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Cathexis acquires Jones Engineering following earlier investment in Leo Lynch IGBC launches roadmap to decarbonise Ireland’s built environment

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Paul Brown sets out his future vision for Sisk – Paul Brown, CEO, John Sisk & Son 10 “We are a customer-driven organisation that understands how to meet our customers’ needs” – Alasdair Henderson, Executive Director, BAM Ireland

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Cathexis acquires Jones Engineering following earlier major investment in Leo Lynch

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ones Engineering with a turnover of more than €930m for 2021 has been acquired by US-based investment firm Cathexis Holdings in a deal reportedly worth several hundred million euros. The deal follows Cathexis’ earlier strategic investment in Leo Lynch.

Jones Engineering has operations in Ireland, the UK, Europe, the Middle East and South Africa and employs 4,600 people.

The company, founded in 1890, is based in Ireland and retains a strong local heritage despite its global footprint. It operates in a broad range of sectors including life sciences, data centres, industrial, food and beverage, offices and renewable energy.

The Jones Engineering and Leo Lynch deals are conditional on approval from the relevant regulatory authorities.

Cathexis said it has identified Europe as a key investment target, noting that the construction market has been central to the region’s economic success.

“The acquisition of Jones Engineering provides a unique opportunity to invest in a

Jim Curley, CEO, Jones Engineering. leading international player in its sector and provides a significant platform for future growth across the region,” the company said. “Cathexis is committed to the growth of Jones Engineering and Leo Lynch. The financial backing and capabilities of Cathexis

will enhance the ability of both companies to expand their presence domestically and internationally,” it said.

“Supported by our deep financial resources and experience of scaling companies, we believe that further investment in both Jones Engineering and Leo Lynch will allow for growth both domestically and internationally. We recognise the strong Irish heritage of both businesses and Cathexis will respect this as it targets ambitious growth in the future,” it added.

Jim Curley, CEO, Jones Engineering, said the company was impressed by the commitment of Cathexis and believes it is best placed to lead the company into the future for the benefit of both its employees and its clients. “Our clients will benefit from the ability of the company to leverage the financial strength and strategic capabilities of an international investor while our employees will benefit from Cathexis’ commitment to investment in the continued success and growth of the company.”

IGBC launches roadmap to decarbonise Ireland’s built environment

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he Irish Green Building Council (IGBC) has launched a draft roadmap to decarbonise Ireland’s built environment across its whole life cycle.

The report looks at the impact of the built environment and construction across its whole life cycle and at projections up to 2030.

It also provides clarity on ways to mitigate these emissions.

The draft roadmap shows that construction and the built environment are directly responsible for 37% of Ireland’s emissions, the same as agriculture. This comprises about 23% of operational emissions associated with the energy we use to heat, cool, and light our buildings.

A further 14% of the emissions are embodied carbon emissions from the production of construction materials, transport of materials, construction process, maintenance, repair and disposal of buildings and infrastructure.

Speaking at the launch of the draft roadmap, Eamon Ryan, Minister for Environment, Climate, Communications and Transport, said: “The model shows that the National Retrofit Plan, alongside improvement of the carbon intensity of the grid, are critical to halve our emissions by 2030.”

Pat Barry, CEO, IGBC, said: “Given Ireland’s ambitious construction and renovation programme, addressing embodied carbon emissions is urgent. Even before the first occupant of a new building steps inside this building, vast amounts of CO₂ are produced, but what is not measured cannot be reduced. A first step is hence to mandate measurement of embodied carbon in new buildings.”

The draft roadmap lays out the necessary steps for the industry and government to halve the built environment emissions by 2030. Key recommendations include: • Publishing a clear timeline for introducing regulations on

Rosemarie Mac Sweeney, #buildinglife Project Manager, Eamon Ryan, Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications; and Pat Barry, CEO, Irish Green Building Council (IGBC), at the launch of the IGBC Roadmap to decarbonise Ireland’s built environment Pic: Marc O’Sullivan •

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embodied carbon to provide certainty to the industry.

Prioritising reuse of existing buildings and bringing as much vacant property as possible back into use in villages, towns, and cities to avoid throwing away the embodied carbon and valuable resources within them.

Increasing support for energy renovation, including phased renovation and improving quality assurance.

For new builds, encouraging better design to support repair, adaptability, and reuse.

Encouraging low-impact construction materials, such as reused and recycled products and biobased construction materials.

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Paul Brown sets out his future vision for Sisk

Paul Brown, CEO, John Sisk & Son.

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aul Brown took up the position of CEO of John Sisk & Son on 01 January 2022, succeeding Stephen Bowcott, who had been in the role since 2015. Brown joined Sisk in 2013 to lead its UK civil engineering business. Before that, he had been managing director of Balfour Beatty for seven years.

Paul Brown says he initially joined Sisk to take up the challenge of developing its civil engineering operations in the UK. In 2020, he was appointed chief operating officer (COO) for UK Construction and Civil Engineering across the group. He sees his appointment as CEO of Sisk as an opportunity to build on the company’s achievements to date and continue its transition to become a modern, sustainable construction business helping its clients realise their ambitions in a sustainable manner.

Brown comments: “During the first six months in my new role as CEO, I have been reviewing the business strategy with our

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Paul Brown, CEO, John Sisk & Son, tells ROBBIE COUSINS that he has stepped into his new role at a pivotal moment, when Sisk is taking on more ambitious projects, moving towards being a net-zero without offsets contractor and advancing its goal of being a more inclusive and gender-balanced workplace board and meeting our people and clients across all sectors and geographies. We have expanded our senior management team in recent months, and I look forward to working with them to develop the business,” Overall, he says that last year was a challenging year for the business in tough market conditions, in which it delivered a turnover of about €1.4bn, with Ireland accounting for about 48% of that, the UK about 33% and Europe the remaining 19%.

“2021 was challenging for a host of external factors, but we remain in good shape, and this is a testament to the strength of our people who performed really well throughout the challenges Covid-19 presented,” Paul Brown comments. “Covid has not only cost us financially, it has cost us a lot of people emotionally, mentally and motivationally. If we’re to take anything out of the experience of the past two years, we need to learn as an organisation and an industry to move with the times.”

Sisk’s top five sectors by turnover in 2021

were commercial, data centres, residential, life science & tech, and transport.

“The quality of our projects across all sectors was outstanding. We are active across Ireland, the UK and a number of countries in Europe, including Sweden, Netherlands, Denmark and Croatia, and we currently employ approximately 1,900 people in our construction business.”

SISK OUTLOOK

Paul Brown says that Sisk has a steady pipeline of work in all sectors over the next 24 months with existing and new clients.

“I am 100% committed to the success of the Sisk business, continuing its proud legacy and holding up the values and culture of the brand. One example of our capacity and strength is that daa recently selected Sisk/Lagan Joint Venture (JV) to undertake its Dublin Airport Airside and Landside civil engineering framework worth over €325m.

“However it is our people who are our strength. As a senior management team,

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Sisk’s redevelopment work on Avondale House and Forest Park in Co Wicklow. we can only set the course and ensure the required resources are in place. I want people in Sisk to understand the culture, to feel respected, to feel challenged, and to feel there are genuinely no limits to their career, whatever they want to do. I want them to feel part of the journey and part of the successes and failures. In achieving this, we will retain, attract, recruit and hire better.”

SENIOR MANAGEMENT CHANGES

Sisk has made a number of appointments at senior management level in the past few months. Steven McGee joined as COO, Ireland, to lead the ongoing development of the construction business in Ireland.

Donal McCarthy was recently appointed to the newly created role of COO, Data Centres, Life Sciences & Technology, with responsibility across all Sisk territories in those sectors. Mark McGreevy was appointed to the new position of CCO earlier in the year, while Ajaz Shafi took over Paul Brown’s old job as COO for the UK Construction and Civil Engineer Business.

“We are now working on an updated strategy for the business,” Brown explains.

“Steve Bowcott took over the business in 2015 during difficult times. He really

“We have an opportunity to shape and modernise further, and we are working across the business to bring that refreshed strategy forward.” stabilised it and modernised some of the ways we go about our business in terms of

commercial reporting and governance. We have an opportunity to shape and modernise further, and we are working across the business to bring that refreshed strategy forward.”

SUSTAINABILITY

In 2020, Sisk published its 2030 Sustainability Roadmap: Building today, Caring for tomorrow. Paul Brown explains that the company is committed to 21 stretching targets aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals to ensure it becomes a more sustainable and responsible business. “During 2021, we established eight working groups to deliver on these targets within our Roadmap. Each working group is sponsored by a board member. A range of actions has been undertaken by the working groups, with three of our 21 targets already achieved. Nine of these activities are on track, while nine are off track, but we have plans to progress each of them. We will soon publish our first-ever Sustainability Report – tracking how we are doing.

“We have had some really great initiatives in the last 12 months, from Bog Restoration in Mayo to getting the first electric-powered telehandler onto a site in Dublin, but we are only at the beginning of the journey.”

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Sisk team on the ground on a bog restoration project in Co Mayo.

COVID-19 RESPONSE

Paul Brown explains that Covid-19 has presented a significant challenge to the entire construction industry over the past two years, but it has proven itself to be resilient.

“While Sisk was at the forefront of ensuring a safe return to sites for construction workers after the initial lockdown period in May 2020, the entire Irish construction industry must take credit for how we worked together to make our sites safe when many sectors had to close.”

SECTOR CHALLENGES

After Brexit then Covid-19, and now inflation and the Russian war on Ukraine, the Irish construction sector is being continually challenged by seemingly insurmountable barriers. Yet it is a sector that continues to adapt and get on with the work.

“There is an uncertainty in the market over prices and costs; namely, they are very hard to manage and predict. The race for talent is evident in the current market. Our people are our key asset, and we must strive to retain the great people we have but not

chase higher and higher salaries in the short term. We want people to stay with us and join us for the long-term opportunities we offer.

“We put a lot of investment into training and development. This goes back to John Sisk, the founder of the company and his view of people and investing in them to deliver their best.”

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He acknowledges the importance of a sustainable pipeline of public capital investment works for the industry and the economy overall.

“The renewed National Development Plan released this year gives us confidence in the pipeline, but in terms of how it’s delivered, fundamentally, it needs a procurement and contractual mechanism that’s workable for all parties. It’s widely accepted that the current model is outdated and recent events, such as pandemic shutdowns, global supply chain disruption and inflation have brought that to light.

“We note the recent changes the government has made in relation to cost-

sharing mechanisms, but much more fundamental reform is required in the near term. Solutions have been shared in terms of improved risk-sharing and collaboration. But the public and private sector need to quickly come together to make it happen now.”

DIGITAL CONSTRUCTION

The recent launch of the Build Digital Project establishes a basis for the sector to upskill and become more efficient. Paul Brown sees digital tools as a key part of Sisk’s strategy going forward.

“We have always adopted technology and new ways of working – our Digital Project Delivery approach is at the core of how we work.

“We are delighted in particular with the recognition at the recent ICE Awards for our innovative approach to how we deliver projects and BIM Excellence on the Grangegorman campus project.

“We have committed ourselves to leading on our use of technology and innovation, and it’s part of our culture at Sisk. We are very lucky to have some of the best people in these areas, and we have continually invested

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“Our female-targeted structured mentoring programme introduced in 2021 has seen fantastic engagement and contributes towards retaining our female talent in the organisation. We also continue to partner with WISE and the Irish Centre for Diversity to gain an external view of our activity and progress.

“Finally, we recognise that this is a journey, and sustained focus and effort are required in the coming years, which is why EDI is now at the heart of our business strategy. As part of our first Gender Pay Report in 2017, we developed a five-year gender action plan to 2022. This plan set out immediate and longer-term initiatives to attract females to the construction sector and Sisk, and to ensure a level playing field to support female progression.”

The Howth Middle Pier project required significant land reclamation work. in our people as they are the ones who make the technology work. We have a centre of excellence now that supports the business in a collaborative way, and the project teams and clients see the benefits.”

VISION BUILT

The Covid-19 pandemic and the skills gap triggered a major growth in demand for offsite construction.

“The Irish market has moved quickly towards off-site construction solutions in the past couple of years, and Sisk has developed our off-site capacity in several ways,” he comments. “We acquired Vision Built, based in Galway, in 2019. Vision Built manufactures 2D light gauge steel panels in a factory in Sligo for supply to its customer base in Ireland and the UK. The business continues to serve its existing and new customer base whilst also supporting the growth in Sisk’s own demand for light gauge steel through our residential and commercial construction businesses in Ireland and the UK. It is now at the core of Sisk’s service offering, which is expanding, with offsite fabrication becoming an increasingly important element of delivery.”

DIVERSITY

Brown comments that diversity balance is an issue that still needs to be addressed within Sisk and by the construction sector.

“We set up the Building Gender Balance Network in June 2019 with a primary mission to tackle gender imbalance and shortage of female staff within Sisk and our industry. Our equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) steering group is complemented by a range of focused employee resource groups (ERG). These groups are employee-driven support groups with an agreed mission statement aligned

to Sisk EDI objectives. The ERG has hosted a range of activities, including networking events, external speakers, coffee mornings and annual celebrations around International Women’s Week and International Men’s Day. “We also have been publishing a Gender Pay Gap Report to help us track the issue of different pay for women in our business,” he adds. “Our goal is to ensure that inclusion is part of the fabric of our business and that our culture and environment allow all individuals to thrive and contribute to our success without barriers.

“We recognise the importance of visibility of role models with varied and atypical careers both for our own staff and the wider industry, which is why we have placed more emphasis on sharing our colleagues’ profiles (from operational and functional settings) via internal communications channels and social media to challenge the traditional view of construction careers.

“We also continue to support STEM events and have an extensive school and college outreach programme. Sisk is proud of the accreditation of silver status with the Irish Centre for Diversity in 2021. Our target is 100% pay parity for all employees engaged in similar work. We remain committed to pay inequality having zero impact on our gender pay gap. We will constantly audit pay across our employee population to ensure gender pay parity is maintained. In the past year, we have deployed our gender-targeted employee resource group, Building Gender Balance Network, to help people connect and have more open conversations about diversity, barriers and opportunities our current workplace and industry present.

“And, in partnership with our wellbeing teams, Sisk has started to open up conversations about previously taboo subjects such as menopause and how this life

WELLBEING

Brown says that mental health and wellbeing is a key strategic objective for Sisk.

“It’s not an afterthought or something we give lip service to. We absolutely recognise that without a positive culture of care, compassion and support, we won’t have people who feel genuinely valued, who feel supported and who are proud to work for Sisk. Our people are our number one asset.

“Appropriate investment is key. Poor mental health is the biggest cause of death in the construction industry. Two construction workers in Ireland and the UK die by suicide every working day. That is three times the national average for men. In Australia, a construction worker is six times more likely to die by suicide than in a workplace accident. This is an industry-wide problem and therefore requires CEOs and others at a leadership level to drive the change necessary to address these stark trends.

“There are many reasons for these figures in the construction industry - job insecurity, loneliness/isolation, high-risk working environments, to name a few. But one of the biggest challenges is that construction is a male-dominated industry, and we know men are more reluctant to talk about their feelings and seek help. This is driven by the stigma associated with poor mental health and the often macho culture that still exists within our industry.

“We, as CEOs and business leaders, can play a pivotal role in changing the culture by displaying the role modelling behaviours that are needed to reframe help-seeking and help-giving. We can do this by being compassionate and caring and speaking about mental health and wellbeing in an authentic and meaningful way. This would help to normalise perceptions of mental health and drive the change that we so badly need,” Paul Brown concludes.

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“We are a customer-driven organisation that understands how to meet our customers’ needs” BAM Ireland’s new executive director Alasdair Henderson speaks with ROBBIE COUSINS about how a new organisational structure will benefit Irish customers and staff and why he sees Ireland as one of the most exciting construction markets in Europe.

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ith a Royal BAM career spanning 26 years, Alasdair Henderson recently took up the new role of executive director of BAM Ireland. A chartered civil engineer, he joined the organisation in 1996 and held various operational and business management roles before his appointment in Ireland. These included divisional director of BAM Ritchies, people and culture director at BAM Nuttall, and, most recently global director of HR business partnering in the civil engineering business line.

Royal BAM has also recently reconfigured its operating structure to focus on growth markets, with the overall group now comprising two geographical divisions; The Netherlands, and the UK & Ireland.

The reconfiguration means that resources and expertise from the UK & Ireland division can be allocated in and out of Ireland as required.

Alasdair Henderson explains that BAM is a business that carries out projects rather than being a projects business.

“We see ourselves as a business that carries out projects, rather than being a projects business. This is a very important distinction.

While individual projects are important, if you think of yourself as a projects business, you tend to get down in the weeds of the project, taking a functional approach and forgetting about tomorrow. As a business that carries out projects, our foremost thought is on the long-term business, having an eye to the future, looking at how we are developing as a business and what we really do. This approach enables us to answer questions such as how we build sustainability into our current and future offering as a business and how we address the needs of our current employees and the needs of those who will work for us in the future. It’s business thinking rather than project thinking. And that’s the key distinction for me. By integrating with

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the larger operating Division, while BAM’s Irish operations remain fully Irish, we can now support operations in other parts of Europe with our specific skill sets. At the same time, we can call on resources and expertise from other parts of the company as required.”

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BAM Ireland continues to deliver ambitious projects across all sectors, and Alasdair Henderson has hit the ground running, taking a hands-on approach.

“BAM Ireland has a long history of delivering incredible projects across all sectors in Ireland. I am still discovering the impressive legacy we have created here. I have also been meeting our teams on site. When I go into a particular building or visit a piece of infrastructure, it is highly gratifying to see the pride everyone takes in their work and the contribution they are making to Irish society in terms of projects we have on the ground just now.

“BAM Ireland is delivering for customers who are ultimately delivering for the rest of society. We have a broad spread of customers, and we are delivering into many important areas from public sector infrastructure, public buildings, schools, hospitals, and housing to major commercial developments.

“The New Children’s Hospital, for example, is a particularly challenging project. But, when completed, this will be a state-of-theart facility, which will be transformational for paediatric care in this country and be an exemplar for other countries.

“Elsewhere, in Cork, for instance, we are developing the Brewery Quarter, rejuvenating a part of the city and giving it a new purpose and growing the scale of the city centre at the same time.”

LEADERS BAM Ireland also has a substantial roads portfolio, which he says is a complex issue from a sustainability perspective, but it is essential that Ireland has a modern, integrated road network.

“Roads projects are complex from a sustainability point of view.

They are challenging on a carbon emissions basis. But we must consider that they are connecting communities within Ireland, and that’s why we are involved. You just can’t be one-dimensional about what sustainability means. You need to understand how to get the best things done for society. And connections and linking people are a vital part of our view on sustainability.

“I’m proud of the projects we’re delivering, and I am really proud of the teams that are delivering them, particularly when you realise how difficult construction can be, how challenging it is, the demands we make on our people and how well they respond and how committed they are to what we do.”

Henderson says the BAM Ireland team is a major contributor to overall Royal BAM operations.

“BAM Ireland is a local operating entity supporting the needs of local customers. But BAM Ireland is also part of the €7bn Royal BAM organisation. And the digital capability of the Irish operation is the best in the group. This expertise is exported to other parts of the group in a way that’s really productive for them and rewarding for the team in Ireland.

“Similarly, our UK team is probably our class leader in sustainability practice, and the Irish team can access this expertise when required. When we see developer clients whose funding streams are heavily dependent on having sustainability at the core of their operations, we have the solutions they need as we can draw them from our other group companies.

“Then, our Dutch operations have huge modular construction and marine engineering expertise that we can call on when needed.

“For us, it’s all about how we meet our customers’ needs. We are a customer-driven organisation that aims to have long-term relationships with organisations who see value in what we create for them.”

HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELLBEING

Alasdair Henderson takes a holistic view on health, safety and wellbeing, viewing each as being vitally important to how the company operates.

“When I think about safety, I also think about health and wellbeing. I’ve been a long time in the business, much of it operational, and I have direct human contact with the consequences of workplace accidents and the damage that comes from accidents.

When you’ve had experience of that, it is not something that leaves you but becomes even more of a direct personal focus on how you

“We now know that flexibility enables people to be more productive. We have to capitalise on this as a business and indeed as an industry” approach it. We all have to be obsessive about safety and care every moment of every day. As a senior executive, I am proactive; I take safety tours and explain personally how essential it is to have safe work practices.”

Construction has its own unique safety problems. Unfortunately, in too many cases, the time people think most about safety is immediately after an accident.

“When something goes wrong, it is not good enough to investigate what went wrong superficially, then fix it. We have to fix the root cause and then extend this across the business. BAM’s approach is rather than waiting for something to go wrong and blaming someone; we find opportunities to learn from good practice and embed these across our operations. There are still lessons to be learned, of course. When we plan and then execute a job, we look for ‘drift’ - possible deviations from the plan - and address these before they cause an incident. Sometimes the drift reveals a better way of doing a task, and we can adopt and replan the activity. Workforce involvement is a key component of this approach.

“Health is also an essential part of the mix. From an occupational perspective, we want to make sure that we are not doing things that have a long-term impact on people’s health in our business. A healthy workforce is likely to be a more productive and happier workforce.

People that have healthy lifestyles are likely to live longer and have more fulfilling lives, which leads me to the third element of the mix, wellbeing.

“Almost every business has sickness absence. But this, in many cases, can be masking significant mental health issues where employees are dealing with stress and anxiety. As a good business person, I want to reduce unplanned absences. I want to run a business where people benefit from being at work, the structure that it gives and the companionship of their colleagues. All these things can help people deal with stress and anxiety in an industry that can be pressured and difficult.

LONG-TERM COVID-19 IMPACTS

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Discussing the changes that have come about as a result of Covid-19, Alasdair Henderson says much has been changed due to the pandemic, but there are two key points on which he focuses.

“We had to deal with a crazy set of circumstances during 2020 and 2021. But there are a couple of interesting things that came out of that. The first point is that the industry is and remains very good at compliance-based working where we set the rules, and then people work within those rules, whether PPE or social distancing, for instance. That is why, as an industry, construction is resilient. We know how to do this better than most other industries because we understand day-to-day hazard and risk management.

“The second thing Covid-19 taught us is to challenge our preconceived ideas about where people had to be, where they had to work, and, particularly, the focus on the artisan approach to construction where people have to be on the construction project to be productive.

“We now know that flexibility enables people to be more productive. We have to capitalise on this as a business and

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“We must change working practices and job design in our business so that work can be carried out by a broader range of people” indeed as an industry.”

He cites an example of how construction planners work: “If you tie a planner to one project where they have to be on one site all the time, even though they may be utilised only two-thirds of the time, this is hugely inefficient and can have a negative impact on the individual. If you are flexible about where and how they work, you can create a situation where two planners might cover three projects between them, with the individuals having more control over how they work. There is now more work being covered with the same scarce resource, and the individual planners are getting greater job satisfaction and opportunity.”

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

Alasdair Henderson comments that while a lot has been done in the diversity and inclusion sphere in recent years, there needs to be new thinking around the issue if the sector is to achieve a better gender balance.

“The introduction of gender pay gap reporting in Ireland is a

fantastic thing, and every business should grab that and work with it.

“However, the challenge with diversity is to ensure that contractors are making the positions they are advertising accessible to a broader group of people. This is a business decision that people have to make, pure and simple. And it all centres around inclusion.

“We must change working practices and job design in our business so that work can be carried out by a broader range of people.

He references an example of recruiting a setting-out engineer: “Taking a traditional approach, if you are looking to recruit a setting out engineer, the first qualification required would be that they must be an engineer. So, straight away, our specification demands somebody with a civil engineering degree. This means the gender split of male to female based on current university programmes will be about 25% female, 75% male before we even assess individuals.

“Next, the engineer needs to be on site full-time. So, you are adding further exclusions that will affect potential candidates who have caring responsibilities, both male and female, and can’t be on a project all of the time miles from home.

“By using this approach, many good candidates are being excluded from applying for this position.

“Approach this from a different perspective; you might first figure out that you don’t need an engineering qualification for this job. Candidates should be numerate and literate and have a good understanding of geometry. Additional skills such as instrument use can be taught through practical instruction on the project.

“Then, setting out is generally done in advance of work, either first thing in the morning or last thing in the evening. It’s not a task that has to be done continuously during the day. If you can plan when you’re setting out is done in advance of work, then it can be done in a very productive way on a non-full-time basis. This opens up the job to a much wider range of candidates.

“It is all about looking at the actual work that has to be done and leaving preconceptions out of the equation.”

Bolands Quay, Dublin, one of a number of projects that Alasdair Henderson refers to as an example of the excellent work that BAM Ireland workers have completed.

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He acts for clients in relation to disputes and litigation as well as regularly advising on dispute avoidance and alternative dispute resolution. He also acts on non-contentious matters on smalland large-scale construction projects using his

extensive knowledge of the industry both in Ireland and the UK. Henry Hathaway Solicitors provides bespoke training and development progammes for construction companies, which cover areas of contract formation and interpretation, claims in loss expense, and interim and final account disputes. These programmes are suitable for companies that require advice on the compiling of claims, that have payment disputes and to support those who require legal assistance in the process of administering their contracts.

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LEADERS

Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Bridge in Co Wexford, built by BAM Ireland as part of the N25 New Ross Bypass. on projects and creating new habitats if we have had to remove a habitat. We are also talking to customers about how projects become net neutral on biodiversity. It is a big topic. And those who aren’t thinking about this yet will need to get informed.

CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY

Royal BAM Group is at the forefront of digital construction technology development, and BAM’s Irish team is at the forefront of the organisation’s digital transformation.

“There are many productivity benefits from modern methods of construction, both in conventional offsite manufacture and in onsite, low volume, high productivity methods. BAM is using 3D printing concrete techniques on various projects across the Netherlands and, to some extent, in the UK & Ireland. We are developing alternative zero-carbon materials in the sustainability sphere through our research into bio-mineralisation. The Irish team is also providing expertise across the BAM organisation in terms of helping other parts of the group improve their digital construction expertise. “ The Dean, Cork, a distinct seven-storey, 114-bedroom hotel on Horgan’s Quay, Cork.

SUSTAINABILITY

According to the United Nations Environment Programme, construction is responsible for 38% of total global emissions. Alasdair Henderson says it is right that the construction sector is finally addressing its carbon footprint, but it needs to move more quickly.

“Reducing carbon emissions is within our control, and every business has an obligation to do something about it,” he explains.

“Construction and the built environment are responsible for 38% of carbon emissions. A big chunk of that comes from the operation of the built environment. But 8% of anthropogenic carbon emissions come from steel and cement production. As an industry, we are absolutely addicted to concrete and steel. These are the principal materials we use in our construction. But this problem is not going to solve itself. It requires systematic change from procuring to designing, specifying, constructing and the operation and maintenance of buildings and structures.

“We also need to look at biodiversity and what we as builders can do to ensure the survival of native species and habitats. BAM aims to be biodiversity neutral, which means we aim for no net loss of biodiversity in any BAM project. We are planting and seeding

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BAM IRELAND OUTLOOK

Despite the current inflationary economic climate, Alasdair Henderson is upbeat about the Irish construction market and BAM Ireland’s prospects in the short- to medium-term.

“I have come here with a particular mandate and a desire to work closely with our customers, ensuring that we can bring all the benefits of the modern health safety and wellbeing practices to our team and the efficiencies of modern construction technologies and project management expertise for our customers.

“From discussing issues with our customers, we can better understand their own business challenges and help address some of them. Ireland is a really positive market. It is very entrepreneurial.

Customers have a very progressive attitude to new approaches. We also have highly skilled and digitally capable people on our team.

“Despite all that is happening in the economy, competition levels are still high. We’re one of the few PLCs in construction in Ireland.

This means that we have very strong financial processes, and good balance sheet strength and resilience. Our new organisational structure means that BAM Ireland has never been in a stronger position to meet the needs of our customers, as well as ensuring that our teams have opportunities to learn and grow within their roles.

And, I look forward to overseeing all of this in the coming years,” Alasdair Henderson concludes.

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Mercury’s “Live Environment” innovators in Modern Methods of Construction Justin Keane, Director of Engineering Support, Offsite Manufacturing & Digital Transformation at Mercury, speaks with BARRY MCCALL about how Mercury is pioneering advances in Modern Methods of Construction.

Justin Keane, Director of Engineering Support, Offsite Manufacturing & Digital Transformation, Mercury.

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ercury has long been a leader in innovation and has been at the forefront of the adoption of offsite manufacturing (OSM) and modern methods of construction (MMC). These methodologies and processes have enabled the company to realise incredible growth, efficiency and quality gains while reducing cost and risk for clients and significantly improving working conditions for employees.

Justin Keane, Director for Engineering Support, Offsite Manufacturing & Digital Transformation, explains how Mercury is adapting its own structures to maximise the

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benefits of new technologies and techniques.

“We have eight business divisions, each possessing its own engineering and design disciplines for their own projects,” he says. “We have now added a centralised engineering support function. Based at Mercury’s head office in Dublin, this dedicated resource will support the delivery of projects across all our divisions. This is linked to offsite construction and our digital transformation journey.”

The company’s approach to digital transformation is both internal and external, Keane adds. “We are transforming internally and bringing our supply chain partners along with us on that journey. We are digitally transforming how we deliver projects and how we manage the overall business.”

OSM CAPABILITIES ACROSS EUROPE

One aspect of the business, in particular, that is reaping the benefits of Mercury’s approach to OSM and digital transformation is Mercury’s Live Environment division.

The Live Environment covers a wide range of areas, namely pharmaceutical, healthcare, fire protection, data centres, telecommunications and facilities management.

As this division is diverse, its range of OSM capabilities extends from central utility buildings (CUB) to 420-tonne pipe racks in pharmaceutical to full-scale modular IT

rooms and main distribution frames (MDFs) in the telecommunications sector. Mercury’s Fire Prevention business is level 4 selfcertified, completing design right through to handover and maintenance. Fire Prevention is pushing the boundaries in design for manufacturing and assembly (DfMA) with fully modularised sprinkler pump houses and systems.

While Mercury has multiple flying factories across Europe and beyond supporting its modular construction approach, it also operates a manufacturing facility in Newbridge in Co Kildare. This facility is unique in that it also houses classes 10, 1000 and 10,000 cleanroom manufacturing facilities. These cleanroom facilities enable off-site modules to be built in these environments, fully wrapped and preserved, ready for their onward location.

Clients in the life sciences and advanced manufacturing sectors visit these facilities regularly prior to and during projects, in a collaborative effort with Mercury to ensure only the highest levels of quality in manufacturing are achieved.

FLYING FACTORIES

Justin Keane explains that flying factories are sometimes referred to as field factories.

“Generally speaking, they are temporary facilities used to manufacture prefabricated components close to the job site. They are different from conventional off-site factories

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S E C TO R F O C U S in that they tend only to operate for the duration of a project before being closed.”

He points out that in some cases, the client has the space to accommodate a flying factory on site, while in others, Mercury will build one on a nearby site or use a conventional off-site manufacturing facility such as its Newbridge factory. The company already has a facility in Sweden and is looking at developing others in Israel and Germany.

SIMPLIFYING THE COMPLEXITY OF MODULAR THROUGH COLLABORATION

Justin Keane describes how high complex pipe racks, densely packed piping, process skids, fully completed chilled water pipework systems, fully coordinated MEP risers, sectional horizontal services distribution units, and high-purity cleanroom grade systems can be manufactured offsite to the very highest standards of precision.

“The challenges we are working to overcome with our clients and all project stakeholders is the understanding that the modular and DfMA approach is different to the traditional build approach. DfMA must be considered at early design stages 1 and 2. Understanding that and getting Mercury involved early in this process enables us to bring the true value of our 30 years of experience in modular delivery to the project. This is a holistic approach in terms of design for manufacturing, planning, logistics, coordination, constructability, quality, maintainability, actively lowering embodied carbon of construction and, most importantly, designing and delivering with safety at the forefront of everything that we do.”

FULL-SERVICE CONTRACTOR

He adds: “To realise the full benefits of these capabilities, both for the company and its clients, Mercury has adapted too. The recent change has seen the company evolve into a full-service contractor rather than a pure engineering contractor working with

the main contractor. This gives Mercury control over design, build and maintenance.

We have a vested interest in the whole life cycle cost of the building. This ensures that our integrated teams are working closely to ensure a smooth transition from one project stage to the next. All of the efficiencies in terms of time, cost and quality can be maximised.”

THE BENEFITS EXTEND BEYOND EFFICIENCIES IN PROJECT DELIVERY

“It’s better from a health and safety point of view,” Keane continues. “On one project, we reduced working at heights by 97%.

There is also a significant increase in quality with everything manufactured in a factory environment. From a corporate social responsibility (CSR) perspective, it is a more sustainable business model for our business and our industry. People working in factory conditions are removing the need for such high numbers of workers on the site out in the various weather conditions Mercury experiences around the world. Removing these workers from the site reduces local congestion at the job site. The modules being constructed in a factory setting are also not subject to downtime on site due to weather conditions. The volumetric modules, like modular plant rooms, for example, would traditionally be stick built on site by numerous trades fed by multiple deliveries of materials to the site. We can now deliver and install a sizable modular plant room on site in 1 day or less. Again, this process is dramatically reducing the overall deliveries to the site, reducing the embodied carbon footprint of the site and further reducing traffic congestion around the site. All modular elements are being manufactured well in advance of the construction project, where, traditionally, we waited for a CUB building to be built and then installed the services.

Keane highlights that all of this effort results in overall better project predictability in terms of cost and schedule, with time to

Flying factories are temporary facilities used to manufacture prefabricated components.

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facility live and operational significantly reduced.”

A DIGITAL PLATFORM APPROACH

Mercury now takes a digital platform approach to all projects, with over 275 BIM and digital staff members. This means that projects and modular elements are designed in a digital environment and brought right through that environment to a manufacturing level of design, enabling full trace and track of every single component.

Before installation on the job site, Mercury uses augmented reality on-site and in its “Digital Core” building in Maynooth. This enables Mercury staff and clients to walk the site in a fully immersive environment before turning a sod of soil.

“We also use Microsoft HoloLens technology to walk around the physical shell and core site and virtually bring in the modular elements in full size,” Justin Keane explains. “This ensures full site coordination of services connections and builders’ work and upstand connection prior to the module arriving on site. We can also use the technology to connect digital objects (modular elements) with time and look into the future to detect issues before they arise.

In effect, we are visualising in 3D on X, Y and Z axes and adding a fourth dimension of time. This process doesn’t just represent a single moment in time. You can pick any point you wish in the entire construction schedule for investigation. We have successfully used this technology on multiple projects to identify potential problems in advance which would not have been detected otherwise.”

SUSTAINABILITY

Keane comments that sustainability is a core value at Mercury in all that it does.

“We are investing in research and development (R&D) with some of our biggest clients in areas such as embodied carbon and projects like the Embodied Carbon Calculator EC3. Through our digital technology platforms, we can examine the design and look at the embodied carbon of all materials and closely examine where reductions can be made. We are also working with our key supply chain members in developing baseline Environmental Product Declarations (EDPs) to support the EC3 project and their own embodied carbon reduction initiatives.

“The industry is becoming more and more digitally enabled. This means that we are now at the start of acquiring the datasets and information on the recyclability and reusability of the different materials and components used in a building. We need to consciously design buildings to maximise the reuse of materials. The ultimate goal is to support a more sustainable and circular economy,” Justin Keane concludes.

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Shapoorji Pallonji International set to expand its Irish & UK operations

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Robert O’Leary, Country Head for Ireland & UK, Shapoorji Pallonji International, speaks with ROBBIE COUSINS about the construction giant’s plans to run its European operations from Ireland.

he Shapoorji Pallonji Group is a globally diversified company with a leading presence in engineering construction, infrastructure, real estate, water, energy and financial services.

Founded in 1865, the group comprises 13 companies and three divisions, with an employee base of over 60,000 people and operations in over 60 countries.

The Shapoorji Pallonji philosophy is that smart engineering can bring the world closer and make this planet a better place to live in.

SHAPOORJI PALLONJI INTERNATIONAL

Shapoorji Pallonji Europe was established in Ireland in 2018. With a turnover of €28m in 2021, the company now also runs its UK and European operations from Ireland. As part of the Shapoorji Pallonji International Group, it has an asset base of $7bn to support it.

Robert O’Leary, Country Head for Ireland & UK, Shapoorji Pallonji International, explains that the company’s initial activity in Ireland was in residential development.

“Our first project in 2018 was a €6m development in Foxrock called The Terrace, which comprised eight hi-spec houses. We then took on the €13.5m development of a 67-unit residential scheme in Sandyford for Whinsfield Holdings and Respond Housing. This development is scheduled for

completion in August 2022.”

The company’s next project is the design and build of a €45m 155-unit PRS scheme in Donabate for Carysfort Capital, which is about to commence on site.

Robert O’Leary adds that the company has several other residential projects in the pipeline for the coming year.

“We will be working closely with Whinsfield Holdings on several schemes in the coming months. In October, we commence work on a €15m mixed-use refurbishment to include four existing retail units and 51 apartments in Bray.

In November, we start on site in Ratoath on a €20m mixed-use development of 60 apartments and two retail units. Then in February, we begin a €90m mixed-use development of 350 units in south county Dublin.”

UK OPERATIONS

For the moment, Shapoorji Pallonji Europe employs a project management team of 12 directly in Dublin, with another 10 working on its UK operations. But it is looking to expand this team as the range and type of projects in its portfolio expand.

“In the UK, Shapoorji has several residential and mixed-use projects on site, and we are also looking at a number of infrastructure projects,” O’Leary

Axe Street, London, a 170-unit apartment development for Lindhill Developments.

CGI render of The Terraces, Foxrock, Dublin.

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explains. “Axe Street, Barking, is a £40m 170-apartment development with shell and core retail. This is for Lindhill Developments and is due for completion in September.

We have a £108m 440-apartment PRS development for DNA Capital in Hayes, West London, which is commencing in November, and we are finalising contracts to construct a residential tower in Canary wharf with a private client.”

On the infrastructure side, it is currently building an £80m waste-to-energy plant in Glasgow for a company owned by Shapoorji chairman Shapoor Mistry.

IRISH LINKS

The Shapoorji Pallonji Group has strong links with Ireland. Patsy Perin Dubash, the widow of the recently deceased Pallonji Mistry - the esteemed former chairman of the group – and mother of brothers Cyrus and Shapoor Mistry, who head the group, was born in 1939 in Hatch Street Nursing House, Dublin. Cyrus and Shapoor, who are Irish citizens, have strong links with Ireland through their interest in horse breeding and the company’s support of the development of an Irish cricket academy.

EXPANSION PLANS

Robert O’Leary explains that the company plans to expand its activities across sectors in Ireland in the coming years and brings vast expertise and resources to the Irish and UK markets.

“Our capacity to take on work in other sectors, including infrastructural work, means that we are ideally placed and resourced to deliver across multiple sectors for Irish and European-based clients. We have a full internal BIM capability, design studio, MEP and fit-out capabilities. We also have an exciting proposition for skilled Irish construction professionals to work on projects in Ireland and across Europe.

“While Shapoorji Pallonji Europe is a relatively new venture, it is important to the Mistry family, considering their strong connections to Ireland. As a company, we look forward to offering our full resources and expertise to clients across all sectors in Ireland to help them deliver on their ambitions in the years ahead,” Robert O’Leary concludes.

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OPINION

“If a party descends into a dispute without the proper records or procedure, then it most likely will face an uphill battle” HENRY HATHAWAY writes that records are the building blocks of any claim, whether you are attempting to defend or advance a claim.

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laims in construction elicit several responses, usually negative. It is easy to understand why original budgets are exceeded and then expectations are not met by any party under a contract. It provides for a tense environment, and, usually, many of these issues come to the forefront at the final account stage.

There is also normally a repeating trend in these scenarios.

The contractor will feel aggrieved that despite what they had contemplated at the time of contract, events occurred outside of their control, which led to delays, and they simply seek to assert their rights to be put back into the position had the original agreement been sought.

From the employing parties’ position, they may consider that many of the claims are perhaps exaggerated and that any claims for time/loss expense are nothing more than an attempt to profit from circumstances that ought to have been known, throwing many of the cost budgets into disarray.

Some standard form contracts or indeed negotiated contracts attempt to bring about a duty of good faith dealing or mutual trust and cooperation between the parties. These provisions and intentions are to be admired. It is, however, important to note that in many instances, contracting parties have competing interests and quite separate agendas. It is this tension that fuels disputes.

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An example of such a dispute at its simplest is that of an employing party seeking to have costs reduced and exit on pre-estimated budgets. Conversely, contracting parties seek to maximise their returns. At its most basic, this is the simple competing interest. This becomes more complicated and layered, but the principle holds.

If we take the RIAI standard form as an example of most contracts, it is split generally into two main components. First, the Recitals and specific parts of the agreement in which it sets out what is to be undertaken, and secondly, the terms (either standard or amended) which regulate the conduct of how the parties are to reach the outcome of the specified agreement.

THE PROGRAMME

In the writer’s experience, whether acting on behalf of an employing party or a contracting party, every claim in construction will invariably start with and end with a programme of works and the application of the terms of the contract as to how that programme is to be impacted. This is an important point, as it used to be considered (and in some cases, still is) that any act of prevention by the employing party would give rise to a delay. If a party is seeking to assert a right to bring about a claim, then it must discharge its burden of proof on balance. It is incredibly difficult to retrospectively

OPINION demonstrate what is now apparent if there are no baselines in place to measure against, remembering the fact that a party is seeking to demonstrate that a change occurred either through a valid variation or a breach. There must be something to measure against, and the more comprehensive the intention of the parties has been recorded at the time of contract, then the more persuasive the evidence will be. It provides for an opportunity to select more robust and reliable delay analysis methods and, where fully evidenced, leads to a powerful submission correctly measuring changes in duration, sequence and effort. In many circumstances, the proper emphasisis is not given to the programme. It represents potential contemporaneous evidence when supported and goes far beyond the mere organisation of activities.

COMPLY WITH THE CONTRACT.

Most conditions of contracts are now heavily modified to provide for time bars and condition precedents in making a claim for delay or expense. These are recorded as being clauses setting out the procedure and timeline for making any such claim, and if not met or complied with, then will mean that despite the circumstances or validity of a claim, the contracting party will not be able to advance a claim, simply because they are time-barred from doing so.

Because of this, any party who seeks to incorporate such a clause needs to be aware that careful drafting is a must. Given the severity of the outcome if not complied with, contracting parties are reminded to note such restrictions to making a claim and also to inform their employees.

Secondly, a party must comply with any notice provisions. Failure to apply any or all of the requirements under a contract could simply end a claim before it commences as a matter of procedure. It is of great importance that site teams or organisations understand the mechanics of notice provisions and the conditions under a contract throughout, and not just at a point of dispute. This is simply a learning and knowledge outcome before application of the said clauses is required.

CAUSATION

For reasons unknown, this element of a claim is often forgotten about or not applied. In general, principles of legal claims and construction being no different, the first starting point is to demonstrate that there has been a breach or an event giving rise to a claim. Liability needs to be demonstrated for a claim (time or quantum), loss must be demonstrated, and there must be a direct causal link between the two.

In simple terms, causation is the relationship between the cause and effect. A breach or event may trigger a series of issues or events and is called the chain of causation. There must be an unbroken link between the breach and the loss alleged. If this chain is broken, or there is some intervening event, then the claim will struggle. This concept is critical and operates as a defence to those against whom claims are submitted. What is important to note is that it is a vital ingredient and is formed from being a question of fact decided on a common-sense basis.

RECORDS AND PRESENTATION OF A CLAIM

Everything will depend upon the facts and circumstances. It is common for claims to be presented as merely the difference between the original contract date for completion and the date when completion actually took place. Simply apply costs. Construction has many varied and interconnected interactions and coordination issues. Claims for disruption, for example, and also where there are areas of concurrency are fertile grounds to deepen disputes when the theory ought to be to avoid them. The approaches to claims in terms of quality vary immensely. The point to prove or disprove the basis of entitlement on the merits, evidence and presentation of a submission is deeply important. At one point, the headline and substantive part of a claim would be presented with the narrative. This generally

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was a highly emotive piece and pointed towards repetitive claims, not evidenced and poorly established. A common phrase would be, “factors outside of our control”. The writer has never read, drafted or applied a clause, which gave a basis of entitlement under such a heading. It is an objective test. Perhaps circumstances were outside of the control of a party, but under the original agreement, it matters only who bore the risk. Indeed, what are the factors to begin with, how were they measured, and how did the rate of change occur?

Max Abrahamson, the famous Irish lawyer, set out his mantra: “A party to a dispute, particularly if there is an arbitration, will learn three lessons and often too late: The importance of records, the importance of records and the importance of records.”

Records are the building blocks of any claim, whether you are in a position to defend or advance a claim. However, the ethos in these articles is not to support disputes, rather, it is to attempt to avoid them. If a party descends into a dispute without the proper records or procedure, then they most likely will face an uphill battle.

If, alternatively, they have a robust system and mechanism with the required tests available to them, then it must be the case that they can perform better in any negotiations. Conversely, those who are the employing party can review any such claims and test both the liability and quantum questions quite early on.

Be aware and alive to the merits and surrounding circumstances.

This is one in a series of articles by Henry Hathaway for Irish Construction News. To read previous articles, visit https://constructionnews.ie/henry-hathaway-perils-of-beginningworkwithout- agreement/ or scan the QR code.

Disclaimer: This content is provided for information purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. It is provided to present information to the broader construction industry and provide awareness. Independent legal advice should always be sought prior to application, and no solicitor/client relationship is formed, and no duty of care nor liability arises from any of the contents of this article.

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OPINION

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Inflation and high interest rates – How long will they stay?

COLM MCGRATH, Managing Director, Surety Bonds, writes that despite the enormous economic impact of the Russian war on Ukraine, the markets will adjust and that by holding its course, Europe should avoid a recession or lengthy period of stagflation.

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y concern at the end of last summer as we headed into the autumn and winter months, which along with the lifting of restrictions and the much-needed return to social life, we would be looking at the energy industry in relation to disruption in supply and whether that would be a short- or long-term global issue leading to higher levels of inflation.

If you had asked me in February if inflation was here for the long term, I would have said that I thought that high inflation in Europe was transitory, but the caveat, of course, was if Russia invades Ukraine, then inflation could hang around longer as the supply of oil and gas are constrained driving up prices, along with other supply chain issues that a war on our doorstep could potentially bring.

ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF THE WAR

That war has now and forever fractured the supply of energy that we as Europeans have over-relied on for decades, mainly Russia’s supply of coal, gas and oil, a reliance that has come back to haunt us.

To really impact Russia/Putin, we need to cut the supply off at the tap. This will hurt Europe in the short term, possibly even more than the financial recession of 2008, but it is a necessity as it will have the greatest impact on stopping this needless war. The future implications will also mean Putin does not have the stranglehold on European nations

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with two increases this year that will bring us to 0%. This approach should taper inflation to some degree, but it is taking into account the impact that the war in Ukraine is severely curtailing the EU’s economic rebound; Move too fast and too hard, and we could be pushed into recession. On 15 May, the European Commission lowered its growth forecast for the Eurozone in 2022 by 1.3 points to 2.7%, at least it is still positive.

ADJUSTMENTS FOR INFLATION

Colm McGrath, Managing Director, Surety Bonds. he has held for decades.

The combined impact of the pandemic and Ukrainian war has led to an increase in inflation; Ireland circa 7% and the EU circa 8.1% (for May, according to Eurostat) and moved the scenario from a transitory situation to a more medium-term scenario.

This means we probably will not see inflation dropping across the Eurozone to its target of 2% or close to that target until the latter part of 2023 or early 2024.

Inflationary pressure now means an increase in interest rates; the European Central Bank (ECB), unlike its US counterpart, the Federal Reserve (FED), looks to be taking a more cautious approach

In my humble opinion, inflation will balance out over the next year as the world adjusts and supply chains are rectified. We will find other sources of energy supply, grain, steel, aluminium, etc, alongside modest interest rate hikes. While we are at the end of ultralow or negative interest rates, lower rates will be maintained across the Eurozone and other first-world countries, there are extensive factors, but a key one is the growing global debt, which stands at 355% of the world’s GDP. In order to manage this debt, lower interest rates in the long term are required.

I suggest that by holding our course, we should avoid a recession or, even worse, a lengthy period of stagflation.

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Using the latest high-cycle electric and hydraulic wall saw technology, Ralkore can cut accurate openings to form windows, doors and ventilation units and remove entire sections of structures in materials such as heavily reinforced concrete, brickwork and stone.

Ralkore’s wall sawing or track-sawing services involve the use of high-quality diamond blades, reaching depths of 1000mm.

Ralkore’s versatile wall saws are small in size and lightweight, so they can be used when heavier floor saws are not feasible. In addition, its wall saws are remotely operated, thus removing the occurrence of vibration and reducing the level of noise encountered by the operator.

Typical applications include: • Straight, smooth finished openings in walls, ceilings, and floors • Accurately sized, fixture-ready openings for doors or windows • Create precise cuts in vertical or horizontal surfaces • Cut access ways for staircases and elevators • Create crossovers for mechanical services and cabling • Confined spaces/restricted access areas.

DIAMOND CORE DRILLING

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effective and fastest core drilling methods, where operators use top-notch diamond drill bits to create holes and openings with meticulous detail.

Diamond core drilling parts are considered the best tools for creating clean and precise holes in an array of materials, such as metal, concrete, glass, and brick.

It is also a perfect way to create holes in concrete structures and other materials.

Powered by electric, hydraulic or air, holes can be cut from 10mm to 1000mm to virtually unlimited depths, guaranteeing solid versatility.

Whether you need small holes drilled for wiring and plumbing, or huge holes for doors and windows, RalKore’s teams are the leading experts in diamond core drilling in the country.

The precision and accuracy of diamond drilling, combined with its years of extensive experience, enable it to produce the highest standard finish with minimal risk of structural damage.

The vibration-free technique minimises smoke and dust production and, in the process, creates a healthier environment.

RalKore’s diamond core drilling machines also can be used in confined spaces due to their lightweight and portability.

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IRISH CONSTRUCTION NEWS TOP 40 BUILDING CONTRACTORS 2022 ROBBIE COUSINS, Editor, Irish Construction News, introduces the ‘Irish Construction News Top 40 Building Contractors 2022’ and explains how the list was compiled.

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rish Construction News is delighted to publish the Irish Construction News Top 40 Building Contractors 2022. This is a snapshot of the Irish construction industry at the end of 2021.

At the end of Q4 2021, the Irish construction sector employed over 158,300 people directly (CSO Labour Force Survey, Q4, 2021). In Q4 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic, the construction sector employed a total of 147,100 people.

Ireland’s Top 40 Building Contractors 2022’ had a combined turnover of €7.45bn, an increase of about €600m on the €6.86bn in 2020. They recorded €5.2bn in construction activity in Ireland and €2.25bn in exported services.

Despite Covid-19 challenges, Irish building contractors continue to meet the construction needs of global leaders at home and abroad, bringing foreign direct investment (FDI) to Ireland and Irish building expertise to clients on the international construction stage.

The entry point for inclusion in this year’s Top 40 was just under €35m, an increase of €3m on last year’s entry point.

The overall figure gives a clear indication that Irish construction continues to be a dynamic industry sector looking to the future with the ambition and know-how to deliver complex construction programmes at home and overseas, where its presence is growing substantially.

HOW THE TOP 40 IS COMPILED

Dunkettle Interchange, John Sisk & Son.

Bewsey Bridge, Murphy Ireland.

Foundation Media Ltd, publisher of Irish Construction News and constructionnews.ie, compiles the Irish Construction News Top 40 Building Contractors 2022 listing annually. Companies are listed according to their overall turnover figure (combined Irish and international) for their last trading year. We record each company’s ROI turnover and international turnover figure, where available. Turnover figures are sourced directly from contractors. Companies must have their primary business based in the Republic of Ireland (ROI) to be included in the list.

Foundation Media contacted contractors directly to request available turnover figures for the business year that concluded on 31 December 2021 or their business year-end that was closest to that date. All end-of-business year dates are recorded in the entries. The turnover figures requested must relate to Irish-based building contractors or Irish-based subsidiaries of foreign-based building contractors. Companies are also asked to return the overall turnover figures for business conducted in Ireland and internationally. This includes turnover related to direct overseas trade conducted by an Irish subsidiary of a foreign-based company. Each company making a return must have this return validated by a director of the business or accompanied by an auditor’s letter that verifies the returned figures. All returns received were checked and verified by the editor of Irish Construction News.

Rankings for inclusion in the ‘Irish Construction News Top 40 Contractors 2022’ listing are based on the overall turnover figures supplied.

The full list can also be viewed online at www.constructionnews.ie/top-40-contractors or scan the QR code.

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JOHN SISK & SON

TOTAL TURNOVER: €1,485,700,000

ROI TURNOVER: €715.5M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €770.2M (UK €499.2M, Mainland

Europe €271M) ADDRESS: Wilton Works, Naas Road, Dublin 22.

PHONE: 01 409 1500 WEB: www.johnsiskandson.com LINKEDIN: John Sisk & Son Ltd TWITTER: @JohnSiskandSon KEY EXECUTIVES: Paul Brown, CEO; Ger Penny, Chief Financial Officer; Steven McGee, Chief Operating Officer Ireland; Donal McCarthy, Chief Operating Officer Data Centres, Life Sciences & Technology; Ajaz Shafi, COO, UK Construction and Civil Engineering; Mark McGreevy, Chief Commercial Officer; Maura Toles, Company Secretary and Chief Legal Officer; Wayne Metcalfe, Director – Health, Safety, Sustainability & Quality; Sean Fitzpatrick, Director – Human Resources.

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Building, Civil Engineering, Fit-Outs, Facilities Management, Offsite Construction.

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The company will be publishing its first annual Sustainability Report, which will update on the performance against these targets, some of which have already been achieved.

Sisk reached carbon neutrality by offset in 2021 and has delivered a range of initiatives around the use of HVO, electric cars by staff and recently commissioned the first electric JCB telehandler on a site in Dublin.

The company also has a range of environmental initiatives ongoing, such as bog restoration and tree planting. It even facilitates staff planting wildflowers every year to encourage pollinators with its Seeds for Bees programme.

ohn Sisk & Son group turnover last year was just over €1.485bn, down slightly from 2020’s €1.503bn. Turnover in 2022 is expected to hit €1.6bn. Revenue on the island of Ireland grew by €10m to €715m in 2021 and represented 48% of overall turnover. The UK market contributed just over 33% of turnover, with Europe accounting for the remaining 19%.

The group currently employs 1,850 people, with the breakdown across the three geographies roughly similar to that of turnover.

The European market – where the company is focused on the data centre, tech and life sciences sectors – has seen significant growth in recent years, and this is expected to continue. The company sees opportunities in those sectors, which form a key part of the strategy to develop and grow.

SISK IN IRELAND

SUSTAINABILITY AT SISK

Sisk continues to drive towards its target of being net-zero without offsets by 2030, following the publication in 2020 of its Sustainability Roadmap, Building today, Caring for tomorrow.

This roadmap included 21 ambitious targets covering five themes: • Tackling climate change and air pollution • Caring for the environment • Enhancing communities

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Leading on responsible business practices Embracing innovation and digital technology

Recent and current projects in Ireland include One Wilton Park Dublin for client IPUT Real Estate Dublin, which will provide a new hub for LinkedIn in Dublin. It is currently working on the next phase at Wilton Park.

In March 2022, Dublin Airport Authority (daa) selected Sisk/Lagan Joint Venture (JV) to undertake its Dublin Airport Airside and Landside civil engineering framework worth over €325m.

In 2022, Sisk achieved a significant milestone on the Dunkettle Interchange project as a new free-flow link road opened between the N25 eastbound and the M8

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Bottleworks is an award-winning enterprise and innovation building built for Jones Investment Limited. It is located on No 15 Barrow Street, Dublin 4. The project was completed in July 2021.

Bonham Quay is a commercial development for developer Edward in Galway, and phase one was completed in 2022.

Other civil engineering jobs in Ireland included Pelletstown Railway Station, which opened in September 2021, providing a new railway station; Alexandra Road Bridge, at Dublin Port, completed in November 2021, a 150-metre long, 13-metre wide two-lane vehicular bridge with access ramps over Alexandra Road, and Howth Middle Pier project, which involved the extension of Howth Middle Pier to improve access, maintenance and berthing facilities at the north Dublin site.

Sisk’s special projects team have just completed work at the landmark Avondale House and Forest Park for Coillte. The company has delivered the first stage of the project, which involves a two-storey café, an orientation centre, plus courtyard and pavilion.

Sisk is also delighted to be part of the biggest single commercial property programme investment in Limerick and largest-ever outside of Dublin at Project Opera.

Sisk also completed two bridge demolitions in May 2022 at junction 10 on the M6 motorway. This is the last in a series of five full closures of the M6 for the installation and demolition of the junction 10 bridges.

Construction of No 1 Birmingham Health Innovation Campus (BHIC) in Selly Oak is underway, marking a major milestone for the region’s rapidly growing life sciences sector.

SISK IN EUROPE

LEIDEN VACCINE FACILITY Janssen Biologics (Johnson & Johnson) employed Sisk as its construction manager for the VLF (Vaccine Launch Facility) expansion project in late June 2020. The expansion allowed Janssen quadruple production and improve its production run cadence from 14 days to five days. Sisk’s Leiden project received global recognition at the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) Awards. The ISPE awards celebrate best-in-class within the pharma industry.

DATA CENTRE, SOUTHERN SWEDEN This project consisted of one stand‐alone 14.4MW shell building, single‐storey data centre in southern Sweden with an initial fit-out of the first 8.2MW (MegaWatt) IT capacity. Sisk implemented its

DPD strategy on this project as early as completing site mobilisation, starting to spearhead preconstruction coordination for the complex underground services infrastructure.

SISK OUTLOOK 2022/23

The business is on a really strong financial footing with a robust balance sheet that’s been built up over a number of years, which is very important now in a time of increased uncertainty.

The uncertainty in the market over cost escalation and pricing is a real challenge Sisk comments that it anticipates contracts where it is the preferred contractor taking a lot longer to get over the line in all jurisdictions.

Sisk is working closely with clients to help them make the best decisions on when to go to site with projects against this backdrop of uncertainty so that everyone can manage their way through this period.

The company sees growth across its business with key focus sectors such as data centres, life sciences and technology in all its markets, while it will continue to be strong in residential in the UK and across the full range of projects in Ireland.

Sisk has secured places on several civil engineering frameworks, and that is another element of the strategy.

SISK IN THE UK

The Mercian is the tallest residential tower in Birmingham. This includes 481 apartments over 42-storeys and top-tier amenities, including a cinema and a 200-metre rooftop running track.

Construction of a new state-of-the-art campus for Santander in Milton Keynes is taking place. The new office, which represents an investment of £150m in the town, will be home to over 6,000 employees and will bring together staff from the bank’s existing local office buildings into one location.

As part of the Leeds Public Transport Investment Programme (LPTIP), Sisk upgraded three gateway routes into the city centre, improving dedicated bus routes and shelters, cycle lanes and footpaths, plus general landscaping improvements, including tree planting.

Wembley Park continues to be a major location for Sisk in London, with work ongoing on the latest phase of BTR apartment there with Quintain.

Recently, Sisk had the successful handover of the Swindon Radiotherapy Unit ahead of programme in April 2022. This project consists of two linear accelerators that will come online when the centre opens to the public.

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WINTHROP

TOTAL TURNOVER: €658,447,244 ROI TURNOVER: €234,122,533 INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €424,324,711

ADDRESS: Turnpike Business Park, Turnpike Lane, Ballymount, Dublin 12.

PHONE: 01 460 0214 WEB: www.winthrop.ie KEY EXECUTIVES: Barry English, Director; Anne Dooley, CEO; Bernard Keane, Director; Padraig Carley, CFO; and Tom O’Leary, CPO; Aiden Fallon, Operations Director; Noel Molloy, Operations Director; Tom O’Hare, Operations Director; Peter O’Flaherty; Operations Director; Michal Cawley, Chairman; Conor Roche, Non-Executive Director; Paul Lynch, NonExecutive Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: General contractor specialising in data centre construction YEAR-END: 30/04/2022

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inthrop is unique in being the only dedicated datacentre delivery partner providing turnkey solutions to its clients, from design right through construction and on to commissioning and hand-over. Winthrop’s services include all disciplines, including civil, structural, architectural, mechanical and electrical and protective services.

Winthrop was established in 1995 and is headquartered in Dublin.

The company is currently constructing multiple turnkey data centre projects in nine European countries, equating to over 320MW of IT load in flight.

Winthrop has recently appointed three non-executive directors to its board and added to its senior leadership team as the company positions itself to build on its international success.

Strong revenue growth in the past two years has led to Winthrop’s turnover growing from €560m in 2020 to just under €660m in 2021, with a projected turnover of €1bn for 2022. Revenue growth is coming from a combination of existing and new client mandates

MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE

In a restructuring of the executive senior management team, Anne Dooley becomes CEO, Bernard Keane moves to the position of managing director, and Barry English becomes executive director.

Winthrop’s senior leadership team has also been strengthened by

the creation and appointment of four operations director roles, taken up by Aiden Fallon, Noel Molloy, Tom O’Hare and Peter O’Flaherty.

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

Winthrop has also appointed three non-executive directors.

Michael Cawley has joined Winthrop as chairperson. He is a former deputy CEO and CFO of Ryanair and is also a non-executive director of Kingspan, Flutter and Hostelworld, which he also chairs.

Building disaster recovery expert Conor Roche is managing director of Codra Consulting and a non-executive director of BELFOR Europe and Knowcarbon.

Strategic adviser Paul Lynch is a former CFO of Applegreen, a former development director of One51, and is chairperson of Aubren Limited. He is also a non-executive director of both Mincon Group and Brooks Timber.

The new directors join the three existing directors and shareholders - Barry English, Anne Dooley and Bernard Keane, on the company’s board.

These appointments, together with CFO Padraig Carley and CPO Tom O’Leary, mean Winthrop is well-positioned to continue its strong turnkey data centre delivery record and related company growth.

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BAM IRELAND

TOTAL TURNOVER: €633M ROI TURNOVER: €560M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €73M

ADDRESS: Head Office, Hartwell Lower, Kill, Co Kildare.

PHONE: 045 886400 WEB: www.bamireland.ie LINKEDIN: BAM Contractors TWITTER: @BAMIrl KEY EXECUTIVES: Alasdair Henderson, Executive Director; Lorna Tyrrell, Finance Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Building, Civil Engineering, PPP, Volumetric Housing, Facilities Management focusing on sustainability, industrialisation and digitalisation.

YEAR-END: 31/12/2021

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AM has operated in Ireland for over 60 years and employs over 3,000 people directly and indirectly. A part of a €7bn multinational company, it has the ability to deliver on the ground to its Irish customers, but it also has access to the diverse international expertise and support of Royal BAM Group.

SUSTAINABILITY

As a leading construction, civil engineering, PPP and investment business, BAM Ireland’s sustainability objectives are to help public and private sector clients reduce carbon emissions, reduce material usage and enhance sustainability over the lifecycle of their buildings and infrastructure. Its purpose is to create sustainable environments that enhance people’s lives, wanting to leave a positive impact on the communities and biodiversity where it works.

BAM has once again been commended for its climate action, achieving a leadership place on CDP’s prestigious “A List” for climate change.

BAM is a platinum member of the Irish Green Building Council, which aligns with BAM’s desire to be a driving force behind the transformation of the Irish construction and property sector into a global leader in quality and sustainability.

AWARDS

Alasdair Henderson, Executive Director, BAM Ireland.

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Recent awards won by BAM Ireland include: • Facilities Management Awards 2022, BAM FM, Courts Bundle PPP, Client and Service Provider Partnership of the Year • Irish Concrete Society Awards 2021, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Bridge, Winner- Infrastructural Category

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PROJECTS

Its current onsite projects include the New Children’s Hospital; Newmarket Square; Lime Street, The Shipping Office; Green Acre Grange; Horgan’s Quay; N3 Snugborough Interchange; N5 Westport to Turlough Road; N26 Cloongullane Bridge Realignment; Athy Distributor Road and Leixlip Water Treatment Plant.

SUCCESSION

In March of 2022,the executive board of Royal BAM Group appointed Alasdair Henderson executive director of BAM Ireland.

Henderson, a chartered civil engineer, has spent 26 years in Royal BAM Group serving in a variety of operational and business leadership roles, including divisional director of BAM Ritchies, people and culture director at BAM Nuttal, and most recently as global director HR business partnering in the civil engineering business line.

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JOHN PAUL CONSTRUCTION TOTAL TURNOVER: €544M ROI TURNOVER: €420M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €124M

ADDRESS: Dundrum Business Park, Dundrum Road, Dublin 14.

PHONE: 01 215 6100 WEB: www.johnpaul.ie LINKEDIN: john paul construction TWITTER: @johnpaulconst FACEBOOK: johnpaulconstruction VIMEO: johnpaulconstruction KEY EXECUTIVES: Liam Kenny, Managing Director; Conor O’Donnell, Financial Director; John Keaveney, Construction Director; Paraic Keogh, Construction Director; John Moran, Construction Director; Niall O’Connor, Construction Director.

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021 was another good year for John Paul Construction, with turnover reaching €544m, €420m of which was generated in Ireland. The company continued its journey of sectoral and geographic diversification, delivering complex projects across all sectors of the industry in Ireland, the UK and the Middle East.

CURRENT PROJECTS

In the life sciences sector, John Paul Construction are delivering projects for major clients such as MSD, Eli Lilly, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Alkermes and Jazz Pharmaceuticals.

Works are also underway on a number of data centres, both hyperscale and co-location, for global companies in both Ireland and further afield. In addition, the company are also nearing completion on a new 110kV data centre substation in Dublin.

In other sectors, John Paul Construction are currently constructing a new radiation oncology centre for University Hospital Galway, the new Garda Security and Crime Operations Centre for the OPW in Dublin city centre, and a production facility for PepsiCo in Cork.

On the residential front, they have more than 1,000 apartments at varying stages of construction, along with 800 much-needed student

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accommodation beds, nearing completion in Dublin and Cork.

Moreover, the company’s civil engineering division is busy delivering a new HVDC converter station at Great Island, Wexford, which will provide a new grid connection between the existing substation and the UK national grid’s Pembroke substation in South Wales. The team is also working on the A1 Craighall Junction for Transport Scotland.

COMPLETED PROJECTS AND EXPANSION

In this past year, John Paul Construction achieved completion on multiple projects. These include works for Keurig Dr Pepper on a major beverage manufacturing facility in Kildare, a new pharmacy and multi-storey carpark extension, delivered in partnership with Gray Integrated Services, for St Vincent’s University Hospital, and the Townsend Street Development, which comprises three hotels, as well as residential accommodation for Dublin City Council.

In the commercial and retail sector, they have completed a highspecification office development at 20 Kildare Street for long-term client Kennedy Wilson and have constructed an additional 29 retail units and a new carpark at the Kildare Village Retail Outlet.

TO P 4 0 B U I L D I N G C O N T R A C TO R S In a bid to expand their client base and support existing clients in Europe, the company established new offices in the Netherlands, which are focused on mission critical and life science projects. The team there has commenced tendering projects and look forward to commencing works on the ground this year. Providing delivery excellence for clients in different markets to the same exacting standards is a crucial part of John Paul Construction’s strategic plan.

SUSTAINABILITY

Another element of the company’s strategic plan is Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles, which remains a global priority. John Paul Construction have developed their own sustainability agenda and published a sustainable roadmap to 2030, which is aligned with international best standards. The company will continue to work to influence their construction partners and the wider industry to improve sustainable construction.

John Paul Construction have also joined the Irish Green Building Council (IGBC) as a gold member to contribute to developing a more sustainable industry. Through this new partnership, they will be supporting the IGBC in developing new programmes to decarbonise the Irish built environment.

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

John Paul Construction has been at the forefront of advancing construction technologies for many years, constantly striving to improve the quality of their project management systems and project delivery methods by utilising the latest digital technology.

They have continued to develop their BIM-centric virtual design and construction (VDC) systems and processes, which are built around three pillars: improved efficiency; better decision-making; and better sharing and communication of information. These processes and procedures ensure a leaner, more efficient delivery approach is achieved, guaranteeing enhanced value for their clients.

Liam Kenny, Managing Director, John Paul Construction. and we made off-site construction work at a practical level. So, it’s certainly within our capabilities to overcome the current challenges and prevail.”

Through 2022 and 2023, John Paul Construction will continue working with their clients, design teams and trade partners to deliver critical infrastructure and landmark developments to the highest standards.

ADDRESSING CHALLENGES

Recently, John Paul Construction secured several new projects across multiple sectors with both new and existing clients. However, the company remains aware of ongoing concerning developments in the market. Liam Kenny, Managing Director of John Paul Construction, comments: “Rising inflation, the conflict in Ukraine, availability of resources, along with local constraints such as the provision of utilities and our planning system, all contribute to unease and uncertainty in the industry. Despite this, the Irish construction industry and John Paul Construction are resilient. We have faced and come through many challenges in the past. We diversified, started working in new sectors, went abroad, adopted the latest technology,

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COLLEN CONSTRUCTION TOTAL TURNOVER: €500M ROI TURNOVER: €222M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €278M

ADDRESS: River House, East Wall Road, Dublin 3.

PHONE: 01 874 5411 WEB: www.collen.com LINKEDIN: Collen TWITTER: @CollenConstruct KEY EXECUTIVES: Neil Collen, Chairman; Tommy Drumm, Managing Director; Declan Lowry, Director; David Lee, Director; Donal Hennessy, Director; Tom O’Connor, Director; Kara Stuart, Company Secretary; Leslie Fitzpatrick, Finance Director; Philip Walsh, Financial Controller.

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stablished in 1810 and still a family-owned business, Collen has offices in Dublin, Sweden and Germany and employs 400 people. The company’s clients range from large-scale multinational corporations to private companies and state bodies.

Collen has established a reputation for providing complex projects on time and within budget.

Collen is accredited to ISO 45001, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 50001 and, in 2021, achieved ISO 27001:2017 accreditation for its information security management system.

BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT

Over the past year, Collen has made significant changes to its senior management team. The company has appointed Alex Murphy as Head of Business Development, Grainne Dowling as Head of HR, and Phillip Tierney as Head of IT. This brings significant change to the company and strengthens its structure to meet the challenges of operating in both Irish and international markets.

Collen has also set up a variety of flexible working options that staff can now avail of as it recognises that a better work-life balance can improve employee motivation, performance, and productivity.

RECENT PROJECTS

Collen is continually working on major commercial projects, including the Haymarket in Smithfield, Dublin, and it has recently

10,000-sq-metre CSA fit-out for WuXi Biologics in Dundalk.

Two South County, Leopardstown reached practical completion of the Two South County commercial development in Leopardstown. In addition, works are still underway on two landmark developments in Dublin: The Sidings, a LEEDPlatinum office development for Bartra Capital and the Premier Inn hotel and offices for Glenveagh.

Collen has been carrying out significant infrastructure upgrade works at Dublin and Cork airports. These works involve the installation of a new baggage handling system and the construction of a new building to facilitate these upgrades.

Since 2017, Collen has had a strong presence in the south Dublin area, and its teams are currently completing works on the construction of 45 apartments over Frascati Shopping Centre and have completed the phase three extension to Fern Dean Nursing Home, phases one and two were also completed by Collen.

Collen’s dedicated biopharma division delivered a 10,000-sq-metre CSA fit-out for WuXi Biologics in Dundalk, their new European headquarters. In addition to these projects, the company currently has 124MW of data halls under construction in Ireland, Sweden, and Germany.

OVERVIEW AND OUTLOOK

Collen Managing Director, Tommy Drumm, commented on the company’s activities over the past year, saying: “We are very fortunate within the construction industry to be able to move forward and have our sites fully reopened after the Covid-19 lockdowns and restrictions implemented throughout 2020 and 2021. Despite the fact our hyperscale data-centre clients and pharma clients regard Collen as safety leaders, it is our commitment to constantly strive for safety innovation and improvement that led us to appoint two fulltime external specialists in behavioural-based safety. This objective is to leverage their vast experience of mega-projects to assist us in developing the ‘Creating Safer Sites’ programme, a culture change programme designed to create a step-change in safety and wellbeing that is sustainable over time.

“Our core objective of Creating Safer Sites is to create an environment where all people on sites go home safe every day and feel in better shape for having worked at Collen. To achieve this objective, Collen strives to create a mindset for safety that is positive and proactive, ensure there is no gap in our safety performance, embed our safety values and ensure that they are visibly lived across the organisation. Collen also wants to develop a culture where all management and the workforce are committed to the same safety vision of everyone going home safely every day,” Tommy Drumm concludes.

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Irish owned and managed, we are exclusively dedicated to the fire protection business. Our engineers and designers are recognised as experienced and respected individuals among their peers within the construction industry.

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PJ HEGARTY & SONS UC TOTAL TURNOVER: €375M ROI TURNOVER: €340M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €35M

ADDRESS: Davitt Road, Inchicore, Dublin 12.

PHONE: 01 455 6270 WEB: www.pjhegarty.ie LINKEDIN: PJ Hegarty & Sons TWITTER: @PJHegartySons KEY EXECUTIVES: John Hegarty, Executive Chairman; Kevin O’Brien, Operations Director (Eastern Region); Sean Carrigy, Operations Director (Southern & UK Regions).

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Building, Civil Engineering.

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stablished in 1925, building contractor PJ Hegarty & Sons UC operates throughout Ireland and the UK, with offices in Dublin, Cork, Limerick and London. Its principal areas of operation are large complex projects in all sectors, including commercial, pharmaceutical, high-tech, hotel/leisure, residential and civil engineering.

PJ HEGARTY SERVICES

Over 95 years in business, PJ Hegarty has built up significant resources and expertise and has an annual turnover of over €350m, with 450+ people directly employed. Its primary activity is undertaking large, complex projects in commercial, retail, tourism, pharmaceutical, high-tech and institutional buildings, refurbishment and civil engineering works.

In addition to technical and plant resources, PJ Hegarty has a strong financial base, allowing the execution of multiple large projects simultaneously. The company’s success over the years is based on sound financial and management principles. It is this emphasis, combined with a solid base of traditional craft skills and professional management, that has placed it at the forefront of Irish contractors.

PJ Hegarty offers a full range of construction services, including management contracting, design & build, alliance/partnering and PPP contracts, in addition to traditional building arrangements.

The range of work undertaken varies in type and size, from multimillion-euro contracts to small- and medium-sized projects.

sq metres). The project also includes refurbishing several listed buildings along Mount Street, Dublin.

The office element at the Spencer Place project will be occupied by software company, Salesforce, which has agreed to occupy 430,000 sq feet, with an option over a further 100,000 sq feet. Ronan Group Real Estate is developing the scheme. The letting is the country’s largest in history. The development will also include a 200-bedroom four-star hotel, which has been leased to the Dalata Hotel Group; 325 residential units in three blocks, and a 102-unit aparthotel.

In Cork, the Penrose Dock development achieved two Gold LEED buildings, of 80,000 sq feet and 170,000 sq feet, with open floorplates of up to 20,000 sq feet, along with an open public plaza, gym and cafe. It is the tallest office building developed in Cork city, at nine storeys.

PROJECT PIPELINE

Projects currently on site or commencing shortly include a new office block at Central Park, Sandyford: two new large-scale data centres in West Dublin; a 20,000-sq-metre logistics warehouse in Kildare: a new administration building for Boston Scientific and a lab expansion project, both in Cork.

RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECTS

Recently completed projects include Project Fitzwilliam, Dublin 2, for the ESB and a large-office block (Salesforce Tower) and hotel for RGRE at Spencer Place, Dublin 1.

PROJECTS NEARING COMPLETION

Projects nearing completion include Project Fitzwilliam, Dublin 2, the redevelopment of ESB’s head office; a commercial, hotel, residential and aparthotel scheme at Spencer Place, Dublin; and a new prison facility in Limerick for the Irish Prison Service.

Project Fitzwilliam in Dublin progressed significantly during 2021. This premier site in the heart of Dublin’s Georgian core will accommodate a new mixed-use development (GFA 43,000

Salesforce Tower, Spencer Place, Dublin.

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BENNETT (CONSTRUCTION) LTD TOTAL TURNOVER: €320M ROI TURNOVER: €250M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €70M

ADDRESS: Forest Park, Mullingar, Co Westmeath.

PHONE: 044 934 6000 WEB: www.bennettconstruction.com LINKEDIN: Bennett Construction TWITTER: @bennettconstr KEY EXECUTIVES: Paul Bruton, Joint Managing Director; Paul McGee, Joint Managing Director; Michael Pigott, Director; Jim Bennett, Director; Stephen Bennett, Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Building, Residential, Commercial, Data Centres YEAR-END: 31/12/2021

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ennett (Construction) Ltd is a family-own tier-1 construction contractor that has been at the forefront of construction for over 100 years and is now in its fourth generation. It undertakes projects in Ireland, the UK and Germany, and it currently has 14 projects on site with a combined value of over €600m. The company employs over 200 people.

BENNETT ETHOS

Bennett’s organisational structure has evolved over its 100-year history, but it retains a hands-on approach to projects with director involvement in every project. This focus on the small detail sets Bennett apart from its competitors and allows it to repeatedly deliver for clients and win work on a repeat basis.

Bennett’s supply chain is diverse and robust. It has built up strong relationships with its partners over many years and can ensure that the delivery challenges on each project are matched by the skill sets within its supply chain.

As a Gold member of the Irish Green Building Council, Bennett continuously strives to perform to best practice in all matters relating to sustainability in its mission to lessen its impact on the environment whilst improving standards of living and building new partnerships in the localities in which it operates.

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland new expansion project, Dublin.≠ cinema, library and community space. Bennett will be on site for a number of years with the delivery of this project. The former TU Dublin site would be familiar to a large cohort of construction professionals who would have travelled through its grounds over the years.

Bennett also recently commenced work on site for the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland on the construction of its new expansion project, known as Project Connect, a 12,000-sq-metre state-of-the-art education and research building in Dublin city. This new building will link to the building at 26 York Street (previously completed by Bennett) and will open up the spaces to 3,000 students and staff.

Bennett is continuing to work on a number of social housing developments in Swords and Chapelizod. Combined, these developments will provide almost 300 residential units.

Bennett continues to grow its relationship with Primark, having just achieved PC on Primark’s new store in Carlow and recently commenced work on its 43,000-sq-foot store in The Square Town Centre, Tallaght.

In recent years, Bennett has delivered a number of large data centre facilities and is currently well advanced on data hall developments in Clonee and Grange Castle for global clients.

IRISH PROJECTS

In Ireland, Bennett had several exciting projects on site in the past 12 months, including successfully achieving practical completion on the EXO building in Dublin – Ireland’s tallest office block standing at 17 storeys over basement. This iconic building has won the Irish Construction Excellence Award for “Commercial Buildings over €15m”.

Bennett successfully secured the Camden Yard project on Kevin Street, Dublin, for Westridge. This large mixeduse commercial and residential project includes the construction of nearly 60,000 sq metres of office space and 299 residential units together with a renewed public park,

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UK PROJECTS

EXO Building, Dublin.

Earlier this year in London, Bennett completed Millbrook Park, a development of over 250 homes.

It is currently constructing several large high-density residential projects, including 9 Osier Way, London, a residential development consisting of 196 units, Winstanley Park consisting of 126 residential units and Travelodge Oval, a new 96-bedroom hotel. It is also continuing to work on the Greenwich Millennium Village (GMV) development, delivering a further 306 residential units, bringing the total number of residential units to over 600 delivered by Bennett under the GMV scheme.

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WALLS CONSTRUCTION TOTAL TURNOVER: €303M ROI TURNOVER: €303M

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alls Construction’s turnover in 2021 was €304m, up from the €275m achieved in 2020. The company estimates that the second Covid-19 shutdown cost a quarter of the year’s production time, giving it an effective annualised turnover of circa €400m. In 2022, Walls predicts a 10% increase in turnover above last year’s effective rate, to a figure closer to €450m.

Walls employs over 400 staff, with its construction teams dominated by homegrown talent via the firm’s graduate recruitment and management training programmes. The company continues recruiting across all disciplines, including engineering, quantity surveying, building services and site management.

Notwithstanding the major intake of new personnel over the past five years, the average length of service in Walls is just under 20 years, so employees who are professionally driven to deliver the best for their colleagues and clients are highly experienced in their respective areas of responsibility.

The company’s supply chain consists of partners of long-standing, in many instances have close personal and professional relationships with management teams, who are committed to the company ideal of teamwork and, together with Walls’ design team partners, exceeding client expectations.

PROJECTS

Walls’ workload breaks down across various sectors in Ireland as follows: Residential 45%; commercial (new build) 20%; fit-outs 15%; industrial 10%; and institutional 10%. The large-scale nature of many of its private residential sector (PRS) projects provides multiple years of turnover, which gives the business a high degree of medium-term commercial viability, traditionally absent in the construction sector.

Its PRS projects are generally spread over a small number of repeat clients, currently Park Developments, the Marlet Property Group, Ardstone and Royalton, where the partnering approach ensures benefits for all. Commercial office projects currently on site are with Marlet, Ballymore, Irish Life, and the Killeen Group, An Post Headquarters, with the Echelon Dub10 Data Centre, DCU Futuretech Building, making up its complement of work in other sectors. Walls’ pipeline of projects for the next three years (2023, 2024 and 2025) is strong, with both contracted work and several potential projects for existing clients.

ADDRESS: Rosemount House, Malahide Rd, Northern Cross, Dublin 17.

PHONE: 01 867 3800 WEB: www.walls.ie LINKEDIN: Walls Construction TWITTER: @wallsconstruct INSTAGRAM: @walls_construction KEY EXECUTIVES: Eugene O’Shea, CEO; Adrian Corcoran, COO; Frank Kelly, COO; Willie White, Commercial Director; Barry Hennessy, Business Development Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Main Contractor YEAR-END: 31/12/2021

CONSTRUCTION COSTS

Most upcoming projects are for privately funded clients and therefore are only viable if they are commercially sustainable. In the PRS sector, rising construction costs threaten the viability of many projects, where sites may have been acquired at a high cost.

With 45% of its turnover in this sector, Walls Construction works with its clients, design teams and supply chain to identify alternative methods of construction or specification that can generate savings.

The ultimate aim is to counteract the inflationary effects of supply chain disruption arising from Brexit, the Covid legacy and the war in Ukraine.

ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE PRINCIPLES

Walls Construction is proactive on the sustainability front. It has developed an environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy plan for the three years to 2025, which will build on much of the work already done through its years of successful certification to standards ISO 14001 and 45001. It will also build on its stated commitment to work sustainably and conscientiously as per its clients’ requirements.

CEO Eugene O’Shea comments: “Our ESG policies are designed to ensure that sustainability and people are at the forefront of our business, and they are reviewed, updated, and communicated to employees, supply chain partners, design teams and clients.

Our focus is on a range of measures including sustainability and biodiversity enhancement, water protection and conservation, waste and carbon management, and social and governance objectives.”

FUTURE-PROOFING

Woodword Square, Dublin.

Never reluctant to harness technology and modern methods of construction to achieve its goals, Walls considers these essential for enhancing not just efficiency and productivity but also sustainability and all-round quality. For example, the company can now quickly and easily gather data on a project in a way that would simply not have been possible previously, resulting in real-time performance feedback, as well as details on safety, quality, and delivery timelines.

It all adds up to give a far more granular picture of how a project is going – allowing the company to react swiftly to any potential stumbling blocks before they have a chance to arise.

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JJ RHATIGAN & COMPANY TOTAL TURNOVER: €263.3M ROI TURNOVER: €202.2M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €61.1M

One Le Pole Square, Dublin.

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ier 1 main contractor JJ Rhatigan & Company was established in 1952 and remains a family-oriented operation, carrying on a strong tradition of building quality and innovation. JJ Rhatigan is currently involved in 25 projects across Ireland and the UK, with a combined value exceeding €1.5bn.

SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM

Significant management progressions have positioned the company to avail of large-scale opportunities over the next five years and into the long term. With a new senior leadership structure now firmly in place, JJ Rhatigan reaffirms its commitment to the collaborative delivery of quality projects across all sectors and an enhanced focus on reducing the environmental impact of both projects and business activities through the adoption of emerging technologies and continuous improvement.

ADDRESS: Wolfe Tone House, Fr Griffin Road, Galway.

PHONE: 091 580800 WEB: www.jjrhatigan.com LINKEDIN: JJ Rhatigan & Company TWITTER: @JJRhatigan KEY EXECUTIVES: Padraic Rhatigan, Chairman and Group Managing Director; Ger Ronayne, Chief Executive Officer; Gerry Kelly, Group Chief Financial Officer; Sean Rhatigan, Corporate Services Director; Niall Higgins, Chief Operations Officer; Francis Mulry, Chief Commercial Officer; Sarah O’Donohoe, Director of Human Resources.

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Building.

YEAR END: 31/10/2021

BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS

JJ Rhatigan focuses on nurturing long-term relationships with existing and new clients and copper-fastening partnerships across its supply chain. The company has a well-deserved reputation for delivering complex, large-scale developments on time and on budget.

Its dedication to innovation and technology will continue to be the key to its success.

PROJECT PORTFOLIO

JJ Rhatigan has a range of major projects currently underway or freshly completed. Amongst those delivered is the Student Residences Masterplan Phase 1 for UCD. The overriding major success of this project was that it provided almost 1,000 beds in time for the start of the university year last year. The end of 2021 also saw the company complete a public-private partnership (PPP) project as part of the Torc Housing Partnership consortium, which delivered a total of 465 social homes across eight communities nationwide.

JJ Rhatigan is nearing the completion of McGarrell Reilly’s ambitious Charlemont Square development, also in Dublin.

Consisting of approximately 500,000 sq ft of office accommodation – almost half of which will be occupied by anchor tenant Amazon – it also includes over 260 residential units.

Other projects currently underway in Dublin include One Le Pole Square commercial development; Edmund Rice College in Castleknock; and Trinity College Dublin’s E3 Learning Foundry.

Regionally, it is in the final stages of hand-over on The University Academic Building for Maynooth University and is significantly advanced in its transformation of Crown Square in Wellpark, Galway, into the largest mixed-use development in Galway.

Over the next 18 months, JJ Rhatigan will continue to work on: the HSE Residential Care Centre in Tuam; two advanced building solution projects for the IDA in Limerick and Waterford; Phase 2, Student Accommodation in NUI Galway; and four post-primary schools across Limerick and Cork. Overseas, it is constructing mixed-use developments including The Landing, Maidenhead; Napier Gateway, Luton; and Abbey Place in London.

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Social Housing PPP Programme, Phase 2, nationwide.

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WILLS BROS LTD

TOTAL TURNOVER: €163M ROI TURNOVER: €82M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €81M

ADDRESS: Ballylahan Bridge, Foxford, Co Mayo.

PHONE: 094 925 6221 WEB: www.willsbros.com LINKEDIN: Wills Bros Ltd TWITTER: @Wills_Bros FACEBOOK: Wills Bros KEY EXECUTIVES: Charles Wills, Managing Director; James Wills, Company Secretary; Aidan McCaul, Contracts Director; Jonathan Wills, Contracts Director; Gary Curran, Commercial Director; Trevor Wills, Legal Director; Timothy Wills, Operations Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Civil Engineering.

YEAR-END: 31/12/2021

The A6 Dungiven and Drumahoe Road, Co Derry.

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ounded in 1972 and celebrating 50 years of business in 2022, Wills Bros is a civil engineering contractor at the forefront of national infrastructure development in Ireland, the UK and Europe. A subsidiary company, Wills Bros Civil Engineering Ltd, is based in Motherwell, Scotland, with project offices established throughout the UK. As a family-run business, Wills Bros takes pride in the high standards it achieves in its projects, which results in numerous repeat contracts.

WILLS BROS PROJECTS

Wills Bros’ project experience ranges from road design and build contracts, such as the N5 Turlough to Westport Road project, Co Mayo; and the A6 Dungiven and Drumahoe Road, Co Derry; to mining, marine works, road realignments, site developments, waterrelated services, telecommunications, landfill remediation, leisure and public amenity projects, such as the Kerdiffstown Park project in Co Kildare.

Wills Bros’ client base includes various local authorities, Transport Infrastructure Ireland, Transport Scotland, Department of Infrastructure – Northern Ireland, Gypsum Industries, Irish Water, OPW, Xerox, Microsoft, Apple, Glanbia, Anglo American Mining, Tara Mines, Scottish Enterprise, Port of Cork, IDA Ireland, Dublin Port and many blue-chip multinationals in the technology and pharmaceutical sectors.

WILLS BROS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

Wills Bros’ quality management system is certified to IS EN ISO 9001:2015 accreditation as civil engineering contractors specialising in design, construction and project management of contracted works. The company employs approximately 400 people, with a safety record among the highest rating level.

Kerdiffstown Park project, Co Kildare.

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MURPHY IRELAND

TOTAL TURNOVER: €158M ROI TURNOVER: €136M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €22M

ADDRESS: Great Connell, Newbridge, Co Kildare.

PHONE: 045 431384 WEB: www.murphygroup.com/ie LINKEDIN: Murphy Ireland KEY EXECUTIVES: John G Murphy, Managing Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Civil Engineering, Water, Natural Resources, Power, Ground Engineering, Structural Steel.

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urphy Ireland is a leading multi-disciplinary engineering and construction company that directly employs over 560 engineers, designers, technicians, managers, and operatives.

An integral part of the wider Murphy Group, Murphy’s Irish operations have been headquartered in Newbridge since 1968.

Over the past 54 years, Murphy Ireland has built a reputation for quality and excellence, offering industry-leading services in civil engineering, transport infrastructure, piling, tunnelling, structural steel, pipe fabrication and weld testing services, as well as fully integrated turnkey solutions to both the municipal and industrial water sectors, encompassing all aspects of design, construction and operation and maintenance.

MURPHY EXPANSION

Managing Director John G Murphy comments. “As the business grows to meet the infrastructural needs of the country, we continue to adhere to our self-delivery model. Our workforce is highly skilled Murphy Ireland has installed solar panels on its office and container roofs.

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John G Murphy, Managing Director, Murphy Ireland. and productive and fully wedded to our culture of safety and quality, delivering projects efficiently for our clients whilst achieving our goal of zero harm.”

PROJECTS

Recent projects include the Ringsend Phosphorous Fixation Project for Irish Water, the Dodder Greenway for South Dublin County Council, Blackglen Road Improvement Scheme for Dun LaoghaireRathdown County Council and the Bewsey Bridge for the UK’s Network Rail. This is a small sample of the varied work Murphy Ireland is now engaged in.

In 2021, Murphy Ireland was also awarded the NSWC Contract

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Bewsey Bridge, which was fabricated by the Murphy Ireland Steel division in Newbridge, Co Kildare before being transported to the UK for the Murphy Group’s Network Rail Project.

by Gas Networks Ireland for Lot 2 – System Operations & Ancillary Services. This contract, along with the Northern Ireland Operate and Maintain contract previously awarded, means that Murphy now covers the maintenance and upgrades on the GNI gas transmission network throughout the island of Ireland.

This year Murphy signed an eight-year framework with South East Water in the UK for its Major Capital Works programme. This programme involves the design and delivery of upgrades to South East Water’s major infrastructure and non-infrastructure treatment facilities.

Murphy Ireland has offices in Grange Hall, Newry, Citywest The official opening of the Stillorgan Reservoir Upgrade for Irish Water. and Newbridge. The company enjoys trusted and longstanding relationships with clients such as Gas Networks of its projects. However, John G. Murphy attributes the true success Ireland, Irish Water and Aughinish Alumina Ltd. of this model’s implementation to the Murphy Ireland team.

Murphy Ireland also manufactures a broad range of items, “The driving force behind our success is ultimately our people,” including steel bridges and other bespoke works at its steel John G Murphy explains. Murphy has a reputation for looking after fabrication facility in Newbridge, Co Kildare. our employees, and for good reason; our people are our greatest asset. Our values are often what make people want to work for us and DIRECT DELIVERY stay with us, so we strive to incorporate them into everything that we Murphy Ireland’s self-delivery model is a major advantage, allowing do.” the complete company control of the programme, quality, and safety

SUSTAINABILITY

The Ringsend Phosphorous Fixation Project for Irish Water in Dublin.

Murphy is committed to delivering a positive and lasting legacy.

The company has been investing heavily in its green plant and vehicle fleet in recent years and has aggressive plans to reach carbon neutrality as soon as possible.

“As part of our Murphy@75 Sustainability Strategy, Murphy Ireland is committed to protecting biodiversity and striving for net positive impact on biodiversity across all company activities,” John G Murphy adds. “To complement our work in this area, across our projects and sites, a number of the Murphy Ireland team have undertaken a bee-keeping course to tend to our growing number of beehives. We have also recently installed wildflower landscaping at our head office in Newbridge, Co Kildare, which we hope to see in full bloom throughout the summer. We have reduced the amount of grass cutting, which takes place throughout the year to enable the creation of meadow landscapes and all of our water treatment plants are pesticide-free,” John G Murphy concludes.

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MAC-GROUP

TOTAL TURNOVER: €144.5M ROI TURNOVER: €102M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €42.5M

ADDRESS: South Block, Rockfield, Dundrum, Dublin 16.

PHONE: 01 644 9650 WEB: www.mac-group.com LINKEDIN: mac-group-com KEY EXECUTIVES: Paul McKenna, Chief Executive Officer; Brendan Moley, Managing Director; Brian McArdle, Financial Director; Ray O’Sullivan, Country Director UK; Ronan McGovern, Commercial Director; Colm O’Hanlon, Engineering Director; Peter Browne, Head of Business Development.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Main contractor specialising in commercial office fit-out, warehousing and logistics, data centres and residential.

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he mac-group was founded in 2002 with a mission “to construct, restore and repurpose buildings to exceed the expectations of clients, consultants and staff, and to question and improve upon all that has gone before”.

It has developed from a niche interior fit-out contractor into a collaborative construction partner, delivering complex construction, fit-out, and design and build projects.

With offices in Birmingham, Dublin and Newry, mac-group has taken a measured approach to growth, targeting collaborative opportunities and consistently delivering a service that exceeds expectations.

delivering a number of new large-scale logistics projects. mac-group’s growth in the UK continues with the successful delivery of a number of large residential and retail projects, including the complete recladding of the Merry Hill Shopping Centre in Birmingham, a new teaching accommodation block for Joseph Chamberlain College and a number of new-build apartment developments.

ETHOS

Paul McKenna, CEO, mac-group, says that the company’s teams build relationships based on partnership and collaboration. “mac’s professional teams are resilient and have the autonomy to think independently, proposing and implementing solutions, enabling mac to attract and retain the industry’s top professionals,” Paul McKenna explains. “mac team members are given opportunities to grow and maximise their potential. With significant investment in training and personal development, mac is at the forefront of innovative delivery, digital construction and sustainable development.”

Workday, 1 Finsbury Avenue. International Fit Out Project of the Year 2021.

AWARDS

2021was another successful year for mac-group at the Irish Fit-Out Awards, with its fit-out division winning Fit-Out Contractor of the Year for the third time, International Fit Out Project of the Year for Workday Finsbury Avenue London, Office New Build of the Year for Zurich Enterprise House and the Medium Office Fit Out Project of the year for a confidential client. mac’s health and safety team continued to demonstrate leadership with a Gold Award from RoSPA.

PROJECTS

mac-group has delivered a diverse range of projects, including several high-profile fit-outs for Mastercard, Zurich, Workday, Unilever and Amazon.

The construction division has continued to grow, securing and

Unit D8 Horizon Logistics Park for Henderson Park.

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GET IN TOUCH Call us on (01) 820 4717 Email us on info1@thefixingcompany.com

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ARDMAC GROUP LIMITED

TOTAL TURNOVER: €130,196,965 ROI TURNOVER: €70, 071,985 INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €60,124,980

ADDRESS: Swords Business Campus, Balheary Road, Swords, Co Dublin.

PHONE: 01 894 8800 WEB: www.ardmac.com LINKEDIN: Ardmac ltd TWITTER: @ArdmacLtd KEY EXECUTIVES: Ronan Quinn, Chief Executive Officer; Alan Coakley, Chief Operating Officer; Roy Millar, Managing Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Main Contractor, General Contracting.

YEAR-END: 31/12/2021

Fit-out for Bupa, Marble Street, Manchester.

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rdmac delivers high-value workspaces and technical environments in Ireland and across Europe. Headquartered in Dublin, with offices in Manchester, Craigavon, Brussels, Cork and Switzerland, Ardmac supports projects all over Ireland, the UK and Europe, and in 2021 completed expansion into Finland and Germany.

As a leader in trade and main contracting solutions, Ardmac delivers data centre, microelectronic, pharmaceutical, med-tech and commercial spaces. It has worked on projects for over 80% of global FDI pharma and technology companies in Ireland and Europe, most recently on cleanroom projects for WuXi, Abbvie and Boston Scientific, and hyperscale data centres across Europe.

MODERN METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION

Ardmac believes that the construction ecosystem of the future will be a more standardised, consolidated and integrated construction process, where modular assemblies and entire modular buildings will be much more common.

In the past couple of years, Ardmac welcomed Cental in to the group. Cental is a leading and fast-growth provider of advanced modular infrastructure to the data centre, pharma, utilities and telecoms industries.

Cental’s manufacturing capability supports Ardmac’s ongoing agreement with US-based Germfree Laboratories to provide prefabricated turnkey modular cleanrooms and biosafety laboratories to the biopharma and healthcare sectors throughout Europe. It also provides a manufacturing base for all other Ardmac modular solutions under one roof. The combined expertise and resources enhance Ardmac’s capabilities as a leading provider of offsite modular solutions to its clients in the data centre, pharmaceutical, healthcare and advanced manufacturing sectors while opening up new solutions for commercial fit-out clients.

excellent safety performance. The programme is designed to embed a safety-conscious mindset with continuous improvement.

WORKING SMART

The Ardmac philosophy is to “Work Smart”, meaning it deploys innovative technology throughout the business to empower its people, drive performance and delight its customers.

In Working Smart, Ardmac combines the three pillars of the Last Planner System (LPS), its field management software (FMS) and building information modelling (BIM). By implementing these tools and processes on all projects, the company has built a strong foundation for success. The systems ensure information flows seamlessly to its teams and clients, with streamlined workflows providing a single source of truth and enabling high-performance decision-making.

SAFETY FIRST

Ardmac’s “Safety First” programme significantly contributes to its

Cleanroom fit-out in Dublin for confidential client.

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There’s a lot going on in Ireland...

At DataCentres Ireland you’ll meet all those involved!

DataCentres Ireland, 16-17 November, Dublin – Brings Together over 1600 Industry Professionals This year’s speaker line-up includes:

Why Ireland?

Ireland is one of the world’s major data centre markets with 70 operational Data Centres (circa 900MW) and a further 8 (circa 255MW) under construction.

There is €1.33billion projected construction spend in 2021 and construction investment in Data Centre facilities is forecast to grow to €1.5billion for 2022 and 2023.

Source “Half yearly report (May 2021)” produced by BitPower Energy Solutions, Host in Ireland and Cornwall Insight

Meet your Market

DataCentres Ireland is the country’s largest and most complete event addressing the needs of all those involved in the Irish Data Centre market.

Featuring over 60 speakers and panellists, the multi-streamed conference will again host a strategy stream as well as one addressing operational issues, to ensure relevance to ALL involved in the Data Centre sector as well as other mission critical environments.

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Rabih Bashroush, Global Head, IT Infrastructure Advisory, Uptime Institute

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Jon Summers, Research Leader, RiSe

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Paul Carson, Managing Director Strategic Power Projects Ireland

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Colm Shorten, Senior Director - Data Centres, JLL

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Adelle DeSouza, Founder, HireHigher

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Mark Acton, Independent Consultant

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Derek Webster, Independent FDI Consultant

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Ed Ansett, Chairman, Solutions Group

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Emma Fryer, Partner, ERM (Environmental Resource Management)

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John Laban, Open Compute Project

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Clare Dillon, Founder, Open Network Ireland

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Dave McAuley, Founder & CEO, Bitpower

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John Curley, General Manager, Clarke Energy

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Michael McCarthy, Director, Cloud Infrastructure Ireland

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Siobhán McHugh, CEO, DRAI (Demand Response Association of Ireland)

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Paddy Finn, CEO & CTO, Viotas

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Simon McCormick, CTO, Echelon DataCentres

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Thomas Gorman, Director of Operations, Digital Realty

Funded through the exhibition ALL aspects of DataCentres Ireland are FREE to attend!

To find out more and register for the event visit www.datacentres-ireland.com or contact the DataCentres team on +44 (0) 1892 779992 / email datacentres@stepex.com.

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CONACK CONSTRUCTION TOTAL TURNOVER: €122M ROI TURNOVER: €122M

Bishops Quay, Limerick.

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onack Construction is a general building and civil engineering contractor founded in 2008 by joint managing directors Kieran Cusack and Tom O’Connor. It has its headquarters in Limerick, with regional offices in Cork, Dublin, and Galway. Conack delivers specialist construction solutions to public and private sector clients. Operating across multiple sectors, recently, it has completed works across residential, commercial, healthcare, offices, civic, hospitality, education, retail, pharmaceutical and medical, design and build, and office fit-out sectors.

CONACK CONSTRUCTION APPROACH

Conack takes a collaborative approach to project delivery, working closely with clients, staff and its supply chain to ensure projects are delivered efficiently and in a sustainable manner. Kieran Cusack explains how this approach to project delivery has worked for the contractor, its clients and supply chain. “We provide a personal service and pay great attention to the detail of every project. We embrace innovation in materials, construction methods and design, and we incorporate this in all of our projects.”

He continues: “Our motto is to build better together. This means our clients, design teams, construction teams and supply chain are recognised as stakeholders in project delivery. We have established our ability to compete at all levels with both tier-1 and tier-2 contractors by taking this approach.”

Conack employs over 160 people directly. While its turnover reached €122m in 2021, Kieran Cusack says Conack is on target to achieve a turnover of €150m this year.

PROJECTS

Cherrywood TC1 (90m) And TC4 (46m) Conack is currently working on two residential developments in Cherrywood in Dublin, TC4 and TC1, including community and employment facilities, retail units and 530 residential units.

TC4 will form part of the first WELL community scheme in Europe, promoting and incorporating sustainability and a greener environment and optimising buildings to benefit people’s health.

Conack is targeting BREEAM ‘Excellent’ certification for this €46m project. With the €90m TC1 development, it is building all 317 residential units to LEED standard.

Meiragtx Facility, Shannon (€40m) Conack recently completed phase one of FDI client MeiraGTx’s facility in Shannon, with over 100,000 man-hours and no lost-time

ADDRESS: Unit 1C, Eastway Business Park, Ballysimon Road, Limerick.

PHONE: 061 310002 WEB: www.conack.ie LINKEDIN: conack-construction TWITTER: @weareconack KEY EXECUTIVES: Kieran Cusack, Joint Managing Director; Tom O’Connor, Joint Managing Director; Donal O’Donnell, Operations Director; Denis O’Brien, Commercial Director; Paula Shinners, Business Manager; Frank Sheehan, Financial Controller; Frank Geary, Regional Director; Mike Hession, Regional Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Building, Civil Engineering.

YEAR-END: 31/12/2021 injuries. Phase one was shortlisted for a major national award in 2021. Phase 2 is currently underway.

DIGITAL CONSTRUCTION

Conack has been transitioning to digital construction techniques over the past number of years. Tom O Connor explains: “The early-stage use of building information modelling (BIM) data on any project can show the complete building life cycle. Conack is committed to BIM, as it creates transparency throughout the project process as an accurate representation of the project as it is progressed. We are currently pursuing our BIM Level 2 ISO accreditation as part of our 2022 objectives and targets.”

Conack uses Procore, a cloud-based site management platform.

Procore construction software manages a construction project from planning to hand-over. The platform connects every project contributor, including specialist contractors, design team members and client representatives. The ability to communicate across teams makes it easier to collaborate using a single common-data environment.

Conack also uses the Causeway tendering package, which has helped it manage projects and growth successfully.

CONACK STAFF

In closing, Kieran Cusack says: “As our staff are the heart of our business, their full engagement and alignment to the company’s core values and productivity has enhanced the company’s growth.

With their input, we would hope to be in a position to increase staff numbers to 200-plus in the near future in order to continue expanding.”

Cherrywood TC4, Dublin.

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civil engineering contractors including: ■ Construction ■ Utility Services Works ■ Plant Hire ■ Demolition ■ Site Development ■ Environmental Engineering ■ Residential ■ Motorway Services ■ Land Drainage and Reclamation ■ Sport Pitch Construction

Killeen Civil Engineering. Cork Road, Portlaoise, Co Laois. T:057 862 1174 E:info@killeencivilengineering.ie

Producers of Road Materials, Civil Engineering Contractors, Plant Hire and Quarry Operators including: ■ Drilling ■ Blasting and Crushing of rock ■ Supply and Placing of all Stone Products ■ High Friction Surfacing ■ Architectural Stone ■ Asphalts ■ Macadam’s Concrete and Concrete Blocks ■ Road Construction and Repairs ■ Earthworks ■ Drainage Services and Reclamation ■ Plant Hire ■ Building Contractors ■ Project Supervisor at Construction Stage ■ Property Owners ■ Demolition ■ Site Development

www.arkil.ie

Bandon Primary Care Centre - Design & Build

Progressive, dynamic and Client focused, we are an expert leader in the Construction Industry offering project completion to an exceptional standard in line with Client expectations

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Main Contractor Design & Build Management Contracting

Unit 1, Building 2500, Avenue 2000, Cork Airport Business Park, Cork www.mmd.ie

head office: Drennanstown, Rathangan, Co Kildare T: 045 524520 F: 045 524618 E: info@arkil.ie coRK: Ballyhandle, Crossbarry, Co Cork T: 021 477 5988 F: 021 477 5985 E: arkilcork@arkil.ie KeRRy: Graigue, Lispole, Co Kerry T: 066 915 7300 F: 066 915 7444 E: arkilkerry@arkil.ie

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MONAMI CONSTRUCTION TOTAL TURNOVER: €106M ROI TURNOVER: €106M

ADDRESS: Unit 12 Briarhill Business Park, Ballybrit, Galway.

PHONE: 091 876312 WEB: www.monami.ie KEY EXECUTIVES: Brendan Davey, Director; Bryan Quille, Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Building, Main Contractor.

YEAR END: 31/12/21

Greenpark Residential Care Home, Dundalk.

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onami Construction provides a dynamic, innovative and highly experienced building service to clients of the construction industry. With offices in Galway, Dublin and Limerick, it has extensive expertise in a wide range of sectors within the construction industry, including commercial, healthcare, residential, hotel and leisure, industrial and educational.

have completed numerous projects for many of Ireland’s foremost companies and institutions, and our continuously high level of repeat business and referrals is a testament to our commitment to delivering a bespoke and quality service that exactly matches our clients’ expectations.”

MONAMI PEOPLE

Monami Construction operates a quality management system that is certified to the ISO9001 Standard and is a registered member of CIRI (Construction Industry Register Ireland), the national register for competent builders. In addition, Monami Construction’s health and safety management system is certified to ISO45001 Standard and endorsed by the Institution of Occupational Safety & Health (IOSH).

Its environmental management system is certified to ISO14001 Standard. Monami Construction is a member of the national trade organisation for construction, the Construction Industry Federation (CIF). It is also a member of the Master Builders Association, Homebond and the National Irish Safety Organisation (NISO).

Monami employs a dedicated team of highly-educated and talented professionals whose individual experience is supported through the company’s integrated quality management structure.

“Our people are our business, and respect is at the cornerstone of how we build and develop our project teams,” comments Brendan Davey, Director, Monami. “We have established a reputation for integrity, trustworthiness and for delivering quality projects to a continuously expanding and highly reputable client base.”

He continues: “At Monami, our ethos is to forge and maintain professional working relationships with our clients, design teams and project stakeholders to ensure we deliver a superior end product. We

EI Electronics, Shannon.

MONAMI SYSTEMS

Abbey Street Hostel, Dublin.

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SIAC CONSTRUCTION GROUP TOTAL TURNOVER: €96M ROI TURNOVER: €90M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €6M

ADDRESS: SIAC Group, Knockmeedan House, Monastery Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.

PHONE: 01 403 3111 WEB: www.siac.ie LINKEDIN: SIAC Construction Ltd KEY EXECUTIVES: Martin Maher, CEO; Pearse Ferguson, CFO. KEY ACTIVITIES: Main Contractor, Specialist Contractor.

YEAR END: 31/06/2021

Sallins Bypass, Co Kildare.

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IAC is a multi-disciplined construction group based in Dublin, with regional and divisional offices in Cork and Galway. Its principal divisions comprise civil engineering, including pavement works, roofing and cladding, and mechanical and electrical.

Each division delivers large and small projects for its broad client base. It is committed to delivering projects on programme and within budget in a safe and environmentally-friendly manner.

Hole in the Wall Road project, Balgriffin, Co Dublin.

SIAC PROJECT APPROACH

SIAC’s teams of professionals work closely with its design partners and clients to deliver a flexible and innovative service on every project it undertakes. It has successfully delivered many key infrastructural projects within Ireland, collaborating with clients and national and international joint-venture partners.

Martin Maher, CEO, SIAC, says: “We recognise that long-term repeat business relationships with our customers coupled with project delivery to the highest standards with a strong emphasis on health, safety, and environment are fundamental to the continued success of SIAC. Our aim is for customers to value the service we provide as highly as we value their business.”

SIAC EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT

SIAC’s commitment to continuous improvement in the areas of

safety, health and environmental management has been recognised with National Irish Safety Organisation (NISO) awards and an allIreland occupational safety award.

As an organisation, SIAC is committed to workplace excellence. It recognises that its employees are its primary resource and has a wellestablished continuous professional development (CDP) programme, led by its CPD committee, to support and provide development opportunities for all of its employees. SIAC is an Engineers Ireland CPD-accredited company and on the CIRI register. It recognises the value of diversity in the workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunities employer.

Merck Sharpe & Domhe – MSD Biotech facility, Swords, Co. Dublin.

Merck Sharpe & Domhe – MSD Biotech facility, Swords, Co. Dublin.

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Tel: 091 389020 Email:info@coshlaquarries.ie www.coshlaquaries.ie

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FLYNN

TOTAL TURNOVER: €95,725,517 ROI TURNOVER: €77,505,447 INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €18,220,070

ADDRESS: Flynn House, Blackwater Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 11.

PHONE: 01 850 3000 WEB: www.flynnmc.com LINKEDIN: Flynn Management & Contractors Ltd TWITTER: @FlynnManagement INSTAGRAM: @flynn_pre KEY EXECUTIVES: Kevin Flynn, Managing Director; Mick Flynn, Operations Director; Derek Murphy, Financial Director; Cormac McKenna, Regional Director (Ireland East & Europe); William O’Brien, Regional Director (Mid-West); Alan Nevin, Commercial Director; Keith Oliver, Projects Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: General contracting, commercial fit-outs and construction of critical and restricted environments.

YEAR-END: 31/12/2021

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lynn has been in business for 18 years and provides a comprehensive range of construction management, fit-out and main contracting services. It is an international construction business that executes projects across the island of Ireland, the UK and mainland Europe.

The directors of Flynn have diversified the business, both sectorally and geographically, over recent years. This has been achieved while maintaining its consistent project approach by forging strong relationships with people, partners, subcontractors and clients. This approach allows Flynn to provide a consistent best-in-class delivery for all clients regardless of sector or jurisdiction.

and fit-out at St Katherine’s Dock, and the refurbishment of 14 Hays Mews, a listed building in Mayfair.

PROJECTS

SUSTAINABILITY

Recently completed projects include 16 St Stephens Green; New Century House; 2 Cumberland Place; The Guinness Enterprise Centre; OPW 1GQ; and the Diageo Kegline Project.

Flynn has also completed several critical projects, including data centres in Dublin, London, Frankfurt and Denmark; biopharma projects in Dublin, Galway and Limerick; and aviation projects in Dublin, Shannon and Cork.

Regionally in Ireland, Flynn has constructed primary care centres in Tralee, Ballincollig and Fermoy; the International Rugby Experience in Limerick; Fairgreen student accommodation in Galway; and Boston Scientific facilities in Galway.

In London, Flynn has completed a data centre, a refurbishment

Guinness Enterprise Centre, Dublin.

PEOPLE

Flynn is an equal opportunities employer and supporter of the CIF’s #BuildingEquality campaign. It currently employs 145 people. As it extends into new sectors and markets, it has an eye to attracting ambitious and innovative projects, allowing it to offer a diverse range of opportunities to fit a variety of skills and aptitudes. It invests heavily in talent to ensure its team continues to grow professionally and personally.

Flynn takes a holistic approach to sustainability, incorporating this into its company culture and all work it undertakes.

Managing director Kevin Flynn comments: “At Flynn, we take our ESG responsibilities seriously, and they are at the cornerstone of everything we do.”

Flynn’s in-house environmental sustainability group focuses on its carbon footprint and continually reviews how it can reduce CO2 emissions, waste generation and energy usage across its offices and sites.

Flynn has also invested heavily in industry-leading construction technology and associated training to harness the daily innovations that are redefining the construction industry.

OPW 1GQ, Dublin.

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Concrete Repair Case Study: Oberstown Waterwater Treatment Plant

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s part of the celebration of over 50 years in Ireland, Fosroc are looking back at key project case studies from over the years. The third in the series focuses on the repair of water tanks at the wastewater treatment works in Oberstown, County Kildare.

THE PROJECT

The open cylindrical primary sedimentation tanks at Oberstown Wastewater Treatment Works are over forty years old. In 2017, Irish Water contacted Fosroc as the tanks required extensive repair work and protective coating to maintain their longevity for the ongoing infrastructure management programme. The tanks also needed to be covered with an aluminium roof in order to contain the fumes generated from the treatment process.

THE SOLUTION

Fosroc produced a specification covering all concrete repairs and coating. Protective cementitious coating and levelling mortar Renderoc ST05 was to be used throughout including the top section and the launder channel, followed by Nitocote EN901 for full, chemical protection. However, until the layers of dirt, sediment, and in many areas, the top surface of the original concrete were removed by 3.5k psi power washing, it was unclear what kind of repairs were necessary. A significant amount of surface area, with exposed aggregate, required multiple layer applications of the repair mortars with Renderoc HB45 for the deeper areas and Renderoc ST05 for surface repairs. There were also a large number of blow holes that were predominantly filled with the Renderoc ST05.

Once all compromised areas were repaired and fully coated, a final 2mm layer of Renderoc ST05 was applied to level out any remaining imperfections and create a super-smooth surface. The top metre of the internal tank wall and the launder channel received two coats of

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Nitocote EN901 each at 300 microns in thickness, and all existing joint sealants were removed from the joint surfaces, before being resealed with Nitoseal MS600.

THE BENEFITS

The sedimentation tanks were brought back into service quickly, with complete and long-lasting protection against the mechanical action of the sewage being treated and the aggressive gases that inevitably build up inside this type of refurbished, enclosed tank.

The work was carried out by the competent, recommended concrete repair and coatings contractor AQL, and supported by technical advice from Fosroc throughout the whole refurbishment.

The project was finished well ahead of schedule, keeping costs to a minimum and allowing the steel and mechanical contractors an early hand over for subsequent works.

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TOTAL TURNOVER: €95,721,578 ROI TURNOVER: €95,721,578

ADDRESS: Drangan, Thurles, Co Tipperary.

PHONE: 052 915 2166 WEB: www.clancy.ie LINKEDIN: Clancy Construction TWITTER: @Clancy_Drangan KEY EXECUTIVES: John O’Shaughnessy, Managing Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Main Contractor, General Building, Fast-Track Construction.

YEAR-END: 31/12/2021

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lancy’s origins date back to 1947. Today, the contractor plays a pivotal role in the development of Irish construction. Its personnel are recognised leaders in the Irish construction sector, helping drive change, innovation and greater efficiency.

INNOVATION AT CLANCY

In recent years, Clancy invested in the necessary technology to integrate building information modelling (BIM) into its operations and enable its teams to work remotely, which facilitated the switching of its project management teams over to the virtual environment at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.

John O’Shaughnessy, Managing Director, Clancy, acknowledges the contractor’s exceptional internal team and subcontractors. “Our teams have done a fantastic job over the past 12 months in enabling us to make our sites safer and more efficient,” John O’Shaughnessy comments. “As individuals, we still have responsibilities to stop the virus from spreading by continuing to follow Covid-19 guidelines.

The industry has shown exceptional resilience and leadership over the past few years. But other challenges remain, including Brexit and increasing costs of materials, labour and fuel. We must remain vigilant and continue to adapt to meet what new challenges as they emerge.”

CLANCY PROJECTS

At the beginning of Covid-19, Clancy negotiated and delivered two of the quickest fast-track construction projects ever to be completed in Ireland for HSE Estates. The two 24-bed isolation wards, at University Hospital Limerick and Croom Hospital, were built in 14 weeks and 17 weeks, respectively. It also completed work on Bloomfield, a multi-phase residential development of 154 units over 16 acres in Limerick, developed by its sister company Clancy Homes.

In addition, it is completing the €6.5m restoration of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, with comprehensive works that include the refurbishment of the cathedral roof with 2,500 new slates and kilometres of lead work, as well as the restoration of over 30 original clerestory window units.

CLANCY OUTLOOK

Clancy approaches 2023 in a strong position, with a strong order book for the remainder of 2022 and filling up steadily for 2023.

Clancy senior management team, L to r: John Corcoran, Financial Director; Declan Fitzpatrick, Construction Director; Chris Chambers, Dublin Region Director; Alan Darmody, Commercial Director; and John O’Shaughnessy, Managing Director.

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JONS CIVIL ENGINEERING COMPANY LTD TOTAL TURNOVER: €92M ROI TURNOVER: €92M

ADDRESS: Carranstown, Duleek, Co Meath.

PHONE: 041 982 3682 WEB: www.jonscivil.ie LINKEDIN: Jons Civil Engineering Company Ltd KEY EXECUTIVES: John Pentony, Managing Director. Management Team: John Killen, Barry Mathers, David Lenehan, Gerry Caffrey, Gina Gibbons, David Pentony.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Civil Engineering.

YEAR END: 31/08/2021

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ons Civil Engineering Company Ltd (JCEL) has been in operation since 1983. Since that time, it has successfully delivered over 330 major infrastructural projects.

JCEL specialises in the innovative execution of complex civil engineering works, deploying direct skills and resources, as well as its large fleet of modern plant and equipment, to support the infrastructure projects of key clients. These include city and county councils, Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), Office of Public Works (OPW), Irish Rail, Irish Water and the National Transport Authority (NTA), as well as many private companies.

JCEL PROJECTS

Current projects include the 22-km N22 Baile Bhuirne to Macroom Road scheme, a joint venture with John Cradock Ltd; Motorway

N22 Baile Bhuirne to Macroom Bypass.

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maintenance and renewals contracts, a joint venture with Globalvia; the Athlone Marina Pedestrian and Cycleway Bridge, Salmon Weir Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge (Galway); Grange Road to Tramore Valley Park Pedestrian & Cycle Link (Cork); TII-M50/N11 traffic flow optimisation works; and St Dominic’s Bridge Rehabilitation Works, Drogheda, Co Louth.

JCEL CULTURE

JCEL is committed to creating a successful and sustainable work environment where everyone is treated with dignity, fairness and respect. It works to enable collaboration with its partners and key clients to deliver critical infrastructure projects while exercising the company’s values of safety, engineering excellence, respect, collaboration, cost control and efficiency.

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Dorset Street Hotel, Dublin.

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DUGGAN BROTHERS (CONTRACTORS) LTD TOTAL TURNOVER: €87M ROI TURNOVER: €87M

ADDRESS: Richmond, Templemore, Co Tipperary.

PHONE: 0504 31311 WEB: www.dugganbrothers.ie LINKEDIN: Duggan Brothers Contractors Limited TWITTER: @Duggan_Brothers KEY EXECUTIVES: David Duggan, Joint Managing Director/ Chief Executive; Seamus Duggan, Joint Managing Director/ Chief Executive; Conor Scott, Financial Director; John Butler, Contracts Director; Eddie Cleary, Contracts Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Main Contractor, General Building.

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stablished in 1923, Duggan Brothers is now in its third generation and has completed circa 1,000 projects in both the private and public sectors. Its current and completed portfolio of work ranges in value from €5m to €80m across commercial, pharmaceutical, educational, healthcare, residential, industrial, and tourism sectors.

Seamus Duggan, Joint Managing Director, Duggan Brothers, says: “Our extensive and wide range of experience, coupled with a commitment to continuous improvement and ongoing investment in training, equipment and facilities, ensures the combination of the best in modern building techniques with the best in traditional craft skill.”

DUGGAN BROTHERS PROJECTS

Among several key projects Duggan Brothers has completed in recent times is the Woodside Development on the Enniskerry Road.

It achieved project completion on the first purpose-built cost-rental homes in Ireland, where tenants have begun to occupy the residential development. The development, completed as a collaboration between Respond & Tuath Approved Housing Bodies, comprises 50 cost-rental homes that are part of an overall development of 155 social and affordable homes, a community facility, and green spaces.

The cost-rental model means that the rent price is equal to the delivery cost of the scheme alone.

Duggan Brothers recently completed work on the Dorset Street Hotel project in Dublin. This six-story hotel is located on the site of the well-known Dublin tavern, The Big Tree. The former Big Tree pub has been converted into a 163-bed pod hotel with an overall gross floor area of 5,820 sq metres. Retail use has been accommodated at ground level with hotel accommodation above.

February 2021 saw the energisation of The Lumcloon 100MW BESS facility and the Shannonbridge 100MW BESS facility. The new battery energy storage system (BESS) plants will keep with the heritage and tradition of power generation in the area of the two sites, albeit with modern technology, reflecting the evolution of the power industry through the years.

Current projects include the €80m Forensic Science Laboratory, Backweston; and across Dublin, an apartment development at Sean Foster Place (€10m), Dominick Street Regeneration (€35m); Dublin

Simon Community Medical Residential Treatment and Recovery Centre (€23m); Arran Street Hotel (€36m); Tom Johnson House Retrofit (€40.5m) and Leeson Lane Office Development (€40m).

IRELAND’S FIRST NET-ZERO HOTEL

Duggan Brothers project The Wren Hotel has been presented the ‘Leisure or Tourism over €10M’ award at the Irish Construction Excellence Awards 2022. The Wren Hotel makes the most of its tight urban site offering 137 compact and luxurious bedrooms in the heart of Dublin. The small format hotel nestles sensitively into its context at Andrew’s Lane.

Eliminating the need for fossil fuels, the building uses 100% renewable energy. It is the first hotel in Ireland to comply with the World Green Building Council’s definition of net zero operational carbon without having to purchase carbon offsets.

The architectural design meets the demands of a tight urban space whilst ensuring glazing and façade options reduce energy loss. The building services installed provide the most sustainable methods of staying in and managing a hotel. Everything related to the design and operation of Wren Urban Nest aims to reduce, reuse, or recycle energy in the most efficient way. It is a fine example of what can be achieved in the hospitality industry and in major conurbations.

The Wren Hotel, Andrew’s Lane, Dublin.

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The recently delivered St Doolagh’s Oaks on the Malahide Road, Dublin.

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TOWNMORE

TOTAL TURNOVER: €84M ROI TURNOVER: €56M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €28M

ADDRESS: Clonminch Hi-Tech Park, Tullamore, Co Offaly.

PHONE: 057 935 2761 WEB: www.townmore.ie LINKEDIN: Townmore Construction TWITTER: @Townmore KEY EXECUTIVES: James Godley, Managing Director; Kevin Enright, Commercial Director; Sean Corroon, Group Financial Director; Seamus Quirke, Construction Director; Jacqueline Screeney, HR Director; Mark Cronin, Associate Director; Michael Lennon, Associate Director; William Finlay, Commercial Manager; Finbarr Marrett, Engineering Manager.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Main Contracting, Management Contracting, Design & Build, Cleanroom Construction.

YEAR END: 31/12/2021

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ownmore was established in Tullamore, Co Offaly, by the Screeney family. Over the past 14 years, the company has become an international contracting business with offices in Dublin, Cork, London and its headquarters in Tullamore. With over 100 staff members, Townmore carries out projects across Ireland and the UK and has a strong reputation in numerous sectors, including residential, hospitality, healthcare, education and specialist cleanroom works.

SPECIALIST SERVICES

Townmore established its specialist cleanroom division in 2017. This division has developed a strong offering, with many multinationals now repeat clients, including GSK, Mylan, Jabil and Merck.

TOWNMORE PROJECTS

In recent years, Townmore has delivered many high-profile hospitality projects throughout Dublin and Cork, including the Conrad, the Maldron, the Mont, and Rezz in Cork. It has recently commenced works on a new hotel in Goffs, Co Kildare, as well as a further Rezz offering in Dublin 2.

On the healthcare front, Townmore has a strong reputation for delivering primary care centres (PCCs), having completed PCCs in Tullamore and Balbriggan. Works are currently underway on centres in Cobh and Roscrea, with a further three in the pipeline.

With over 1,000 residential units underway, Townmore has a strong reputation for the delivery of houses and apartments across the country, working for large private clients, including Lioncor, Bartra and Bluemont, as well as several local authorities.

The challenges of inflating materials costs and a lack of labour have resulted in Townmore exploring new avenues of construction, increasing its use of modern methods of construction, and developing its teams’ skillsets.

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ELLIOTT GROUP

TOTAL TURNOVER: €75M ROI TURNOVER: €60M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €15M

ADDRESS: Station House, Drumnavanagh, Co Cavan.

PHONE: 049 433 1066 WEB: www.elliottgroup.ie LINKEDIN: Elliott Building & Civil Engineering Ltd KEY EXECUTIVES: Darragh Elliott, ROI Managing Director; Noel Elliott, UK Managing Director; Ray Fallon, Group Finance Director; Gary O’Sullivan, ROI Construction Director; Matthew O’Dowd, Group HSEQ Director; Eddie Sheridan, Commercial Director; Will Leahy, Regional Director Munster; Gareth Cooney, Regional Director UK, London and South; Eddie Campion, Regional Director UK, Midlands and North.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Main Contractor YEAR END: 31/12/2021

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ounded in the 1920s, Elliott Group is one of the most respected construction companies in Ireland and the United Kingdom (UK). Throughout the Elliott family history, construction has played an instrumental role. Three generations later, the team takes pride in delivering a hands-on, first-class service to ensure the highest standards are achieved on every project.

While staying true to its roots, Elliott Group has embraced new technologies to deliver more value, efficiency, and quality to clients.

The company has experienced strong growth from 2021 to 2022.

It is on track to deliver a turnover of €125m in ROI and £25m in the UK in 2022. The strengthening of its management team has allowed it to grow sustainably, ensuring each project is managed and monitored closely.

Over the past two years, Elliott Group has appointed new directors in Ireland and the UK. These include Gary O’Sullivan as construction director (ROI), Eddie Sheridan as commercial director (ROI) and Matthew O’Dowd as group HSEQ director.

Elliott Group has also created a Munster division, led by new regional director and Cork native Will Leahy. In the UK, It also recently appointed Eddie Campion as regional director for the north and midlands UK. Headquartered in Cavan, Elliott Group also operates from permanent offices in Dublin, Cork, London and Birmingham. In the past 12 months, Elliott Group has completed the first new-build hotel for Premier Inn in southern Ireland, as well as the renovation and fit-out of a state-of-the-art healthcare facility for VHI. Its Covid fast-track response resulted in it completing three projects for Connolly Hospital. It has successfully delivered façade projects on live sites in the UK, thanks to its expertise in facade compliance.

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Thurles Regional Supply Scheme.

GLAN AGUA/MEIC

TOTAL TURNOVER: €70,276,378 ROI TURNOVER: €51,751,663 INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €18,524,715

ADDRESS: Railway House, Station Rd, Loughrea, Galway.

PHONE: 09188 0332 WEB: www.glanagua.com www.meicltd.com LINKEDIN: MEIC Ltd/Glan Agua Ltd KEY EXECUTIVES: Michael Kearney, Director, MEIC, Glan Agua Ltd and Glan Agua (UK) Ltd; Denis Brosnan, Executive Chairman, BHSL Group, Director, MEIC, Glan Agua Ltd and Glan Agua (UK) Ltd; Enda Flynn, Company Secretary MEIC, Glan Agua Ltd and Glan Agua (UK) Ltd; Karl Zimmerer, Director, Glan Agua Ltd and Glan Agua (UK) Ltd; Paul Gardner, Managing Director, Glan Agua (UK) Ltd. KEY ACTIVITIES: Civil Engineering.

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EIC and Glan Agua are sister companies recently acquired

by BHSL, a rapidly growing environmental engineering company providing innovative technological solutions, particularly in generating value from waste. The new acquisition will bolster Glan Agua and MEIC’s offering to the Irish and UK markets in both municipal and industrial sectors.

Glan Agua has a growing reputation in project delivery and a strong pipeline of new business opportunities in the water treatment, supply, and wastewater management sectors. MEIC provides specialist water and wastewater water civil, structural, environmental engineering, and architectural services to support Glan Agua’s work for clients across Ireland. Glan Agua and MEIC’s customers include Irish Water, Thames Water, Affinity Water, Yorkshire Water and several other local authorities in the UK and Ireland. The companies also have expertise in the food and pharmaceutical sectors.

Glan Agua and MEIC were established in 2008 to operate in the water and wastewater sector. In 2017, Glan Agua also expanded to the UK.

PROJECTS

Recent projects include the Thurles Regional Supply Scheme, Castletownbere Sewerage Scheme, Process and Network Modifications Framework for Affinity Water and Lot 1 AMP7 Framework for Thames Water.

AWARDS

In 2019, the group won the Irish Construction Excellence (ICE) Awards ‘Civil Engineering’ award for the Kerry Central Water Treatment Plant. In 2021, the company was shortlisted for the Water Industry Awards ‘Outstanding Contribution to Environmental Improvement’ for its work with Irish Water on the National Pilot Scheme for Carlow Sludge Drying Reed Beds.

STEWART CONSTRUCTION TOTAL TURNOVER: €67M ROI TURNOVER: €67M

ADDRESS: 43 Lower Salthill, Galway.

PHONE: 091 524 455 WEB: www.stewart.ie LINKEDIN: stewart construction TWITTER: @Stewart_Constru FACEBOOK: @StewartConstruction1902 KEY EXECUTIVES: Seán Stewart, Chairman; Brian Gorman, Managing Director; Rachael Stewart, Business Development Director; Gerard Conway, Financial Director; Roy Pickford, Regional Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Building, Main Contractor.

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elebrating 120 years in business this year, Stewart Construction, a fourth-generation family-owned contractor, fosters collaborative working and supports diversity in the workplace, promoting an industry with healthy career choices to attract future talent in a maturing and professional sector.

STEWART CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS

Stewart Construction’s growth has been driven by its robust management and recognised expertise in design and build solutions, which have enabled the company to develop and sustain long-term relationships with key clients.

A core expertise in green building and modern methods of construction (MMC) drives the contractor’s sustainability agenda to strengthen building performance at all stages of the life cycle.

The company has a growing BIM department that supports an enhanced BIM offering to its clients.

Stewart Construction is a Deloitte ‘Gold Standard Best Managed Company’.

STEWART CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

Stewart Construction operates nationwide as a multi-award winning building contractor with a specialist fit-out contracting division.

It focuses on medium- and large-scale contracts across all sectors, including life sciences, commercial, industrial, residential/student accommodation, education, retail, leisure and hospitality.

The company portfolio includes some high profile projects, such as the iconic Central Plaza building on Dame Street, Dublin; Heyday Carman’s Hall, 210-bed, six-storey student accommodation scheme, Dublin; a new 10-storey, 421-bedroom hotel development - Holiday Inn Dublin Airport; and Dublin Airport Central – 20,000 sq metres of Grade-A LEED Gold standard office space.

Most recently, Stewart commenced work on the first Nyx Hotel in Ireland (owned by Jurys Inn), a six-storey, 178-bedroom hotel overlooking the Grand Canal at Portobello Harbour in Dublin.

A continued partnership with Grifols has seen the delivery of an additional biopharma facility at Grange Castle, Dublin, for the longterm global client.

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PURCELL CONSTRUCTION TOTAL TURNOVER: €65.9M ROI TURNOVER: €65.9M

ADDRESS: 57 Briarhill Business Park, Ballybrit, Galway.

PHONE: 091 780800 WEB: www.purcell.ie LINKEDIN: Purcell Construction KEY EXECUTIVES: Michael Bane, Chairman; Derek Timlin, Managing Director; Gerry Dolan, Construction Director; Alan Lawless, Construction Director; Tom Whelan, Commercial Director; Tom O’Sullivan, Estimating Director; Maria O’Connor, Financial Director KEY ACTIVITIES: General Building, Main Contractor.

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Bandon Primary Care Centre.

MMD CONSTRUCTION

TOTAL TURNOVER: €64,660,000 ROI TURNOVER: €64,660,000

ADDRESS: Unit 1 Building 2500, Avenue 2000, Cork Airport Business Park, Cork.

PHONE: 021 497 5979 WEB: www.mmd.ie LINKEDIN: MMD Construction Cork Ltd KEY EXECUTIVES: Tomás O’Donovan, Managing Director; Cormac Smith, Director; Kevin O’Leary, Director; Patricia Harrington, Financial Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Building, Civil Engineering.

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mploying over 100 people directly, Purcell Construction operates nationally with offices in Galway and Dublin.

It recently announced a number of senior management level appointments. Michael Bane has moved to the position of chairman, with Derek Timlin taking over from him as managing director. Tom O’Sullivan has joined the board as estimating director, and Maria O’Connor has joined the board in the role of financial director. The changes to the board of directors will strengthen Purcell’s team and enable the contractor to grow from the platform it has created.

Derek Timlin comments: “We are currently active in many sectors, including commercial, education, healthcare and residential. Current projects include the North City Operations Depot for Dublin City Council, with a value in excess of €50m; the National Train Control Centre in Heuston Station, an extension to the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Westland Row, as well as several nursing home projects and a private residence on Ailesbury Road, Dublin.

“Despite the challenge brought about by Covid in the past two years and more recent significant inflationary pressures, I am optimistic regarding the coming years with our pipeline of new work remaining strong and diverse.”

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MD Construction is a progressive building and civil engineering contractor based in Cork. It offers a broad range of construction and construction management services in areas such as pharmaceutical, healthcare, residential and civil infrastructure.

In 2021, MMD Construction completed work on the Carrigaline Education Campus, which is one of the largest ever school developments to be undertaken in the country. The 21-acre campus has three schools.

In early 2022, MMD Construction completed the construction of 51 A-rated houses in Clonakilty for Cork County Council. The development also saw a historic protected structure brought back into use. The Lower Tawnies Cottage, from the late 1800s, is a listed building. This was incorporated into the housing development as residential units with due attention paid to best conservation practice.

MMD Construction was the main contractor and design lead for the construction of a new primary care centre (PCC) in Bandon. The PCC provides over 4,500 sq metres of healthcare space, as well as having a ground floor library and retail units.

The company recently completed the Heather House Community Nursing Unit at St Mary’s Health Campus, Gurranabraher, Cork. This fast-track design and build project employed off-site construction technologies.

MMD Construction is currently on site working on several exciting projects throughout Cork. These include a three-storey school in Blarney for Scoil Mhuire Gan Smál; a primary school at Carrignavar; multiple residential design and build projects in Cork city centre; an anodising plant in Little Island, Cork, and a new extension at St Joseph’s Community Hospital, Millstreet.

Cormac Smith, Director, MMD Construction, says: “From inception to completion, our experienced, skilled professional staff offer expert advice on buildability, alternative construction methods and materials. We take pride in our capacity to apply optimum professionalism in the management of all projects.”

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Swords Community College, Swords, Co Dublin.

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Fexco Innovation Centre and RDI Hub, Killorglin, Co Kerry.

VISION CONTRACTING TOTAL TURNOVER: €63.5M ROI TURNOVER: €63.5M

ADDRESS: Melbourne House, Melbourne Business Park, Model Farm, Cork.

PHONE: 021 487 4930 WEB: www.visioncontracting.ie LINKEDIN: Vision Contracting TWITTER: @VisionContracts INSTAGRAM: Vision Contracting Ltd KEY EXECUTIVES: Niall O’Meara, Managing Director; Mick Allen, Construction Director; Aidan Drummond, Pharma and Industrial Director; Colm Fehily, Commercial Director; Aidan O’Connell, Construction Director Dublin and Leinster; Diarmaid Daly, Quantity Surveying Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Building, Main Contractor.

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ision Contracting Limited is a main contractor and construction management services company that operates on a nationwide basis across several niche market sectors.

It celebrated its 10th anniversary in business in 2021 and has been one of the fastest-growing contractors in the country in recent years.

With a turnover of €63.5m in 2021, it has a forecasted turnover of €85m plus for 2022.

SECTORS

Vision Contracting operates in the retail, residential new build, pharma, public works, and the refurbishment sectors with offices in Cork, Limerick and Dublin, and it has earned recognition for completing complex projects.

The company provides complete project and building delivery solutions across a diverse range of industries and sectors. It has a proven background in pre-construction, value engineering, and project and construction management.

The founding directors have worked together for over 20 years as a senior management team and have a broad range of technical, commercial, and business-related construction experience.

ABM GROUP

TOTAL TURNOVER: €61.5M ROI TURNOVER: €44M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €17.5M

ADDRESS: Unit 2B, Feltrim Business Park, Drynam Road, Swords, Co Dublin.

PHONE: 01 890 0919 WEB: www.abmdesignandbuild.com LINKEDIN: ABM Europe KEY EXECUTIVES: Pat O’Neill, Company Director; Sean Minihane, Company Director; Brendan O’Neill, Company Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Building, Civil Engineering.

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stablished in 1994, headquartered in Swords, Co Dublin, and operating internationally, ABM Group is a market leader in construction, civil engineering and the manufacturing of precast concrete and bridge formwork products.

ABM Group has built its business on the quality of its people and relationships with clients, delivering construction and civil engineering projects to government agencies, private developers, major retailers, and international civil engineering contractors.

The contractor has demonstrated its infrastructure capabilities by consistently delivering for clients such as the Department of Education and Skills, where ABM has completed over 1.5 million sq feet of school projects to the value of €270m. It has also provided social housing for local authorities, as well as developing key projects at Dublin Airport and for Irish port companies.

In the UK and eastern Europe, ABM continues to build upon established relationships with the leading civil engineering contractors and consultants, participating in many strategically important road, rail and port infrastructure projects.

Grace Park Educate Together National School, Grace Park Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9.

VISION CONTRACTING PEOPLE

Vision Contracting recently strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of Aidan O’Connell as Director with Responsibility for Construction Operations and New Contracting Opportunities within the Dublin and Leinster Area and Diarmaid Daly as Quantity Surveying Director.

At the Irish Construction Excellence (ICE) Awards 2022, Vision Contracting won the Fit Out and Refurbishment Under €10m category for its Fexco Innovation Centre and RDI Hub project.

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Aerial view of the Saggart reservoir under construction by Coffey for Irish Water.

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TOTAL TURNOVER: €52.7M ROI TURNOVER: €52.7M

ADDRESS: Moanbaun, Athenry, Co Galway.

PHONE: 091 844 356 WEB: www.coffeygroup.com LINKEDIN: Coffey Group KEY EXECUTIVES: Odran Madden, Managing Director; Simon Coffey, Director of Business Development and Plant; Sean Coffey, Director of Human Resources and IT; Eoin Colgan, Engineering Director; Gary Coffey, HSQE Director; Mark Coffey, Property Director; Rory Donnelly, Operations Director; John Gibbons, Operations Director; Kieran Ryan, Operations Director; Joe Lavan, Commercial Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Civil Engineering YEAR END: 31/12/2021

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ounded in 1974, Coffey is a family-owned civil engineeringled company operating in every major construction sector throughout Ireland and the UK. The hallmarks of its contracts are innovative solutions, engineering ingenuity, professional construction management and adherence to the highest safety and quality standards.

Coffey is committed to helping all its clients achieve competitive advantage through an analytical and innovative approach to design and construction. It nurtures an environment where critical thinking and creative problem-solving are encouraged and rewarded and takes pride in being highly responsive and flexible.

Wherever practical, it undertakes work using directly employed staff and tradespeople. This policy is at the heart of its safety and quality agenda. Its personnel are provided with extensive training, and their competence to undertake the tasks assigned to them is assured through its integrated management systems, which satisfy the requirements of ISO 45001:2018, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 44001:2017, ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 50001:2011.

Its range of services includes: • Water supply and wastewater collection infrastructure • Road and bridge construction • Turnkey design, build and operation of water and wastewater treatment plants • Utilities, renewable energy and power • Specialist engineering techniques • Design and construct projects.

Coffey sees its people as its most important competitive resource.

It is committed to creating a safe place for employees to work, grow and prosper and respects and values their input and opinion.

Teamwork is fundamental to the Coffey culture.

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Regeneration of St Mary’s Mansions, Dublin.

GANSON BUILDING & CIVIL ENGINEERING LTD TOTAL TURNOVER: €50,077,982 ROI TURNOVER: €41,456,806 INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €8,621,176

ADDRESS: Units 19/20 Balbriggan Business Park, Balbriggan, Co Dublin.

PHONE: 01 690 5716 WEB: www.ganson.ie LINKEDIN: Ganson Building And Civil Engineering Contractors TWITTER: @GansonLtd KEY EXECUTIVES: Paul McQuaid, Managing Director; David Rogers, Managing Director; Nigel Tighe, Chief Executive Officer.

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Building, Civil Engineering.

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anson Building & Civil Engineering Ltd was established in 2003 by joint managing directors David Rogers and Paul McQuaid. Both have over 30 years of experience in the construction industry, managing small- medium- and large-scale projects across Ireland, the UK and overseas.

With offices in Dublin and Castlewellan, Co Down, Ganson undertakes projects for public and private clients throughout Ireland and the UK. The contractor offers a full range of construction services, including management contracting, construction management, design and build, partnering arrangements and traditional contracting. The contractor has recently completed works in the education, healthcare, residential, restoration/refurbishment, hospitality, commercial, industrial and pharmaceutical sectors.

Most of Ganson’s workload comes from repeat business, which the contractor’s joint managing directors attribute to Ganson’s competitive edge and reliable execution of projects.

David Rogers explains: “We attribute our continued success to our teams’ vast experience and their relentless attention to detail.

We complete all of our projects to the highest standard, on time and within budget, meeting our overriding goal of ensuring client satisfaction on every project.”

Ganson is certified to ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001: 2004 standards. It also has had Safe-T-Cert accreditation since 2012.

It deploys significant resources to maintaining a safe working environment for all employees and ensuring best practice is adhered to in all areas of health and safety.

Ganson continues to invest in modern business practices and management techniques to ensure that it remains at the cutting edge of its industry.

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The Willows, Dunshaughlin.

GEM GROUP

TOTAL TURNOVER: €47,240,000

ROI TURNOVER: €47,240,000 YEAR END: 30/06/21

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ADSTON GROUP HOLDINGS LTD

TOTAL TURNOVER: €46,262,062 (ESTIMATED) ROI TURNOVER: €14,207,696 INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €32,054,366

YEAR END: 31/12/2021 ADDRESS: Unit 11 Creeny Business Park, Belturbet, Co Cavan.

PHONE: 049 9529200 WEB: www.adstonconstruction. com KEY EXECUTIVES: Sean McNally, Executive Chairman; Francis Smith, CEO; Gary Meehan, Managing Director; Aisling Kelly, Financial Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Main Contractor

Avery Dennsion facilty, Longford.

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T&I FIT-OUTS

TOTAL TURNOVER: €46M ROI TURNOVER: €46M Focus Ireland Head Office, Dublin.

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TOTAL TURNOVER: €45,432,782

ROI TURNOVER: €35,274,808 INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €10,157,974 YEAR END: 31/12/2021

YEAR END: 31/12/2021

ADDRESS: Paragon House, Cork Road, Waterford.

PHONE: 051 373713 WEB: www.DFL.ie LINKEDIN: David Flynn Ltd KEY EXECUTIVES: David Flynn, Managing Director; Thomas Holden, Contracts Director; Ken Flynn, Facilities Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Main Contractor

ADDRESS: Longtown, Straffan, Co Kildare.

PHONE: 045 861799 WEB: www.tandi.ie LINKEDIN: T I Fitouts Ltd KEY EXECUTIVES: Dave Merriman, Managing Director; Enda O’Brien, Operations Director; Ben Lambe, Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Main Contractor, Fit-Outs.

DFL head office, Paragon House, Waterford.

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CLONMEL ENTERPRISES Drummartin Link Road and Blackthorne Drive junction, Dublin.

ADDRESS: Athlone Road Longford.

PHONE: 01 885 0432 WEB: www.gemgroup.ie LINKEDIN: Gem Group Co Ltd KEY EXECUTIVES: Martin Healy, Joint Managing Director; Vincent Fay, Joint Managing Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Building, Development, Specialist Joinery.

TOTAL TURNOVER: €44,439,802

ROI TURNOVER: €44,439,802 YEAR END: 31/01/2022

ADDRESS: Unit R, M7 Business Park., Newhall, Naas, Co. Kildare.

PHONE: 045 981900 WEB: www.clonmelent.com LINKEDIN: Clonmel Enterprises Ltd KEY EXECUTIVES: Eamonn Stapleton, Managing Director; Niall McElwaine, Director; Tom Corcoran, Director; Brian Gravin, Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Main Contractor, Civil Engineering.

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ARKIL HOLDING LTD,

(ARKIL LTD AND PARK PLANT HIRE LTD) N71 Derry to Roscarberry Road pavement strengthening.

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KILCAWLEY BUILDING & CIVIL ENGINEERING (SLIGO) LTD TOTAL TURNOVER: €40M

Decathalon’s Dublin flagship store in Ballymun.

TOTAL TURNOVER: €43.92M

ROI TURNOVER: €43,890,000 ROI TURNOVER: €40M

YEAR END: 31/03/2022 ADDRESS: Sansheen Business Campus, Strandhill Road, Sligo.

PHONE: 045 861799 WEB: www.kilcawleyconstruction. com LINKEDIN: Kilcawley Construction KEY EXECUTIVES: Fergal Meagher, Managing Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Main Contracting, Civil Engineering.

Wasdell Group EU Production and Administration facility, Dundalk.

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MANNINGS CONSTRUCTION LIMITED TOTAL TURNOVER: €36M

ROI TURNOVER: €21.1M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €14.9M

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GLENBEIGH CONSTRUCTION TOTAL TURNOVER: €35,332,678

ROI TURNOVER: €35,332,678 YEAR END: 31/12/2021

YEAR END: 31/12/2021 ADDRESS: 9 Cookstown Industrial Estate,

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Belgard Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24.

PHONE: 01 466 5555 WEB: www.manningsgroup.com KEY EXECUTIVES: Aidan Delamere, Chairman; Colm Delamere, Managing Director; Ronan Quinn, Financial Director; Sinead Savage, Head of Business Development; Sinead Savage, Associate Director (Business Development); Trevor Drew, Associate Director (Estimating); Declan Brady, Associate Director (Health and Safety).

KEY ACTIVITIES: Main Contractor Contractor

ADDRESS: Damastown Way, Damastown Business Park, Dublin 15.

PHONE: 045 861799 WEB: www.gcon.ie LINKEDIN: Glenbeigh Construction KEY EXECUTIVES: Frank Doolan, Managing Director; John Donlon, General Manager and Director; Michael Muldoon, Contracts Director; Cian Ward, Operations Manager; Des Hunt, Quantity Surveying; Siobhan McDermott, Financial Controller.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Main Contractor

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MYTHEN CONSTRUCTION Brewery Quarter, Kilkenny.

INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €30,000 YEAR END: 31/12/2021 ADDRESS: Drennanstown, Rathangan, Co Kildare.

PHONE: 045 524520 WEB: www.arkil.ie LINKEDIN: Arkil Ltd KEY EXECUTIVES: Seamus Mannion, Managing Director; Paul McGlynn, Financial Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Civil Engineering

TOTAL TURNOVER: €34,822,950

ROI TURNOVER: €34,822,950

94 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin.

YEAR END: 31/03/2022 ADDRESS: Longraigue, Foulksmills, Co Wexford.

PHONE: 051 565615 WEB: www.mythenconstruction.ie LINKEDIN: Mythen Construction KEY EXECUTIVES: Billy Mythen, Managing Director; Maurice Mythen, Contracts Director; Leonard Daly, Commercial Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Main Contractor

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IRISH CONSTRUCTION NEWS TOP 20 MECHANICAL & ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS 2022 Mercury field factory.

ROBBIE COUSINS, Editor, Irish Construction News, introduces the ‘Irish Construction News Top 20 Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Contractors 2022’ and explains how the list was compiled.

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Alexander Stadium, King & Moffatt.

rish Construction News is delighted to publish the Irish Construction News Top 20 Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Contractors 2022 listing. This is a snapshot of the overall Irish M&E sector at the end of 2021.

Irish M&E contractors have been carving a substantial niche at home and abroad over the past few years, with many of them seeing a larger percentage of their income being a result of overseas activity each year. For many, this can be attributed to relationships built with foreign direct investment clients in Ireland who have contracted them to deliver in other countries. Their delivery record in sectors such as data centres, life sciences and pharma has meant that Irish M&E contractors have built up unique expertise in these fields. Irish M&E contractors have also been quick to innovate and set the standards for others to follow. This can be seen in the large number of successful M&E contractors that have made substantial investments in offsite and fabrication facilities, as well as the care that is being taken by them to ensure that their teams are reaching their full potential through in-house career and personal development programmes.

‘Ireland’s Top 20 M&E Contractors 2022’ had a combined turnover of €4.5bn in 2021. They recorded €2.1bn in exported services and €2.4bn in activity in Ireland.

The entry figure for inclusion in this year’s Top 20 was €14.5m.

HOW THE TOP 20 MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS LISTING 2022 IS COMPILED

Edward Life Sciences, Kirby Group Engineering.

Manufacturing facility, Jones Engineering.

Foundation Media Ltd, publisher of Irish Construction News and constructionnews.ie, compiles the Irish Construction News Top 20 Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Contractors Listing 2022.

Contractors are listed according to their overall turnover figure (combined Irish and international) for their last trading year. We record each company’s Republic of Ireland (ROI) turnover and international turnover figure, where available.

Turnover figures are sourced directly from contractors. Companies must have their primary business based in the Republic of Ireland (ROI) to be included in the list.

Foundation Media contacted M&E contractors directly to request available turnover figures for the business year that concluded on 31 December 2021 or their business year-end that was closest to that date. All end-of-business-year dates are recorded in the entries. The turnover figures requested must relate to Irish-based M&E contractors or Irish-based subsidiaries of foreign-based M&E contractors. Companies are also asked to return the overall turnover figures for business conducted in Ireland and internationally. This includes turnover related to direct overseas trade conducted by an Irish subsidiary of a foreign-based company.

Each company making a return must have this return validated by a director of the business or accompanied by an auditor’s letter that verifies the returned figures.

All returns received were checked and verified by the editor of Irish Construction News.

Rankings for inclusion in the ‘Irish Construction News Top 20 Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Contractors Listing 2022’ are based on the overall turnover figures supplied.

The full list can also be viewed online at www.constructionnews.ie/top-20-mande-contractors or scan the QR code.

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OSA trestles travel across the Mary McAleese Bridge before delivery on a project in Ireland.

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ercury is a European contractor that builds and manages complex engineering projects that reimagine how people work and live in the built environment. Mercury’s focus and determination enable it to deliver leading-edge construction solutions across a range of key sectors, including enterprise and hyperscale data centres, advanced technology, life sciences and the

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live environment.

Mercury is a full services contractor, providing solutions from design and planning to construction and commissioning using the highest levels of safety, quality and delivery. Mercury also has the ability and capacity to provide management of clients’ facilities postconstruction. The company continues to innovate, making use of the

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MERCURY

TOTAL TURNOVER: €1.48BN ROI TURNOVER: €600M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €880M

ADDRESS: Mercury House, Ravens Rock Road, Sandyford Business Estate, Dublin 18.

PHONE: 01 216 3000 WEB: www.mercuryeng.com LINKEDIN: Mercury Engineering TWITTER: @mercuryeng KEY EXECUTIVES: Eoin Vaughan, Chief Executive Officer; Managing Directors: Alan Gorman, Alan Clinton, Rory O’Brien, Frank Quirk, Colm Burke, Dermot Gildea, Colin Keane & Tony Duddy; David Byrne, Pre-construction Director; Paul Carthy Director Business Development; Joanne Cluxton, Group HR Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Contracting.

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latest in digital technologies and modern methods of construction, such as offsite assembly (OSA). Mercury’s comprehensive OSA strategy and digital-edge transformation programmes aim to ensure its success continues to mount as it steps into the future.

MERCURY PEOPLE

Mercury employs more than 8,500 people, including subcontractors, across 10+ countries throughout the EMEA region. It invests heavily in training and education, ensuring that its people are well equipped to deal with the modern challenges facing the industry.

HEALTH & SAFETY A Mercury site in Frankfurt, Germany.

Mercury is dedicated to achieving the highest possible standards of health and safety.

Safety is embedded in Mercury’s DNA – from design to construction, commissioning, and handover. Mercury’s safety processes ensure clear coordination and communication to enable projects to be constructed safely.

SUSTAINABILITY

A Mercury flying or field factory.

Mercury is committed to playing a role in contributing to the sustainable development of our planet. In 2020, Mercury launched Our Planet, Our Duty, our plan for responsible business, which is one of the foundation blocks of its Beyond50 strategy.

Following on from this, Mercury recently published its 2021 Annual Sustainability Report, which outlines its four key focus areas of sustainability duties, upon which it has built a meaningful action plan to progress on our journey.

The duties are: ‘Being an employer of choice’; ‘Minimising our environmental footprint’, ‘Maintaining responsible partnerships’; and ‘Local communities’ well-being’.

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Jones Engineering Manufacturing is based in a 9,000-sq-metre centre of design for manufacturing and assembly (DfMA) excellence in Muine Bheag, Co Carlow.

JONES ENGINEERING GROUP TOTAL TURNOVER: €930M ROI TURNOVER: €558M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €372M

ADDRESS: Jones Engineering House, 83 Pembroke Road, Dublin 4.

PHONE: 01 474 9800 WEB: www.joneseng.com LINKEDIN: Jones Engineering TWITTER: @JonesEngHQ KEY EXECUTIVES: Eric Kinsella, Executive Chairman; Jim Curley, Group Chief Executive Officer; John King, Group Financial Director; Sandra Guilfoyle, Group HR Manager; Barry Steele, Group Business Development Manager.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Mechanical, Electrical, Process, Fire Protection Contractors and Offsite and Modular Construction.

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ones Engineering employs over 4,000 people throughout Ireland, the UK, Europe and the Middle East. It has an annual training budget of over €2m and encourages all of its employees to attend internal and external training courses on a regular basis.

Jones Engineering projects are based around the globe, giving employees the chance to work in extreme locations from Arctic conditions, reaching sub-zero temperatures of -40°, to extreme heat environments reaching temperatures of +50°, and from offshore oil rigs prone to 100-mph winds and 80-foot wave surges to tunnelling under rivers and cities.

With the backdrop of increasing demand for life-science, data-centre and microelectronic-manufacturing campuses – the timescale between basis of design (BOD) to facility ready (FR) has been under increasing pressure to be reduced.

Jones Engineering, to increase efficiency and predictability, improve safety, minimise

the level of disruption to site, client and the environment, as well as reduce the time frame of BOD to FR, has invested heavily in not just leaner ways of working but in challenging how the engineering and construction sector approaches the delivery of projects. These efforts culminated in the launch of a new division, Jones Engineering Manufacturing Ltd, in 2019.

JONES ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING

Jones Engineering Manufacturing is based in a 9,000-sq-metre centre of design for manufacturing and assembly (DfMA) excellence in Muine Bheag, Co Carlow.

The state-of-the-art facility brings Jones Engineering’s core competencies in mechanical, electrical and instrumentation, and fire protection and the added competencies of civil, structural and architectural under one roof. This allows its teams to design, manufacture, install and deliver modules from small- to large-scale

Jones Engineering is the first Irish engineering contractor to hold the BSI Kitemark for BIM (Design and Construction) certificate against ISO 19650.

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projects.

This solution has been working well for its current clients. Jones has transported cooling modules to Holland, Belgium, Finland, and Denmark, as well as e-houses and packaged plant rooms across Ireland and the UK. The average size of each component was 19 metres long by 4.2 metres wide by 4 metres high. This necessitated detailed planning and cooperation between the Jones logistics teams and the authorities involved, including permit applications, etc. It has proved so successful Jones will be extending this solution to additional global sites in the future.

BUILDING INFORMATION MODELLING

Building information modelling (BIM)/digital engineering is critical to prefabrication and modular construction.

It enables integrated architecture and engineering workflows. It supports the concept of repeatable designs, which enables optimisation of a design across feasibility studies and conceptual engineering.

Jones has been leading the way in BIM for over 15 years, and it recently obtained the BSI Kitemark™ for BS EN ISO 19650 parts 1 and 2. Passing an audit in 2021, it became the first Irish engineering contractor to hold the BSI Kitemark for BIM (Design and Construction) certificate against ISO 19650, which covers mechanical, electrical and fire protection systems. This demonstrates that Jones Engineering Group’s BIM processes, procedures, and management systems on completed projects comply with international standards for managing information using BIM.

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KIRBY GROUP ENGINEERING TOTAL TURNOVER: €402,699,261 ROI TURNOVER: €253,446,397 INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €149,252,864

ADDRESS: Raheen Business Park, Raheen, Limerick.

PHONE: 061 226060 WEB: www.kirbygroup.com LINKEDIN: Kirby Group Engineering TWITTER: @KirbyGroupEng KEY EXECUTIVES: Mark Flanagan, Group Managing Director; Jimmy Kirby, Executive Chairman; Henry McCann, Group Operations Director; Derry McMahon, Group Finance Director and Company Secretary; Ray Ryan, Group QEHS Director; Conor O’Brien, Group Commercial Director; Aidan J Kerins, Group Business Development Director; John Grogan, Engineering Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Mechanical & Electrical Engineering.

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stablished in 1964, Kirby Group Engineering is a valuesdriven business that has taken pride in providing quality and value for its clients for over 55 years. It is a privately-owned provider of complete mechanical and electrical contracting services, as well as specialist high-voltage (HV) and medium-voltage (MV) design and construction services.

The firm was founded by brothers Tom and Michael Kirby in Limerick in 1964 and now has additional operational bases in Dublin, Limerick, the UK and mainland Europe. Kirby has recorded swift growth in recent years, with turnovers of €293m and €403m in 2020 and 2021, respectively. The company now employs 1,300 people, boosted in part by a major recruitment drive announced last year, which is ongoing.

Kirby is focusing on strong, sustainable growth for the coming years through a combination of maintaining existing high-value client relationships and exploring new opportunities in Ireland and across Europe. Central to this strategy is the investment in rapidly evolving technology that continuously builds on their client offering.

The firm has established a centre of excellence for digitisation at its Limerick headquarters, which allows forensic analysis of projects at every stage. This helps deliver real benefits in terms of time and resources management, as well as creating opportunities to improve the final outcome for the client, and allows the Kirby team to further

Edwards Lifesciences project, Co Limerick. refine its offering on future projects.

Digitisation of projects also complements Kirby’s commitment to prefabrication and offsite manufacturing (OSM). The highly complex and intricate nature of a growing number of Kirby’s projects means the advanced level of control afforded by OSM is becoming an essential part of engineering works.

Group managing director at Kirby, Mark Flanagan says it’s an exciting time for his team: “We’re determined to maintain our leading position in the industry and in how engineering projects should be carried out. We strive to do better for our clients and the development of our technological offering is proof of that. Like so many businesses who have come through the past two years, we are more committed than ever to keeping ‘People’ as our number one core value. The world of work is changing, even in engineering, and we’re evolving with it, whether by exploiting the benefits of the cloud to help more people work remotely, or promoting gender balance, diversity and inclusion in our workplaces and the engineering industry as a whole. I firmly believe diversity makes us stronger and it’s a principle we’re embracing at Kirby.”

PROJECTS PORTFOLIO

Kirby’s portfolio of recent projects includes several large-scale data centres for confidential clients, as well as works for Edwards Lifesciences in Co Limerick and Zoetis in Co Offaly, amongst others. Within the HV/MV division, Kirby has recently delivered the Kelwin-2-Kerry battery storage project in Co Kerry and a number of electrical substations in Scotland.

ENGINEERS IRELAND CPD ACCREDITATION

In early 2022, Engineers Ireland (EI) awarded Kirby Group Engineering the CPD Accredited Employer Standard. The EI framework encourages and enables engineers to improve competency levels and helps deliver benefits for businesses. Kirby has also recently announced a corporate partnership with the Institution of Engineering and Technology, which is the world’s largest multidisciplinary body offering Engineering Council Registration. Both of these developments further highlight the company’s commitment to helping its people achieve their full potential as well as showcasing its talent to current and future clients.

Kirby has been awarded CPD Accredited Employer Standard by Engineers Ireland.

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DORNAN

TOTAL TURNOVER: €370M ROI TURNOVER: €105M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €265M

ADDRESS: 10 Eastgate Avenue, Eastgate, Little Island, Cork.

PHONE: 021 233 0900 WEB: www.dornangroup.com LINKEDIN: Dornan Engineering Ltd TWITTER: @TheDornanGroup KEY EXECUTIVES: Brian Acheson, Chief Executive Officer; Micheál O’ Connor, Managing Director; Joe Conway, Head of Business Development, Ireland.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Mechanical, HVAC & Electrical Installation.

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xpanding into new markets has allowed Dornan to diversify its business and grow its reputation as a European market leader in the M&E and HVAC installation industry. Taking advantage of the adjustments required to navigate the Covid pandemic, Dornan worked to build synergy with its clients, optimising its expertise and resources. It enhanced its technical and engineering capabilities to engage earlier in the project lifecycle, reducing cost and schedule while increasing flexibility and value.

Dornan also used bespoke technology to enhance its awardwinning EHS and mental health and wellbeing programmes, which remain its priority and the basis for everything it does.

Dornan has strategically expanded its services and market locations to align with future global developments. Its investments in advanced integrated systems have made real-time communications seamless in bridging the gap between locations, allowing immediate access to the correct data at the right time, to improve how it operates and delivers projects successfully.

THE DORNAN APPROACH

Micheál O’ Connor, Managing Director, Dornan says that Dornan’s approach on every project is first to develop an understanding of the scope and how the installation will meet future requirements. “Early project collaboration with all stakeholders allows us to propose carefully considered innovations and options. Our goal is to help enhance sustainability, scheduling, and cost benefits, while also catering to the long-term needs of a maintainable facility that can be scaled up or down according to client requirements.”

Traditionally, building or expanding a facility has been viewed as a cost, and therefore investment decisions have been driven by the cost of installation. Climate change, however, has shifted this focus. “Today, reducing negative environmental impact is also a key

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consideration,” Micheál O’ Connor adds. “A major differentiator for Dornan is how we meet the demands of a more conscious society, which requires greater corporate accountability. We have made a significant investment in our DfMA facility, together with developing a virtual platform to build and support site prefabrication capacity.

This significantly contributes to more sustainable and safer project delivery, vastly reducing rework and site disruption.”

Dornan is adept at working with BREAM and LEED frameworks for project installation also.

To complement its DfMA facility, Dornan added fit-out capability to deliver turnkey solutions for its clients. Assembling a highly experienced fit-out team, Dornan offers a comprehensive in-house resource to add value at every stage in project delivery.

Dornan’s in-house energy team offers sustainable engineering services to clients across all sectors. In conjunction with Dornan’s multi-disciplinary teams and services, it provides solutions to the complex challenges faced throughout the lifecycle of energy projects.

“We are dedicated to delivering excellence on every project, aligning to our clients’ goals, Micheál O’ Connor continues,” and meeting future project requirements is a key factor in the success of our projects.”

OVERSEAS SUCCESS

Building on its overseas success in Benelux, Germany, Sweden and most recently in Denmark, Dornan has now brought its specialised installation services to the pharmaceutical market in Switzerland.

As one of Europe’s major pharmaceutical hubs, Switzerland has over 250 pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies across its regions, €90bn in life science sector exports and is leading R&D in new drugs and healthcare technologies.

Pride in its quality culture is a cornerstone to continued success in the data centre sector for global technology corporations in Ireland, the UK, and Europe. Its commercial and industrial markets continue to grow along with major district heating schemes for commercial and residential premises.

NEXT GENERATION OPPORTUNITIES

The key to a sustainable future is the next generation of construction professionals needed to bring new ideas and innovations. Dornan is committed to placing a career in construction in the mindset of students. Its STEM initiative, supported by UCC, provides information and learning about technical subjects with an emphasis on engineering and construction. Its goal is to expose students to real-world careers in the construction industry. Dornan employees from all backgrounds discuss their career paths, and its craft technicians and engineers provide engaging interactive learning experiences.

Dornan believes that a diverse and sustainable future in construction requires insight, commitment, goals, and investment.

Its greatest resource is the next generation, who can continue to innovate sustainable solutions and shape a greener world for everyone.

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STS GROUP

TOTAL TURNOVER: €255M ROI TURNOVER: €85M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €170M

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pecialising in electrical, instrumentation and commissioning services, STS Group has been on an impressive growth trajectory of late. Having made substantial investments locally and internationally across its two main areas of focus – life sciences/pharma and data centres – the firm now has 1,600-plus personnel delivering what business development director Liam Linehan describes as “some of the most challenging and prestigious projects with world-renowned brands”.

In terms of sectoral spread, 2021 saw the firm carry out about 55% of its work in the data centre area and 35% in life sciences/pharma, with the balance spread across food/beverage and energy/utilities.

Geographically, about 40% of STS’ business was generated in Ireland, with the rest from various parts of Europe as well as the Middle East.

DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

Committed to a culture of inclusion, STS has a diverse staff across all age groups – from young people entering trades to people at senior management level with up to four decades of experience. Meanwhile, Pride Month has become an opportunity for the firm to promote diversity in the workplace.

This year, once again, STS launched a companywide awareness campaign for the entire month, during which, for example, employees from across the group came together to enjoy a coffee morning. This was completed with cupcakes inspired by the iconic Pride flag so that participants could learn about its origin, what it represents and why it is celebrated in the month of June each year.

COMMUNITY

Recognising itself as a stakeholder in the communities where it works, STS engages with and supports numerous local initiatives, including GAA and rugby teams, as well as sponsoring local and national charities. Over the past year, the company has supported Ceim Eile, part of the Brothers Of Charity non-profit organisation, participated in the Irish Heart Foundation’s Love Run and undertook the 100-mile challenge associated with The Mater Foundation. It is also an official corporate supporter of the construction industry charity, The Lighthouse Club.

ADDRESS: Block 10A, Cleaboy Business Park, Old Kilmeaden Road, Waterford.

PHONE: 051 508009 WEB: www.stsgroup.ie LINKEDIN: Specialist Technical Engineering Services KEY EXECUTIVES: Richie Hogan; Managing Director; Liam Linehan, Business Development Director: Terry Kelleher, Finance Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Electrical and Instrumentation Engineering and Contracting.

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STS GROUP OUTLOOK

“The availability of people – or lack thereof – is a common theme for the whole construction ecosystem,” Liam Linehan comments. “For us, it is critically important to effectively manage and plan against the peaks and the troughs in terms of our personnel and project schedules.”

Long gone, he says, are the days when ramping up with new hires was possible.

“Now it’s about focusing on opportunities that fall in line with our available capacity, which we monitor on a weekly basis.”

“While the past year was “not without its challenges, it was a success overall. The key takeaway from 2021 was that we must continue to recognise that we are fortunate to have some of the best people in the industry, who continue to work to exceed our clients’ expectations.”

This is something STS Group takes seriously.

“We will continue to work to ensure that we retain our great people and attract new talent. I would encourage anyone who is interested – or who knows someone who would be interested – in working with an industry-leading engineering contractor to please get in touch with our talent acquisition team,” Liam Linehan concludes.

To learn more about careers at STS Group, email careers@stsgroup.ie or visit www.stsgroup.ie.

HEALTH, SAFETY & WELLBEING

Health, safety, and wellbeing are central to the STS culture and an area in which, says Liam Linehan, all companies need to be constantly proactive.

“With the pressures of the modern world ongoing, STS Group recognises the importance of supporting its employees, and we offer a comprehensive wellbeing programme that is active throughout the year,” he says.

For example, on National Workplace Wellbeing Day this year, the company hosted a healthy breakfast for all its employees – the idea being to drive home the importance of eating well and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

“Events like this are scheduled regularly throughout the year,” adds Linehan.

Pride Month has become an opportunity for STS Group to promote diversity in the workplace.

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SUIR ENGINEERING

TOTAL TURNOVER: €242M ROI TURNOVER: €175M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €67M

ADDRESS: Unit 9A, Cleaboy Business Park, Old Kilmeaden Road, Waterford.

PHONE: 051 359500 WEB: www.suireng.com LINKEDIN: Suir Engineering KEY EXECUTIVES: Michael Kennedy, Managing Director; Patrick Aylward, Operations Director; Joe Lavin, Operations Director; John Flynn, Regional Director; Ronan Tyrrell, Financial Director; David Phelan, Business Development Director; Kimm Phelan, Proposals Director; Fintan McCleane, Commercial Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Mechanical, Electrical and Instrumentation Engineering.

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uir Engineering has over 38 years of mechanical, electrical and instrumentation (M, E&I) expertise, with offices in Waterford, Dublin, Sweden, Denmark and Germany and a direct workforce of more than 1,300 people.

The business carries out in the region of €242m in project work annually. The sectors in which Suir Engineering operates include data centres, energy and utilities (sub-stations and power infrastructure projects), renewables (wind farms, Solar farms and battery energy storage systems), pharmaceutical, food and beverage, and commercial offices.

PROJECT PORTFOLIO

Most of Suir Engineering’s business comes from repeat clients in Ireland and abroad. Suir analyses each client’s operations on an ongoing basis to best understand their unique requirements and puts in place structures that will help it meet their needs.

Recent projects include a 220kV GIS substation in Kellystown, data centres for confidential clients in Denmark, Sweden and Dublin; and pharmaceutical projects for MSD in Ballydine, WuXi in Louth,

and J&J Vision Care in Limerick.

SUIR ENGINEERING PEOPLE

According to Mick Kennedy, Managing Director, Suir Engineering, the keystone of Suir’s business success is its people. “At Suir, every individual team member is valued, encouraged to embrace personal responsibility and supported to develop and maximise their potential.” Mick Kennedy comments. “Suir Engineering has a proud track record of retaining staff and cultivating our talent from apprentice to director. We are meticulous about the health and safety of our teams and support their ongoing professional development.”

INNOVATION

Digitalisation and innovation have played a key role in optimising the efficiency of the organisation of Suir Engineering.

The contractor’s resources include BIM, off-site fabrication, lean design and lean construction, and it is a leading proponent of the ‘paperless construction site’. These new technologies, along with modern methods of construction, allow it to realise projects faster, more efficiently, more cost-effectively and – above all – more transparently.

Mick Kennedy adds that this is a clear advantage for its customers, contracting authorities, partners and the company.

“These innovations have also had the benefit of driving continuous improvement across the company in safety, quality, employee job satisfaction and the reduction of our carbon footprint.”

HEALTH & SAFETY

The health and safety of Suir Engineering staff is a crucial pillar of the contractor’s critical success factors. Suir Engineering has established, documented, implemented, and maintains its integrated quality, environmental and health & safety management system and strives to continually improve the system’s effectiveness in accordance with ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018. This enables Suir Engineering to provide safe and healthy workplaces, prevent workrelated injury and ill health of workers, and continually improve its OH&S performance.

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DESIGNER GROUP

TOTAL TURNOVER: €202,300,000 (ESTIMATED) ROI TURNOVER: €125,426,000 INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €76,874,000

ADDRESS: Clyde House, IDA Blanchardstown Business and Technology Park, Snugborough Road, Dublin 15.

PHONE: 01 860 0520 WEB: www.designergrp.com LINKEDIN: Designer Group KEY EXECUTIVES: Michael Stone, Chief Executive Officer; Tim Kenny, Chief Financial Officer; Nick Baish, Managing Director (UK).

KEY ACTIVITIES: Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.

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ounded in 1992 on its electrical engineering excellence, Designer Group is now a leading innovative and sustainable provider of mechanical, electrical and instrumentation engineering solutions and celebrates its 30th anniversary this year.

The business provides trusted MEP expertise for clients on an international scale across Ireland, the UK, Europe, Africa and North America, with a client base spread over 14 sectors.

A reliable partner of choice, Designer Group’s capability spans small-scale works through to projects exceeding €75m. It has a vast portfolio of sophisticated and challenging projects across the pharmaceutical, data centre, manufacturing, commercial, life sciences, infrastructure and energy sectors. Designer Group’s precision of work, optimisation of design, personable approach and the strictest adherence to protocols and regulations have built its longstanding reputation in the industry.

INVESTING IN PEOPLE Designer Group employs a dedicated team of over 1,000 staff, including over 500 expertly trained operatives, and through its supply chain, it supports the employment of hundreds more. The value the team brings to its clients is evident in the large quantity of repeat business Designer Group has been awarded over the years.

The business promotes a strong culture of learning and development, most recently launching its global ‘Leadership Programme’ of bespoke courses designed to support existing and future leaders demonstrating high performance and clear potential for progression.

ENGINEERING THE FUTURE The business has been involved in some of the most cutting-edge renewable energy projects, supporting a cleaner energy future through the design and build of complex infrastructure for generation, transmission and distribution systems. It pushes the boundaries in delivering sustainable environments, utilising the latest building information modelling (BIM) cutting-edge technology and software, and reflecting the need to balance the impact of construction on our collective futures while maximising the value of its clients’ assets.

Designer Group puts innovation at the core of its service, utilising off-site fabrication and modular construction, working from the assumption that all services can be prefabricated when designing and procuring, improving productivity, maximising quality and progressing sustainability in a controlled environment.

Steam production facility, Tusker Brewery, Kenya.

DESIGNER GROUP PROJECTS Designer Group’s latest international milestone projects include expansion into the Nordics and Latin America, adding to its global presence; delivering the first of six phases of a mission-critical 36MW data centre facility near Oslo, powered with 100% renewable energy; and a large distillery expansion in Mexico, with extensive prefabrication in Europe. The group has also recently commenced work on phase 2 of the Oslo data centre.

Other stand-out current projects include One Nine Elms landmark towers, which, on completion, will be the tallest residential towers in Europe, with panoramic views of London across the River Thames – another project using cutting-edge prefabrication technology for leaner, greener and safer operations.

In the coming months in Ireland, having maintained momentum and safe working practices throughout the pandemic, Designer Group will be completing works on the Forensic Sciences Laboratories, Dublin – a sophisticated and challenging life sciences project of over 100,000 sq feet. Additionally, the group is delighted to have achieved the first steam production at the end of June this year for Tusker Brewery in Nairobi, Kenya, where the team completed the full engineering, procurement and construction of a brand new sustainable biomass installation.

VISION Designer Group anticipates continued growth to 2025 and beyond, with a strong order book of tier-one clients and a great range of projects in the pipeline. It is also actively recruiting new apprentices and bringing in new graduate engineers and surveyors to support its big growth plans.

Looking ahead, Michael Stone, Chief Executive Officer, Designer Group, says: “Designer Group will continue to invest heavily in our people, upskilling our employees and committing to resourcing technological advancements and sustainable developments. By doing this, we will have better project cooperation, compliance, teamwork, workplace efficiencies, and continue to improve our service offering for clients.”

Model of the Forensic Science Laboratories, Dublin.

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KING & MOFFATT BUILDING SERVICES TOTAL TURNOVER: €129M ROI TURNOVER: €36M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €93M

ADDRESS: Attirory Business Park, Carrick on Shannon, Co. Leitrim PHONE: 071 962 0378 WEB: www.kingmoffatt.com LINKEDIN: King and Moffat Group KEY EXECUTIVES: Pat King, Group Managing Director; Brendan Sweeney, Group Chief Operations Officer.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Design, Installation and Maintenance of Mechanical and Electrical services, Offsite Prefabrication.

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ing & Moffatt is an award-winning mechanical and electrical contractor with over 400 directly-employed personnel. It has over 40 years’ experience in the building services industry and an annual group turnover of over €125m.

The company’s mission is to be the mechanical, electrical and process (MEP) partner of choice to key clients in all locations and sectors it operates in, by providing efficient design, installation and maintenance services on all their sites and connected assets. It works closely as a partner with clients to ensure completion on time, within budget and to each client’s satisfaction.

King & Moffatt is certified to ISO9001 Quality Management Standard, ISO14001 Environmental Management Standard and ISO45001 Health & Safety Standard, as well as being Safe-T-Cert accredited.

IRISH PROJECTS

The contractor has a great deal of experience in logistics, food, pharma, data centre, and manufacturing sector projects and fully understands the complexities and challenges of delivering these projects. It is also involved in high-profile Irish projects, such as Adare Manor Padel Club, Cherrywood Residential, Bonham Quay Galway, LIDL RDC Mullingar and North City Civic Depot.

UK PROJECTS

In the United Kingdom (UK), King & Moffatt has been involved in a number of major projects over the past year, such as the Alexander

D0 & Co, Heathrow.

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Alexander Stadium redevelopment, Birmingham.

Stadium redevelopment in Birmingham, which will be used this summer for a major international athletics competition. Its work on DO & CO Heathrow, a world-class food production facility, which was a €25m MEP project for King & Moffatt, was a finalist in the international category at the Irish Construction Excellence Awards 2022. Other major projects include SmartParc Derby, Pinewood Studios and LIDL RDC Luton, which is King & Moffatt’s largest project to date. King & Moffatt was also a finalist in two UK awards this past year; MEP Specialist of the Year and Specialist Contractor of the Year (turnover over £25m) in the Construction News Specialist Awards 2021, which celebrate the best specialist contractors in the UK.

EUROPEAN PROJECTS

King & Moffatt continues to view mainland Europe as a strategically important market for the company. Its Dutch company King & Moffatt BV has completed its first project in the Netherlands, a pharmaceutical sector project in Amsterdam. It has also been active on multiple data-centre sites in Frankfurt over the past 12 months, as well as several other logistics sector projects around Germany.

INNOVATION

King & Moffatt’s two newest companies, King & Moffatt Offsite and King & Moffatt Connected, continue to go from strength to strength. These companies greatly strengthen its design, build and maintenance offerings – with particular focus on critical areas, such as BIM, offsite prefabrication, and facilities management.

The contractor’s Carrick-on-Shannon offsite campus now totals 40,000 sq feet, including a training facility and is specially fitted out for mechanical and electrical prefabrication. The team at its offsite facility has doubled in size in the past 12 months and delivers offsite prefabricated MEP solutions to its contracting businesses day-inday-out in Ireland, the UK and mainland Europe. Its offsite MEP solutions improve the speed of delivery, safety, and quality.

BMW manufacturing facility, , Swindon.

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RADLEY ENGINEERING

TOTAL TURNOVER: €88,448,641 ROI TURNOVER: €87,012,069 INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €1,436,572

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adley Engineering Ltd is one of Europe’s leading specialists in the design, manufacture, fabrication and site installation of high-quality stainless steel, carbon steel and exotic materials.

Established in Dungarvan in 1972 by brothers John and Thomas Radley, the company operates from a state-of-the-art facility in Dungarvan, where it provides steel fabrication and welding solutions to a range of industries, including manufacturing, oil and gas, petrochemical, biopharma, power generation, food and dairy processing.

RADLEY ENGINEERING PROJECTS

Over the years, it has been contracted on many iconic projects, such as The Spire of Dublin; The Heron Tower, London; and The Waterford city by-pass Suir cable-stay bridge. These bespoke projects provide a clear indication of the skill and flexibility of its workforce and design capabilities.

More recently, Radley Engineering has been contracted on the IE2B facility for Eli Lilly in Kinsale, Co Cork. This project included the fabrication and supply of a number of stainless steel vessels and approximately 27,500 metres of pipe of various specifications. It required off-site manufacturing of pipe racks, modules and various skids. Radley’s in-house rigging crews installed all equipment associated with the project.

Radley was contracted at MSD Carlow 2 to fabricate and supply a number of stainless steel vessels and approximately 25,000 metres of pipe of various specifications. These were fabricated and installed by Radley. The project included off-site manufacturing of modules, pipe racks, AHU assemblies and skids. Radley’s in-house rigging crews installed all the project-associated equipment.

RADLEY ENGINEERING GROWTH

Following a continuously busy period over the past five years, Radley is focusing on further developing its capabilities and expertise to provide innovative engineering solutions.

Radley has also doubled its employee numbers over the past five years due to the increasing demand from mechanical contractors for design, engineering, modern methods of construction (MMC) and

ADDRESS: Dungarvan, Co Waterford.

PHONE: 058 41199 WEB: www.radleyeng.com LINKEDIN: Radley Engineering Ltd KEY EXECUTIVES: John Radley, Managing Director; Thomas Radley, Managing Director; Brian Gill, Finance Director; Kevin Walsh, General Manager/Director; Caimin Radley, Projects Director KEY ACTIVITIES: Mechanical Fabrication and Installation.

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COVID-19 RESPONSE

Despite the many challenges that the Covid-19 pandemic brought to the industry, most of Radley’s projects continued as it was deemed “critical essential”.

Kevin Walsh, General Manager, Radley Engineering, comments: “Throughout the pandemic, the health, safety and wellbeing of our employees and their families have been our priority. Our management and crafts teams across our numerous sites and at our fabrication facility in Dungarvan put in a massive effort to follow the standard operating procedure developed by the Construction Industry Federation, as well as following any additional requirements introduced by our clients.”

MODERN METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION

MMC has become a key area of focus over the past number of years.

Covid-19 has brought MMC to the fore across the sector, enabling contractors to construct a high percentage of their projects using off-site manufacturing (OSM) and, in turn, reducing engineering and craft numbers on sites while still being able to meet tight schedules.

Kevin Walsh explains: “Radley Engineering Ltd has made significant off-site manufacturing (OSM) investments over the years. We have three large facilities with excellent overhead cranage capacity to handle and meet the demands that OSM requires. This enables us to manage the construction of off-site modules from design input through to commissioning. We will continue to invest in this area to further support and improve the manufacture and delivery of off-site modules to meet client needs.

RADLEY ENGINEERING OUTLOOK

Following its sustained growth over the past number of years, Kevin Walsh is optimistic that the company’s strong performance in 2022/23 will continue into the longer-term future.

“Our objective is to continue meeting our clients’ requirements with our excellent service,” Kevin Walsh adds. “The pharmaceutical sector has experienced massive growth in recent years. We expect that this growth will continue over the next five years as companies continue to invest in Ireland.

“The construction industry played a critical role in supporting the pharmaceutical sector to adapt quickly and respond to Covid 19 and other health issues. We at Radley Engineering look forward to continuing to support and meet our clients changing requirements into the future,” he concludes.

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BMD & COMPANY LTD TOTAL TURNOVER: €62.7M ROI TURNOVER: €62.7M

ADDRESS: 8 Eastgate Avenue, Little Island, Cork.

PHONE: 021 486 9500 WEB: www.bmd.ie LINKEDIN: BMD Co Ltd KEY EXECUTIVES: Kevin McCarthy, Managing Director; Frank O’Keeffe, Engineering Director; Paul Keegan, Offsite Manufacturing Director; Kieran Murphy, Project Director; Kevin McKiernan, Director, Eastern Region; Kieran Horgan, Finance Director/Company Secretary.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Mechanical Contractor YEAR END: 31/12/21 Cleanroom facility.

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ith 50 years as one of Ireland’s leading mechanical engineering companies, BMD & Company Limited (BMD) has a track record of delivering projects across a wide range of industries, including life sciences, semiconductors and oil and gas.

BMD is a customer-focused solution-driven company that has delivered and continues to deliver mission-critical projects to its clients.

BMD’s wide range of services include: • Process equipment rigging and installation services • Process and utility pipework fabrication and installation • High purity systems and specialist services, including passivation • Off-site manufacturing (OSM) • Process plant design services from concept and through the construction process • Production and utility plant maintenance services

CLIENTS

BMD’s client list includes many leading multinational corporations.

It also collaborates with its customers’ design and engineering partners.

BUSINESS UPDATE

BMD has experienced very strong in recent years, and this growth came via the significant capital projects it is delivering in the Leinster and Munster regions. The company has concentrated on hiring

BMD & Co’s new Balbriggan facility.

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across all levels of the organisation, from construction managers, site and design engineering and QAs/QCs to commercial and administrative personnel, as well as all the levels of trades.

Despite the tight labour market, BMD has continued to recruit talented people into the company. One theme that comes through is that people want to be part of BMD’s growth path, to be part of a company that they can really contribute to and enjoy the work they do. BMD offers formal and tailored training courses, mentoring, and new hires will work within experienced teams while they learn their roles within our business.

SUCCESSION

After nearly 17 years as managing director of BMD, in 2022, Mike Walsh decided to start a new chapter in his life. He has led BMD through many significant milestones, leaving BMD in a solid position to continue to grow.

BMD recently announced the appointment of Kevin McCarthy, who joined BMD in 2017 and held a dual role of commercial and projects director, to the position of managing director, effective from June 2022. Kevin McCarthy and Mike Walsh have been working together over the past while to ensure a smooth transition.

Commenting on his appointment, Kevin McCarthy said: “I am excited to be taking on the role of managing director. It is an honour to lead this management team and staff, who do great work every day in support of our customers in delivering critical services to the life sciences, chemical and semiconductor industries.”

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Chilled water plantroom under construction.

MSL Engineering’s 140,000 sq-foot fabrication facility in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork.

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MSL ENGINEERING LTD

TOTAL TURNOVER: €47,405,655 ROI TURNOVER: €46,077,245 INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €1,328,409

ADDRESS: Ringport Business Park, Ringaskiddy, Co Cork.

PHONE: 021 451 3550 WEB: www.mslengineering.ie LINKEDIN: MSL Engineering Ltd TWITTER: @mslengineering KEY EXECUTIVES: Brian McGrath, Managing Director; Leonard Cronin, Operations Director; Paul Coughlan, Engineering Director; Kevin O Sullivan, Commercial Director; Dave Ronan, Projects Director Dublin and Leinster; Diarmaid Daly, Quantity Surveying Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Mechanical Engineering.

YEAR END: 31/12/2021

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ounded in 1979, MSL Engineering Ltd is a mechanical engineering contractor dedicated to delivering a service that incorporates the highest standards of workmanship, safety, quality and reliability in interpreting and exceeding its clients’ expectations.

MSL specialises in the fabrication and installation of process, utility and high purity pipework, platforms and steelwork and equipment installation across a wide range of industry sectors.

With over 40 years of expertise and a flexible project management approach, MSL delivers best-in-class projects utilising BIM and modular fabrication processes to the highest standards of workmanship, safety, quality and reliability.

In recent years, MSL has significantly increased turnover and expanded its markets to include the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Sweden and Denmark.

MSL SERVICES

MSL’s service offering includes offsite modular fabrication and assemblies (OSM), managing multi-disciplined subcontractors, including HVAC, scaffold, craneage, insulation, painting, NDT, etc, while utilising BIM and 3D modelling design processes.

With a workforce of over 500 people, MSL has grown to become one of the leading players in an industry that has seen a parallel growth in the pharmaceutical, biopharma, semi-conductor, chemical, oil and gas, energy, data centre and food and beverage sectors.

INNOVATION

MSL has a modern 140,000-sq-foot fabrication facility in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork. This new facility includes a large-scale modular fabrication workshop, a piping fabrication workshop and a 12,000-sq-foot clean piping workshop.

The company encourages and promotes early contractor engagement, modular design and an integrated project delivery (IPD) approach by offering modular construction experience to maximise offsite manufacturing and fabrication (OSM) opportunities for clients.

LYNSKEY ENGINEERING LTD TOTAL TURNOVER: €44,622,000 ROI TURNOVER: €21,141,000 INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €23,481,000

ADDRESS: Dartmouth House, Kylemore Road, Dublin 10.

PHONE: 01 460 1556 WEB: www.lynskeyeng.ie LINKEDIN: Lynskey Engineering Ltd KEY EXECUTIVES: Sean McElligott, Managing Director; Kevin Carolan, Company Secretary; John Brierton, Director; Bernard Corrigan, Director; Noel Gavin, Director; Eamonn Heery, Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Mechanical Engineering.

YEAR END: 31/12/2021

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ynskey Engineering Ltd, founded in 1964, is one of Ireland’s leading mechanical engineering contractors. It has a reputation for quality installations delivered on time and within budget.

Lynskey operates on the basis of delivering quality design, construction, installation and maintenance of mechanical systems within Ireland and mainland Europe, and in the process building sustainable relationships with clients, its supply chain, employees and site teams to deliver class-leading projects in a spirit of cooperation.

LYNSKEY PROJECTS

Lynskey Engineering provides services to a broad range of sectors, including data centres, office developments, retail, healthcare and hotels.

It has an extensive range of completed projects in its portfolio.

These include Dublin North Dock office development (8,500 sq metres to LEED Gold), Three Park Place office development and subsequent fit-out for IDA (LEED Platinum), multiple data centres in Ireland and overseas, as well as turnkey healthcare projects in private and public hospitals.

More recently, Lynskey Engineering completed work on the first phase of a major data centre in Frankfurt. This phase has a 9MW capacity. A large retail development in Belfast is also nearing completion, while in Mannheim, Germany, Lynskey handed over a hotel earlier this year.

Other current projects include an extension to the Kerrygold plant in Mitchelstown; a data centre in Swindon, UK; Four Park Place office development (18,000 sq metres shell and core Cat A); MSD BioNx project (specialist pipework installation); a LIDL distribution centre in Mullingar; a cath lab in Blackrock Clinic; and a data centre in Frankfurt (Phase 2).

Vanguard, Dublin.

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Facebook offices, Dublin 4.

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CJK ENGINEERING

TOTAL TURNOVER: €44,546,326 ROI TURNOVER: €44,546,326

ADDRESS: Unit 1 The Business Centre, Stadium Business Park, Ballycoolin Road, Dublin 11.

PHONE: 01 8829700 WEB: www.cjkengineering.ie LINKEDIN: cjk-engineering TWITTER: @CJKEngineering KEY EXECUTIVES: Vincent Bruen, Managing Director; Conor Kearney, Executive Director; Tom Coyne, Construction Director; Dave Flanagan, Construction Director; Willie Smyth, Sales Director; Paul Carberry, Commercial Director; Eamonn Thornton, Operations Director; Aidan Bird, Pre-Construction Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Mechanical & Electrical Engineering.

YEAR END: 31/12/2021

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JK is an Irish-owned mechanical and electrical services contractor established in 1998. Based in Dublin, the company has steadily expanded its operations over the past 24 years and employs 320 people.

With a projected turnover of €52m for 2022, CJK’s success results from its dedication to building lasting relationships and a commitment to excellence in the data centre, industrial, pharmaceutical, public and commercial sectors. It partners with private clients, electrical consulting engineers, building contractors, architects and quantity surveyors to deliver best-in-class mechanical and electrical services.

In 2021, CJK acquired McGrattan and Kenny, a mechanical services contractor, in a move that will lead to 100 new roles being created to bring the group’s headcount to 400 people by 2025.

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TOTAL TURNOVER: €44.27M ROI TURNOVER: €44.27M

ADDRESS: 16 Fonthill Industrial Park, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.

PHONE: 01 626 1144 WEB: www.leolynch.com LINKEDIN: Leo Lynch KEY EXECUTIVES: Philip Smith, Managing Director; Conor Lynch, Commercial Director; Brian Sterling, Director; Ciaran O’Donnell, Business Development Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Mechanical, Process and Electrical Engineering Services.

YEAR END: 31/12/2021

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eo Lynch was established in 1956 and is one of Ireland’s leading mechanical and process-mechanical engineering contractors. It provides high-quality construction services to the biopharma, medical technology, microelectronics, data centre, food & beverage, healthcare and commercial sectors.

It takes pride in delivering a quality “value-added”, safe service and building long-lasting client relationships through teamwork, cooperation and delivery of a world-class service. It has worked with many of its clients for over 25 years, including many of the top multinational organisations operating in Ireland.

CLIENTS

Long-term clients include Pfizer, Abbott, BMS, SK biotek, Diageo, Takeda, Glanbia, Analog Devices, Tyndall National Institute & IPUT. In 2021, despite the difficulties of the pandemic, Leo Lynch continued to be involved in some high-profile projects. These included completing a very significant brownfield project for a confidential client in the food and beverage sector and various projects in the pharma/life sciences sector; of particular note were super fast-track projects for Pfizer Ireland Ltd and a major microelectronics tool install project. Along with these projects, Leo Lynch has continued to service a broad base of ongoing client sites.

“Existing, repeat-business clients are a mainstay of the business and are truly valued,” comments Ciaran O’Donnell, Business Development Director, Leo Lynch.

PROJECTS

CJK’s portfolio of recent projects includes the completion of several pharmaceutical and industrial projects for clients Amgen, MSD and Takeda, as well as works for Dublin Airport, Facebook, Beaumont Hospital, VHI and the OPW. It is currently working on the new 205,000 sq foot Garda HQ in Dublin city centre.

CJK STAFF

CJK is led by a multidisciplinary senior management team from diverse backgrounds, steered by managing director Vincent Bruen.

They embody CJK’s values and are committed to attracting, retaining and progressing talent within CJK. The company was recently named the “17th Best Employer in Ireland” for 2022 by the Sunday Independent and Statista.CJK lives by its values - people, respect, energy, quality and knowledge – and these values form the foundation of how its management team grows the organisation. As a result, CJK has a reputation for its unique culture underpinned by its commitment to its employees.

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Dublin Airport Authority Terminal 2 Energy Centre.

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Interior of a module at LMC Group’s production facility.

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ounded by joint managing directors Martin Lydon and Stephen McConnell in 2008, LMC Group comprises three distinct businesses – LMC MEP Ltd, LMC FM and LMC Modular.

The company is accredited to the Quality ISO 9001:2015, Environmental ISO 14001:2015 and Safety ISO 45001:2018 standards.

LMC SERVICES

LMC offers clients a complete building services management package, from design and coordination to programming, procurement, fabrication, installation, testing, commissioning, demonstration, handover, decommissioning and total life cycle care.

The past year has seen steady growth in LMC’s facilities management company, LMC FM. While continuing to work with the Irish Prison Service, LMC FM has expanded the portfolio of assets it manages for the OPW and the HSE, among many other repeat clients.

Lydon and McConnell set up LMC Modular in 2017, initially focusing on manufacturing bathroom pods. Its turnover has been climbing by around 50% annually. Its bathroom pod production has achieved BOPAS accreditation this year.

On the building services contracting side, LMC had sites that continued operating during the pandemic shutdown, including social housing projects, and it managed to secure additional work throughout the year. This work included a large project in

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LMC GROUP

TOTAL TURNOVER: €42M

ROI TURNOVER: €41,160,000 INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €840,000

ADDRESS: 5 The Courtyard, Kilcarbery Park, Nangor Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.

PHONE: 01 599 4920 WEB: www.lmcgroup.ie LINKEDIN: LMC Group Ltd KEY EXECUTIVES: Martin Lydon, Managing Director (Partner); Stephen McConnell, Director (Partner).

KEY ACTIVITIES: Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Building Services, Modular Construction, Off-site Manufacturing.

YEAR END: 31/12/2021 Newmarket Square in Dublin and a number of Department of Education sites with BAM, as well as residential projects with Townmore and Twinlite.

LMC’s fit-out department has also experienced steady growth, with LMC completing several projects, including a fast-track project with Fidelity Investments.

LMC Group used downtime during the pandemic to evaluate management teams across the group and add strength and depth to them.

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TRITECH ENGINEERING TOTAL TURNOVER: €36M ROI TURNOVER: €36M St Mary’s Hospital annexe building, Dublin.

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WELTEC

TOTAL TURNOVER: €26,700,564 ROI TURNOVER:

€26,700,564 YEAR END: 30/04/2022 ADDRESS: Six Cross Roads

YEAR END: 31/08/2021 ADDRESS: Clonlara House, Clonlara Road, Baldonnell Business Park, Dublin 22.

Business Park, Waterford.

PHONE: 051 594000 WEB: www.weltec.ie LINKEDIN: Weltec Engineering.

TWITTER: @WeltecEng KEY EXECUTIVES: Ger O’Leary, Managing Director; Shane Ryan, Operations Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Mechanical & Electrical Engineering.

PHONE: 01 413 1000 WEB: www.tritech.ie LINKEDIN: Tritech Engineering: TWITTER: @Tritech1 KEY EXECUTIVES: Joe Delaney, Managing Director; Peter Keane, Maintenance & QEHS Director; Tom Comerford, Commercial Director; Fergal Reilly, Electrical Director; Chris Duffy, Electrical Operations Director; Stephen Keane, Mechanical Operations Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Mechanical & Electrical Engineering.

Plant room from a recently completed Bausch & Lomb project.

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ADDRESS: Clogheen Business Park, Blarney Road, Cork.

PHONE: 021 421 1000 WEB: www.rockwell.ie LINKEDIN: Rockwell Engineering KEY EXECUTIVES: Michael Field, Owner; Martin Conheady, Managing Director; James Devaney, Engineering Director, Mary Hickey, Financial Controller.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.

ROCKWELL ENGINEERING

TOTAL TURNOVER: €20M ROI TURNOVER: €20M YEAR END: 31/12/2021

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BUTTIMER

TOTAL TURNOVER: €19.6M ROI TURNOVER: €11.17M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €8.43M

YEAR END: 31/12/2021 ADDRESS: Cahir Business Park, Cahir, Co

Tipperary.

PHONE: 052 7441377 WEB: www.buttimer.com LINKEDIN: Buttimer Engineering KEY EXECUTIVES: Fergal Buttimer, CEO; Michael Murphy, Contracts Director; Denis O’Shea, Production Manager; Cian Corbett, Operations/Contracts Coordinator; Sean O’Sullivan, Technical & Innovation Director; Declan McGrath, Sales Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Mechanical Engineering.

Grain handling and storage facility in Denmark.

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T BOURKE LTD

TOTAL TURNOVER: €14.5M ROI TURNOVER: €14.5M Oncology Centre at University Hospital Galway.

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YEAR END: 31/12/2021 ADDRESS: T22 Maple Avenue,

Stillorgan Industrial Park, Co Dublin.

PHONE: 01 295 2721 WEB: www.tbourke.com LINKEDIN: T Bourke & Co Limited KEY EXECUTIVES: Niall Bourke, Managing Director; David Bourke, Director; David Doherty, Business Development Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.

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Over €38bn in projects granted planning permission in 2021 Residential schemes accounted for over 60% of all plans granted in 2021. Pat MacGrath, Head of Research & Product Development, of Construction Information Services (CIS), reports on planning activity for 2021 and early 2022.

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ollowing the height of the pandemic, construction was slow to recover, with the pandemic posing a significant concern to industries throughout the lockdowns and the halting of works.

According to the data, both volume and value building construction output in 2020 were down year over year – by 5.2% and 4%, respectively – marking the first annual fall in final output since 2012.

With this, the construction industry entered 2021 under immediate pressure and uncertainty faced with strict lockdown procedures brought in to combat Covid-19.

COVID RECOVERY

The first quarter of 2021 reflected the magnitude of setbacks in the construction industry as output fell 27.3% from a year earlier, following a downwardly corrected 6.0% drop in the previous threemonth period.

The residential sector was the hardest hit, with activity dropping 60.9%, followed by considerable drops of 19.5% in non-residential and 33.6% in civil engineering activity. Construction output fell by 21.0% on a quarterly basis, dropping from a 5.2% increase in the fourth quarter (CSO).

In the third quarter of 2021, Ireland’s construction output fell 1.4% year on year, following an upwardly revised 28.4% increase in the preceding three months. Construction activity has also remained modest compared to pre-pandemic levels. Non-residential construction fell 6.5% compared to 23.7% in Q2, while residential construction rose 7.7% and civil engineering works rose 20.6%.

Construction output increased by 7.5% on a quarterly basis, following a 9.9% increase the previous quarter.

PLANNING ACTIVITY

Overall, the value of planning activity in 2021 (plans submitted and plans granted) grew by 12% from 2020 to €38.5bn. This was a significant rise given that there had been a 3.7% fall in such activity in 2020. The biggest driver in these figures was the residential sector, which represented 63% of all planning activity and grew by 13.7% in 2021.

Other significant movements in pipeline activity were a 22% fall in hospitality and a 21% fall in commercial activity.

The industrial sector, which includes warehousing and data centres, rose by 24%, reflecting lifestyle changes exacerbated by the pandemic.

LOOKING FORWARD

Data from Q1 2022 demonstrates the construction industry’s sustained resilience in the face of several distinct problems, including rising material costs, supply disruption, Brexit, the pandemic and rising fuel costs, and, latterly, the effects of the war in Ukraine.

Across the island, new project starts totalled slightly over €3bn for the quarter, the third-largest quarterly value in the past three years, after only Q2 2021 (€4,4bn) and Q3 2021 (€3.2bn), and up from a three-year quarterly average of €2.3bn.

Of course, there were differences across sectors. For the third straight quarter, new residential construction declined to €979m (excluding new phases of existing developments). Non-residential starts increased by 27% in Q1 to €1.2bn, exceeding the three-year quarterly average. Indeed, the only industries where new beginnings fell below the previous three-year average were medical, retail, and hospitality.

MOST VIEWED PROJECTS 2021 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

PROJECT

COUNTY

SECTOR

CURRENT STAGE

€500m - Town Centre Development €119m - Data Centres Development €50m - Operations Depot Development €110m - Apollo House Redevelopment €141m - Office Development €129m - Build to Rent Apartments/Build to Sell Apartments €76m - Mixed Use Development €92m - Town Centre Development €90m - Build-to-Rent Apartments €81.4m - Residential Development

Co Dublin Co Dublin Co Dublin Co Dublin Co Dublin Co Dublin Co Dublin Co Dublin Co Dublin Co Kildare

Residential Industrial Commercial & Retail Commercial & Retail Commercial & Retail Residential Commercial & Retail Residential Residential Residential

On Site On Site On Site On Site On Site On Site On Site On Site On Site On Site

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2 €600m - N6 Galway City Outer Bypass Scheme

3 €500m - Greenlink Interconnector Project

4 €400m - Residential Development

5 €320m - Urban Regeneration Project

6 €250m - Build to Rent Apartment Development

7 €250m - Residential Development 8 €23.1m - Apartment Development

9 €220m - Apartment Development

10 €200m - Vartry Water Treatment Plant

11 €170m - Residential Development

12 €154m - Build-to-Rent Residential

13 €152m - Biopharmaceutical Campus

14 Mixed Development

15 €150m - N4 Collooney to Castlebaldwin Road Development 16 €150m - Google Data Centre

17 €150m - Residential Development

18 €148m - Residential Development

19 €147m - Mixed Use Development

20 €143m - Two Data Centres

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LOCATION

VALUE

CURRENT STAGE

Southwest Gate Site to the east of Walkinstown Avenue at the junction of Walkinstown Avenue and Naas Road Co. Dublin N6 Galway City Outer Bypass Scheme West Section (N59 to R336) Co. Galway Great Island, County Wexford, Pembroke, Wales, United Kingdom (Great Island, Kilmannock, Dunbrody, Saltmills, Grange, Kilhile, Rosetown, Coleman, Ramsgrange, Kilbride, Ballinruan, Aldridge, Booley, Broomhill, Lambstown, Lewistown, Kilcloggan, Templetown, Graigue Little, Graigue Great & Ramstown) Co. Wexford Former O’Devaney Gardens Site and lands previously part of St. Bricin’s Military Hospital Dublin 7 Co. Dublin Augustine Hill Lands to the rear of Ceannt Train Station Station Road Galway City Co. Galway Holy Cross College Clonliffe Road Dublin 3 and Drumcondra Road Lower Drumcondra Dublin 9 Co. Dublin Corballis East Donabate Co. Dublin 52, 54, 56, 58 Station Road Raheny Dublin 5 Co. Dublin The South Docks The Former Ford Distribution Site Fronting on to Centre Park Road Marquee Road and Monahan’s Road Co. Cork Vartry Water Treatment Site Vartry Roundwood Co. Wicklow Lands at Baldoyle and Stapolin adjacent lands formerly known as the Coast Baldoyle Dublin 13 Co. Dublin Castleforbes SHD Lands at Castleforbes Business Park Sheriff Street Upper and East Road Co. Dublin Mullagharlin Haynestown Townlands Dundalk Co. Louth Townland of Greyabbey South of Kildare Town Kildare Co. Kildare N4 Collooney to Castlebaldwin & N17 Collooney to Tubbercurry Co. Sligo Townlands of Aungierstown & Ballybane Lying to the west of the existing facility in Newcastle Clondalkin Dublin 22 D22 X602 Co. Dublin Townland of Cork Little and Shanganagh Woodbrook Shankill Co. Dublin Park West Avenue and Park West Road Park West Dublin 12 Co. Dublin Galway City North Business Park in the townlands of Parkmore and Castlegar Tuam Road Co. Galway Lands adjacent to Huntstown Power Station North Road Finglas Dublin 11 Co. Dublin

€625,000,000.00

Plans Granted

€600,000,000.00

Plans Granted

€500,000,000.00

On Site

€400,000,000.00

Plans Granted

€320,000,000.00

Plans Granted

€250,863,900.00

Plans Granted

€250,000,000.00 €231,000,000.00

Plans Submitted Plans Granted

€220,000,000.00

Plans Granted

€200,000,000.00

Completed

€169,430,800.00

Plans Granted

€154,000,000.00

Plans Granted

€152,000,000.00

Completed

€150,000,000.00

Completed

€150,000,000.00

Completed

€150,000,000.00

Completed

€150,000,000.00

On Site

€148,157,310.00

Plans Submitted

€147,831,422.00

Plans Granted

€143,972,500.00

Plans Granted

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CONTRACTORS (IRELAND) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 49

COMPANY

TURNOVER IRELAND

SECTOR

John Sisk & Son Mercury BAM Ireland Jones Engineering John Paul Construction PJ Hegarty & Sons UC Walls Construction Kirby Group Engineering Bennett Winthrop Collen Construction JJ Rhatigan & Company Suir Engineering Murphy Ireland Designer Group Conack Construction Ltd Monami Construction Dornan mac-group Clancy Jons Civil Engineering Company Ltd SIAC Construction Group Radley Engineering Ltd Duggan Brothers (Contractors) Ltd STS Group Wills Bros Flynn Ardmac Group Limited Stewart Purcell Construction MMD Construction (Cork) Ltd Vision Contracting Limited BMD & Co Ltd Elliott Building & Civil Engineering Ltd Townmore Coffey Group Glan Agua MEIC Gem Group MSL Engineering Limited T&I Fitouts CJK Engineering Clonmel Enterprises Ltd Leo Lynch ABM Group Arkil Holding Ltd, (Arkil Ltd and Park Plant Hire Ltd) Ganson Building & Civil Engineering Contractors Ltd LMC Group Ltd Kilcawley Building & Civil Engineering (Sligo) Ltd Tritech Engineering King & Moffatt Building Services

€715,500,000 €600,000,000 €560,000,000 €558,000,000 €420,000,000 €340,000,000 €303,000,000 €253,446,397 €250,000,000 €234,122,533 €222,000,000 €202,200,000 €175,000,000 €136,000,000 €125,426,000 €122,000,000 €106,000,000 €105,000,000 €102,000,000 €95,721,578 €92,000,000 €90,000,000 €87,012,069 €87,000,000 €85,000,000 €82,000,000 €77,505,447 €70,071,985 €67,000,000 €65,900,000 €64,660,000 €63,500,000 €62,700,000 €60,000,000 €56,000,000 €52,700,000 €51,751,663 €47,240,000 €46,077,245 €46,000,000 €44,546,326 €44,439,802 €44,270,000 €44,000,000 €43,890,000 €41,456,806 €41,160,000 €40,000,000 €36,000,000 €36,000,000

General Building, Civil Engineering Mechanical & Electrical Engineering General Building, Civil Engineering Mechanical, Electrical, Process Engineering General Building, Civil Engineering General Building, Civil Engineering General Building, Main Contractor Mechanical & Electrical Engineering General Building, Main Contractor General Contractor General Building General Building, Main Contractor Mechanical & Electrical Engineering General Building, Civil Engineering Mechanical and Electrical, Process Engineering General Building General Building Mechanical & Electrical Engineering General Building, Fit-outs General Building Civil Engineering General Building, Civil Engineering Mechanical Fabrication and Installation General Building Electrical Engineering General Building General Building General Building General Building General Building General Building General Building Mechanical, Electrical, Process Engineering General Building, Civil Engineering General Building Civil Engineering General Building, Civil Engineering General Building, Specialist Mechanical Engineering Main Contractor, Fit-outs Mechanical and Electrical Engineering General Building, Civil Engineering Mechanical and Electrical Engineering General Building, Civil Engineering Civil Engineering General Building, Civil Engineering.

M&E Contracting, Specialist Offsite Contractor General Building, Civil Engineering Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Mechanical & Electrical Engineering

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COMPANY

TOTAL TURNOVER

1

€1,485,700,000 €715,500,000

John Sisk & Son

TURNOVER EXPORT SECTOR IRELAND TURNOVER €770,200,000

2

Mercury

€1,480,000,000 €600,000,000

General Building, Civil Engineering

€880,000,000

Mechanical &

Electrical Engineering

3

Mechanical, Electrical,

Jones Engineering

€930,000,000

€558,000,000

€372,000,000

Process Engineering

4

Winthrop

€658,447,244

€234,122,533

€424,324,711

General Contractor

5

BAM Ireland

€633,000,000

€560,000,000

€73,000,000

6

John Paul Construction

€544,000,000

€420,000,000

General Building, Civil Engineering

€124,000,000

General Building, Civil Engineering

7

Collen Construction

€500,000,000

€222,000,000

€278,000,000

General Building

8

Kirby Group Engineering

€402,699,261

€253,446,397

€149,252,864

Mechanical & Electrical

9

PJ Hegarty & Sons UC

€375,000,000

€340,000,000

Engineering

€35,000,000

10 Dornan

€370,000,000

€105,000,000

€265,000,000

11

Bennett

12 Walls Construction

General Building, Civil Engineering Mechanical & Electrical Engineering

€320,000,000

€250,000,000

€70,000,000

General Building.

€303,000,000

€303,000,000

–

General Building

13 JJ Rhatigan & Company

€263,300,000

€202,200,000

€61,100,000

General Building

14 STS Group

€255,000,000

€85,000,000

€170,000,000

Electrical Engineering

15 Suir Engineering

€242,000,000

€175,000,000

€67,000,000

Mechanical & Electrical

Engineering

16 Designer Group

Mechanical and Electrical,

€202,300,000

€125,426,000

€76,874,000

Process Engineering

17

General Building

Wills Bros

€163,000,000

€82,000,000

€81,000,000

18 Murphy Ireland

€158,000,000

€136,000,000

€22,000,000

General Building, Civil Engineering

19 mac-group

€144,500,000

€102,000,000

€42,500,000

General Building, Fit-outs

20 Ardmac Group Limited

€130,196,965

€70,071,985

€60,124,980

General Building

21 King & Moffatt Building Services

€129,000,000

€36,000,000

€93,000,000

22 Conack Construction Ltd

€122,000,000

€122,000,000

Mechanical & Electrical Engineering

–

General Building

23 Monami Construction

€106,000,000

€106,000,000

–

General Building

24 SIAC Construction Group

€96,000,000

€90,000,000

€6,000,000

General Building,

Civil Engineering

25 Flynn

General Building

€95,725,517

€77,505,447

€18,220,070

26 Clancy

€95,721,578

€95,721,578

–

General Building

27 Jons Civil Engineering Company Ltd

€92,000,000

€92,000,000

–

Civil Engineering

28 Radley Engineering Ltd

€88,448,641

€87,012,069

€1,436,572

Mechanical Fabrication and Installation

29 Duggan Brothers (Contractors) Ltd

€87,000,000

€87,000,000

–

General Building

30 Townmore

€84,000,000

€56,000,000

€28,000,000

General Building

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TOTAL TURNOVER

TURNOVER EXPORT SECTOR IRELAND TURNOVER

31 Elliott Building & Civil Engineering Ltd

€75,000,000

€60,000,000

€15,000,000

32 Glan Agua MEIC

€70,276,378

€51,751,663

€18,524,715

33 Stewart

€67,000,000

€67,000,000

General Building, Civil Engineering General Building, Civil Engineering

–

General Building

34 Purcell Construction

€65,900,000

€65,900,000

–

General Building

35 MMD Construction (Cork) Ltd

€64,660,000

€64,660,000

–

General Building

36 Vision Contracting Limited

€63,500,000

€63,500,000

–

General Building

37 BMD & Co Ltd

€62,700,000

€62,700,000

–

Mechanical,

Electrical, Process

38 ABM Group

€61,500,000

€44,000,000

Engineering

€17,500,000

General Building, Civil Engineering

39 Coffey Group

€52,700,000

€52,700,000

–

40 Ganson Building & Civil Engineering Contractors Ltd

€50,077,982

€41,456,806

€8,621,176

Civil Engineering General Building, Civil Engineering.

41 MSL Engineering Limited

€47,405,655

€46,077,245

€1,328,410

42 Gem Group

€47,240,000

€47,240,000

–

General Building,

Specialist

43 Adston Group Holdings Ltd

€32,054,366

General Building

€46,262,062

€14,207,696

Mechanical Engineering

44 T&I Fitouts

€46,000,000

€46,000,000

–

45 DFL

€45,432,782

€35,274,808

€10,157,974

General Building

46 Lynskey Engineering Ltd

€44,622,000

€21,141,000

€23,481,000

Mechanical Engineering

47 CJK Engineering

€44,546,326

€44,546,326

–

48 Clonmel Enterprises Ltd

€44,439,802

€44,439,802

€44,270,000

–

€44,270,000

Mechanical and Electrical Engineering

49 Leo Lynch

Main Contractor, Fit-outs

General Building, Civil Engineering

–

Mechanical and Electrical Engineering

50 Arkil Holding Ltd, (Arkil Ltd and Park Plant Hire Ltd)

€43,920,000

€43,890,000

€30,000

Civil Engineering

51 LMC Group Ltd

€42,000,000

€41,160,000

€840,000

M&E Contracting,

Specialist Offsite

52 Kilcawley Building & Civil Engineering (Sligo) Ltd

€40,000,000

€40,000,000

Contractor –

General Building,

–

Mechanical & Electrical

53 Tritech Engineering

€36,000,000

€36,000,000

Civil Engineering

Engineering

53 Mannings Construction Limited

General Building

€36,000,000

€21,100,000

€14,900,000

55 Glenbeigh Construction

€35,332,678

€35,332,678

–

General Building

56 Mythen Construction

€34,822,950

€34,822,950

–

General Building

57 Townlink

€30,000,000

€30,000,000

–

General Building

58 Shareridge

€28,527,000

€28,527,000

–

General Building

59 Weltec Engineering

€26,700,564

€26,700,564

–

Mechanical and Electrical

–

General Building

60 ClearyDoyle

€25,000,000

€25,000,000

Engineering

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TURNOVER IRELAND

EXPORT TURNOVER

Mercury Jones Engineering Kirby Group Engineering Dornan STS Group Suir Engineering Designer Group King & Moffatt Building Services Radley Engineering Ltd BMD & Co Ltd MSL Engineering Limited Lynskey Engineering Ltd CJK Engineering Leo Lynch LMC Group Ltd Tritech Engineering Weltec Rockwell Engineering Buttimer T Bourke Ltd

€1,480,000,000 €930,000,000 €402,699,261 €370,000,000 €255,000,000 €242,000,000 €202,300,000 €129,000,000 €88,448,641 €62,700,000 €47,405,655 €44,622,000 €44,546,326 €44,270,000 €42,000,000 €36,000,000 €26,700,564 €20,000,000 €19,600,000 €14,500,000

€600,000,000 €558,000,000 €253,446,397 €105,000,000 €85,000,000 €175,000,000 €125,426,000 €36,000,000 €87,012,069 €62,700,000 €46,077,245 €21,141,000 €44,546,326 €44,270,000 €41,160,000 €36,000,000 €26,700,564 €20,000,000 €11,170,000 €14,500,000

€880,000,000 €372,000,000 €149,252,864 €265,000,000 €170,000,000 €67,000,000 €76,874,000 €93,000,000 €1,436,572 – €1,328,410 €23,481,000 – – €840,000 – – – €8,430,000 –

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BUILDING CONTRACTORS COMPANY

TOTAL TURNOVER

TURNOVER IRELAND

EXPORT TURNOVER

1 John Sisk & Son €1,485,700,000 €715,500,000 €770,200,000

2 Winthrop €658,447,244 €234,122,533 €424,324,711 3 BAM Ireland €633,000,000 €560,000,000 €73,000,000

4 John Paul Construction €544,000,000 €420,000,000 €124,000,000

5 Collen Construction €500,000,000 €222,000,000 €278,000,000 6 PJ Hegarty & Sons UC €375,000,000 €340,000,000 €35,000,000

7 Bennett €320,000,000 €250,000,000 €70,000,000 8 Walls Construction €303,000,000 €303,000,000 – 9 JJ Rhatigan & Company €263,300,000 €202,200,000 €61,100,000 10 Wills Bros €163,000,000 €82,000,000 €81,000,000 11 Murphy Ireland €158,000,000 €136,000,000 €22,000,000

12 mac-group €144,500,000 €102,000,000 €42,500,000 13 Ardmac Group Limited €130,200,000 €70,100,000 €60,100,000 14 Conack Construction Ltd €122,000,000 €122,000,000 – 15 Monami Construction €106,000,000 €106,000,000 – 16 SIAC Construction Group €96,000,000 €90,000,000 €6,000,000

17 Flynn €95,725,517 €77,505,447 €18,220,070 18 Clancy €95,721,578 €95,721,578 – 19 Jons Civil Engineering Company Ltd €92,000,000 €92,000,000 – 20 Duggan Brothers (Contractors) Ltd €87,000,000 €87,000,000 – 21 Townmore €84,000,000 €56,000,000 €28,000,000 22 Elliott Building & Civil Engineering Ltd €75,000,000 €60,000,000 €15,000,000

23 Glan Agua MEIC €70,276,378 €51,751,663 €18,524,715 24 Stewart €67,000,000 €67,000,000 – 25 Purcell Construction €65,900,000 €65,900,000 – 26 MMD Construction (Cork) Ltd €64,660,000 €64,660,000 – 27 Vision Contracting Limited €63,500,000 €63,500,000 – 28 ABM Group €61,500,000 €44,000,000 €17,500,000

29 Coffey Group €52,700,000 €52,700,000 – 30 Ganson Building & Civil €50,077,982 €41,456,806 €8,621,176 Engineering Contractors Ltd 31 Gem Group €47,240,000 €47,240,000 –

32 Adston Group Holdings Ltd €46,262,062 €14,207,696 €32,054,366 33 T&I Fitouts €46,000,000 €46,000,000 – 34 DFL €45,432,782 €35,274,808 €10,157,974 35 Clonmel Enterprises Ltd €44,439,802 €44,439,802 –

36 Arkil Holding Ltd, €43,920,000 €43,890,000 €30,000 (Arkil Ltd and Park Plant Hire Ltd) 37 Kilcawley Building & Civil Engineering (Sligo) Ltd €40,000,000 €40,000,000 –

38 Mannings Construction Limited €36,000,000 €21,100,000 €14,900,000 39 Glenbeigh Construction €35,332,678 €35,332,678 – 40 Mythen Construction €34,822,950 €34,822,950 –

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INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER

€880,000,000 €770,200,000 €424,324,711 €372,000,000 €278,000,000 €265,000,000 €170,000,000 €149,252,864 €124,000,000 €93,000,000 €81,000,000 €76,874,000 €73,000,000 €70,000,000 €67,000,000 €61,100,000 €60,124,980 €42,500,000 €35,000,000 €32,054,366 €28,000,000 €23,481,000 €22,000,000 €18,524,715 €18,220,070 €17,500,000 €15,000,000 €14,900,000 €10,157,974 €8,621,176

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