BAM Construct UK has been awarded six gold medals from the industry’s independent Considerate Constructors' Scheme (CCS) - more than any other major contractor.

BAM - best known for building schools, hospitals and offices - won its gold awards for separate projects in different UK areas.

The CCS awards are given for how a site performs in respect of the environment, safety, accountability, and being a good neighbour to the client and its community. BAM signs-up every one of its sites to the Scheme, which regularly conducts over 1,000 inspections across the UK every month. As well as six gold medals, another nine BAM sites won silver medals. The gold and silver haul places BAM at the top of the UK's construction industry.

The six gold awards were for the considerate management of the following projects:

• Offices for BAE Systems in Lancashire A BSF school in Solihull (Archbishop Grimshaw)
• A mixed-use development in Edinburgh
• Hermitage Academy, also in Scotland
• A new Marks and Spencer store in Culverhouse Cross, near Cardiff
• Liverpool's multiple use development, Mann Island

Richard Bailey, Director of BAM Construct UK, said: "The range of buildings to achieve a gold award shows that BAM’s emphasis on considerate construction applies to all of our projects and is a fundamental part of our approach.


"It is impressive to win so many gold and silver medals because we have fewer projects than many others, albeit large in nature. Whether you are a school, an office or a hospital, you want a contractor who works with you successfully. Our achievement shows it is not just what we build but how we build that matters."

Examples of considerate behaviour include Offering free window cleaning to houses adjacent to a college site, installing bat, bird, and bumble bee boxes on greenfield sites and extensive work with young children in neighbouring schools on health and safety and environmental awareness.

BAM has had a bumper year of achievement. It has just posted record turnover of £1.06bn and in March entered the Sunday Times' list of the UK’s '100 Best Companies to Work For'. It was classified in UK trade magazines as the country’s leading education contractor, and it also won more gold awards at the Construction Manager of the Year Awards than any other UK contractor.

(GK/JM)