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| BAM modernise Durnford Street care home in Plymouth A £2.7 million contract for the major refurbishment of a care home in Plymouth has been won by Dutch giant BAM Construction. The contractor will use several local firms to help it carry out a comprehensive renovation of the vacant Nazareth House facility on Durnford Street. Residents were moved out of the home in February this year, and will return to a larger, more comfortable and modernised environment next summer. BAM will build a large timber frame on the second floor of the existing building to increase the capacity of the home from 33 to 44 beds. The existing external walls will be retained and internally clad with insulated plasterboard, while new composite aluminium/timber windows will add to the warmer, more homely environment. Client Sisters of Nazereth has plans for a further phase of work that will increase the capacity of the site further with additional buildings at a future date. BAM, the company that built the Roland Levinsky Building at the University of Plymouth, is currently working on two jobs in nearby Truro, as well as many others across the South West and the UK. write your comments about the article :: © 2011 Construction News :: home page |