Main contractor confirmed for £24.7m sustainable activity hub

BAM Construction has been appointed as the main contractor for the £24.7m Bedworth Physical Activity Hub.

The sustainable hub includes a 25-metre, eight-lane community pool and a learner pool with a moveable floor.

Plans feature a four-court sports hall, a 120 station fitness centre, a 3G sports pitch and an ‘all wheels’ skate park.

The construction works will be carefully planned and phased around the existing leisure centre’s operation and public activities in Miners’ Welfare Park. The scheme is expected to be completed in 2024 and will commence later this year.

Dave Ellis, Regional Director of BAM Construction in the Midlands (which has its regional offices at FORE in Solihull) said:

“Creating this £24.7m Physical Activity Hub has already established an excellent relationship with Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council.

“BAM has created over £600m of leisure facilities over the last five years alone which shows our strength and experience in this sector.

“Being a local contractor, we also understand about working closely with the communities around us to create strong social value programmes and we will use our time wisely to give something back to those around us.”

Delivering not only the construction of the project, BAM will also manage the design and development of achieving net-zero.

BAM is one of few with a prestigious CDP ‘A’ rating.

The Council has the option to enter a building contract for the delivery of the full project upon completion of the pre-construction services. This includes ground investigation surveys and an extensive ‘cut and fill’ exercise.

Councillor Sue Markham, Portfolio holder for Public Services at Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council said:

“I am delighted that we have appointed BAM as our contractors for this project. They are a hugely experienced company that have delivered a range of projects with a focus on sustainability.

“We are really forging ahead now with our vision for the new Hub, and I can’t wait to see the plans develop further now we have BAM on board.”

The Procure Partnerships Framework was used for the competitive procurement process, enabling excellent access to a range of wet leisure contractors most suitable to deliver such a scheme.

The consultant team includes Hadron Consulting, GT3 Architects and Faithful & Gould, with whom BAM worked to deliver the award-winning Dover Leisure Centre in 2019.

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