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06| 08| digest CIOB Harvey Visit Group Belfast acquires Solmatix as part of 5 year Student growth Accommodation plan in UK and Ireland. participants hear from Project industry experts 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.” Heritage/Blogs.aspx The right job can transform a person’s life and the right person can transform an organisation, we’re experts at matching both in construction management. Find out more at hays.co.uk/ni NI-9402 Specify Strip Ads.indd 1 20/08/2014 16:45
06| digest digest |09 MD AT CTS PROJECTS CONQUERS PRESTIGIOUS BUSINESS AWARDS Harvey Group acquires Solmatix as part of 5 year growth plan in UK and Ireland. NI M&E services company acquires renewable energy specialists Managing Director of leading heating Newtownabbey-based and renewable energy installer M&E services CTS Projects, company, Connaire McGreevy, Harvey Group, has been has acquired named Young Northern Business Ireland Person renewable of the Year, energy sponsored specialists, by ALMAC Solmatix at Renewables this year’s Belfast in a move Telegraph the Northern companies Ireland say will Business transform Awards, the renewable in association energy with sector British in Northern Airways. Ireland and act as a springboard for further expansion Connaire established into the multimillion heating pound UK specialists and Ireland CTS his first business Projects renewable back energy in 2005 markets. when he was The just acquisition, 23. Under for Connaire’s an leadership, undisclosed the sum, business will bring to has 110 the number of people employed grown and he has invested directly by the Harvey Group in significantly in bespoke, Northern Ireland and Great Britain. innovative technologies to With a turnover of £30 million ensure the home-heating and over 80 staff, Harvey Group systems provided by CTS are has over 30 years’ experience second to none. in the design, installation and maintenance of building services CTS Projects was named within every conceivable kind of Northern building type Ireland’s throughout Heating NI, GB Installer and RoI, of including the Year Pharmaceutical/ by Installer magazine Cleanrooms, in March Laboratories, 2016 and is Education, now in the Government running and for the Healthcare . Richard and Norah- Anne Bell founded Solmatix Renewables in 2008, and since then accolade of the UK’s Heating FedEx Year sponsored by ALMAC Installer the company of the has grown Year. to achieve a turnover of £6 million, with 30 staff operating And from Boilers its Nutt’s to Corner Beer - premises. Connaire’s entrepreneurial journey As a result does of not the deal, end Solmatix with CTS! will continue A craft to beer operate aficionado as an with autonomous a passion and independent for all things local, company Connaire within Harvey launched Group Mourne Brian Harvey, managing director Mountains of Harvey Group, said there was Brewery. a perfect fit between the two organisations. “We have been planning to Winner – AJ Power Ltd Best Use of Digital and/or Social Media sponsored by Saville Audio Visual Winner – CosyRoof Young Businessperson of the Winner – Connaire McGreevy –CTS Projects and Mourne Mountains Brewery Businessperson of the Year sponsored by British Airways Winner – Brian McConville, MJM Group Celebrating the acquisition (from left) Norah-Anne Bell, Richard Bell, Brian Harvey, Gareth grow Other our renewables winners involvement Booth (Financial Controller, Harvey Group). on for some the evening time, either organically beneficial. From my perspective, as great news for Solmatix, its or through the acquisition of an included: having Solmatix as part of Harvey customers, suppliers and staff. established player. Having worked Excellence with Solmatix Renewables on Group gives us a level of expertise “In many respects, it’s a case in Marketing a number of contracts, we’d that would have taken us years to of ‘business as usual’. However, in sponsored by always been impressed with acquire otherwise. real terms, being part of this larger RLA Ireland their engineering rigour and “Harvey Group and Solmatix organisation will give us access to Winner – professionalism. In fact, there seemed share similar values, by which I mean enhanced technical skills, financial Galgorm Resort to be a natural synergy between our commitment to professionalism, resources and purchasing power. and SPA our two companies in terms of our desire to deliver our services to Ultimately I believe this will lead what we do and how we do it. I the very highest standards, and the to greater growth and investment approached Excellence Picture Caption - Connaire McGreevy is presented with his award from John McQuaid, Richard Bell about a importance we place on treating our within our operations, as well as in year Exporting VP Technical Operations of category sponsors ALMAC . Also pictured are British Airways ago to float the idea of our customers, our suppliers and our staff more jobs and job security. It’s a sponsored companies coming by Ambassadors Jayne Deasy and Christine Wright. together, but only with courtesy and consideration.” win-win relationship that’s good if there was a good fit. After careful consideration we both agreed that this would indeed be mutually Richard Bell, the founder and managing director of Solmatix Renewables described the acquisition for our whole organisation, as well as the economy of Northern Ireland. “ Gilbert-Ash lift “Overall Excellence” Award at Aer Lingus Viscount Awards Lisburn Innovative construction firm TAL Pall Mall awarded recently celebrates the the increased first our turnover major in 2015 construction and fit-out contractor, best of indigenous businesses. to £115m and are on target to contract Gilbert-Ash, has lifted at Randox Ray Hutchinson, Science managing Park achieve a turnover of £160m+ in the award for Overall Excellence at the 2016 Aer Lingus Viscount Awards in London. The awards ceremony and gala dinner, which took place at the prestigious IoD Headquarters on director of Gilbert Ash, who won production the award of for Randox’s Overall pioneering Excellence medical said: “This diagnostic year has products been and very will also exciting include for associated the company administrative and we functions. are proud The that works our are hard the work first has phase been of recognised a major capital with expenditure the news project that we by have Randox won to the develop Overall the former Massereene Excellence Army Barracks Award into ‘Randox Science at the Park’ Aer – Lingus a futuristic R&D Viscount and manufacturing Awards. WItH a reputation for excellence in constructing high quality projects, tAL Limited has been awarded a significant facility. The award-winning, international biotechnology “We substantially firm, unveiled its plans increased for an innovative our hub on the 43 workforce acre site earlier in 2015, this a contract (£3.1m) by global year. decision which was medical diagnostics company Welcoming the driven announcement, by a series of Randox. Wendy Austin, BBC, Sherry Freeman, Aer Damien Lingus, Hughes, Ray high Director profile of contract TAL Hutchinson This initial contract Gilbert Ash is for and the Andrea Hunter, Limited Business commented: wins across “We are the UK. construction Development of a Manager, new facility Aer for Lingus. delighted to have We been successfully awarded 2016. this contract with Randox, one of Northern “Recently Ireland’s we took most the dynamic strategic and decision exciting to businesses target projects on a local that and would global allow level. us Through to make the use quality of of our our expertise work and and the experience dedication and to professionalism sustain our plans of our for team continual TAL has steadily growth grown and we over anticipate the last 34 this years will and lead this to contract further award wins in reinforces the coming the year, strength he said.” of our expertise in the healthcare sector.” The Business project development will be delivered manager to of BIM Aer level Lingus 2 in in partnership Northern Ireland, with Andrea the design Hunter, team said: Ostick “We and are Williams thrilled to Architects, continue Rainey to reward & Best, Doran and support Consulting, organisations Delap & Waller that Consulting represent Engineers the absolute and Charles best Hutchison in their respective Consulting. fields, in partnership Dr Peter FitzGerald, with Ulster Managing Business magazine Gilbert-Ash has been truly deserving of this award. “The Viscount Awards are a celebration of business excellence Director and on behalf at Randox of Aer commented: Lingus I “The development would like to of congratulate Randox Science each of Park the winners is core to for our their plans tremendous to create innovative successes.” diagnostics, to improve manufacturing efficiency to export high-value This year’s healthcare winners capabilities included: to world markets. This state-of-the-art premises Exporter will of become the Year a centre of cutting-edge Award: Sandvik research, development Mobile and Crushers diagnostic & manufacture, Screens covering conditions such as cancer, stroke and heart Business disease. Person We will of also the provide a significant Year: Connaire boost to the McGreevy, local economy through CTS Projects new job creation. & Mourne We very much Mountains look forward Brewery to working with TAL on this initial contract to deliver the Overall high quality Excellence: infrastructure we require.” Gilbert-Ash CONCRETE FUTURES The right job can transform a person’s life and the right person can transform an organisation, we’re experts at matching both in construction management. Find out more at hays.co.uk/ni NI-9402 Specify Strip Ads.indd 1 20/08/2014 16:45
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