Construction expert BAM has been chosen to partner with British Antarctic Survey (BAS) to modernise UK Antarctic and other research facilities. The project will be delivered by BAM’s British civil engineering specialist BAM Nuttall and BAM International, the operating company of Royal BAM Group active outside Europe.
BAM has teamed up with major European design consultants Sweco to assist with project delivery.
Commissioned by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), the long-term UK partnership will last between 7-10 years and is worth an estimated approximately €120 million (£100 million). The modernisation programme will enable a world-leading capability to ensure that Britain remains at the forefront of climate, biodiversity and ocean research in the Polar regions.
One of the first projects to be undertaken is the redevelopment of the wharf at the BAS Rothera Research Station on the Antarctic Peninsula. This is part of the enhancement of polar facilities to accommodate the new state-of-the-art polar research vessel the RRS Sir David Attenborough.
In addition to building a new wharf, storage and living quarters at Rothera Research Station, other Antarctic development projects that will be undertaken include modernising buildings and facilities at BAS stations in Signy (South Orkney Islands), Bird Island (South Georgia) and at King Edward Point (South Georgia).
The Antarctic construction projects will present unique challenges given the continent is the highest, driest, coldest and windiest on Earth, and most construction work will need to be completed during the four-month window of the Antarctic summer. Construction workers will live and work alongside science teams in harsh and remote environments, sometimes in sub-zero temperatures.
The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) is the UK's main agency for funding and managing research, training and knowledge exchange in the environmental sciences, receiving around £330 million of annual funding from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is an institute of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), delivers and enables world-leading interdisciplinary research in the Polar Regions.
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