Koninklijke BAM Groep (Royal BAM Group) is a Dutch construction-services business with headquarters in Bunnik, The Netherlands. It is the largest construction company based on revenue in the Netherlands.
Royal BAM Group
Koninklijke BAM Groep
The history of Royal BAM Group nv goes all the way back to 12 May 1869. On that date, Adam van der Wal opened a carpentry business in Groot-Ammers – a rural village in the Alblasserwaard region, which lies east of Rotterdam. He specialized in repairing the many windmills in the surrounding area. Van der Wal also built coffins. At the end of the 19th century, son Jan van der Wal followed in his father’s footsteps. As a construction contractor, he was active in not only his own region, but also further afield, including Vlaardingen and The Hague, where he eventually set up shop. The third generation in the Van der Wal business – Joop van der Wal, born in 1902 – first studied civil engineering in Delft before joining his father’s company in 1926. The company name was therefore changed into ‘Fa. J. van der Wal en Zoon’ (J. van der Wal & Son).
Grupo Royal BAM
皇家巴姆集团
Роял БАМ Групп
In 1927, the family firm turned into a ‘naamloze vennootschap’ (public limited company). The company was renamed ‘N.V. Bataafsche Aanneming Maatschappij van Bouw- en Betonwerken v/h Firma J. van der Wal en Zoon.’ This mouthful translates into ‘Batavian Construction Company for Construction and Concrete Projects plc; formerly J. van der Wal & Son.’ Little wonder that the abbreviation for the company name, namely BAM, quickly came into use. The word ‘Batavian’ refers to an ancient Germanic tribe living in what is now the Netherlands and, among other things, to the Batavian Petroleum Company, which was the precursor to the Dutch half of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. BAM had carried out a lot of work for this company. BAM’s management team consisted of Joop van der Wal (1902-1955) and his brother-in-law G. Jonkheid (1898-1979).
Groupe Royal BAM
مجموعة رويال بام
In 1973, BAM adopted a cube-shaped logo, which then still featured nine small cubes on the top surface. When the company marked its 125th anniversary on 12 May 1994, it received the right to add ‘Royal’ to its name.
The development of Royal BAM Group partly resulted from various large and small takeovers in those economic sectors in which the company operates. The most important acquisitions involved the operational division of the Verenigde Bedrijven Bredero in 1988; the non-residential construction and civil engineering divisions of NBM-Amstelland in 2000; as well as the European construction group HBG (Hollandsche Beton Groep) in 2002. After the takeover of Bredero, various BAM companies moved into the offices in the town of Bunnik originally built for Bredero.
Grup Royal BAM
BAMグループ
Kraliyet BAM Grubu
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