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BAM Delivered Microsoft’s Hi-Tech HQ at Leopardstown
In February An Taoiseach, Mr Leo Varadkar TD, was joined by Ms Peggy Johnson, Executive Vice President, Microsoft Corporation and Ms Cathriona Hallahan, MD, Microsoft Ireland, for the official opening of Microsoft’s new 34,000m2 campus, at One Microsoft Place, Leopardstown, Co. Dublin.
The new campus, built by BAM have contributed so positively types, hang out areas, play areas, under a design and construct to Microsoft’s global growth. As relaxation rooms and the latest contract, is LEED Platinum a flagship multinational investor, and greatest Microsoft technology. standard and provides an Microsoft has strongly endorsed All of this is complemented by environment that will drive further Ireland as an investment location views of the Dublin Mountains, innovation and creativity by the for the world’s top tech firms”. the Leopardstown race track, the Microsoft team, working on behalf Irish sea and a walking trail around of businesses, governments, non- Speaking at the opening of the the perimeter of the building.” profit organisations and society as building Cathriona Hallahan, MD, a whole. Microsoft Ireland, stated, “The Theo Cullinane, CEO BAM building creates a new standard Ireland, added “The BAM team Commenting at the launch event in workplace design; this includes are honored to be able to use the Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar TD, formal and informal work spaces, their skills to deliver this cutting- said “The opening of this campus a range of facilities including a edge HQ building to provide is a landmark day for Microsoft, music room, a yoga pod, a gym, great working and leisure spaces which first came to Ireland 33 treatment rooms, a mother’s and the optimum working years ago, and a testament to the room, a pod cast room, a number environment for Microsoft staff calibre of our tech talent who of restaurants with varied cuisine to thrive”. Images Irish Tech News 2018, Naoise Culhane Photographer
BAM FM wins overall Facilities Management Award Congratulations to the BAM Facilities Management Team who won the Overall Excellence in Facilities Management Award at the Facilities Management Awards held at the Ballsbridge Hotel, Dublin.
These awards are Ireland’s most and catch up to reflect on their highly prized awards in Facilities contribution to the Irish economy. Management, recognising and celebrating those involved in this Pictured: Nicki Biggart, Evans Vanodine process. It is the largest gathering Int. & Claire Murphy, FM Sector Leader, of key senior decision makers Bunzl Cleaning & Safety Supplies present from within the industry and the Overall Excellence in Facilities provides an opportunity for peers Management Award to BAM Facilities and industry leaders to network Management Ireland Team
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• On March 5th last, Chief Justice, Mr Justice Frank Clarke and Charlie Flanagan TD again officiated at the Opening Ceremony of Limerick Courthouse on. The opening followed an historical event whereby the Supreme Court sat in Limerick for the first time, having visited Cork a number of years ago. The new courthouse contains six courtrooms, including the largest courtroom in Ireland – which will primarily host sittings of the district court.
• Minister Flanagan TD and Chief Justice Clarke, also officiated Aerial View of Drogheda Courthouse (image by Copterview Photography) at the opening of Waterford Courthouse on April 9th. This Works began in 2015 and involved the old courthouse had served refurbished and extended Official Opening of Letterkenny Courts Building (Image: Neil Warner Photography) the design, build, finance and Donegal since 1831. The new courthouse builds on the original maintenance of facilities of seven modern courthouse was unveiled courthouse which dates back courthouses around the country by the newly appointed Chief to 1849 when it was designed ranging in size from 1,354m2 to Justice Frank Clarke and Minister by J B Keane. The total area of 8,790m2. Now the courts are up for Justice and Equality, Charlie the redevelopment is 6,392m² and running BAM FM Ireland have Flanagan TD. This facility will incorporating refurbishment of the responsibility for the hard and accommodate hearings of the existing area of 1,133m² and new soft facilities management for the Circuit and District Court and may build of 5,259m² to accommodate 25 year concession period. also be used by the High Court six courtrooms, improved custody and Central Criminal Court. facilities, court offices and • Drogheda Courthouse, associated facilities. adjacent to the River Boyne in • On February 19th last, Charles Louth was the first courthouse Flanagan TD and The Hon Mr • Cork Courthouse was to open in July 2017 and former Justice Frank Clarke officially recently opened on May 28th. Chief Justice Susan Denham and opened Wexford Courthouse. Sympathetically developed Minister for Justice and Equality, This historic building was around the original Model School Charlie Flanagan TD officiated at originally built as the Tate School building on Anglesea Street built the opening ceremony. is 1867 and works included the circa 1865, it has been expanded refurbishment and extension in size from 1,815m2 to 10,100m2. • The Letterkenny Courthouse to provide four courtrooms, in Donegal opening on 12th custody facilities, court offices and • Mullingar Courthouse will open January was highly anticipated as associated facilities. later this summer. Waterford Courthouse Opening (Neil Warner Photography)
New Aviation Control Tower at Dublin Airport at nearly 90m high will be one of the Tallest Structures in Ireland
Well done to the team at the ACT at Dublin Airport has just completed the continuous concrete pour creating the 81 metre shaft for what will be a stand-out iconic structure.
and therefore the safe and efficient management of air traffic growth remains a key driver for our economy. Dublin Air Traffic Control handled 223,195 total terminal movements and close to 30 million passengers in 2017.
• An 86.9 metre-high tower to ensure appropriate visibility of runways, thresholds, maneuvering areas and stands.
Existing tower and the newly built tower • A Control Cab to facilitate up to This is a great achievement for this 2019, with handover then to IAA 12 positions. element of the work, particularly Technology and Operations, for when you consider the recent the installation, commissioning • A base building which will severe weather conditions and testing of associated air traffic accommodate staff facilities, encountered. management equipment and electronic systems and systems. mechanical plant space to The ACT tower is a shining provide technical support example of the expertise, The new facility will be ready for and control of the equipment collaboration and dedication single runway operation during and systems and the building of the team involved. Once the first half of 2020 and will be environment. complete, the tower will be ready to facilitate parallel runway Ireland’s tallest structure at 86.9 operations by 2021, when the The current Dublin ACT tower metres high. Northern parallel runway is will remain operational for introduced at Dublin Airport. contingency purposes when the The construction phase is Ireland as an island nation is new Dublin ACT tower is fully expected to be completed by hugely dependent upon aviation operational. Birds eye view of the recently completed continuous concrete pour on the 81m tower shaft.
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The BAM and Dragados JV team have entered their third year on site since 2015, and have another very busy track for 2018 Autumn and productive period ahead. Semester have been completed to date and another 19 are currently Works are progressing well on UniNest Student Accommodation, Western under progress. To date 69 of the Road, Cork. This 190 bed, 5 storey facility will be finished in July, ready for the 70 access structures and river new cohort of students starting college in September 2018. culvert structures have been installed. Our structures team continue to coordinate the works and in cooperation with our subcontractors to have the least possible disruption to the public.
The scheme, due for completion Quarter 3, 2019, comprises a new motorway from the end of the Gorey Bypass at Clogh to the townland of Scurlockbush, south of Enniscorthy. The scheme also includes a bypass of the N30 to The majority of the works that are Link Road, but also in constructing the west of Enniscorthy and a weather dependent have been the local side roads that cross over link road to the N80, 27 km of substantially completed, like or under the mainline roads. M11 Mainline, 8 km of single earthworks and stream diversions, carriageway and 4 km of dual which allow our teams to focus There are also structure works carriageway link road. now on drainage works, pavement remaining which will be finalised works on M11, N30 and the N80 by this Summer. Nine bridges
HAVEN Partnership our charity partner 2018 Considerate In 2017 BAM teamed up with the NGO Haven as our main charity partner under our CSR programme. Constructors Scheme school, storage container and the church were also re-roofed. National Site Awards, The interior of many rooms were plastered and painted. Partitions were assembled in three of the Manchester classrooms so that the school’s Congratulations to the Graham BAM Healthcare Team on the six classrooms became nine. RAMHIF Belfast City Hospital Project who received the Silver The sanitation block was totally Considerate Constructors Scheme 2018 National Site Award. renovated and the team also installed a septic tank and toilets. A concrete path was built around the whole school, as well as connecting the kitchen to the Jean Jean School Before; Jan Gottsche BAM Volunteer shaded sun shelter, requiring a huge amount of teamwork from those involved. Well done to Jan and all the team at Haven for a job well done.
Haven is an Irish non- governmental organisation (NGO) which is strongly committed to CGI of RAMHIF, Belfast City Hospital empowering the people of Haiti to build strong and sustainable This project of Belfast Health The Belfast City Hospital site livelihoods. The Haven Partnership & Social Care Trust has a value team has shown the highest focuses on three core areas: of £28.5M and is due for levels of consideration towards water and sanitation, training completion Quarter 4 2018. It will the public, its workforce and the A tired and very happy 2018 HAVEN Volunteer group delighted with the fruit of their and education, and shelter provide 74 acute mental health environment through adhering labours and since its inception in 2008, ensuite bedrooms, including 6 to the Scheme’s five-point Code have provided training to over psychiatric intensive care beds, of Considerate Practice: Care In April this year our own devastating earthquake and 78,000 people in Haiti, built or to replace the current inpatient about Appearance; Respect Jan Gottsche, Environmental 2016’s Hurricane Matthew. Jan and upgraded homes and shelters for provision for greater Belfast the Community; Protect the Coordinator with BAM Ireland his fellow volunteers spent a week over 21,500 people, and directly which is currently spread across 3 Environment; Secure everyone’s took part in the 2018 Volunteer at the school, roofing, plastering employed over 1,200 local Haitian separate sites. Safety and value their Workforce. Programme. Jan and his 35 fellow and painting its buildings, people. volunteers from Ireland and the repairing its kitchen, constructing US left their creature comforts and a new shaded dining area, making first world problems behind them and installing new furnishings, to join the Haven team in Haiti and ensuring the school is a safe, to upgrade a local school in the colourful and an engaging place community of Gressier. of education for many years to come. Jean Jean School in Gressier welcomes 160 students from the A new shaded sun shelter was local area every day, but had seen built where the children of Jean significant damage from 2010’s Jean School can eat lunch. The The GBHP Team receiving their award
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The Awards showcase projects I would encourage interested Celebrating 2018 Engineers Week that help to improve the companies – both old and new workplace for the benefit of all entrants – to be involved in A careers morning was hosted by the New Children’s Hospital team for Engineers Week 2018 employees; that engage with and what is always a highlight of the help to improve the communities corporate calendar year.” engineers, apprenticeships, trades They showed a stimulating video in which business operate and CAD technicians. of Building Information Modelling and that are environmentally Ian Talbot, Chief Executive of (BIM) as part of the presentation. responsible. Chambers Ireland, spoke at the BAM Colleagues from New Ross The pupils were really enthusiastic launch and commented on this By Pass PPP visited New Ross at spotting the different ways Theo Cullinane, BAM Ireland Chief year’s theme, ‘Diversity & Inclusion Executive said, in the Workplace’, Secondary School, Good Counsel engineers are involved in – 300 students attended the two designing and building everyday “We are delighted to sponsor “Diversity and Inclusion in the presentations – BAM presenters things they see and use in their the Chambers Ireland 2018 Workplace is not only the focus were Brendan Meagher, Joe houses, on the way to school CSR Awards and this will be our of our launch today but will also Hennessy, Antóin Cummins and and at the beach. Their teachers seventh year as main sponsor. feature more prominently as past pupil Christy Hannon. deserve huge appreciation for It is fantastic to see so many a new Award Category for the how they prepared the pupils for businesses integrating responsible awards themselves taking place Pictured: L-R; Aida O’Connell; Yvonne Yvonne Jones (General Manager Engineers Week, got them working and sustainable practice into later this year. Brophy & Padraic Brennan from BAM at Gorey to Enniscorthy PPP Project) on their designs and set them their operations and looking to NCH Engineers Week 2018 and Kathy O’Leary (HSE & CSR challenges to meet. The pupils are create a better working and social “We would like to invite applicants Manager) visited St. Michaels a very talented bunch and had environment for the future.” to showcase their efforts in BAM along other NCH consultants, School in Chapelizod. They talked created some fantastic designs to striving towards achieving true suppliers and contractors about their careers as engineers show Yvonne and Kathy. “CSR is at the heart of how we at organisational change to allow showcased various types of e and the interesting projects they BAM do business and we have these ideals to flourish in the careers to over 300 students and have worked on. always looked to be the leader workplace.” young people from Dublin 8, 10 & in sustainable construction so 12. A wide range of engineering as to have a positive impact on The launch is also a celebration of and building environment the communities in which we the anniversary of the Chambers professions working on the NCH work. These awards are a great Ireland CSR Awards for 2018, were represented including opportunity for businesses to which marks the 15th year of the showcase the best of Ireland’s CSR awards. architects, quantity surveyors, accomplishments and get the electrical, civil and clinical recognition they deserve.
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