BAM Nuttall Limited (formerly known as Edmund Nuttall Limited) is a
construction
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and
civil engineering
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company headquartered in
Camberley
Camberley is a town in the Borough of Surrey Heath in Surrey, England, approximately south-west of Central London. The town is in the far west of the county, close to the borders of Hampshire and Berkshire. Once part of Windsor Forest, Cambe ...
, United Kingdom. It has been involved in a
portfolio
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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
![Royal Liver Building](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Royal_Liver_Building.jpg)
The company was founded by James Nuttall Snr in
Manchester
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in 1865,
to undertake engineering works associated with
infrastructure
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developments, such as the
Manchester Ship Canal
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, which opened in 1894 and the
narrow gauge
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Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller structu ...
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 Devon, ...
, which opened in 1898.
In the 1900s and 1910s James Nuttall Snr's two sons—
Sir Edmund Nuttall, 1st Baronet (1870–1923), who was made a
baronet
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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
The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the ''Sappers'', is a corps of the British Army. It provides military engineering and other technical support to the British Armed Forces and is heade ...
in the
Second World War
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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
Sir Nicholas Keith Lillington Nuttall, 3rd Baronet (21 September 1933 – 29 July 2007) was the heir to the Edmund Nuttall construction and civil engineering business. He also inherited the Nuttall baronetcy on his father's death in 1941, when ...
(1933–2007). During the
Second World War
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the company was one of the contractors engaged in building the
Mulberry harbour units.
In 1978 the company was bought by
Hollandsche Beton Groep
Hollandsche Beton Groep nv (HBG) was a Netherlands-based construction group founded in 1902. It expanded internationally in the late 20th century, acquiring businesses in the United Kingdom, before being itself acquired by Netherlands competito ...
(later HBG), a
Dutch
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People E ...
group, and in 2002 HBG was acquired by
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 ...
.
[
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
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completed in 1911[Sir Nicholas Nuttall – obituary](_blank)
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*the Queensway Tunnel under the Mersey
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completed in 1932
*the Dartford Tunnel
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completed in 1963
*the Tyne Tunnel
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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 vehicles b ...
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 electri ...
underground Loop Railway, now called the Wirral Line
The Wirral line is one of two commuter rail routes operated by Merseyrail and centred on Merseyside, England, the other being the Northern line.
The Wirral line connects Liverpool to the Wirral Peninsula via the Mersey Railway Tunnel, with b ...
, completed in 1978
*the Medway Tunnel
The Medway Tunnel is a tunnel under the River Medway linking Strood with Chatham in Kent, England. It forms part of the A289 Medway Towns Northern Relief Road. The Medway Tunnel is the first immersed tube tunnel to be built in England and onl ...
completed in 1996
*High Speed 1
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It is part of a line carrying international passenger traffic between the United Kingdom and mainland Europe; ...
completed in 2007
*the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway
The Cambridgeshire Guided Busway, known locally as The Busway, connects Cambridge, Huntingdon and St Ives, Cambridgeshire, St Ives in the English county of Cambridgeshire. It is the longest guided busway in the world, overtaking the O-Bahn Buswa ...
completed in 2011
*soil remediation
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and civil engineering works for the 2012 Summer Olympics
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completed in 2012[
][
]
*the Victoria Underground station North Ticketing Hall completed in 2017
*the enlarged ticket hall at Tottenham Court Road tube station
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for Crossrail completed in 2017
*the Cross Tay Link Road due to be completed in 2024
BAM Buttall is also involved in HS2
High Speed 2 (HS2) is a planned high-speed railway line in England, the first phase of which is under construction in stages and due for completion between 2029 and 2033, depending on approval for later stages. The new line will run from its m ...
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 Camberley
Camberley is a town in the Borough of Surrey Heath in Surrey, England, approximately south-west of Central London. The town is in the far west of the county, close to the borders of Hampshire and Berkshire. Once part of Windsor Forest, Cambe ...
, 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.[
]
See also
* British industrial narrow gauge railways
British industrial narrow-gauge railways are narrow-gauge railways in the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man that were primarily built to serve one or more industries. Some offered passenger services for employees or workmen, but they did not run p ...
* Interserve
Interserve is a British construction and support services business based in Reading, Berkshire, which went into administration in 2019 and which is expected to be wound up in 2024. At that time, the group generated revenue of £2.2 billion and h ...
* Speller Metcalfe Speller Metcalfe is a UK based construction company. The firm was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Malvern, Worcestershire, with locations in Gloucester, Wolverhampton and London.
History
Speller Metcalfe is a family-owned business, establis ...
* Clancy Docwra
* Wirral Line
The Wirral line is one of two commuter rail routes operated by Merseyrail and centred on Merseyside, England, the other being the Northern line.
The Wirral line connects Liverpool to the Wirral Peninsula via the Mersey Railway Tunnel, with b ...
References
Sources
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External links
Official site
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Construction and civil engineering companies of the United Kingdom
Lynton and Barnstaple Railway
Companies based in Surrey
British companies established in 1865
Nuttall family
Construction and civil engineering companies established in 1865
1865 establishments in England