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CMYA 2021 – Team of the Year
CM Staff
BAM Construction’s project team for 11-21 Canal Reach is the deserved first winner of the CIOB’s Team of the Year Award.
The project was delivered three weeks early during lockdown in February 2021 and client King’s Cross Central Limited Partnership was so pleased they are negotiating with the same team for their next project on the north London site.
Construction manager Peter Spears created a ‘one team’ ethos, building relationships that extended beyond individual companies and using lessons learned from BAM’s 20 years of experience at King’s Cross.
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BAM Construction Q-Zone, King’s Cross – Construction Project Delivery Build UK Representative Organisation for UK Construction Industry
The £200m 11-21 Canal Reach scheme is a 12-storey high, 585,999 sq ft mixed-use building with four internal atriums, cycle parking, panoramic lifts, private terraces and communal roof gardens.
Construction challenges included close proximity to HS1 – with a penalty of £10,000 per minute for any interruption to the live railway – though not a single incident was reported. Despite complex logistics on a tight city-centre site, one million worker-hours were completed on the project with zero reportable incidents.
Other finalists
ISG Sky Labs project team, Construction Project Delivery Placemakers London Sustainable Home Building Heron Bros Leisure and Stadia Project Delivery Skanska Project Pre-Construction & Enabling VolkerFitzpatrick Emerging Talent Team Morgan Sindall Construction Construction Project Delivery
Innovations included a 3D-printed tool to install unitised cladding and the use of HoloLens technology to monitor progress against programme in BIM, shared in real time via an app with the client.
Part of BAM’s legacy will be the 347 apprenticeships delivered through the project, while community engagement included 248 hours of volunteering and virtual site tours for locals.
Alan Crane CBE and PPCIOB, now a consultant with project architect Bennetts Associates, described BAM’s approach on 11-21 Canal Reach as “collaborative, and exhilarating… truly one team”.
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