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As Scottish Apprenticeship Week and National Careers Week come to a close, the experiences of early career colleagues across BAM highlight the variety of pathways that can lead into the construction industry.Across projects, people are developing their careers while continuing to study. What differs is the route they have chosen to combine learning with real project experience.

BAM joined Yeovil College to celebrate the opening of the new Construction Innovation Centre, a flagship facility to inspire, train and develop the next generation of construction professionals.

BAM is marking Scottish Apprenticeship Week 2026 by highlighting the progress of two apprentices working on the Creag Dhubh Substation project and reflecting on how their roles have developed over the past year.

BAM has been appointed by the Department for Education (DfE) to deliver education projects valued at over £12 million across England, as part of the DfE’s new Construction Framework 2025 (CF25).

Fingal County Council has officially opened the Ongar Barnhill Road. Delivered by BAM UK & Ireland, the €23m investment will unlock sustainable community and housing growth by enabling safer journeys to and from the local schools and strengthen existing travel and public transport connections across North -West Dublin.

BAM UK & Ireland has been appointed to deliver an £18.6 million contract to construct new staff and student residences at North Devon District Hospital in Barnstaple, tackling workforce recruitment and retention challenges at England’s most remote acute mainland hospital.

Despite freezing temperatures and snow across Scotland, students at Fife’s Woodmill and St Columba’s High Schools are staying cosy and warm, as new figures from BAM UK & Ireland show the world’s largest Passivhaus school cutting energy bills by £433,392 and reducing energy consumption by 48% in its first year of operation.

Pupils and staff are settling into a transformed learning environment with the opening of the new Peebles High School, replacing the building lost to fire in 2019. Delivered by BAM in partnership with Scottish Borders Council and Hub.

BAM UK & Ireland’s Chief Operating Officer, John Wilkinson, shared his thoughts on the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget with Construction News, stressing the need for long-term certainty and sustained investment in infrastructure to support economic growth, job creation and the UK’s transition to a low-carbon future.

NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group aims to put nature and connectivity at the centre of a major new development, which will transform the patient experience at the new Royal Liverpool University Hospital. Plans for the garden space will be submitted to Liverpool City Council Planning Department for consideration in December 2025.

BAM has joined NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and the Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) to celebrate the official opening of the Parkhead Hub in Glasgow’s east end.

BAM has joined the first cohort of signatories to a new Advance Market Commitment (AMC) aimed at accelerating the development, commercialisation and adoption of next-generation low-carbon concrete in the UK.

BAM has been awarded an £8 million contract to lead the design phase of the Cardiff Central Enhancements Programme (CCEP), a flagship infrastructure scheme that will modernise.

BAM is progressing with the development of a new Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) building at Atlantic Technological University’s (ATU) Galway City campus in Ireland, a project that will enhance learning, research and industry engagement.

BAM UK & Ireland has completed the teaching facilities at the new £32.8 million Orchards Academy in Swanley, Kent, which is now officially open. The project, scheduled for full completion in summer 2026, will accommodate 750 students and provide 6,214 m² of modern, sustainable teaching and sports facilities.

BAM has celebrated a major milestone at a new primary and secondary school in Lyde Green, with a topping out ceremony. The schools are the largest in England to date, to be designed and built to Passivhaus standards.

At an event with SSEN Transmission, BAM has officially opened a new shared office space in Inverness, creating a dedicated Highland hub for its engineering and energy operations in the north of Scotland.

BAM Executive Director for Infrastructure, Huw Jones, featured in a thought-provoking New Civil Engineer article exploring what makes the perfect client. Bringing together senior leaders from across the industry, the feature provides an in-depth look at how client leadership and approaches can shape project outcomes.

BAM has commenced construction on the M50 Junction 14 Link Road scheme in the Sandyford and Leopardstown Road area, one of Dublin’s busiest employment and residential areas in Ireland. The vital infrastructure project to the south of the city will ease congestion, unlock network capacity and accelerate the shift toward sustainable transport.

Construction is well underway on the new Library, IT and Education Building at Atlantic Technological University’s (ATU) Letterkenny campus, Donegal, Ireland, with BAM proud to be the main contractor of this transformative project. This project is one of five new buildings being delivered in phase two of the Higher Education Public Private Partnership (PPP) Programme.