BAM Ireland boss calls for 'early contractor involvement' in major public projects for better costs certainty'

The head of construction firm, BAM Ireland, has called for the early involvement of contractors in major public projects to help provide better cost certainty and better outcomes for taxpayers’ money.

BAM is the main contractor for the €1.4bn National Children’s Hospital project in Dublin, which has been dogged with controversy over soaring building costs, and is also the preferred bidder for some €40m in state-aid for the delivery of the long-delayed Cork event centre.