Building Ireland magazine July 2016

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Industry News

Duggan Systems Ltd.

One of Ireland’s leading window, door and facade contractors

Peter O’Brien & Sons (Landscaping) Ltd.

Exceptional award-winning market leading family operation

LG Glass & Glazing Ltd.

Specialist glass company engaged in the manufacture of processed value add glass products

Cosgrove Electrical Services

Cosgrove Electrical Services P26

Strong track record in delivering commercial and industrial electrical solutions

Celsius Mechanical Ltd

Always delivering a quality service

BH Groundworks

A multi faceted and highly skilled operation

Brooks Timber & Building Supplies Ltd.

Offer a wide selection of products and materials

Homan O’Brien Associates

Brooks Timber P37

One of the leading consulting engineering practices in Ireland

Morris Plant Hire Ghana Ltd.

Built a strong reputation since commencing operation in 2012

McMullan O’Donnell

High quality products in the window and door manufacturing industry

Murform Structures Ltd.

Consistently delivering projects to exact specifications

O’Connor Formwork Ltd.

McMullan O’Donnell P53

Preferred subcontractor to many of Ireland’s largest main contractors

Kenny Lyons Associates Architects

One of the most highly regarded professional architectural firms in the midlands

Vincent Doherty Ltd.

Delivering consistently high quality work

Kiernan Structural Steel Ltd (KSSL)

Recently announced £3.5 million expansion to its Carrigglas facility

Loftus Demolition

One of Ireland’s leading demolition and civil engineering firms

O’Connor Formwork P62

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BAM sweeps the board at the International PPP Awards

BAM was the big winner at the recent International Partnership Awards—the most prestigious event in the global Public Private Partnership (PPP) industry’s calendar—with the excellence of a number of its Irish projects being specifically recognised at the ceremony. BAM won four awards on the night, including one for the Schools Bundle 3 project, which saw the construction of eight schools on behalf of the Department of Education and Skills. BAM also won awards for Best Developer and Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) Management Company of the Year.

PPP has played a key role in the delivery of Ireland’s health, education, and transport infrastructure in recent years. BAM has provided the necessary equity for important infrastructure and then take full responsibility for the project’s design, construction, operation, and maintenance for a 25 year period. The state retains ownership of the asset under the agreement and when the concession period expires, usually after 25 years, the asset reverts to full state ownership.

Discussing its selection of BAM for the overall Best Developer award, the Partnership Awards judging panel highlighted the company’s record of developing new technical and financial solutions for its diverse projects, delivering projects on or ahead of time and within budget, and its excellent relationship with its public sector counterparts.

BAM was also selected as SPV Management Company of the Year. SPVs are integral to the PPP model, because they bring together the construction firms, lenders, and public bodies in a separate commercial venture to oversee and manage the development of individual projects. The judging panel commended BAM’s dedication to building strong and lasting relationships with clients and stakeholders; in particular, they noted BAM’s development of new approaches to increase the flexibility in contracts while at the same time offering security to sponsors and lenders.

Schools Bundle 3, which was awarded silver in the Best Completed Project category, saw the delivery of eight brand new Irish schools on time and ahead of schedule in Wexford (Gorey), Waterford (Tramore), Galway (Doughiska), Westmeath (Athlone), Donegal (Letterkenny), Leitrim (Ballinamore), and Limerick (Doon). The judges praised BAM’s proactive approach in engaging with its client to develop an ongoing process of quality review and improvement at the schools and its incorporation of industry best practice. Following the completion of Schools Bundle 3, the National Development Finance Agency selected BAM to undertake Schools Bundle 4, which will see the delivery of four post primary schools on time and within budget this year.

BAM also received recognition for its work on the M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy PPP and the Courts Bundle PPP. BAM reached financial close with the Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) for the €350 million M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy motorway project, which was shortlisted for the Best Road Project, at the end of 2015. The Courts Bundle, shortlisted for Best Social Infrastructure Project, is valued at €135 million and will see BAM undertake the construction and refurbishment of seven landmark courthouses across Ireland.

Commenting on the awards, BAM Ireland Chief Executive Theo Cullinane observed: “These awards demonstrate BAM’s position as a market leader in the PPP sector not just in Ireland but internationally. The PPP model has a key role to play in the delivery of Ireland’s civic, education, and transport infrastructure. During the downturn, when financial constraints posed countless problems for the development of the country, PPP offered a solution that ensured roads were constructed, courts were built, and children across Ireland were provided with the best possible school facilities. BAM is incredibly proud of its contribution to this development and it is incredibly satisfying to have our efforts recognised by our peers in the international PPP industry.”

BAM’s success at the international Partnership Awards continues a string of strong performances for the company in 2016.

At the 2016 Green Awards, BAM won in the Green Construction category for the Corrib Tunnel Project. The completion of the longest service tunnel in Europe was seen as a significant step towards “First Gas” from the Corrib Gas field, which is expected to provide up to 60% of Ireland’s energy needs at peak production. BAM was commended for the innovative and creative approaches which were used at every stage of the design and construction phase of the tunnel to minimise environmental impacts.

The tunnel was also recognised on the international stage last year with the International Tunnelling Association naming it Environmental Initiative of the year. BAM also recently won Engineering Project of the Year for its work on N11 Arklow Rathnew PPP / N7 Newlands Cross Flyover at the CMG Irish Building and Design Awards 2016.

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No plans to forcibly take vacant homes, says Coveney

Minister for Housing Simon Coveney says the Government has no plans to forcibly take possession of vacant properties.

Speaking at a conference organised by the Housing Agency focussing on the issue of affordability, Mr Coveney said he had no “absolute” statements to make on plans to address the housing crisis, but they would include accessing the some 250,000 empty properties around the country while respecting property rights.

He said that there will be six-month emergency plans implemented in urban areas to “inject some adrenalin into the system” and also added that student accommodation is easier to provide through and would possibly free up affordable rental properties.

Housing Agency Chairperson Conor Skehan stated that a third of the population will need state support to buy or rent their home.

The conference also heard that 100,000 homes will be needed by 2020 and there are plans to build 35,000 social units.

Atkins enabling a sustainable future through what we do today Dublin

Cork

Galway

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ATKINS CELEBRATE A HAT-TRICK OF AWARDS

Atkins is one of the world's leading design, engineering and project management consultancies. They have the breadth and depth of expertise to respond to the most technically challenging and time critical large and small scale infrastructure projects.

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tkins Ireland walked away with the Engineering Practice of the Year 2016 award for the third year running at the Irish Building and Design Awards ceremony, which took place on Friday 22 April in the Ballsbridge Hotel, Dublin.

At the Irish Building and Design Awards, were, L-R – Denis Crowley director, Atkins; More than 500 people from the world of Garrett Hayes associate director, Faithful+Gould; Kieran Boyle associate director, engineering, architecture, construction and Atkins; Tom O’Malley managing director, Atkins; Martina Finn technical director, Atkins; Micheál McKittrick, associate director, Atkins; Fidelma Lucey associate design attended the ceremony to recognise director, Atkins; Tim Brick executive director Irish Academy of Engineering and acknowledge the best in Ireland’s and Marty Whelan awards MC. building and design projects over the previous 12 months and Atkins Ireland Engineering, Environmental Science, D. Higgins officially opened in Cathal maintained their vice-like grip on the Highway and Bridge Engineering, Quantity Brugha Barracks in April, and water projects Engineering Practice category.

Surveying and Project Management, Traffic such as the (GDRDP) Greater Dublin Drainage Project and Mutton Island WWTW “This is a fantastic achievement for us and Studies and Transportation Planning. it really is down to our great people who are Their primary objective is to continue to all of which highlight our leadership in the technically excellent and who continually grow their existing businesses and to enter industry.

“Atkins also impressed the judges with all demostrate first class project management new sectors where they believe their skills,” Managing Director Tom O'Malley expertise can be of value to their client of the positives that come from being part of a multinational business – access to a remarked. base.

“Most importantly our people work really “Atkins impressed the award judges with massive resource base, access to leading hard to undertand exactly what our clients our notable range of projects across the international expertise, access to the latest need, they develop partnership country through which we are able to project management and human resource relationships with those clients and they showcase our diverse and truly systems and great communication systems strive to deliver outcomes that work for our multidisciplinary engineering capability,” that make it easy to access to any of the 18,000 staff across the globe.” client base.” added Tom. “In addition, our focus on being the Atkins arrived in Ireland in 1999 when they “We have a desire to challenge the norm, acquired a local transportation consultancy working on projects such as the Military employer of choice; recruiting really good (McCarthy & Partners). McCarthy & Archives Project which President Michael people and developing those people is the key to having really good teams and Partners had been founded in we do have really good and highly the mid-1960s and some of the capable local teams in all our Irish McCarthy people are still offices which ensures that we working for Atkins. understand our client’s needs.”

Effectively, Atkins have been “Also, I believe that the successfully trading in Ireland for multidiscipline nature of our more than 50 years. The business ensures that we can principal aim of Atkins was to respond to any and all challenges diversify and expand the local faced by our clients. All of these business into a multidisciplinary factors ensure the delivery of a first design and construction class service to our loyal client supervision consultancy. base.”

Today they provide services in Currently employing Architecture, Mechanical & President Michael D. Higgins officially opened the new approximately 160 people across Military Archives, Cathal Brugha Barracks, which is a Electrical Engineering, Civil and flagship project for the 1916 Rising Commemorations their offices in Dublin, Cork, Galway Structural Engineering, Health & programme. Atkins provided the Civil and Structural and Belfast, Atkins Ireland is a Safety, Fire Engineering, Water Engineering for the Department of Defence BUILDING IRELAND

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Nenagh to Castletown, major drainage works, waste water treatment plants around Ireland, the Cork Area Strategic Plan and the Greater Dublin Area Regional Planning Study.

Atkins have successfully brought to fruitition a whole range of other large projects across different Ennis Depot, off M18 (Atkins multidiscipline design for TII) sectors including; education projects, such as Malahide School, healthcare projects, water projects, swimming pool and leisure centres such as Finn Valley Leisure Centre, data centres and industrial and commercial projects.

The company's current workload includes the Motorway At the Irish Building and Design Awards, were, L-R Stephen O’Hanlon associate director, Atkins; Denis Crowley Contracts Audit and director, Atkins; Kieran Boyle associate director, Atkins; Administration Services Tom O’Malley, managing director, Atkins; Enda Kane senior (MCAAS) project, which engineer, Mallinckrodth; Fidelma Lucey associate director, Atkins; Stephen Manning managing director, McCrossan is the management of O’Rourke Manning Architects; Garrett Hayes associate motorway maintenance director, Faithful+Gould; Martina Finn, technical director, Atkins; Micheál McKittrick, associate director, Atkins services across Ireland’s motorway locally managed business and operates network, the civil structural design and on the basis of strategic business units construction supervision services for the rather than as a regional office based state of the art Childrens Detention system.

Centre in Lusk, the GDRDP (Greater For example, the Director in charge of Dublin Drainage Project) and the Highways is responsible for all Highway infrastructure for the Dublin Docklands projects across the Irish offices. This SDZ. structure ensures that the best people Atkins are also working on a number are used on a project regardless of the wastewater treatment plants in Cork and location of that project in Ireland. Similar Galway, as well as a number of arrangements apply to all of their other sustainable travel projects including business disciplines. Having offices Barna Greenway and Bray around Ireland also ensures that the Transportation Hub. They are also service delivered is local and takes leading a number of public realm and cognizance of local client needs. urban design projects including “Approximately 70% of our work Dungarvan Town comprises infrastructure and building Centre Improvement design projects for local authorities and Scheme and Tralee government bodies. The other 30% is Public Realm. private sector work mainly for developers Industrial projects for for whom we provide a full range of various clients multidiscipline services.” including Rohan High Profile PPP projects in the recent Holdings, as well as past included the M50 widening in Dublin Data Centres for other and the M6 motorway from Galway to clients around the Ballinasloe. They have also successfully country, also form part completed the N7 Motorway from of the portfolio of 5

current Atkins projects in Ireland.

Atkins Ireland are involved in overseas projects such as a Commercial centre in Hamburg and in various high-rise buildings in the Middle East.

Tom revealed: “Business is good for Atkins, with the economy picking up and we are growing slowly in line with the economy.

“However, there are difficulties in the private sector of the economy and also there is reduced Government spending on infrastructure because of Ireland’s debt burden. Nevertheless we expect growth to continue for our business here in Ireland.”

What separates Atkins Ireland from its competitors?

“Where other’s see challenges we see opportunities. We have the local capability to offer the full range of multidiscipline services for infrastructure and building projects in Ireland. Allied to this we have access to the leading edge expertise of the Atkins international offices.”

“Similar to all design consultancies in Ireland small projects make a major contribution to our turnover but we also have the scale to tackle the largest projects backed up by the massive resource base of the 18,000 people in other Atkins offices across the globe.”

“Atkins Ireland prides itself on the excellence of our local service, our ability to deliver the latest leading edge international expertise and a resource base with the ability to tackle any project large or small.”

“We are focussed on enabling a sustainable future through what we do today. We propose innovative, sustainable and low carbon solutions to our clients at every opportunity.”

Atkins Ireland Atkins House 150 Airside Business Park Swords, Co Dublin Tel:+353 1 810 8000 Fax: +353 1 810 8001 Email: info.ie@atkinsglobal.com Website: www.atkinsireland.ie

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The Engineering Building at NUI Galway

Since its inception in 1978, Duggan Systems Ltd in Co Limerick has developed into one of Ireland’s leading window door and facade contractors. Building Ireland caught up with the company’s Managing Director John Duggan, who gave us the

lowdown on what they’re all about.

Based in Patrickswell in Co Limerick, the company is

officially

known

as

Duggan

Systems

Ltd

Architectural Aluminium & Glazing Contractors.

Today however, the company offers complete facade

The Grifols Building at Grange Castle, Co Dublin

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Continued Best Wishes To Duggan Systems

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The UCD Science Building

solutions and continues to lead the way in the

in Hollyhill in Cork and since then we count numerous

façade systems for contractors and clients.

our clients.”

designing, manufacturing and installing all kinds of

blue chip and fortune five hundred companies among

Dedication and commitment to top quality at every

John himself has officially been a part of the team for

stage of the process along with a professional approach

almost 20 years now, but he revealed that he first

company, all throughout Ireland. As a result this has

a teenager.

has amassed a rock solid reputation for the

started working with the company before he was even

seen them gaining contracts for some of the most high-

“I’m officially working with the company since 1998,

profile glazing and facade projects in the country in

but I’ve been coming here to work from when I was 10

John outlined what they do, while also giving us some

Fast-forward nearly 20 years later and things are

recent times.

years of age doing summer work,” he stated.

background of how it came to be.

going very well right now which is something he is

“My father Bernard Duggan comes from a long line of

proud to report.

glass processors, his family’s business Duggan Glass

“Currently most of our work is concentrated in and

and Mirror LTD have been in business for over

around the Dublin area, but we’ve done plenty of work

150years. In 1978 Bernard set up on his own.

around the country and still continue to do so,” John

“Through the 1980s, we went from doing residential

outlined.

projects to working on commercial projects and have

“We survived some challenging years during the

continued to grow since then. In 1991 we completed

downturn by concentrating on different school projects

Apple Computers first venture outside the US

that were announced by the government. We estimate 13

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that over the last five years we

doors and high end cladding

of the school building projects

tile and Tegral Equitone.

have carried out in excess of 75%

carried out within the republic

along with numerous projects in the north.”

The family owned outfit also have

a highly trained workforce and

place major emphasis on their in-

systems such as stone, terracotta

and

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and

build projects.

numerous

rapid

Evidently, the company is now on

They also supply and install a full

an upswing from the recession

as brise soleil, revolving doors and

seems committed to capitalizing on

range of ancillary products such much more.

So why do clients tend to choose

years and the man in charge this.

“We are always interested in

Duggan Systems Ltd first?

ways to grow the company and

“We are very proud of our team at

product and service at affordable

said.

“A considerable number of staff

best way to put it, I think, and

something that we’re looking into

true.”

of new projects coming up now in

house technical abilities.

Duggan Systems,” said the MD. have over 20 years’ experience with us. Our 100 plus workforce

are very highly skilled, all working

“We guarantee a high quality

prices.” John quipped. “That’s the we’ve always believed that to be

The evidence can certainly be

to highest standards and are

seen all over the country to back

professional development. This

buildings in almost all of Irelands

committed

to

continuous

combined with a state of the art production

facility

immense capabilities.

gives

us

“Very recently we have added a

top of the range automatic cutting and machining centre and we are

always looking at ways to improve efficiency.”

Their products include full range

of all types of stick curtain walling, unitised curtain walling, windows,

up John’s statement. With flagship

major University Campuses such as the science building at UCD,

the long room Hub at Trinity, the engineering

building

at

NUI

Galway, the western Gateway at

stay at the top of our game,” he “Expansion

is

definitely

at the moment and we’ve a couple the second part of the year, so

we’re happy to be kept busy with those for the next couple of months and we already have a strong order book for 2017.”

Duggan Systems Ltd

UCC and the Kemmy Business

Address: Patrickswell,

this we have completed some of

Telephone: 061-355377

School at UL Limerick. On top of the largest primary and post primary school buildings in the

country such as PPP bundles 1, 2

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Co Limerick

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The roof garden over the Mater Hospital entrance

CHANGING THE LANDSCAPE

For more than half a decade, Peter O’Brien & Sons (Landscaping) Ltd. have been embellishing the landscape in the greater Dublin area and beyond. We visited their Malahide base and met up with managing director Ciaran O’Brien to get an insight into this exceptional, awardwinning, market-leading family operation.

Since its inception from humble origins more than half a century ago, Peter O’Brien & Sons (Landscaping) Ltd. has developed into Ireland’s premier landscape and sportsground BUILDING IRELAND

contractor. Founded in 1963 as a small family-run gardening enterprise, the business has evolved organically to become the partner of choice of local authorities and main contractors – as well as individual clients – throughout the capital and oftentimes further afield.

No job is ever considered too large or too small, with an absolute adherence to excellence guaranteed from start to finish – and even afterwards in the shape of an outstanding maintenance service. Peter O’Brien & Sons (Landscaping) Ltd. is a progressive, pioneering, innovative company that moves with the times and continuously embraces new ideas, procedures, technology and equipment to ensure customers of optimal solutions.

As a member of the ALCI (Association of Landscape Contractors

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of Ireland), Peter O’Brien & Sons (Landscaping) Ltd. promote high standards in the landscaping industry.

Over the years, they have received numerous awards in the demanding, specialist areas of landscaping and sportsground development, collecting the prestigious “Bog Oak Trophy” (AllIreland Landscape Award) on more than one occasion as well as top prizes at the An Bord Bia Quality Awards and for Public Authority works.

World-class solutions are provided across the board and recognised accordingly. Reflecting on the genesis of one of Ireland’s largest landscaping and sportsground contractors, MD Ciaran O’Brien notes: “My father, Peter, started it off in 1963 and the business grew with the general economy of the time. There was a housing boom in the ‘sixties and he started doing private gardens and working with local builders around the Artane / Coolock area and in the suburbs of the city.

“He then worked with Dublin County Council and Dublin City Council and was involved in Ballymun flats in the

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The William Fry offices

‘70s and Darndale after that. He did landscaping on schools and convents and just kept getting more and more work.”

Such was Peter’s dedication to quality work that the business took on a life of its own, to such an extent that full-time employment is currently generated for a team of 50! “He started in 1962 with a rotavator doing back gardens in the evenings after working all day.

He went into it full-time the following year.”

It was back-breaking work and there was plenty of it. “It really was tough going in the early days,” Ciaran relates. “It was a six-days-a week job and he was putting in 60-80 hours every week just to keep things moving. He never said no to anybody and took on whatever work came his way. That’s a philosophy that we have tried to maintain as the business has grown. We’ve made ourselves available to everyone and that’s’ why we’ve held onto so many

customers over the decades, including regular work with main contractors.

It’s very much a family affair (thereby guaranteeing a personal touch), with founder Peter – Ireland’s most experienced landscaping professional! - still keeping an eye on proceedings while his son Ciaran oversees the dayto-day running of the business. Ciaran’s brother Dermot looks after drainage, while Peter O’Toole is on hand as a long-serving company director. “Peter is a huge part of the business,” Ciaran points out. “I went to college with him and he spent some time in England before joining us 25 years ago.

Regarding the catchment area covered and the general nature of the work undertaken, Ciaran reveals: “We’re predominantly active in Dublin but we have worked all over Ireland, including Cork, Kilkenny, Carlow, Meath and

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Kildare. We mostly carry out commercial projects but we do some residential stuff – show houses etc. – as well as a lot of maintenance work.”

One of the projects being undertaken at the time of writing was the provision of new football pitches at St Michael’s College in Dublin 4. “In the 1970s, when all the new schools were being built to facilitate the new housing developments that were going up, we would have started putting in pitches in the schools and we have built on that tradition since,” comments Ciaran. “We’ve become specialists in that area and have worked on Lansdowne Road, where we did an upgrade, and Thomond Park, where we installed the current front and back pitches.

We also did a lot of the initial pitch work in UCD and put in two new pitches in Grangegorman last year as well as a variety of pitches for Dublin County Council and Kildare County Council etc.”

Although the work is still predominantly labour-intensive, Ciaran concedes that the days when a man could turn up with a shovel over his shoulder to work on a garden or pitch are long gone (Peter O’Brien & Sons (Landscaping) Ltd. carries approximately €1.5m worth of plant)… “It’s getting close to being a science,” he concurs. “It’s more engineering now than simple landscaping. We use a lot of laserguided machinery now to make sure that everything is as precise as it can possibly be.

“Maintenance contracts would account for a large percentage of our work and up to half our

Work taking place at the Marker Hotel

Sedum and stone completed at the Marker Hotel

The impressive work at the Mater Hospital

Work in progress at the Marker Hotel

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workforce are engaged in that. We do a large amount of general maintenance around the city as well as for Bray District Council, Dublin County Council, schools, colleges, industrial parks, Blanchardstown Shopping Centre and so on.

“We also specialise in rooftop

Finishing off work at the Gibson Hotel

Planting on the roof of Board Gais Finglas

gardens and construct a lot of new parks for Dublin City Council, including Fr Collins Park five year ago and Cardiff Bridge Park in Finglas three years ago.

“Every job has to be done to exact specification and there’s no job that we won’t do.

We have never missed a deadline in the 53 years that the business has been trading and that’s a record we intend to preserve. Of course, we couldn’t do any of this without our staff and it is encouraging that once they come here they tend to stay for the long haul.

Many of them have been with us for up to 40 years and we have a good

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working relationship with them, with regular in-house training and refresher courses taking place to keep everybody up to speed.”

Looking to the future, onwards and upwards is the aim for this superb family business: “Our goal is to increase turnover, increase profits, to remain competitive and to win more projects,” Ciaran concludes. “We’re currently increasing our turnover by 20% annually and we’d like to sustain that rate of growth.”

Peter O’Brien & Sons (Landscaping) Ltd. Streamstown Wood, Malahide, County Dublin.

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Triple-glazed screens at Mulroy's Supermarket

LG Glass & Glazing Ltd is a specialist glass company engaged in the manufacture of processed value add glass products.

From its Castlebar base, the family-run business supplies a wide variety of glass products for both interior and exterior applications to both the Irish and UK markets.

GLASS ACT

and currently employ 17. Their highly-skilled teams can carry out any type of glass or glazing installations and will offer specialist advice in the design and fabrication to suit any customer application.

“The construction industry was on Frameless balastrading

While LG Glass & Glazing has only been trading since 2011, its founders Mark and Martin Lawless have been in the business for much longer thanks to their father Martin Snr, who ran his own glass processing company for over 30 years. Starting out with seven staff at the height of the recession, the brothers have expanded their company over the last five years BUILDING IRELAND

its knees when we set up this business, but one of the things that stood to us was the fact that the Lawless name was already wellknown within the glass industry,” recalls Martin who, at 34, is two years younger than Mark.

“We have gradually built up the

Mayo Medical Centre security door

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company by offering a top-class and value-for-money product and service. We can supply and fit out any type of glass, from shower screens and decorative glass to acoustic glass and fire glass, at a competitive price. We have teams of fitters on the road full-time who are backed up by floor and office staff at our Castlebar facility. “Business is going well at the moment and we have a strong customer-base which includes leading building contractors such as JJ Rhatigan, BAM and Purcell Construction to name but a few.�

Among the high end products supplied by LG Glass & Glazing are toughened glass, bent / curved toughened glass, fire glass, laminating as well as architectural glass for industrial, commercial and domestic market segments throughout Ireland and the UK. The company has diversified its product range into specialised glass products. Value add glass processing is mainly for the architectural, industrial, commercial, home improvements, safety, auto and furniture markets.

The diverse nature of the

processed glass side of the business has been developed from identifying growth areas in this industry and sensible investments in a suite of plant and equipment that is enabling the company to reach its potential. The growth in processed toughened glass

A frameless shopfront

Digital Printed DG units

in Ireland and the UK as well as trends in bent, curved toughened niche and s p e c i a l i s t environmental glass products is where LG Glass & Glazing intends to concentrate in both the domestic and exports markets.

LG Glass & Glazing is proud to be a licensed distributor of AntiFire proprietary patented fire-rated construction glass for the UK and Ireland. This unique product is supplied through a distribution

Best Wishes To LG Glass & Glazing

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design, supply and fit your fire safe glass solutions, including fire-rated glass doors and frameless fire-rated glass doors. “We can design and make the AntiFire range to any specification in Castlebar. AntiFire provided training to

Curved screen at the GPO in Dublin

Counters and antifire glass inside Castlebar Credit Union

Best Wishes To LG Glass & Glazing

network across Ireland, the UK and continental Europe.

AntiFire can be used in applications internally and externally, where building regulations stipulate a specific level of fire resistance and where natural light and clear visibility are required such as in hospitals, schools, hotels, shopping centres, industrial buildings, warehouses and laboratories.

In addition to the AntiFire range, LG Glass & Glazing can supply a range of other fire-rated glass and glazing products, namely Glaverble, CGI and Pilkington. It can

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our staff on how to make their products on us becoming agents for them. We also manufacture double-glazing and other types of glass inhouse,� Martin explains.

The full lists of products and services provided by LG Glass & Glazing are: fire glass; flat toughened glass; curved toughened glass; glass balustrades and stairs; glass shower units; canopies; floor glass; frameless glass shop fronts; sliding wall / door systems; bulletproof glass; laminated glass; coloured glass; doubled glazed units; mirrors; bevelling; crystal cutting; resin stained glass; leaded bevels; decorative internal doors; obscure glass options; sandblasting; glazing services.

LG Glass & Glazing provides toughened glass with a Class A impact performance to BS 6206. In general, its toughened glass is up to five times as strong as normal annealed glass. It can withstand extreme heat and cold, and offers greatly increased resistance to sudden temperature changes compared to normal annealed glasses. If it is broken, toughened glass disintegrates into small, relatively harmless pieces which are neither large enough or sharp enough to cause serious injury. It is available in versions of most of the range of basic glass products, from 4mm to 19mm float glass.

The company also offers an extensive range of unique glass balustrade design options that are specifically engineered to fit your individuals needs and can be created in a variety of shapes, sizes, colours and types. They are extremely versatile and suitable for commercial or residential properties, and their elegance is

AntiFire fire glass at Castlebar Credit Union

suited to contemporary or traditional tastes. They can create an illusion of unlimited space with frameless systems giving a seemingly floating staircase appearance, without interruption to its design. The three different glass balustrade options available are: post and rail system; bolted system; clamped system.

LG Glass & Glazing also works with a number of stainless steel and mild steel fabricators and has the facilities to offer its customers a complete solution to any glass or balustrade design.

The Mayo-based concern has carried out a number of high-profile contracts in recent months. These include the installation of frameless glass balustrades at Dublin Airport and NUIG in Galway, and the fitting out of curved screens in the iconic GPO on Dublin’s O’Connell Street and antique mirrors at Ashford Castle in Cong, Co. Mayo.

The company has also recently fitted out fire glass, frameless balustrades and countertops at Castlebar and Westport Credit Unions.

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Clonkeen, Westport Road, Castlebar, Co. Mayo.

Tel: +00353 (0)94 9022000 Fax: +00353 (0)94 9022055 Web: www.lg-glass.ie

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All of Cosgrove Electrical's work is carried out to the highest of standards

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THE PERFECT FIT

ith over 16 years experience and knowledge, Cosgrove Electrical Services has a strong track record in delivering commercial and industrial electrical solutions. Managing Director Joseph Cosgrove spoke to Building Ireland.

Located in Blanchardstown Corporate Park, Cosgrove Electrical is one of Ireland's leading electrical contractors, specialising in industrial and commercial work, and their reputation has been built on reliability, honesty and professionalism.

They understand all aspects of commercial electrical contracting enabling them to provide their clients with the most competitive quotes.

Started from humble beginnings in 2000, today the BUILDING IRELAND

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company boasts a 100strong dependable team of highly skilled electricians which provide a very high standard of work.

They pride themselves on offering reliability and a high quality of workmanship which Joseph and his team feel is paramount in protecting and growing their reputation.

“We pride ourselves on offering value for money, finishing projects on time, client satisfaction and good workmanship,” Joseph answered when asked the question: what are the secrets of their success?

Based on good word of mouth recommendations from satisfied clients, they work on many high profile and demanding projects throughout the capital and beyond.

Cosgrove Electrical Services has worked for a varied range of clients and have completed various types of jobs, including hospitals and third level colleges.

Due to the critical nature of the health sector it is vital that qualified, experienced contractors be used at all times. Cosgrove Electrical Services have worked in some of the country's leading hospitals and understand the challenges and safety requirements for working in these important facilities.

“We've just completed a retro fit of Wexford General Hospital on behalf of JJ Rattigan and a seven storey build in St James Hospital for BAM. Other recent projects include Linn Dara school in Cherry Orchard (Duggan Bros) and a primary care

DIT Grangegorman

centre for Purcell Construction.”

Joseph, who is assisted in the dayto-day running of the business by his wife Sharon, added: “Thankfully, we've loads of work ongoing and are very busy at the moment.”

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understand the importance of minimising downtime, so they always ensure that any work we carry out is done with minimal mess and disruption by polite and well presented staff.

The hard work and dedication means that Cosgrove Electrical Services has developed long standing relationships with their BUILDING IRELAND

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clients and are leaders in their industry.

This is why they are repeatedly selected to provide electrical services and the close relationships they have established with their clients was an important factor in ensuring stable growth for the company, even during a time of great economic challenges.

“Obviously, the recession had an effect on the business but, thankfully, we were able to keep going quite strong and got through it okay,” Joseph recalled.

Looking ahead to the future, if the company continues on its upward curve, there are plans for further expansion in the pipeline which will help ensure that the progressive concern consolidates its prominent position.

“Securing new contracts, keeping everyone busy and keeping everything going right are challenges in themselves but we're expanding all the time. If we see opportunities that allow for expansion we'll take them. I would have to say that the future.

Cosgrove Electrical Services' commitment to the needs of their customers has helped them build long-lasting relationships with many of them.

They value their high level of customer service and are dedicated to delivering tailored electrical solutions on time and within budget. Their fully qualified team make sure the finished result meets or exceeds their clients’ expectations.

In addition, they have endeavoured to keep their rates competitive to ensure the client is receiving the best value for money.

And it goes without saying that they comply with a complete range of best practice guidelines, codes of conduct and quality and safety standards.

If you need an electrical contractor who takes pride in safe working conditions and client satisfaction, the team at Cosgrove Electrical Services is the perfect fit for you.

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Richmond Barracks underwent an upgrade carried out by Celsius

QUALITY IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS

One of the key factors to any successful business is delivering a quality product or service to the customer.

When people are paying good money, they demand quality in all aspects of the service and this is what makes some companies more successful than others.

This is especially true in the construction industry as the competitiveness of the sector means that if a company does not comply with the standards that they are expected to reach then another business will be used on the next project.

For this month’s edition of Building Ireland, we profile a mechanical company that has prided itself on delivering a quality service all of the time.

In 2004, Ciaran Orohoe and Paul McGarry established Celsius Mechanical with Sean Tobin coming on Board in 2011, the Company BUILDING IRELAND

specialises in Mechanical Engineering and Contracting .

The company, which is headquartered in Stadium Business Park, Ballycoolin, Dublin 11 also provides services in the electrical and building sectors, but the majority of their work is focused on the mechanical side on the business.

Over the past 12 years, Celsius Mechanical has earned a reputation for providing specialist commercial and industrial engineering services which is reflected in the company's continued growth and performance.

Ciaran spoke to us about how the company has grown over the past number of years.

“We very busy at present . Our main area of expertise is in the Commerical and Industrial sector on the HVAC side including Maintenence ” said Ciaran.

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various Consultant’s and Client’s that we have built up a rapport with over the year’s, We have been involved in some award winning projects with these companies.”

Ciaran added that it was essential for them to continue to supply the quality of services that their customers have become accustomed to over the years.

“Quality is something that we have always placed a great emphasis on and to achieve this we have an experienced staff that have undergone extensive training and are capable of working to the levels that both we and our customers expect.

“We pride ourselves in exceeding our clients expectations and continually delivering projects on time, within budget and to the highest quality standards. ”To achieve these standards the company has a quality management system where senior management build, maintain and update the

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The Arc Cinema was an award winning project

framework to guide the company and its employees towards an improved performance.Celsius are in the process of obtaining the accreditation ISO 9001:2008 and will be adopting the structure and principles of the quality management systems once completed.

Celsius believe that on any project there should be no accidents or incidents if all staff and subcontractors are fully aware of the Health and Safety legislation and abide by the ethos of a safe project is a successful project.

This underlines the Company approach to Health & Safety in the workplace.

Where Celsius undertakes the role of Project Supervisor Construction Stage (PSCS) or Principal Contractor it has additional responsibilities for the management of safety on site.

The Company recognises that work accidents and work related health problems cause suffering to the

training in Occupational Health & Safety through NISO and all foremen are trained in first aid. All staff on site have manual handling, abrasive wheel, MEWP, alloy tower, fire extinguishing training as a standard.

In recent times, the company has completed such prestigious contracts With Manley Construction in the National Sports Campus and the award winning Arc Cinema in Drogheda.

Current projects include the new Meath County Council offices in Navan, Anglesea Road Apartments in Ballsbridge, Dardistown Crematorium, O’Growney National School, Athboy, Richmond Barracks and ongoing extensive work in No 1 Grand canal square.

“We are pleased with the workload that we have on at the moment. There are almost 30 people working here, the majority of which are on site.“ We get a lot of maintenance contracts from projects we work on as companies are happy with Irish Medicine Board 5th and 6th floor fitout the initial service that we

persons affected and possible financial loss to them and the company. The Company and its employees have a common interest in minimising the possibility of accidents and ill effects on health.

The Company aims to continually improve its safety and health performance by taking a pro-active approach to the management of safety and health as an integral part of managing a successful business.

Management have received

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The impressive Arc cinema is located in Drogheda

provide and our main aim is to keep on an upward curve.

“The market is very price driven at the moment and it is up to us to keep producing quality jobs and maintain the standards that we have set ourselves. ”Celsius Mechanical has earned the reputation for providing specialist commercial and industrial engineering services which is reflected in the company's continued growth and performance.Our company's success is based on the extensive experience of our highly skilled staff and tradespeople.“We pride ourselves in exceeding our clients expectations and continually delivering projects on time, within budget and to the highest quality standards.”

The IIS National Sport Campus was a big project undertaken by the company

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BH Groundworks on another project

ON SOLID GROUND

BH Groundworks Ltd. is an energetic young plant hire / project management company with a big future. We travelled to Bray in County Wicklow and caught up with senior engineer / project manager Stuart O’Malley to find out more about day-to-day activities at this multifaceted and highly-skilled operation.

Councils and utilities such as the ESB and Irish Water,” notes engineer / projects manager Stuart O’Malley, who takes responsibility for the day-to-day running of BH Groundworks and is ably assisted by operations manager Cathal Mangan. “We also work on some one-off buildings and extensions etc.

“Our catchment area would go up

In the space of three short years, BH Groundworks Ltd. has come a long way. Established in mid-2013, the progressive company currently provides gainful employment to a crew of more than 30, providing plant hire and labour; project management; and engineering solution services to utilities, local authorities and individual clients predominantly within the immediate Wicklow / South Dublin catchment area.

“The company was set up to provide subcontractor work to the BUILDING IRELAND

as far as Ashbourne in County Meath but we are mostly focussed in the Bray / South Dublin (Dun Laoghaire – Rathdown) areas.

We’re tipping along nicely and we have excellent personnel as well as great equipment, so the business is in very good shape going forward.”

With eight track machines at their disposal and two fully-qualified and

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Some of the fleet at BH Groundworks

–experience engineers among the 30+ staff, BH Groundworks specialises in providing emergency crews to authorities and utilities.

“We are on call 24/7 and we can have fully-mobile 3.5 tonne machines on site in a matter of minutes,” says Stuart. “We have a strong background in flood

defences and have also completed a lot of projects around tidal areas.”

Regarding work ongoing at the time of writing, the project manager continues: “We are doing groundworks on schools in both Tallaght and Ashbourne at the minute. Both of those are labour and plant hire agreements.

Generally speaking, we tend to have five or six smaller projects, which are usually up to five days long, running at any given time.

Alongside that, we then tender for bigger projects in housing developments, schools and other construction sites.”

The stunning fleet of company-

Carrying out work for councils and utilities

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owned machinery at BH Groundworks’ disposal comprises the aforementioned eight track machines, a 20-tonne rubber duck, dumpers, nine beaver-tail trucks ranging from 7.5 to 20 tonnes, eight vans, a grab truck and a number of tipper trucks. Regarding the organic growth of the fleet, Stuart reflects: “We started off small and added more and more second-hand machines as we got busier. We have a nice fleet at the moment but investment is ongoing and we tend to pick up a new piece of plant every month or so.” Needless to say, the fleet – which represents the very lifeblood of the operation – is preserved in immaculate condition at all times. “Connolly Commercials in Roundwood looks after all our maintenance and they turn it around very quickly for us, which is much appreciated.”

To ensure a steady flow of

business, a flexible and diverse range of services is provided. For example, BH Groundworks employs two tar and concrete crews offering tarmacadam, road, footpath and paving services both to local authorities and private customers. They also count a couple of stone masons among their ranks and provide a highquality wall-building service.

With so much to offer, the future prognosis for this dynamic young company is extremely encouraging. Looking to that future, Stuart says the aim is to keep growing by providing exceptional services: “We’ll try to keep growing and to keep winning more contracts,” he concludes.

“We’ll stick to the Wicklow / South Dublin area and perhaps look at taking on a bit of work in Wexford as well, if the demand is there.

“Our turnover is up compared to this time last year and we’re

heading into the busy season now,

from summer until Christmas, so it’s all systems go.”

BH

Groundworks

has

already forged a stellar reputation

for excellence within its chosen area of expertise and the Bray-

based company boasts all the necessary ingredients – excellent

fleet and personnel complemented by

a

client-focussed

and

experienced management team – to move onwards and upwards in the coming years and decades.

BH Groundworks Ltd., Unit 3,

Bray South Business Park, Killarney Road, Bray,

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BROOKS LEAD THE WAY

The name Brooks is synonymous with the timber and building supplies industry as the company is one of the leading providers in this field in the Republic of Ireland.

Tullamore, Cork, Galway and three in Dublin, Glasnevin, Sandyford and Bluebell.

For this month’s edition of Building Ireland, we profile the Sligo branch and speak to branch manager Karl Kelly about the service they provide to a large customer base.

The origins of the company date back to the late 1700s and it has made its mark on our history over the years.

The main core of the business sees them distribute timber products and building materials to house builders and contractors, joinery and furniture manufacturers, other builder merchants, subcontractors, house factories, and end-users (DIY) through outlets open to public, as well as through direct-to-site delivery.

There are seven branches of Brooks Timber & Building Supplies Ltd nationwide with stores in Sligo,

Brooks has been in Sligo for 60 years now

Like all branches, Brooks in Sligo offer their customers a wide selection of products and materials at competitive prices.

There are six main product groups and they are timber and wood, heavy building material, ironmongery and shop products, flooring, plumbing and heating and

Brooks Sligo Branch manager Karl Kelly oversees the day to day running of the business

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Best Wishes & Continued Success To

Brooks Timber & Building Supplies From

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A selection of bathroom equipment in Brooks’ showroom

landscaping.

“This branch of the business has been open for the past 60 years and it is an integral part of Sligo town’s history,” said Karl.

“Our customer base would cover in the region of eight counties surrounding us, many of who would be doing their business with us for many years.”

Karl revealed that there has been a significant upturn in the last 12 months as businesses continue to recover from the recession.

“We’re busy enough at the moment, it has been fairly solid for the last year and we are looking to improve on that over the course of the next 12 months. I don’t think it will be every as good as it was before and maybe that’s a good thing. Like everyone else, we had a couple of lean years, but fortunately we came through it and we’re looking forward to the future.”

Brooks are main dealers for many of the leading brands and they pride themselves on supplying quality products to their customers.

Four years ago, the company

underwent a major change when Welsh owned company Premier Forest Products bought Brooks Timber & Building Supplies, although Karl revealed that they have stuck to the Brooks way.

“There hasn’t been much change, if anything we would have a better supply of products and in particular our timber range.

“We have constructional timber, machined timber, redwood, sheet

material, hardwoods and a FSC approved chain of custody certifications. Where applicable all timber products are produced to current EU construction directives.”

Brooks also supply a full range of Irish products especially in the heavy building materials section as manufacturers include Gypsum, Moy Isover, Wavin and Irish Cement Tegral.

In Ironmongery and Shop

The Brooks’ storeroom carries a wide range of products

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Best Wishes & Continued Success To Brooks Timber & Building Supplies, From

Brooks Timber & Building Supplies

Architecture Planning | Interior Design | Building Survey Reports | Energy Consultation Donegal Office

Ardeskin, Old Laghey Rd, Donegal Town, Co. Donegal.

Tel: 074-97 43012

Sligo Office

Business Centre,Brooks Building, Finisklin Rd, Sligo.

Tel: 071-93 00554

www.mccabearchitects.ie

Best Wishes & Continued Success to Brooks Timber & Building Supplies (Sligo) From

www.woodinnovations.com

Tel:048-41 773366 Email: gavin@woodinnovations.co.uk

IRELANDS LEADING TOOL SUPPLIER

Best Wishes To Brooks Timber & Building Supplies

Building | Carpentry | Household Power Tools & More

Dolmen Business Park,Tullow Road,Carlow

Tel: +353 (59) 9142855 Fax: +353 (59) 9141418 Email: sales@dargantools.ie www.dargantools.com

Wishing Brooks Timber & Building Supplies continued success In The Future

Over 35 years designing, manufacturing and supplying a wide range of highly efficient heating products.

Unit 516D Grants Rise, Greenogue Business Park, Rathcoole, Co. Dublin. Email: sales@bnr.ie

Crinkle, Birr, Co Offaly.

T: (057) 912 0089 F: (057) 912 1060 E: info@grantengineering.ie www.grantengineering.ie

www.bnr.ie

Tel: +353-(0)1-4019045 Fax: +353-(0)1-4019044

Best Wishes To Brooks Timber & Building Supplies

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products, Brooks provide everything from nails to door handles. Catering for everyone, Brooks supply a wide range of building consumables which allow the building professionals or home DIY person those small bits that make all jobs a lot easier.

When it comes to flooring, the company can’t be rivalled as they are a leading supplier of Europe’s top flooring manufacturer Junckers.

A wide selection of plumbing and heating materials are available, while they also have capabilities of helping with Part-L Regulations through their sister company Bronur Energies. When it comes to landscaping, look no further for decking and hard landscaping products.

Not only do Brooks offer a huge selection of products, but they also offer the personal touch in that they can give expert advice to their customers whether they be building professional or those doing DIY jobs at home.

The Brooks name has been built on honesty, ambition, courage and pride.

“We always give honest feedback to our customers and suppliers. A lot of hard decisions have to be made at times, but we have the courage to do so, especially if it is

Paint is a strong seller during the summer months

in the best interest of our customers.

“There is a great deal of pride in the company whether it be the staff or our customers, we are there to help. There are 12 people employed in the Sligo branch, many of who have been here for years, they are very experienced and customer friendly and they have played a huge part in the success of the business.”

Karl is looking to the future with a degree of optimism as this timber and building supply company continues to deliver on excellence.

“We are happy enough with the

direction that the business is heading Like I said there has been a big upturn in the last 12 months and hopefully that can continue.

We would be happy to reach a certain level and maintain that.”

Brooks Timber & Building Supplies Ltd Finisklin Road, Sligo Phone: 071 9161111 Fax: 071 9161506

Opening Hours Mon – Fri: 7:30am to 5:00pm Sat: 8:00am to 1:00pm

Brooks stock a wide range of doors

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Wishing Homan O’Brien Associates Continued Success

Mount Saint Annes, Killenard

Mechanical & Electrical Contractors

T Bourke is one of Irelands leading mechanical and electrical contractors. Since 1968, the company has built a reputation for high quality project delivery nationwide.

Dublin: T22 Maple Avenue Stillorgan Industrial Park, Co. Dublin T: 01-295 2721 E: info@tbourke.com

Limerick: 5A Docklands Business Park Dock Road, Limerick T: 061-312525 E: info@tbourke.com

www.tbourke.com

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South Hill Residential, Limerick

Maryfield Nursing Home, Dublin

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Brian Homan, Joint Managing Director

In any walk of life, it is always best to get advice or consult with a reliable source and this certainly applies to the construction industry.

EXPERT ADVICE

Being involved in multi-euro

building projects, sees a lot of

consultation take place and there

Seamus

Homan

Associates

have achieved over the past 26

collectively had more experience

“Seamus Homan Associates had

brought together two firms that

years.

that many of their competitors put

been successfully operating since

Homan O’Brien Associates has

Partners had been going since

together.

been firmly established as a company that provides excellence in its design concepts and its

commitment to delivering the

1978 and Robert Jacob and 1955, so between them there was a wealth of experience when they

amalgamated in 1990,” said Brian.

“We are a leading Consulting

highest standard or work possible.

Engineering Practice specialising

One of the leading consulting

directors Brian Homan and Simon

mechanical and electrical services

are Homan O’Brien Associates

directors James Reilly and Gerard

are companies that offer expert advice in their area of expertise.

engineering practices in Ireland which was established in 1990.

Indeed,

the

company’s

These

days

joint

managing

O’Brien are joined on the board by Keating.

For

this

month’s

edition

of

experience goes way back before

Building Ireland, we profile the

Robert Jacobs and Partners and

to Brian about the success they

that as the amalgamation of

Dublin based company and speak

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in the design and management of to all building types.”

Brian revealed that they are

currently quite busy and from their headquarters in Blackrock, they

are involved in quite a few projects.

“There are 30 employed here at

the moment and we are very busy

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Simon O’Brien, Joint Managing Director

and involved in projects in Schools,

Office Buildings, works for the Department of Defence, and the current PPP Courts Bundle, which sees us work on seven major

Vertical Transport Analysis and Design, Building Energy Audits and Expert Witness.

“We provide a wide range of

services to a large customer base.

Our client list would include the top

courts around the country.”

Homan O’Brien Associates have

been involved in projects in the

healthcare, laboratory buildings,

residential, retail, hotels, education and commercial sectors.

Their list of services include

Hospital Engineering, HVAC, Low

Energy Building Design, Building Dynamic Simulation, Building 3D Modelling, Building Energy Rating

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(BER), BREEAM Assessments, BUILDING IRELAND

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Best Wishes & Continued Success To

HOMAN O’BRIEN ASSOCIATES From

Schindler Ltd

E4 Centrepoint Business Park, Oak Road, Dublin 12 45

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Corporate Head Office 3 Oak Close, Western Business Park, Dublin 12 www.lynskeyeng.ie Phone: 00353 -1-4601556 Fax: 00353 -1- 4601557 Delighted To Be Associated With Homan O’Brien Associates

J.VAUGHAN

ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS LTD

Proud to be working and associated with Homan O’Brien Wishing them continued success

Ag guí gach rath ar H.O’B sa thodhchaí.

Unit 2, Northwest Business Centre, Northwest Business Park, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. Phone - 01 8829728 Fax - 01 8829729 Email: info@jve.ie www.jve.ie

Best Wishes & Continued Success To Homan O’Brien Associates From

THE LEADING MAGAZINE FOR IRELAND’S BUILDING PROFESSIONALS

ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION AND ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS Unit C4 Santry Business Park, Santry, Dublin 9

Tel:01-8867890 Email: info@cjrl.ie www.cjryderlawlor.ie

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construction

and

architectural

companies in the country.

“This experience that we have

allows us to tender for some of the

most prestigious contracts that have been carried out in Ireland in recent years.”

Some of these contracts included

the Mater Hospital extension and

the renowned Sports Surgery Clinic, Santry as well as the Merrion

Hotel

extension,

nationwide Dunne Stores upgrade, Bank of Ireland Burlington Plaza and many more.

“Through the quality professional

service that we offer, our work has taken us out of Ireland on occasion and to as far away places as Abu Dhabi, Qatar and Africa.

“We have worked for Tullow Oil

on a number of projects and we are well equipped to deal

with

James Reilly, Director

management systems have been

Associates to provide a quality

“In Quality Management we have

of our activities on the environment

registered to NSAI standards. the

ISO

9001:2008

and

for

Environmental Management we have the ISO 14001:2004.

“It is the policy of Homan O’Brien

the

service and to minimise the impact where practicable. To this end we

have evolved unique systems of work

and

a

management

programme to monitor and control The new Mater Adult Hospital

international market.”

Of course, Health &

Safety

and

environmental management are a

massive part of the business

and

their

The Sports Clinic

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Wishing Continued Success To

Homan O’Brien Associates Established in Ireland in 1989, Update Group is a multi-disciplinary MEP engineering contracting provider. The firms expertise covers the entire spectrum of building services engineering across a wide range of client sectors. In 2006 Update expanded into the international marketplace, initially in North America. Following on from this success, Update then ventured into the Middle East and South East Asia. In 2014 we further expanded in to the Caribbean. The Company can now boast numerous successfully completed projects globally.

Update Technology 32 Mount Street Upper, Dublin 2 T:+353 (0)1 558 4470 E: info@updatetech.ie www.updatetechnology.ie

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all impacts associated with

our

activities.”

Homan

Fortis Bank in Spencer Dock

design

O’Brien

Associates

have

committed to ensure that

continued improvement

in every sector of the business is sought.

Being associated with

many

professional

bodies relays the regard that the company is held

recognised by the industry.

direction that the company is

“We are affiliated to a number of

2016 Sustainability Award for

Engineers Ireland, Association of

lot ongoing at the moment, but it is

Opus Award – Cork Civic Offices,

in by their peers. professional

bodies

including

Consulting Engineers of Ireland,

Chartered Institution of Building Services

Engineers, American

Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers,

Institute of Healthcare Engineers

and Estate Managers and the European Federation of National Engineering Associations.”

A company’s success can be

gauged by the awards that they have obtained over the years and

on this front Homan O’Brien Associates have certainly being

Recent awards include: RIAI

Roscommon Co. Council Offices, RIBA European Award – Cork

Civic Offices, RIAI Best Accessible Project, Best Public Building, Best

Sustainable Project – Cork Civic

Offices; RIAI Best Health Building, Dublin

Dental

Hospital; ACEI

Presidents Award Winners for Excellence in the M&E Design of

the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital; ACEI Presidents Award

Winners for Excellence in the M&E Design of Tullow Oil Technology Centre.

“We

are

pleased

with

the

heading and workwise we have a essential to maintain and try to improve the standards that we

have set ourselves and that our

clients have become accustomed too.”

Contact Details:

Homan O’Brien Associates 89 Booterstown Avenue, Blackrock

Co. Dublin, Ireland.

Tel: +353 1 205 6300

Email: info@homanobrien.ie

Dunnes Stores

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A Morris Plant JLG cherry picker working on the CIL tanks for Asanko Gold

FROM GALWAY TO GHANA ...

A subsidiary of Statcroft Transport & Civil Engineering Ltd, Morris Plant Hire Ghana Ltd commenced operations in Ghana in January 2012 supplying a well maintained hire fleet and carrying out activities such as bush clearance, road maintenance, drainage, earthworks and civil works. Project manager Declan Sylver explains more.

Since arriving in Ghana, the company has built a strong reputation and plans to extend its operations in West Africa to Togo BUILDING IRELAND

and Liberia in the near future.

Morris Plant Hire Ghana is constantly reinvesting in machinery and has the expertise to undertake a diverse range of civil and earthwork projects. It is heavily involved in the mining and energy sectors, and always aims to provide a top-quality end product within budget while delivering high levels of customer service on time in a safe and efficient manner.

From its parent company in Galway, Morris Plant Hire Ghana brings over 30 years’ experience in road building, crushing and turnkey projects such as shopping centres and university extensions. The firm employs and trains local people to the highest international standards, giving them a livelihood 50

and educational opportunities for them and their families in the process.

“There is a wealth of natural resources in Ghana, but the country has many challenges,” Declan says.

Gold production is a major industry in Ghana (it is Africa’s second largest gold producer after South Africa) and Morris Plant Hire Ghana has forged strong working relationships with leading producers such as Newmont Mining and Asanko Gold.

“We supply machinery to Newmont and Asanko as well as to Lycopodium Minerals and DRA Global. Newmont’s headquarters are in Denver, Asanko operate out of Vancouver, Lycopodium are

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construction and drainage, crushing and aggregates, and plant hire and earthworks.

Originally a haulage company, Statcroft expanded into the plant hire sector in 1995, the civil engineering sector in 2001 and the quarrying business in 2003. A member of the Irish Road Haulage Association (IRHA), Statcroft Transport holds an all-region waste collection permit licence and uses stateof-the-art tracking devices for all its vehicles to improve efficiency.

The company has continually strived to develop its business and market share through the use of exceptional and modern plant, combined with an experienced and

Completion works on Newmont processing tailing slurry pipeline

based in Australia, while DRA Global are South African,” explains the Ardrahan native, who worked in mine construction in Canada for a year and now divides his time between Morris Plant Hire’s Ghana and Ireland operations.

“The price of gold determines how busy or quiet we are. At the moment, it’s $1,275 an ounce. If it drops below $1,200 an ounce, production inevitably slows down.”

Morris Plant Hire Ghana is also involved in the construction of tailings and water dams along with 11Kva and 48Kva power distribution networks for the mining sector.

Among the projects the company has undertaken in the recent past include: earthworks, civil and crushing contract at the Newmont Golden Ridge Mine Akyem; supplying of heavy plant to WBHO to help with the completion of the Tailings Dam at the Newmont Golden Ridge Mine Akyem; supplying of access platforms to Murray & Roberts Ghana Ltd for the construction phase of the processing plant at Newmont Golden Ridge Akyem along with all terrain access vehicles and Hiabs; supplying machinery and subcontractor for Lycopodium Minerals’ road maintenance contract; plant hire contract for

Shannon Mining Services Ltd at Gold Fields, Tarkwa.

Morris Plant Hire Ghana Ltd has a wide range of Caterpillar and Kobelco excavators, dozers, loading shovels, site dumpers, vibrating rollers, dump trucks, graders and specialised civil equipment to carry out any civil / earthworks project. The company has its own yard and workshop in Takoradi.

“It was a huge shock to the system when I first moved to Ghana, but the lifestyle is good and you get to meet people from all over the world. There are many Canadians, South Africans and Australians working in the mining sector who I’ve got the know over the past few years,” Declan adds.

Statcroft Transport & Civil Best Wishes To Morris Plant Hire Ghana Engineering Ltd is the parent company of Best Wishes & Continued Success To Morris Plant Hire Ghana Ltd along Morris Plant Hire Ghana From with Morris Plant Hire Ireland and Coshla Quarries.

Established in Tu r l o u g h m o r e , Co. Galway in 180 Crosskeys Road, Armagh BT60 3LB Telephone: 028-3753 9673 Mobile: 07598 891 093 1991 by John Email: wshields180@gmail.com Morris, Statcroft specialises in civil engineering and construction, road 51

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4km Tuam Bypass dual carriageway – part of the Atlantic Corridor on the West Coast – will take thousands of vehicles out of Clarinbridge, Claregalway and Tuam each day.

professional staff with a focus on client satisfaction and a willingness to provide the client with the required outcome. Its dedication to quality, efficiency and client satisfaction has benefited in close long-term working relationships and repeat business.

Morris Plant Hire Ireland has been involved in numerous site and road development,

excavation, haulage and plant hire projects over the past decade in the private and public sectors. It currently has several machines on hire to the public private partnership company Direct Route (Tuam) Ltd who are working on the construction of the new M17/M18 Motorway between Gort and Tuam in Co. Galway. When it opens in 2018, the 53km motorway and the

Morris Plant Hire Ghana Ltd Ghansah Family Estate, Plot 27/32, Apowa, Takoradi, Ghana, PO Box ax 1485.

Telephone: +233 508 042 024 / +233 503 433 926 Email: jmorris@mphghana.com Web: www.mphghana.com Statcroft Transport & Civil Engineering Ltd Lackaghmore, Turloughmore, Athenry, Co. Galway.

Telephone: +353 91 797 750 Mobile: +353 87 267 7842 Email: darrenos@statcroft.ie Web: www.statcroft.ie

Some of the crew at the primary crusher completion at Newmont Akyem Mine in Ghana

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The HSE offices in Kells, Co Meath

THE WINDOW AND DOOR SPECIALISTS

There are many different aspects to choosing the right windows and doors for your home as quality, price, durability and look are high on home owners list of priorities.

Choosing the right windows and doors can be an arduous task as there is so much to choose from, but the expertise given by some firms in this industry is second to none and for this month’s edition of Building Ireland we profile one of Ireland’s leading window and door manufacturers.

Headquartered in Benburb, Co Tyrone and with a showroom in Collooney, Co Sligo and an office in Dublin city centre, the McMullan O’Donnell name has become synonymous with producing high quality products in the window and door manufacturing industry.

Established by Francis O’Donnell and Peter McMullan in 1981, the

company has evolved over the years and are now regarded as one of the leading window and door specialists in Ireland.

Sales manager Paul McKillen told us that the company has always placed a great emphasis on manufacturing high quality products that meet stringent specifications.

“We are aware of the different requirements of our customers and our windows, doors and sun lounges are designed and manufactured to the highest standards to suit all demands,” said Paul.

More and more products are being developed in both doors and windows as the company strives to stay at the forefront in its field of expertise.

“We are constantly developing and even during the recession we never slacked off and were kept busy. The main reason for this is that we would work more in the commercial and industrial sectors more so than private housing developments.”

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prices are something that McMullan O’Donnell continuously strive to meet in order to ensure that they continue to develop the business.

Of course, none of this would be possible without a reliable and efficient workforce that ensure customer satisfaction at all costs.

“There is between 100 and 150 employed in the company and all are highly motivated to ensure that customer service requirements and the company’s standards are met at all times.”

Modern technology has played a massive part in the evolvement of the business as computer-aided machining has helped enhance production.

“We realise that good results are not alone dependent on top of the range machinery. Our aim is to lead the market in all sectors. We focus on excellent craftsmanship, highly trained, customer orientated staff and continuous new product development.”

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McMullan O’Donnell offers a range of windows and doors in both pvc-u and aluminium, from plain casement to fully reversible and sliding sash

windows, from moulded infill panel to fully composite doors, supplied to provide excellence in performance, security, long life, reliability and low

maintenance.

“We manufacture everything ourselves and business is good at the moment. We have broken into the

McMulan O’Donnell deliver a high level of service

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Best Wishes & Continued Success To

McMullan & O’Donnell

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Ireland’s leading Supplier of consumable hardware to the Window and Door Manufacturing Industry.

Universal Products Ltd, Oak Road Business Park,Nangor Road, Dublin 12, Tel:+353 1456 4151 Fax: +353 1456 4152 E: info@universalproducts.ie www.universalproducts.ie

Wishing Continued Success To McMullan & O’Donnell

High performance aluminium window, door and curtain walling systems offering bespoke solutions and total design flexibility.

Proudly associated with McMullan and O’Donnell Ltd.

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English market and we are currently involved in fitting out a number of schools there. All the fitting would be done by ourselves also and our dedicated team are there to do the work to the proper regulations and specifications.”

Aluminium Systems are a big part of McMullan O’Donnell’s business and working with leading contractors they offer single source responsibility for the delivery of aluminium windows, curtain walling, doors and associated products.

The wealth of experience and product selection knowledge offered by the company aligned with a proven ability to deliver to time, cost and safety demands has played a massive part in their success.

“The extensive product range is aimed at satisfying the customers’ needs and exceeds most requirements and can provide their clients with a truly bespoke solution.”

Aesthetic appeal goes hand in hand with technical reliability and flexible application. Most importantly the systems produced fulfil the latest energy performance requirements and comply with the standards set by the CWCT. There are numerous choices in casement windows with the white profile being the standard choice, while woodgrain white, cream, light oak, mahogany and bog oak finishes have become extremely popular in recent times.

Patio sliding doors are available in both in-line and tiltsliding versions. As with all McMullan O’Donnell products, quality is the hallmark of our Patio and French doors.

Insulation, strength and security are not sacrificed even in glass units of this scale and are fitted with special safety glass, as standard.

There are numerous reasons to install new windows and doors whether it be old ones that need replacing, giving your home a face-lift, extra comfort and security for the family, or to lower energy ratings - you’ll find the answer in the wide range of products on offer from McMullan O’Donnell.

“Business is going from strength to strength and the aim is to continue our high level of service to our ever-increasing customer base.”

The Translink Rail Station in Portadown

101 Drumflugh Road Benburb Co.Tyrone Northern Ireland BT71 7LF Tel: 028 3754 8791 Fax: 028 3754 8543 E-mail: info@mcmullanodonnell.com

Contact Details: McMullan and O'Donnell Ltd

Best Wishes & Continued Success To McMullan & O’Donnell From

12 Tandragee Road, Newry Co. Down BT35 6QE

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Shoreham Foot Bridge

Established in 2000 by brothers Damien, Larry and Peter Murphy, Murform Structures Ltd. is one of Ireland’s premier formwork contractors, consistently delivering projects to exact specifications. We

TRUE TO FORM dropped into their County Wexford office and caught up with director Larry Murphy to find out more about this exceptional operation as well as their UK operation, Murform Ltd., and innovative sister company, G-Frame

Murform is one of the premier formwork, rebar and concrete contractors in Ireland and the UK

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Structures Ltd, which installs timber and hybrid structures.

Specialising in formwork, rebar and concrete work across Ireland and the UK, Murform Structures delivers projects on time, to budget

Projects are delivered on time, to budget and to the highest standards

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and to the highest-possible standards.

Boasting the experience and resources required to undertake formwork projects of any size or nature, Murform has delivered outstanding results for a select group of main contractors including Lagan Construction, Graham Construction, WN Developments, Roadbridge Ltd., Allen & Smyth Construction, Cleary & Doyle, SIAC Construction, John Fleming Group, Mythen Bros, Luddon Construction, Morrison Construction, PJ Careys etc.

The scope of work includes bridge structures, water treatment plants, water towers and reservoirs, biowaste processing plants and waste transfer stations, concrete frame buildings, wind farm FRC works, pharmaceutical plants, coastal protection and marine works, schools and shopping units and hybrid frame buildings, with Health & Safety a primary consideration throughout the course of all projects.

Recently launched, G-Frame Structures Ltd. specialises in the design, supply and installation of engineered timber and hybrid structures, offering a direct route to a complete hybrid package working with a palette that includes Cross Laminated Timber, Glulam and Laminated Veneered Lumber.

They provide sustainable solutions across the full range of building types including social and private residential, education, public access and workspace.

From its offices in Bedfordshire, England and West Lothian, Scotland, Murform Ltd. has been serving the UK market since 2007, at which point a fourth brother, Lee Murphy, came on board. Director, Larry, who has over three decades’ experience of formwork, shuttering, steel frames and concrete, recalls: “We started off quite small and built it up gradually. As our clients grew, we grew alongside them.

We’d had an inkling in ’07 that things weren’t great on the home economy and that was when we set up operations in the UK. The residential work had dried up at home and we didn’t want to get caught with all our eggs in one basket.”

Indeed, it was only last year that Murform recommenced working in Ireland, contracted by Roadbridge to work on the N17 / N18 Gort to Tuam PPP Project, which involves the construction of 57kms of new motorway and 4kms of dual carriageway between Tuam and Gort in County Galway. This project is being completed by the Direct Route Consortium, which is made up of Roadbridge, Sisk,

Employment is generated for up to 280 people

Lagan and Strabag. Roadbridge have retained Murform Structures to carry out the FRC works to 13 bridge structures in the north section of the project. This comprises seven overbridges, two underbridges, two riverbridges, one railwaybridge and one pedestrian footbridge. Works commenced on June 22nd, 2015 and are currently ongoing.

“We had previously completed eight bridges for Roadbridge on the Fermoy - Mitchelstown Bypass in County Cork and 28 between Kilcullen and Carlow and found that they were an excellent company to work for, so that helped us make our decision to come back and work at home again,” says Larry.

Murform are also doing the foundations for Facebook’s spectacular new data centre in Clonee, County Meath. The Clonee Data Centre, which is being built on a 220-acre site, will be run on 100% renewable energy and will be naturally cooled by air from outside - with a special filtration system used to remove salt from the air due to its proximity to the Irish Sea. Some 2,000 people will be employed during the different construction phases and the facility will open in 2018.

At any given time, Murform is generally active on up to twelve Brechin Flood Defence System – another outstanding Murform solution

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Murform has delivered stellar results for all the leading main contractors

projects all over the UK – from wind farms in Scotland to bridges in Devon. Gainful employment is generated for up to 80 people in Ireland and an additional 200 in the UK. Since its inception, quality had been a prerequisite at Murform Structures Ltd. Every programme is delivered on time and to the

highest possible standards. The directors take a personal involvement in every project to ensure that standards remain as high as possible: “The four of us meet on a weekly basis and run through all the projects that are going on and make sure that everything is as it should be. You surround yourself

with the right men to ensure that you are adhering to the levels of quality that are required in this sector.”

A full range of projects is catered for, from residential to superstructures. “We’re doing a lot of basements in the UK at the moment for one-off houses, where people are demolishing and

Best Wishes & Continued Success To Murform Gael Form Ltd offer the following products and services: • New DMP Panel System • New 30kN Euro Props • Used Formwork systems including Peri, Doka, Titan, Meva, Sky Deck, Topec and Props in stock.

• Aluminium Access towers and ladders also in stock.

• S150, T150 and T225 Beam available on request.

• Full technical design service and back up available.

• Refurbishment service

Hardware department now open

View the full range of products and services on offer from Gael Form Ltd at www.gaelform.com or contact us:

Phone IRL: 00353 (0)1 8355 464 Phone UK:0044 (0)2 0371 30164

Email: info@gaelform.com

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One of eight bridges completed on the N8 Fermoy to Mitchelstown Bypass by Murform

building from scratch and we come in as a subcontractor for the groundworks contractor to put in the substructure. We do small and large residential, schools and colleges, shopping centres such as the Bridgewater Shopping Centre in Arklow (where Murform delivered ground beams, pads, shear walls, stair cores and floor slab), bridges, water treatment plants, warehouses etc.”

Going forward, the future looks bright for this outstanding family-owned and –managed business.

“We are expanding every year,” Larry confirms. “There is still further room for growth. We have enlisted very capable and valuable staff and they can take more responsibility in the future. Everyone here is full trained and experienced in all the latest procedures and systems as well as all aspects of Health & Safety.

“I’m hopeful that Murform Structures, Murform Ltd. and G-Frame Structures, which is overseen by Lee, will be able to expand in the coming years and the signs are very encouraging for all companies.”

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As proven experts in the construction of high-end concrete structures and the design of associated temporary works, O’Connor Formwork Ltd. is the preferred subcontractor to many of Ireland’s largest main contractors, with a particularly strong presence in the south east.

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reflecting on the genesis of the business. “We were very busy within a year, working on pharmaceutical plants and the Lidl distribution centre in Newbridge… ” Today, Peter has a crew of approximately 40 men, working mostly in the south east (Waterford, Wexford, Carlow, Kilkenny), mainly for Sisk and BAM Ireland. He is particularly proud to have worked on the Great Island Power Station in Wexford – a twoand-a-half-year project for Sisk – and has also secured subcontract work for new and refurbished courthouses in Wexford and Waterford respectively for BAM. “These are two of the seven new courthouses that BAM are doing around the country and they are sizeable projects,” he states.

The Wexford man attributes the success, longevity and popularity of his company to knowledge and site safety. “We have an excellent track record and all of our personnel are fully trained and certified,” he stresses. “They all know what they are doing and they are highly professional men. The importance of that could not be overstated. A lot of them have been working with us for more than ten years and, by keeping them

Highly-skilled, experienced personnel ensure that all projects are delivered safely, on time and to budget

Employing highly-skilled and experienced personnel and implementing a rigorous Health & Safety policy, the County Wexford headquartered company applies innovative uses of technology to provide optimal engineering solutions to complex sub and superstructures, providing awardwinning solutions to a wide range of building types, including hightech facilities, shopping centres, universities and colleges, Professionalism, quality control and the highest possible standards permeate every facet of this company and a strict adherence to these core principles has resulted in O’Connor Formwork Ltd. working on a large number of highprofile buildings for clients such as Sisk, BAM, Wills Bros, Mythen Construction, Purcell Construction and Manning Ltd. These buildings include CCGT Great Island Power BUILDING IRELAND

Station, Waterford Fire Station, Lidl distribution centres in Newbridge and Charleville, Dundrum Secondary School, Coca Cola in Wexford, the New Ross town and Wexford town Swimming Pools & Leisure Centres, Wicklow Cash & Carry and Wyatt Medical in Clondalkin.

Managing director Peter O’Connor has 30 years’ experience of formwork, having accumulated a wealth of expertise working in Australia, London and Germany, where he picked up a lot of innovative ideas. “I started off with a small crew of six men, providing a formwork service to Sisk around Dublin,” he notes, 64

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O’Connor Formwork has been on the rise since 2000

together, we can offer strong teamwork as well as consistency in everything we do.”

Of course, it hasn’t all been plain sailing. The economic crash and the subsequent near-demise of the construction sector presented many sleepless nights: “There have been huge challenges and at times it seemed like an insurmountable struggle,” Peter admits.

“It’s still tough and the industry is still in recession. But the quality of our work and the competency of the men onboard the O’Connor Formwork team got us through.

Also, the fact that we don’t have any huge overheads or borrowings and weren’t exposed in that way. Our creditors were good to us, as well. We have a good credit rating and our creditors always stand by us.

To sustain the high quality of workmanship for which O’Connor Formwork is renowned, significant investment in plant and machinery is required every year. “Everything has to be kept right as well – you can’t take any chances. Everything has to be working 100% or you won’t be here. In this line of work, it’s all about perfection, so you have to keep spending money.”

Peter is very much the archetypal hands-on owner, who is on site around the clock and takes a personal interest in every project. He admits to also deriving a great deal of personal pride from completing the various projects: “We’ve completed a lot of major projects and of course it is good to be able to stand back afterwards and say you did it. The CCGT Great Island Power Station was a big one for us – we poured 20,000 cubic metres of concrete into that.”

Looking to the future, Peter is confident that many

more landmark projects will be signed off in the coming years and decades: “We’ll consolidate what we have.

Getting bigger isn’t necessarily the same as getting better and I’m happy with the size of the business at the moment, so we won’t be chasing expansion.

“We’ve taken on our first project direct for the client – a €15m expansion for Custom Compost / Walsh Mushrooms in Gorey, where we have been on-site for three years to date. Getting the quality right is paramount and we will continue to implement the highest levels of quality control and project management. We’ve managed to keep all of our men in work and that’s something I’d dearly love to be able to do going forward.”

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Tullamore Central Library - a vibrant public buidling in the heart of Tullamore”

PROFESSIONAL TO THE CORE Kenny Lyons Associates Architects have earned themselves a reputation as one of the most highly regarded professional architectural firms in the midlands. As company director, Peter Lyons gave Building Ireland some insight into what they are all about.

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n a little over 10 years, Kenny Lyons Associates Architects in Tullamore, Co Offaly have amassed a portfolio of projects that any rival firm in the country would be proud of.

One of the most highly regarded professional architectural firms in the midlands, Kenny Lyons Associates Architects have experience in a variety of areas, not least on commercial, public, education and residential projects.

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designs that maximise the use of daylight, energy conservation and modern materials, while recognising the importance of tailoring a project to the client’s budget.

The Practice employs four accredited Conservation Architects and have completed a number of projects in the heritage towns of Birr and Roscrea in addition to Tullamore, Kilbeggan and the surrounding midlands.

Kenny Lyons Associates Architects have extensive experience in a broad range of construction areas and have been in practice in Tullamore since 2005. Previous to that the Practice traded under the name Kenny & Associates.

They guarantee you a professional service and a direct one to one contact with the directors aided by the backup of an experienced and well trained technical team.

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company’s past and present projects, while also delving into some of the core values of the business.

“We are based here in Central Business Park in Tullamore and we are in operation as ‘Kenny Lyons Associates Architects’ since 2005.

There are 11 staff here at present,” explained Peter.

“Basically, we are a registered architectural practice in Tullamore which specialises largely in educational projects. We are currently working on a number of big educational projects at various stages, along with some smaller school projects. We are also involved in many local sports and community projects.”

One of the most high profile projects to date for Kenny Lyons Associates Architects was the redevelopment of Offaly GAA’s O’Connor Park stadium in Tullamore, which was completed six

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years ago. The project involved work on the new 7,000 seat stand, including comfortable accommodation for press staff and radio commentators as well as a wheelchair viewing platform at the upper level. The home of Offaly GAA, the project was a popular one and as a proud Offaly GAA supporter, Peter and his Practice were delighted to be involved. “The first phase of the O’Connor Park project was completed in 2006 and the last phase was completed by 2010, so it was a big project for us and we were delighted to be a part of it.”

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Phase two, the north terrace, was completed in 2007 for €1,600,000 and the final phase was completed three years later at a cost of €1,555,000 and included new dressing rooms, TV studio, camera and commentary rooms and a new East Terrace.

that we are very proud of here.”

Other projects that Peter and his team are proud of include the Tullamore Central Library and Tullamore Credit Union extensions.

Between their work at O’Connor Park and various different government-funded educational projects, Kenny Lyons Associates Architects were able to weather the storm which hit the Irish construction industry hard from 2007 up until recent times.

Unsurprisingly, the excellent work carried out by Kenny Lyons Associates Architects saw the Practice hired again

by Offaly GAA for a project in Kilcormac which broke ground last year, as Peter explained: “We are currently working on another project with Offaly GAA in Kilcormac which we would have started in 2014. It’s a €2 million development that includes four new full-sized pitches, along with the construction of dressing rooms, a gym and player facilities. We are also working with Laois GAA on the new Laois Centre of Excellence.”

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He continued: “I think we earn projects like these ones through the proven track record that we have. We delivered the O’Connor Park project on schedule and to the budget, it was a well-designed project and one of many Director Peter Lyons

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Peter is happy to report that, as of now, the Practice is experiencing a big upturn in comparison to the immediate years after the company changed its name to Kenny Lyons Associates Architects.

“In 2005 we were still in the boom in this country and we had a couple of very big projects in full flow,” he said.

“The downturn hit a couple of years later, probably around 2007, but we managed to keep the core of our staff thankfully and we are very much looking forward now. We have grown a lot over the last few years and right now we are very busy. There was a little bit of a lull earlier this year when the country had no government in place. That would have affected us as funding for educational projects slowed, but things have picked up again and we are quite busy at the moment.”

One of the company’s most recent projects, the 20 classroom St Mary’s National School in Edgeworthstown, Co Longford, saw Kenny Lyons honoured when the project was shortlisted for the ‘Best Educational Building’ award at the CGM awards.

While educational projects have been the theme for many firms for the better part of a decade now, Peter has seen plenty of evidence of the residential market picking up again. “For the last six or seven years the only construction projects going to site were school projects, but there is more diversity now and we need that,” he stated. “While Dublin is starting to boom again, prices have not yet recovered everywhere and the midlands are still definitely affected even though things are improving. We are starting to see some residential projects spring up again around Tullamore and other provincial towns. We are currently working on an apartment scheme for Tullamore and a number of school projects in various locations. For the second half of 2016 we would hope to see some more viable residential projects.”

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Vincent Doherty Ltd is currently working at the Beacon Hospital in conjunction with Stewart Building Contractors

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This past May saw Vincent Doherty Ltd celebrate its 46th year in existence, so we felt it was time to catch up with company co-director Maria Doherty to discover more about the Dublin-based business.

They say turning your family company into a success is one of the most rewarding things you can do in business and over the past 46 years the Doherty family in Harold’s Cross have been making it work through thick and thin.

Also known as Vincent Doherty Electrical Engineers & Contractors, the company is fully Irish owned and

has been achieving its success through their consistently high quality work that that they’ve delivered to various clients down through the years.

Maria Doherty is an engineer with the company and also holds a managerial position as co-director, along with her uncle Kevin and father Vincent, who is head of operations.

She explained that the management team at Vincent Doherty Ltd work together and utilize their vast knowledge and experience in carrying out the electrical installation of all types of public sector, education, health care, industrial and commercial projects.

“We’re based in Harold’s Cross in

Dublin and the company would have been set up in May 1970,” Maria outlined.

“I’m an engineer with the company and I’m here since 1993. Obviously Vincent Doherty owns the company and his brother Kevin is a director as well.

“Basically we would be electrical contracting mostly and a little bit of design work as well. Before Vincent started the company he would have worked with numerous different contractors, both here and in England, before eventually taking the decision to go out on his own and this is the kind of work that we concentrate on today.”

Vincent Doherty Ltd has been delivering projects safely, and on

The Midlands Prison Kitchen Block project entailed the construction of a new kitchen block to service 1,000 prisoners

Vincent Doherty Ltd is responsible for the electrical services installation in the refurbishment works to Hospital 1 and 2 at St. James's Hospital

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schedule, to a very high standard and within budget since its inception in 1972. It is this impressive track record which has made them the electrical contractor of choice for industry leaders through five different decades.

As RECI certified contractors and through performance to E.T.C.I. National Rules, I.E.T Regulations and E.S.B. Requirements, they reflect their skills and efforts first time in the high quality of finished projects and level of client satisfaction.

Innovation in solutions and a highly trained and dedicated staff are the two of the company’s unique selling points, according to the Vincent Doherty Ltd website (vdoherty.com).

Another salient selling point is their huge focus on working solutions from a clear interpretation of the clients’ requirements.

So how is business at the moment at Vincent Doherty Ltd? “It has picked up a lot,” Maria explained. “The last year or so has seen a real turn around in the industry. Even the last six months have been fairly busy but there’s no doubt about it, times were tough up until then.

“In the past we’ve worked on St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin and we also did work with OPW in Dublin Zoo and the Prison Services in Limerick. We’ve done the retail in Brown Thomas as well, which also brings us out of Dublin.”

She continued: “Right now we’re currently working on the Neurology Department at Beacon Hospital in conjunction with Stewart Building.

We’re also working on projects in Lansdowne House and St James Hospital, and recently completed a project at the A&E in Tallaght Hospital.”

At Vincent Doherty Ltd, the belief has always been that successful implementation of a project depends on controlling the many factors involved from the initial design through to completion.

Consultation and communication between them and the client is of paramount importance as well.

They employ all of their own technical staff, including engineers etc., and have vast experience in managing sub specialists if required.

Down through the years they have consistently worked with various clients and their consultants

The new A&E extension and refurbishment at Tallaght Hospital

The Beacon Hospital project consists of alterations being carried out in three phases to Urology and Oncology, Endoscopy and Day Surgery

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successfully to develop a long term working relationship, always building a partnership concept rather than one of a “one-off” contract. They are also equipped to meet the demands of any project within a functioning building, however complex.

Vincent Doherty Ltd has worked harmoniously with many of the leading Architects, Consultant Engineers and Main contractors and have a very hands on approach which ensures a flexible and cooperative manner to the way each project is handled. They are committed to providing an excellent service to all of their customers and assuring them their best attention at all times.

“I think our customers find us easy to deal with,” said Maria. “We do a good job where ever we go for our clients, covering nationwide, and we feel that they tend to stick with us because of that.”

At Vincent Doherty Ltd, they provide a full range of Electrical Engineering and Contract work for all sectors and their management team work together and utilize their vast knowledge and experience to deliver the best solutions based on requirements, within budget and on schedule.

The general feeling from a managerial point of view is that the company’s success has come down to the consistently high quality of work that they’ve delivered to many clients over the years.

They’ve carried out projects in the commercial, healthcare, residential, retail, heritage, public and educational sectors, with a particular emphasis being placed on the latter in recent years.

For over 40 years, Vincent Doherty Ltd have been carrying out new electrical installations at primary, secondary and third level institutions.

They’ve developed a good understanding of the requirements for working within functioning schools, colleges and universities and are equipped to meet the demands of any project within any educational facility, however complex and they work with all of their clients in a proactive manner.

Vincent Doherty Ltd develop relationships to deliver a flexible and co-operative strategy in the way each project is completed.

They have an impressive track

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record of delivering projects in the educational sector safely, on schedule, to a very high standard and within budget and the Dohertys’ reputation for this success has made them the electrical contractor of choice for industry leaders for over 40 years.

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The new €6 million Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Holles Street

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The impressive Kiernan Structural Steel facility in Co. Longford

There was good news for Co. Longford recently when Kiernan Structural Steel Ltd (KSSL) announced that it’s to create 50 new jobs as part of a €3.5 million expansion of its Carrigglas facility. The jobs in manufacturing, installation, quantity surveying and draughtsmanship will bring to 150 the total number employed by the familyowned structural steel manufacturer.

Starting from humble beginnings manufacturing agricultural sheds in 1989, Kiernan Structural Steel Ltd has grown into one of Ireland’s leading structural steel firms.

The announcement of the new jobs was made at the official opening of the company’s new state-of-the-art extension which was performed by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Mary Mitchell O’Connor on May 27th last.

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This new investment is in response to increased demand from clients for the facility to apply high-quality fire proofing intumescent paints, particularly for multi-national clients.

Welcoming the announcement, Minister Mitchell O’Connor said: “I am delighted that Kiernan Structural Steel, a highly-innovative Irish company which is expanding rapidly in export markets, is creating 50 jobs. The growth of this familyowned business based in Longford for the last 27 years is great news for the Midlands region.”

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KSSL managing director Frank Kiernan noted how the 43,000 sq. ft. expansion would increase the company’s production capacity.

“Kiernan Steel was founded on being a solution provider for technically challenging structural steel projects for the Irish and British steel construction industries with an eye for further market expansion.

This new extension gives us the opportunity to increase our annual production capacity and has led to the securing of some very large projects in Ireland and the UK,” he says.

The expansion of the Carrigglas facility brings the total factory area to almost 125,000 sq. ft. The extension includes 30,000 sq. ft. of a new paintshop which is required to meet the growing need for offsite applied fire intumescent painting. As part of the new paintshop, KSSL has added a one-of-a-kind in Ireland 3m x 1.8m post fabrication Kaltenbach shot blaster which cleans the surfaces of steel

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members prior to the application of paint. KSSL also added 13,000 sq. ft. to the engineering workshop and a new high-speed steel plate cutting and drilling line.

These new facilities have placed the Longford Company at the top of its market and are in high demand by some of Ireland and the UK’s most prestigious clients. In addition, KSSL has opened an office and fabrication facility in London (Perivale) in the past two years to cater for its

growing UK client-base.

KSSL was established by husbandand-wife Frank and Dolores Kiernan, who are now joined in the business by their sons Frank Jnr and John, and daughter Claire. When they both lost their jobs in 1989, Frank and Dolores considered emigrating to the UK or America in search of work but, with four children under the age of eight, they felt that leaving Ireland wasn’t an option.

Instead, they set up Kiernan

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work, but it didn’t happen overnight.

“Working out of a two-bay hayshed at the rear of our house, we started making small sheds for local farmers. We progressed from there into industrial units,” adds the Killoe man, who served his time initially as an apprentice welder with Steel Fabricators in Longford town before going on to work all over Ireland as a foreman with Dublin company JMSE. Nowadays, KSSL provides a wide range of services to the steel construction industry, including projects where clients request value engineering for their structural steelwork. Among the services offered are: design engineering, steel fabrication, steel erection, cladding and roof metal decking, floor metal decking and welded shear studding, castellated beams and steel trusses manufacture, fire protection painting. The firm constantly strives to meet client expectations on project programme and on budget without affecting quality, health & safety or the environment.

KSSL has worked on projects for many blue chip companies, including tech giants Google and Intel,

pharmaceutical firms Elan, Abbott, Baxter, Merck Sharpe and Dohme, food companies Kerry, Glanbia and Diageo, and retail brands such as Dunnes Stores, Tesco, Lidl, Musgraves, Aldi and Pallas Foods.

Irish Rail and Irish Cement are also good customers.

During the recession, KSSL’s turnover fell from €13 million in 2007

to €3.5 million in 2010. This forced the Kiernan’s to look beyond the Irish market for the first time and with the help of Irish builders and developers based in London, they were able to break into the UK market and thus turn their fortunes around.

“We had to broaden our horizons when the recession hit in order to survive,” explains John Kiernan, who

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is a structural engineer by profession.

“The UK is a big market for us now. We’ve done projects in London, Liverpool, Birmingham, Preston and Scotland.

We’ve also worked in Hannover in Germany with Sisk Builders on a project for Primark.”

KSSL has been involved in numerous high-profile projects here in Ireland, including Elan pharmaceuticals in Athlone, Co. Roscommon, the Guinness Brewhouse at St. James’s Gate in Dublin, Intel in Leixlip, Co. Kildare, Irish Cement in Duleek, Co. Meath, Pallas Foods in North Dublin, Kerry Foods in Naas, Co. Kildare, Google and Bristol-Myers-Squibb (both Dublin). Examples of the company’s work can also be found in sports stadia such as the Oval Cricket Ground in London, Elvery’s MacHale Park in Castlebar, Dublin’s Parnell and Dalymount Parks and O’Connor Park in Tullamore.

Quality assurance on every project is of utmost importance in all of KSSL’s operations. From tender enquiry through design, fabrication and erection, a quality system design to ensure complete satisfaction for the client is employed. KSSL is accredited to ISO 9001 for quality management and has a certified Factory Production Control (FPC) to Execution Class 4 to EN 1090 and welding Quality Management System (WQMS) which enables the company to CE mark all its products.

KSSL is also a registered BCSA company and is on the RQSC (Register of Qualified Steelworker Contractors Scheme) which provides extra confidence to clients and consultants alike. It was the first Irish company to obtain NHSS 20 certification which is the execution of steelwork in the UK National Highways Sector Scheme.

In 2013, the Kiernan family set up a separate company, Green Rock Ltd, which is the Irish agent for RAPID EPS edge protection systems for concrete structures, steel structures, timber frame structures, trenching systems and trailer systems. Green Rock is the English translation for Carrigglas.

Telephone: +353 (0)43 33 41445 Fax: +353 (0)43 33 45904 Email: enquiries@kssl.ie Web: www.kssl.ie

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THE DEMOLITION EXPERTS

Loftus Demolition is one of Ireland’s leading demolition and civil engineering firms, with a proven track record going back to the 1950s. Based in Cork, the third generation family-run business has earned a reputation for expediting work safely, cost effectively and in an environmentally aware and no-nonsense manner.

The company operates across the whole spectrum of the construction industry and brings a knowledge and experience gained over the past 60 years to every project it undertakes. Loftus Demolition has carried out contracts all over Europe for a wide range of clients in the private and public sectors. Indeed, many of the same clients have been dealing with Loftus for half-acentury or more.

While maintaining its core values, the company has evolved over the years with the emphasis having shifted to place safety and

environmental awareness at the highest level when planning or executing any project. The demolition and civil engineering business has traditionally been labour intensive and dangerous.

However, recent developments in technology has resulted in innovation which minimise the dangers associated with demolition operations.

Loftus Demolition has invested heavily in such innovations and now operates a modern fleet of equipment which includes a range of high reach demolition excavators up to 46 metres; robotic remote control demolition equipment; cold cutting hydraulic metal shears; hydraulic concrete pulverisers; hydraulic selector grabs; hydraulic spark-free tank plate cutters; vibration-free concrete demolition munchers; concrete cutting saws; complete range of conventional excavators, rock-breakers from .75 tonne to 60 tonne; a fleet of multi-wheeler trucks, including specialist grab trucks.

“Our Komatsu excavator is the highest reaching machine of its 79

kind in Ireland,” Hilary Loftus proudly states.

“It has a reach of 46 metres and is currently working on a contract we are carrying out on a disused hall at Waterford docks. We have a huge variety of equipment to cater for any demolition job. We are a well-established name in Munster and indeed throughout Ireland. We have also worked in the UK and Germany.

“While we have carried out some of the largest and most challenging projects in Ireland over the last 50 years, we carry out smaller residential contracts with the same levels of safety and efficiency. As well as being specialists in demolition, civil engineering, dismantling and structural engineering, we can also carry out asbestos removal.”

Loftus Demolition’s attention to detail, dedicated staff, state-of-theart equipment and vast knowledge and experience has made it the market leader in its specialist categories.

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safely and efficiently.

Undoubtedly the most high-profile contract Loftus Demolition has undertaken recently was the demolition of the iconic Pairc Ui Chaoimh stadium in Cork. Over a four-month period last summer, the Loftus team demolished both spectator stands at the home of Cork GAA, leaving just the playing pitch and the two terraces. The

demolition works were the first phase of a €70 million revamp of the old bowl-shaped ground into a top-class modern sports venue which will boast a 45,000 capacity when completed.

As a former Glen Rovers and Delaney Rovers GAA player and a lifelong resident of Cork city, it was entirely fitting that the contract was awarded to Hilary and his family.

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“As a Cork GAA supporter, it meant a lot for me to be associated with that contract. My wife Veronica comes from one of Blackrock and Cork’s most famous hurling families, the Coughlan’s.

Eudie and John Coughlan won several All-Ireland medals with Cork in the late 1920s and early 1930s,” he explains.

Hilary took over the running of the family business from his father and founder John, and now his son Roy is following in his footsteps. The Loftus’ have been responsible for demolishing many landmark buildings in the greater Cork area down through the years. These include the R&H Mill on Victoria Road in 1972 and the Magnasite Plant in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford for Pfizer Pharmaceutical 20 years later.

In the past decade, Loftus Demolition has enhanced its portfolio by carrying out an array of prestigious contracts. In 2007, the company was contracted by Bowen Construction to demolish a 60-storey concrete building constructed in the 1970s adjacent to the Grand Parade at Dartmouth Place in Dublin. The project presented its own challenges due to its proximity to the Luas line and the heavily trafficked Canal Road.

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Loftus Demolition carries out work across Ireland and mainland Europe

Also in 2007, Loftus Demolition carried out asbestos removal and demolition works on the O’Callaghan Properties Academy Street development in Cork. The project duration was 14 months and involved many different types of demolition procedures, including the use of robotic demolition equipment, high-reach demolition excavators and cold cutting equipment.

In July 2009, as a result of a fire, Origin Enterprises awarded the contract to demolish their famous Cork Docklands Miag silos to Loftus Demolition. The 24 steel

silos, which were 55-metres high, were demolished using a 45-metre high reach excavator. All steel and concrete arising from the demolition works was recycled for reuse.

Another high-profile contract involved demolishing the Sarsfields and Bandon Road pedestrian overbridges in Cork in 2011. Loftus had just 72 hours to demolish the post-tensioned bridges which spanned one of the busiest junctions in Munster. The bridges were demolished to a designed sequence which mitigated the dangers associated

with disassembling post-tensioned structures, using a combination of hydraulic pulverisers and rockbreakers.

All materials arising from the demolition works were recycled for reuse in the new road construction, while the contract was completed safely and 18 hours ahead of the 72-hour contract period.

Hilary concludes by saying: “I would like to take this opportunity to thank our customers for their loyalty and support over the years.

We look forward to catering for all their demolition needs for many more years to come.”

Loftus Demolition

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