BAM View is the client magazine of BAM Ireland – Issue 7 – May 2016

CSR Awards Launch 2016 Ireland can become an International Centre for Excellence in CSR.

Theo Cullinane, BAM Ireland Chief focused on responsible business. It Executive said “BAM is proud to is by working together to develop once again promote responsible and promote Corporate Social business in Ireland through our Responsibility through groups sponsorship of the CSR Awards such as the National Stakeholder this year. Sustainability is not only Forum, that Irish businesses can a key value for BAM; it is at the show leadership internationally very heart of our strategic plans in responsible business for growth and development. It practices. Ireland can become is incredibly heartening to see an international centre of CSR an increasing number of Irish excellence and attract investment businesses share this view. I’d like from the many international to wish all entrants and everybody companies and funds that have in Chambers Ireland and Business CSR as a core business activity.” in the Community the very best of luck for this year’s awards.” Kieran McGowan, Chairperson Business in the Community Speaking at the launch, Ian Ireland said, “The Sustainable Talbot, Chief Executive, Chambers Development Goals launched Ireland said, “These Awards last year demand a new role and Picture L-R Ian Talbot, Chief Executive, Chambers Ireland, Professor Rosa Chun, UCD Smurfit Graduate School of Business & recognise best practice in commitment from business. Tadhg Lucey, Director of CSR & Sustainability, BAM Corporate Social Responsibility Companies in Ireland need to in Ireland, now in their thirteenth understand how the goals relate Chambers Ireland launched competition offers the business Global Leadership Reputation year, it is clear to see the rapidly to them and to showcase what 2016 CSR Awards in March. The community in Ireland a chance and Responsibility, Michael growing importance of CSR to they are achieving and what Awards recognise the positive to promote their Corporate Social Smurfit Graduate Business School, Irish businesses strategy. This impacts are being made. Awards work done by the business Responsibility activities and gain University College Dublin and presents an opportunity for can help communicate these community for the benefit of their recognition for best practice. Gerard O’Neill – Chairman of Ireland to differentiate itself from impacts to stakeholders so we employees, the local community Special guest speakers included; Amárach Research. international competitors by encourage companies of all sizes and the environment. This unique Professor Rosa Chun - Chair in promoting ourselves as a nation and from all sectors to enter.” BAM Sponsor Drogheda School Soccer Kit This new Drogheda school, delivered by BAM through a Public Private Partnership will comprise circa 9,030m2 of Glucksman Library accommodation over 2 floors and cater for a target population of 900 pupils. catering, staff offices and other Extension at University ancillary space. External works provide five ball courts, GAA playing and training pitches, covered bicycle of Limerick racks, landscaping and 65 car BAM have recently been awarded the €20m contract for the parking spaces. Glucksman Library Extension at UL.

St Mary’s College is part Schools The project involves the This new facility comprises a Bundle 4 of the Government’s design, construction and basement level with four levels Public Private Partnership (PPP) maintenance of a 7,500m2 of accommodation above Programme. extension to the existing GLISB ground. The new facility will on the South Campus of the open September 2017. The other 3 schools under the UL. This project involves the design, and design and communication programme are construction, finance, operation and graphics, while there is also • Comeragh College, Carrick-on- The development maintenance of the school for a 25 guidance and learning support Suir, Co. Tipperary ties into the existing year period. Construction works will suites. Works include a library, • St Joseph’s Secondary School, Tulla library and information be complete by mid April 2016. purpose-built science laboratories, Co Clare services building, a music/drama room with staging • Skibbereen School, Co The new St Mary’s College facility area, over 20 general classrooms, which will remain in was built within the grounds of the operation during the computer suites and a physical Schools Bundle 4 will provide 3,000 existing college on a site comprising construction phase. education hall with changing and new school places. Students will 5.14ha. The new school has 29 fitness suites. benefit from the opportunity to specialist classrooms for subjects learn in new and improved teaching including technology, construction The school campus also includes spaces and modern educational studies, art, home economics a general purpose hall as well as facilities built to a very high standard. Engineers Week 2016 BAM Hosts International Visit to St. Pauls Special School by Sarah Horgan and Kathy O’Leary BAM Ireland Safety Officers Meeting in engineer - you never get bored! Dublin Sarah showed them some great footage of travelling down the BAM Ireland hosted the recent BAM International Safety Officers Corrib Tunnel which was taken by meeting in Dublin. a camera placed on an operative’s helmet and a video on how BAM The two day conference centred The two day event was Ireland are using BIM to model around knowledge sharing completed following a site visit how they are going to build an and learning for continuous to a hi-tech HQ building shell office block in Dawson Street. improvement. and core project underway at The pupils were great at spotting Sandyford to see excellence in Other topics covered included the different ways engineers practice. BAM strategy, culture and health are involved in designing and and safety developments. building everyday things they see Royal BAM Group Strategy 2016-2020 was presented by and use in their houses, at school Initiatives discussed included Sarah and Kathy visited St. Pauls classes attended. They talked Rob van Wingerden CEO Royal and at the beach. Afterwards, communication and Special School in Beaumont in about their careers as engineers BAM Group, pictured with Theo collaboration within the March. Pupils from a number of and how much fun it was to be an the pupils created some fantastic Cullinane, CEO BAM Ireland. structures from Lego. group and experience on behavioural based safety (BBS) implementation. N25 Bypass PPP Scheme

BAM has commenced construction on the N25 New Ross Bypass PPP Scheme.

bridges), the most notable of which is the 887 metre crossing, a three tower extra dosed bridge. The bridge will be the longest of its type in the world.

The N25 road forms part of the comprehensive TEN-T (Trans European Transport) network. The The NRA and BAM PPP PGGM and maintenance of approximately project is expected to support in Iridium consortium reached 13.6 km of new the region of 2,600 jobs across financial close in early 2016. The (N25 & N30 routes) and 1.2 km of Ireland. The operations phase €230 million (total investment) new/upgraded single carriageway will commence in January 2019, project involves the design, (New Ross N30) route and various followed by a 25 year concession construction, financing, operation structures (junctions and road period.

Cork Event Centre Student Accommodation – Mill Street Construction is progressing on the Student Accommodation Building for GSA (Global Student An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD recently ‘turned the sod’ on the €50m Accommodation) Group on a brownfield site at Mill Street, Dublin 8. Cork Event Centre.

The project comprises the design and construction of a 4-7 storey Courtyard Block made up of 6 cores with a gross floor area of 12,500m2.

Accommodation includes 399 Bedrooms across 61 Cluster Flats. Works are due to be complete by July 2018.

BAM Ireland Team commemorates the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising

The 1916 Proclamation (Forógra na Poblachta); was issued by the Irish Volunteers and Irish Citizen Army as a Pictured at the event were (L-R): Lord Mayor Cllr. Chris O’Leary; An Tánaiste Joan declaration of Ireland’s Independence. Burton TD; Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine and Defence Simon Coveney TD; Mike Adamson, Chief Executive, Live Nation; An Taoiseach Enda The reading of the Proclamation by Kenny TD; and BAM Ireland CEO Theo Cullinane. Patrick Pearse outside the General Post Office (GPO) on Sackville Street This followed confirmation by The 6,000 capacity multi- (now O’Connell Street), Dublin’s main BAM Ireland that it had acquired purpose venue is expected to be thoroughfare, marked the beginning the historic former Beamish completed in 2018 and at peak of the Rising. and Crawford Brewery site construction will employ around The Proclamation was modelled on from Heineken – a significant 400 people. On completion it is similar declarations of independence expected to support over 1,000 step in allowing the project to at home and abroad. commence. direct and indirect jobs for the Munster region. One Albert Quay BAM Wins Overall Prize One Albert Quay was built by BAM to the highest global standards with full LEED pre- accreditation (the US at CMG Building & Design gold standard for sustainability). Awards BAM was awarded the Engineering Project of the Year for the N11 Arklow Rathnew PPP / N7 Newlands Cross PPP project at the recent CMG Building and Design Awards.

More than 500 people from the Ireland’s Building & Design projects world of Architecture, Engineering, over the last 12 months. Construction and Design attended the celebrations at the Ballsbridge Congratulations and well done to Hotel. Yvonne Jones, Darren Devane and all the team on the N11 N7 PPP These awards, hosted by Marty Project. Whelan, recognise the best of

This 15,800m2 office development panels, rain harvesting, smart terms of design, scale and efficiency features a glazed façade and parking and energy-saving lift and for both national and global provides breath-taking views of the lighting systems. It has also been companies and can accommodate River Lee and City Centre area. It is embedded with Tyco’s protection, up to 1,800 personnel. situated next to Cork’s City Hall on a security and asset-tracking systems. Safety engineering company unique waterfront site. The seven storey structure over Tyco have relocated their global a double basement car park is headquarters to the building and This landmark building incorporates the most significant new office occupy the top four floors. PWC the latest efficient and sustainable development in Cork City Centre in have also taken up residency and technologies which include solar many years. It sets new standards in occupy 1,400m2. Courts Bundle PPP Sky is the limit as BAM Construction works are progressing well on the Courts Bundle PPP project. announces €3m purchase The contract value is approximately courtrooms and associated custody facilities, court offices €135 million and building works facilities to be constructed on and associated facilities. of six new cranes will be completed in 2017. BAM FM a landmark town centre site • City - The Ireland will be responsible for the adjacent to the River Boyne. BAM has recently invested €3million in six new state-of-the-art cranes facilities management for the 25 refurbishment and extension of from the German supplier Wolffkran. year concession period. • Letterkenny, Co. Donegal the existing historic courthouse - A new courthouse to in Waterford to accommodate six This PPP project includes the design, accommodate four courtrooms courtrooms, improved custody build, finance and maintenance and associated facilities to be facilities, court offices and of facilities at seven courthouses, constructed on a town centre site associated facilities. ranging in size from 1,354 m² to close to the existing courthouse. 8,490 m² in gross floor area: • Town - The • Limerick City - A new criminal refurbishment and extension of • Cork City - The refurbishment courthouse to be built on a site an existing landmark building and extension of the existing adjacent to Limerick Prison, to to provide a new courthouse for landmark courthouse building at include six courtrooms, custody Wexford Town consisting of four Anglesea Street to accommodate facilities, court offices and courtrooms, custody facilities, six courtrooms, improved associated facilities. court offices and associated custody facilities, court offices, facilities. the regional office and associated • Mullingar, Co. Westmeath - The Completion is expected in 2017. facilities. refurbishment and extension of BAM FM Ireland will be responsible the existing historic courthouse for the hard and soft facilities • Drogheda, Co. Louth - A new in Mullingar to accommodate management during a 25 year courthouse consisting of two three courtrooms, improved A strategic addition to BAM’s service and integrate innovative concession period. resources in Ireland, the acquisition technology to meet requirements. means that BAM now owns a total The new cranes are equipped of thirty cranes. with the latest software, which monitors weather conditions and Commenting on the acquisition, crane performance. In addition, BAM Ireland Plant Manager Tommy this software can notify both the Flaherty said: “This purchase meets site manager and the supplier a vital need for BAM. We have seen electronically in the event of high a real upswing in our construction wind speeds. Engineers from activity recently and resurgence BAM Ireland recently travelled to in areas such as commercial office Germany to be trained on the new building activity. These cranes will technology. be going to sites across the country immediately, as BAM moves The tower cranes have a 70 metre ahead with works on the corner reach and can operate at a height of Molesworth Street and Dawson in excess of 125 metres, with Street for Green REIT, the Capital the capacity to lift 3.2 tonnes at Cinema in Cork for JCD, and the maximum reach. The cranes, which Court Building in Waterford City, run on 100% green electricity which is part of the Courts Public are also representative of BAM’s Private Partnership project.” commitment to sustainability, which has seen the company BAM has a long standing named on the “A List” of the Carbon relationship with Wolffkran based Disclosure Project (CDP) Climate on their ability to deliver top level Performance Leadership Index. South East Region Jobs Fair BAM Corrib Team pick up two BAM staff from the Courts Bundle PPP (Waterford and Wexford), N25 New Ross PPP and M11 Gorey to PPP project attended the South accolades at the Green Awards East Region Jobs Fair in March. Congratulations to the BAM Civil /Wayss Freytag JV Corrib Tunnel Team on their achievements at the Green Construction Award Night.

The eighth annual Green Awards took place in April to celebrate the cream of Ireland’s leaders, organisations and teams within the green industry.

Two BAM projects were nominated for the Green Construction Award, the Lambe Institute at University Hospital Galway and the Corrib Tunnel project.

Also in attendance was Pedro Safety Officers and Foremen as well The Corrib Tunnel Team was Jadraque Gago from Dragados our as Construction Operative roles. awarded two accolades on the Joint Venture Partners on the M11 night. The Green Business of JV and N25 JV. Representatives from There is a social inclusion clause the Year and the overall Green BAM included Brendan Meagher, within contracts. Its aim is to get Business Award. Thea O’Riordan, Conor Sludds, Linda people off the live registrar into These awards and nominations Cooper, Derek Walsh, Peter Walsh full time employment (including are an excellent reflection of the and Alan Finn. apprenticeships). In this regard we environmental and sustainability have met with officials from Intreo efforts from all at BAM. The purpose of the event was to and are now coordinating with the promote BAM’s projects in the South various regional Employer Liaison East of Ireland and to encourage Officers at the seven courts sites, people to apply for jobs with BAM. the M11 JV and the N25 JV. We had These roles include professional a total of 282 applicants for various staff such as Quantity Surveyors, posts who will be considered for the Engineers, Land Surveyors, Material various positions available. Testing Technicians, Health and

Ulster Hospital Acute Services Block Contract Signing

reduce operational running costs within 12 inpatient wards. The and the delivery of the structural 30,000m2 development has been and acoustic solutions will further designed to achieve the highest support the healthcare services. building and infection control standards. It has won several Hugh McCaughey, Chief Executive of awards, the most recent being the the South Eastern Health and Social Considerate Constructors Scheme Care Trust said: “We’ve appointed Gold and Considerate Constructors GRAHAM-BAM Healthcare Scheme Most Considerate Site Partnership to the second phase National Runner Up for 2016, and of our redevelopment programme the Green Apple Award. because of their extensive skills and Artist’s Impression Courtesy of Avanti/ expertise within the medical field, Kennedy Fitzgerald Architects which we believe are pivotal when creating a specialised high-quality scheme.” South Eastern Health and Social Care adjacent to a new ward facility department, and a new emergency Trust has appointed The GRAHAM- presently being constructed department which will have capacity GRAHAM-BAM Healthcare BAM Healthcare Partnership, a joint by GRAHAM-BAM Healthcare for 110,000 attendances per year. Partnership is already working on venture between BAM and GRAHAM Partnership on the same complex, the first phase of the hospital’s Construction to deliver Ulster scheduled to complete in autumn The scheme has been designed redevelopment programme. Hospital’s new £95 million Acute this year. This second facility – an to achieve BREEAM Excellent and The current seven-storey new 2 Services Block – currently the largest eight-storey, 31,000m Acute will use flat slab construction to build Inpatient Ward Block will live healthcare project in Ireland. Services Block, will incorporate integrate the structure with its accommodate a procedural area on specialist wards, support services, services and the clinical spaces. The the ground floor with four upper The Acute Services Block will sit assessment unit, inpatient imaging building’s high thermal mass will floors of 288 en-suite bedrooms

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Theo Cullinane, CEO BAM Civil Finance Director – Lorna Cross Head Office Western Regional Office Brian Cunningham Business Development Director – Mike Jones Kill, Co Kildare Unit 5, Liosban Business Park, BAM Building Tadhg Lucey CSR Director – Tadhg Lucey T: +353 45 886 400 Tuam Road, Galway Ger Harrington Paudie Murphy Commercial Director – Jim Martin e: [email protected] T: +353 91 778 583 Perry Haughton John O’Sullivan Chief Estimator, Civil – John Murphy www.bamireland.ie e: [email protected] Denis McCarthy Chief Estimator, Building – Seamus Brady Paul Roche Southern Regional Office SHE Manager – Kathy O’Leary BAM Property Euro Business Park, HR Manager – Adrienne Bryan Regional Directors Sean O’Brien Little Island, Co Cork ICT Manager – Tim McCarthy Michael Gillen T: +353 21 451 7300 BAM FM Ireland Ger Moloney Plant Manager – Tommy Flaherty e: [email protected] Pat McAndrew Michéal Keohane Procurement Manager – Andrew Kehoe Luke Gibbons BIM Manager – Paul Brennan

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