Specialist building firm to create 100 positions

One hundred jobs are to be created by specialist construction company BAM Contractors to cover projects it has signed up to in Ireland and overseas.

The country’s largest public works construction company — formerly known as Ascon — has begun recruiting and hopes to fill the positions before the end of the year. All of the jobs will be recruited within Ireland.

The company secured a number of public/private partnership (PPP) projects last year — including City Gate Park in Mahon and the Tralee N22/N69 bypass — and this year has won a number of building contracts including the Sutherland School of Law at UCD, the upgrade of the Coleraine-Derry rail line, and projects in Jordan and the United Arab Emirates. It is also set to sign off on two major PPP projects before the end of the year.