BAM Nuttall Limited (formerly known as Edmund Nuttall Limited) is a

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and

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company headquartered in

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, United Kingdom. It has been involved in a

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of road, rail, nuclear, and other major projects worldwide. It is a subsidiary of the Dutch

Royal BAM Group Royal BAM Group nv ( nl, Koninklijke BAM Groep nv) is a Dutch construction-services business with headquarters in Bunnik, Netherlands. It is the largest construction company based on revenue in the Netherlands. History The company was founded by ...

History

The company was founded by James Nuttall Snr in

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in 1865, to undertake engineering works associated with infrastructure developments, such as the

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, which opened in 1894 and the

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Lynton and Barnstaple Railway The Lynton and Barnstaple Railway (L&B) opened as an independent railway in May 1898. It was a single track, narrow gauge railway and was slightly over long running through the rugged and picturesque area bordering Exmoor in North Devo ...

, which opened in 1898. In the 1900s and 1910s James Nuttall Snr's two sons—

Sir Edmund Nuttall, 1st Baronet Sir Edmund Nuttall, 1st Baronet (29 May 1870 – 11 October 1923) was a British civil engineer, head of Edmund Nuttall Limited. The company was founded by his father, James Nuttall, but its name was changed after his death. He is buried at St ...

(1870–1923), who was made a

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in 1922, and James Nuttall (1877–1957)—built the company into a nationwide business. In the 1920s and 1930s the company was run by Sir Edmund's son, Sir Keith Nuttall, 2nd Baronet (1901–1941), who served in the Royal Engineers in the

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. Other members of the family also involved were Sir Keith's brother Clive Nuttall (1906–1936) and their cousin (James Nuttall's son) Norman Nuttall (1907–1996). In 1941 Sir Keith's shares were inherited by his eight-year-old son, Sir Nicholas Nuttall, 3rd Baronet (1933–2007). During the

the company was one of the contractors engaged in building the Mulberry harbour units. In 1978 the company was bought by Hollandsche Beton Groep (later HBG), a Dutch group, and in 2002 HBG was acquired by

. On 10 October 2008 Edmund Nuttall Limited changed its name to BAM Nuttall Limited.

Major projects

Major projects undertaken by the company include: *the Liver Building completed in 1911Sir Nicholas Nuttall – obituary
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completed in 1932 *the Dartford Tunnel completed in 1963 *the Tyne Tunnel completed in 1967 *the

Kingsway Tunnel The Kingsway Tunnel (or Wallasey Tunnel) is a toll road tunnel under the River Mersey between Liverpool and Wallasey. The tunnel carries the A59. It was built because the Queensway Tunnel – which was built in the 1930s to carry vehicle ...

completed in 1971 *the Liverpool

Merseyrail Merseyrail is a commuter rail network serving the Liverpool City Region and adjacent areas of Cheshire and Lancashire. Merseyrail operates 66 railway stations across two lines – the Northern Line and Wirral Line, which are dedicated elect ...

underground Loop Railway, now called the Wirral Line, completed in 1978 *the Medway Tunnel completed in 1996 *

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completed in 2007 *the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway completed in 2011 * soil remediation and civil engineering works for the 2012 Summer Olympics completed in 2012 *the Victoria Underground station North Ticketing Hall completed in 2017 *the enlarged ticket hall at Tottenham Court Road tube station for Crossrail completed in 2017 *the

Cross Tay Link Road The Cross Tay Link Road is a road-construction project in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It will link the A93 and A94 roads, near Scone, to the A9 north of the Inveralmond Roundabout, at Perth, via a new stretch of road, long. It will involve ...

due to be completed in 2024 Outer Harbour Construction

BAM Buttall is also involved in HS2 lots C2 and C3, working as part of a joint venture, due to complete in 2031. An alliance of companies that includes BAM Nuttall has been appointed preferred bidder for works as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade between Manchester and Leeds with a projected completion date of between 2036 and 2041.Amey-Bam alliance seals TransPennine upgrade
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Climate protest

On 5 June 2005, following their bid for a contract to construct the Kingsnorth power station, the company headquarters in

, Surrey were invaded by climate protesters. Thirteen protesters took part in invading the offices, asking to speak about the chairman, distributing leaflets and unfurling a banner. The action resulted in five arrests; however the cases were thrown out with no case to answer.

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