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CIOB Harvey Visit Group Belfast acquires Solmatix as part of 5 year
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NI M&E services company acquires renewable energy specialists
Newtownabbey-based
Recently Newry-based
chartered M&E services building company,
O’Hare Harvey & Group, McGovern, has acquired facilitated
a Northern Chartered Ireland Institute renewable of Building
(CIOB) energy site specialists, visit to John Solmatix Bell
House, Renewables which is in located a move at the the
iconic companies former say Belfast will Met transform college
at the College renewable Square energy East. The sector
attendees
in Northern
were
Ireland
given a
and
guided
act
as a springboard for further
tour of the building by Project
expansion into the multimillion
pound UK and Ireland
Manager Edward O’Hare and
Design Manager Eamon Laverty.
renewable energy markets.
The walkthrough included an
The acquisition, for an
overview of how the listed
undisclosed sum, will bring to 110
building is being converted to
the number of people employed
house over 400 bedrooms as
directly by the Harvey Group in
part of a £16m redevelopment
Northern Ireland and Great Britain.
project.
With
Work
a turnover
includes
of £30
the
million
full
refurbishment and over 80 staff, of the Harvey existing Group five
has over 30 years’ experience
in the design, installation and
maintenance of building services
within every conceivable kind of
building type throughout NI, GB
and RoI, including Pharmaceutical/
Cleanrooms, Laboratories,
Education, Government and
Healthcare . Richard and Norah-
Anne Bell founded Solmatix
Renewables in 2008, and since then
the floors company within has the grown building to achieve as well a
turnover as the addition of £6 million, of three with floors 30 staff
operating roof level. from Commenting its Nutt’s Corner on
premises. the event, Gerard Graham, Chair
of As CIOB a result in Ireland’s of the deal, Northern Solmatix
will Centre continue said, to operate as an
autonomous “This was and a great independent opportunity
company
for the attendees,
within Harvey
which
Group
included
Brian Harvey,
students,
managing
lecturers
director
and
of Harvey Group, said there was
construction professionals to see
a perfect fit between the two
how a city centre building is being
organisations.
transformed within a challenging
“We have been planning to
and restricted timeframe. We
grow our renewables involvement
would like to pass on our sincere
for some time, either organically
thanks to O’Hare & McGovern
or through the acquisition of an
for facilitating the event.”
established player. Having worked
with Solmatix Renewables on
a number
For further
of contracts,
details
we’d
on the CIOB
always visit www.ciob.org.
been impressed with
their engineering rigour and
professionalism. In fact, there seemed
to be a natural synergy between
our two companies in terms of
what we do and how we do it. I
approached Richard Bell about a
year ago to float the idea of our
companies coming together, but only
if there was a good fit. After careful
consideration we both agreed
that this would indeed be mutually
Local company achieves first Heritage
CONCRETE
FUTURES
Patrick Brown, Managing Partner,
Booth Tughans (Financial commented: Controller, Harvey “We Group).
selected to get involved with the
beneficial. From my perspective,
CITB NI Leader in Construction
having Solmatix as part of Harvey
programme as it correlates
Group gives us a level of expertise
with one of our major practice
that would have taken us years to
areas. Our construction team
acquire otherwise.
combines the expertise of
“Harvey Group and Solmatix
dedicated construction solicitors
share similar values, by which I mean
in non-contentious matters and
our commitment to professionalism,
dispute resolution experts for
our desire to deliver our services to
contentious issues, offering our
the very highest standards, and the
clients’ specialist support in the
importance we place on treating our
development of procurement
customers, our suppliers and our staff
strategies and in the management
with courtesy and consideration.”
of risk and dispute avoidance”.
Richard Bell, the founder and
managing director of Solmatix
“We understand the importance
Renewables described the acquisition
of the construction sector to
the local economy, as well as our
own firm, and therefore made the
decision to not only sponsor, but
Celebrating the acquisition (from left) Norah-Anne Bell, Richard Bell, Brian Harvey, Gareth
Lisburn endorsed Construction firm TAL Skills awarded Register Card the first major construction
ideas.
A Co Down based company, NVQ Diploma in Heritage Skills
contract at Randox Science Park
The Glass Shutter Company, is the
first company in NI to get Heritage
Endorsed CSR cards.
Director, David McClimond and
employee Jonathan Black have both
successfully completed an NVQ Level
3 in Heritage Skills Construction -
Wood Occupations to enable them
to achieve the endorsement.
Jonathan was a trainee on
WItH the first a ever reputation Heritage Specialist for
excellence Apprenticeship in constructing Programme Wood high
quality Occupations projects, in Northern tAL Limited Ireland
has managed been by awarded CITB NI a and significant funded
contract by the Heritage (£3.1m) Lottery by global Fund. This
medical programme diagnostics resulted in company 11 trainees
Randox. receiving bespoke, structured training
and This assessment initial contract with experienced is for the
construction heritage contractors of a new leading facility to for
the achievement of the Level 3
(Construction) – Wood Occupations.
production Johnathan of said, Randox’s “I have pioneering always had
medical a passion diagnostic for carpentry products and and joinery will
also and include began my associated career working administrative
the
functions. trade which The had works involved are the an element first
phase of historic of a maintenance major capital work. expenditure I was
project excited by on Randox hearing to about develop the Heritage the
former Apprenticeship Massereene Programme Army Barracks as I knew
into this ‘Randox would help Science develop Park’ my – skills a
futuristic in this area, R&D gain and a qualification manufacturing and
facility. hopefully The open award-winning, up opportunities to
international be able to focus biotechnology my career firm, within
unveiled the traditional its plans building for an sector. innovative I was
hub fortunate on the enough 43 acre to site be earlier accepted this
year. onto the programme and worked on
projects Welcoming for the the National announcement, Trust to help
Damien put theory Hughes, into practice. Director I of am TAL now
Limited using my commented: qualification, “We skills are to work
delighted on key projects. to have I am been delighted awarded to be
the first to gain my Heritage endorsed
Leader in Construction
Participants from the CITB
NI Leader in Construction
programme were treated to
a special guest speaker from
Tughans, who are sponsoring
two of the programme modules.
Ciara Lagan spoke during the
module on Managing and Securing
Financial Resources which took
place at CITB NI’s premises in
May 2016.
this contract with Randox, one of
Northern Ireland’s most dynamic
and exciting businesses on a local
and global level. Through the quality
of our work and the dedication and
professionalism of our team TAL has
steadily grown over the last 34 years
and this contract award reinforces
the
CSR
strength
card which
of our
fully
expertise
validates
in
that
the
I
healthcare
have the skills
sector.”
and knowledge to use
appropriate
The project
methods
will be
on
delivered
pre 1919
to
buildings.”
BIM level 2 in partnership
with
David,
the design
also stated,
team
“We
Ostick
are
and
very
Williams
proud to
Architects,
be the first
Rainey
company
& Best,
in
Doran
Northern
Consulting,
Ireland to
Delap
achieve
& Waller
this
Consulting
Heritage CSR
Engineers
card endorsement.
and Charles
This
Hutchison
reinforces the
Consulting.
work that we have
been
Dr
doing
Peter FitzGerald,
in relation to
Managing
historic
buildings in particular traditional
play an active role in delivering
the course to the next generation
of leaders’ in-order to build a
strong indigenous sector.”
The Leader in Construction
programme is fast approaching
the mid-way point which will
be marked by the study visit to
The Leuven Institute just outside
Brussels in June 2016 (more in
the next issue). Three modules
have been completed to date
and there are a further three to
take as great place news between for Solmatix, now its and the
end customers, of September. suppliers and In addition, staff.
participants “In many respects, are involved it’s a case in an
on-going of ‘business programme as usual’. However, of coaching.
Feedback real terms, from being participants of this larger to
date organisation includes will ‘I give found us it access really to
useful enhanced to understand technical skills, that financial to be a
leader resources I need and purchasing to balance power. providing
direction Ultimately with I believe developing this will lead
people to greater and growth achieving and investment results’ and
‘sometimes within our operations, you need as to well step as
back more and jobs look and job at why security. things It’s are a
being win-win done relationship the way that’s they good are’.
Others for our whole found organisation, having time as away
from well as the the office economy to think of Northern was useful
Ireland. “
and many feel that the practical
element of the workshops is of
advantage in terms of applying the
Director at Randox commented: “The
development of Randox Science
Park is core to our plans to create
innovative diagnostics, to improve
manufacturing efficiency to export
high-value healthcare capabilities to
world markets. This state-of-the-art
premises will become a centre of
sash windows. We hope that this
cutting-edge research, development
endorsement allows us to develop
and diagnostic manufacture, covering
further work in this area.”
conditions such as cancer, stroke and
Jonathan was one of a number of
heart disease. We will also provide a
trainees that participated in Heritage
significant boost to the local economy
Lottery Funded built heritage
through new job creation. We very
upskilling programmes funded by the
much look forward to working with
Heritage Lottery Fund. To find out
TAL on this initial contract to deliver
more about Jonathan’s story read
the high quality infrastructure we
his blog on http://www.citbni.org.uk/
require.”
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