DTU signs the University’s single largest contract

Thursday 22 Jan 15

by Christina Tækker

ABOUT BAM Danmark

BAM Danmark A/S is a subsidiary of BAM Utiliteitsbouw bv and a part of Royal BAM Group nv. BAM Danmark A/S carries out construction work within all sectors.

Building on the visions of BAM Utiliteitsbouw, BAM Danmark A/S therefore has strong ties to BAM’s international organization, where they, in particular, are building on relations with partners and customers. Through a strong collaboration with international partners and partners in the domestic market, BAM Danmark A/S will build up its market position over the next many years.

BAM is a newcomer to the Danish market with its subsidiary BAM Danmark A/S, and with DTU as client, BAM has now gained a real foothold in the Danish market.

DTU has just signed its single largest contract on campus with the contractor BAM. The new DTU Biosustain building will provide a world-class learning, research, and study environment.

Construction has started on the DTU Biosustain—Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability—the world's first interdisciplinary research centre within biosustainability. DTU has just decided to award the University's single largest general contract to the contractor BAM.

The contract covers the entire construction of a new biotechnological research centre that will house the DTU Biosustain—Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability. The construction is scheduled for completion in July 2016.

"The DKK 207 million general contract is the single largest contract of the DKK 4 billion+ investment in construction work taking place at DTU Lyngby Campus over the next years. DTU is the client for more than 20 construction projects on DTU Lyngby Campus, which—over the next few years—will provide the perfect setting for a world-class learning, research, and study environment," says Ole Kristian Bottheim, Planning & Project Manager at DTU Campus Service.

Sophisticated research laboratories
Situated at the northern end of Kemitorvet, the 12,000 m2 six-storey building will be the tallest building at DTU Lyngby Campus. In addition to meeting and office facilities as well as common areas for DTU, the building will boast sophisticated research laboratories for biotechnological research.

The research centre will have a central location in relation to the large Life Science & Bioengineering building complex, and will—thanks to its pedestrian thoroughfare-inspired lower floor—serve as a physical link between the two surrounding squares. With common areas, meeting rooms and a café for DTU's students and staff, the building will help to create coherence, synergies and a connection between researchers, staff and students at DTU Lyngby Campus.

Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability