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NORTHERN IRELAND’S No.1 CONSTRUCTION MAGAZINE<br />

SPECIFY is the official publication for the<br />

Construction Employers Federation<br />

June/July 2016 £3.00<br />

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This year’s Showcase will<br />

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Experimental Medicine at<br />

Queen’s University Belfast,<br />

the 2015 Overall Winner, on<br />

7 September and will give<br />

finalists the opportunity<br />

to demonstrate the<br />

excellence of their<br />

project to customers,<br />

suppliers and industry<br />

professionals.<br />

The winners will<br />

be announced at a<br />

Gala Evening on<br />

6 October at the<br />

Culloden Hotel.<br />

General<br />

Construction<br />

Commercial<br />

Construction Award<br />

Heron Brothers<br />

Forthriver Innovation Factory<br />

Martin & Hamilton<br />

Galgorm Resort & Spa<br />

O’Hare & McGovern<br />

IFA National Football Stadium<br />

P & K McKaigue<br />

Causeway Rural & Urban Network<br />

(CRUN) Building<br />

Fit-Out Award<br />

Dixons Contractors<br />

16 College Street, Belfast<br />

Gilbert-Ash<br />

PwC / Google Innovation Lab<br />

Woodvale Construction Company<br />

Stranmillis Refectory<br />

Restoration Award<br />

Gilbert-Ash<br />

The Crown Bar and Dining Rooms<br />

Martin & Hamilton<br />

St. Bernadette’s Church, Belfast<br />

QMAC Construction<br />

St. Patrick’s Church, Donaghmore<br />

TAL<br />

Restoration of Portaferry<br />

Presbyterian Church<br />

Social/Community<br />

Construction Award<br />

Maurice Flynn & Sons<br />

Waterfront Hall Refurbishment<br />

QMAC Construction<br />

The Junction<br />

TAL<br />

Schomberg House<br />

Woodvale Construction Company<br />

Queens Boat Club<br />

GB & Republic of Ireland<br />

Construction Award<br />

Gilbert-Ash<br />

Institution of Engineering &<br />

Technology<br />

Tracey Brothers<br />

Eolas Building at NUI Maynooth<br />

Heron Brothers<br />

Stevenson Hive Project<br />

Farrans Construction<br />

Ellon Academy Community Campus<br />

Housing<br />

Private Housing Award<br />

Carr Brothers<br />

Bannview Court Retirement Village<br />

Dixons Contractors<br />

Redbridge Development<br />

Donaghmore Construction<br />

Fairfields<br />

J W & J Porter & Company<br />

Saddlers Hall<br />

Social Housing Award<br />

Donaghmore Construction<br />

Ballymister Supported Housing<br />

Hagan Homes<br />

Fort Hall<br />

Lowry Construction<br />

Manse Court<br />

P & K McKaigue<br />

Holly Lane<br />

Infrastructure<br />

Health Infrastructure<br />

Award<br />

Felix O’Hare & Company<br />

Banbridge CTCC<br />

Glasgiven Contracts<br />

Ballymena Ambulance Station<br />

H & J Martin<br />

Northern Ireland Adult Hospice<br />

O’Hare & McGovern<br />

Ballymena Health & Care Centre<br />

Education<br />

Infrastructure Award<br />

Mascott Construction<br />

MENCAP Building Belfast<br />

Maurice Flynn & Sons<br />

St Joseph’s Carnacaville<br />

O’Hare & McGovern<br />

SERC Space Campus<br />

Tracey Brothers<br />

New Dromore Central Primary School<br />

Transport<br />

Infrastructure Award<br />

Fox Building & Engineering<br />

Valley Park<br />

Fox Building & Engineering<br />

Strabane Pedestrian Bridge<br />

John Graham Construction<br />

A2 Shore Road, Carrickfergus<br />

McLaughlin and Harvey<br />

Glynn River Bridge<br />

Utilities<br />

Infrastructure Award<br />

Adman Civil Projects<br />

Eglish Wind Farm<br />

DAWSON-WAM<br />

Newcastle Wastewater Treatment<br />

Works<br />

Lagan Construction Group<br />

Castor Bay to Belfast Strategic Trunk<br />

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York Street Interchange Storm<br />

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Farrans Construction<br />

Heron Brothers<br />

Maurice Flynn & Sons<br />

McAleer & Teague<br />

Training Award<br />

David Jameson Roofing Services<br />

Donaghmore Construction<br />

Farrans Construction<br />

Maurice Flynn & Sons<br />

Environmental<br />

Sustainability Award<br />

Adman Civil Projects<br />

David Jameson Roofing Services<br />

Tracey Brothers<br />

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The latest State of<br />

Trade survey from the<br />

Construction Employers<br />

Federation and PwC<br />

show that around a fifth<br />

of Northern Ireland’s<br />

construction companies<br />

are operating at less<br />

than half capacity,<br />

with demand in GB<br />

and the Republic of<br />

Ireland (RoI) also down.<br />

The EU Referendum is<br />

thought to have created<br />

uncertainty in the<br />

economy but now that<br />

is out of the way, many<br />

construction companies<br />

expect business to<br />

improve later this year.<br />

The latest CEF assessment for<br />

the first three months (Q1)<br />

of 2016 shows that close to a<br />

quarter (22%) of companies<br />

were operating in survival<br />

mode, while the percentage of<br />

companies confident of growth<br />

and profitability fell slightly from<br />

50% in Q1 2015 to 48% in Q1<br />

2016.<br />

The proportion of firms<br />

reporting that their current<br />

workload had increased rose<br />

slightly to 33% in Q1 2016,<br />

from 27.5% in Q1 2015 but<br />

remained well below on the<br />

first three months of 2014<br />

when half of companies<br />

surveyed reported increased<br />

demand and workload.<br />

Northern Ireland (almost<br />

entirely Great Britain and RoI).<br />

That fell to 17% in Q1 2015<br />

and then again in Q1 2016,<br />

when only 13% of work was in<br />

GB and/or RoI markets.<br />

The decline was largely driven<br />

by a reduction in work in GB<br />

– down from 15% in Q1 2014<br />

to about 10% throughout 2015<br />

and falling to 6% in Q1 2016,<br />

the survey found.<br />

Commenting on the survey<br />

results CEF Managing Director<br />

John Armstrong, said the<br />

industry was not showing<br />

any real signs of sustainable<br />

recovery:<br />

“This is another survey which<br />

suggests that the construction<br />

sector is not sharing in<br />

Northern Ireland’s modest<br />

economic recovery, let alone<br />

the significant growth that is<br />

being exhibited elsewhere in<br />

the UK and Ireland.<br />

“The proportion of companies<br />

in survival mode is up, those<br />

anticipating growth and<br />

profitability are down and the<br />

percentage of work in Great<br />

Britain and Ireland has fallen.<br />

We are operating in an<br />

environment where growth<br />

in housebuilding is broadly<br />

flat and where output in<br />

infrastructure and roads has<br />

actually declined.<br />

“The one glimmer of light<br />

is that over a third of our<br />

members say they expect<br />

things to get better – I sincerely<br />

hope they are right.<br />

“Construction and<br />

infrastructure accounts for<br />

around 6% of UK GDP. But<br />

it also delivers instant results<br />

– direct employment, high<br />

wages, indirect jobs, and greater<br />

community cohesion. The new<br />

Executive therefore needs<br />

to work with the industry to<br />

develop and deliver a significant<br />

pipeline of projects which will<br />

be crucial to the long term<br />

sustainability and success of<br />

the construction industry in<br />

Northern Ireland.”<br />

Two years ago, in Q1 2014,<br />

almost a quarter of CEF<br />

members’ work done was in<br />

construction activity outside<br />

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DIGEST<br />

Queen’s new £39M Biological Sciences build to support<br />

550 construction jobs .<br />

DIGEST<br />

Gilbert-Ash lifts the award for Overall Excellence at the 2016 Aer Lingus<br />

Viscount Awards in London.<br />

DIGEST<br />

The top builders merchants in Northern Ireland are honoured at the<br />

Octabuild Builders Merchant Awards with Haldane Fisher, Coleraine taking the<br />

top spot.<br />

RICS Opinion:<br />

The industry can’t afford to be complacent when it comes to<br />

diversity, says Tracy Flannigan FRICS , RICS spokesperson in Northern<br />

Ireland<br />

RSUA DESIGN AWARDS:<br />

The Royal Society of Ulster Architects (RSUA) has awarded the Liam<br />

McCormick Prize for Northern Ireland’s Building of the Year to ‘House at<br />

Maghera’, in Castlewellan, County Down.<br />

BELFAST TELEGRAPH TOP 100:<br />

John Simpson analyses the top construction companies in the BT Top 100.<br />

APPRENTICESHIPS:<br />

Retaining apprentices will help the construction sector flourish again,<br />

according to Max Mackin of Reactive Recruitment<br />

RICS AWARDS::<br />

The Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine has been<br />

named Project of the Year at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors<br />

(RICS) Awards 2016<br />

CALDWELL CONSULTING:<br />

Caldwell Consulting celebrate fifty years of creating spaces and environments<br />

that enhance the lives of those who use them.<br />

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Queen’s new £39M Biological Sciences<br />

Harvey Group acquires Solmatix as part of 5 year<br />

growth plan in UK and Ireland.<br />

build to support 550 construction jobs<br />

NI M&E services company acquires renewable energy specialists<br />

Newtownabbey-based<br />

Queen’s University<br />

M&E services company,<br />

Belfast has unveiled<br />

Harvey Group, has acquired<br />

the foundation stone<br />

Northern Ireland renewable<br />

for its new £39 million<br />

energy specialists, Solmatix<br />

School of Biological<br />

Renewables in a move the<br />

Sciences.<br />

companies say will transform<br />

The new School will be a<br />

the renewable energy sector<br />

key driver for the development<br />

in Northern Ireland and act<br />

and<br />

as a<br />

future<br />

springboard<br />

growth<br />

for<br />

of<br />

further<br />

the life<br />

sciences expansion and into agri-food the multimillion<br />

Northern pound Ireland, UK and which Ireland<br />

sectors<br />

in<br />

currently renewable employ energy some markets. 80,000<br />

people The and acquisition, generate for an more<br />

than undisclosed £5.5 billion sum, will in bring sales to each 110<br />

year. the number of people employed<br />

directly Building by the Harvey new School Group in will<br />

also Northern support Ireland 550 and jobs Great in the Britain.<br />

construction With a turnover sector, of including £30 million<br />

staff and from over 80 the staff, main Harvey contractor Group<br />

O’Hare has over and 30 years’ McGovern, experience and a<br />

range in the of design, other installation firms. and<br />

maintenance The new School, of building which services is<br />

being within built every at conceivable Chlorine kind Gardens of<br />

in building Belfast, type will throughout offer state-ofthe<br />

and art RoI, teaching including Pharmaceutical/<br />

and research<br />

NI, GB<br />

facilities Cleanrooms, for its Laboratories, 750 students<br />

and Education, 170 staff, Government who will and tackle<br />

some Healthcare of the . Richard world’s and most Norah-<br />

Anne Bell founded Solmatix<br />

Renewables in 2008, and since then<br />

the pressing company issues. has grown to achieve a<br />

turnover Due to of £6 open million, in 2018, with 30 the staff<br />

operating building from will provide its Nutt’s the Corner<br />

premises. facilities to help grow the life<br />

sciences As a result sector, of the especially deal, Solmatix in<br />

will areas continue such to as operate agriculture/food as an<br />

autonomous science, food and safety, independent disease/<br />

company within Harvey Group<br />

infection biology, diagnostics,<br />

Brian Harvey, managing director<br />

waste management, ecosystems<br />

of Harvey Group, said there was<br />

and the environment. The Life<br />

a perfect fit between the two<br />

and Health Sciences and Agriorganisations.<br />

Food sectors are key to driving<br />

“We have been planning to<br />

future economic prosperity<br />

grow our renewables involvement<br />

in Northern Ireland. The Life<br />

for some time, either organically<br />

or<br />

Science<br />

through<br />

graduates<br />

the acquisition<br />

who<br />

of<br />

will<br />

an<br />

be<br />

established trained within player. the Having new worked building<br />

with will underpin Solmatix Renewables these areas on and<br />

a help number facilitate of contracts, future we’d growth.<br />

always The been new impressed 11,000m² with School is<br />

their the latest engineering building rigour in and Queen’s<br />

professionalism. £700M 20-year In fact, capital there seemed<br />

to investment be a natural programme synergy between to<br />

our support two companies world-class in terms research of<br />

what and education we do and how and we provide do it. I an<br />

approached exceptional Richard experience Bell about for a its<br />

year students. ago to float the idea of our<br />

companies In keeping coming with together, the but only<br />

if University’s there was a good commitment fit. After careful<br />

consideration we both agreed<br />

that this would indeed be mutually<br />

CONCRETE<br />

FUTURES<br />

(L to R): Damien Toner, Queen’s Director of Estates, Eamon O’Hare,<br />

Celebrating Managing the Director, acquisition O’Hare (from left) & Norah-Anne McGovern; Bell, Queen’s Richard Vice-Chancellor,<br />

Bell, Brian Harvey, Gareth<br />

Booth (Financial Controller, Harvey Group).<br />

Professor Patrick Johnston; Simon Hamilton, Minister for the Economy; St.<br />

beneficial. John Hadley, From Architect, my perspective, Scott Tallon Walker as and great Martin news Lennon, for Solmatix, Managing its<br />

having Director, Solmatix O’Hare as & part McGovern. of Harvey customers, suppliers and staff.<br />

Group gives us a level of expertise “In many respects, it’s a case<br />

to that sustainability, would have taken the us building years to technologies of ‘business as usual’. including However, a in<br />

has acquire been otherwise. designed to<br />

combined real terms, being heat part and of power this larger<br />

minimize “Harvey its Group impact and Solmatix on the engine, organisation ventilation will give us heat access to<br />

environment, share similar values, and by to which achieve I mean recovery enhanced technical units and skills, a financial Ground<br />

the our commitment target of Building to professionalism, Research Source resources Heat and purchasing Pump system. power.<br />

Establishment our desire to deliver Environmental<br />

our services to Ultimately This will I believe the this 14th will lead project<br />

Method the very highest (BREEAM) standards, Excellent. and the O’Hare to greater & growth McGovern, and investment the<br />

Set importance over five we place floors, on the treating our Newry-based within our operations, construction as well as<br />

building customers, is our designed suppliers around and our staff a company, more jobs and has job delivered security. It’s for a<br />

central with courtesy glazed and atrium consideration.” and will Queen’s. win-win relationship The first that’s scheme good was<br />

incorporate Richard Bell, carbon the founder reduction and completed for our whole in organisation, August 1989. as<br />

managing director of Solmatix well as the economy of Northern<br />

Renewables described the acquisition Ireland. “<br />

£7m support for ADDITIONAL<br />

300 new home programme<br />

Lisburn firm TAL awarded the first major construction<br />

contract at Randox Science Park<br />

Ulster Bank is providing<br />

£7million in support to a local<br />

housing association for a major<br />

programme that will deliver up<br />

to 300 new social homes across<br />

Northern Ireland over the next<br />

three years.<br />

WItH 100 a units reputation will be provided for in<br />

excellence 2016/17 as in part constructing of the initiative high<br />

quality by Ballymoney-headquartered<br />

projects, tAL Limited<br />

has Triangle been Housing awarded Association, a significant and<br />

contract the organisation’s (£3.1m) by finance global director,<br />

medical Alan Crilly, diagnostics says that company Ulster Bank’s<br />

Randox. support is crucial to making this<br />

happen. This initial contract is for the<br />

construction “Ulster Bank of a new has been facility active for<br />

production of Randox’s pioneering<br />

medical in the social diagnostic housing products and will<br />

also sector include for associated many years administrative<br />

functions. and we have The works been are the first<br />

phase very of pleased a major to capital work expenditure<br />

project with them by Randox on a funding to develop the<br />

former package Massereene to support Army Barracks<br />

into our ‘Randox development Science Park’ – a<br />

futuristic plans,” he R&D continues. and manufacturing<br />

facility. The award-winning,<br />

international “This will biotechnology enable us firm,<br />

unveiled to meet its our plans target for an for innovative<br />

hub new on homes the 43 this acre year, site earlier this<br />

this contract with Randox, one of<br />

Northern Ireland’s most dynamic<br />

and exciting businesses on a local<br />

and global level. Through the quality<br />

of our work and the dedication and<br />

professionalism of our team TAL has<br />

steadily grown over the last 34 years<br />

and this contract award reinforces<br />

the strength of our expertise in the<br />

healthcare sector.”<br />

The project will be delivered<br />

to BIM level 2 in partnership<br />

with the design team Ostick and<br />

Director at Randox commented: “The<br />

development of Randox Science<br />

Park is core to our plans to create<br />

innovative diagnostics, to improve<br />

manufacturing efficiency to export<br />

high-value healthcare capabilities to<br />

world markets. This state-of-the-art<br />

premises will become a centre of<br />

cutting-edge research, development<br />

and diagnostic manufacture, covering<br />

conditions such as cancer, stroke and<br />

heart disease. We will also provide a<br />

significant boost to the local economy<br />

year. which is a major part<br />

Williams Architects, Rainey & Best, through new job creation. We very<br />

Pictured on site at a Triangle Housing Association development in<br />

of Welcoming our overall the growth announcement, Doran Consulting, Delap & Waller much look forward to working with<br />

Belfast are Kenton Hilman, Ulster Bank, Paul Herbison, Ulster Bank,<br />

Damien and development Hughes, Director plan of TAL Consulting Engineers and Charles TAL on this initial contract to deliver<br />

Raymond Nicholl, Triangle Housing Association, and Alan Crilly, Triangle<br />

Limited for the commented: next three “We are Hutchison Consulting.<br />

the high quality infrastructure we<br />

House Association.<br />

delighted years,” he to adds. have been awarded Dr Peter FitzGerald, Managing require.”<br />

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HAGAN Harvey Group HOMES acquires TO Solmatix BUILD as 250 part of HOMES 5 year<br />

IN growth £30M plan DEVELOPMENT in UK and Ireland. IN ANTRIM<br />

NI M&E services company acquires renewable energy specialists<br />

Newtownabbey-based<br />

Hagan Homes, one<br />

of M&E Northern services Ireland’s company,<br />

largest Harvey Group, homebuilders,<br />

has acquired<br />

is Northern to build Ireland 250 renewable<br />

homes energy specialists, at a site Solmatix in<br />

Antrim Renewables (Ballygore in a move Road, the<br />

BT41) companies in a say £30million will transform<br />

development.<br />

the renewable energy sector<br />

in Construction Northern Ireland has already and act<br />

started as a springboard at the 16.6-acre for further<br />

‘Ballyveigh’ expansion site into and the the multimillion<br />

take up pound to five UK years and Ireland to<br />

project<br />

will<br />

complete. renewable The energy first homes markets. will<br />

be completed The acquisition, from for an September<br />

2016, undisclosed with prices sum, will starting bring to from 110<br />

approx. the number £79,950. of people employed<br />

directly Jamesy by Hagan, the Harvey Managing Group in<br />

Director, Northern Hagan Ireland Homes, and Great told Britain.<br />

Specify<br />

With<br />

“We<br />

a turnover<br />

are delighted<br />

of £30 million<br />

to<br />

and over 80 staff, Harvey Group<br />

announce our plans for the<br />

has over 30 years’ experience<br />

new Ballyveigh site in Antrim.<br />

in the design, installation and<br />

This will be the largest housing<br />

maintenance of building services<br />

development started in Antrim<br />

within every conceivable kind of<br />

in more than ten years and<br />

building type throughout NI, GB<br />

is a clear indication of Hagan<br />

and RoI, including Pharmaceutical/<br />

Homes’ confidence in the local<br />

Cleanrooms, Laboratories,<br />

market. Education, It is Government also a further and<br />

sign Healthcare of rejuvenation . Richard and in the Norahconstruction<br />

Anne Bell founded sector.” Solmatix<br />

Renewables “Demand in for 2008, superior and since then<br />

homes offering value in<br />

Northern Ireland is high and<br />

the company Ballyveigh has development<br />

grown to achieve a cater for changing needs as homebuilders. Having built<br />

offers turnover homebuyers of £6 million, with the 30 staff families grow.”<br />

almost 3300 homes across<br />

opportunity operating from to its Nutt’s live in Corner a mature Every new home in<br />

Northern Ireland since it was<br />

residential premises. area nestled off the Ballyveigh, Antrim will benefit established over 25 years ago<br />

Ballygore As a result Road of the in deal, Antrim. Solmatix The from Hagan Homes’ high 1988.<br />

homes will continue are to designed operate as to an appeal quality and stylish turnkey The family-run, award-<br />

autonomous all demographics, and independent whether specification, which includes winning Hagan Homes<br />

first-time company within buyers, Harvey families, Groupyoung<br />

professionals Brian Harvey, and managing downsizers, director<br />

and of Harvey will include Group, said one, there two was and<br />

three a perfect bedroom fit between apartments, the two<br />

townhouses, organisations. semi-detached<br />

a chic fully fitted kitchen and<br />

modern bathroom suite.<br />

The main contractor for the<br />

project is Claudy-based JCL<br />

Contracts.<br />

employs a highly experienced<br />

team, many of whom have<br />

been with the company<br />

since its inception. Company<br />

headquarters are located on<br />

and “We detached have been homes.” planning to Hagan Homes is one of Templepatrick Road, Ballyclare,<br />

Celebrating the acquisition (from left) Norah-Anne Bell, Richard Bell, Brian Harvey, Gareth<br />

grow Mr our Hagan renewables continues: involvement “Hagan Northern Booth (Financial Ireland’s Controller, Harvey largest Group). Co. Antrim.<br />

Homes’ for some time, aim either is to organically<br />

beneficial. From my perspective, as great news for Solmatix, its<br />

or through the acquisition of an Jim Burke, Director of Sales & Acquisitions along with Jamesy Hagan, Managing<br />

build affordable,<br />

having Solmatix as part of Harvey customers, suppliers and staff.<br />

established player. Having worked Director and James McLaughlin Main Contractor (JCL)<br />

quality, stylish homes<br />

with Solmatix Renewables on<br />

Group gives us a level of expertise “In many respects, it’s a case<br />

and achieve this by<br />

a number of contracts, we’d<br />

that would have taken us years to of ‘business as usual’. However, in<br />

appointing awardwinning<br />

architects,<br />

always been impressed with<br />

acquire otherwise.<br />

real terms, being part of this larger<br />

their engineering rigour and<br />

“Harvey Group and Solmatix organisation will give us access to<br />

interior designers and<br />

professionalism. In fact, there seemed share similar values, by which I mean enhanced technical skills, financial<br />

craftspeople. Our<br />

to be a natural synergy between our commitment to professionalism, resources and purchasing power.<br />

homes are built to<br />

our two companies in terms of our desire to deliver our services to Ultimately I believe this will lead<br />

be lived in, so the<br />

what we do and how we do it. I the very highest standards, and the to greater growth and investment<br />

usability of homes<br />

approached Richard Bell about a importance we place on treating our within our operations, as well as<br />

has been a primary<br />

year ago to float the idea of our customers, our suppliers and our staff more jobs and job security. It’s a<br />

consideration in the<br />

companies coming together, but only with courtesy and consideration.” win-win relationship that’s good<br />

design and build.<br />

if there was a good fit. After careful Richard Bell, the founder and for our whole organisation, as<br />

Hagan Homes reflect<br />

consideration we both agreed managing director of Solmatix well as the economy of Northern<br />

the needs of the<br />

that this would indeed be mutually Renewables described the acquisition Ireland. “<br />

modern day family<br />

and are designed to<br />

Lisburn firm TAL awarded the first major construction<br />

contract Local industry at Randox supports Science the next Park generation of Ulster<br />

University engineers<br />

production of Randox’s pioneering<br />

Local businesses are helping to<br />

develop the next generation of<br />

engineers by funding an Ulster<br />

University project designed to give<br />

first year students an insight into the<br />

world of engineering.<br />

Ulster University engineering<br />

WItH<br />

students<br />

a<br />

used<br />

reputation<br />

their mechanical,<br />

for<br />

excellence<br />

electronic, design<br />

in constructing<br />

and biomedical<br />

high<br />

skills<br />

quality<br />

to develop<br />

projects,<br />

components<br />

tAL<br />

of<br />

Limited<br />

a racing<br />

has<br />

car as<br />

been<br />

part<br />

awarded<br />

of the Formula<br />

a significant<br />

Student<br />

contract<br />

initiative, Europe’s<br />

(£3.1m)<br />

most<br />

by<br />

established<br />

global<br />

medical<br />

educational<br />

diagnostics<br />

motorsport<br />

company<br />

competition.<br />

Randox.<br />

The project, which is sponsored by<br />

McAuley<br />

This initial<br />

Engineering,<br />

contract is<br />

Elite<br />

for<br />

Electronics,<br />

the<br />

construction<br />

Fleming-Agri,<br />

of<br />

Advanced<br />

a new facility<br />

Sensors<br />

for<br />

Ltd,<br />

Yelo Ltd and JMG Systems, aims to<br />

medical diagnostic products and will<br />

help students develop relevant<br />

also include associated administrative<br />

skills that will enhance employment<br />

functions. The works are the first<br />

prospects after graduation. In<br />

phase of a major capital expenditure<br />

addition to applying design and<br />

project by Randox to develop the<br />

engineering principles, participating<br />

former Massereene Army Barracks<br />

students also gained experience<br />

into ‘Randox Science Park’ – a<br />

of project management and team<br />

futuristic R&D and manufacturing<br />

working.<br />

facility. The award-winning,<br />

Pictured with one of the projects<br />

international biotechnology firm,<br />

based on the design of an engine<br />

unveiled its plans for an innovative<br />

frame is mechanical engineering<br />

hub on the 43 acre site earlier this<br />

student Aleena Selestine<br />

year.<br />

alongside one of the judges of the<br />

Welcoming the announcement,<br />

competition, Michael McLaughlin,<br />

Damien Hughes, Director of TAL<br />

Business Improvement Manager at<br />

Limited commented: “We are<br />

McAuley Engineering.<br />

delighted to have been awarded<br />

CONCRETE<br />

FUTURES<br />

this contract with Randox, one of<br />

Northern Ireland’s most dynamic<br />

and exciting businesses on a local<br />

and global level. Through the quality<br />

of our work and the dedication and<br />

professionalism of our team TAL has<br />

steadily grown over the last 34 years<br />

and this contract award reinforces<br />

the strength of our expertise in the<br />

healthcare sector.”<br />

The project will be delivered<br />

to BIM level 2 in partnership<br />

with the design team Ostick and<br />

Williams Architects, Rainey & Best,<br />

Doran Consulting, Delap & Waller<br />

Consulting Engineers and Charles<br />

Hutchison Consulting.<br />

Dr Peter FitzGerald, Managing<br />

Director at Randox commented: “The<br />

development of Randox Science<br />

Park is core to our plans to create<br />

innovative diagnostics, to improve<br />

manufacturing efficiency to export<br />

high-value healthcare capabilities to<br />

world markets. This state-of-the-art<br />

premises will become a centre of<br />

cutting-edge research, development<br />

and diagnostic manufacture, covering<br />

conditions such as cancer, stroke and<br />

heart disease. We will also provide a<br />

significant boost to the local economy<br />

through new job creation. We very<br />

much look forward to working with<br />

TAL on this initial contract to deliver<br />

the high quality infrastructure we<br />

require.”<br />

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06| 08| digest<br />

CIOB Harvey Visit Group Belfast acquires Solmatix as part of 5 year<br />

Student growth Accommodation<br />

plan in UK and Ireland. participants hear from<br />

Project<br />

industry experts<br />

NI M&E services company acquires renewable energy specialists<br />

Newtownabbey-based<br />

Recently Newry-based<br />

chartered M&E services building company,<br />

O’Hare Harvey & Group, McGovern, has acquired facilitated<br />

a Northern Chartered Ireland Institute renewable of Building<br />

(CIOB) energy site specialists, visit to John Solmatix Bell<br />

House, Renewables which is in located a move at the the<br />

iconic companies former say Belfast will Met transform college<br />

at the College renewable Square energy East. The sector<br />

attendees<br />

in Northern<br />

were<br />

Ireland<br />

given a<br />

and<br />

guided<br />

act<br />

as a springboard for further<br />

tour of the building by Project<br />

expansion into the multimillion<br />

pound UK and Ireland<br />

Manager Edward O’Hare and<br />

Design Manager Eamon Laverty.<br />

renewable energy markets.<br />

The walkthrough included an<br />

The acquisition, for an<br />

overview of how the listed<br />

undisclosed sum, will bring to 110<br />

building is being converted to<br />

the number of people employed<br />

house over 400 bedrooms as<br />

directly by the Harvey Group in<br />

part of a £16m redevelopment<br />

Northern Ireland and Great Britain.<br />

project.<br />

With<br />

Work<br />

a turnover<br />

includes<br />

of £30<br />

the<br />

million<br />

full<br />

refurbishment and over 80 staff, of the Harvey existing Group five<br />

has over 30 years’ experience<br />

in the design, installation and<br />

maintenance of building services<br />

within every conceivable kind of<br />

building type throughout NI, GB<br />

and RoI, including Pharmaceutical/<br />

Cleanrooms, Laboratories,<br />

Education, Government and<br />

Healthcare . Richard and Norah-<br />

Anne Bell founded Solmatix<br />

Renewables in 2008, and since then<br />

the floors company within has the grown building to achieve as well a<br />

turnover as the addition of £6 million, of three with floors 30 staff<br />

operating roof level. from Commenting its Nutt’s Corner on<br />

premises. the event, Gerard Graham, Chair<br />

of As CIOB a result in Ireland’s of the deal, Northern Solmatix<br />

will Centre continue said, to operate as an<br />

autonomous “This was and a great independent opportunity<br />

company<br />

for the attendees,<br />

within Harvey<br />

which<br />

Group<br />

included<br />

Brian Harvey,<br />

students,<br />

managing<br />

lecturers<br />

director<br />

and<br />

of Harvey Group, said there was<br />

construction professionals to see<br />

a perfect fit between the two<br />

how a city centre building is being<br />

organisations.<br />

transformed within a challenging<br />

“We have been planning to<br />

and restricted timeframe. We<br />

grow our renewables involvement<br />

would like to pass on our sincere<br />

for some time, either organically<br />

thanks to O’Hare & McGovern<br />

or through the acquisition of an<br />

for facilitating the event.”<br />

established player. Having worked<br />

with Solmatix Renewables on<br />

a number<br />

For further<br />

of contracts,<br />

details<br />

we’d<br />

on the CIOB<br />

always visit www.ciob.org.<br />

been impressed with<br />

their engineering rigour and<br />

professionalism. In fact, there seemed<br />

to be a natural synergy between<br />

our two companies in terms of<br />

what we do and how we do it. I<br />

approached Richard Bell about a<br />

year ago to float the idea of our<br />

companies coming together, but only<br />

if there was a good fit. After careful<br />

consideration we both agreed<br />

that this would indeed be mutually<br />

Local company achieves first Heritage<br />

CONCRETE<br />

FUTURES<br />

Patrick Brown, Managing Partner,<br />

Booth Tughans (Financial commented: Controller, Harvey “We Group).<br />

selected to get involved with the<br />

beneficial. From my perspective,<br />

CITB NI Leader in Construction<br />

having Solmatix as part of Harvey<br />

programme as it correlates<br />

Group gives us a level of expertise<br />

with one of our major practice<br />

that would have taken us years to<br />

areas. Our construction team<br />

acquire otherwise.<br />

combines the expertise of<br />

“Harvey Group and Solmatix<br />

dedicated construction solicitors<br />

share similar values, by which I mean<br />

in non-contentious matters and<br />

our commitment to professionalism,<br />

dispute resolution experts for<br />

our desire to deliver our services to<br />

contentious issues, offering our<br />

the very highest standards, and the<br />

clients’ specialist support in the<br />

importance we place on treating our<br />

development of procurement<br />

customers, our suppliers and our staff<br />

strategies and in the management<br />

with courtesy and consideration.”<br />

of risk and dispute avoidance”.<br />

Richard Bell, the founder and<br />

managing director of Solmatix<br />

“We understand the importance<br />

Renewables described the acquisition<br />

of the construction sector to<br />

the local economy, as well as our<br />

own firm, and therefore made the<br />

decision to not only sponsor, but<br />

Celebrating the acquisition (from left) Norah-Anne Bell, Richard Bell, Brian Harvey, Gareth<br />

Lisburn endorsed Construction firm TAL Skills awarded Register Card the first major construction<br />

ideas.<br />

A Co Down based company, NVQ Diploma in Heritage Skills<br />

contract at Randox Science Park<br />

The Glass Shutter Company, is the<br />

first company in NI to get Heritage<br />

Endorsed CSR cards.<br />

Director, David McClimond and<br />

employee Jonathan Black have both<br />

successfully completed an NVQ Level<br />

3 in Heritage Skills Construction -<br />

Wood Occupations to enable them<br />

to achieve the endorsement.<br />

Jonathan was a trainee on<br />

WItH the first a ever reputation Heritage Specialist for<br />

excellence Apprenticeship in constructing Programme Wood high<br />

quality Occupations projects, in Northern tAL Limited Ireland<br />

has managed been by awarded CITB NI a and significant funded<br />

contract by the Heritage (£3.1m) Lottery by global Fund. This<br />

medical programme diagnostics resulted in company 11 trainees<br />

Randox. receiving bespoke, structured training<br />

and This assessment initial contract with experienced is for the<br />

construction heritage contractors of a new leading facility to for<br />

the achievement of the Level 3<br />

(Construction) – Wood Occupations.<br />

production Johnathan of said, Randox’s “I have pioneering always had<br />

medical a passion diagnostic for carpentry products and and joinery will<br />

also and include began my associated career working administrative<br />

the<br />

functions. trade which The had works involved are the an element first<br />

phase of historic of a maintenance major capital work. expenditure I was<br />

project excited by on Randox hearing to about develop the Heritage the<br />

former Apprenticeship Massereene Programme Army Barracks as I knew<br />

into this ‘Randox would help Science develop Park’ my – skills a<br />

futuristic in this area, R&D gain and a qualification manufacturing and<br />

facility. hopefully The open award-winning, up opportunities to<br />

international be able to focus biotechnology my career firm, within<br />

unveiled the traditional its plans building for an sector. innovative I was<br />

hub fortunate on the enough 43 acre to site be earlier accepted this<br />

year. onto the programme and worked on<br />

projects Welcoming for the the National announcement, Trust to help<br />

Damien put theory Hughes, into practice. Director I of am TAL now<br />

Limited using my commented: qualification, “We skills are to work<br />

delighted on key projects. to have I am been delighted awarded to be<br />

the first to gain my Heritage endorsed<br />

Leader in Construction<br />

Participants from the CITB<br />

NI Leader in Construction<br />

programme were treated to<br />

a special guest speaker from<br />

Tughans, who are sponsoring<br />

two of the programme modules.<br />

Ciara Lagan spoke during the<br />

module on Managing and Securing<br />

Financial Resources which took<br />

place at CITB NI’s premises in<br />

May 2016.<br />

this contract with Randox, one of<br />

Northern Ireland’s most dynamic<br />

and exciting businesses on a local<br />

and global level. Through the quality<br />

of our work and the dedication and<br />

professionalism of our team TAL has<br />

steadily grown over the last 34 years<br />

and this contract award reinforces<br />

the<br />

CSR<br />

strength<br />

card which<br />

of our<br />

fully<br />

expertise<br />

validates<br />

in<br />

that<br />

the<br />

I<br />

healthcare<br />

have the skills<br />

sector.”<br />

and knowledge to use<br />

appropriate<br />

The project<br />

methods<br />

will be<br />

on<br />

delivered<br />

pre 1919<br />

to<br />

buildings.”<br />

BIM level 2 in partnership<br />

with<br />

David,<br />

the design<br />

also stated,<br />

team<br />

“We<br />

Ostick<br />

are<br />

and<br />

very<br />

Williams<br />

proud to<br />

Architects,<br />

be the first<br />

Rainey<br />

company<br />

& Best,<br />

in<br />

Doran<br />

Northern<br />

Consulting,<br />

Ireland to<br />

Delap<br />

achieve<br />

& Waller<br />

this<br />

Consulting<br />

Heritage CSR<br />

Engineers<br />

card endorsement.<br />

and Charles<br />

This<br />

Hutchison<br />

reinforces the<br />

Consulting.<br />

work that we have<br />

been<br />

Dr<br />

doing<br />

Peter FitzGerald,<br />

in relation to<br />

Managing<br />

historic<br />

buildings in particular traditional<br />

play an active role in delivering<br />

the course to the next generation<br />

of leaders’ in-order to build a<br />

strong indigenous sector.”<br />

The Leader in Construction<br />

programme is fast approaching<br />

the mid-way point which will<br />

be marked by the study visit to<br />

The Leuven Institute just outside<br />

Brussels in June 2016 (more in<br />

the next issue). Three modules<br />

have been completed to date<br />

and there are a further three to<br />

take as great place news between for Solmatix, now its and the<br />

end customers, of September. suppliers and In addition, staff.<br />

participants “In many respects, are involved it’s a case in an<br />

on-going of ‘business programme as usual’. However, of coaching.<br />

Feedback real terms, from being participants of this larger to<br />

date organisation includes will ‘I give found us it access really to<br />

useful enhanced to understand technical skills, that financial to be a<br />

leader resources I need and purchasing to balance power. providing<br />

direction Ultimately with I believe developing this will lead<br />

people to greater and growth achieving and investment results’ and<br />

‘sometimes within our operations, you need as to well step as<br />

back more and jobs look and job at why security. things It’s are a<br />

being win-win done relationship the way that’s they good are’.<br />

Others for our whole found organisation, having time as away<br />

from well as the the office economy to think of Northern was useful<br />

Ireland. “<br />

and many feel that the practical<br />

element of the workshops is of<br />

advantage in terms of applying the<br />

Director at Randox commented: “The<br />

development of Randox Science<br />

Park is core to our plans to create<br />

innovative diagnostics, to improve<br />

manufacturing efficiency to export<br />

high-value healthcare capabilities to<br />

world markets. This state-of-the-art<br />

premises will become a centre of<br />

sash windows. We hope that this<br />

cutting-edge research, development<br />

endorsement allows us to develop<br />

and diagnostic manufacture, covering<br />

further work in this area.”<br />

conditions such as cancer, stroke and<br />

Jonathan was one of a number of<br />

heart disease. We will also provide a<br />

trainees that participated in Heritage<br />

significant boost to the local economy<br />

Lottery Funded built heritage<br />

through new job creation. We very<br />

upskilling programmes funded by the<br />

much look forward to working with<br />

Heritage Lottery Fund. To find out<br />

TAL on this initial contract to deliver<br />

more about Jonathan’s story read<br />

the high quality infrastructure we<br />

his blog on http://www.citbni.org.uk/<br />

require.”<br />

Heritage/Blogs.aspx<br />

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06| digest digest<br />

|09<br />

MD AT CTS PROJECTS CONQUERS<br />

PRESTIGIOUS BUSINESS AWARDS<br />

Harvey Group acquires Solmatix as part of 5 year<br />

growth plan in UK and Ireland.<br />

NI M&E services company acquires renewable energy specialists<br />

Managing Director of leading<br />

heating Newtownabbey-based<br />

and renewable energy<br />

installer M&E services CTS Projects, company, Connaire<br />

McGreevy, Harvey Group, has been has acquired named<br />

Young Northern Business Ireland Person renewable of the<br />

Year, energy sponsored specialists, by ALMAC Solmatix<br />

at Renewables this year’s Belfast in a move Telegraph the<br />

Northern companies Ireland say will Business transform<br />

Awards, the renewable in association energy with sector<br />

British in Northern Airways. Ireland and act<br />

as a springboard for further<br />

expansion Connaire established into the multimillion<br />

heating pound UK specialists and Ireland CTS<br />

his first<br />

business<br />

Projects renewable back energy in 2005 markets. when he<br />

was The just acquisition, 23. Under for Connaire’s an<br />

leadership, undisclosed the sum, business will bring to has 110<br />

the number of people employed<br />

grown and he has invested<br />

directly by the Harvey Group in<br />

significantly in bespoke,<br />

Northern Ireland and Great Britain.<br />

innovative technologies to<br />

With a turnover of £30 million<br />

ensure the home-heating<br />

and over 80 staff, Harvey Group<br />

systems provided by CTS are<br />

has over 30 years’ experience<br />

second to none.<br />

in the design, installation and<br />

maintenance of building services<br />

CTS Projects was named<br />

within every conceivable kind of<br />

Northern building type Ireland’s throughout Heating NI, GB<br />

Installer and RoI, of including the Year Pharmaceutical/ by Installer<br />

magazine Cleanrooms, in March Laboratories, 2016 and<br />

is Education, now in the Government running and for the<br />

Healthcare . Richard and Norah-<br />

Anne Bell founded Solmatix<br />

Renewables in 2008, and since then<br />

accolade of the UK’s Heating FedEx<br />

Year sponsored by ALMAC<br />

Installer the company of the has grown Year. to achieve a<br />

turnover of £6 million, with 30 staff<br />

operating And from Boilers its Nutt’s to Corner Beer<br />

- premises. Connaire’s entrepreneurial<br />

journey As a result does of not the deal, end Solmatix with<br />

CTS! will continue A craft to beer operate aficionado as an<br />

with autonomous a passion and independent for all things<br />

local, company Connaire within Harvey launched Group<br />

Mourne Brian Harvey, managing director<br />

Mountains of Harvey Group, said there was<br />

Brewery. a perfect fit between the two<br />

organisations.<br />

“We have been planning to<br />

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Social Media sponsored by<br />

Saville Audio Visual<br />

Winner – CosyRoof<br />

Young Businessperson of the<br />

Winner – Connaire<br />

McGreevy –CTS Projects and<br />

Mourne Mountains Brewery<br />

Businessperson of the Year<br />

sponsored by British Airways<br />

Winner – Brian McConville,<br />

MJM Group<br />

Celebrating the acquisition (from left) Norah-Anne Bell, Richard Bell, Brian Harvey, Gareth<br />

grow Other our renewables winners involvement Booth (Financial Controller, Harvey Group).<br />

on for some the evening time, either organically<br />

beneficial. From my perspective, as great news for Solmatix, its<br />

or through the acquisition of an<br />

included:<br />

having Solmatix as part of Harvey customers, suppliers and staff.<br />

established player. Having worked<br />

Excellence<br />

with Solmatix Renewables on<br />

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in Marketing<br />

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always been impressed with<br />

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approached Excellence Picture Caption - Connaire McGreevy is presented with his award from John McQuaid,<br />

Richard Bell about a importance we place on treating our within our operations, as well as<br />

in year Exporting VP Technical Operations of category sponsors ALMAC . Also pictured are British Airways<br />

ago to float the idea of our customers, our suppliers and our staff more jobs and job security. It’s a<br />

sponsored companies coming by Ambassadors Jayne Deasy and Christine Wright.<br />

together, but only with courtesy and consideration.” win-win relationship that’s good<br />

if there was a good fit. After careful<br />

consideration we both agreed<br />

that this would indeed be mutually<br />

Richard Bell, the founder and<br />

managing director of Solmatix<br />

Renewables described the acquisition<br />

for our whole organisation, as<br />

well as the economy of Northern<br />

Ireland. “<br />

Gilbert-Ash lift “Overall Excellence”<br />

Award at Aer Lingus Viscount Awards<br />

Lisburn Innovative construction firm TAL Pall Mall awarded recently celebrates the the increased first our turnover major in 2015 construction<br />

and fit-out contractor, best of indigenous businesses. to £115m and are on target to<br />

contract Gilbert-Ash, has lifted at Randox<br />

Ray Hutchinson,<br />

Science<br />

managing<br />

Park<br />

achieve a turnover of £160m+ in<br />

the award for Overall<br />

Excellence at the 2016 Aer<br />

Lingus Viscount Awards in<br />

London.<br />

The awards ceremony and gala<br />

dinner, which took place at the<br />

prestigious IoD Headquarters on<br />

director of Gilbert Ash, who won<br />

production the award of for Randox’s Overall pioneering Excellence<br />

medical said: “This diagnostic year has products been and very will<br />

also exciting include for associated the company administrative and we<br />

functions. are proud The that works our are hard the work first has<br />

phase been of recognised a major capital with expenditure the news<br />

project that we by have Randox won to the develop Overall the<br />

former Massereene Excellence Army Barracks Award<br />

into ‘Randox Science at the Park’ Aer – Lingus a<br />

futuristic R&D Viscount and manufacturing Awards.<br />

WItH a reputation for<br />

excellence in constructing high<br />

quality projects, tAL Limited<br />

has been awarded a significant<br />

facility. The award-winning,<br />

international biotechnology “We substantially firm,<br />

unveiled its plans increased for an innovative our<br />

hub on the 43 workforce acre site earlier in 2015, this a<br />

contract (£3.1m) by global year. decision which was<br />

medical diagnostics company Welcoming the driven announcement, by a series of<br />

Randox. Wendy Austin, BBC, Sherry Freeman, Aer Damien Lingus, Hughes, Ray high Director profile of contract TAL<br />

Hutchinson This initial contract Gilbert Ash is for and the Andrea Hunter, Limited Business commented: wins across “We are the UK.<br />

construction Development of a Manager, new facility Aer for Lingus. delighted to have We been successfully awarded<br />

2016.<br />

this contract with Randox, one of<br />

Northern “Recently Ireland’s we took most the dynamic strategic<br />

and decision exciting to businesses target projects on a local that<br />

and would global allow level. us Through to make the use quality of<br />

of our our expertise work and and the experience dedication and to<br />

professionalism sustain our plans of our for team continual TAL has<br />

steadily growth grown and we over anticipate the last 34 this years will<br />

and lead this to contract further award wins in reinforces the coming<br />

the year, strength he said.” of our expertise in the<br />

healthcare sector.”<br />

The Business project development will be delivered manager<br />

to of BIM Aer level Lingus 2 in in partnership Northern Ireland,<br />

with Andrea the design Hunter, team said: Ostick “We and are<br />

Williams thrilled to Architects, continue Rainey to reward & Best,<br />

Doran and support Consulting, organisations Delap & Waller that<br />

Consulting represent Engineers the absolute and Charles best<br />

Hutchison in their respective Consulting. fields, in<br />

partnership Dr Peter FitzGerald, with Ulster Managing Business<br />

magazine Gilbert-Ash has been<br />

truly deserving of this award.<br />

“The Viscount Awards are a<br />

celebration of business excellence<br />

Director and on behalf at Randox of Aer commented: Lingus I “The<br />

development would like to of congratulate Randox Science each of<br />

Park the winners is core to for our their plans tremendous to create<br />

innovative successes.” diagnostics, to improve<br />

manufacturing efficiency to export<br />

high-value This year’s healthcare winners capabilities included: to<br />

world markets. This state-of-the-art<br />

premises Exporter will of become the Year a centre of<br />

cutting-edge Award: Sandvik research, development Mobile<br />

and Crushers diagnostic & manufacture, Screens covering<br />

conditions such as cancer, stroke and<br />

heart Business disease. Person We will of also the provide a<br />

significant Year: Connaire boost to the McGreevy,<br />

local economy<br />

through CTS Projects new job creation. & Mourne We very<br />

much Mountains look forward Brewery to working with<br />

TAL on this initial contract to deliver<br />

the Overall high quality Excellence: infrastructure we<br />

require.” Gilbert-Ash<br />

CONCRETE<br />

FUTURES<br />

The right job can transform a person’s life and the right<br />

person can transform an organisation, we’re experts at<br />

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06| 10| digest<br />

CDENVIRO Harvey Group SECURES acquires Solmatix HIGHEST as part NI RATING of 5 year<br />

ON growth LEAGUE plan in TABLE UK and OF Ireland. BRITAIN’S FASTEST<br />

GROWING SME EXPORTERS<br />

NI M&E services company acquires renewable energy specialists<br />

Newtownabbey-based<br />

M&E County-Tyrone services company, based<br />

CDEnviro Harvey Group, has has been acquired<br />

ranked Northern in Ireland the top renewable 20<br />

on energy a national specialists, league Solmatix<br />

table Renewables of Britain’s in a move fastest the<br />

growing companies SME say will exporters. transform<br />

the renewable energy sector<br />

in The Northern 2nd annual Ireland Sunday and Times act<br />

Heathrow as a springboard SME Export for further Track 100<br />

league expansion ranks into Britain’s the private multimillion<br />

medium-sized pound UK companies and Ireland<br />

small<br />

and<br />

(SMEs) renewable with energy the fastest-growing markets.<br />

international The acquisition, sales. for an<br />

undisclosed sum, will bring to 110<br />

the CDEnviro, number of which people was employed listed<br />

at directly number by the 16, Harvey was one Group of two in<br />

businesses Northern Ireland from Northern and Great Britain.<br />

Ireland<br />

With<br />

to<br />

a<br />

feature.<br />

turnover<br />

The<br />

of £30<br />

company<br />

million<br />

has<br />

and<br />

grown<br />

over 80<br />

its<br />

staff,<br />

international<br />

Harvey Group<br />

has over 30 years’ experience<br />

sales by an average of 127%<br />

in the design, installation and<br />

and demonstrated exponential<br />

maintenance of building services<br />

expansion in the last 24 months.<br />

within every conceivable kind of<br />

building type throughout NI, GB<br />

It designs and manufactures<br />

and RoI, including Pharmaceutical/<br />

a range of waste reduction and<br />

Cleanrooms, Laboratories,<br />

recycling equipment solutions<br />

Education, Government and<br />

Healthcare . Richard and Norah-<br />

Anne Bell founded Solmatix<br />

Renewables in 2008, and since then<br />

the company has grown to achieve a<br />

turnover for application of £6 million, with 30 staff<br />

operating the sewage, from its Nutt’s Corner<br />

premises. waste<br />

water, As a result waste of the deal, Solmatix<br />

will management continue to operate as an<br />

autonomous and utility and independent<br />

company industries. within Harvey Group<br />

Overseas Brian Harvey, managing director<br />

of customers Harvey Group, said there was<br />

a include perfect fit US between the two<br />

organisations. multinational<br />

Cargill, “We have which been planning to<br />

grow uses our its waste renewables involvement<br />

for processing some time, either organically<br />

or technology through the acquisition of an<br />

established to clean soil player. Having worked<br />

with at its Solmatix tomato Renewables on<br />

a processing number of contracts, we’d<br />

always factory been in Brazil. impressed with<br />

their engineering rigour and<br />

professionalism. CDE was In fact, there seemed<br />

to formed be a natural in 1992 synergy to service between the<br />

our<br />

environmental<br />

two companies<br />

waste<br />

in terms<br />

water<br />

of<br />

sector<br />

what<br />

in the<br />

we<br />

UK<br />

do<br />

and how<br />

Ireland.<br />

we<br />

The<br />

do it.<br />

CDE<br />

I<br />

approached Richard Bell about a<br />

group of companies now employs<br />

year ago to float the idea of our<br />

over 400 people across eight<br />

companies coming together, but only<br />

if there was a good fit. After careful<br />

consideration we both agreed<br />

that this would indeed be mutually<br />

Celebrating the acquisition (from left) Norah-Anne Bell, Richard Bell, Brian Harvey, Gareth<br />

Booth (Financial Controller, Harvey Group).<br />

beneficial. From my perspective,<br />

having Solmatix as part of Harvey<br />

Group gives us a level of expertise<br />

that would have taken us years to<br />

acquire otherwise.<br />

“Harvey Group and Solmatix<br />

share similar values, by which I mean<br />

regions.<br />

our commitment to professionalism,<br />

Marc Jennings, general manager<br />

our desire to deliver our services to<br />

of CDEnviro, said: “This is the<br />

the very highest standards, and the<br />

first year that we have featured<br />

importance we place on treating our<br />

on the Export Track League<br />

customers, our suppliers and our staff<br />

Table and this ranking is very<br />

with courtesy and consideration.”<br />

Richard Bell, the founder and<br />

managing director of Solmatix<br />

Renewables described the acquisition<br />

30,000th Combilift<br />

handed over at CeMAT<br />

as great news for Solmatix, its<br />

customers, suppliers and staff.<br />

“In many respects, it’s a case<br />

of ‘business as usual’. However, in<br />

real terms, being part of this larger<br />

organisation will give us access to<br />

enhanced technical skills, financial<br />

welcome confirmation that our<br />

resources and purchasing power.<br />

commitment to our export<br />

Ultimately I believe this will lead<br />

markets is paying off. “<br />

to greater growth and investment<br />

Country Antrim-based Seven<br />

within our operations, as well as<br />

Technologies Group ranks at No<br />

more jobs and job security. It’s a<br />

43 on the league table.<br />

win-win relationship that’s good<br />

for our whole organisation, as<br />

well as the economy of Northern<br />

Ireland. “<br />

Lisburn firm TAL awarded the first major construction<br />

contract at Randox Science Park<br />

Combilift Ltd, the Irish<br />

specialist manufacturer of<br />

multidirectional forklifts,<br />

straddle carriers and other<br />

innovative handling solutions<br />

for long loads, containers<br />

and palletised goods recently<br />

celebrated a milestone in<br />

the company’s history. The<br />

30,000th Combilift to roll<br />

WItH off the a production reputation lines for in<br />

excellence Monaghan in was constructing officially high<br />

quality handed projects, over to tAL its new Limited owner<br />

has during been the awarded CeMAT a materials significant<br />

contract handling (£3.1m) and logistics by global trade<br />

medical fair in Hanover, diagnostics Germany. company<br />

Randox. Managing Director Arno Sorger<br />

accepted This initial the contract Combilift is C14000 for the<br />

construction model behalf of a of new Haslinger facility for Stahlbau,<br />

one of the major steel construction<br />

production companies in of Europe. Randox’s pioneering<br />

medical Combilift diagnostic has some products way to and go will<br />

also to catch include up Haslinger associated Stahlbau’s administrative<br />

functions. longevity, but The in works terms are of growth the first<br />

phase and success of a major in the capital materials expenditure<br />

project handling by sector Randox it has to certainly develop the<br />

former made its Massereene mark since Army it was Barracks<br />

into established ‘Randox in Science 1998. Impressive Park’ – a<br />

futuristic year on year R&D growth and manufacturing has enabled<br />

facility. what started The award-winning,<br />

as a small company<br />

international offering a niche biotechnology product to now firm,<br />

unveiled be a major its global plans for name. an innovative From its<br />

hub HQ, on manufacturing the 43 acre facility site earlier and R&D this<br />

year. department in Monaghan, the 450<br />

strong Welcoming workforce the designs, announcement, develops<br />

Damien and manufactures Hughes, Director a wide range of TAL of<br />

Limited products commented: which are exported “We are to 75<br />

delighted countries. to have been awarded<br />

this contract with Randox, one of Director at Randox commented: “The<br />

Northern Ireland’s most dynamic development of Randox Science<br />

and exciting businesses on a local Park is core to our plans to create<br />

and global level. Through the quality innovative diagnostics, to improve<br />

of our work and the dedication and manufacturing efficiency to export<br />

professionalism of our team TAL has high-value healthcare capabilities to<br />

steadily grown over the last 34 years world markets. This state-of-the-art<br />

and this contract award reinforces premises will become a centre of<br />

the strength of our expertise in the cutting-edge research, development<br />

healthcare sector.”<br />

and diagnostic manufacture, covering<br />

The project will be delivered conditions such as cancer, stroke and<br />

to BIM level 2 in partnership<br />

heart disease. We will also provide a<br />

with the design team Ostick and significant boost to the local economy<br />

Williams Architects, Rainey & Best, through new job creation. We very<br />

Doran Consulting, Delap & Waller much look forward to working with<br />

Consulting Engineers and Charles TAL on this initial contract to deliver<br />

Hutchison Consulting.<br />

the high quality infrastructure we<br />

Dr Peter FitzGerald, Managing Herr Sorger require.” and Martin McVicar of Combilift<br />

CONCRETE<br />

FUTURES<br />

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12| digest<br />

Top builders merchants<br />

in Northern Ireland<br />

honoured<br />

who enter the<br />

Octabuild Builders<br />

Merchants Awards<br />

show that they<br />

have confidence<br />

in their ability<br />

to operate<br />

well-managed<br />

businesses and<br />

provide a quality<br />

customer service.”<br />

EGLINTON BUILDER<br />

WINS £500 WORTH<br />

OF BRETT MARTIN<br />

CASCADE<br />

The overall winner in<br />

the Octabuild Builders<br />

Merchant Awards<br />

Northern Ireland 2016<br />

is Haldane Fisher,<br />

Coleraine..<br />

Other builders merchants to win<br />

awards are; JP Corry branches<br />

in Springfield Road, Belfast,<br />

Castlereagh and Bangor; Murdock<br />

Builders Merchants, Derry;<br />

Newry Building Supplies; NG Bell,<br />

Ballywalter and Haldane Fisher,<br />

Conlig.<br />

The awards were presented by<br />

Jonathan Bell MLA, Minister of<br />

Enterprise, Trade and Investment<br />

in the Hilton Belfast Hotel before<br />

an audience of almost 200 people<br />

representing the merchant and<br />

building industry.<br />

The building material<br />

manufacturers who organised the<br />

awards as Octabuild are: Gyproc,<br />

Dulux Paints, Glennon Brothers,<br />

Kingspan Insulation, Sanbra<br />

Fyffe, Tegral and Wavin. This is<br />

the fourth Octabuild Builders<br />

Merchant Awards in Northern<br />

Ireland.<br />

The awards judge, independent<br />

retail expert James Burke, was<br />

lavish in his praise of the high<br />

standard he found among all<br />

the builders merchants visited.<br />

He described the winners as<br />

exceptionally well-run businesses.<br />

He said that since the last awards<br />

in 2014 there was a stronger<br />

focus on sales growth structures<br />

and a greater focus on using<br />

digital media.In introducing the<br />

awards the Octabuild chairman<br />

Tadhg Donohoe said, “Merchants<br />

The winners<br />

The overall winner, Haldane<br />

Fisher, Coleraine. Haldane<br />

Fisher in Coleraine, is one of<br />

10 branches in Northern Ireland<br />

of the family owned Haldane<br />

Fisher group. The Coleraine<br />

branch has been in operation<br />

since 2009 and currently<br />

employs 11 people. The judge<br />

complimented its energised sales<br />

process and very structured &<br />

results orientated team.<br />

Haldane Fisher, Conlig<br />

which won the Customer<br />

Service Award is in business<br />

36 years. It employs 34 fulltime<br />

+ 2 part-time staff with<br />

an average 16 years service<br />

within the Bangor branch. It was<br />

commended for its dedicated<br />

separate plumbing centre for fast<br />

trade service and introduction of<br />

a new low cost finance option for<br />

customers.<br />

The three JP Corry branches<br />

who won category awards were<br />

Bangor (Business Focus<br />

Award); Castlereagh<br />

(Management Award) and<br />

Springfield Road, Belfast<br />

(Premises Award).<br />

JP Corry has been in business for<br />

over 200 years and has a network<br />

of 15 branches in Northern<br />

Ireland. The Bangor branch was<br />

described by the judge as having a<br />

very strong focus on sales growth.<br />

Castlereagh was described as a<br />

highly energised branch while<br />

the Springfield Road branch was<br />

lauded as one of the best laid out<br />

sites visited.<br />

As part of the grand<br />

opening celebrations of<br />

J P Corry’s new DIY shop<br />

inside their Londonderry<br />

branch, Brett Martin<br />

Plumbing & Drainage is<br />

delighted to announce<br />

that Gregory Proctor<br />

from Eglinton is the<br />

winner of £500 worth of<br />

Cascade, the original<br />

cast iron style rainwater<br />

and soil system.<br />

Promoted by JP Corry Building<br />

Suppliers during their grand<br />

opening celebrations held at<br />

the store earlier in the month,<br />

the competition gave visitors<br />

the chance to win this generous<br />

prize, an impressive £500 worth<br />

of Brett Martin Cascade, the<br />

classic cast iron rainwater system<br />

alternative.<br />

Commenting on the prize<br />

Murdock Builders<br />

Merchants, Derry won the<br />

Multi-location branch<br />

award. It is 19 years in business<br />

and employs 18 Full-time staff<br />

and 3 part-time staff. The judge<br />

commented on its strong<br />

management respect for staff<br />

with a flexible approach to team<br />

building.<br />

Newry Building Supplies,<br />

which won the Innovation<br />

Award, is 33 years in business. It<br />

employs 30 full-time +5 part-time<br />

giveaway, Glenn Goodman, Brett<br />

Martin’s Sales Manager said:<br />

“We’re pleased to support JP<br />

Corry (Derry’s) new instore DIY<br />

shop by sponsoring the prize and<br />

congratulate Gregory on his win.”<br />

Gregory was presented with his<br />

cheque by Brett Martin Sales<br />

Representative Kerry Murphy at<br />

the JP Corry branch on Derry’s<br />

Strand Road.<br />

Cascade Cast Iron Style<br />

Rainwater and Soil System allows<br />

homeowners to have the look of<br />

real cast iron at less than half the<br />

price or real cast iron. Available in<br />

a range of gutter and downpipe<br />

profiles, fittings and hoppers, as<br />

well as seven heritage colours<br />

including the new Anthracite Grey<br />

colour, the range allows property<br />

owners to add a touch of old<br />

style detail to new buildings or a<br />

sympathetic feature to a period<br />

property.<br />

staff. It was commended for its<br />

very innovative use of its delivery<br />

fleet to promote its business.<br />

NG Bell & Son Ltd,<br />

Ballywalter, won the Owner-<br />

Managed / Single<br />

Store Award. It is a family<br />

run local company in business<br />

66 years and has 15 full-time<br />

staff. It was commended for<br />

its plan to grow business<br />

aggressively during 2016 and its<br />

reaction to business challenges.


Brett Martin |13<br />

BRETT MARTIN CLICKFIX CREATES A<br />

DYNAMIC FAÇADE ON RIVER LAGAN<br />

The newly transformed<br />

Belfast Waterfront has<br />

seen the creation of an<br />

eye-catching, colourful<br />

and prominent<br />

riverfront façade that is<br />

an integral part of the<br />

bold new £29.5 million<br />

extension.<br />

One of Belfast’s most<br />

important civic buildings and<br />

located in the heart of the<br />

city, Belfast Waterfront has<br />

undergone a remarkable<br />

metamorphosis. The stunning<br />

new 7000m2 extension, built<br />

by McLaughlin and Harvey in<br />

collaboration with McAdams<br />

Design from a design by<br />

TODD Architects, not only<br />

regenerates the river frontage<br />

but also re-establishes the<br />

building’s connection with the<br />

River Lagan. The new building<br />

features a 2000 seat auditorium<br />

and an additional 4000m2<br />

conference facility which<br />

includes a 2000m2 major hall<br />

and a minor hall of 750m2.<br />

The public facing façades are an<br />

integral element of a building<br />

of superior architectural quality.<br />

Brett Martin’s innovative and<br />

thermally efficient glazing<br />

system, Marlon Clickfix1040,<br />

played a vital role in achieving<br />

this aim whilst at the same time<br />

helping the extension establish<br />

its own identity.<br />

The building’s 150m long<br />

riverfront façade was wrapped<br />

with over 1750m2 of<br />

multiwall polycarbonate with<br />

many panels approximately<br />

14m in length. For a glazing<br />

system which would not only<br />

maximise daylight but also<br />

offer exceptional air tightness,<br />

durability and UV stability,<br />

Marlon Clickfix1040 from<br />

Brett Martin proved the most<br />

adaptable solution and ensured<br />

a fast and straightforward<br />

installation for roofing and<br />

cladding contractor, Thornton<br />

Roofing.<br />

Creating a palette<br />

Another key consideration for<br />

this project was the colour of<br />

the glazing panels, with Brett<br />

Martin creating a palette of<br />

seven colour samples in a range<br />

of tint variations. These were<br />

installed at a high level on-site<br />

to allow the design team to<br />

decide on three completely<br />

new colours – petrol, viola<br />

and glass green - which were<br />

each extruded in two different<br />

intensities, creating a graduated<br />

flow of colour along the<br />

elevation.<br />

“The use of Marlon<br />

Clickfix1040 polycarbonate<br />

glazing panels enabled us to<br />

create a stunning variation in<br />

colour and transparency, so<br />

that the façade almost changes<br />

during the day, depending on<br />

how the light hits the building,”<br />

said Peter Minnis, Director at<br />

TODD Architects. “Combine<br />

this with the fact that Marlon<br />

Clickfix1040 offered us a full<br />

height 14 metre panel and<br />

is manufactured locally, this<br />

made it an ideal choice for the<br />

prominent riverfront façade.”<br />

Offering high levels of<br />

light transmission, the<br />

polycarbonate panels provide<br />

a naturally diffused daylight.<br />

Click and fix<br />

Brett Martin attended<br />

many technical meetings,<br />

both with the architect to<br />

discuss aesthetics, material<br />

properties, structural support<br />

requirements and detailing,<br />

as well as attending onsite<br />

meetings with the main and<br />

specialist subcontractor,<br />

Thornton Roofing, in order to<br />

demonstrate correct installation<br />

techniques.<br />

Brett Martin also worked with<br />

Thornton Roofing and came<br />

up with a system for labelling<br />

individual panels which were<br />

then cut to size, taped and<br />

packed onto pallets in the<br />

order of installation sequence.<br />

Commenting on the project<br />

Peter Hanvey of Brett Martin<br />

said: “The Belfast Waterfront<br />

site is constrained by the<br />

abutting River Lagan restricting<br />

material storage space. This<br />

factor, along with the number<br />

of contractors working in the<br />

same confined area at any<br />

one time made the storage<br />

of pallets onsite impossible.<br />

Brett Martin worked with the<br />

contractors to come up with a<br />

system that ensured the pallets<br />

of Marlon Click1040 material<br />

were delivered to site in the<br />

correct sequence as and when<br />

the sheets were required for<br />

installation.”<br />

Central to the Marlon<br />

Clickfix1040 system is the<br />

lightweight polycarbonate<br />

panel with integral interlocking<br />

connections that simply click<br />

into place forming glazed<br />

areas of unlimited size and<br />

shape. The 40mm structured<br />

polycarbonate glazing panel has<br />

10 insulating walls to achieve a<br />

U-value of 0.99 W/m²K, for a<br />

high performing and thermally<br />

efficient glazing solution. It has<br />

a choice of thermally broken<br />

aluminium glazing bar systems<br />

depending on the application.<br />

The Marlon Clickfix VF glazing<br />

bar system has been specifically<br />

developed for vertical<br />

installations such as façades,<br />

partitioning, rain screens and<br />

vertically glazed northlights<br />

whilst Marlon Clickfix RL has<br />

been designed for use in low<br />

pitch rooflights and canopies.<br />

Marlon Clickfix1040 provides<br />

high-quality natural light,<br />

superior thermal insulation and<br />

UV protection. In addition to<br />

the impact resistance, resilience<br />

and structural strength that<br />

is inherent in all of Brett<br />

Martin’s high performance<br />

polycarbonate sheet products,<br />

it is also lightweight and easy to<br />

handle.<br />

Now open, this world class<br />

conference centre is poised to<br />

be a game changer for the city<br />

and thanks to the installation of<br />

Brett Martin’s Clickfix1040 its<br />

colourful façade will transform<br />

the riverside location.


14| Brett Martin<br />

A RAINWATER RANGE IN THE PERFECT<br />

SHADE OF GREY<br />

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16| digest<br />

FOLD HOUSING ASSOCIATION TO<br />

INVEST £40 MILLION IN ITS 40TH YEAR<br />

One of the leading<br />

housing associations in<br />

Northern Ireland has<br />

announced that it will<br />

invest £40m in 2016 as it<br />

celebrates its 40th year<br />

as a social enterprise.<br />

The investment by Fold<br />

Housing Association will see<br />

over 400 new homes started<br />

in 10 locations. This will provide<br />

over 500 construction jobs and<br />

will represent an investment<br />

in the wider economy of over<br />

£115m. This year, Fold will<br />

have over 800 homes under<br />

construction throughout<br />

Northern Ireland.<br />

Work has already started<br />

on several significant<br />

developments, including the<br />

former Visteon site in west<br />

Belfast. The £25m project will<br />

see the construction of 244<br />

new private and social homes,<br />

set amidst extensive open<br />

space. It represents an overall<br />

investment of £70m in the<br />

wider economy and will allow<br />

for the creation of up to 600<br />

jobs on space designated for<br />

business use.<br />

John McLean, chief executive<br />

of Fold Housing Association,<br />

said: “Fold began in 1976<br />

as a response of a group of<br />

committed volunteers to meet<br />

housing and care needs for<br />

older people. Since then the<br />

organisation has developed a<br />

network of sheltered housing,<br />

housing with care and related<br />

care services. We now manage<br />

6,600 homes covering family,<br />

sheltered and complex client<br />

need groups.<br />

“We have diversified to<br />

become the largest provider of<br />

assistive technology in Ireland<br />

with 23,000 homes availing<br />

of our Telecare and Telehealth<br />

services enabling people<br />

with chronic diseases such as<br />

diabetes and COPD to manage<br />

their own health.”<br />

With a turnover of £40m the<br />

social enterprise employs over<br />

850 people in 60 towns across<br />

Northern Ireland.<br />

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18| RSUA Design Awards<br />

House at Maghera named Northern<br />

Ireland’s Building of the Year<br />

The Royal Society of<br />

Ulster Architects (RSUA)<br />

has awarded the Liam<br />

McCormick Prize for<br />

Northern Ireland’s<br />

Building of the Year to<br />

‘House at Maghera’, in<br />

Castlewellan, County<br />

Down by multi award<br />

winning architects<br />

McGonigle McGrath.<br />

The family dwelling joins an<br />

illustrious list of buildings including<br />

the Giants Causeway Visitors<br />

Centre and the Lyric Theatre<br />

which have previously won the<br />

prestigious award named after<br />

one of Ireland’s greatest 20th<br />

century architects.<br />

Other winning buildings at the<br />

RSUA Design Awards 2016<br />

included the uplifting Banbridge<br />

Health and Care Centre by<br />

Kennedy Fitzgerald Architects in<br />

association with Avanti Architects,<br />

an innovative social housing<br />

scheme in Carryduff for Choice<br />

Housing designed by PDP London<br />

Architects and the sensitively<br />

restored Graduate School at<br />

Queen’s University by Consarc<br />

Design Group.<br />

Martin Hare, RSUA President<br />

said, “The RSUA Design Awards<br />

primary purpose is to promote<br />

excellence in the design of our<br />

built environment with the view<br />

to making Northern Ireland a<br />

better place to be. There is no<br />

doubt that all thirteen projects<br />

that have received awards this<br />

year have truly enhanced our<br />

landscape and our communities.<br />

These projects demonstrate the<br />

positive impact good design can<br />

have on our society including its<br />

critical role in making Northern<br />

Ireland a more attractive place for<br />

citizens, tourists and investors.”<br />

“I applaud the determination<br />

of the clients, architects and<br />

everyone involved in the delivery<br />

of these projects as they have<br />

upheld design quality often against<br />

a backdrop of severe budgetary<br />

pressures. It shows it can be done<br />

and sets down a challenge to<br />

everybody involved in creating<br />

our built environment to match<br />

or even exceed that design quality.<br />

We all have a role in creating<br />

a brighter future for Northern<br />

Ireland and architects are ready to<br />

play their part.””<br />

Best Social Housing Project sponsored by the Northern<br />

Ireland Housing Executive<br />

Winner: Killynure Green, Carryduff by PDP London<br />

Architects<br />

About: A social housing development commissioned by Choice<br />

Housing Ireland with sustainability at its core.<br />

Judges said: “This successful competition-winning development is<br />

an exemplar project which demonstrates a unique approach to comply<br />

with an ambitious sustainability brief. A series of social housing clusters<br />

are carefully positioned in a landscape of private, semi-private and<br />

public open spaces. Enclosed south facing winter gardens define the<br />

architecture of the housing clusters.”<br />

Best Single House or Extension Over £100,000 sponsored<br />

by Lowry Building and Civil Engineering<br />

Joint Winner: Grillagh Water House, Maghera, Co.L’derry<br />

by Patrick Bradley Architects<br />

About: An experimental housing project designed to help change the<br />

Liam McCormick Prize<br />

Winner: House at Maghera, Castlewellan, Co.Down by<br />

McGonigle McGrath<br />

About: This family home for a professional couple and their three<br />

children was designed to be bright and spacious and complementary to<br />

the character or the village.<br />

Judges said: “The Liam McCormack Prize is awarded to the entry<br />

that best demonstrates design excellence in all its attributes. This superb<br />

family dwelling exudes such excellence from the inspired development<br />

of the underlying concept through to the highly disciplined and detailed<br />

execution of the resultant design vision. This wonderfully crafted home<br />

evokes a strong sense of place, paying subtle homage to local traditional<br />

building forms, whilst also creating a strong visual link to the calm<br />

solidity of the backdrop of the Mourne Mountains.”<br />

Project of the Year: The Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for<br />

Experimental Medicine, Belfast<br />

perceptions of what rural contemporary architecture is or can be.<br />

Judges said: “A carefully composed piece of architecture making<br />

innovative use of shipping containers, the design of this delightful rural<br />

dwelling displays self-confident and bold decision making in both its<br />

exterior and interior treatments. The siting of the dwelling on the family<br />

farm is expertly managed taking full advantage of the surrounding<br />

countryside and integrating perfectly with its immediate natural<br />

landscape. Stunning and memorable.”<br />

Joint Winner: House at Maghera, Castlewellan, Co.Down<br />

by McGonigle McGrath


RSUA Design Awards |19<br />

About: This family home for a professional couple and their three<br />

children was designed to be bright and spacious and complementary to<br />

the character or the village. Winner of the Liam McCormick Prize 2016.<br />

Judges said: “This brilliantly conceived dwelling is rooted in the<br />

history of traditional rural building forms, and is both elegant and<br />

restrained throughout. A masterly control of internal and external<br />

spaces, building materials, precise detailing and natural light define this<br />

exceptional and consummate design.”<br />

Best Public Building Under £3millon sponsored by the<br />

Central Procurement Directorate of the Department of<br />

Finance<br />

Winner: Home from Home, near Belfast City Hospital by<br />

McGonigle McGrath (Also won a RIBA Regional Award<br />

and RIBA Regional Client of the Year Award)<br />

About: One of a<br />

series of ‘Homes<br />

from Home’ for<br />

CLIC Sargent, the<br />

Cancer Charity.<br />

This facility offers<br />

the families of<br />

children undergoing<br />

treatment in the<br />

nearby Regional<br />

Cancer Centre free<br />

accommodation<br />

for the duration<br />

of the treatment.<br />

It also separately<br />

accommodates the<br />

charity’s local office.<br />

Judges said: “This accomplished restoration and extension is a well<br />

detailed and thoughtful project. The collaboration between architect<br />

and client is evident. The contemporary expression fits perfectly in the<br />

context of the conservation area.”<br />

Best Public Building Over £3millon sponsored by the<br />

Central Procurement Directorate of the Department of<br />

Finance<br />

Winner: Banbridge Health and Care Centre by Kennedy<br />

Fitzgerald Architects in association with Avanti<br />

Architects (Also won a RIBA Regional Award)<br />

from a final shortlist of four very strong projects, Banbridge Health<br />

and Wellbeing Centre was judged to be a very close runner-up to the<br />

winner.”<br />

Best Commercial<br />

Project up to<br />

£3million sponsored<br />

by JP Corry<br />

Winner: Creative<br />

Industries Building,<br />

Weavers Court,<br />

Belfast by Doherty<br />

Architects<br />

About: A building<br />

that was a candidate<br />

for demolition and<br />

replacement became the<br />

feature of this project<br />

to provide Grade A<br />

office space on behalf of<br />

Linfield Properties.<br />

Judges said: “A rare and thoughtful example of a carefully<br />

considered environment that takes a holistic view of the working day<br />

providing a variety of tranquil work and rest spaces, both internal<br />

and external. The existing building is seamlessly integrated into an<br />

accomplished formal proposition nuanced by orientation, aspect, and<br />

materiality.”<br />

Best Public Space<br />

sponsored by the<br />

Department for<br />

Infrastructure<br />

Winner: Lagan Weir<br />

Footbridge, Belfast by<br />

AECOM<br />

About: The bridge, designed<br />

for both cyclists and pedestrians,<br />

was conceived as a silver blade<br />

spanning the River Lagan and as<br />

an extension of the public realm<br />

from Donegal Quay.<br />

Judges said: “This new<br />

addition to the city provides not just an attractive connection between<br />

the centre of Belfast and Titanic Quarter, but is in its own right a new<br />

public space. It connects with a number of recent public realm works<br />

along the river. The bridge is wide, enticing and elegant. It has created a<br />

place on the river for the public to pause and admire the vistas along<br />

the Lagan, both day and night.”<br />

Best Cultural Project sponsored by the Department for<br />

Communities<br />

Winner: Portico, Portaferry, Co.Down by Maxwell Pierce<br />

About: A local health facility to provide a range of primary care,<br />

community care and actute diagnostic services.<br />

Judges said: “This project comprises a variety of defined spaces<br />

providing a wide spectrum of care services to Banbridge and its<br />

catchment area. Notwithstanding the complexity of the programme<br />

and the challenges of public procurement, the outcome here is a<br />

calm uplifting civic building deftly interwoven into its site, a tangible<br />

affirmation of the value of the public domain. This is a laudable and<br />

humanising achievement transcending current fixations with that which<br />

is readily quantifiable, to provide delightful, bright, well-proportioned<br />

spaces of tranquil excellence and service for this society. In deciding on<br />

the winner of the Liam McCormack Prize for the best overall project


20| RSUA Design Awards<br />

About: The Friends of Portaferry Presbyterian Church took action<br />

to save this Grade A listed building and to put in place a sustainable<br />

business plan involving the building being used by the wider community.<br />

Judges said: “The Portico is a very beautiful building rescued from<br />

near death, a reinvigorated place of worship but now also a catalysing<br />

and inclusive cultural focus for the Ards peninsula. The deft and talented<br />

sensibility applied to the reworking of the building fabric is matched<br />

by witty new insertions; an example of creative and enjoyed curation<br />

delivered through focused community action.”<br />

Best Conservation of Built Heritage sponsored by Armagh<br />

City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council<br />

Joint Winner: The Graduate School at Queen’s University<br />

Belfast by Consarc Design Group (Also won a RIBA<br />

Regional Award and a RIBA Regional Conservation<br />

Regeneration Award sponsored by Metal Technology<br />

Winner: Girdwood Community Hub, Belfast by Michael<br />

Whitley Architects<br />

About: The Hub is the first element of the development of a 14 acre<br />

former military barracks site in a contested part of lower north Belfast.<br />

The facility, commissioned by Belfast City Council, is a community space<br />

aimed at supporting to peace, reconciliation and further investment in<br />

the area.<br />

Judges said: “The challenge of developing this contested space in<br />

an interface area in North Belfast cannot be understated. The building<br />

makes a significant statement of confidence in the area and its future.<br />

The design is welcoming, accessible to all and is an impressive beginning<br />

for the further regeneration of the area.”<br />

Sustainability Award sponsored by the Strategic<br />

Investment Board<br />

Winner: Crest Pavilion, Enniskillen by Paul McAlister<br />

Architects Ltd<br />

Award)<br />

About: The Grade B listed Lynn Building is a high profile building on<br />

the main site at Queen’s University and one of the best examples of<br />

Ruskinian Gothic architecture in Belfast.<br />

Judges said: “The refurbishment of the brick and polychrome<br />

stone exterior of the Old Library has been executed with the utmost<br />

care, preserving the historic fabric of the building and demonstrating<br />

exemplary judgement, skill and craftsmanship by the design and<br />

construction teams.<br />

At first floor level the scheme has successfully and sensitively integrated<br />

into one of Ireland’s richest High Victorian interiors a range of high<br />

quality reading areas and seminar rooms, maintaining its calm, imposing<br />

and almost ecclesiastical character.”<br />

Joint Winner: Sion Mills Stables, Co.Tyrone by Hearth<br />

Housing Association and Caroline Dickson Architects<br />

About: The educational facility for South West College doubles as a<br />

teaching model of sustainable construction for the local building sector.<br />

Judges said: “This Centre for Renewable Energy and Sustainable<br />

Technologies achieved its sustainability brief through adopting innovative<br />

design and construction principles to meet all three demanding<br />

standards of Passive House Certified, BREEAM Excellent and Zero<br />

Carbon. As such it acts as a demonstration building for the construction<br />

industry providing a sustainable, environmentally friendly, attractive and<br />

inspiring learning and working environment.”<br />

Integration of Art Award sponsored by the Arts Council<br />

Winner: The Atrium at W5, Odyssey, Belfast by White Ink<br />

About: An art installation which is designed to be climbed.<br />

Judges said: “A collaboration between White Ink architects and the<br />

artist Spencer Luckey, this beautifully designed sculpture is located in<br />

the atrium space at W5. The Celtic Dragon sculpture invites children to<br />

climb the spans of its arched wings. A visually stunning and integrated<br />

About: One of the most prominent building in the Sion Mills<br />

conservation area which had been disused for 50 years has been<br />

transformed into an educational and community facility including a cafe,<br />

museum and craft shop.<br />

Judges said: Through this well-considered and sensitive combination<br />

of conservation, reconfiguration and extension, a highly committed<br />

client and design team have succeeded in restoring the 1835 Sion<br />

Stables from virtual dereliction to a building that contributes positively<br />

to the architectural quality and community life of the village as well<br />

as chronicling the inspirational achievement of the Herdman family’s<br />

aspirations for combining social reform and industrial entrepreneurship.”<br />

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22| Construction Company League<br />

Construction business at the Top of the<br />

company league table by John Simpson<br />

One of FP McCann’s most notable projects was the new bridge on the Toome bypass<br />

In the last two years enjoying as strong a recovery with the lower Block Grant<br />

the Northern Ireland as other parts of the UK or the revenue for Stormont. Added<br />

economy has been in<br />

recovery mode. Finally<br />

and slowly the painful<br />

recession affecting the<br />

construction industry has<br />

eased and been reversed<br />

Northern Ireland is not<br />

Irish economy. Slow recovery<br />

has been attributed to several<br />

local factors. High on the list<br />

is the larger correction to the<br />

level of spending by the public<br />

sector as the already stretched<br />

public sector budget of the last<br />

5 years is brought into balance<br />

to these pressures, there is the<br />

outworking of the reform of<br />

welfare spending as a critical<br />

contribution to the Fresh Start<br />

agreement for Stormont.<br />

The new Stormont Executive<br />

now has an agreed Budget<br />

constrained by the special<br />

arrangements for welfare<br />

reform and the probable<br />

lower than inflation annual<br />

supplements.<br />

In comparative terms in the<br />

recent past the construction<br />

industry was hard hit by<br />

two overlapping features.<br />

First, the crash in property<br />

values including housing and<br />

commercial property put a<br />

near stop to many commercial<br />

proposals. Second, the public<br />

sector capital programme has<br />

FP McCann’s project at Station Square, Portrush


John Simpson Top 100|23<br />

been sharply reduced.<br />

In the overall assessment<br />

of the contribution of the<br />

construction sector, the official<br />

Stormont index shows that<br />

construction output fell by 49%<br />

from mid-2007 to late 2013.<br />

From late 2013, construction<br />

activity has recovered, from the<br />

very low point, by 19%. It is still<br />

38% below the peak in 2007.<br />

The construction sector is,<br />

therefore, in survival and<br />

revival mode. There have<br />

been conspicuous casualties<br />

and now there are new<br />

leaders emerging in a search<br />

for expanding and profitable<br />

market opportunities. Several<br />

large firms acknowledge<br />

that, whilst headquartered in<br />

Northern Ireland, contracts<br />

have been secured in Great<br />

Britain or in the Irish Republic.<br />

There are welcome signs of<br />

a strengthening and viable<br />

construction sector evidenced<br />

in the latest publication by the<br />

Belfast Telegraph of the Top<br />

100, identifying the leading<br />

local businesses, assessing them<br />

initially on the recent record of<br />

profitable trading.<br />

In the Top 100, there are eight<br />

construction companies that<br />

qualify for inclusion since their<br />

latest registered pre-tax profits<br />

are over £2.2m. They are listed<br />

in Table 1.<br />

Since this group of eight were<br />

identified in the Top 100, later<br />

registered results for McAleer<br />

and Rushe have been lodged<br />

and, retrospectively, it should<br />

be added with pre-tax profits<br />

of £5,060,000. Also, the results<br />

for Carnbane House should be<br />

updated for the 2014 results<br />

which show lower pre-tax<br />

profits of £4,463,000.<br />

There is another group whose<br />

recent profits have exceeded<br />

£1m including Heron Brothers,<br />

Management and<br />

Construction,<br />

John<br />

McQuillan,<br />

Termon<br />

Holdings,<br />

Henry<br />

Group, and<br />

Acheson<br />

Holdings (the<br />

successor to<br />

Acheson and<br />

Glover).<br />

The changing<br />

fortunes<br />

in the<br />

construction sector mean that<br />

the sector has lost Carvill, H&J<br />

Martin (now taken-over by<br />

Lagan) and Pattons, three big<br />

casualties of the recession<br />

In addition to the group which<br />

are essentially main contractors,<br />

there is another group of<br />

leading businesses which are,<br />

in different ways, in the supply<br />

chain. Table 2 lists 11 profit<br />

making companies which<br />

depend on construction and<br />

civil engineering.<br />

Closely following the supply<br />

companies in Table 2 can be<br />

added businesses such as<br />

Keystone Holdings, McAvoy<br />

Group, Stothers (M&E), and<br />

Walker Watson whose latest<br />

results show pre-tax profits of<br />

over £1m.<br />

Because of<br />

the differing<br />

organisational<br />

arrangements<br />

for many<br />

businesses<br />

in the<br />

construction<br />

sector ranging<br />

from some<br />

who rely<br />

heavily on subcontracting<br />

arrangements<br />

to others<br />

where nearly<br />

all work is<br />

conducted<br />

in-house, the<br />

businesses<br />

Table 1. Construction companies in Top 100<br />

Pre-tax profits £’000<br />

23. F.P.McCann £12,340<br />

31. Carnbane House £10,578<br />

42. John Graham £ 7,435<br />

57 H&A Holdings NI £ 5,095<br />

62. Lagan Construction Gp £ 4,568<br />

63. BSG Civil engineering. £ 4,373<br />

67. Northstone (NI) £ 4,168<br />

79. Western Building Systems £ 3,362<br />

identified in the Top 100 do not<br />

all add in similar proportions to<br />

the Northern Ireland GDP.<br />

Some of the larger firms have<br />

wage bills of tens of million,<br />

others<br />

have<br />

much<br />

lower<br />

direct<br />

in-house<br />

costs.<br />

The<br />

largest<br />

annual<br />

turnover<br />

figures<br />

recorded<br />

include<br />

£490m<br />

by John<br />

Graham,<br />

Eoin McCann, MD of FP McCann<br />

who were the top ranked construction<br />

company.<br />

over £300m by Northstone<br />

(formerly known as Farrans)<br />

and over £150m at FP McCann,<br />

Lagan Construction, McLaughlin<br />

and Harvey, and McAleer and<br />

Rushe.<br />

Table 2. Companies supplying construction<br />

businesses<br />

Pre-tax profits £’000<br />

52. Brett Martin £ 5,759<br />

58. Lagan: White Mountain £ 5,041<br />

66. Tobermore Concrete £ 4,208<br />

69. BI Electrical Services £ 4,046<br />

75. Severfield (NI) £ 3,486<br />

77. BHC £ 3,431<br />

81. Creagh Concrete £ 3,087<br />

86. Macnaughton Blair £ 2,796<br />

88. Haldane Sheills £ 2,749<br />

95. MJM Marine £ 2,387<br />

99. BA Kitchen Components £ 2,280


24| Apprenticeships from Reactive<br />

RETAINING APPRENTICES WILL<br />

HELP THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR<br />

FLOURISH AGAIN By Max Mackin,<br />

Managing Director of Reactive Recruitment<br />

It’s no secret the<br />

construction sector has<br />

faced major challenges<br />

in recent years. The<br />

opportunity to train to<br />

be a plumber, a joiner<br />

or a bricklayer has<br />

reduced significantly.<br />

What is surprising<br />

is that even though<br />

the older generation<br />

would see this as an<br />

excellent and well<br />

paid career choice, an<br />

apprenticeship seems<br />

like too much hard<br />

work for some school<br />

leavers.<br />

An apprenticeship can take<br />

as long as three to four years<br />

to complete and even though<br />

the chance of learning a trade<br />

is very rewarding in the long<br />

term, they are generally not<br />

that well paid during this initial<br />

period. Sadly, most people<br />

coming into the employment<br />

market straight from school<br />

who don’t wish to attend<br />

higher education, decide to<br />

focus on short term careers,<br />

taking jobs as shelf stackers,<br />

warehouse workers, or call<br />

centre operators.<br />

Those are lucky enough to gain<br />

apprenticeships quickly find<br />

themselves exposed to early<br />

starts and harsh, cold and wet<br />

weather conditions. As a 17<br />

year old earning £70 a week,<br />

knowing it will take three to<br />

four years to be fully trained,<br />

apprenticeships can seem like a<br />

hardship with the prospect of<br />

still not having a full time job at<br />

aged 21 daunting. What most<br />

young people forget is the<br />

opportunities it presents. It’s<br />

often forgotten that a number<br />

of our leading construction<br />

companies are run by people<br />

who started out at the<br />

bottom of the career ladder as<br />

apprentices.<br />

Having the chance to travel<br />

whilst earning a living and<br />

gaining qualifications is a<br />

prospect most 17 year olds<br />

simple don’t get. A lot of<br />

Northern Irish based firms<br />

now work exclusively on the<br />

mainland, giving apprentices<br />

the chance to travel and work<br />

on major projects across<br />

England, Scotland and<br />

Wales. On the mainland<br />

there are more business<br />

opportunities and given<br />

its size and population,<br />

this can restrict the<br />

opportunities for local<br />

apprentices who don’t<br />

want to leave Northern<br />

Ireland.<br />

Those who do travel<br />

are given a sense of<br />

independence, managing<br />

their own finances and<br />

not relying on a parent to<br />

look after them. It is vital<br />

to retain and bring these<br />

people home so they can<br />

share their experiences<br />

and encourage the next<br />

crop of apprentices. Our<br />

construction sector is<br />

hopefully facing an upturn.<br />

Major contracts are being<br />

secured at home and<br />

abroad and the industry<br />

is in need of fresh, young<br />

talent.<br />

The introduction of the<br />

Apprenticeship Levy next<br />

year will have a big impact on<br />

our construction businesses. All<br />

employers operating in the UK,<br />

with a pay bill over £3 million<br />

each year, will be required<br />

to make an investment in<br />

apprenticeships. This Levy is<br />

one way our local companies<br />

are being encouraged to invest<br />

in our young people and will<br />

surely offer them greater<br />

opportunities to learn a trade.<br />

Too often we are losing our<br />

skilled apprentices as far afield<br />

as Australia. With limited<br />

opportunities our young<br />

people feel they have no choice<br />

but to leave Northern Ireland.<br />

We need to be doing more to<br />

create further apprenticeships<br />

and keep our talented pool of<br />

young people in the country.<br />

I have had groups of friends<br />

who initially moved abroad to<br />

find work and at the same time<br />

created a support network for<br />

themselves. We need to be<br />

able to tap into these networks<br />

and utilise the experience they<br />

have gained away from home.<br />

The only way our construction<br />

sector will flourish again is to<br />

retain our apprentices and build<br />

again for the future.


26| Graepels<br />

Perforated Sunshades: An Exciting<br />

Alternative or Addition to Windows<br />

‘sealed’, such as; train stations,<br />

bus stations, car parks and other<br />

similar structures. The benefits of<br />

lightweight, durability and ease of<br />

installation can make perforated<br />

metal an ideal solution/alternative.<br />

In addition, perforated<br />

sunshades, rain screens and<br />

curtain walls, with large ‘open’<br />

areas, not only allow light to<br />

enter the building, but also<br />

provide natural ventilation while<br />

limiting the ingress of rain and<br />

gusting winds as it acts as a highly<br />

effective baffle, which reduces<br />

wind speeds and turbulence.<br />

Choosing perforated cladding<br />

over glass has many advantages.<br />

Olivier Janin, Secretary General of<br />

Europerf, explains:<br />

“The purpose of perforated<br />

metal in Architecture is to<br />

The Aveling Centre, Lloyd Park<br />

has been designed to cater for<br />

over one million visitors per year<br />

providing new and improved<br />

facilities. One of these facilities<br />

includes a café for which Graepels<br />

manufactured Picture-Perf PPC<br />

aluminium panels.<br />

The panels incorporated a<br />

thistle leaf pattern and, while<br />

aesthetically appealing, the primary<br />

function of the Picture Perf panels<br />

was practical - to act as sunshades.<br />

The panels were hinged and hung<br />

vertically enabling them to rotate<br />

towards the direction of the sun<br />

throughout the day thus allowing<br />

the aesthetic and functional<br />

aspects to work harmoniously<br />

together.<br />

Three individual Picture Perf<br />

panels were fixed into each of<br />

the three large galvanised steel<br />

frames. The Picture Perf panels<br />

act as a sunscreen, an active rain<br />

screen and also have a security<br />

element due to the strength of<br />

the aluminium panels, discouraging<br />

vandals without<br />

appearing<br />

defensive.<br />

Perforated<br />

metal can also<br />

be a superior<br />

alternative to glass.<br />

The European<br />

Perforation Industry<br />

Body, Europerf,<br />

highlighted that in<br />

the case of some<br />

buildings, it should<br />

be considered as<br />

a replacement<br />

for glass, where<br />

a building’s<br />

exterior does not<br />

need to be fully<br />

provide Architects and Specifiers<br />

with new solutions and ways of<br />

thinking about how a building can<br />

be designed.” “..Perforated Metal<br />

has been used as the primary<br />

external cladding which provides<br />

a range of benefits over glass and<br />

other materials, such as reduced<br />

vandalism, ease of installation and<br />

the ability to use the perforation<br />

patterns to create additional<br />

design interest.”<br />

Reasons to consider<br />

Picture Perf in conjunction<br />

or as an alternative to<br />

glass are as follows:-


Graepels |27<br />

Design: The ability to<br />

produce strong, durable,<br />

lightweight panels in complex<br />

shapes is an important<br />

consideration.<br />

Installation: Perforated<br />

panelling is light but not fragile<br />

therefore making installation<br />

easier, safer and consequently<br />

cost effective.<br />

Vandalism prevention: Due<br />

to its strong durable nature,<br />

perforated metal is resistant to<br />

vandalism. Where Graffiti is<br />

a problem, perforated panels<br />

are less likely to be targeted,<br />

especially with perforations of<br />

high open area.<br />

Maintenance: Perforated<br />

panels don’t show dirt in the<br />

same way that glass does and<br />

therefore maintenance costs<br />

and upkeep are reduced.<br />

New Website:<br />

It’s been a busy few months here at<br />

Graepels and we are very excited to<br />

announce the launch of our newly<br />

designed website. Visit us at our new<br />

website on www.graepels.com<br />

Graepels Responsive design: As a leader in the<br />

perforation industry in Ireland and UK we feel<br />

it is important to make information and more<br />

importantly imagery of our products and services<br />

easily accessible to our customers. Our new site<br />

includes individual galleries for all of our products<br />

and also for the industries in which we operate,<br />

showcasing the application of a finished Graepels<br />

product in its real world sate. We hope you will<br />

come take a tour of our new website:<br />

www.graepels.com<br />

Protection from the sun:<br />

Perforated metal shades the<br />

sun and eliminates greenhouse<br />

effect<br />

Weather resistance:<br />

Perforated panels are excellent<br />

at shielding against adverse<br />

weather conditions without<br />

stopping the airflow. The holes<br />

create localised turbulence<br />

as the air passes around the<br />

individual perforations, causing<br />

a substantial decrease in<br />

wind velocity. Consequently<br />

a more gentle air flow passes<br />

through the building in stormy<br />

conditions helping prevent rain<br />

from travelling sideways. Thus<br />

the building is comfortable<br />

enough to allow people to<br />

shelter without creating an<br />

environment for loitering or<br />

anti-social activities. Unlike solid<br />

materials perforated metal clad<br />

buildings cut down turbulence<br />

by virtue of their porous nature.


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Focus on<br />

Corporation Tax<br />

powers devolution<br />

With Corporation Tax devolution<br />

powers set to be devolved to the<br />

Northern Ireland Assembly, and<br />

a Northern Ireland rate of 12.5%<br />

coming in to play on 1 April 2018,<br />

it is critical that all companies are<br />

aware of the tax changes and<br />

their respective preparedness.<br />

With this in mind we recently ran<br />

a seminar with PwC on the detail<br />

of the tax changes and how they<br />

would affect your business.<br />

A copy of the slide presentation<br />

is available for members from the<br />

CEF website.<br />

In addition, PwC have a free tool<br />

that companies are encouraged<br />

to use so that you can ascertain<br />

your own preparedness for the<br />

introduction of the Northern<br />

Ireland rate of Corporation Tax in<br />

April 2018.<br />

The link to the diagnostic tool,<br />

called NI Ready, is here -<br />

https://mytaxpartner.pwc.com/<br />

tools/ni-ready<br />

You may need to register at the<br />

following address first in order to<br />

access the diagnostic:<br />

www.mytaxpartner.com<br />

The registration process is<br />

straightforward and takes a<br />

couple of minutes. Registration<br />

also gives you access to a wealth<br />

of other free tax diagnostic tools,<br />

modellers and advice, in addition<br />

to NI Ready.<br />

Should you have any specific<br />

queries then please feel free to<br />

contact Martin Fleetwood from PwC<br />

via the details below:<br />

Martin Fleetwood<br />

PwC | Partner<br />

Office: +44 (0)2890 415486 |<br />

Mobile: +44 (0) 7803 832442<br />

Email: martin.fleetwood@uk.pwc.<br />

com<br />

CEF |29<br />

THE VOICE OF THE INDUSTRY IN NORTHERN IRELAND<br />

EU Referendum casts growing<br />

shadow over Northern Ireland’s<br />

construction sector<br />

Around a fifth of Northern Ireland’s construction companies are operating at less than half capacity, with<br />

demand in GB and the Republic of Ireland (RoI) also down.<br />

That’s according to the latest State of Trade survey from the Construction Employers’ Federation (CEF) and PwC.<br />

The survey also suggests that uncertainty over the forthcoming EU referendum outcome may be impacting on industry<br />

confidence, with 80% of Federation members saying that the UK should stay in the EU.<br />

The latest CEF assessment for the first three months (Q1) of 2016 shows that close to a quarter (22%) of companies<br />

were operating in survival mode, while the percentage of companies confident of growth and profitability fell slightly from<br />

50% in Q1 2015 to 48% in Q1 2016.<br />

The proportion of firms reporting that their current workload had increased rose slightly to 33% in Q1 2016, from 27.5%<br />

in Q1 2015 but remained well below on the first three months of 2014 when half of companies surveyed reported<br />

increased demand and workload.<br />

Two years ago, in Q1 2014, almost a quarter of CEF members’ work done was in construction activity outside Northern<br />

Ireland (almost entirely Great Britain and RoI). That fell to 17% in Q1 2015 and then again in Q1 2016, when only 13% of<br />

work was in GB and/or RoI markets.<br />

The decline was largely driven by a reduction in work in GB - down from 15% in Q1 2014 to about 10% throughout 2015<br />

and falling to 6% in Q1 2016, the survey found. Commenting on the survey results CEF Managing Director John Armstrong,<br />

said the industry was not showing any real signs of sustainable recovery:<br />

“This is another survey which suggests that the construction sector is not sharing in Northern Ireland’s modest economic<br />

recovery, let alone the significant growth that is being exhibited elsewhere in the UK and Ireland.<br />

“The proportion of companies in survival mode is up, those anticipating growth and profitability are down and the<br />

percentage of work in Great Britain and Ireland has fallen.<br />

“This picture is reinforced by official data from NISRA’s Construction Bulletin, which reported falling output in the latter<br />

half of 2015.<br />

“While industry output stood at £618m during Q4 of 2015 – a year on year rise of 3% - this actually represented a fall<br />

from £643m during Q1 of the year and falls significantly short of the all-time high of £904m in Q1 of 2007.<br />

“We are operating in an environment where growth in housebuilding is broadly flat and where output in infrastructure and<br />

roads has actually declined.<br />

“The one glimmer of light is that over a third of our members say they expect things to get better – I sincerely hope they<br />

are right.<br />

“Construction and infrastructure accounts for around 6% of UK GDP. But it also delivers instant results – direct<br />

employment, high wages, indirect jobs, and greater community cohesion. The new Executive therefore needs to work with<br />

the industry to develop and deliver a significant pipeline of projects which will be crucial to the long term sustainability and<br />

success of the construction industry in Northern Ireland.<br />

“We urge the Executive to look at their infrastructure opportunities and priorities and to act. There is an opportunity to<br />

give confidence to developers, and incentives to the industry, which combined, will accelerate growth into the economy.”<br />

CEF also reported that 60% of their full and associate members had responded to their survey in respect of EU<br />

membership, with 80% believing that the UK should remain within the EU. Only 16% of members said they would support<br />

leaving, John Armstrong said:<br />

“This is an industry for which borders represent barriers, where access to the EU market is important and where mobility<br />

of labour and currency stability is crucial.<br />

“The fall in construction output across the UK in<br />

Q1 of 2016, has been attributed to concerns over<br />

the implications for continued EU membership.<br />

This may, in part account for the somewhat<br />

downbeat Northern Ireland results, but it is<br />

clear that the industry, right across the UK, has<br />

concerns about the outcome of the vote on 23<br />

June.<br />

“And while CEF has itself not taken a position<br />

on this debate, it is clear that the overwhelming<br />

majority of members are concerned at the<br />

implications for the UK of leaving the EU.”


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Federation engages<br />

with Head of the<br />

Civil Service<br />

In late April, the Federation was<br />

delighted to be joined by Dr<br />

Malcolm McKibbin, Head of the<br />

Civil Service, for an informal<br />

dinner with members that focused<br />

on the arrangements for the<br />

Northern Ireland Executive’s new<br />

Programme for Government after<br />

May 5th’s election.<br />

From this engagement, we<br />

expected the Executive parties<br />

to have agreed a high level,<br />

outcomes focused Programme<br />

for Government by the end of<br />

May – as has now happened.<br />

This will then be subject to<br />

public consultation and detailed<br />

co-design work on the delivery<br />

frameworks underneath it over<br />

the coming six months.<br />

In addition, a revised Investment<br />

Strategy, Economic Strategy and<br />

Budget for the years 2017/18<br />

to 2020/21 will be in place by<br />

Christmas.<br />

There will be an extensive<br />

programme of engagement with<br />

Federation members on these<br />

documents once they begin to<br />

come out in the public domain.<br />

For further information please<br />

contact David Fry on 028 9087<br />

7143 or davidf@cefni.co.uk.<br />

Joint Council<br />

Promulgates<br />

Changes to Pension<br />

Contributions<br />

The Joint Council for the Building<br />

and Civil Engineering Industry<br />

(Northern Ireland) decided at its<br />

meeting on 6 May to promulgate<br />

changes to pension contributions<br />

effective from 5 December 2016.<br />

The Promulgation Notice<br />

confirms that both employer<br />

and employee contributions to<br />

Enhance Construction Pension<br />

Scheme Northern Ireland will<br />

increase by 1% to 4% and 5%<br />

respectively. It has also been<br />

agreed that where an employee<br />

does not make pension<br />

contributions the employer<br />

will not be required to pay<br />

contributions. The requirement for<br />

employers to continue to provide<br />

death benefit will remain in place.<br />

Federation members can access the<br />

Notice via the CEF website.<br />

New Northern Ireland<br />

Executive appointed and draft<br />

PfG published<br />

Late May saw the<br />

appointment of the new<br />

Northern Ireland Executive<br />

under its restructured nine<br />

departmental model.<br />

In addition, the Committee<br />

Chair’s and Vice Chair’s<br />

of all Northern Ireland<br />

Assembly committees have<br />

also been confirmed.<br />

The Federation will be<br />

extensively engaging will<br />

relevant Ministers, senior<br />

officials and Committee<br />

Chair’s/Vice Chair’s over<br />

the coming weeks and<br />

months – including meeting with the leaders of the new Opposition.<br />

In addition, the draft Programme for Government Framework has been published – a consultation on this<br />

has now commenced and will close on 22 July. The Federation will be making a detailed response to this<br />

and members will be asked for their views on it over the coming weeks. The full document is available via:<br />

https://www.northernireland.gov.uk/consultations/draft-programme-government-framework-2016-21-andquestionnaire<br />

CDM 2016: Are you ready?<br />

T The Construction (Design<br />

& Management) Regulations<br />

(Northern Ireland) 2016 will<br />

come into operation on 1 August<br />

2016. The new regulations will<br />

replace CDM 2007 and are almost<br />

identical to CDM 2015 which is<br />

currently operational in GB. The<br />

main difference is the “Transitional<br />

Provisions” element which is 12<br />

months rather than the 6 months<br />

transition period operated when the<br />

regulations changed in GB.<br />

The main difference between CDM<br />

2016 compared to CDM 2007 is<br />

that the CDM- Coordinator role<br />

is being replaced by a Principal<br />

Designer who will have a more<br />

central role in the project.<br />

Now more than ever therefore it is important that construction companies manage health and safety risk and Safe-T-<br />

Cert can help with this. Safe-T-Cert is a third party health and safety management system supported by the Institute of<br />

Occupational Health and Safety (IOSH), one of the most respected health and safety organisations in the world. Currently<br />

approximately six hundred companies in Northern Ireland have demonstrated during annual audit that they have<br />

implemented an occupational health and safety management system which meets the requirements of Safe-T-Cert and are<br />

continual improving.<br />

Many construction companies will already have the bones of a system in place including a health and safety policy, relevant<br />

insurances along with risk assessments and method statements. Having the system certified by Safe-T-Cert indicates a<br />

professional approach to health and safety to both your clients and employees.<br />

Safe-T-Cert fulfils the requirements of the Buildsafe Initiative and is also accredited by the Safety Schemes in Procurement<br />

(SSIP) Forum. This combination means Safe-T-Cert meets the conditions of Northern Ireland public sector procurement<br />

policy and widens the recognition of Safe-T-Cert in GB.


30| CEF<br />

THE VOICE OF THE INDUSTRY IN NORTHERN IRELAND<br />

News in<br />

Brief...<br />

Guide on the new<br />

Department for<br />

Infrastructure<br />

published<br />

The reform of Northern Ireland<br />

Government Departments took<br />

place on Monday 9 May, with<br />

changes now in place taking the<br />

old 12 departmental model to 9<br />

new departments.<br />

Perhaps the most important<br />

department from the construction<br />

industry’s perspective is the new<br />

Department for Infrastructure.<br />

Its functions include:<br />

Those of the old Department<br />

for Regional Development –<br />

Transport NI, Translink, NI Water<br />

Rivers Agency<br />

Strategic Planning and<br />

PlanningPolicy<br />

A fuller briefing document on the<br />

changes, including key contacts,<br />

is available via the Federation’s<br />

website.<br />

The Department’s new website<br />

can be accessed via: https://www.<br />

infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/<br />

The full list of responsibilities<br />

of the nine new departments<br />

is available via: https://www.<br />

nidirect.gov.uk/articles/changesgovernment-departments<br />

For more information on Safe-T-Cert please speak to a member of the team on 028 9087 7154 or view the website www.cefni.<br />

co.uk/schemes/safe-t-cert.<br />

SIB launch BuySocialNI<br />

Brokerage website<br />

As part of the new BuySocialNI social clause model, SIB has now launched a Brokerage website.<br />

Through its ‘search’ function, contractors who have been awarded public contracts with Buy Social clauses can link with<br />

relevant organisations that can support them to deliver these clauses.<br />

The website can be accessed via: https://www.buysocialnibrokerage.org/<br />

If you have any feedback on the website and its functionality, then please feel free to share with David Fry via:<br />

davidf@cefni.co.uk.<br />

New Northern Ireland Executive appointed and draft PfG published<br />

Late May saw the appointment of the new Northern Ireland Executive under its restructured nine departmental model.<br />

In addition, the Committee Chair’s and Vice Chair’s of all Northern Ireland Assembly committees have also been confirmed.<br />

The Federation will be extensively engaging will relevant Ministers, senior officials and Committee Chair’s/Vice Chair’s over<br />

the coming weeks and months – including meeting with the leaders of the new Opposition.<br />

In addition, the draft Programme for Government Framework has been published – a consultation on this has now<br />

commenced and will close on 22 July. The Federation will be making a detailed response to this and members will be<br />

asked for their views on it over the coming weeks. The full document is available via: https://www.northernireland.gov.uk/<br />

consultations/draft-programme-government-framework-2016-21-and-questionnaire<br />

Federation engages with the Central<br />

Procurement Directorate<br />

In early June we were delighted to welcome Des Armstrong, Director of the Central Procurement Directorate (CPD), to<br />

the Federation’s office.<br />

Over an informal dinner, a number of industry-critical items were discussed including:<br />

• The Draft Programme for Government;<br />

• Margins within the industry;<br />

• The commissioning and pre-procurement processes for public sector capital projects and;<br />

• The further centralisation of procurement and delivery of capital projects<br />

With a new Northern Ireland Executive now in place, these themes will be of major focus for the Federation over the<br />

coming months. For further information, please email David Fry on davidf@cefni.co.uk<br />

Industry discusses the new BuySocial model with<br />

SIB and CPD<br />

Around 40 industry representatives recently took the time to listen to and question representatives of the Strategic Investment Board (SIB) and the Central<br />

Procurement Directorate (CPD) in respect of the new social clauses model for public sector construction contracts in Northern Ireland, BuySocialNI.<br />

The SIB presentation from the event is available for members via the Federation’s website.<br />

In addition, CPD are shortly to publish the final version of the reporting form that will be required to be completed as part of the new model once you are on<br />

a contract. This will be shared with members once it is available. Training events will be run on using the new reporting model – these will be in August and more<br />

information will be circulated in due course.<br />

As the new BuySocial model continues to evolve, it is vital that we continue to liaise with SIB and CPD in respect of the industry’s views and concerns. To do this,<br />

SIB has established a BuySocial Construction Industry Reference Group. This will meet quarterly with the next meeting due to happen at the Federation’s office on<br />

Tuesday 6th September at 2pm. A Terms of Reference for the Group is available for members to view via the CEF website. If you would like to attend then please<br />

email davidf@cefni.co.uk and a fuller agenda and papers will follow in due course.


Construction Regulations |31<br />

law |61<br />

The Construction<br />

(Design and Management)<br />

Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016<br />

Key tips to avoid the<br />

pitfalls of termination<br />

By Anna McClimonds, Solicitor, Cleaver Fulton Rankin’.<br />

The Construction (Design<br />

and Management)<br />

been raised. Namely, a project is<br />

notifiable if the construction work<br />

BY AnnA McCliMonds, soliCitor,<br />

Regulations (Northern is CleAver scheduled Fulton last longer rAnkin than 30<br />

Ireland) 2016 are due working days and have more than<br />

Construction to come into operation contracts 1. 20 Whether workers you simultaneously have a right toor if it<br />

on 1 August often include 2016 and exceeds terminate 500 in person the circumstances days; and<br />

will revoke a termination the 2007<br />

whether the circumstances you are<br />

provision Regulations. allowing parties The relying exemption upon can from be proved. client duties<br />

to terminate a contract for domestic clients has been<br />

in The certain 2016 CDM circumstances<br />

Regulations are 2. removed; Ensure your and right to terminate<br />

by intended giving to protect written persons notice. from The exists Approved at the time Code you of issue Practice the<br />

Alongside health and safety a contractual risks arising is termination replaced with notice straightforward<br />

and the other<br />

right from construction to terminate, work the through guidance. party has not remedied its default.<br />

parties the establishment also have of a a systematic<br />

common framework law for managing right to risk. They 3. For Compliance the purposes with all of requirements the CDM<br />

terminate are intended for to be repudiatory shorter and Regulations, set out in the the contract. following key<br />

breach substantially i.e. simpler a sufficiently in structure questions should be considered<br />

serious than the 2007 breach Regulations of contract and will 4. at Caution the commencement must be taken where of any<br />

or place demonstrating greater obligations an in respect construction there is a two work: stage notice<br />

intention of health and not safety to be on bound those for<br />

by whom the a contract. project is carried out and<br />

also The their 2013 design High Court and construction case of<br />

Vivergo team. Fuels Ltd v Redhall Engineering<br />

Solutions Ltd [2013] EWHC 4030<br />

(TCC) The key highlights changes the problems a<br />

party implemented can face when by exercising the 2016<br />

its CDM right to Regulations terminate. In particular, are:<br />

it deals with the situation where<br />

another The Regulations party challenges will apply the validity to all<br />

procedure to ensure the notices<br />

Do are the connected works in fall both within content and the<br />

definition time. of “construction<br />

work”?<br />

5. The notice must be clear and<br />

“Construction unambiguous. Consider work” is the broadly<br />

defined following under when Regulation drafting a notice: 2(1) as<br />

“the carrying out of any building,<br />

• civil Title engineering the document or as engineering a notice,<br />

construction although a letter works”, may with suffice specific as a<br />

to every designer and contractor<br />

appointed, or being considered for<br />

appointment;<br />

Ensuring that:<br />

the contractor (if there is only<br />

Pursuant to Regulation 5, where<br />

there is more than one contractor<br />

working on a project at any<br />

one time, or if it is reasonably<br />

foreseeable there will be more<br />

than one, the client is required<br />

of clients a termination of construction notice and projects, claims examples warning notice of such in works certain provided. one) or the principal contractor to appoint in writing as soon as<br />

that whether termination or not a person is itself a is acting circumstances.<br />

draws up a construction phase reasonably practicable, and in any<br />

repudiatory in the course breach of or entitling furtherance them of Who is the “client” and plan before the construction event, before the construction<br />

to a business; terminate the contract and claim • what Specifically are state its duties? in the notice that it<br />

phase begins;<br />

phase begins:<br />

damages.<br />

is intended to be a warning/<br />

A designer with control over<br />

The The CDM basic co-ordinator rule for service role of has “Client” termination is defined notice; as and “any person the principal designer prepares the pre-construction phase as<br />

a been termination removed, notice with is that various all duties for whom a project is carried a health and safety file for the principal designer; and<br />

contractual recast, including requirements client duties must and • out”, Refer with to the Regulation contractual 4 providing clause the<br />

project.<br />

A contractor as principal<br />

be general strictly duties; complied with. As Lord for notice the specific is given under client and duties. mirror These<br />

Taking reasonable steps to ensure contractor.<br />

Hoffman said in Mannai Investments include: the wording of that clause.<br />

that the principal contractor and<br />

Co The Ltd client v Eagle is required Star Assurance to appoint “If the<br />

principal designer comply with Is the project notifiable?<br />

clause a principal had said designer that the as notice well as had Making In terms suitable of interpreting arrangements notices, for against the relevant background • Immaterial errors will be ignored if<br />

to any relevant duties stated in<br />

a principal be on blue contractor paper, it would in any have the managing following a project, principles including laid down the or context known to both<br />

Regulations 11 to 14.<br />

Pursuant the notice to unambiguously Regulation 6, a delivers project<br />

been project no where good serving there a is, notice or it on in<br />

is allocation Vivergo Fuels of sufficient v Redhall Engineering time and parties.<br />

is notifiable the purpose; to and the Executive in<br />

pink<br />

reasonably<br />

paper, however<br />

foreseeable<br />

clear it<br />

that<br />

might Solutions<br />

there resources;<br />

Ltd should be considered:<br />

writing as soon as practicable<br />

have Regulation 8 also provides further<br />

will be,<br />

been<br />

more<br />

that<br />

than<br />

the [party]<br />

one contractor<br />

wanted to<br />

• The notice must be sufficiently before • In the the context construction of clauses phase which<br />

terminate.”<br />

• general health and safety duties<br />

working on the project;<br />

Ensuring<br />

Unilateral<br />

the<br />

notices<br />

above<br />

are<br />

arrangements<br />

to be<br />

clear and unambiguous and leave<br />

begins require if the a warning construction notice followed work<br />

The following points should be interpreted in the same way as and roles.<br />

are maintained and reviewed the receiver in no reasonable<br />

lasts<br />

by<br />

longer<br />

a termination<br />

than 30<br />

notice,<br />

working<br />

the two<br />

days<br />

considered before exercising a right contractual documents. That is, they<br />

The duty to notify a project throughout the project;<br />

doubt as to how and when the<br />

and<br />

notices<br />

has more<br />

must be<br />

than<br />

connected<br />

20 workers<br />

both in<br />

to terminate:<br />

are to be looked at objectively,<br />

now lies with the client and the Providing pre-construction<br />

Does notice a is principal intended to designer operate.<br />

working<br />

content<br />

simultaneously,<br />

and time.<br />

or exceed<br />

threshold for notification has information as soon as practicable<br />

and principal contractor<br />

500 person days.<br />

need to be appointed?<br />

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practical advice, designed to achieve the most cost efficient result, to a diverse range of corporate<br />

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32| Flexible finance<br />

Positive winds for construction sector helped<br />

by flexible finance methods Judith Totten, Managing Director<br />

at Upstream Working Capital examines the construction<br />

market’s finance options<br />

It’s no secret that<br />

accessing appropriate<br />

and flexible finance has<br />

not been easy across<br />

many sectors since the<br />

banking crisis and for<br />

some companies, listening<br />

to fireside experts and<br />

battening down the<br />

hatches rather than<br />

investing for growth,<br />

seemed the sensible and,<br />

at times, only option.<br />

Not only is it a soul destroying<br />

strategy but it will at best plateau<br />

business growth and evolution<br />

and in reality as business owners<br />

prudently turn away new and<br />

stretching business opportunities,<br />

they can be sure that one of their<br />

competitors has found a way to<br />

make it happen.<br />

The construction sector has<br />

suffered more than most and<br />

many institutional funders have<br />

had to restrict their support in<br />

this and allied industries. This may<br />

seem unfair but in a corporate<br />

environment it is impractical to<br />

analyse each individual transaction<br />

on a personal basis and instead,<br />

with policy and procedure, comes<br />

a perceived inflexibility.<br />

With headlines like “NI<br />

construction sector has best<br />

performance in three years”, there<br />

is certainly much to be be positive<br />

about but we are still operating<br />

against a low bench mark and<br />

uncertainty in the sector is still<br />

rife. However if every £1 invested<br />

in construction in NI, generates<br />

£2.84 for the wider economy,<br />

then this is a sector we must find<br />

solutions for.<br />

Funding a construction business<br />

is not and has never has been<br />

straightforward - no surprise<br />

to those reading who have<br />

worked in the industry over the<br />

years – but the important thing<br />

is it is achievable with some<br />

effort and an open mind. Enter<br />

the alternative funder, whose<br />

popularity in recent years is<br />

on the rise, thanks to a more<br />

flexible approach. Their approach,<br />

while not suitable every time,<br />

is dramatically aiding businesses<br />

with a promising future but a<br />

requirement for a solution that fits<br />

with them.<br />

Even before the Banking crisis,<br />

the mainstream institutions would<br />

have required strict covenants and<br />

management processes to release<br />

cash during building cycles or<br />

construction programmes.<br />

These processes and ‘audit trails’<br />

instil essential disciplines which,<br />

whilst irksome, stand a business<br />

owner in good stead when they<br />

look for alternative funders. The<br />

critical part for any financier is<br />

transparency across a business.<br />

They need to understand the<br />

cash cycle - when it buys, when<br />

it builds, when it sells. How long<br />

a contract takes and the tipping<br />

points, therein where the business<br />

will be most cash constrained<br />

and most cash positive. The<br />

experienced lender will then<br />

endeavour to match a facility to<br />

that business’ pattern.<br />

Clearly not every business<br />

will be the same and not every<br />

contract will be structured over<br />

the same pattern but clarity and<br />

open communication will make it<br />

easier to finance.<br />

Within the contract period,<br />

a robust paper trail for the<br />

funder to understand is crucial.<br />

Ideally independent sign off by<br />

the Quantity Surveyor on the<br />

business’ side and on the buyer<br />

side is ideal, with a release of<br />

payment certificate following.<br />

Again, not always possible but for<br />

a business’ own protection and<br />

that of the funder, this is the best<br />

option.<br />

The risk for any financier in a<br />

contract related business is non<br />

performance part way through<br />

and resultant loss. Therefore, it is<br />

incumbent on the borrower to<br />

mitigate such risk at every point.<br />

Additional, or secondary security,<br />

over and above the primary<br />

debenture<br />

is often<br />

asked for<br />

Business<br />

owners<br />

need to<br />

be open<br />

minded<br />

and expect<br />

to be<br />

asked for<br />

personal<br />

security or<br />

additional<br />

asset<br />

charges<br />

where<br />

possible.<br />

The more<br />

comfortable a funder is with<br />

the risk profile and the ability to<br />

recover in a default situation, the<br />

more funding they’ll be able to<br />

offer.<br />

Solutions are out there and<br />

available. We are now seeing Asset<br />

Based Lending (ABL) whereby a<br />

funder will leverage more than<br />

just a land bank and build costs<br />

for example. They will analyse<br />

entire balance sheets to see what<br />

can be generated with a cross<br />

collateralised security suite - often<br />

against debtors, stock, work in<br />

progress, fixed assets, plant and<br />

machinery. This is creative and if<br />

handled by a skilled practitioner,<br />

can release much more than the<br />

traditional term loan or overdraft<br />

as it is released in real time.<br />

Consider supply chain finance,<br />

stock finance or purchase order<br />

finance - all variations on a facility<br />

to release funding on the buying<br />

side of a transaction and all<br />

designed to work in complement<br />

to existing bank lines. These<br />

funders are generally ‘off balance<br />

sheet’ as they sit as trade creditors<br />

in a business and therefore have<br />

no impact on its existing facilities.<br />

These funders will buy stock and<br />

raw materials, will offer extended<br />

creditor terms and will give a<br />

business buying power during a<br />

contract term. There are terms<br />

and conditions as with any facility,<br />

but these funders are flexible<br />

and very happy to sit alongside a<br />

business’ primary bank.<br />

Traditional Invoice Finance is<br />

difficult to structure for a contract<br />

related business but consider this<br />

-is every transaction structured<br />

around stage payments, QS<br />

measures and certificates or are<br />

there some more traditional<br />

rolling accounts? If there are<br />

some straight supply, time sheet<br />

based or short term work, then<br />

there may very well be a facility<br />

to release some cash locked up<br />

in debtor books. Indeed there<br />

are some funders who will look<br />

at contract invoice discounting,<br />

but there will be some restrictive<br />

covenants in terms of cash release.<br />

Asset Finance to fund plant<br />

and machinery should always be<br />

considered in a business which<br />

uses and holds cash in the cycle.<br />

Manage cash flow wisely and avoid<br />

tying up liquidity in fixed assets.<br />

In summary, there are many<br />

funding solutions for every<br />

sector. A cocktail of facilities<br />

is, in my opinion, much more<br />

preferable to a narrow, single<br />

funder line. Flexibility is key to the<br />

construction sector and the ability<br />

to renegotiate and restructure is<br />

vital.<br />

Construction is a key industry<br />

for NI and growth is evident –<br />

let’s work together to strengthen<br />

it further.


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34| RICS Awards<br />

Queen’s University innovation centre<br />

wins top RICS Award<br />

A Queen’s University<br />

research facility has<br />

been named Project of<br />

the Year at the Royal<br />

Institution of Chartered<br />

Surveyors (RICS) Awards<br />

2016, Northern Ireland.<br />

The Wellcome-Wolfson Institute<br />

for Experimental Medicine,<br />

situated in the grounds of Belfast<br />

City Hospital, won the Design<br />

through Innovation award before<br />

being crowned Project of the<br />

Year at the annual awards, which<br />

showcase and reward projects<br />

from across Northern Ireland.<br />

The £32m Institute is the latest<br />

phase in the configuration of the<br />

School of Medicine, Dentistry<br />

and Biomedical Sciences and<br />

has been designed to enhance<br />

its internationally recognised<br />

excellence in education and<br />

research.<br />

The 9,000 square metre building<br />

provides accommodation for<br />

some 330 members of staff<br />

specialising in research into<br />

finding cures for eye diseases and<br />

diabetes, and the development<br />

of a global programme to aid<br />

understanding of the genetics of<br />

complex chronic diseases.<br />

Alan Stitt, Director of the Centre<br />

for Experimental Medicine<br />

commented “… the open and<br />

free-flow design of the building<br />

offers a positive change in the<br />

working environment, which<br />

enhances the development of<br />

cross-disciplinary collaborations<br />

and interactions between peer<br />

research groups.”<br />

The project’s design team<br />

consisted of Ostick & Williams<br />

architects in association with<br />

Stantec architects, Turner &<br />

Townsend Cost Management<br />

Surveyors, Albert Fry Associates<br />

as the structural and civil<br />

consultants, Services & BREEAM<br />

Consultants White Young Green,<br />

O’Hare & McGovern as the Main<br />

Contractor and Harvey Group as<br />

the MEP Contractor.<br />

Judges said “This is a high-quality<br />

building housing laboratories,<br />

offices and meeting rooms<br />

Project of the Year: The Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for<br />

Experimental Medicine, Belfast<br />

Alistair Dunn, Chairman, Judging Panel, RICS Northern Ireland and Fiona Grant, Chair of RICS UK & Ireland World<br />

Regional Board with John Nugent from Queen’s University Belfast and Colm Lavery from Turner & Townsend<br />

for this international research<br />

organisation… Innovatively, the<br />

building has been designed on<br />

an ‘inside-out’ basis… conducive<br />

to collaborative working. The<br />

building is finished to a very high<br />

standard and the achievement of<br />

a BREEAM Excellent certification<br />

is laudable.”<br />

The RICS Awards are made up<br />

of eight categories from Building<br />

Conservation to Tourism &<br />

Leisure and Infrastructure, and<br />

some of the country’s most<br />

popular new builds and recent<br />

restorations were in the spotlight<br />

at the ceremony at La Mon in<br />

May).<br />

The Lagan Weir Footbridge won<br />

the award for Infrastructure, while<br />

the SPACE (Shared Process and<br />

Community Engagement) People’s<br />

Park in Portadown took home<br />

the Regeneration and Community<br />

Benefit awards. Galgorm Resort<br />

& Spa won the Tourism & Leisure<br />

category, while City Quays 1,<br />

Belfast won the Commercial<br />

category, Mount Stewart’s recent<br />

restoration won the Building<br />

Conservation category and an<br />

eye-catching family home in<br />

Portrush, Blacksmith’s Cottage,<br />

took home the top prize in the<br />

Residential category.<br />

Ben Collins, RICS Director,<br />

Northern Ireland said; “The<br />

positive impact that innovative<br />

buildings, regenerated shared<br />

spaces and world-class tourist<br />

facilities have on the local<br />

economy and society cannot be<br />

overstated. Once again, we have<br />

seen some of the best new builds,<br />

infrastructure projects, community<br />

schemes, and restoration initiatives<br />

from the last few years take the<br />

spotlight at our annual awards, and<br />

we are delighted to be able to<br />

highlight the exceptional work of<br />

the surveyors and other property<br />

professionals behind the projects.”<br />

RICS Awards Judging Chairman,<br />

Alistair Dunn added; “This was<br />

a competitive year for the RICS<br />

Awards in Northern Ireland.<br />

Our judges were blown away<br />

by the standard of the entries<br />

from stately homes to family<br />

homes, cross-community projects<br />

to buildings that are making a<br />

difference in education, medicine<br />

and culture.<br />

“The Wellcome-Wolfson<br />

Institute is a worthy winner for<br />

its breakthrough in innovation,<br />

helping emphasise Northern<br />

Ireland’s credentials as a hub for<br />

critical medical research.”<br />

The Wellcome-Wolfson Institute<br />

and the other winners from<br />

the evening will now progress<br />

as finalists from the Northern<br />

Ireland region at the national RICS<br />

Awards gala evening in London<br />

later in the year.


RICS Awards |35<br />

Building Conservation- Winner – Mount Stewart,<br />

Newtownards Highly Commended – The Graduate<br />

Building, Queen’s University, Belfast<br />

Infrastructure - Winner – Lagan Weir Footbridge, Belfast<br />

Highly Commended – RNLI Life Boat Station,<br />

Clarrybridge, Enniskillen<br />

Commercial – sponsored by Sika - Winner – City Quays<br />

1, Belfast - Highly Commended – Development at 19-21<br />

Broad Street, Magherafelt<br />

Regeneration -Winner – SPACE (Shared Process and<br />

Community Engagement) People’s Park, Portadown<br />

Highly Commended – Refurbishment of Seaview Hall,<br />

Glenarm<br />

Community Benefit- Winner – SPACE Shared Process and<br />

Community Engagement) People’s Park, Portadown-<br />

Highly Commended – SERC Performing Arts, Computing<br />

and Engineering Campus, Bangor<br />

Residential- Winner – Blacksmith’s Cottage, Portrush<br />

Highly Commended – Lime Court, Peter’s Hill, Belfast<br />

Design through Innovation – sponsored by Forbo<br />

Winner – The Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for<br />

Experimental Medicine, Belfast Highly Commended –<br />

Grillagh Water House, Maghera<br />

Tourism & Leisure- Winner – Galgorm Resort & Spa,<br />

Ballymena - Highly Commended – Schomberg House,<br />

Belfast


36| RICS Awards<br />

THE INDUSTRY CAN’T AFFORD TO BE<br />

COMPLACENT WHEN IT COMES TO DIVERSITY<br />

By Tracy Flannigan FRICS , RICS spokesperson in Northern Ireland<br />

As I write this, the RICS<br />

Headquarters team are<br />

busily preparing for a major<br />

conference which will be full<br />

of practical examples and case<br />

studies on how employers<br />

across the UK are embracing<br />

inclusivity. It is RICS’s second<br />

annual Diversity and Inclusion<br />

Conference and, as statistics<br />

show, it’s a highly pertinent<br />

and entirely necessary subject<br />

to be both exploring and<br />

implementing.<br />

Of the 80,000 qualified<br />

surveyors in the UK, only 14%<br />

are female. Ethnic minorities,<br />

disabilities, socio-economic<br />

diversity, all are lacking in a<br />

profession where the average<br />

member is currently a 58-yearold<br />

white male. The statistics<br />

in Northern Ireland specifically<br />

will be no better. But things are<br />

changing– there are pockets<br />

of good practice and, more<br />

importantly, there is a growing<br />

understanding of the business<br />

need for a more diverse<br />

workforce.<br />

Companies with greater female<br />

board representation have<br />

been seen to outperform the<br />

mono-culture boards financially:<br />

with 42% greater return on<br />

sales; 53% better return on<br />

equity and 66% higher return<br />

on investment capital[1]. And<br />

then there is the issue of skills<br />

shortages, which is having a<br />

considerable impact upon the<br />

property and construction<br />

sector. Lack of trained people<br />

is forcing many companies to<br />

put aside their assumptions<br />

about the “right” candidates<br />

for the job, and so they are<br />

beginning to seek out talent in<br />

new places.<br />

There has been progress made<br />

with some good practice<br />

emerging from Northern<br />

Ireland. A reflection of this<br />

is shown in RICS’s recent<br />

appointment of two new<br />

female board members and<br />

it has also been growing its<br />

pool of female spokespeople.<br />

Furthermore, last year, RICS<br />

also held a visible women<br />

event in Belfast at which senior<br />

women from the construction<br />

and property sectors engaged<br />

with senior female journalists<br />

on the issue of diversity in<br />

the sector. While the general<br />

consensus was that we had<br />

come a long way, the group<br />

also acknowledged that there<br />

was much still to be done to<br />

address the imbalance and be<br />

a more attractive profession<br />

for new talent pools.<br />

So, as the professional body for<br />

the industry, what else is RICS<br />

doing to help? We established<br />

that the question is not simply<br />

one of opening up to a wider<br />

talent pool, but of retaining<br />

these non-traditional candidates<br />

once they are recruited. Indeed<br />

recruitment is just the beginning<br />

of the work to reshape the<br />

workforce, the key issues rapidly<br />

become how to retain staff who<br />

don’t necessarily see role models<br />

in the senior management, nor<br />

opportunities for promotion<br />

and career development. To<br />

combat this RICS introduced<br />

the Inclusive Employer Quality<br />

Mark to effectively and practically<br />

address these issues in the long<br />

and short term. My company,<br />

Colliers International is one of<br />

a growing list of organisations<br />

signed up. Employers pledge their<br />

commitment to adopting and<br />

seeking out best practice with six<br />

principles:<br />

• Leadership and Vision<br />

commitment to increasing<br />

the diversity of the<br />

workforce<br />

• Recruitment – engage<br />

and attract new people to<br />

the industry from underrepresented<br />

groups; best<br />

practice recruitment<br />

methods<br />

• Staff development–<br />

training/promotion<br />

policies that offer equal<br />

opportunities for career<br />

progression<br />

• Staff retention – flexible<br />

working arrangements/<br />

adaptive working practices<br />

• Staff engagement – an<br />

inclusive culture where<br />

all staff engage with<br />

developing, delivering,<br />

monitoring and assessing<br />

the diversity and<br />

inclusivity policies<br />

• Continuous<br />

improvement – continually<br />

refreshing and renewing<br />

the firm’s commitment to<br />

being the best employer;<br />

sharing and learning from<br />

best practice across the<br />

industry<br />

Over 90 companies have<br />

signed up to the Inclusive<br />

Employer Quality Mark so far,<br />

and the number is growing<br />

weekly. It is good to see<br />

so many making a genuine<br />

commitment to change. The<br />

future is looking much brighter<br />

than the past.<br />

To learn more about RICS<br />

Inclusive Employer Quality<br />

Mark or the forthcoming<br />

conference, go to http://<br />

www.rics.org/uk/<br />

about-rics/responsiblebusiness/inclusiveemployer/<br />

Tracy Flannigan is Director of<br />

Professional Services at Colliers<br />

International. Tracy became a<br />

Fellow of the RICS in January<br />

2013. She was also the first<br />

female arbitrator in Northern<br />

Ireland and sits on the panel of<br />

arbitrators maintained by the<br />

President of the Law Society of<br />

Northern Ireland.


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“Success for a hire company<br />

is all about meeting the<br />

demands of the customer<br />

with the aim of providing<br />

a one-stop shop for hire<br />

needs across all industries<br />

with innovative solutions,”<br />

says the man who heads<br />

up HSS /Laois Hire Group, managing<br />

director Michael Killeen. “At HSS Hire/ Laois<br />

Hire Group we firmly believe that we can<br />

provide an unrivalled hire experience.”<br />

Constant investment, of course, is also<br />

key to the success of this award winning<br />

company that is currently focused on<br />

a programme of expansion in Ireland,<br />

with four new branches recently opened<br />

at Connswater in Belfast, Portadown<br />

in County Armagh, Tivoli in Cork, and<br />

Enniscorthy - and a further two branches<br />

due to open this year in Limerick and the<br />

Dublin docklands.<br />

Apart from major investment in the latest<br />

range of plant equipment, the group has<br />

also won a number of specialist agencies,<br />

including Selwood, Western Global,<br />

Husqvarna, and most recently ComPair.<br />

New agencies<br />

Since Laois Hire acquired the agencies<br />

for both Selwood Pumps and Western<br />

Tanks things have gone from strength to<br />

strength. The Selwood and<br />

Western brands need no introduction as<br />

they are World leaders when it comes to<br />

their respective areas and Laois are proud<br />

to be working in part customernership with<br />

them in Ireland helping to deliver projects<br />

on time and on budget.<br />

The range of products that both can offer<br />

is exceptional, from fuel efficiency to<br />

environmental. These products are a must<br />

for anyone looking to manage costs and<br />

help protect the environment at the same<br />

time. Laois can see continued growth<br />

with the Selwood and Western products<br />

and are looking forward to exciting times<br />

ahead. The group recently completed a<br />

major investment in mini excavators from<br />

ECI JCB; the new 8026 mini and 86C-1<br />

midi excavators are available to hire from<br />

its established network of hire branches<br />

and supercentres across Ireland.<br />

Comments Michael “We have made this<br />

substantial investment to meet the<br />

increased demands from our customers.<br />

We have found JCB to be an excellent<br />

brand, trouble free, very popular with our<br />

customer base and backed up by an<br />

excellent service. We have also found that<br />

certain customers will request JCB<br />

equipment for certain projects.<br />

“A trouble free machine means no<br />

customer down time and undue costs to<br />

contracts that need to be completed on<br />

tight schedules. We noticed big demand<br />

almost immediately for these machines.”


Agile approach<br />

Customers are also keen on the<br />

Caterpillar brand, which prompted HSS/<br />

Laois Hire last year to invest in 16 new<br />

Cat excavators from Finning and there<br />

are plans to make further substantial<br />

investments in a wide range of other plant<br />

products over the coming months.<br />

The group recently took possession of 14<br />

concrete skips ranging in sizes from 3/4m<br />

to 1.5m. Paul Oxley of Laois Hire says,<br />

“Contractors are back pouring concrete<br />

so it was an easy decision to invest in<br />

Concrete skips to meet today’s demands.<br />

These are of a very high spec and have<br />

various safety features ensuring the…<br />

Continuing success for HSS /Laois<br />

Hire Group is not just about investing<br />

in its people and its equipment; it’s<br />

also about adapting to the ever<br />

changing needs of its growing and<br />

varied customer base across the<br />

island of Ireland.<br />

By investing in these skips it has enabled<br />

us to meet all our customers’ concrete<br />

demands. We pride ourselves on being<br />

a one stop shop for all our customers<br />

plant and tool hire requirements and<br />

this is another example of maintaining<br />

this tradition.” An agile approach to the<br />

group’s stock is also an important factor.<br />

“We have an integrated logistics division<br />

that moves stock around the country<br />

effectively and efficiently 24 hours a<br />

day,” says Michael.<br />

Big projects<br />

Another ingredient to the success of the<br />

company is its ability to work with clients on<br />

some of the highest profile projects in Ireland<br />

including the M50, M7 and M8 motorways,<br />

N9, Dublin Airport Terminal 2, Monasterevin<br />

Bypass and Intel – and its willingness to take<br />

on new agencies, a case in point being the<br />

partnership formed with Selwood Pumps.<br />

Since winning the agency in late 2014, HSS/<br />

Laois Hire has grown Selwood’s Irish business<br />

base and this is set to continue with highprofile<br />

contract wins, most notably largescale<br />

road building projects such as the M17/<br />

M18 Tuam to Gort motorway in Galway, the<br />

M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy motorway as well<br />

cleaning rivers and canals with Waterways<br />

Ireland. Laois Hire also assisted Enva Ireland<br />

Ltd in pumping crude oil from a millionlitre<br />

holding tank on a project along a 3km<br />

pipeline out to an awaiting ship, using a<br />

Selwood high head pump which has the<br />

capacity to pump 200 tons of crude oil<br />

per hour The pumping job was a complete<br />

success with Enva Ireland Ltd completing the<br />

project within the tight timeframe given and<br />

peace of mind with the reliability and level of<br />

safety that the Selwood pumps offer.<br />

Selwood say they chose HSS/Laois Hire<br />

as their Irish partner not only because it has<br />

a remarkable track record, holds a dominant<br />

position in the hire sector, but also because of<br />

how well the business is run. The Selwood<br />

range, of course, greatly adds to the HSS/<br />

Laois Hire rental portfolio.<br />

Selwood say they chose HSS/Laois Hire<br />

as their Irish Partner not only because<br />

it has a remarkable track record, holds a<br />

dominant position in the hire sector, but<br />

also because of how well the business is<br />

run.<br />

“Contractors are back pouring<br />

concrete so it was an easy decision<br />

to invest in Concrete skips to meet<br />

today’s demands,” Paul Oxley,<br />

Laois Hire.<br />

“Customer reaction has been very positive.<br />

Not only do they want and ask for Selwood,<br />

they know that in HSS/Laois Hire we have the<br />

network established to support them at hire<br />

and right along to parts and servicing. Put<br />

simply, we’ve built our business on trust and<br />

we choose brands that our customers trust<br />

and which we can deliver. We find that<br />

Selwood are a great company to work with,<br />

they are professional, friendly, they have<br />

supported us 100% and we are extremely<br />

happy with the progress to date.”<br />

Responding to an improving<br />

marketplace, Laois Hire has been<br />

investing in its fleet.


40| Fleet Financial<br />

Fleet Financial drives up a gear for<br />

milestone 20 th year<br />

Olympic medallist and Commonwealth champion boxer<br />

Paddy Barnes joins Fleet Financial Managing Director,<br />

Damian Hughes, and Damian Campbell, Sales Manager,<br />

to announce Paddy’s his new role as Northern Ireland<br />

ambassador for the company.<br />

Award-winning<br />

Northern Ireland<br />

contract hire and vehicle<br />

management company,<br />

Fleet Financial, is only half<br />

way into its milestone 20 th<br />

year of business and is<br />

already celebrating a fresh<br />

list of achievements, but<br />

with many more to come.<br />

In April, the company marked<br />

two decades of growth, business<br />

success and innovation with a<br />

stunning, high-octane Gala Ball<br />

at the Culloden Hotel during<br />

which its staff, invited guests and<br />

associates helped to raise an<br />

unprecedented £30,000 for Hope<br />

for Youth NI. The much-needed<br />

funds will be used to nourish a<br />

range of targeted programmes<br />

designed to directly assist young<br />

people in disadvantaged areas.<br />

Underlining its focus on<br />

innovation and delivering a wraparound,<br />

customer-focused service<br />

in the construction sector, Fleet<br />

Financial has also continued to roll<br />

out an exciting new online vehicle<br />

management solution called Fleet<br />

Navigator, showcasing its growth<br />

and leadership in the sector.<br />

The new, bespoke web-based<br />

product is designed to provide<br />

building and construction users<br />

with additional easy-to-access<br />

online information about their<br />

vehicles whenever they need it.<br />

Boasting a fresh design, it is easy<br />

to navigate and can be accessed<br />

from any mobile or desk-based<br />

device, helping users to improve<br />

day-to-day operations and<br />

efficiency for companies.<br />

“We firmly believe that business<br />

is about developing the right<br />

relationships from the start and<br />

in making sure our customers<br />

get exactly what they need when<br />

they need it. This is something we<br />

have been able to do successfully<br />

and determinedly over the last<br />

20 years,” Philip Miley, Sales and<br />

Marketing Director, said.<br />

Based in Mallusk, and with a<br />

reach right across the UK and<br />

Ireland, the company employs<br />

more than 30 dedicated staff and<br />

has more than a thousand clients<br />

driving 4,200 vehicles ranging from<br />

cars to light commercial vans.<br />

Its clients include some of<br />

Northern Ireland’s best-known<br />

companies in construction such as<br />

Graham, Gilbert Ash, McLaughlin<br />

and Harvey and H&J Martin.<br />

In other key sectors, including<br />

utilities, agri-food and distribution,<br />

Fleet Financial closely manages<br />

to the vehicle requirements of<br />

Phoenix Gas, Sky, SHS Group and<br />

Dale Farm, as well as small firms<br />

with fewer than 10 employees.<br />

“Not only do we have close<br />

personal relationships with<br />

customers we have built up over<br />

two decades but we also work<br />

closely with our key suppliers<br />

to bring the latest products,<br />

technology and innovations direct<br />

to the industry.”<br />

This ethos is set to continue as<br />

the company plans to continue its<br />

success.<br />

“Our goal is to further develop<br />

and grow our business, offering<br />

our customers in the construction<br />

and building sector value for<br />

money products and packages,<br />

new innovative ranges and a firstclass<br />

service.<br />

This milestone year is already<br />

shaping up to be a record,<br />

according to Philip.<br />

“With orders for deliveries<br />

approaching 1,000 this year so far,<br />

from businesses large and small,<br />

from sole traders up to large<br />

companies and including many<br />

fast-growing, forward-looking<br />

SMEs in the building industry, we<br />

are already on track to record our<br />

best year yet.”<br />

Fleet Financial is also throwing its<br />

weight behind our local Northern<br />

Ireland Olympic heroes in the run<br />

up to this year’s games.<br />

Last month, Olympic medallist<br />

and Commonwealth champion<br />

boxer Paddy Barnes confirmed<br />

his brand new role as Northern<br />

Ireland ambassador for the<br />

company.<br />

As part of an exciting new<br />

partnership, the two-time Olympic<br />

bronze medallist picked up the<br />

keys for a brand new Kia Sorrento<br />

which will support him in his<br />

efforts to be fighting fit and ringready<br />

for this summer’s games.<br />

Damian Hughes, Managing<br />

Director of Fleet Financial, said;<br />

“As a fearless, professional<br />

competitor with dynamism<br />

and strength, Paddy perfectly<br />

embodies the spirit and brand<br />

traits of Fleet Financial and<br />

Kia and we are really looking<br />

forward to working together<br />

over this busy year ahead.”


42| Hays<br />

Put talent retention at the heart of<br />

your recruitment strategy: Hays<br />

At the time of writing<br />

(prior to the EU<br />

referendum vote), it<br />

is clear to see that<br />

increasing positivity<br />

and increased tender<br />

opportunities means that<br />

attracting quality staff is<br />

on everyone’s agenda<br />

right now.<br />

For Northern Ireland in general,<br />

the most recent Labour Force<br />

survey contained extremely<br />

positive news for Northern<br />

Ireland, including a record rate of<br />

employment.<br />

TALENT<br />

RETENTION<br />

But before<br />

a company<br />

considers<br />

attracting new<br />

talent, it should<br />

consider what<br />

plans it has in<br />

place to retain the<br />

talent already in<br />

situ.<br />

A good retention<br />

strategy for any<br />

staff member<br />

begins in how they<br />

are recruited in<br />

the first place.<br />

For the construction sector more<br />

specifically, we’re seeing local<br />

investment supporting greater<br />

numbers of jobs within the<br />

industry.<br />

For example in the higher<br />

education sector, Queen’s<br />

University has unveiled a £39<br />

million development plan for its<br />

biological sciences school that will<br />

support around 550 construction<br />

jobs.<br />

The residential sector too is<br />

stabilising and positivity is starting<br />

to reemerge once more. In June,<br />

two housing associations secured<br />

£280 million to build hundreds<br />

of homes in the North West and<br />

Fold Housing followed this up by<br />

announcing plans to commit £40<br />

million in create 400 new units.<br />

With better news now emerging<br />

organisations would be wise to<br />

take a strategic view on their<br />

recruitment planning in the<br />

months ahead.<br />

For our part, Hays is moving<br />

to address anticipated demand<br />

through our global network of<br />

offices. We are actively working to<br />

return skills to the local market<br />

and to showcase the wide range<br />

of opportunities emerging among<br />

Northern Ireland employers.<br />

We are also working with the<br />

institutes and federations to<br />

engage with school leavers and<br />

reinstill confidence in construction<br />

from entry level onwards.<br />

That means<br />

placing retention<br />

at the beginning<br />

of the recruitment<br />

process so as<br />

to provide the<br />

best approach to<br />

addressing this<br />

issue in the longer<br />

term.<br />

For example,<br />

during the<br />

interview process<br />

take time to<br />

show what your<br />

business stands for<br />

and illustrate the<br />

positive employee<br />

experience.<br />

Employers should highlight a<br />

clearly defined career path and<br />

illustrate the dynamic working<br />

culture on offer. And there is<br />

clear evidence which shows that<br />

flexible working policies can<br />

improve productivity and workbalance,<br />

as well as entice new<br />

talent into a business.<br />

In this way an employer will<br />

identify like-minded candidates<br />

who are a natural fit with the<br />

company and the way it does<br />

business.<br />

EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT<br />

Effective employee engagement<br />

involves creating an ongoing<br />

dialogue across all sections of the<br />

company. Many organisations are<br />

seeing the benefits of creating<br />

‘good news’ streams through<br />

things like ebulletins, talkback<br />

forums and appraisals to ensure<br />

employees see the overall picture.<br />

At present we are working with<br />

management teams that are<br />

employing ever-more sophisticated<br />

internal communications processes<br />

in order to listen to their workers,<br />

provide feedback and ensure<br />

personnel are fully engaged and<br />

their needs addressed.<br />

Aside from the means of<br />

communication, it is vitally<br />

important too to maintain the<br />

skills of those who are leading<br />

internal communications. This<br />

includes focusing on improving the<br />

people management skills of line<br />

managers. They are at the front<br />

line and are the first port of call<br />

for an employee with concerns.<br />

RECRUITMENT STRATEGY<br />

At Hays we believe that retention<br />

doesn’t just become important<br />

when a new employee walks<br />

in the door, but an employer<br />

should start thinking about<br />

retention while they are attracting<br />

candidates.<br />

Because retention is so integral<br />

to talent management and<br />

acquisition, we are holding<br />

a dedicated HR seminar for<br />

organisations to come share<br />

ideas, best practice and network.<br />

We look forward to sharing<br />

the findings of this seminar with<br />

partners in the weeks ahead.<br />

To find out more about<br />

how to build retention<br />

into your recruitment<br />

strategy, log on to http://<br />

www.hays.co.uk/northernireland/<br />

or call Hays on<br />

028 9044 6900.


Fifty years of creating spaces and environments<br />

that enhance the lives of those who use them<br />

while providing protection for the earth’s natural<br />

resources....<br />

Caldwell Consulting is a local, full service Mechanical, Electrical and Public Health (MEP) engineering resource which is<br />

celebrating 50 Years in Business this year.<br />

Caldwell works alongside the pioneers and designers of the built environment to create buildings and spaces that are both<br />

comfortable and cost effective to use.<br />

Brian David Caldwell founded the practice in 1966. Brian was an influential figure in shaping the urban landscape in towns all<br />

over Northern Ireland and in the Republic. He retired in 1989 and Brian Watson took over as Senior Partner for the next fifteen<br />

years.<br />

Now incorporated as a Private Limited Company the practice still has its headquarters in Belfast but has expanded to have<br />

offices in Londonderry and London.<br />

With professional teams working throughout the UK and Ireland on major landmark projects Caldwell Consulting has now<br />

evolved to be the largest independent Building Services consultancy practice in Northern Ireland. Caldwell Consulting has been<br />

headed by Joint Managing Directors Mark Taylor and John Watson since 2004.<br />

Caldwell Consulting has worked on some of the most influential and groundbreaking construction projects in both Northern<br />

Ireland and the UK, including the W London in Leicester Square, Rose Bowl Stadium in Southhampton Aloft at the Excel Arena,<br />

London, The Merchant Hotel in Belfast, Novotel and Ibis hotels in Blackfriars and the Lough Erne Resort in Enniskillen. Not<br />

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Caldwells MEP design consultancy<br />

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This, integrated with the in-house<br />

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Electrical and Public Health<br />

Engineering. Every project is unique<br />

and our aim of the practice is to create<br />

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The team at Caldwells is qualifed to provide BREEAM<br />

Assessor services for all the recognised UK new build and<br />

refurbishment schemes . It can also provide the services of a<br />

BREEAM Accredited Professional and regularly lead projects<br />

in the role of Project ‘Sustainabilty Champion’.<br />

Caldwells has successfully completed many examples of<br />

projects certified to the BREEAM ‘Excellent’rating and was<br />

recently involved in a major project at St Martin’s Lane<br />

London which was rated as BREEAM ‘Outstanding.’ Acting<br />

as Code for Sustainable Homes Assessors the practice has<br />

certified a multitude of projects achieving certifications up<br />

and including to Level 5.<br />

The team at Caldwells also offer expert advice on a range of<br />

environmental issues such as Carbon Footprinting, Waste<br />

Management and Reduction, Sustainability and Energy Planning Reports, Life Cycle Costs and Stakeholder Engagement.<br />

They have successfully completed projects with a wide range of environmental technologies – from wind turbines to grey<br />

water recycling. They have also worked on various Photovoltaic (PV), Heat Pump, Solar Water Heating, Geothermal and District<br />

Heating Schemes around the UK.<br />

Among their many accolades, Caldwell Consulting were:<br />

1st Northern Ireland Company to offer in-house BREEAM Assessments<br />

1st Northern Ireland Company with Breeam Accredited Professionals (AP)<br />

1st School in UK to obtain A rated Energy Performance Certificate (EPC)<br />

BIM & 3D MODELLING<br />

While their engineers have<br />

been using 3D modelling<br />

for a number of years, the<br />

Government’s Construction<br />

Strategy 2011 emphasised<br />

the importance in of Building<br />

Information Modelling (BIM)<br />

with the intention of reducing<br />

waste in construction through<br />

lowering capital and operational<br />

costs by 20% on all publically<br />

funded construction projects.<br />

The strategy requires that<br />

projects must incorporate 3D<br />

BIM level 2 by 2016. Caldwells<br />

BIM environment operates in<br />

the Autodesk Revit platform and<br />

having successfully completed<br />

multiple BIM level 2 Projects<br />

they are fully versed with the collaborative BIM approach and can understand, create and implement key documents such as<br />

BIM Execution plans, Employers Information Requirements (EIR’s) and Information delivery plans. Using key data drops and a<br />

common data environment throughout the process they can successfully assist with the delivery of Construction Operations<br />

Building Information Exchange (COBie) information to facilitate a seamless Facilities Management process through the lifetime<br />

of the buildings. Caldwells have BIM Virtual Reality Environment capabilities in-house and can undertake ‘virtual walk arounds’<br />

of their projects. Through this process Clients and Design Partners can to see and experience their designs in the virtual<br />

environment.<br />

Caldwell brings an enthusiasm for BIM and challenge project teams to fully embrace the Mechanical, Electrical and Public<br />

Health elements of their projects to ensure successful integration.


The Renewable Solutions Provider<br />

Making a World of Difference<br />

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THE NEED FOR<br />

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Now you can have the best<br />

of both worlds<br />

Let’s talk about the low-carbon, cost-effective alternative to traditional heating<br />

and cooling technology. Let’s talk Hybrid VRF: an innovative, modern solution,<br />

offering a highly efficient system that doesn’t require the need for leak detection.<br />

Better for you, better for your customers and a sure way to achieve the optimum<br />

comfort control you’re looking for.<br />

Everyone’s now talking Hybrid VRF<br />

Be part of the conversation. Call 353 1 419 8800<br />

or visit www.mitsubishielectric.ie<br />

Mitsubishi Electric Ireland


LIGHTING DESIGN<br />

CONSULTANCY<br />

Much of the visual aspect of<br />

Caldwell’s creative approach<br />

is achieved through Lighting<br />

Design. The company<br />

provides a Specialist<br />

Lighting Consultancy that is<br />

independent of manufacturers,<br />

suppliers and contractors. It<br />

has created and developed<br />

a stand alone identity for<br />

its Lighting Design Solution<br />

company.<br />

Caldwells have extensive<br />

experience working with<br />

clients, architects, interior<br />

designers, energy managers,<br />

focus groups and local authorities to produce lighting schemes that are visually correct for their environment but also represent<br />

Value For Money in both installation and operating costs.<br />

In 1981, Caldwell’s Brian Watson presented a lecture on the then innovative Indirect and Ambient Task Lighting to the London<br />

School of Business. This followed design of the first two projects of this type outside of the United States of America and which<br />

were 10 years in advance of CIBSE LG3 1989 and LG7, the design standards of the day. www.vistalight360.co.uk<br />

BUILDING PERFORMANCE PREDICTION (BPP)<br />

Caldwells believes every building can be sustainable and both energy and carbon efficient.<br />

BPP builds on the extensive experience that Caldwells has gained over the last 50 years of sustainable and efficient design.<br />

Their dedicated team believes that every building has the potential to be sustainable and both energy and carbon efficient in<br />

a cost effective way. With appropriate and relevant advice, they provide clear information in a way that assists the process of<br />

developing building designs across the client, design and construction teams. Offering a range of services including prediction<br />

of building options and performance through computer simulation, BREEAM Assessor role for new and refurbishment projects,<br />

BREEAM Contractor liaison, Code for Sustainable homes, Building Regulation calculations such as Simplified Building Energy<br />

Model (SBEM) and Energy Performance Certificate (EPC), daylight and right-to-light simulations, planning and early stage<br />

building developments with Clients, Architects and Developers. Whatever your target, Caldwell will help you achieve it.<br />

Visit www.bpp.energy


PROCESS ENGINEERING<br />

Process engineering focuses on the design, operation, control, and optimisation of both the process and the environment in<br />

which the process is carried out.<br />

Caldwells use their proven building services skills to enhance the co–ordination, cost efficiency and functionality of the<br />

manufacturing facility. These<br />

include work flow, transport<br />

of materials, automation and<br />

programmable logic controller<br />

controls, as well as a combined<br />

ability to co–ordinate and<br />

integrate key suppliers.<br />

3D co–ordination drawings,<br />

system design, commissioning<br />

management, energy<br />

management surveys, facilities<br />

management, and complete<br />

site management and co–<br />

ordination during construction<br />

is also an available in-house<br />

service.<br />

CALDWELL LIFT<br />

CONSULTING<br />

Caldwell Lift Consulting is a<br />

specialist in-house team which<br />

provides operates passenger<br />

and goods lift traffic simulation and analysis, Under the idenity of VerCon Lift Engineers. Advice is available on all forms of<br />

vertical transportation including lifts, escalators, moving walkways, permanent<br />

access equipment and disabled access equipment.<br />

FIRE & ACOUSTIC ENGINEERING<br />

Caldwells provides the specialist services of Fire and Acoustic Engineering with one<br />

of our closely allied partnering companies.<br />

COMPLETE COMMISSIONING MANAGEMENT (CCM)<br />

Caldwell Consulting offer<br />

the specialist services<br />

of its partner company<br />

CCM Commissioning<br />

Management Specialist<br />

Services.<br />

It offers commissioning<br />

management services in<br />

line with BREEAM credit<br />

criteria and for all clients<br />

wishing to ensure that<br />

systems are setup effectively<br />

and economically. CCM<br />

Commissioning Specialists has a reputation for enthusiasm and has as a result, developed professional working relations with a<br />

number of Clients which have passed the test of time. With our ability to understand our Client’s requirements from receipt of<br />

their initial brief to the final systems delivery, our Engineers achieve fully commissioned buildings.<br />

Visit www.ccm.uk.net


Congratulations<br />

and best wishes<br />

to Caldwell<br />

Consulting<br />

on their 50th<br />

anniversary.<br />

BesP oke BuildinG t ecH noloG y<br />

Portland House, Bressenden Place, london sW1e 5sr<br />

T : 020 8282 6018<br />

crescent Business Park, lisBurn Bt28 2Gn<br />

T: 028 9266 7030<br />

hello@geTclearav.co.uk • www.geTclearav.co.uk


WORK SECTORS<br />

The company’s public sector<br />

work includes parliament<br />

buildings, court houses,<br />

new build hospitals and the<br />

refurbishment of healthcare<br />

facilities, landmark public<br />

facilities plus significant<br />

schools and third level<br />

educational developments.<br />

In the private sector their<br />

solutions focused approach<br />

has brought in work in<br />

airports, retail, residential and<br />

commercial projects.<br />

Caldwell Consulting makes<br />

commercial sense, meeting<br />

deadlines and delivering<br />

value on all projects where<br />

quality and bottom line performance go hand in hand.<br />

Mark Taylor, MD at Caldwell Consulting is proud of the company’s history and success with clients. “We develop long term<br />

relationships with our Clients by partnering closely with them. Clients tell us they value our capability to engineer practical and<br />

cost effective solutions that meet project requirements and customer expectations. Because our staff work directly with, but<br />

independently of the manufacturers, suppliers, installers and contractors, clients also benefit from cost and time savings and<br />

achieve consistently high quality project outcomes.”<br />

SERMET NI LTD<br />

WOULD LIKE TO<br />

WISH<br />

CALDWELL<br />

CONSULTING A<br />

HAPPY 50TH<br />

ANNIVERSARY<br />

Phone: 028 9268 2531<br />

info@sermet.co.uk


David Patterson and Mark Taylor.<br />

Sam Dill, David Doherty and Martin<br />

Lennon.<br />

Jonathan O'Neill, Samantha<br />

Doyle and John Watson.<br />

Gavin Kelly, Yvonne Clarke, Paul O'Neill<br />

and Alwyn Whiteman.<br />

Andrew Harvey, Claire Cox, Glen<br />

Andrews and Dermot McLaughlin.<br />

Samantha Black, David Crowe, Sonia Black<br />

and Eamon Higgins.<br />

Nick Drennan, Jacqueline Edwards, Jennifer Watson<br />

and Paul Macklin.<br />

Caldwell Consulting's management team.<br />

Alan Geddis, Steven Lennon, Sarah Brady<br />

and Karl Ruddle.<br />

Mark Taylor.<br />

Brian Watson.


Diamond Systems would like to wish<br />

Caldwell Consulting a<br />

HAPPY 50TH ANNIVERSARY<br />

• Fire Detection<br />

• Security<br />

• Emergency Communications<br />

• Communications<br />

• Remote Monitoring<br />

E: info@diamondsystems.co.uk | W: www.diamondsystems.co.uk | T: +44 (0) 28 90 207 207<br />

Irwin M&E Limited would like to wish Caldwell Consulting a<br />

HAPPY 50TH ANNIVERSARY and we look forward to<br />

continuing our longstanding relationship for<br />

many more years to come!<br />

Irwin M&E deliver high end mechanical, electrical and integrated FM<br />

solutions throughout the UK and Ireland<br />

Belfast Office: Unit 14, Forty 8 North<br />

Business Park, 48/56 Duncrue Street,<br />

Belfast, BT3 9BJ<br />

T: +44 (0) 28 9074 7346<br />

E: info@irwinm-e.com<br />

Portadown Office: Unit 4 Diviny<br />

Drive, Carn, Portadown,<br />

BT63 5WE<br />

T: +44 (0) 28 3839 7990<br />

E: info@irwinm-e.com


Rufina Cormick, Grainne Sheppard and<br />

Amanda Dalzell.<br />

Pearse McCallan, Alan Shilliday Feargal Loy<br />

and Conor Blaney.<br />

David Hazley, Jennifer Watson,<br />

Niky Hazley and Brian Watson.<br />

Peter Greenwood, Paul O'Neill and Mathew<br />

Quinn.<br />

Fiona Newell, Brian Watson and Jennifer<br />

watson.<br />

Graeme Downey, Jonathan O'Neill and<br />

Eamon Higgins.<br />

Richard Gilmour, Ryan Nugent, Mark Mayes,<br />

Mark Nugent and Len Reid.<br />

Martin Magee, Ian Black and Claude<br />

Maguire.<br />

Jacqui Edwards, Fiona Newelll<br />

ans Samantha Doyle.<br />

Carl McAllister, Michael Yohannis and Sean<br />

McCormick.<br />

Brian Watson, Fiona Newell, Clive Newell<br />

and Jennifer Watson.<br />

Catherine Burns, Joy Watson,<br />

Tracy Taylor, Jacqui Edwards,<br />

Lynne Geddis and Samantha<br />

Doyle.<br />

Fiona Newell.<br />

Dermot McLaughlin, Patrick Swain<br />

and Joe McCarron.<br />

Mark Taylor makes a presentation<br />

to Fiona Newell.


ABORICULTURAL<br />

CONSULTANCY<br />

AUTOmATIC dOORS<br />

BUILdINg<br />

INfORmATION<br />

CONCRETE<br />

Professional & Impartial Services<br />

Tree inspections (ground & aerial)<br />

Tree Surveys<br />

Tree Hazard Identification<br />

Mortgage Reports<br />

Vegetation Management Schedules<br />

Legal Dispute/ Expert Witness Services<br />

High Hedge Legislation advice<br />

Planning Consultations<br />

Woodland Management Plans<br />

Tree Planting & Landscape Design<br />

All consultancy work is conducted by<br />

fully qualified and experienced personnel<br />

and is covered by £1m professional<br />

indemnity insurance.<br />

Clarke Cunningham<br />

Tree Maintenance Ltd.<br />

69 Upper Mealough Road<br />

Carryduff, BT8 8LR<br />

TEL: 028 9081 4488, Fax: 028 9081 4333<br />

Email: info@treemaintenance.com<br />

Website: www.treemaintenance.com<br />

Northstone (NI) Ltd,<br />

Company No. 4078,<br />

Registered Office:<br />

99 Kingsway, Dunmurry<br />

Belfast<br />

BT17 9NU<br />

Correspondence Address:<br />

Northstone (NI) Limited<br />

Materials Division<br />

Shinny Road, Coleraine<br />

BT51 4PS<br />

Tel: 028 7032 1100<br />

CAvITY TRAYS<br />

ACCESS SOLUTIONS<br />

Quality Access Equipment &<br />

Bespoke Access Solutions<br />

• Ladders<br />

• Stepladders<br />

• Scaffold Towers<br />

• Platforms & Podiums<br />

• Engineering & Fabrication<br />

• Inspections<br />

• Training<br />

Clow Group Ltd.<br />

2/24 Limestone Road<br />

Belfast<br />

BT15 3AJ<br />

Tel: +44 (0)2890 749 748<br />

Fax: +44 (0)2890 749 758<br />

Email: enquiries@clowgroup.co.uk<br />

Web: www.clowgroup.co.uk<br />

CONCRETE<br />

Manufacturers of preformed cavitrays,<br />

caviclosers, cavivents, caviweeps,<br />

dampcourses, arches, lintels, airbricks,<br />

membranes, barriers, flashings,<br />

ventilators; cavibricks. Radon and<br />

Methane protection systems.<br />

Wide range of preformed systems<br />

from the largest and longest<br />

established specialist. Products with<br />

Agrement certificates to British<br />

Standards. LABC Product Type<br />

Approval. Free design and advisory<br />

service. For high performance<br />

products with warranty.<br />

Cavity Trays Ltd is the only tray<br />

manufacturer awarded European<br />

Technical approval.<br />

Acoustic and fire barriers /stops for<br />

cavity wall specifications.<br />

Walkway Systems<br />

Scaffold Tower Systems<br />

Edge Protection System<br />

Fall Arrest & Personal Protection<br />

Equipment<br />

Promoting ‘Safe Working Platforms’<br />

Ridgeway<br />

103 Airport Road<br />

Belfast, BT3 9ED<br />

Tel: 028 9045 4599<br />

Fax: 028 9045 4596<br />

Email: info@ridgeway-online.com<br />

Web: www.ridgeway-online.com<br />

TO AdvERTISE<br />

CONTACT...<br />

Siobhan Kissward<br />

028 9078 3218<br />

siobhankissward@greerpublications.com<br />

CES Liquid Screed<br />

• Reduced build height<br />

• Reduced drying times<br />

• Reduced health and<br />

safety risk<br />

• Reduced tile adhesive<br />

• Increased strength<br />

• Increased thermal<br />

properties<br />

CES LIquId SCREEd<br />

Doran's Rock Quarry & Concrete<br />

Works, 124 Crossgar Road, Saintfield,<br />

Co. Down, BT24 7JQ<br />

Email: sales@cesquarryproducts.com<br />

Web: www.cesquarryproducts.com<br />

New range to suppress sound<br />

transmission with up to fours hours<br />

fire integrity rating<br />

Level threshold isolation dpc's and<br />

compatible vertical closers now<br />

available.<br />

Immediate distribution from stock<br />

Cavity Trays Limited<br />

Contact: Stephen<br />

Leyland Ltd, Castings House, Quarry<br />

Heights, North Road,<br />

Newtownards BT23 7SZ<br />

Tel: 028 9182 2522<br />

Fax: 028 9182 2558<br />

Cavity Trays Ltd<br />

New Administration Centre,<br />

Yeovil, Somerset BA22 8HU<br />

Tel: 01935 474769<br />

Fax: 01935 428223<br />

E-mail: enquiries@cavitytrays.co.uk


ConCrEtE<br />

ConCrEtE<br />

FIrE & SECUrItY<br />

GAS<br />

“Northern Ireland’s Leading Family-<br />

Owned Fire & Security Specialists”<br />

Diamond Systems have been providing<br />

innovative fire and security solutions for<br />

a range of clients, throughout Northern<br />

Ireland for over 27 years, from commercial<br />

and industrial premises to public sector<br />

and residential.<br />

Calor gas Northern<br />

Ireland Limited<br />

• Fire Detection & Alarm<br />

• Fire Suppression Systems<br />

• Integration<br />

• Intruder Detection & Alarm<br />

• CCTV<br />

• Access Control<br />

• Remote Monitoring<br />

• Emergency Communications Systems<br />

Airport Road West,<br />

Sydenham,<br />

Belfast, BT3 9EE.<br />

Tel: 028 9045 5588<br />

E-mail: info@calorgas.ie<br />

Website: www.calorgas.ie<br />

DESIgN<br />

INSTALLATION<br />

Quality Precast Solutions for<br />

Building and Civil Construction<br />

• Asset BEBO Bridge Arches<br />

• Redi-Rock Wall Systems<br />

• Box Culverts<br />

• Bridge Parapets<br />

• Manhole Rings & Slabs<br />

• Heads & Sills, Copings and Edgings<br />

• Above Ground Post-Tensioned Tanks<br />

Moore Concrete Products<br />

Caherty House,<br />

41 Woodside Road,<br />

Ballymena BT42 2QH<br />

Tel: 028 2565 2566<br />

Fax: 028 2565 8480<br />

Email: info@moore-concrete.com<br />

Web: www.moore-concrete.com<br />

Supplying Northern Ireland's leading<br />

architect and builders<br />

RTU LTd<br />

Cloughfern Avenue,<br />

Newtownabbey, BT37 0UZ<br />

T: +44 (0)28 9085 1441<br />

E: info@rtu.co.uk<br />

www.rtu.co.uk<br />

FACADES<br />

Swiss Facades<br />

Transforming<br />

Exterior Facades<br />

Premium Swiss Quality<br />

Panel Systems for High<br />

End Architecture<br />

Swiss Facades<br />

Contact Anne Hurl.<br />

Tel: +44 (0)7554 056930<br />

Office Tel: +44 (0)28 79632026<br />

Email us info@swissfacades.com<br />

www.swissfacades.com<br />

PAVInG<br />

Acheson & Glover has been in business for<br />

more than 50 years. As well as in-depth<br />

experience we offer the widest range of<br />

concrete products in the UK and Ireland - from<br />

manhole covers to decorative walling and<br />

paving.<br />

Then there’s our unique range of<br />

problem solvers:<br />

• SEGMENTAL RETAINING WALLS<br />

• ACOUSTIC BLOCKS<br />

• THERMAL BLOCKS<br />

• PERMEABLE PAVING<br />

• PRESTRESSED FLOORING<br />

• BESPOKE (contact us to discuss<br />

your needs)<br />

Acheson & glover Ltd.<br />

64 Old Moy Road<br />

Dungannon<br />

Co. Tyrone<br />

BT71 6PU<br />

Tel: 028 8778 4208<br />

Fax: 028 8778 4805<br />

Email: solutions@acheson-glover.com<br />

Web: www.acheson-glover.com<br />

COMMISSIONINg<br />

Diamond Electronic Systems Ltd<br />

Unit 1a Harbour Court,<br />

5 Heron Road, Belfast<br />

BT3 9HB<br />

Tel: 028 9020 7207<br />

Email: info@diamondsystems.co.uk<br />

www.diamondsystems.co.uk<br />

GAS<br />

MAINTENANCE<br />

Flogas goes far beyond simply<br />

managing and supplying bulk and<br />

cylinder LP Gas requirements.<br />

Choosing LP Gas from Flogas not only<br />

opens the door to a versatile, highly<br />

efficient energy source with affordable<br />

installation and running costs – we<br />

create and implement tailored energy<br />

solutions specific to client applications.<br />

Our experience covers a<br />

comprehensive range of markets<br />

including domestic (both single<br />

dwelling and metered estates),<br />

catering, commercial, industrial,<br />

agricultural and automotive.<br />

CPD Learning<br />

CPD sessions are now available from<br />

Flogas to assist architects, planning<br />

consultants and other specifiers in<br />

updating their core learning and<br />

knowledge. For more information visit<br />

www.flogasni.com/cpd.<br />

Flogas<br />

Airport Road West<br />

Belfast Harbour Estate<br />

BELFAST BT3 9ED<br />

Tel: 028 9073 2611<br />

Email: info@flogasni.com<br />

Web: www.flogasni.com<br />

Calor is a leading supplier<br />

of cleaner, efficient LPG<br />

energy solutions in<br />

Northern Ireland with<br />

specialist knowledge<br />

covering all sectors<br />

Including Industrial,<br />

Commercial, Hospitality,<br />

Agriculture, and<br />

Domestic.<br />

We offer our customers:<br />

• Tailored energy<br />

solution<br />

• Full design service<br />

• Technical support and<br />

guidance<br />

• 24-hour emergency<br />

call out<br />

Calor Accredited CPD<br />

programme available.<br />

Content includes LPg<br />

Product Knowledge,<br />

gas Regulations and<br />

Standards. Courses<br />

are FREE of charge and<br />

available by arrangement<br />

with one of our Calor<br />

Business Development<br />

Engineers. Contact<br />

cpd@calorgas.ie


industrial doors<br />

Metal Finishing<br />

oFFice Furniture<br />

PaVing<br />

Industrial Doors & Loading Bay<br />

Equipment Automatic Gates, Traffic<br />

Barriers, Turnstiles, Electric Overhead<br />

Cranes, Hoists, Lifting Gear<br />

Britannia Electrical Services<br />

Unit 4, McKinney Industrial Estate,<br />

Hydepark, Mallusk BT36 4PX<br />

Specializing in<br />

Contemporary<br />

Office Furniture<br />

Tel: 028 9083 8030<br />

Fax: 028 9083 8058<br />

Email: bes.doors@btconnect.com<br />

Website: www.besdoors.co.uk<br />

insurance -<br />

interMediaries<br />

Local construction insurance<br />

expertise at competitive terms<br />

Metal Mesh<br />

"Modern office furniture<br />

including desking,<br />

seating, storage<br />

as well breakout &<br />

canteen furniture with a<br />

contemporary twist."<br />

Plastic sheets/<br />

shaPes<br />

Willis & Company provide a wide<br />

range of Insurance products to protect<br />

your business as well as Health &<br />

Safety and Risk Management Services.<br />

• Employers & Public Liability<br />

Insurance<br />

• Contractors "All Risks" Insurance<br />

• Motor Fleet Insurance<br />

• Professional Indemnity Insurance<br />

• Property & Business Interruption<br />

Insurance<br />

• Latent Defects Insurance<br />

• Bonds<br />

Contact Keith Hynds or David Stevenson<br />

on 028 9032 9042<br />

Email: info@willisinsurance.co.uk<br />

Web: www.willisinsurance.co.uk<br />

Mats and<br />

Matting<br />

"Twil" Weldmesh<br />

EXPAMET Expanded Metal,<br />

FLOWFORGE Open Steel Flooring,<br />

Handrail Standards & Stair Treads,<br />

PERFORATED Metal Sheets,<br />

Comprehensive Stock Range,<br />

Ridgeway<br />

103 Airport Road,<br />

Belfast BT3 9ED<br />

Tel: 028 9045 4599<br />

Fax: 028 9045 4596<br />

Email: info@ridgeway-online.com<br />

Web: www.ridgeway-online.com<br />

Partitions<br />

(acoustic)<br />

Our furniture is designed<br />

for customers seeking<br />

high quality products<br />

at competitive prices.<br />

For more information<br />

on our ranges<br />

contact us today on:<br />

028 9581 0189<br />

www.oplanofficefurniture.co.uk<br />

service<br />

support<br />

range<br />

• Perspex<br />

• Lexan solid polycarbonate<br />

• Marlon multi wall polycarbonate<br />

• Engineering plastics<br />

• Machined Parts<br />

24 Stockmans Way,<br />

Musgrave Park Industrial Estate,<br />

Belfast BT9 7ET<br />

Tel: 028 9066 8358<br />

Fax: 028 9066 0623<br />

Email: plastics@comcoplastics.co.uk<br />

Web: www.comcoplastics.co.uk<br />

N. Ireland distributors and stockists<br />

for Coral mats and matting. Nuway<br />

entrance matting systems, threshold<br />

matting and tiles, rubber, plastic, coir<br />

and anti-fatigue matting, Gradus<br />

stairnosings, safety flooring, Flexi tiles,<br />

Studded rubber and Jaymart products.<br />

Matrex Mats and Matting<br />

24B Portadown Road, Lurgan,<br />

Co. Armagh BT66 8QX<br />

Tel: 028 3832 8857<br />

Fax: 028 3832 1058<br />

Mobile: 07831 141305<br />

E-mail: matrex@btconnect.com<br />

Web: www.matrexmatsandmatting.co.uk<br />

We at Masters Choice Ltd have been<br />

manufacturing acoustic partitions and<br />

joinery products for over 20 years. All<br />

products offered by Masters Choice are<br />

manufactured at our workshop by<br />

experienced and dedicated tradesmen to<br />

the highest quality and standard. As we<br />

manufacture all products ourselves which<br />

allows us to offer a full range of services<br />

including Design. We manufacture and<br />

install all products to our Clients specific<br />

requirements. We also offer an after<br />

sales care package on all products<br />

provided.<br />

Master's Choice Ltd<br />

Silverbridge, Newry<br />

N. Ireland, BT35 9LJ<br />

Tel: (028) 30861032<br />

Fax: (028) 30861693<br />

E-mail: shona@masterschoice.co.uk<br />

PaVing<br />

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FreePhone<br />

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PuMPing<br />

DRILLING<br />

& PUMPING<br />

SUPPLIES LTD<br />

Are one of the foremost pump<br />

distributors in Ireland, holding agencies<br />

for some of the worlds leading pump<br />

manufacturers.<br />

We offer a complete design / supply<br />

/ install service with the technical<br />

expertise and product range to support<br />

everything from domestic / commercial<br />

packaged pump stations to bespoke<br />

systems for municipal applications.<br />

Our specialities include:<br />

• Hot / cold water boosting<br />

• Rainwater harvesting<br />

• Food and pharmaceutical<br />

• Sewage and storm pumping systems<br />

• Leachate systems<br />

Drilling & Pumping Supplies Ltd<br />

Tel: 028 9181 8347<br />

Email: sales@dps-ni.com


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washROOm<br />

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Providing on-site safety for:<br />

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Mobile: 07748 786 076<br />

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The following sections provide an overview<br />

of what we can provide, please contact us if<br />

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• Horizontal, Vertical, Inclined and<br />

Overhead Cable Systems<br />

• Mobile Anchors<br />

• Eyebolts<br />

• Demarcation<br />

• Annual systems Retest<br />

• Risk Assessment<br />

• Maintenance<br />

• Training<br />

Pronet Safety Services<br />

Tel: 028 9337 3967<br />

Fax: 028 9335 3518<br />

Email: info@pronetsafetyservices.com<br />

Web: www.pronetsafetyservices.com<br />

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PlastER &<br />

PlastERBOaRD<br />

Design that lasts<br />

Extensive range of washroom systems<br />

Outstanding quality & performance<br />

Exceptional service & support<br />

Petal<br />

Email: info@petal.co.uk<br />

w: www.petal.co.uk<br />

wall & DOOR<br />

PROtECtiOn<br />

Unit 2, 1 Edgewater Road,<br />

Belfast Harbour,<br />

Belfast, BT3 9JQ<br />

Tel: +44 28 9077 0999<br />

E: glenn.mccormick@salesplacement.com<br />

Web: www.salesplacement.com<br />

REtaining walls<br />

Retain provides a design supply &<br />

installation service for a range of earth<br />

retention systems. All of the systems<br />

are class leaders. This ensures clients<br />

confidence that the most suitable<br />

system is used in each given application.<br />

• Greenface • Andacrib • Modular Block<br />

• Gabions • Installation • Permacrib<br />

Retain Solutions Ltd<br />

56 York Street, Belfast<br />

BT15 1AS<br />

Tel: 028 9031 3881<br />

Email: retain@retain.co.uk<br />

www.retain.co.uk<br />

Gyproc is the market leader in plaster,<br />

plasterboard and drylining systems,<br />

manufacturing in Ireland since 1936, with a<br />

long history of providing innovative, costeffective<br />

and reliable products that meet<br />

the demands of the construction industry.<br />

Looking to the future Gyproc is determined<br />

to remain at the forefront, as market leader,<br />

continuing to provide innovative, sustainable<br />

design solutions for the buildings of the future.<br />

Gyproc, Ireland<br />

Unit 4, Kilcarbery Business Park,<br />

Nangor Rd, Dublin 22, Ireland<br />

Direct Line 01-6298400<br />

www.gyproc.ie<br />

Email: enquiries@gyproc.ie<br />

PVC BUilDing<br />

PRODUCts<br />

Specialists in uPVC Building<br />

Products.<br />

• FASCIA & SOFFITS<br />

• HYGEINIC WALL CLADDING<br />

• WINDOW TRIMS<br />

• RAINWATER SYSTEMS<br />

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Unit 2 Musgrave Park Industrial Estate,<br />

26 Stockmans Way, Belfast,<br />

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TEL: 02890381990<br />

www.wilplas.com<br />

E-mail Sales@wilplas.com<br />

Branches at:<br />

Ballymena<br />

028 25645380<br />

National Housebuilding<br />

Council (NHBC) Northern Ireland<br />

Holyrood Court, 59 Malone Road,<br />

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Tel: 028 9068 3131<br />

Fax: 028 9068 3258<br />

tREE CaRE<br />

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Professional & Impartial Services<br />

Crown lifting / Raising / Crown Reduction<br />

Selective / Formative Pruning<br />

Deadwooding / Crown Cleaning<br />

Storm Damage Rectification (24hr)<br />

Removal of dead, diseased and<br />

dangerous trees<br />

Sectional removal with the aid of<br />

mobile crane<br />

Stump Grinding, Root Removal and<br />

Root Pruning<br />

Conifer Maintenance<br />

High Hedge Legislation advice<br />

Young Tree Maintenance<br />

Shrub Pruning / Grounds Maintenance<br />

Woodland Management<br />

Tree Planting<br />

Composted Woodchip and<br />

Firewood Sales<br />

Fully equipped, insured and qualified<br />

Arboricultural Association<br />

Approved Contractor<br />

Clarke Cunningham<br />

Tree Maintenance Ltd.<br />

69 Upper Mealough Road<br />

Carryduff, BT8 8LR<br />

TEL: 028 9081 4488, Fax: 028 9081 4333<br />

Email: info@treemaintenance.com<br />

Website: www.treemaintenance.com<br />

Products:<br />

Protection Rails<br />

Handrails<br />

Wall Protection<br />

Door Protection<br />

Heavy Duty Protection<br />

Yeoman Shield provides a range of functional<br />

and attractive wall and door protection<br />

systems for new build and refurbishment<br />

projects.<br />

Our wide range of rails, wall sheet, corner<br />

and door protection systems are designed<br />

to prevent expensive and unsightly damage<br />

to the internal fabric of commercial and<br />

public buildings.<br />

New for 2016 as part of celebrating<br />

50 years in the trade Yeoman Shield<br />

are launching a new range of Guardian<br />

Handrails to complement their wall & door<br />

protection products.<br />

Information on all Yeoman Shield products<br />

can be found at www.yeomanshield.com or call<br />

the sales office to request a brochure.<br />

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c/o Harrison Thompson & Co Ltd<br />

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Email: sallyann@yeomanshield.com<br />

Cookstown<br />

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Newry<br />

028 30252499<br />

Next issue...<br />

nEXt issUE...<br />

August/September 2016<br />

JUnE/JUly 2016


Appointments |59<br />

APPOINTMENTS<br />

Andrew Givan, Senior Surveyor - Property Management,<br />

Lambert Smith Hampton<br />

Andrew Givan has been appointed senior surveyor of property management at Lambert<br />

Smith Hampton. Andrew graduated from Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh in 2006 with<br />

BSc (Hons) Estate Management and is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered<br />

Surveyors. He commenced employment with Lambert Smith Hampton in 2013 and<br />

manages a mixed portfolio of assets throughout the UK.<br />

Andrew Mearns, Senior Surveyor, Lambert Smith Hampton<br />

Andrew Mearns has been appointed senior surveyor at Lambert Smith Hampton.<br />

Andrew has five years’ experience working within the Scottish commercial market<br />

specialising in the valuation and disposal of commercial property and development land.<br />

He has spent 18 months with Lambert Smith Hampton in Northern Ireland covering<br />

valuation of all property classes including going concern and investment valuations as well as<br />

development appraisals.<br />

David Horisk, Director – Building Consultancy<br />

David Horisk has been appointed head of building consultancy at Lambert Smith Hampton<br />

in Belfast with overall responsibility for leading service line delivery to existing and new<br />

clients. He has over 13 years of commercial building consultancy experience and has been<br />

involved in the delivery of building surveying and project management services to both<br />

public and private clients throughout the UK and Ireland.<br />

Steven McKee, Associate Director<br />

Steven McKee has been appointed associate director at Lambert Smith Hampton.<br />

Steven joined Lambert Smith Hampton in 2008, when he commenced employment within<br />

the Property Management Division. He was elected as a professional member of the RICS<br />

in 2011. His current role involves the management of a large shopping centre in Northern<br />

Ireland, prestigious office developments in Belfast City Centre and a large mixed use<br />

industrial scheme in the UK.<br />

PRODUCT NEWS<br />

Irish grind school sees<br />

benefit of Gerflor<br />

The Institute of Education<br />

occupies seven large<br />

Georgian buildings on its<br />

Dublin City Centre campus<br />

and is one of the largest<br />

private second level schools<br />

and ‘grind’ schools in Ireland,<br />

sending more students to<br />

third-level colleges than any<br />

other school in Ireland.<br />

With a refurbishment<br />

due, the overall level of<br />

academic excellence would<br />

spill over onto the institute’s<br />

requirements for top quality<br />

throughout the project.<br />

The flooring aspect would<br />

take the full brunt of the<br />

new requirements with<br />

international flooring and<br />

interiors specialist Gerflor<br />

rising to the top of the<br />

class to deliver the requisite<br />

quality.<br />

They would specify some<br />

1200m2 of Gerflor’s Taralay<br />

Impression Comfort flooring,<br />

spread over three levels and<br />

colour themed in red, blue<br />

and yellow.<br />

Email: contractuk@gerflor.com<br />

Website: www.gerflor.co.uk


web directory<br />

www.wilplas.com<br />

Siobhan Paul Bradwell,<br />

to advertise Kissward<br />

Sales Manager<br />

ContaCt... 028 9078 3218<br />

Tel: 028 9078 3200<br />

siobhankissward@greerpublications.com<br />

paulbradwell@greerpublications.com<br />

www.diamondsystems.co.uk<br />

www.spanwall.com<br />

www.calorgas.ie<br />

www.1080.co.uk<br />

www.flogasni.com<br />

www.gqaqualifications.com<br />

www.jncfence.com


Web web Directory directory |61 |53<br />

www.nkfencing.com<br />

www.acefixings.com<br />

www.contractceilings.com<br />

www.bestvaluegabions.com<br />

www.whitemountain.co.uk<br />

www.ridgefence.com<br />

Whitemountain Quarries Ltd, 11 Sheepwalk Road, Lisburn, Co. Antrim. BT28 3RD<br />

Telephone: 028 9250 1000 • Fax: 028 9250 1100<br />

www.willisinsurance.co.uk<br />

www.oplanofficefurniture.co.uk


54| 62| Web web Directory directory<br />

www.matrexmatsandmatting.co.uk<br />

www.tinnelly.com<br />

www.heynwaste.co.uk<br />

www.cphire.com<br />

www.petal.co.uk<br />

www.hutchinson-engineering.co.uk<br />

www.masterschoice.co.uk<br />

www.sdg.ie


web directory |55<br />

Web Directory |63<br />

www.mclarke.co.uk<br />

www.balloohire.com<br />

www.swissfacades.com<br />

www.treemaintenance.com<br />

www.pronetsafetyservices.com<br />

www.swissfacades.com<br />

www.gyproc.ie<br />

www.yeomanshield.com


64 | prices<br />

Building Materials Prices<br />

V B Evans & Company are pleased to have been chosen to undertake responsibility for the bi-monthly collation of this data and sponsor its publication.<br />

With over 65 years of experience in business the firm provides a wide range of quality assured professional quantity surveying and other consultancy<br />

services to Northern Ireland clients who seek value for money and appropriate contract advice for their building design or refurbishment proposals.<br />

The Specify Prices published here are representative of the market price of each building material, having been assessed from a variety of local sources<br />

which in the present competitive economic climate prefer not to be named. Readers are advised to verify individual prices with a local merchant for their<br />

particular needs since our prices are necessarily averaged for guidance purposes.<br />

We hope that these pages may be of assistance to readers but would welcome any constructive suggestions for amendment to include information which<br />

would be appropriate to your needs.<br />

Material prices at May 2016. Prices are exclusive of VAT. Discounts will apply.<br />

This information is compiled specifically for Specify periodicals and is copyright.<br />

Chartered Surveyors<br />

3 Pilot's View, Heron Road<br />

Belfast BT3 9LE<br />

Tel: 028 9045 7000<br />

Fax: 028 9045 7040<br />

Web: www.vbevans.com<br />

Quantity Surveying<br />

Building Surveying<br />

Project Management<br />

CDM Planning Supervision<br />

AGGREGATES<br />

Full loads delivered Central Belfast<br />

50mm Crusher run<br />

100mm Crusher run<br />

Fine Blinding<br />

Coarse Blinding<br />

6mm Stone<br />

10mm Stone<br />

Building Sand<br />

Washed Sand<br />

BRICKS<br />

Metric-sized concrete bricks delivered<br />

Facings<br />

Blanchardstown Antique<br />

Fergustie Country Mixture<br />

Richmond Mixture<br />

Irish Dacharne<br />

Devenish<br />

Ardagh Gold Textured<br />

Lismore Slate Textured<br />

CARCASSING TIMBER<br />

CEMENT<br />

Bulk Cement delivered in 15-tonne loads<br />

to Greater Belfast Area<br />

Ordinary Portland Cement<br />

Sulphate Resisting Cement<br />

Bagged cement delivered in 15-tonne<br />

loads to Greater Belfast Area<br />

Ordinary Portland Cement<br />

CEMENT MORTARS<br />

In full loads delivered to Central Belfast<br />

Standard 1 lime mortar<br />

Tinted mortar ref.<br />

Y4<br />

Y15<br />

Y135<br />

Y91<br />

Y10<br />

per tonne<br />

£16.00<br />

£16.50<br />

£15.50<br />

£15.50<br />

£17.50<br />

£20.50<br />

£21.00<br />

£18.50<br />

Per 100 metres, ex-yard, random lengths, not<br />

exceeding 5.7 metres.<br />

50x19<br />

75x19<br />

125x19<br />

38x25<br />

75x25<br />

150x25<br />

50x38<br />

100x38<br />

150x38<br />

50x50<br />

100x50<br />

125x50<br />

100x75<br />

200x75<br />

150x100<br />

per 1,000<br />

£372.00<br />

£377.00<br />

£337.00<br />

£362.00<br />

£337.00<br />

£337.00<br />

£327.00<br />

NB Clay brick prices are not included because of the<br />

enormous variation in types, quality and prices from various<br />

sources.<br />

per 100m<br />

£46.50<br />

£69.00<br />

£112.00<br />

£42.00<br />

£51.00<br />

£99.50<br />

£78.00<br />

£118.00<br />

£93.50<br />

£93.50<br />

£148.00<br />

£168.50<br />

£205.00<br />

£460.00<br />

£380.00<br />

per tonne<br />

£139.00<br />

£164.00<br />

per tonne<br />

£355.00<br />

per tonne<br />

£26.00<br />

£45.00<br />

£52.00<br />

£44.00<br />

£54.00<br />

£55.00<br />

CONCRETE BLOCKS<br />

Metric-sized concrete blocks, delivered to<br />

Belfast area, full loads, mechanically off-loaded<br />

per 1,000<br />

440x215x100 3.5N/mm 2<br />

£424.00<br />

440x215x100 7Nmm 2<br />

£433.50<br />

440x215x100 10Nmm 2<br />

£434.00<br />

440x300x100 7Nmm 2<br />

£513.50<br />

440x300x100 10Nmm 2<br />

£535.00<br />

Concrete brick 15Nmm 2<br />

£410.00<br />

440x215x100 Tolite<br />

803.00<br />

FINISHED SOFTWOOD<br />

Per 100 metres, ex-yard, random lengths, finished sizes.<br />

per 100m<br />

Parana Pine<br />

20x8<br />

44x8<br />

Whitewood<br />

32x12<br />

69x12<br />

32x19<br />

44x19<br />

32x32<br />

69x32<br />

69x44<br />

94x44<br />

69x69<br />

INDUSTRIAL AND<br />

FIRE-RESISTING BOARD<br />

£61.00<br />

£94.00<br />

£51.00<br />

£80.50<br />

£61.00<br />

£73.00<br />

£79.50<br />

£136.50<br />

£175.00<br />

£226.00<br />

£258.00<br />

Prices are exclusive of delivery.<br />

Terms for SUPALUX non-combustible asbestos-free<br />

fire-resisting board - price per sheet up to 149m 2<br />

6mm 9mm 12mm<br />

sanded sanded sanded<br />

2440x1220 £50.00 £52.30 £70.00<br />

MASTERBOARD<br />

Class O asbestos-free multi-purpose building<br />

board sanded finish.<br />

Price per sheet up to 149m 2<br />

6mm 9mm 12mm<br />

2440x1220 £62.50 £75.00 £96.50<br />

PLASTERING MATERIALS<br />

Per tonne, ex-works (delivery by arrangement)<br />

Lightweight aggregate pre-mixed gypsum<br />

plaster to BS 1191, Part 2.<br />

Metal lathing undercoat<br />

Bonding<br />

Finish<br />

Gypsum plasterboard to BS 1230<br />

per sheet (2400 mm x 1200 mm)<br />

9.5mm thick plasterboard<br />

9.5mm thick foil-backed plasterboard<br />

per bundle (6 Nr 1219mm x 406mm)<br />

9.5mm thick plasterlath<br />

9.5mm thick foil-back plasterboard<br />

per 100 lin. feet<br />

Galvanised standard angle bead<br />

Galvanised plasterstop (10mm)<br />

Galvanised external renderstop<br />

£301.00<br />

£358.00<br />

£320.00<br />

£10.00<br />

£14.00<br />

£16.00<br />

£10.80<br />

£10.00<br />

£13.00<br />

£26.50


READY MIXED CONCRETES<br />

Ordinary Portland Cement in full loads<br />

delivered to Central Belfast<br />

1:10 by volume<br />

1:2:4 by volume<br />

1:3:6 by volume<br />

20 N/mm 2 :20mm aggregate<br />

25 N/mm 2 :20mm aggregate<br />

30 N/mm 2 :20mm aggregate<br />

per cub. metre<br />

£65.00<br />

£79.00<br />

£71.00<br />

£66.00<br />

£70.00<br />

£73.00<br />

SOFTWOOD FLOORING,<br />

SHEETING AND PANELING<br />

Per 100 metres, ex-yard, random lengths,<br />

finished sizes.<br />

114x19<br />

89x12<br />

114x12<br />

89x12<br />

94x12<br />

T + G Whitewood<br />

TG + V Whitewood<br />

TG + V Whitewood<br />

TG + V Redwood<br />

TG + Open V Redwood<br />

£94.00<br />

£69.00<br />

£80.50<br />

£98.50<br />

£108.00<br />

In the next issue of<br />

ROOF SLATES AND TILES<br />

Fibre Cement Slates ex-yard<br />

Thrutone<br />

Thrutone Relief<br />

Concrete tiles delivered Central Belfast<br />

Interlocking flat tile<br />

Double roll tile<br />

Single roll tile<br />

Half round ridge tile - 457mm long<br />

Angular ridge tile - 457mm long<br />

SAWN REDWOOD<br />

Per 100 metres, ex-yard, random lengths.<br />

100x50<br />

150x50<br />

100x63<br />

150x63<br />

200x63<br />

100x75<br />

150x75<br />

200x75<br />

SAWN WHITEWOOD<br />

Per 100 metres, ex-yard, random lengths.<br />

50x25<br />

100x25<br />

150x25<br />

275x25<br />

75x50<br />

125x50<br />

175x50<br />

250x50<br />

100x75<br />

200x75<br />

250x75<br />

SOFTWOOD SHELVING<br />

Per 100 metres, ex-yard, random lengths,<br />

finished sizes<br />

119x12<br />

144x12<br />

169x12<br />

219x12<br />

119x19<br />

144x19<br />

194x19<br />

244x19<br />

269x19<br />

per 1,000<br />

£1500.00<br />

£1600.00<br />

£860.00<br />

£860.00<br />

£800.00<br />

per tile<br />

£4.80<br />

£5.40<br />

£224.00<br />

£318.00<br />

£243.00<br />

£379.60<br />

£519.00<br />

£304.00<br />

£457.00<br />

£683.00<br />

£40.00<br />

£74.00<br />

£102.50<br />

£191.50<br />

£120.00<br />

£204.00<br />

£260.00<br />

£440.00<br />

£227.50<br />

£492.00<br />

£753.90<br />

£79.60<br />

£94.80<br />

£110.30<br />

£164.30<br />

£97.30<br />

£129.10<br />

£173.50<br />

£234.50<br />

£325.60<br />

STEEL REINFORCEMENT<br />

Mild Steel reinforcing bars to BS 4449. High yield<br />

steel reinforcing bars to BS 4449/4461.<br />

One size, bent and labelled, per tonne, delivered to<br />

Central Belfast<br />

Diameter/mm Mild Steel High Yield<br />

6 £755.00 £845.00<br />

8 £755.00 £845.00<br />

10 £755.00 £845.00<br />

12 £755.00 £845.00<br />

20 £755.00 £845.00<br />

25 £755.00 £845.00<br />

32 £755.00 £845.00<br />

40 £755.00 £845.00<br />

Mesh Fabric to BS 4483 ex-yard per sheet (one or<br />

mixed references)<br />

per sheet<br />

BS reference A 98 £36.50<br />

A142 £36.50<br />

A193 £40.50<br />

A252 £45.00<br />

A393 £78.00<br />

B503 £78.00<br />

B785 £85.00<br />

Heavy section steel ex-yard in lots of over 5T<br />

per tonne<br />

UC 152x152x23 £955.00<br />

203x203x46 £1300.00<br />

254x254x73 £1360.00<br />

305x305x118 £1245.00<br />

356x368x153 £1430.00<br />

UB 305x165x40 £1245.00<br />

356x127x37 £1245.00<br />

406x140x39 £1245.00<br />

457x152x52 £1245.00<br />

533x210x82 £1245.00<br />

TERMS FOR GLASSROCK<br />

Non-combustible asbestos-free fire-resisting<br />

board - price per sheet up to 149m 2 .<br />

6mm 10mm 12.5mm<br />

sanded sanded sanded<br />

2400x1200 £49.50 £51.50 £69.00<br />

UPVC DRAIN PIPES<br />

AND FITTINGS<br />

Pipes and fittings to BS 4600. List price ex-yard.<br />

Large quantities will attract considerable discounts.<br />

110mm<br />

Plain sewer, per 6m £10.50<br />

Pipe coupler, ea £3.50<br />

Single oblique branch, ea £11.00<br />

Single swept branch, ea £12.00<br />

45˚ short radius, ea £6.20<br />

87½˚ short radius bend, ea £6.20<br />

45˚ long radius bend, ea £17.00<br />

90˚ long radius bend, ea £19.00<br />

Straight channel £18.50<br />

45˚ curved channel, ea £23.00<br />

160mm<br />

£23.00<br />

£7.50<br />

£25.00<br />

£25.00<br />

£17.00<br />

£15.50<br />

£32.00<br />

£32.00<br />

£31.00<br />

£58.00<br />

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66| Interview<br />

Murphy’s Law<br />

Specify talks to Stuart Murphy, Partner and Head of<br />

Construction Law, Carson McDowell<br />

Q: Did you plan to<br />

get involved in the<br />

construction industry?<br />

When I was training as a<br />

lawyer I did not initially think<br />

that I would end up working<br />

in the construction industry<br />

and did not have plans to<br />

do so at the outset of my<br />

career.<br />

Q: How did you start<br />

off?<br />

I got involved in<br />

construction cases as an<br />

early part of my training<br />

in England, working on<br />

construction projects in<br />

and around East Anglia.<br />

I enjoyed both the legal<br />

challenge of such cases,<br />

which often involves<br />

marshalling complicated<br />

facts and managing extensive<br />

volumes of documents in<br />

addition to legal arguments,<br />

as well as being involved<br />

with developments that<br />

had a real impact on their<br />

communities.<br />

Q: What have been<br />

the highlights of your<br />

career so far?<br />

I have particularly enjoyed<br />

having the opportunity<br />

to travel and work on<br />

construction projects in<br />

many parts of the world,<br />

such as Lesotho, the<br />

Philippines, Nigeria, Greece,<br />

Holland, France, Germany<br />

and Italy, to name a few.<br />

Having been born and<br />

brought up in Northern<br />

Ireland, I was pleased to<br />

have the opportunity to<br />

return to live and work<br />

here in 2007. Since then I<br />

have enjoyed being involved<br />

in the re-development of<br />

the Province and some of<br />

Northern Ireland’s most<br />

significant projects.<br />

Q: What was<br />

the best piece<br />

of advice<br />

you’ve been<br />

given?<br />

Legal advice is<br />

never an end in<br />

itself – a good<br />

solicitor needs to<br />

focus that advice<br />

on what the client<br />

is trying to achieve<br />

and how the<br />

solicitor can assist<br />

the client to do so.<br />

Q: What would<br />

you say to any<br />

students who<br />

are considering<br />

a career in<br />

construction?<br />

After the recession<br />

of recent years,<br />

now is a good time<br />

to be considering<br />

a career in<br />

construction.<br />

The current skills<br />

shortage in the<br />

industry is one of<br />

the most significant<br />

problems it is<br />

facing therefore<br />

anyone joining and<br />

training in construction can<br />

expect to find a number of<br />

opportunities as well as the<br />

prospect of good career<br />

advancement. In addition,<br />

few careers provide the<br />

same opportunities to<br />

be involved in significantly<br />

improving the quality of life<br />

of our local environment.<br />

Q: Do you think the<br />

construction sector<br />

needs more support<br />

from Stormont?<br />

The construction sector<br />

is a vital part of the local<br />

economy and therefore<br />

needs to be fully supported<br />

by Stormont.<br />

Q: What needs to be<br />

done to help the NI<br />

construction sector?<br />

Work needs to be done<br />

to ensure political stability<br />

and the advancement of<br />

the reform of the public<br />

sector in Northern Ireland<br />

to ensure the efficient and<br />

reliable through put of<br />

projects from the public<br />

sector pipeline. We would<br />

like to see more joined-up<br />

thinking and co-operation<br />

across the Executive to<br />

assist in the development<br />

of Northern Ireland’s<br />

infrastructure. Steps should<br />

also be taken to address<br />

the current skills shortage,<br />

including prioritising an<br />

effective apprenticeship<br />

programme. In addition<br />

reforms are necessary to<br />

encourage and re-energise<br />

the building of sustainable<br />

residential homes.<br />

Q: Tell us something<br />

surprising about<br />

yourself…<br />

I’m a big tennis fan and can<br />

name every Wimbledon<br />

men’s singles winner, in<br />

order, for the last 40 years.


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