Ballast Nedam
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| legal form | Public company (Netherlands) |
| founding | 1969 |
| Seat | Nieuwegein , Netherlands |
| management | Cenk Düzyol |
| Number of employees | 3,700 (2011) |
| sales | 1,382 million euros (2011) |
| Branch | Construction company |
| Website | www.ballast-nedam.nl |
The Ballast Nedam NV- is a Dutch construction company and is active in many areas of the construction industry. BN is well known beyond the Netherlands, particularly in the field of hydraulic engineering , traffic engineering and offshore structures.
history
The founder of Ned. Aannemingsmaatschappij (short: Nedam) was already involved in the construction of the Peace Palace (today the seat of the International Court of Justice ). The Amsterdamsche Ballast Maatschappij , which has existed since 1877, was u. a. involved in the construction of the final dike . In 1969 these two traditional companies merged.
More internationally known projects the company has worked on include:
- the Oosterschelde storm surge barrier (1986) in the Dutch Delta Works ;
- the King Fahd Causeway (1986), the bridge and dam connection between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain ;
- the Amsterdam Arena (1996);
- the Confederation Bridge (1997) between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island ;
- the Storebæltsbroen (West Bridge) (1998) over the Great Belt ;
- Siemens Gamesa site in Cuxhaven (2017; together with sister company Heitkamp Ingenieur- und Kraftwerkbau ).
The shares were traded on NYSE Euronext in Amsterdam until 2016 and were included in the AScX index. After financial problems, BN was taken over by a Turkish company in 2015.
Business areas
The company is active in the following sectors:
- Development (manages and develops PPP projects)
- Concessions (project finance; legal and commercial expertise)
- Construction (construction, especially housing and transport construction)
- Industrial (construction with high complexity)
Activities in Germany
Various subsidiaries were based in Magdeburg . The projects implemented or current in Germany include:
- Installation of 21 foundations for wind turbines at the Baltic 1 offshore wind farm
- De-icing systems for DB long-distance traffic in North Rhine-Westphalia
