View is the client magazine of BAM International bv – Volume 6, Issue 2 - 2015
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Aqaba LNG Terminal in Jordan
Quality project delivered two months ahead of schedule
Completion GTV Hotel Cikarang, Indonesia
Preparing for a warm welcome
Good cheer in Sierra Leone
Return to Oryx’ fuel jetty
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Europe’s largest contracting companies
active in construction, property, civil
engineering, public-private partnerships,
mechanical and electrical contracting,
consultancy and engineering in
30 countries across the globe.
BAM International operates outside Europe.
BAM International has recently been awarded the contract to build the greenfield Amcor
packaging plant in Pasuruan, East Java, close to Surabaya. BAM expects to deliver this project to
Amcor in March 2016. Amcor is a global leader in responsible global packaging solutions, supplying a
broad range of rigid and flexible packaging products into the food, beverage, healthcare, home and
personal care and the tobacco packaging industries.
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6 Unilever’s new Indonesian head office
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10 Aqaba LNG terminal Jordan
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12 Al Dabbiya phase 3, Abu Dhabi
14 BIM: model for perfection
16 Enter the Souk at Al Ain
18 Big lift at Wheatstone jetty Australia
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20 Maximum light, minimum heat at Dar Airport
22 Best footing in Costa Rica
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26 Good cheer in Sierra Leone
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‘Working with the BAM Group
to realise the ambitions of our clients’
Welcome to the twelfth issue of View, BAM International’s client magazine.
The overriding theme this time would seem to be ‘collaboration in pursuit of
ambition’: On many of the projects shown BAM International is working closely
with partners from within and outside Royal BAM Group to achieve the vision of
our clients – and no less closely with those same clients and their consultants.
This collaboration extends beyond the construction process, as is illustrated in
the report on our annual group-wide Safety Day, where clients and on-site
partners were welcomed to join in awareness-raising activities. Or in the article
about the progress BAM and our dredging partner Van Oord are making on
the container terminal project in Costa Rica. In this naturally rich environment,
we’re using the eco-friendly Xbloc® (a BAM Infraconsult design) to construct
the breakwaters.
‘Innovation’ is the second recurring topic. On page 14, our BIM Manager
Dirk van der Ploeg informs you of the state of play regarding our BIM maturity.
As Dirk explains, using 3D and 4D models is fast becoming a standard on
BAM projects. It’s also yet another area of BAM Group collaboration, benefiting
safety and communication and often achieving cost savings in the process. And
innovation is also taking place within our own offices. On page 4, our Chief
Information Officer Esther Doller sets out her view on the need to consider
business information a strategic asset. She and her team have been making
great progress in boosting long-term operational efficiency.
And overall, in this issue again we aim to show you what inspires us as
contractors in the world of international construction. We’d like to show you
how different circumstances can inspire different solutions and how, in the end,
our business comes down to the same basic principles everywhere: quality,
responsibility and understanding our clients’ needs.
I wish you happy reading.
George Mazloumian,
CEO and Managing Director BAM International bv
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‘Business information is
a matter of strategy first,
technology second’
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Name Esther Doller
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Chief Information Officer
In a world where solutions from technology providers are issued
in rapid-fire succession, the only way businesses can stay on top
of the data pile is by having a clear vision of their information
needs – and a robust strategy towards meeting those needs.
‘Business systems, while conceived to
make life easier, can become a hazard to
a company’s health,’ says Esther Doller,
Chief Information Officer at BAM
International and Corporate IT Business
Partner of Royal BAM Group. ‘Organisations
grow organically and over time, hardware
and software solutions are introduced
according to the needs of the moment.
Put into a diagram, those solutions and
their connections can in the long run
come to resemble a gigantic hairball.’
In the worst-case scenario, that hairball
becomes so inextricable that a seemingly
simple operation (like a systems upgrade)
might cause the entire organisation to collapse.
Quick fixes don’t cut it
Esther Doller: ‘As the amount of available data
available continues to grow exponentially
and quick-fix technology solutions continue
to flood the market, the organisation that
doesn’t take charge is more and more likely
to hit that worst-case scenario.’
‘What’s needed is for businesses to abandon
the technology-driven approach in favour
of strategic information management. At
BAM and BAM International in particular,
that is exactly the course we have set out.’
As crucial partner of the BAM International
Board of Management, Esther is in charge
A business knows
its business best
of drawing the bigger picture to make sure
the company’s strategic goals are achieved.
As head of the Information Management
Department, she is in control of setting up
the business information management
strategy for its global organisation.
Esther Doller: ‘Since coming over to
BAM International, my team and I have
worked towards the creation of a single
business model for worldwide use.
With the commitment of all divisions and
management layers, this company-wide
business model gives us the level of insight
in the information that is necessary to
successfully run our business.’
Truly tailor-made solutions
‘Any decision to purchase or develop
business information technology, be it
hardware or software, can now be supported
by a well-conceived strategy based on a
thorough understanding of what we do
and what we need to do it right.’
Esther Doller studied Business
Information and IT Alignment at the
Rotterdam University of Applied Science,
the Stevens Institute of Technology and
VU University Amsterdam. Before joining
Royal BAM Group she worked at various
renowned consultancy agencies. Since
2009 she has been involved in the
development of business information
management strategies of Royal BAM
Group and its subsidiaries. Currently,
her main focus is on the information
strategy of BAM International, the
Group’s global branch operating on
all continents outside Europe.
‘The type of work we do and the conditions
we work in dictate the requirements any
information solution needs to meet. We
can’t expect software developers to be
fully aware of our needs. So, instead of
depending on solutions that never quite fit
the problem, we are now able to present a
comprehensive programme of requirements.
It’s up to the Microsofts and SAPs of this
world – or any of their competitors -- to
show us how well they can be of service.’
The ability to take well-informed strategic
decisions regarding information
management will cement BAM’s position
as a robust and future-proof organisation.
Esther Doller: ‘At the bottom line, BAM is
getting ahead of its field and gaining a
competitive advantage.’
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‘Eye-catching example
of modern office architecture’
Amarta: Unilever’s
new Indonesian
head office
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Despite fierce competition
from top local contractors,
Unilever chose BAM’s
Indonesian branch as the main
contractor on the construction
of Amarta, Unilever’s new
head office in Jakarta.
More than a place of work
Amarta is an eye-catching example of
modern office architecture, designed
to be a comfortable and inspirational
working environment for Unilever
employees. Its five storeys (plus two
basement floors contributing to the
60,000 square metres of total floor
space) accommodate at least
1,800 work stations.
Unilever aims to create the most complete
amenities for its employees. People will
love to work here and feel welcome to
enjoy the food from the professional
restaurant and food court, to unwind
in the beauty salon and spa, work out in
the gym or engage in sporting activities
in the badminton and basketball courts.
Furthermore, there will be a nursery room
and day care for their children and a mosque
where people can go to say their prayers.
An icon set in green
Amarta will be located in BSD City, a fastgrowing mixed-use area developed by Sinar
Mas Land. Unilever has a 30,000-squaremetre plot, two-thirds of which will be left
green. Key features in the architectural
design by AEDAS in Singapore are the
unique shape and void on each floor of
the building.
Gold plus
The building and its construction process
will be compliant with stringent safety and
environmental standards: in addition to the
Unilever Safety Standard, BAM will apply its
own worldwide policies and furthermore
the aim is to achieve a Gold Plus Award in the
Singaporean BCA Green Mark rating system.
BAM is the main contractor on this project
and also coordinates direct contractors for
other packages such as façade, MEP,
furniture, elevators and soft landscaping.
Our scope comprises structural works, limited
architectural works and external works such
as drainage, fence, gate and hardscaping.
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Royal BAM Group’s annual worldwide day of safety awareness
In shape to start
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Safety is on our minds every day of the year.
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its importance. One day every year, across
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and, consequently, also ‘best in class’ where
safety is concerned. Once a year all BAM
employees around the world focus on what
binds us together with regard to safety.
This year’s Worldwide Safety Day’s motto
‘In Shape to Start’ was inspired by the world
of aviation, BAM employees in offices and
on sites across the globe focused on ways
to consider safety before engaging in an
activity.
Group companies and their divisions all
developed their own specific activities, all
aimed at achieving the same overall goal:
to encourage all teams and all individuals
to take a moment before the start of each
working day, each shift or even each activity
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the industry’s unrelenting commitment to check, check
and check again before deciding it’s safe to take off.
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GTV Hotel
Location
Cikarang, Indonesia
Client
PT Gunawan Tarikino Venture
Hotelindo
Contract period
March 2014 - October 2015
Contract value
€6 million
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Builders have gradually been
making place for hotel staff
this summer, as the GTV Hotel
prepared for its soft opening.
Thanks to the good work of GTV’s
marketing team, there has already been
considerable interest in the Japanese-style
hotel and serviced apartments near one of
Indonesia’s main industrial areas. BAM’s
building teams have been working hard,
only taking a break to celebrate the Muslim
holiday of Eid, to ensure that enough of
the building was ready for a dry run of all
aspects of hotel hospitality in August.
Soft opening of the GTV Hotel in Cikarang
Preparing
Inside the building, the team has been
working hard to have four out of ten floors
finished for the public opening. Two of those
contain hotel guest rooms, the other two
are public use areas. Outside, they have
been focusing on the external works such
as landscaping in order to make the place
look more like a hotel than a project area.
Zoned-off areas
GTV Hotel management staff has been
on site since the beginning of July for staff
training and kitchen preparation. These
are the key focus areas in the preparations
for soft opening. Since their arrival,
construction areas have been carefully
zoned off to provide construction workers
and hotel staff their own work areas.
After the successful soft opening, the final
stages for the construction team include
finishing all MEP elements from ground to
top floor and get them functioning for the
targeted full completion date in November.
for a warm welcome
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Aqaba LNG jetty
Location
Aqaba, Jordan
Client
Aqaba Development Corporation (ADC)
Design
BAM Infraconsult/DMC
Contract period
November 2013 - July 2015
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This summer, a brand-new LNG terminal was handed over to client
Aqaba Development Corporation (ADC) in Aqaba, Jordan. Three
BAM companies worked together on this project and delivered it
two months ahead of schedule.
The LNG terminal south of Aqaba on the
Jordan part of the Red Sea coast is part of
a major economic development to boost
the country’s port and energy capacity,
which the government has tasked to ADC.
The developers awarded the design and
construct contract for the LNG terminal
to a joint venture of BAM International,
BAM Contractors from Ireland and BAM’s
Jordanian partner MAG in 2013. The
marine design was put into the hands
of BAM Infraconsult.
A project built to last
The scope of the contract comprised
the design, construction and
commissioning of an LNG jetty
with approach trestle, including
the mechanical, engineering and
piping services, buildings,
infrastructure works and tug jetty
berth for attending tugs. The terminal
is built to last through years and years
of permanent operations, 24/7, with
an overall availability of at least 98%.
Continued collaboration
For BAM International and MAG, this
contract followed on the heels of two
previous ADC contracts related to the
development of Aqaba’s port area.
These involved the construction of
a new port and the expansion of a
container terminal, which is now being
operated by APMT under a long-term
commission from the government.
Now that Aqaba LNG terminal is
completed, it is home to a floating
storage and regasification unit (FSRU)
named Golar Eskimo. This vessel was
purpose-built to take in liquefied natural
gas (LNG) from tanker vessels, store
it and finally make it into gas again for
release into the Arab Gas Pipeline. By
enabling Jordan to import its gas from
overseas, the terminal increases the
stability of gas supply for the country’s
electricity-generating stations.
Shared knowledge
The project is an example of how synergy
between design and construction
partners can exceed a client’s
expectation. ‘Throughout the project,
milestones have been achieved ahead
of schedule,’ says Project Manager
Howard McDonagh.
‘One reason for this is the fact that two
teams of the same joint venture were
already active in the area. We were able
to share their knowledge and experience –
literally, even, as several staff transferred to
our projects as soon as it was convenient.’
‘Long-standing relationships in the joint
venture have meant that communication
was easy, without lengthy adjustment to
each other’s style and working methods.
The strength of the organisation was
furthermore demonstrated in the ability to
fill each and every project position with the
best man or woman for the job. No project
is without its challenges, but on this project
the excellent team was able to contend with
them swiftly and efficiently.’
The challenges that the project team
met included unexpected soil conditions.
Despite extensive test-piling ahead of
the construction phase, conditions in
certain sections of the site required the
procurement of additional piling material.
The team was able to adequately fit this
into the planning and still finish ahead of
schedule.
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Al Dabbiya phase 3
Location
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Client
Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil
Operations (ADCO)
Design support
BAM Infraconsult/DMC
Contract period
December 2014 - September 2015
Contract value
€70 million
Marine facilities for Al Dabbiya phase 3:
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BAM International is working with Irish sister company
BAM Contractors to construct several marine facilities for the
Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO).
For the Al Dabbiya phase 3 project the infrastructure works
are being constructed for future oil exploration in the
shallow sea area south of Abu Dhabi. BAM Infraconsult
provided construction design support.
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seawater
Scope of work
The works involve three harbour areas
consisting of a dredged area and quay walls,
three island expansions and one completely
new island. This island will be constructed
by first making and closing a rock bund wall
and then backfilling the partly enclosed
area. The project also contains the dredging
of two access channels. The soil that is
dredged from the seabed will be used for
the expansion and construction of the
islands.
The scope of work further consists of the
construction of a causeway connecting two
islands, the installation of oil pipe protection
covers, as well as the construction of roads,
fences and six heliports.
Marga Hoogvliet
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Design support:
BAM Infraconsult
Our trusted partner in the successful
realisation of the Al Dabbiya
infrastructure is our sister company
BAM Infraconsult.
Logistics
With the site area stretching over more
than 1,000 square kilometres, an interesting
facet of the project is logistics: The new
islands are more than 15 kilometres
removed from the access jetty (a one-hour
boat ride). Careful planning is required to
guarantee the most efficient possible use
of equipment and personnel.
One of our closest contacts within
Royal BAM Group, BAM Infraconsult is
our special partner on projects and in the
development of our fleet of specialised
marine and nearshore equipment. This
fleet continues to play a large part in
confirming BAM’s global reputation as
an innovative and reliable construction
partner.
Marga Hoogvliet on the scope of
BAM Infraconsult’s involvement on the
Al Dabbiya project: ‘First on the list of
support items was the preload design
for the quay wall. Then came a series of
design checks on concrete blocks that
were lower in weight than usual due to
lifting holes and lower concrete density.
Furthermore we calculated the slope
stability of dredged slopes and especially
the bearing capacity and slope stability
of the crane that is used in the
installation of the blocks.’
To clients outside of the BAM Group,
BAM Infraconsult is also known as DMC
(Delta Marine Consultants). On average,
the company’s international activities
constitute around 40% of its annual
turnover. BAM Infraconsult has a long
history of collaborating with various
BAM companies on marine projects in
Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East/
Gulf States and South America.
Among BAM Infraconsult’s commercial
successes is the Xbloc©, a lightweight,
eco-friendly and quick-to-produce
armour unit for breakwaters and other
marine structures (More about the
Xbloc on page 23).
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How BIM-mature is BAM?
A model for
BIM technology has been finding its way into the engineering and
construction stages of BAM International projects. As BIM Manager
Dirk van der Ploeg explains, ‘Over the past year, the use of BIM through
all stages of engineering and construction on several projects has
demonstrated our overall BIM maturity and ability to collaborate
across business units.’
At different stages of the project,
visualisation of the project achieves
different goals and involves different tools,
some of them highly advanced and some
relatively simple.
Dirk van der Ploeg: ‘As early as the tender
stage, it may be enough to use basic
schematic 3D models to visualise our
technical proposal. They are relatively
quick to produce and greatly enhance
communication with the client. This may
give the tender team a clear competitive
edge!’
Clashes prevented
More advanced modelling follows during
the design stage to detect potential clashes
in the construction method, which is one
of the primary functions of BIM. At this
point, BAM design teams are able to
solve clashes in the future construction
process.
As for collaboration, BAM International also
draws on the knowledge and resources of
the wider BAM Group.
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‘At the detailed design stage, we may involve
a design team from sister company BAM
Infraconsult. Their structural 3D models may
be used to coordinate the various parts of the
design and generate 2D construction drawings
and specifications for the site teams. Our
Indonesian team members, for instance, are
true specialists in highly accurate bar bending
specifications. Their work enables us to save
costs on concrete.’
Time, the fourth dimension
‘And then there is our Dubai team. They not
only create 3D models of the construction
but also add time, the fourth dimension, in
4D models to simulate the way construction
progresses. These are invaluable aids to
communication with clients and site teams
as highlight installation risks and provided a
basis for crystal-clear method statements.’
‘At site level, 3D models enable us to perform
virtual dry runs of the most effective work
methods. And finally, models from basic
software again are used to create static 4D
visualisations for use in project reporting
protocols.’
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Al Ain stadium mixed use
development
Location
Al Ain, Abu Dhabi
Client
AAFAQ Holding
Engineer
EC Harris
Contract period
July 2014 - September 2016
First handover in the Al Ain mixed-use development
Enter
The liveliness of a fully functional urban area
is now just around the corner from Hazza Bin
Zayed Stadium in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, as the
first buildings have been completed
for handover: the food and beverage souk
and the commercial building with its
own multi-storey car park.
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the souk
Construction works have been progressing
at a very fast pace. They remain ongoing
24/7 with more than 4,000 BAM and
subcontractor operatives on site. The total
number of man-hours is now well over
8,000,000 on a project that continues to
achieve a very high standard of both safety
and quality. Over 100,000 cubic metres of
concrete has been cast on site together with
15,000 tonnes of rebar.
Working towards completion
Many buildings in this second phase of the
stadium and mixed-use development have
now entered the concluding stages of the
project including the installation of the
facades, MEP, internal finishes and external
works. This requires the BAM team to
co-ordinate, support and manage a long
list of subcontractors and suppliers for the
project on a daily basis, as well as liaising
daily with the design team and client team
to ensure that the quality of the materials
proposed meets and exceeds the client’s
expectations.
Unrelenting attention to safety
Among the challenges that the project poses
is working in the live environment of the
previously completed stadium: Hazza Bin
Zayed development is at present the location
of weekly matches in the new Arabian Gulf
League football season. Experience from
the previous season, however, leaves the
construction team confident that it will be
able to meet the logistical challenges and
keep up the pace, the quality and above all
the safety that this development warrants.
Scale of the deveopment:
The project comprises six residential
buildings, including over
550 apartments, a commercial
building, a multi-storey car park of
1,250 spaces, a food & beverage
souk, a 172-bed-hotel including
multi-storey car park to be managed
by the Aloft Chain and all external and
off-site works including underground
utilities, roads, footpaths and
landscaping works.
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Wheatstone LNG jetty
Location
Onslow, Australia
Client
Chevron Global Upstream and Gas
Engineer
Bechtel
Contract period
2012 - 2016
One of the biggest ever from a floating vessel
Big lift
Happy Star loading the module from a barge
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at Wheatstone jetty
The BAM Clough Joint Venture team recently achieved a remarkable
logistical feat with the placement of the 1,250-tonne loading platform
module under its agreement with Bechtel on the Chevron-operated
Wheatstone project.
The transportation and lift of the module,
one of the heaviest undertaken on the
project, was safely completed by BigLift at
Wheatstone’s product loading facility near
the Port of Ashburton, 12 kilometres west
of Onslow in Western Australia.
The module, among the biggest ever to be
handled by a heavy lifting vessel, was built
at the McConnell Dowell facility in Indonesia
on behalf of the BAM Clough Joint Venture
and transported onboard BigLift’s Happy
Star. This was the only vessel in the BigLift
fleet that provided the required deck
strength and width as well as the lifting
height and outreach required to handle
the module.
The size and weight of the module
presented challenges that were successfully
and safely overcome. In Indonesia the
module was transported by barge to the
Happy Star and stowed transversely so that
it could be landed directly onto the piles of
the loading facility at the Port of Ashburton.
The discharge took about six hours to
complete.
The successful transportation and lift was
a team effort planned and conducted by
BigLift and BAM Clough in consultation
with Chevron Australia and its principal
downstream contractor Bechtel.
The jetty loading platform installed
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Terminal 3
Julius Nyerere International Airport
Location
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Client
Tanzania Airports Authority
Contract period
2013 – 2016
Contract value
€130 million
Consultant
Arab Consulting Engineer (ACE)
from Egypt
Design
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At the Julius Nyerere Airport Terminal 3 project in
Tanzania, work has begun on two exceptional feats of
design: the roof and façade. A report on progress and on
the successful collaboration with our subcontractors.
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After finishing the concrete superstructure
and the structural steel for the roof, the
installation of the façades and roof has now
begun. BAM has designed a parabolic-shaped
aluminium standing seam roof on the airside
of the building, which brings to mind the
sails of the typical Tanzanian dhow boats.
The standing seam roof is a sustainable and
maintenance-friendly system and is executed
by our subcontractor Hafkon International.
Skylights
Curtain wall façade
Besides the installation of the standing seam
on the roof, the installation of the skylights
has started. These skylights are situated
above the central processing area (passport
control and hand luggage screening) and in
the meet & greet area where travellers
initially enter and finally leave the airport
building. These skylights, which are under
construction with another subcontractor,
Licotec Daklichten, will give a beautiful, light
and transparent character to the voluminous
spaces underneath them. The highly treated
glass panels ensure that the heat coming
from the sunlight is not transferred through
the glass, which results in lower cooling costs
for the end user.
Meanwhile, Alu Metal LLC has started the
installation of the inclined curtain wall
façade. This façade gives travellers a
magnificent view over the runway and the
apron. The curtain wall façade, spanning
two elevations and covering a huge surface
of the airside façade, will be a defining
characteristic of the new terminal building.
The top panels will have a fritting (dotted
pattern) in the glass, which reduces the
direct sunlight penetrating the façade system
in the morning hours. The high quality of
glass helps maintain the desired temperature
and comfort inside the building.
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Moín Container Terminal phase 2
Location
Moín, Costa Rica
Client
APM Terminals
Engineer
CH2M
Temporary works design
BAM Infraconsult
Consortium partner
Van Oord
Contract period
2015 - 2017
Contract value
US$ 460 million
Laying the foundations of the Moín container terminal
Rock-solid
Neatness and precision are among the key
ingredients in the preparation of the
project to build a container terminal that
will help Costa Rica achieve its economic
ambitions. BAM and local partner MECO
are making sure they have their ducks
– and their Xblocs – in a row while
dredging partner Van Oord is laying the
foundations for the breakwater.
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in Costa Rica
Multiple activities are taking place
simultaneously as the partners in the
VOBAM consortium are getting into full
swing on the creation of a large-scale
container terminal on a site consisting
of newly reclaimed land.
While dredging partner Van Oord has
been projecting the base of the breakwater
hundreds of metres into the sea,
construction partners BAM International
and MECO have been preparing for the
moment it was their turn to get cracking.
The future nerve centre
Until that moment in September when
the whole of the workforce, including
subcontractors, hit the site, they have
focused on ensuring everything will be in
place when that time comes: mobilisation
of personnel and equipment, completing
the temporary works design and permitting
activities and – not unimportantly – offices,
canteen, clinic and living quarters are in
order.
As the project has been gathering steam,
much has been learned already about local
soil conditions and the availability of rock to
be used as landfill. Suitable angular rock-fill
material is proving elusive so the search has
been widened and material may have to be
imported from overseas. The region is prone
to earthquakes and soil conditions are liable
to liquefy. In response to these, VOBAM
will be undertaking an array of soil
improvement, including deep soil mixing,
vibro-compaction and placing stone
columns.
Xbloc conquers the Latin
American market
BAM Infraconsult/DMC, the developers of
the Xbloc, are now providing their expertise
to two developments in Latin America: not
only are they involved in the casting of
14,000 of their interlocking armour units for
the breakwater on the Moín Container
Terminal, they also recently signed a
contract for the Punta Catalina power plant
in the Dominican Republic.
On the Dominican power plant, two
breakwaters will protect the cooling water
intake structure from hurricane waves.
This will involve another 4,000 Xblocs, at
seven and nine tonnes somewhat smaller
than the 10-tonne units in the Costa Rican
port project (More about our design and
engineering partner BAM Infraconsult on
page 13).
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Area Manager Asia Pacific Halbe Veenstra
(left), flanked by Ton van der Burg (Van Oord)
and Julian Bevis, Senior Director Maersk/APMT.
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Chittagong Port: options for Bangladeshi trade
BAM International took part in a meeting
recently to discuss options to maximise
the potential of the port of Chittagong for
Bangladesh and its neighbouring countries.
Chittagong is one of Bangladesh’s two main
import and export centres.
Marine services
contract
BAM Clough has been awarded the marine
installation services contract for the
Karratha Gas Plant Life Extension
Integrated Marine Campaign project in
Western Australia by Woodside Energy
Limited. The contract involves the project
management and installation engineering
works associated with replacing existing
equipment on two berths, including LNG
and LPG marine loading arms, gangways
and dolphin fenders, with an option to
provide marine equipment and resources
to undertake the site works.The project is
a return to site and a continuation of the
relationship with our client Woodside:
We will be helping to extend the working
life of jetties we built in earlier years.
Engineering work has commenced, with
site activities scheduled to start in the
second quarter of 2016.
The meeting was part of a Dutch government
mission to Bangladesh around the theme of
water management. The Netherlands actively
supports Bangladesh as it strives to prevent
flooding and improve sanitation. BAM
International was among the Dutch-based
companies invited to take part in the
mission. Other companies included
dredging company Van Oord and port
operator Maersk/APMT.
Al Ain stadium shortlisted
for World Building of the Year
The Hazza bin Zayed Stadium in
Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, built
by BAM International, has been
included by Construction Week
magazine in its shortlist selection
for the nomination of best new
building in the world in 2015. The
winner will be announced during
the World Architecture Festival in
Singapore in November 2015.
Shortlisted entries are from
46 different countries and include
designs by leading architects.
Vale iron ore facility wins Best
Major Infrastructure Project
The BMS joint venture that built the iron ore
import wharf in Lumut, Malaysia, for Brazilian
mining giant Vale has been awarded for
excellence by the Malaysian Construction
Industry Excellence Awards (MCIEA).
BAM International’s joint venture partners in
BMS are McConnell Dowell (Australia) and
SYS (Malaysia). Together with client Vale,
we received the award for best major
infrastructure project at the MCIEA award
ceremony in Kuala Lumpur in September.
The import facility, commonly referred to as
‘the Vale iron ore jetty’, was built to receive
Valemax, the largest class bulk vessels, filled
with iron ore from Vale’s Brazilian mines,
for processing and further distribution
throughout Asia.
Fifth from the left is Tom van Breda,
BAM International’s Project Manager
on the Vale project at the construction
stage. First from the right is his colleague
from BAM Infraconsult/DMC, Hans Valk.
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VNO Chair Hans de Boer opens
BAM International office The Hague
Safest subcontractor in the Gulf
Hans de Boer (President of the Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers,
known as VNO-NCW) has officially launched the new head office of BAM International
in The Hague. In the presence of several ambassadors of the many countries in which
BAM International is active, Mr De Boer described BAM as one of the companies that
make the world go around. To his right: Wouter Remmelts (Managing Director
BAM International); to his left: George Mazloumian (CEO and Managing Director
BAM International) and Rob van Wingerden (CEO Royal BAM Group).
Congratulations to Al Laith Scaffold,
who received the HSE Award for best
performing subcontractor on BAM
projects in the Middle East and Gulf Area
in the first half of 2015. The scaffolding
company, active on the Al Ain mixed-use
project, scored 83% on the periodical
assessment of site conditions,
management commitment, prompt
closing out of issues and quality of
paperwork and submissions.
‘Thanks to partners such as Al Laith, BAM
is able to maintain the HSE standards our
clients expect,’ said Operations Manager
Maged Fares, who handed over the
award to Al Laith’s HSE Advisor
Humphrey Odero and General Manager
James Cowper.‘The award expresses our
appreciation of the joint efforts of
everyone involved in our projects.’
Significant new projects within BAM Group
New sea lock at IJmuiden,
the Netherlands
After a lifetime of almost 100 years,
the northern lock in IJmuiden, near
Amsterdam, the Netherlands, needs
replacement. Rijkswaterstaat (the Dutch
Highways and Waterways Agency)
intends to award the construction of the
new IJmuiden sea lock, which is located
at the entrance to the North Sea Canal,
to the OpenIJ consortium. After contract
close, this consortium, consisting of
BAM, Volker Wessels and DIF (investor)
will be responsible for design,
construction, financing and maintenance
of the new lock for a period of 26 years.
A-grade offices in Manchester’s
financial centre, UK
BAM in the UK has started the construction
of a £73 million office development in central
Manchester. The 24-storey building will
include 260,000 square feet of grade-A office
space, a restaurant and café space including
a 6,728-square-foot rooftop restaurant and
garden terrace, as well as two floors of
basement parking.
Large hospital project in
Stuttgart, Germany
BAM Deutschland AG (the German operating
company of Royal BAM Group, specialising
in building construction projects) has
acquired a contract for the partial renewal
of Stuttgart’s municipality hospital.
The contract value exceeds €88 million.
The client is Stuttgart’s city administration.
Microsoft office in Dublin
Royal BAM Group’s Irish operating company,
BAM Building, has been awarded a contract
by Microsoft Ireland for the construction of
an office facility. The contract is valued in
excess of €100 million.
Thames Tideway Tunnel
BAM Nuttall Ltd, the UK civil engineering arm
of Royal BAM Group, has been appointed to
deliver the western section of the Thames
Tideway Tunnel, or ‘super sewer’, in joint
venture with Morgan Sindall plc and Balfour
Beatty Group Limited. The project is valued at
£416 million to the joint venture. The sevenyear project is due to commence in 2016.
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Oryx petroleum jetty
Location
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Client
PetroJetty Ltd (part of the Addax &
Oryx Group)
Design
BAM Infraconsult
Contract period
2014 - 2015
Contract value
€26 million
Return to Oryx’ fuel jetty
Good cheer
in Sierra Leone
A renewed team has returned to the fuel
jetty construction site on Oryx Energies’
Kissy terminal near the Sierra Leonean
capital Freetown. With a clean bill of
health, the site is alive with optimism
and the sounds of construction works.
Remobilisation of the jetty construction
project began in April 2015, after the Ebola
epidemic had been brought under control.
Although most of the material was still in
Sierra Leone, ready for redeployment,
a few challenges had to be dealt with first.
Clean bill of health
On the technical side, the bearing capacities
of the majority of the piles had to be verified
through PDA analysis. On the personnel
side, the Filipino government still had travel
restrictions in place for its citizens. Therefore
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Project Manager Eric Jan Bergsma,
happy to resume work on a project
that will contribute to the
revitalisation of Sierra Leone.
to meet the required staffing requirement
the project team turned to India for the
recruitment and certification of welders,
fitters, riggers and other labourers.
has been steadily accumulating man
hours without lost-time injuries.
On track for completion
And of course there was the health aspect
of the project. Measures were taken to
safeguard the health of returning team
members and new arrivals, which
included a new arrangement of personnel
accommodation and exclusive access to
the construction site by boat. Since
recommencement of the works, the team
Following the PDA analysis, construction
commenced with a bang as pile driving was
resumed. As soon as those were in place,
forming the support structure of the jetty,
work could continue on the final MEP super
structures and materials, which were
shipped by barge from the Netherlands in
July. The project is now well on its way to
handover as per schedule in November.
Kilimanjaro Airport
Location
Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Client
Kilimanjaro Airports Development
Company (KADCO)
Contract period
2015 - 2017
Contract value
€37 million
Improving the
gateway to wildlife
Surveys, measurements, assessments: collecting all
the data needed for a safe and efficient rehabilitation
Data collection signalled the start
of a new Tanzanian project: the
rehabilitation of the Kilimanjaro
International Airport project
in Tanzania.
Located in northern Tanzania, Kilimanjaro
International Airport is also known as the
gateway to Africa’s wildlife heritage: among
its main functions is the facilitation of
tourism to East Africa’s many famous nature
reserves. Though relatively small in size, the
airport can handle large aircraft such as
Boeing 747s and Antonov 124s and is the
second most important airport in Tanzania.
A new lease of life
First opened in 1971, the airport is due for
a rehabilitation, which is co-financed by the
Tanzanian and Netherlands Governments.
BAM International, currently also executing
the Terminal 3 project on Julius Nyerere
International Airport in the capital Dar es
Salaam, was awarded the design and build
contract.
The scope of the contract includes the
expansion and refurbishment of the existing
passenger terminal, construction of a new
apron and taxiway, rehabilitation of existing
aprons and taxiways, runway repairs, airfield
ground lighting, apron floodlighting,
signage, sewage treatment and water
supply.
Step by step on a live airport
Preparations for the design works are now
ongoing, which include topographical
surveys, geotechnical investigation and
the preliminary assessment of the existing
situation. Construction on the live airport
site is due to commence before the year-end
with an expectation that the works will be
complete in early 2017.
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