SPOTLIGHT ON: MSL ENGINEERING LTD.

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ACTIVITIES: Mechanical Engineers and Contractors.

MSL Engineering Ltd. is a full-service mechanical engineering contractor operating across a wide range of industry sectors.

With over 40 years of expertise and a flexible project management approach, MSL delivers best-in-class projects utilising BIM and modular fabrication processes to the highest standards of workmanship, safety, quality and reliability.

Founded in 1979, MSL Engineering specialises in the fabrication and installation of process, utility and high purity pipework, platforms and steelwork and equipment installation across many industry sectors.

MSL’s service offering includes modular fabrication and assemblies, managing multi-discipline subcontractors including HVAC, scaffold, craneage, insulation, painting, NDT etc, while utilising BIM and 3D modelling design processes.

With a workforce of over 700 people, MSL has grown to become one of the leading players in an industry that has seen parallel growth in the pharmaceutical, biopharma, semi-conductor, chemical, oil and gas, energy, data centre and food & beverage sectors.

Established

Originally established to provide craft support to the fledgling but now defunct NET plant in Marino Point, Cork, over time, the business expanded its client base and developed a reputation for reliability, engineering excellence, and the ability to get the job done.

Retaining the roots of the original founders of the business, the company is a wholly owned Irish entity, which has organically evolved from providing support services to local industry to a position where it now competes successfully for large-scale engineering projects and provides a full range of engineering and constructability solutions to clients throughout Ireland, UK, Europe and the US.

Working in inherently hazardous industries, the business has always taken an uncompromising approach to safety. This can be seen in its high standards and long-standing safety record, its ISO45001accredited safety management system and its behavioural safety-based systems of work.

Improve

MSL’s desire to continuously improve to stay ahead of the competitive curve has led it to identify and invest in new business processes in recent years.

As a result, the company significantly increased turnover and expanded its area of operation to include the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Sweden, and Denmark.

relocated Port Of Cork, includes a largescale modular fabrication workshop, a piping fabrication workshop and an 8,000 sq. foot clean piping workshop.

It enables MSL to continue to service all their existing clients and allows them to expand and develop relationships with new clients in Ireland and abroad.

Focus

MSL managing director Brian McGrath comments: ‘Our focus in developing a standard of performance is to ensure all MSL personnel are empowered to achieve their full potential and are recognised for doing so.

‘Our performance standard defines how well each function or task must be performed in order to meet or exceed expectations thus ensuring our standards are best in class.’

MSL encourages and promotes early contractor engagement and an integrated project delivery (IPD) approach by offering modular design and modular construction experience to maximise offsite manufacturing and fabrication (OSM) opportunities for clients.

The company’s investment in digital technologies means MSL continuously improves its BIM offering to clients and its digital project delivery (DPD) capabilities.

Strong growth

Reflecting strong growth, MSL has invested in a modern 140,000 sq. foot fabrication facility in Ringaskiddy, Co. Cork.

This new facility, adjacent to the newly

With continued growth, a new modern Fabrication Facility, ISO accredited Management Systems in Safety (ISO45001), Quality (ISO9001) & Environmental (ISO18001), and investment in new innovative business processes, they continue to challenge themselves at MSL Engineering Ltd. to deliver the highest standard of service that they believe is deserved and expected by their clients.

ADDRESS: Ringport Business Park, Ringaskiddy, Co Cork. P43

RX06

PHONE: +353 21 451 3550

WEB: www.mslengineering.ie

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The Irish construction and property industry needs to act faster and to be more ambitious in tackling climate change. This was the key message delivered at the Irish Green Building Council (IGBC)’s Build Green Now conference.

Call for faster and more ambitious actions in industry to decarbonise Ireland's built environment

Six months after the launch of ‘Building a Zero Carbon Ireland – A roadmap to decarbonise Ireland's built environment’, over 200 industry leaders gathered in Dublin to discuss challenges and actions needed to accelerate the transition to net zero carbon buildings.

Opening the event, Pat

Barry, CEO of the Irish Green Building Council (IGBC) said:

‘Despite ambitious climate policies, our national emissions are still growing. Tackling this crisis requires immediate action from everyone, everywhere.

‘As an industry, we must advocate for a better use of our existing stock, but also design and construct buildings that are not only zero carbon emissions, but also constructed in more eco-friendly ways.

‘I urge everyone in the industry to endorse the roadmap and to take the actions set in it now.’

Actions

The Building a Zero Carbon Ireland roadmap includes a series of actions broken down by sector to fully decarbonise Ireland’s built environment.

The report also shows that embodied carbon emissions in construction and the built

About the Irish Green Building Council

The IGBC is Ireland’s leading authority on green building best practices with a network of over 340 green building organisations spanning the entire built environment industry.

The IGBC is affiliated with the World Green Building Council. This is a network of over 80 national Green Building Councils worldwide with a total membership of over 27,000 of the most progressive international organisations and businesses making it the largest organisation globally influencing the sustainable building market. www.igbc.ie.

environment currently account for 14% of Ireland’s national emissions.

These are emissions associated with the production of construction materials and the construction and maintenance of buildings.

Mr. Barry added: ‘Significant progress has been made on improving energy efficiency in buildings, but embodied carbon emissions are the elephant in the room.

‘We cannot deliver 400,000 homes and reach our 2030 climate targets without addressing them.

‘Government has a key role to play, and the public sector must lead by example, but they cannot do it alone.’

Crucial

Speaking at the conference, Audrey Nugent, Director of Global Advocacy-World Green Building Council, explained: "The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) is currently under review.

‘This is a crucial piece of EU legislation, which previously led to the implementation of Building Energy Rating (BER) and the Nearly Zero Energy Building (NZEB) standards.

The proposed revision is a significant step forward towards achieving Zero Carbon buildings, as for the first time ever, it aims to address the issue of whole life carbon emissions.’

Several European countries such as Denmark, France, and the Netherlands, have already regulated embodied carbon emissions. To support this transition in Ireland, the IGBC is developing a national methodology and establishing high-quality baselines.

Joe Durkan, Head of Technical National Retrofit at SEAI, said: ‘Collecting standardised data is extremely important, and SEAI is proud to support the development of a national methodology to measure whole life carbon emissions.

‘As part of this process, the IGBC is collecting case studies of whole life carbon assessments of buildings.

‘I would like to encourage everyone in the industry to submit case studies and support the development of the methodology.’

In addition to embodied carbon emissions, energy efficient designs and circularity in construction, including effectively reusing construction materials and existing structures, were extensively discussed at Build Green Now.

About the Roadmap

The ‘Building a Zero Carbon Ireland’ roadmap was developed by the Irish Green Building Council in close cooperation with over 200 key stakeholders.

It sets out a detailed strategy towards a net zero carbon-built environment by 2050 and details a series of near-term actions to put the construction industry on a clear path towards this, as well as a range of further, longer-term actions to accelerate the transformation of our built environment.

Similar roadmaps were developed in Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, and the UK, as well as at European level. These will support the work of officials at local, national and EU levels. The roadmap was developed as part of the #BuildingLife Campaign and is available on IGBC website. https://www. igbc.ie/building-a-zero-carbon-ireland/