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Construction industry gives tentative welcome to ‘Housing for All’ strategy PM Group announces 200 new jobs in Ireland IGBC calls for immediate, drastic action on climate change CJK acquires McGrattan & Kenny to form new €45m M&E engineering group Contractors team up to refurbish Focus Ireland HQ

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11 IRELAND’S TOP 40 BUILDING CONTRACTORS PROFILED 59 IRELAND’S TOP 20 MECHANICAL & ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS PROFILED

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75 IRELAND’S TOP 50 CONTRACTORS (IRISH TURNOVER) 76 IRELAND’S TOP 65 CONTRACTORS (COMBINED) 77 IRELAND’S TOP 40 BUILDING CONTRACTORS 78 IRELAND’S TOP 20 MECHANICAL & ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS 80 IRELAND’S TOP 30 CONTRACTORS (EXPORTS)

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2020 overview PUBLISHER Foundation Media Ltd 1 Northumberland Place, Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin.

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From the e d i t o r T he construction industry started 2020 building on the huge successes of 2019. But the spread of Covid-19 across the globe scuppered any growth plans.

However, contractors and industry bodies turned their attention to devising solutions that would make construction sites safer and, in the process, more efficient. By the time the first lockdown had ended, many firms had overhauled their operations, transferring those they could to work remotely and moving meetings online.

Contractors and their clients also began to look at more offsite solutions to address onsite challenges, and the transition to digital construction was rapidly accelerated.

Twelve months later, at the end of Q1 2021, although the country remained in lockdown, the construction and engineering sectors were out in front in terms of addressing Covid-19, as well as having taken a massive leap forward in making sites safer and more efficient. Digital technologies had become the integrated norm across everyone’s operations, and the sector had turned a catastrophic crisis into an opportunity to review and renew its operations and make changes that were unthinkable at the start of 2019.

None of this was plain sailing. While all this was happening, Brexit continued in the background and further impacted the industry. Unprecedented price hikes have been phenomenal since the start of the crisis, with the price of imported timber alone jumping by over 85% since the beginning of 2021.

Materials shortages across the world, increases in shipping prices and the slowand non-return of workers from other countries see the sector once again looking for solutions to help it gear up to meet the needs of existing clients and pipeline projects

that will result from the government’s Housing for All programme and Revised National Development Plan.

Materials costs and worker shortages will remain huge difficulties in the months ahead, not to mention the necessary reform of the planning process to enable the sector to deliver on the Government’s ambitious plans up to 2030 and beyond.

In this Top Contractors issue of Irish Construction News, we have compiled Ireland’s most comprehensive list of top contractors based on their turnover for 2020.

Every contractor has a fascinating story to tell about how 2020 changed how they do things.

Overall the top 65 main contractors and mechanical and electrical contractors had a combined turnover of over €11.25bn in 2020, €7bn of this in Ireland and over €4.25bn as exported services. Many contractors in our listings managed to maintain close to what their turnover had been in 2019, with a few exceeding it.

Despite the unprecedented challenges of 2020, the Irish construction sector displayed its ability to lead, innovate and be resilient.

While Covid-19 will continue to impact for the foreseeable future, Irish contractors have shown that they can lead the process of rebuilding Ireland’s economy in the coming years.

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C O NSTRUC TION INDUSTRY G IVES TENTATIVE WELC OME TO ‘ H O U S I N G F O R A L L’ STRATEG Y The publication of the Government’s Housing for All strategy has been welcomed across the construction industry, but representative bodies are looking for clarifications on critical areas.

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he government’s Housing for All strategy aims to increase housing supply to an average of 33,000 per year over the next decade. Measures are to be supported by over €4bn in guaranteed state funding every year. The plan also includes measures to support availability of the land, workforce, funding and capacity to enable both the public and private sectors to meet the targets.

Among the plan’s main initiatives is a social housing build programme of over 90,000 social homes by the end of 2030, with an average of over 33,000 homes overall to be built per annum, rising to 40,000 per annum by 2030.

Measures to stimulate supply and address acute viability challenges in urban areas include the provision of up to 5,000 cost rental and affordable units through Project Tosaigh.

Measures to reduce construction costs and support innovation in residential construction will also be introduced.

Commenting on the plan, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Darragh O’Brien said: “We are launching a plan that will see a radical shift towards more affordable home ownership and secure renting. Our measures for affordable purchase, which include significant state investment, will provide opportunities for those who are losing all hope of ever owning their own home. Our changes to the rental sector, including the supply of 2,000 cost rental homes on average every year, and new protections, will make renting more affordable and secure for many.”

INDUSTRY REACTION

SOCIETY OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS IRELAND The Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) said that the removal of barriers is key to the success of the plan. It believes an upcoming overhaul of the planning process will be critical to the success of Housing for All. SCSI President, TJ Cronin, said that planning delays, procurement issues, infrastructure and skills shortages all need to be resolved. A new sense of urgency and spirit of collaboration is required if those barriers are to be removed, and we are to avoid repeating the mistakes of previous housing plans.

TJ Cronin commented: “We need to see an immediate focus

on removing the myriad barriers which exist. Planning delays, procurement issues, access to critical infrastructure, including water, as well as labour and skills shortages, all need individual targets and plans to meet overall goals. These are the issues which frustrate and ultimately delay housing delivery, and which make it such a challenge for our citizens to secure affordable homes.”

ROYAL INSTITUTE OF THE ARCHITECTS OF IRELAND The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) welcomes the scale and ambition of the plan and looks forward to working with the government to deliver it. But, it would like to see clarity and more progress on some issues.

A spokesperson said that it is vital that the structures and resources are in place to ensure Ireland delivers on these ambitions without compromising on quality.

“This will involve measures such as having adequate architectural expertise and resources in local authorities and government departments to deliver this plan. Government must also ensure that Irish small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and micro-businesses are not excluded from the procurement system and that the government invests in digital systems to make sure that all systems are streamlined and accessible.”

IRISH PLANNING INSTITUTE Issuing a tentative welcome for the new strategy, the Irish Planning Institute (IPI) said that housing must be place-based and plan-led to deliver sustainable communities.

Dr Conor Norton, President, Irish Planning Institute, commented: “Overall, we feel that the strategy announced by the government represents a welcome shift in public policy towards the delivery of housing for our citizens. As planners, we emphasise that delivery of housing must be part of a larger placemaking approach to development that is place-based and plan-led.”

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY FEDERATION Tom Parlon, Director General, CIF, commented: “Implementation of the plan will provide opportunities for home builders and contractors in the greater delivery of residential output. Expected infrastructure investment in the forthcoming National Development Plan review will be critical in optimising Housing for All.’’ The Irish Home Builders Association (IHBA) welcomed the inclusion of positive targeted measures in the government’s plan, which will enable supply and support for those prospective homeowners who are finding themselves currently locked out of the market.

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PM G RO UP ANNO UNC ES 200 NE W JOB S IN IR EL A ND

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M Group has reported overall revenues of €398m for 2020, an increase of 16% on 2019. It has also announced that it is creating 400 new jobs this year across various disciplines, including architecture, engineering, construction, data analytics, project controls and Environmental. Of these, 200 positions will be based in Ireland, with recruitment for the new positions already underway.

PM Group has appointed a new chairperson, Brendan Jennings, who succeeds long-standing chairperson and director, Dan Flinter.

The group’s newly appointed CFO, Rosita Fennell, succeeds Larry Westman.

Speaking about the group’s performance in 2020, Dave Murphy, Chief Executive, PM Group, says: “Despite the enormous challenges posed by the global pandemic, our clients have continued to invest in developing their facilities and capacity right around the world. Many of the sectors and projects with which we are currently engaged are actively dealing with the consequences of the pandemic.

“Therapeutics and vaccine manufacturing, food and beverage processing, medical devices and diagnostics as well as data centres are attracting significant investment to meet evolving market needs.

Indeed, pharma is a powerhouse sector for us, with two-thirds of overall revenues generated in 2020 associated with the sector.

“The surge in investment has carried through to 2021, with international projects now accounting for more than 50% of group activity for the first time in our history. We have set ourselves specific targets in our new five-year strategy in areas where we see strong growth potential in the years ahead. The development of a large-

Dave Murphy, Chief Executive, PM Group; Rosita Fennell CFO, PM Group; and Brendan Jennings, Chairperson, PM Group. scale electric vehicle battery materials plant in Poland for Johnson Matthey, is a case in point.

“The growth of the business has created new opportunities for increasing employment, and we are pleased to be announcing 400 new jobs across a range of disciplines in Ireland and overseas. The attraction of working with experienced colleagues on exciting international projects for world-leading organisations, combined with the potential to become an owner of PM Group in time, is a strong magnet for talent.”

IG BC calls for im mediate , d r a s t i c a c tio n o n c lim ate c ha n g e

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he Irish Green Building Council (IGBC) has called on the government to take immediate, drastic action on climate change.

The call comes as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) sixth assessment report highlighting that climate change is widespread, rapid, and intensifying was released According to the 234 scientists who authored the report, strong, rapid, and sustained reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, and reaching net-zero CO2 emissions is required to stabilize the climate.

Reacting to the publication of the report, Pat Barry, CEO, Irish Green Building Council, said: “It’s clear from the latest IPCC’s report that global surface temperature will continue to increase until at least the mid-century. But the report also shows that by reaching net zero or negative carbon emissions by 2050, climate change can be controlled. The climate we will experience in the future depends on the decisions we take now.

“In practical terms, this means taking rapid and radical actions with immediate impact as we have done during the pandemic. For instance, in the built environment, we must move towards net zero carbon buildings across

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the full life cycle.”

According to the IGBC, Ireland has been a leader in the implementation of the nearly zero energy building (NZEB) standard. New homes built to the current building regulations are energy efficient, but this only tells part of the story. With an estimated half a million homes to be built by 2040, the charity says the conversation needs to move on to the total carbon impact of housing across their full life cycle.

“Ireland’s new home construction programme will result in huge ‘embodied carbon’ emissions if we continue to build houses in the way we currently do,” Pat Barry added. “These emissions result from mining, quarrying, transporting and manufacturing building materials, in addition to the construction activities created. These emissions largely happen before the home is even occupied. Homes’ locations impact on transport emissions. Transport is Ireland’s second and fastest-growing source of carbon emissions. The easiest way to tackle these emissions is by getting planning right so that all new homes are in compact, walkable communities where most services can be reached within a 15-minute walk.”

Pat Barry, CEO, Irish Green Building Council.

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C JK acquires Mc G rattan & Kenny to form new € 4 5 m M & E e n g i n e e r i n g g r o u p

Eamon McGrattan, Managing Director, McGrattan & Kenny, and Vinny Bruen, Managing Director, CJK .

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ollowing discussions between the owners of two of Ireland’s best-known engineering companies, CJK has acquired McGrattan & Kenny and will form a new mechanical and electrical engineering services group to compete in the rapidly expanding sector. The formation of the new group will create an additional 100 new jobs over three years, bringing the total complement to 360 people by 2024.

The CJK and McGrattan & Kenny brands, which have a combined total of 76 years in the marketplace, will both be retained. The new

group is projected to have combined 2021 revenues of €45m (CJK €40m; McGrattan & Kenny €5.2m).

The acquisition will also create 100 new roles, including mechanical and electrical trade personnel, engineering, operations, commercial and administration staff to support the group’s continued growth.

The senior management teams in both companies remain unchanged, and all employees are being retained.

CJK and McGrattan & Kenny have a long, shared history during which they have worked successfully together on many projects over the years and continue to do so. Mutual clients include DAA and OPW. Announcing the establishment of the new M&E engineering services Group, Vinny Bruen, Managing Director, CJK, said: “This is a significant development in the engineering services market that is gearing for further strong growth. The alignment of our two companies presents an opportunity to provide enhanced services and efficiencies for our clients, as well as great new career opportunities for our teams.”

Commenting on the strong existing partnership between both companies, Eamon McGrattan, Managing Director, McGrattan & Kenny, said: “The creation of this new group will be very positive for employees and customers alike. We are building on strong foundations forged through successful collaboration over the years. It is rare for two companies to have such a shared history and culture, which augurs well for a deeper alignment. I look forward to exciting times ahead.”

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number of companies have carried out essential redevelopment work on Focus Ireland’s High Street Dublin 8 premises, which is a hub office for all of the charity’s Dublin and nationwide services.

The building is home to over 100 support staff and provides the essential space for front line teams to have meetings and complete essential work to support those experiencing homelessness. It also acts as a base for meetings and specialist work with people who are homeless or at risk.

All the work and materials on the project were provided pro bono to Focus Ireland, meaning that the funds that would have been needed to upgrade the building can be redeployed to front line services.

The premises was officially re-opened by Focus Ireland founder and life president, Sr Stanislaus Kennedy. The main objective of the refurbishment was to provide Focus Ireland with the space and facilities needed to grow and develop in response to changes in its customers’ needs.

Focus Ireland CEO Pat Dennigan said: “This location is really important for us because it’s a hub for our services right around the city. The redevelopment work

Dave Merriman, Brian Whelan and Philip Breen of T&I Fitouts; Focus Ireland founder Sr Stan; Fiona Mullaly, Project Manager, KMCS; Focus Ireland CEO Pat Dennigan; and Aisling Nolan, Focus Ireland Head of Partnerships and Philanthropy. was essential as the premises was no longer fit for purpose and the building no longer met many of the current standards.”

The project was led by KMCS, Ethos Engineering, MOLA Architecture, and T&I Fitouts, and it involved over 65 other companies donating time, materials, and labour to the project. The entire refurbishment was donated pro bono to the

charity by the companies involved.

Sr Stan said: “I would just like to say a big thank you to all the people involved. I just could not believe my eyes when I was taken around the building. This will really help Focus Ireland’s work to deliver excellent services and support and housing for people who are homeless or at risk.”

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O ’ R E I L LY G R O U P – INNOVATIVE PREC AST C ONC RETE SOLUTIONS Formed in 1939, the O’Reilly Group is a recognised innovator in precast concrete, paving and environmental treatment systems.

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he O’Reilly Group comprises four companies: O’Reilly Concrete; Barleystone Paving; O’Reilly Oakstown Environmental; and O’Reilly Precast UK, each setting high standards for innovation and reliability in the markets in which they operate.

These companies manufacture a wide range of innovative precast and pre-stressed concrete structural members, such as precast wall panels, pre-stressed floor slabs, pre-stressed and precast floor beams, portal frames, tanks and bridge beams.

O’Reilly Group’s head office is in Kingscourt, Co Cavan. Its concrete production facilities are dotted across several counties, in Bailieborough and Shercock, Co Cavan; Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan; and Clonmelon, Lobinstown and Oakstown, Co Meath.

Emmet Cosgrove, CEO, O’Reilly Group, says that the group is driven by a need to innovate and meet clients’ needs in a sustainable way.

“We have the most modern of production facilities, and we use the latest digital manufacturing and construction technology to ensure our products are fabricated to the most precise specification with the minimum of waste,” he explains. “We are also conscious of the fact that Irish-based developers and contractors need security, particularly at this time, about the cost

and availability of product. The long-established relationships we enjoy and repeat business we continue to receive from our many customers is a testament to the service and product security that we provide for them.”

O’ REILLY CONCRETE

O’Reilly Concrete Ltd is one of the largest precast frame manufacturers in Ireland and the UK, having designed, manufactured, installed and certified precast systems over the past 15 years. It has a library of prestigious projects for various clients. Indeed, in recent times, the company has expanded operations into central Europe, with ongoing projects in Germany.

The latest O’Reilly Group plant in Shercock, Co Cavan, is a state of the art facility where it manufactures architectural precast wall units. The facility is capable of manufacturing bespoke architectural walls panels designed by an in-house design team.

The range includes brick-faced precast panels, coloured rendered finished panels and other bespoke finishes. Using this system, the on-site construction phase of a project can be reduced by up to 50% with a very small crew compared to traditional build methods. The walls can be completed with windows and doors installed if requested, saving clients time and money.

This efficient modular building system has helped streamline the construction process. The rapid build system already has been utilised in a range of construction activities, from residential (houses and apartment developments) and office blocks to sports arenas and transport projects.

O’ REILLY OAKSTOWN ENVIRONMENTAL

O’Reilly Oakstown Environmental provides an extensive range of precast environmental solutions, including wastewater treatment systems, septic tanks and rainwater harvesting systems for homes, schools, hotels, businesses, and agriculture.

The company provides a complete bespoke design and installation service for large commercial treatment plants for hotels, schools, nursing homes, bars/restaurants, office blocks, factories, petrol stations, sports centres, etc.

BARLEYSTONE PAVING

Barleystone Paving offers a wide range of paving for “The Perfect Finish”. The company supplies superior quality products with trusted technical advice and on-time delivery service.

Barleystone paving can be incorporated into any driveway or garden design, producing stunning finishes.

Barleystone Paving – Kingspave silver grey cobble.

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For more details or to enquire about a specific service, contact O’Reilly Group by phone at 402 966 7237 email: sales@ oreillyconcrete.com or visit www.oreillyconcrete.com

Providing Concrete Solutions since 1939 PRECAST CONCRETE PRODUCTS Larchfield, Kingscourt, Co. Cavan, Ireland Phone: +353 (0) 42 966 7237 Email: sales@oreillyconcrete.com Web: www.oreillyconcrete.com

CONCRETE TANK SOLUTIONS Oakstown, Trim, Co. Meath, Ireland Phone: +353 (0) 46 943 1389 Email: sales@oreillyoakstown.com Web: www.oreillyoakstown.com

PAVING & DRIVWAY PRODUCTS Bailieborough Road, Kingscourt, Cavan, Ireland Phone: +353 (0) 42 967 5992 Email: sales@barleystone.com Web: www.barleystone.com

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IRISH C ONSTRUC TION NEWS TOP 4 0 B UILDING CONTR AC TOR S 2021 ROBBIE COUSINS, Editor, Irish Construction News, introduces the ‘Irish Construction News Top 40 Building Contractors 2021’ and explains how the list was compiled.

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e are is delighted to publish the Irish Construction News Top 40 Building Contractors 2021. This is a snapshot of the overall Irish construction industry at the end of 2020.

At the end of Q4 2019, the Irish construction sector employed over 147,700 people directly (CSO Labour Force Survey, (Q4, 2019). The Covid-19 pandemic national shutdown in March 2020 reduced the number of people employed to an estimated 128,500 in Q2 (CSO Covid-19 Adjusted Estimate). This figure adjusted back up to 136,400 by the end of Q4 2020. But the Covid-19-related national shutdown at the beginning of 2021 meant that by the end of Q2 2021, the number of people employed in construction was 119,000, with men accounting for 93% of those employed and women 7%.

‘Ireland’s Top 40 Building Contractors 2021’ had a combined turnover of €6.86bn in 2020. They recorded €4.95bn in construction activity in Ireland, and €1.9bn in exported services.

Despite Covid-19 challenges, Irish building contractors continue to meet the construction needs of global leaders at home and abroad.

The entry figure for inclusion in this year’s Top 40 was just under €32m.

The overall figure gives a clear indication that Irish construction continues to be a dynamic industry sector looking to the future with the ambition and know-how to deliver complex construction programmes at home and overseas, where its presence is growing substantially.

HOW THE TOP 40 IS COMPILED

Foundation Media Ltd, publisher of Irish Construction News and the constructionnews.ie, compiles the Irish Construction News Top 40 Building Contractors listing annually.

A more comprehensive listing can be found at www. constructionnews.ie Contractors are listed according to their overall turnover figure (combined Irish and international) for their last trading year. We record each company’s Republic of Ireland (ROI) turnover and international turnover figure, where available. Turnover figures are sourced directly from contractors. Companies must have their primary business based in the ROI to be included in the list.

Foundation Media contacted contractors directly to request available turnover figures for the business year that concluded on 31st December 2020 or their business year-end that was closest to that date. All end of business year dates are recorded in the entries. The turnover figures requested must relate to Irish-based building contractors or Irish-based subsidiaries of foreign-based building contractors. Companies are also asked to return the overall turnover figures for business conducted in Ireland and internationally. This includes turnover related to direct overseas trade conducted by an Irish subsidiary of a foreign-based company. Each company making a return must have this return validated by a director of the business or accompanied by an auditor’s letter that verifies the returned figures. All returns received were checked and verified by the editor of Irish Construction News.

Rankings for inclusion in the ‘Irish Construction News Top 40 Contractors 2021’ listing are based on the overall turnover figures supplied.

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JOHNSISK & SON

TOTAL TURNOVER: €1.503BN

ROI TURNOVER: €705.7M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €797.2m (UK €520.3M, Mainland

Europe €276.9M) YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: Wilton Works, Naas Road, Dublin 22.

PHONE: 01 409 1500 WEB: www.johnsiskandson.com LINKEDIN: John Sisk & Son Ltd TWITTER: @JohnSiskandSon KEY EXECUTIVES: Stephen Bowcott, CEO; Ger Penny, Chief Financial Officer; Donal McCarthy, COO, Ireland and Europe; Mark McGreevy, COO, Construction Services Business & Group Commercial Director; Paul Brown, COO, UK Construction and Civil Engineering; Maura Toles, Company Secretary and Chief Legal Officer; Wayne Metcalfe, Director - Health, Safety, Sustainability & Quality; Sean Fitzpatrick, Director - Human Resources.

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Building, Civil Engineering, Fit-Outs, Facilities Management, Offsite Construction.

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ccording to John Sisk & Son CEO Stephen Bowcott, despite the difficult environment caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the group’s construction arm delivered a good set of results.

“The strategy of growing our geographical coverage in the three key markets of Ireland, the UK and Europe has resulted in a 2020 revenue split of 47%, 35% and 18% across these areas. Different government policies towards the shutting down of construction protected us during this period, as the UK and Europe continued to operate while Ireland was closed for two months in 2020.

“Our brand continues to be well respected by our clients, and our annual employees opinion survey results are strong during what has been a challenging period for our staff ’s wellbeing,” Stephen Bowcott continues. “The company was able to maintain all of our staffs’ salary payments throughout the year despite Covid-19 shutdowns, and this was very well received by all.”

SUSTAINABILIT Y IN SISK

Stephen Bowcott, CEO, John Sisk & Son.

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In 2020, Sisk published its 2030 Sustainability Roadmap, Building today, Caring for tomorrow. This roadmap included 21 ambitious targets covering five themes: • Tackling climate change and air pollution • Caring for the environment • Enhancing communities • Leading on responsible business practices • Embracing innovation and digital technology The roadmap is the foundation for Sisk’s work for the next 10 years, and it will report annually on its progress against the targets set.

In 2020, on the ground, Sisk continued to improve its operational carbon performance, reduced its energy consumption, leading the way with its pioneering approach to electrification of its fleet and the adoption of alternative fuels. Its efforts continued to receive external recognition, and it benchmarked its operations using internationally recognised accreditation programmes.

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Canada Gardens, Wembley Park , London. a 1,100 cubic-metre pour – probably the largest for the project – utilising both temporary platforms, static and mobile pumps. This project is due for completion in 2023.

70 ST STEPHEN’S GREEN 70 St Stephen’s Green is a six-storey office development with a double basement. The Sisk team on the project achieved practical completion in December 2020. This was a fantastic achievement prior to the Christmas break on what was a very confined site in Dublin city centre site with logistical and construction challenges.

Pearse Station roof project, Dublin.

70 St Stephens Green, Dublin.

SISK IN IRELAND

Sisk was involved in delivering a number of high-profile projects in Ireland during 2020.

PROJECT KELLS In November 2020, Project Kells in Dublin city centre completed

BIOCORK 2 The expansion of BioCork 2 involved the construction of new buildings with a total floor space of almost 20,000 sq metres. It also included expansion of the existing warehouse, laboratory administration buildings, support infrastructure and utilities. The new facility will deliver products that will be consumed by patients, so the quality of manufacture and cleanliness of the manufacturing space is critical to this process.

EAST QUAD, TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY DUBLIN The East Quad at Technological University Dublin in Grangegorman achieved practical completion in October 2020. The building will mainly house academic activities and facilities required for the College of Creative and Cultural Industries. The accommodation includes a 400-seat music performance hall and provides practice spaces, creative arts and media studios.

PEARSE STATION The Pearse Station roof project included the design and construction of two new roofs at the main train hall and car park. Pearse Station is the busiest commuter station on the Iarnród Éireann (IE) network and caters for 30,000 passengers per day, with the majority of the works being carried out in the live rail environment.

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East Quad entrance, TU Dublin, Grangegorman.

BONHAM QUAY In October 2020, Bonham Quay in Galway celebrated its topping out with the site team, client Edward Capital and BDP architects.

The €105m mixed-use development scheme was also recognised as a leader in “One Planet Living” by the international sustainability charity, Bioregional. It is the first development in Ireland to achieve such recognition.

SISK IN THE UK

CANADA GARDENS Sisk has worked at Wembley Park for over 16 years, delivering 11 major projects. The transformation of Wembley Park for Quintain is one of the largest urban developments currently underway in Europe.

Its team completed the handover of Canada Gardens in October 2020.

CIRCLE SQUARE, MANCHESTER Circle Square is a new neighbourhood for the city of Manchester that reached practical completion in December 2020. The site boasts over 1,700 new homes and over 100,000 sq feet of retail and leisure space, providing a variety of boutique retailers, restaurants, bars and pavement cafes, all centred around Symphony Park.

UK FRAMEWORKS In October 2020, Sisk successfully secured a place on the EHA 3 (Eastern Highways Alliance 3). The framework provides 10 county councils in the east of England with a cost-effective vehicle to procure local highways and infrastructure projects. It is estimated that up to £400m of schemes will be delivered via the framework over the next four years, and Sisk has been awarded a place on Lot 3 for schemes ranging in value from £5m to £30m+.

Sisk also secured a place on the NHS Shared Business Services public sector construction works framework high-value lots. This deal has also been designed to support the UK Government’s construction strategy by ensuring social value, sustainability and modern methods of construction were incorporated into the original agreement.

These frameworks add to Sisk’s ever-growing list of UK public sector clients, including YORCivils, Manchester City Council,

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SISK IN EUROPE

Sisk’s European business has continued to expand, primarily in the specialist sectors of data centres and life sciences, where it has extensive experience. During 2020, Sisk worked on projects in Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Denmark and Sweden.

OUTLOOK 2021/22

Sisk’s order book in both the UK and Europe is very strong. In Ireland, Sisk is seeing some weakness outside Dublin, particularly in regional building. The civil engineering pipeline is very good in both UK and Ireland, as governments in both countries commit to significant investment programmes as part of their recovery plans from the pandemic.

Sisk has been successful in frameworks for its subsidiaries Vision Built and Sensori, as well as its strategic projects teams, for several Irish government bodies, including the Office of Public Works, the Department of Education and the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA).

In the UK, the civils team has won a place on several frameworks, including National Highways, York and Humber local authorities and Network Rail.

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PJ HEGARTY & SONS UC TOTAL TURNOVER: €564M ROI TURNOVER: €553M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €11M

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stablished in 1925, building contractor PJ Hegarty & Sons UC operates throughout Ireland and the UK, with offices in Dublin, Cork, Limerick and London. Its principal areas of operation are large complex projects in all sectors, including commercial, pharmaceutical, high-tech, hotel/leisure, residential and civil engineering.

SERVICES

The company employs over 340 people directly and offers a full range of construction services, including management contracting, Design & Build and public-private partnership (PPP) contracts, in addition to traditional building arrangements.

PJ Hegarty’s success over the years is based on sound financial and management principles. It is this emphasis, combined with a solid base of traditional craft skills and professional management, which has placed the company at the forefront of Irish contracting.

PROJECTS

High profile recently completed projects include a new 250,000-sqfoot office development at Penrose Quay, Cork; two large-scale data centres in west Dublin; a new facility for WuXi Biologics in Co Louth, and a multi-storey car park at the Intel Campus in Leixlip, Co Kildare.

Projects nearing completion include Project Fitzwilliam, Dublin 2, the redevelopment of ESB’s head office; a commercial, hotel,

A new 250,000-sq-foot off ice development at Penrose Quay, Cork .

YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: Davitt Road, Inchicore, Dublin 12.

PHONE: 01 455 6270 WEB: www.pjhegarty.ie LINKEDIN: PJ Hegarty & Sons TWITTER: @PJHegartySons KEY EXECUTIVES: John Hegarty, Executive Chairman; Kevin O’Brien, Operations Director (Eastern Region); Sean Carrigy, Operations Director (Southern & UK Regions).

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Building, Civil Engineering.

residential and aparthotel scheme at Spencer Place, Dublin; and a new prison facility in Limerick for the Irish Prison Service; Project Fitzwilliam in Dublin progressed significantly during 2020. This premier site in the heart of Dublin’s Georgian core will accommodate a new mixed-use development (GFA 43,000 sq metres). The project also includes the refurbishment of several listed buildings along Mount Street, Dublin.

The office element at the Spencer Place project will be occupied by software company, Salesforce, which has agreed to occupy 430,000 sq feet, with an option over a further 100,000 sq feet. Ronan Group Real Estate is developing the scheme. The letting is the country’s largest in history. The development will also include a 200-bedroom four-star hotel, which has been leased to the Dalata Hotel Group; 325 residential units in three blocks, and a 102-unit aparthotel.

In Cork, the Penrose Dock development achieved two Gold LEED buildings, of 80,000 sq feet and 170,000 sq feet, with open floorplates of up to 20,000 sq feet, along with an open public plaza, gym and cafe. It is the tallest office building developed in Cork city, at up to nine storeys.

Projects currently on site or commencing shortly include a new office Block at Central Park, Sandyford: two new large scale data centres in West Dublin; a 20,000 sq metres logistics warehouse in Kildare: a new administration building for Boston Scientific, and a lab expansion project, both in Cork.

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TOTAL TURNOVER: €461M ROI TURNOVER: €461M

YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: Head Office, Hartwell Lower, Kill, Co Kildare.

PHONE: 045 886400 WEB: www.bamireland.ie LINKEDIN: BAM Contractors TWITTER: @BAMIrl KEY EXECUTIVES: Theo Cullinane, Chief Executive Officer; Lorna Cross, Chief Financial Officer; Tadhg Lucey, Chief Operating Officer (Civils/Safety).

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Building, Civil Engineering, PPP, Volumetric Housing, Facilities Management focusing on sustainability, industrialisation and digitalisation.

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AM has been operating in Ireland for over 60 years and has delivered many of the country’s flagship infrastructure projects and landmark buildings. It employs over 3,000 people directly and indirectly. It is part of the Royal BAM Group of the Netherlands, with main operations in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium and Germany. Royal BAM Group’s turnover for 2020 is €6.8bn, and it employs around 18,000 people.

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As a leading construction, civil engineering, PPP and investment business, BAM Ireland’s sustainability objectives are to help public and private sector clients reduce carbon emissions, reduce material usage and enhance sustainability over the lifecycle of their buildings and infrastructure.

The contractor has built a strong reputation as the most sustainability-focused construction company in Ireland. This reputation, along with the award-winning quality of its work and technologically-driven innovative approach, has been central to its success in recent years. It is also the only construction company in Ireland to feature on CDP ‘A List’, which showcases companies leading on environmental transparency and action. The contractor has successfully retained this science-based mark over the past number of years. The CDP ‘A List’ is a proud badge of distinction in these times.

The New Children’s Hospital, June 2021.

The Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Bridge (N25 New Ross Bypass PPP).

BAM is a platinum member of the Irish Green Building Council, which aligns with BAM’s desire to be a driving force behind the transformation of the Irish construction and property sector into a global leader in quality and sustainability.

AWARDS

Recent Awards include: • Lee Point Student Accommodation – Winner, RIAI Architecture Awards 2021 – Living Category • Visual Control Tower, Dublin Airport – Winner, Building & Architect of the Year Awards 2021 - Building of the Year (Commercial).

• Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Bridge (N25 New Ross Bypass PPP) – Winner, IABSE Awards 2021 - Outstanding Structure.

PROJECTS

Its current onsite projects in Dublin include the New Children’s Hospital; Newmarket Square Development; Aparthotel, Little Mary Street; One Lime Street; The Shipping Office, Sir John Rogerson’s Quay; Green Acre Grange, Dundrum; Sweeney’s Corner Student Accommodation, Dublin 8; and the N3 Snugborough Interchange.

Elsewhere, BAM Ireland is currently engaged on the Horgan’s Quay Development, Cork; Carrigaline Western Relief Road; N5 Turlough to Westport JV; and N56 Dungloe to Cloghbolie Road Improvement Scheme.

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JOHNPAUL CONSTRUCTION TOTAL TURNOVER: €447.8M ROI TURNOVER: €363M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €84.8M

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020 was another record-breaking year for John Paul Construction, with turnover peaking at €447.8m, €363m of which was generated in Ireland.

IRISH PROJECTS

John Paul Construction has enjoyed great success across various sectors and regions. In the south of Ireland, following the successful completion and handover of major projects for Edwards Lifesciences and Regeneron in Limerick, and Bausch + Lomb in Waterford, the company commenced work on two projects on the Eli Lilly campus in Dunderrow, Kinsale, and has returned to Pepsico’s plant in Carrigaline to construct a new production building.

The contractor’s civils team has also commenced road upgrade works at IDA’s Carrigtwohill Business and Technology Park as part of IDA Ireland’s infrastructure and upgrades programme.

There are two new additions to Cork city’s skyline with the erection of two John Paul Construction tower cranes on Washington Street to construct a new 280-bed student accommodation scheme on the former Square Deal site for Round Hill Capital.

In Dublin, Round Hill Capital has also appointed John Paul Construction to build its 368-bed Ardee Point student accommodation scheme in The Liberties.

The contractor also has been appointed by MSD on a new 17,500 sq metre biopharmaceutical manufacturing and research facility at its Dunboyne campus, working with the PM Group as part of an integrated project delivery (IPD) model. IPD is a fast-track delivery model with both design and delivery streams working concurrently and leveraging substantially on modular and off-site construction.

The residential apartment market continues at a pace in Dublin.

In this sector, John Paul Construction recently commenced work on Sandyford Central for Richmond Homes. This is a design and build development providing 564 high-specification apartments over six distinct blocks, anchored by a landmark 17-storey tower.

The contractor has also broken ground on Kennedy Wilson’s SLX residential development on the site of the former Stillorgan Leisureplex. This comprises 232 apartments in buildings ranging in height from four to eight storeys, all over a double basement.

Additionally, work continues on the next phase of The Grange residential development in Stillorgan for Kennedy Wilson, which consists of 287 apartments. It is also nearing completion on Tribal Development’s landmark 374-unit Charlestown development.

INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS

On the international front, John Paul Construction established new offices in Amsterdam. The primary focus for John Paul Construction in new European markets will be on data-centre and life-science projects. Its teams have already commenced pricing several projects and are looking forward to commencing works on the ground before

YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: Dundrum Business Park, Dundrum Road, Dublin 14 PHONE: 01 215 6100 WEB: www.johnpaul.ie LINKEDIN: John Paul Construction TWITTER: @johnpaulconst KEY EXECUTIVES: Liam Kenny, Managing Director; Conor O’Donnell, Financial Director; John Keaveney, Construction Director; Paraic Keogh, Construction Director; John Moran, Construction Director; Niall O’Connor, Construction Director; Liam Casey, Associate Director – Business Development.

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Building, Civil Engineering.

Liam Kenny, Managing Director, John Paul Construction the end of 2021.

Providing delivery excellence for clients in different markets to the same exacting standards is a key part of the company’s strategic plan.

John Paul Construction’s focus on developing the data centre side of its business has seen it appointed by a major data-centre client to construct a new hyperscale 16MW data centre in Swindon in the UK. This follows successful projects for this client in the Middle East and Ireland.

In Scotland, the contractor recently completed work on a further phase of scour repairs to the A9 Cromarty Bridge for Transport Scotland. Its appointment follows on from a successfully completed project in 2017. The works involved excavating the seabed around the pile caps, dredging the local surface and carrying out a repair solution using rock armour and specialised geotextile membranes.

ABSAL PAUL

John Paul’s sister company Absal Paul is engaged on projects in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE, delivering data centre projects, a new terminal fit-out at Bahrain International Airport and a €70m refurbishment of the Saudi Arabian Central Bank in Riyadh.

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stablished in 1810 and still a family-owned business, Collen has offices in Dublin, Germany and Sweden and employs 360 people. The company’s clients range from large multinational corporations and private companies to local authorities and state bodies.

Collen is accredited to ISO 45001, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 50001 and, in 2021, achieved ISO 27001:2017 accreditation for its information security management system.

BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT

During this past year, Collen set up a new committee system focusing on critical areas. These include mental health and wellbeing, diversity and inclusion, training and development, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability. The goal is to drive positive change throughout the company.

Collen Managing Director Tommy Drumm explains: “We have taken a proactive approach by bringing in specialists in their field to train our board and our senior management team in these areas and drive change from the top down.”

RECENT PROJECTS

Collen is currently working on several major commercial projects, including The Haymarket in Smithfield and Two South County in Leopardstown. It was recently awarded the contracts for two new landmark developments in Dublin, including The Sidings, a LEED Platinum office development for Bartra Capital and the Premier Inn hotel and offices for Glenveagh.

Since 2017, the company has had a strong presence in Blackrock, Co Dublin, completing the refurbishment of Blackrock Shopping Centre in 2021. Collen’s teams in the south Dublin suburb are currently continuing works on the construction of 45 apartments over Frascati Shopping Centre and a phase-three extension to Fern Dean nursing home. Collen also completed phases one and two of the development.

Collen’s dedicated BioPharma division delivered a new purification suite for a confidential pharmaceutical client in 2020 and more recently completed a 10,000m2 CSA fit-out for WuXi Biologics in Dundalk at their new European headquarters.

Collen has also been carrying out significant infrastructure

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COLLENCONSTRUCTION TOTAL TURNOVER: €413M ROI TURNOVER: €135M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €278M

YEAR END: 31/03/2021 ADDRESS: River House, East Wall Road, Dublin 3.

PHONE: 01 874 5411 WEB: www.collen.com LINKEDIN: Collen TWITTER: @CollenConstruct KEY EXECUTIVES: Neil Collen, Chairman; Tommy Drumm, Managing Director; Declan Lowry, Director; David Lee, Director; Donal Hennessy, Director; Tom O’Connor, Director; Kara Stuart, Company Secretary; Leslie Fitzpatrick, Finance Director; Philip Walsh, Financial Controller; Joe O’Dwyer, Health & Safety Manager; Rebecca Reilly, Quality and Environmental Manager.

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Building.

upgrade works at Dublin and Cork airports, involving the installation of a new baggage handling system for both airports, and the construction of a new building at Dublin airport.

In 2020, Collen successfully delivered two design and build hyperscale data centres in Dublin for a confidential client. The company currently has 124MW of data halls under construction in Ireland, Germany and Sweden. It recently opened its data centre Centre of Excellence – a new technologically advanced data centre hub at its head office in Dublin – that supports its national and international data centre projects.

OVERVIEW AND OUTLOOK

Commenting on the company’s activities over the past 12 months, Tommy Drumm says: “The construction industry saw a positive increase in activity levels in the second quarter of 2021, as remaining non-essential construction sites reopened. While our Irish turnover dropped last year as several of our projects closed for long periods, fortunately, our ongoing European operations, which didn’t slow down, have made us more resilient as a business. This year, we secured several major contracts across commercial and data centre sectors, which leaves us with a strong order book and firmly positioned for the remainder of 2021 and all of 2022,” Tommy Drumm concludes.

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BENNETT (CONSTRUCTION) LTD TOTAL TURNOVER: €367M ROI TURNOVER: €284M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €83M

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ennett (Construction) Ltd is a family-owned tier-1 construction contractor that has been at the forefront of construction for over 100 years and is now in its fourth generation. It undertakes projects in Ireland, the UK and Germany, and currently has 14 projects on site, with a combined value of over €600m. The company employs over 200 people.

ETHOS

Bennett’s organisational structure has evolved over its 100-year history, but it retains a hands-on approach to projects with director involvement in every project. This focus on the small detail sets Bennett apart from its competitors and allows it to repeatedly deliver for clients and win work on a repeat basis.

Bennett’s supply chain is diverse and robust. It has built up strong relationships with its partners over many years and can ensure that the delivery challenges on each project are matched by the skill sets within its supply chain.

PROJECTS

Bennett had several exciting projects on site in the past 12 months, including a number of prestigious office developments in the Irish market, such as the Grade A, LEED Gold-rated North Dock and 76 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay in Dublin.

It successfully achieved practical completion on Beckett Locke, an exciting aparthotel project in Dublin for Saco, a client for whom it has delivered a number of previous schemes, including the recent Zanzibar Locke. It is continuing its work with Saco on several other

9 Osier Way, London, a residential development comprising 196 units.

YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: Forest Park, Mullingar, Co Westmeath.

PHONE: 044 934 6000 WEB: www.bennettconstruction.com LINKEDIN: Bennett Construction TWITTER: @bennettconstr KEY EXECUTIVES: Paul Bruton, Joint Managing Director; Paul McGee, Joint Managing Director, Michael Pigott, Director, Jim Bennett, Director, Stephen Bennett, Director KEY ACTIVITIES: General Building, Data Centres.

similar schemes, including Buckle Street in London.

Bennett is working towards completing the EXO, Ireland’s tallest office development at the end of the North Quays, Dublin.

The EXO will have Europe’s first LEED V3 Platinum certification prior to practical completion. Taking its name from its large-scale exoskeleton steel structure, the development stands at 17 storeys high and is raised at ground level by approximately eight metres. This is complemented by an adjacent 10.5 metre-high cubic glazed bar and restaurant, with the development also boasting a 1,000-sq-metre roof garden.

Works are also well advanced on The Benson Building on Sir John Rogerson’s Quay. This project includes 72 apartments and is due for completion later this year.

In recent years, Bennett has delivered a number of large data centre facilities and is currently well advanced on data hall developments in Clonee and Grange Castle for global clients.

UK PROJECTS

Earlier this year in London, Bennett completed Hounslow Place, a development of nearly 300 homes.

It is currently constructing several large high-density residential projects, including 9 Osier Way, London, a residential development consisting of 196 units. It was also recently awarded three additional phases of the Greenwich Millennium Village (GMV). This will bring the total number of residential units to over 600 delivered by Bennett under the GMV scheme.

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JJ RHATIGAN& COMPANY TOTAL TURNOVER: €288M ROI TURNOVER: €255M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €33M The National Forensic Mental Health Service Hospital, Dublin.

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espite the extraordinary challenges presented as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, JJ Rhatigan had significant success completing milestone projects across multiple sectors in Ireland and the UK. In 2020, the company achieved an overall turnover of €288m and currently has 19 projects in Ireland and the UK, with a combined value of over €1.26bn.

STAFF

With 420-plus direct employees, staff levels are strong across its five locations, ensuring the delivery of its current workload and newly secured projects. From a recruitment perspective, the company continues to seek out the top graduates each year, as well as enthusiastic and committed people at all levels.

Health, safety, environment and quality (HSEQ) play a central role in all activities and operations carried out by JJ Rhatigan and are enshrined in its five ‘Pillars of Success’: Health and safety, quality and environmental, programme, budget and collaborative relationships.

PROJECTS

JJ Rhatigan has vast experience in both the public and private sectors. Its client-focused strategy has resulted in a portfolio based on repeat business and strong client referrals. Its objective is steady, sustainable growth over the next five years, strengthening its position as a competitive, innovative, safe and sustainable tier 1 construction services company.

JJ Rhatigan has a range of anchor projects underway or newly completed. The recently handed-over National Forensic Mental Health Service Hospital at Portrane facilitated the relocation of the Central Mental Hospital in Dundrum.

The contractor is at an advanced stage with the Charlemont Square development in Dublin, with almost half of its 46,500 sq metres of office space soon to be occupied by anchor tenant Amazon. This development also includes over 260 residential units.

Other projects currently underway in Dublin include UCD student residences, One Le Pole Square commercial development, Edmund

Crown Square, Galway.

YEAR END: 31/10/2020 ADDRESS: Wolfe Tone House, Fr Griffin Road, Galway.

PHONE: 091 580800 WEB: www.jjrhatigan.com LINKEDIN: JJ Rhatigan & Company TWITTER: @JJRhatigan KEY EXECUTIVES: Padraic Rhatigan, Chairman and Group Managing Director; Ger Ronayne, Chief Executive Officer; Gerry Kelly, Group Chief Financial Officer; Sean Rhatigan, Corporate Services Director; Niall Higgins, Chief Operations Officer; Francis Mulry, Chief Commercial Officer; Sarah O’Donohoe, Director of Human Resources.

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Building.

Rice College in Castleknock and the E3 Learning Foundry at Trinity College Dublin.

Regionally, it is in the final stages of the hand-over of Social Housing Bundle 2, a public-private partnership (PPP) project as part of the Torc Housing Partnership consortium, which is delivering a total of 465 social housing units. The company is well underway, transforming Crown Square in Wellpark, Galway, into the largest mixed-use development in Galway. It comprises some 38,000 sq metres of office space, a 180-bed hotel, over 300 PRS units and ancillary retail, medical and other facilities.

Over the next 12 months, it will continue to work on Maynooth University Academic Building, Kildare; the IDA Advance Office Building, Sligo; the HSE Residential Care Centre in Tuam; PPD’s pharma research laboratory facility in Athlone; and mixed-use redevelopments in Napier Gateway Luton, Guildford and Abbey Place in London.

OUTLOOK

JJ Rhatigan is in construction for the long term to nurture relationships with existing and new clients and to copper-fasten partnerships across its supply chain.

It has a well-deserved reputation for delivering complex, largescale developments on time and within budget. Its collaborative work culture and dedication to innovation and technology will continue to be the key to its success.

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WALLS CONSTRUCTIONLTD TOTAL TURNOVER: €273.5M ROI TURNOVER: €273.5M Termini Building, Sandyford, Dublin.

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alls Construction’s turnover for 2020 was slightly less than the €290m achieved in 2019 but adjusted for Covid-19, it would comfortably exceed €300m. This means that the company has met the targets set out in its business strategy, devised following an investor-backed MBO in 2015, which targeted annual turnover in the region of €300m by the end of 2020.

CLIENTS

The company’s principal revenue stream is managing private rented sector (PRS) projects for clients such as Park Developments, Marlet, Ardstone and Royalton/Tristan Capital Partners. Its developments under construction include Woodward Square and Clay Farm in Dublin 18; Two Oaks in Dublin 16; Grand Canal Harbour in Dublin 1; College Square in Dublin 2 and Carnlough Road in Dublin 7.

Walls has increased its activity in commercial projects, including the Cadenza building on Earlsfort Terrace for Irish Life; Glencar House in Ballsbridge, Dublin, for Killeen Properties; and further extension works to the new Central Bank of Ireland building on North Wall Quay, Dublin 1.

YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: Rosemount House, Northern Cross, Malahide Road, Dublin 17.

PHONE: 01 867 3800 WEB: www.walls.ie LINKEDIN: Walls Construction TWITTER: @WallsConstruct KEY EXECUTIVES: Eugene O’Shea, Managing Director; Willie White, Commercial Director; Frank Kelly, Construction Director; Adrian Corcoran, Construction Director; Hugh O’Brien, Financial Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Building, Fit-Outs.

In 2020, Walls handed over four separate student accommodation buildings, two on Cork Street in Dublin 8, one on the North Circular Road, and the other which formed part of the Lidl Northern Quarter development in Ballymun.

Walls’ fit-out and interiors division remains extremely busy, with major projects such as the new ESB Fitzwilliam Street development and the expansion of the Central Bank’s HQ building continuing, in addition to other smaller projects, in many cases managed for repeat clients.

EMPLOYEES

Employee numbers at Walls continue to grow, with over 380 people on the books. The total staff has more than doubled in the past four years.

Eugene O’Shea, Managing Director, Walls, says, “In recent years PRS has been our dominant sector and, given our expertise in this area, we see this continuing. Despite some of the uncertainty resulting from Covid-19, we have three new-build commercial office projects recently underway in Dublin. Also, we have re-energised our focus on the life-sciences and data-centre sectors, and we look forward to this activity contributing to our turnover next year and in 2023.”

Fernbank development, Churchtown, Dublin.

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ROADBRIDGE

TOTAL TURNOVER: €262,866,194 ROI TURNOVER: €146,818,386 INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €116,047,808

YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: Crossagalla, Ballysimon Road, Limerick.

PHONE: 061 414874 WEB: www.roadbridge.ie LINKEDIN: Roadbridge Ltd TWITTER: @Roadbridge KEY EXECUTIVES: Conor Gilligan, CEO; Pat McCarthy, COO; Robert Dix, Group Chairman; Jim Mulcair, Director; Des Mulcair, Director; John Duggan, Director; Martin McCormack, Director; Sean Liston, Director; Morgan Sheehy, Director; Trevor Byrne CFO/Company Secretary.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Civil Engineering.

North Runway, Dublin Airport.

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oadbridge is a global civil engineering contractor founded in 1967. It specialises in the collaborative delivery of international infrastructure projects across all sectors.

Its core ethos is to exceed client expectations across all disciplines through the strengths and experience of its people.

COVID-19 RESPONSE

Conor Gilligan, CEO, Roadbridge, says that the challenges presented

by Covid-19 during 2020 were efficiently managed by the company as its existing systems allowed for continuous improvements through effective communication with its workforce.

“We don’t settle on any one policy for too long,” explains Conor Gilligan. “We are continuously reviewing and adjusting our systems and policies to keep health and safety at the forefront of everybody’s thinking. Covid-19 placed new demands on the business in 2020, but we found it quite easy to innovate as we already had our integrated management system in place to facilitate engagement between management and staff on a continual basis. This means that any new directives or initiatives can be integrated seamlessly into the business.”

OUTLOOK

Conor Gilligan comments that Roadbridge’s outlook is highly

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positive for the coming years.

“Our order book is secured for the next three years, and the future is bright. The top three projects secured over the past year are the N5 Ballaghaderreen Bypass, the Coonagh to Knockalisheen Northern Distributor Road in Limerick, and the A465 motorway PPP project in Wales. We will also be starting further projects in both Ireland and the UK over the course of 2021.”

PROJECTS

Current projects in Ireland include the prestigious North Runway at Dublin Airport; Dublin Port Framework; N4 Colooney to Castlebaldwin road improvement scheme, Sligo; Great Southern Greenway, Limerick; Coonagh to Knockalisheen Distributor Road scheme, Limerick and a Facebook data centre in Clonee, Co Meath.

Internationally, the contractor is currently on site on various sections of HS2 high-speed railway link between London, the midlands, the north of England and Scotland; phase three of Beinn an Turic Windfarm, Scotland; Sandy Knowe Windfarm, Scotland; phase four of Port of Cromarty Firth, Invergordon, Scotland; East Anglia One – Scottish Power Renewables – Ipswich, England; West Cumbria Water Supply, United Utilities, England; Seagreen cable installation, Carnoustie, Scotland; the A465 motorway PPP project in Wales; and Project Aura Windfarm in Sweden.

N4 Colooney to Castlebaldwin road improvement scheme.

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MAC-GROUP

TOTAL TURNOVER: €195M ROI TURNOVER: €145M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €50M

One Microsoft Court, Leopardstown Dublin.

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ac-group was founded in 2002 with a mission “to construct, restore and repurpose buildings to exceed the expectations of clients, consultants and staff, and to question and improve upon all that has gone before”. mac has developed from a niche interior fit-out contractor into a collaborative construction partner, delivering complex construction, fit-out and design and build projects.

With offices in Birmingham, Dublin and Newry, mac-group has taken a measured approach to growth, targeting collaborative opportunities and consistently delivering a service that exceeds expectations.

MAC-GROUP ETHOS

Paul McKenna, CEO, mac-group, says that mac-group’s teams build relationships based on partnership and collaboration. “mac’s professional teams are resilient and have the autonomy to think independently, proposing and implementing solutions, enabling mac to attract and retain the industry’s top professionals,” Paul McKenna explains. “mac team members are given opportunities to grow and maximise their potential. With significant investment in training and personal development, mac is at the forefront of innovative delivery, digital construction and sustainable development.”

The Eight Building, Newmarket, Dublin

YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: South Block, Rockfield, Dundrum, Dublin 16.

PHONE: 01 644 9650 WEB: www.mac-group.com LINKEDIN: mac-group-com TWITTER: @macgroupcom KEY EXECUTIVES: Paul McKenna, Chief Executive Officer; Brendan Moley, Managing Director, Interiors; Eddie Campion, Managing Director, Construction; Martin Daly, Financial Director; Ray O’Sullivan, Country Director UK; Ronan McGovern, Commercial Director; Tony Joyce, Engineering Director; Peter Browne, Head of Business Development.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Main Contractor Specialising in Warehousing and Logistics, Residential, Commercial Offices and Commercial Fit-Outs.

AWARDS

2020 was another successful year for mac-group with its fit-out division winning Fit-Out Project of the Year and Large Fit-Out Project of the Year for One Microsoft Court, and the Excellence in Health and Safety accolade.

PROJECTS

mac has delivered a diverse range of projects, including several high-profile fit-outs for Microsoft, Bristol Myer Squibb, Workday, Mastercard and Amazon. Its construction division has continued to grow, securing and delivering a number of new logistics projects, as well as film studios and commercial offices. mac-group’s growth in the UK continues with the successful delivery of a number of large residential and hotel projects, including a 206-residential unit project at Equipoint, Birmingham; Mary Anne Street apartments in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter and the new Melia Hotel in Echo Place, Liverpool.

CAT B fit-out for PayPal, Dublin.

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The A6 Dungiven and Drumahoe Road, Co Derry.

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WILLS BROS LTD

TOTAL TURNOVER: €143M ROI TURNOVER: €60M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €83M

YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: Ballylahan Bridge, Foxford, Co Mayo.

PHONE: 094 925 6221 WEB: www.willsbros.com LINKEDIN: Wills Bros Ltd KEY EXECUTIVES: Charles Wills, Managing Director; James Wills, Company Secretary; Aidan McCaul, Contracts Director; Jonathan Wills, Contracts Director; Gary Curran, Commercial Director; Trevor Wills, Legal Director; Timothy Wills, Operations Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Civil Engineering.

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ounded in 1972, Wills Bros is a civil engineering contractor at the forefront of national infrastructure development in Ireland, the UK and Europe. A subsidiary company, Wills Bros Civil Engineering Ltd, is based in Motherwell, Scotland, with project offices established throughout the UK. As a family-run business, Wills Bros takes pride in the high standards it achieves in its projects, which result in numerous repeat contracts.

Wills Bros’ client-base includes various local authorities, Transport Infrastructure Ireland, Transport Scotland, Department of Infrastructure – Northern Ireland, Gypsum Industries, Irish Water, OPW, Xerox, Microsoft, Apple, Glanbia, Anglo American Mining, Tara Mines, Scottish Enterprise, Port of Cork, IDA Ireland, Dublin Port and many blue-chip multinationals in the technology and pharmaceutical sectors.

PROJECTS

MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

Wills Bros’ project experience ranges from road design and build contracts, such as the N5 Turlough to Westport Road project, Co Mayo; and the A6 Dungiven and Drumahoe Road, Co Derry; to mining, marine works, road realignments, site developments, waterrelated services, telecommunications, landfill remediation, leisure and public amenity projects, such as the Kerdiffstown Park project, Co Kildare.

The Kerdiff stown Park project, Co Kildare.

Wills Bros’ quality management system is certified to IS EN ISO 9001:2015 accreditation as civil engineering contractors specialising in design, construction and project management of contracted works.

The company employs approximately 400 people, with a safety record amongst the highest rating level, with a lost-time accident (LTA) frequency rating of 0.07 for 2020.

The A6 Dungiven and Drumahoe Road, Co Derry.

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Capital Docks, Dublin, a development for John Sisk & Son.

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ERRIGAL CONTRACTS LTD TOTAL TURNOVER: €141M ROI TURNOVER: €37M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €104M

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rrigal Contracts Ltd has carved a niche in the construction market in Ireland, the UK, and mainland Europe as a specialist contractor in partition systems, external façades, interior fit-outs, ceilings, and bespoke solutions.

It is internationally respected for its unique ability to provide specialist fit-out and cladding services on construction projects of all types and sizes and in all locations.

Damien Treanor and Cormac McCloskey founded Errigal Contracts over 20 years ago. It has a dedicated manufacturing facility at its headquarters in Monaghan, with regional offices in London, Derry, Zurich, Amsterdam and more recently, Frankfurt.

INNOVATION

Errigal has a £20m off-site manufacturing base at the 70-acre former Enkalon industrial estate in Co Antrim. Ongoing development at the site, continued growth in data centres in mainland Europe as well as targeted growth in off-site assembly will enable the contractor to take the opportunity to grow with its clients with plans to achieve an annual turnover in excess of £300m over the next five years.

Errigal also invests in design and R&D, seeing these as two key areas that can drive success for the company and its clients. Its design department continues to grow, working with partners and clients to bring designs to life. Its highly skilled team, which includes in-house and site-based engineers and designers, is equipped with the latest 3D software.

Errigal also works closely with manufacturers to continually test new products, equipment, and technology to develop new solutions.

Continued innovation led to the opening of Errigal’s dedicated Research & Development (R&D) Centre that provides bespoke manufacturing solutions.

YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: Ardginny Killybrone Co Monaghan.

PHONE: 047 70709 WEB: www.errigalcontracts.com LINKEDIN: Errigal Contracts Limited TWITTER: @ErrigalGroup KEY EXECUTIVES: Damien Treanor, Joint Managing Director; Cormac McCloskey, Joint Managing Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Specialist Fit-Out and Cladding Contracting.

our clients and our industry and will continue to invest into the future to ensure that we all grow through a culture of care, support, and encouragement.”

Joint Managing Director Cormac McCloskey is widely known as the operational powerhouse of Errigal. He has steered many of the company’s successful projects with a can-do approach while building trusted long-term partnerships. Regularly called upon by some of the world’s leading construction players, McCloskey has led the Errigal team to complete some of the most complex construction projects nationally and internationally.

McCloskey describes what is at the core of Errigal’s success over the years. “At Errigal, we care deeply about our people and our industry. Our success is founded on years of experience and the strength of our dedicated people and communities in Ireland, the UK and Europe. A founding principle of Errigal is the recognition that by continuing to invest in ambitious young people pursuing a trade in the industry and allowing them to grow and develop, we will grow and become strong.”

PROJECTS

Recent and current Irish projects include Capital Docks for John Sisk & Son; Andrews Lane Hotel for Duggan Brothers; Townsend Street development for John Paul Construction; Dub 08 data centre for PJ Hegarty Construction; and Dub 02 and Dub 12 data centres with Winthrop.

Recent and current UK projects include 22 Bishops Gate, 1 Palace Street London, Battersea Power Station, and Victoria Square, Woking.

MANAGEMENT TEAM

Joint managing director Damien Treanor has over 30 years of experience in the construction industry in the UK, Ireland and internationally. Treanor is dedicated to people, community and industry development and is the driving force behind ‘The Errigal Way’. This ethos is reflected in the team at Errigal, who are committed to doing the very best, however big or small the challenge might be.

Treanor describes the company’s approach to project delivery. “We do things the Errigal way. This ethos is at the core of our company culture. It’s how we think and how we work. A simple philosophy that has been years in the making and allows us to thrive as people and prosper. We are focused on the experience we give our clients, our suppliers, and our people. Delivering quality and completing projects within timelines is a given. We are committed to our people,

Errigal Contracts joint managing directors Cormac McCloskey and Damien Treanor.

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Murphy Ireland was contracted by the Fingal County Council to construct the Baldoyle to Portmarnock Walking and Cycling Greenway.

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MURPHY IRELAND

TOTAL TURNOVER: €138M ROI TURNOVER: €120M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €18M

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urphy Ireland is a leading multi-disciplinary engineering and construction company that directly employs over 530 engineers, designers, technicians, managers, and operatives.

An integral part of the wider Murphy Group, Murphy’s Irish operations have been headquartered in Newbridge, Co Kildare since 1968. Over the past 50 plus years, Murphy Ireland has built a reputation for quality and excellence, offering industry-leading services in civil engineering, transport infrastructure, piling, tunnelling, structural steel, pipe fabrication and weld testing services, as well as fully integrated turnkey solutions to both the municipal and industrial water sectors, encompassing all aspects of design, construction, and operation and maintenance.

John G Murphy, Managing Director, Murphy Ireland, says that the contractor had a similar experience to many other contractors in 2020, in that its turnover was negatively impacted by Covid-19. “But it was a testament to the strength of our offering that we managed to grow turnover during the pandemic.”

MARKET DEVELOPMENT

Historically, Murphy Ireland was predominantly a specialist contractor in Ireland involved in gas, piling, industrial maintenance and steel fabrication. In recent years, the company has adapted and expanded its offering in Ireland. Turnover has increased as a result, from €50m in 2016 to €138m in 2020, €18m of which was from exports.

“Since 2015, like many other Irish contractors, we expanded to meet market demand as the industry recovered from recession,” John G Murphy continues. “In February 2017, Murphy acquired AECOM’s Irish DBO water business, and this strengthened our position considerably and paved the way for further growth. The government wisely started procuring new water and wastewater treatment plants on a design, build and operate basis some 20 years ago. This has not only delivered great savings to the Irish taxpayer, it has also improved the quality and quantity of water produced while improving effluent standards greatly. This move has also built up expertise among Irish contractors in the long-term operation of municipal facilities.

Where clients are looking to save money and improve quality, this experience and expertise are in great demand, and our offering is easily exportable to other countries. Since 2017, Murphy Ireland has secured and delivered some really interesting water projects in the UK for blue-chip clients and are building strong and valuable relationships.”

PROJECTS

Murphy Ireland enjoys trusted and long-standing relationships with clients such as Gas Networks Ireland, Irish Water and Aughinish Alumina Ltd.

YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: Great Connell, Newbridge, Co Kildare.

PHONE: 045 431384 WEB: www.murphygroup.com/ie LINKEDIN: Murphy Ireland KEY EXECUTIVES: John G Murphy, Managing Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Civil Engineering, Water, Natural Resources, Power, Ground Engineering, Structural Steel.

John G Murphy, Managing Director, Murphy Group.

Recently, Murphy Ireland was awarded the NSWC Contract by Gas Networks Ireland for Lot 2 - system operations and ancillary services.

This contract, along with the Northern Ireland operate and maintain contract previously awarded, means that Murphy now covers the maintenance and upgrades on the GNI gas transmission network throughout the island of Ireland.

As well as its many infrastructure projects across Ireland, including the delivery of several greenways, Murphy Ireland is also currently building an energy and recycling facility for Yorkshire Water and installing UV plants for South Eastern Water in the UK. The company also manufactures a broad range of items, including steel bridges for export to support Murphy Group projects throughout the UK, at its steel fabrication facility in Kildare.

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“Our self-delivery model gives us a great advantage in controlling programme, quality, and safety,” John G Murphy explains. “We invest heavily in plant, allowing us to reduce our CO2 emissions year on year and are conscious that everything we do supports our values to improve continually, never harm and conduct our business with respect, integrity and accountability.”

STAFF

John G Murphy concludes by acknowledging the commitment of Murphy Group staff. “Our people are our most important resource, we look after them, and they return this to us with exemplary work, SHESQ performance and a thirst for continuous professional development that we support strongly.”

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CONST RUCT ION SIT E LIGHT I NG

K e e p y o u r s ite s b rig ht a n d s a f e th is w inte r Coming into winter, lighting becomes a priority on all sites and workplaces. It is essential for the health and safety of everyone in the workplace that they are operating in a well-lit area and can see not only the job at hand but also those working around them.

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aois Hire has a large selection of nationally available portable lighting solutions to ensure your location is always fully illuminated. It has been continuously investing in its lighting division over the years and has succeeded in building an expansive selection of top-quality lighting options.

Laois Hire supplied hundreds of lighting towers at the most recent National Ploughing Championships in Carlow in 2019, illuminating the way for some 81,000 attendees at the event.

LIGHTING TOWERS

Their most popular lighting solution is the advanced MHM X-ECO (LED6) Lighting Tower. Features include a 6 x 150W LED lighting head, Kubota electric start diesel engine and a Dusk ‘til Dawn Auto Stop/Start sensor. This reliable tower is very compact for easy transport, which is essential when flexibility counts on fast-moving construction sites.

Portlaoise Branch Manager Niall Brennan says: “Our customers love the fuel-efficient

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aspect of these particular lighting towers and the ease of use that the Auto Stop/Start Sensor brings. With other lighting towers, you have to send somebody out to site with a key to turn on or off, but with this sensor, the tower turns itself on when light is fading and turns off when the night ends.”

The high lighting capabilities are ideal for helping to get the work done after dark.

Their top-class lighting equipment has been called upon on high profile sites over the years, including the New Ross Bypass & the award-winning Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Bridge, the National Children’s Hospital Dublin, Dublin Port and most major resurfacing projects around the country.

Graham Doyle, from Roadstone Contracts Divisions, says, “We are a long-standing customer of Laois Hire and can say without hesitation that they provide a brilliant and reliable service. In particular, we have found their lighting towers to be an essential item to ensure worker safety and productivity on site. The ease of which they are transported is also a major advantage.”

The X-eco lighting tower is an advanced, extra fuel-ef­ficient mobile lighting tower.

WINTER SITE ESSENTIALS

Laois Hire also has many other winter essentials to keep you going through the cold months, including heaters, small & large generators, DIY essentials and pumps to clear water from flooded areas quickly and efficiently.

For more information or any queries, call Laois Hire on 1800 20 40 40 or visit laoishire.com

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IAC is a multi-disciplined construction group based in Dublin, with regional and divisional offices in Cork and Galway. Its principal divisions comprise civil engineering, including pavement works; roofing and cladding; and mechanical and electrical. Each division delivers large and small projects for its broad client base. It is committed to delivering projects on programme and within budget in a safe and environmentallyfriendly manner.

SIAC PROJECT APPROACH

SIAC’s teams of professionals work closely with its design partners and clients to deliver a flexible and innovative service on every project it undertakes. It has successfully delivered many key infrastructural projects within Ireland, taking a collaborative approach with clients and national and international joint-venture partners.

“We recognise that long-term repeat business relationships with our customers coupled with project delivery to the highest standards with a strong emphasis on health, safety, and environment are fundamental to the continued success of SIAC,” comments Martin Maher, CEO, SIAC. “Our aim is for customers to value the service we provide as highly as we value their business.”

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SIACCONSTRUCTIONGROUP TOTAL TURNOVER: €130M ROI TURNOVER: €115M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €15M

YEAR END: 30/06/20 ADDRESS: Dolcain House, Monastery Rd, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.

PHONE: 01 403 3111 WEB: www.siac.ie LINKEDIN: SIAC Construction Ltd KEY EXECUTIVES: Martin Maher, Chief Executive Officer; Pearse Ferguson, Chief Financial Officer.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Civil Engineering and Specialist Subcontracting.

EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT

SIAC’s commitment to continuous improvement in the areas of safety, health and environmental management has been recognised with National Irish Safety Organisation (NISO) awards and an AllIreland Occupational Safety award.

As an organisation, SIAC is committed to workplace excellence. It recognises that its employees are its primary resource and has a wellestablished continuous professional development (CDP) programme, led by its CPD committee, to support and provide development opportunities for all of its employees. SIAC is an Engineers Ireland CPD-accredited company and on the CIRI register. It recognises the value of diversity in the workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunities employer.

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Broadstone Gate, Dublin, a key Luas access point to the TU Dublin campus, Grangegorman.

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ARDMACGROUP LIMITED TOTAL TURNOVER: €129,098,189 ROI TURNOVER: €47,939,372 INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €81,158,817

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YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: Swords Business Campus, Balheary Road, Swords, Co Dublin.

PHONE: 01 894 8800 WEB: www.ardmac.com LINKEDIN: ardmac-ltd TWITTER: @ArdmacLtd KEY EXECUTIVES: Ronan Quinn, Chief Executive Officer; Alan Coakley, Chief Operating Officer; Roy Millar, Managing Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Cleanrooms, Data Centres, Fit-Out and Refurbishment, Dryrooms, Offsite-Building, Specialist Contracting.

rdmac delivers high-value workspaces and technical environments in Ireland and across Europe. Headquartered in Dublin, with offices in Manchester, Craigavon, Brussels, Cork and Switzerland, Ardmac currently has projects all over Ireland, the UK, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, and this year it announced expansion into Finland and Germany.

healthcare sector. These workspaces can be constructed and deployed within weeks for a rapid response to meet critical needs.

PROJECTS

SAFET Y FIRST

Providing trade contracting and main contracting solutions, Ardmac’s markets include data centres, micro-electronics, pharmaceuticals, med-tech and commercial offices. It has worked on projects for over 80% of global foreign direct investment (FDI) pharma and technology companies in Ireland and Europe.

Ardmac has recently been working on cleanroom projects for WuXi, Abbvie and Boston Scientific in Ireland, as well as hyperscale data centres across Europe.

OFFSITE DEVELOPMENTS

Ardmac has acquired a significant equity investment in Cental, a leading provider of advanced modular infrastructure to the data centre, utilities and telecoms industries. It has also entered into a partnership agreement with US-based Germfree Laboratories, a specialist in the design, engineering and manufacturing of advanced biological containment laboratories.

Subsequently, Ardmac has been able to launch Germfree in Europe. Germfree provides a fast, flexible solution for modular, on-demand and high-value medical workspaces to support the

Ardmac’s “Safety First” programme is a significant contributor to its excellent safety performance. The programme is designed to embed a safety-conscious mindset with continuous improvement.

SECTOR INNOVATOR

Ardmac’s ultimate goal is to maximise value for its customers. Being an early adopter and champion of lean construction techniques has put Ardmac at the centre of progressing Irish construction’s adoption of lean principles.

Ardmac also recognises that technology has the power to change the face of the construction sector dramatically, and it is committed to staying ahead of the curve.

Incorporating SMART (Specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and timely) goals into all that it does, has resulted in Ardmac deploying innovative technology throughout the business to empower its people, drive performance and delight its customers.

This approach places the customer at the centre of its activities to the extent that it enables customers to access project information and performance in real-time on any mobile device.

Dublin project for a global pharmaceutical company.

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TOTAL TURNOVER: €108M ROI TURNOVER: €105M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €3M

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lynn has been in business for 17 years and provides a comprehensive range of construction management, fit-out and main contracting services.

CORE BUSINESS

Flynn is an international construction business that executes projects across the island of Ireland, the UK and mainland Europe.

The directors of Flynn have successfully diversified the business both sectorally and geographically over recent years. This has been achieved while maintaining its consistent project approach by forging strong relationships with people, partners, subcontractors and clients. This approach allows Flynn to provide a consistent best-inclass delivery for all clients regardless of sector or jurisdiction.

YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: Flynn House, Blackwater Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 11.

PHONE: 01 850 3000 WEB: www.flynnmc.com LINKEDIN: Flynn Management & Contractors Ltd TWITTER: @FlynnManagement KEY EXECUTIVES: Kevin Flynn, Managing Director; Mick Flynn, Operations Director; Derek Murphy, Financial Director; Cormac McKenna – Regional Director (Ireland East & Europe); William O’Brien, Regional Director (Mid-West); Alan Nevin, Commercial Director; Keith Oliver, Projects Director; Paul Dennis, Managing Director UK. KEY ACTIVITIES: General Contracting, Commercial Fit-Outs and Construction of Critical and Restricted Environments.

SUSTAINABILIT Y

Flynn takes a holistic approach to sustainability, incorporating this into its company culture and all work it undertakes.

Managing Director Kevin Flynn comments: “At Flynn, we take our ESG responsibilities seriously, and they are at the cornerstone of everything they do.”

Flynn’s in-house Environmental Sustainability Group focuses on its carbon footprint and continually reviews how it can reduce CO2 emissions, waste generation and energy usage across its offices and sites.

Flynn has also invested heavily in industry-leading construction technology and the associated training to harness the daily innovations that are redefining the construction industry.

PROJECTS

Recently completed Dublin projects include 2 Cumberland Place; The Guinness Enterprise Centre; OPW 1GQ; Diageo Kegline Project; 94 St Stephens Green; 16 St Stephens Green; and New Century House.

Flynn has also completed several critical projects, including data centres in Dublin, London, Frankfurt and Denmark; biopharma projects in Dublin, Galway and Limerick; and aviation projects in Dublin, Shannon and Cork.

Regionally in Ireland, Flynn has completed primary care centres; the International Rugby Experience in Limerick; Fairgreen student accommodation in Galway; and a baggage area upgrade project at Shannon Airport.

In London, Flynn has completed a data centre, a refurbishment and fit-out at St Katherine’s Dock, and the refurbishment of 14 Hays Mews, a listed building in Mayfair.

PEOPLE

Flynn is an equal opportunities employer and supporter of the CIF’s #Building Equality campaign. It currently employs 145 people. As it extends into new sectors and markets, it has an eye to attracting ambitious and innovative projects, allowing it to offer a diverse range of opportunities to fit a variety of skills and aptitudes. It invests heavily in talent to ensure that its team continues to grow professionally and personally.

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Roe & Co distillery, Dublin.

TOP 40 BUI LDI NG CONT RACTORS Irish Stock Exchange (Euronext).

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stablished in 1923, Duggan Brothers (Contractors) Ltd (DBL) operates from offices in Tipperary, Dublin and Cork. DBL has completed circa-1,000 projects in both the private and public sectors. Its current and completed portfolio of work ranges in value from €5m to €80m across commercial, pharmaceutical, educational, healthcare, residential, industrial, and tourism sectors.

Seamus Duggan, Joint Managing Director, Duggan Brothers, says: “Our extensive and wide range of experience, coupled with a commitment to continuous improvement and ongoing investment in training, equipment and facilities, ensures the combination of the best in modern building techniques with the best in traditional craft skill.”

PROJECTS

Project highlights from 2020 included the completion of the Andrews Lane Hotel (ALT), Dublin (€18); Carrickmines housing development, Dublin (€20.6m), Leopardstown Racecourse redevelopment works, Dublin (€16m); and the battery energy storage systems, at Lumcloon and Shannonbridge (€19m).

Current projects include the €80m Forensic Science Laboratory, Backweston; Stepaside housing development, Dublin (€39m); apartment development, Sean Foster Place, Dublin (€10m), Dominick Street Regeneration, Dublin (€35m); and the Dublin Simon Community Medical Residential Treatment and Recovery Centre, Dublin (€23m).

AWARDS

In 2020, Duggan Brothers’ exemplary work was acknowledged with the receipt of numerous accolades. These include: • All Ireland Safety Awards - Duggan Brothers (Contractors) Ltd – Distinction • Irish Construction Excellence Awards - The Irish Stock Exchange (Euronext) – Commercial Under €10m Award

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TOTAL TURNOVER: €106.8M ROI TURNOVER: €106.8M

YEAR END: 31/12/20 ADDRESS: Richmond, Templemore, Co Tipperary.

PHONE: 0504 31311 WEB: www.dugganbrothers.ie LINKEDIN: Duggan Brothers Contractors Limited TWITTER: @Duggan_Brothers KEY EXECUTIVES: Kevin Duggan, Chairman; David Duggan, Joint Managing Director; Seamus Duggan, Joint Managing Director; Conor Scott, Financial Director; Eddie Cleary, Construction Director; John Butler, Construction Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Building.

• Irish Construction Excellence Awards - Historic Leinster House – Public/ Heritage Building Award • RIAI Architecture Awards - Historic Leinster House – Conservation Award • Irish Concrete Society Awards - Irish Stock Exchange (Euronext) – Highly Commended in Building Category • Irish Construction Industry Awards - Peamount Healthcare – Health Project of the Year • Irish Construction Industry Awards - Historic Leinster House Conservation Project of the Year - 2020.

Duggan Brothers’ success is sustained by the commitment of its people and their collective values, which provides stakeholders and clients with confidence and trust.

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STEWART CONSTRUCTION TOTAL TURNOVER: €102M ROI TURNOVER: €102M

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ounded in 1902, Stewart Construction, a fourth-generation family-owned contractor, fosters collaborative working and supports diversity in the workplace, promoting an industry with healthy career choices to attract future talent in a maturing and professional sector.

OPERATIONS

Stewart Construction’s growth has been driven by its robust management and recognised expertise in design-and-build solutions, which have enabled the company to develop and sustain long-term relationships with key clients.

A principal company value is to drive the sustainability agenda and strengthen building performance at all stages of the life cycle.

The company has a growing BIM department that supports an enhanced BIM offering to its clients. The combination of team and technology enables Stewart to maintain a continuously improved offering and push the boundaries of the industry.

Stewart Construction is a Deloitte ‘Gold Standard Best Managed Company’.

PROJECTS

Stewart Construction recently delivered the 10-storey, 421-bedroom Holiday Inn Dublin Airport. Undertaken on a design and build basis, collaborating with an extensive design team and a specialist design-

Central Plaza, Dublin city centre.

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YEAR END: 30/04/2020 ADDRESS: Head office: 43 Lower Salthill, Galway. Dublin office: Churchtown, Dublin 14.

PHONE: Galway: 091 524 455, Dublin: 01 901 1290 WEB: www.stewart.ie LINKEDIN: stewartconstruction TWITTER: @Stewart_Constru KEY EXECUTIVES: Seán Stewart, Chairman; Brian Gorman, Managing Director; Rachael Stewart, Business Development Director; Gerard Conway, Financial Director; Roy Pickford, Regional Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Building, Fit-Out Specialists, Design and Build, Construction Management.

led supply chain, the hotel, one of the largest hotel developments in the country, was finished to a four-star-IHG hotel standard.

Works are nearing completion on the iconic Central Plaza building on Dame Street, Dublin. Undertaken on a construction management basis, works include the upgrading and refurbishing of the main tower’s existing office floors over seven storeys. Additionally, the top-most level of the Central Plaza tower will be transformed into a two-storey, glass-roofed structure that will house a restaurant, hospitality and viewing areas where visitors will have breath-taking views of Dublin’s cityscape.

A continued partnership with Grifols sees the delivery of an additional biopharma facility at Grange Castle, Dublin, for a longterm global client. Stewart Construction continues its extensive medtech/pharma portfolio of work, recently being awarded the contract for the design and construction of a new cell and gene therapy with a cleanroom facility for HiTech Health Laboratories in Galway.

Other ongoing projects include its eightieth Irish Aldi store in Co Kerry, an MRI unit extension at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar, and works for the Office of Public Works (OPW) in Co Mayo, works on the iconic Seapoint Ballroom building in Salthill, Galway, and Connolly Vaults redevelopment works at Connolly Station, Dublin, to name a few.

Grifols biopharmaceutical facility phase 1 and phase 2.

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TOWNMORE CONSTRUCTION TOTAL TURNOVER: €85M ROI TURNOVER: €55M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €30M

Johnson & Johnson facility in Castletroy, Limerick .

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ownmore Construction was established in Tullamore, Co Offaly, in 2008 by the Screeney family. Over the past 13 years, the company has become an international contracting business with offices in Dublin, Cork, London and its headquarters in Tullamore. With over 100 staff members, Townmore is carrying out prestigious projects across Ireland and the UK. Townmore has a strong reputation in numerous sectors, including residential, hospitality, healthcare, education and specialist cleanroom construction.

Townmore established its specialist cleanroom division in 2017. This division has developed a strong offering, with many multinationals now repeat clients.

PROJECTS

In recent years, Townmore has delivered the entire refurbishment of the five-star Conrad Hotel, Maldron Hotel, Mont Hotel in Dublin, and more recently, the newly established REZz hotel in Cork.

The company also specialises in primary care construction, delivering centres in Balbriggan and Tullamore, with a further two underway in Cobh and Roscrea.

With over 1,000 residential units underway, Townmore has a strong reputation for the delivery of houses and apartments across the country, working for large private clients, including Lioncor, Bartra and Bluemont, as well as local authorities.

YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: Clonminch Hi-Tech Park, Tullamore, Co Offaly.

PHONE: 057 935 2761 WEB: www.townmore.ie LINKEDIN: Townmore Construction TWITTER: @Townmore KEY EXECUTIVES: James Godley, Managing Director; Kevin Enright, Commercial Director; Sean Corroon, Group Financial Director; Seamus Quirke, Regional Director; Michael Gillen, Regional Director; Mark Cronin, Associate Director - BD & Marketing; Michael Lennon, Associate Director – Commercial.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Main Contracting, Management Contracting, Design and Build, Cleanroom Construction.

DIGITAL CONSTRUCTION

Information technology has become one of Townmore’s strongest assets across the business.

“Each department in the company has embraced digital construction.” James Godley explains. “For example, the introduction of PROCORE and Microsoft 365, along with design tools that include REVIT and BIM, has allowed us to progress with our clients and deliver projects more effectively and efficiently.

“Digital construction is no longer just the future but very much in the present. All companies need to embrace it and bring enthusiasm to its rollout.”

The contractor has invested heavily in the use of modular and offsite construction methodologies to mitigate skills shortages.

OUTLOOK

James Godley, Managing Director, Townmore, says that 2020 and 2021 have been and continue to be extremely challenging.

“There have been multiple external factors, including Covid-19, Brexit, material shortages, labour shortages and input price increases, that have been challenging. But we have worked to ensure both our staff and supply chain partners are adequately resourced with the best talent and materials to deliver for clients. We continue our sustainable growth trajectory with the assistance of many repeat clients.”

COVID-19

Covid-19 has presented a complex and multifaceted challenge for Townmore.

“We are extremely grateful to both our own staff and our supply chain partners for working tirelessly to ensure our sites and offices are safe and that all appropriate measures are in place and standard operating procedures are adhered to and upheld,” James Godley continues. “We have managed to mitigate the threat with very few cases across our many sites.”

Covid-19 has provided Townmore with opportunities to review how it undertakes tasks in the office and across its sites.

“It has allowed us to create efficiencies, to drive forward a lean construction agenda and to lessen time wasted in unnecessary meetings,” James Godley adds. “On a whole, our company has increased efficiency in delivery, which in turn benefits our clients.”

The REZz hotel, Cork .

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The recently completed €40m MeiraGTx facility in Shannon.

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CONACK CONSTRUCTION TOTAL TURNOVER: €76,366,004 ROI TURNOVER: €76,366,004

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onack Construction is a general building and civil engineering contractor founded in 2008 by joint managing directors Kieran Cusack and Tom O’Connor. It has its headquarters in Limerick, with regional offices in Cork, Dublin, and Galway.

Conack delivers specialist construction solutions to public and private sector clients, operating across multiple sectors, with recent works completed in residential, commercial, healthcare, offices, civic, hospitality, education, retail, pharmaceutical and medical, design and build, and office fit-out sectors.

PROJECT APPROACH

Conack takes a collaborative approach to project delivery, working closely with clients, staff and its supply chain to ensure projects are delivered efficiently and in a sustainable manner.

Kieran Cusack explains how this approach to project delivery has worked for the contractor, its clients and supply chain.

“We provide a personal service and pay great attention to the detail of every project. We embrace innovation in materials, construction methods and design, and we incorporate this in all of our projects.

“Our motto is to build better together. This means our clients, design teams, construction teams and supply chain are recognised as stakeholders in project delivery. We have established our ability to compete at all levels with both tier 1 and tier 2 contractors by taking this approach.

Conack employs over 160 people directly. While its turnover reached €76m in 2020, Kieran Cusack says Conack is on target to achieve a turnover of €100m this year and €110m in 2022.

PROJECTS

CHERRYWOOD TC1 (90M) AND TC4 (46M) Conack is currently working on two residential developments in Cherrywood in Dublin, TC4 and TC1. Including community and employment facilities, retail units and 530 residential units.

TC4 will form part of the first WELL community scheme in Europe, promoting and incorporating sustainability and a greener environment and optimising buildings to benefit people’s health.

Conack is targeting BREEAM ‘Excellent’ certification for this €46m project. With the €90m TC1 development, it is building all 317 residential units to an LEED standard.

MEIRAGTX FACILITY, SHANNON (€40M) Conack recently completed phase one of FDI client MeiraGTx’s facility in Shannon, with over 100,000 man-hours with no lost-time injuries. Phase one has been shortlisted for a major national award in 2021. Conack has a team of over 200 people currently engaged on phase two of the project.

YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: Unit 1C, Eastway Business Park, Ballysimon Road, Limerick.

PHONE: 061 310002 WEB: www.conack.ie LINKEDIN: conack-construction TWITTER: @weareconack KEY EXECUTIVES: Kieran Cusack, Joint Managing Director; Tom O’Connor, Joint Managing Director; Denis O’Brien, Commercial Director; Donal O’Donnell, Operations Manager; Frank Geary, Regional Director – Cork; Mike Hession, Regional Director – Dublin.

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Building, Civil Engineering.

larger sites via thermal pods with facial recognition and temperature checks minimising touchpoints on turnstiles or handles. We also introduced antigen testing in April 2021. This provides greater peace of mind for employees, subcontractors and clients.”

DIGITAL CONSTRUCTION

Conack has been transitioning to digital construction techniques over the past number of years.

Tom O Connor explains: “The early-stage use of building information modelling (BIM) data on any project can show the complete building life cycle. Conack is committed to BIM as it creates transparency throughout the project process as an accurate representation of the project as it is progressed. We are currently pursuing our BIM Level 2 ISO accreditation as part of our 2021 objectives and targets.”

Conack uses Procore, a cloud-based site management platform.

Procore construction software manages a construction project from planning to hand-over. The platform connects every project contributor, including specialist contractors, design team members and client representatives. The ability to communicate across teams makes it easier to collaborate using a single common-data environment.

Conack also uses the Causeway tendering package, which has helped it successfully manage projects and growth.

STAFF GROWTH

In closing, Kieran Cusack says: “As our staff are the heart of our business, their full engagement and alignment to the company’s core values and productivity has enhanced the growth of the company.

With their input, we would hope to be in a position to increase staff numbers to 200-plus in the near future in order to continue expanding.”

COVID-19 RESPONSE

From the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, Conack management took a holistic approach to addressing the many challenges that arose, placing staff safety to the fore of their concerns.

Tom O’Connor says: “In addition to control measures developed by the HSE and the construction industry, we introduced our own Covid-19 standard operating procedure, with controlled access on

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Conack Construction Joint Managing Directors Kieran Cusack and Tom O Connor.

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TOTAL TURNOVER: €70,670,000 ROI TURNOVER: €70,670,000

YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: Drangan, Thurles, Co Tipperary.

PHONE: 052 915 2166 WEB: www.clancy.ie LINKEDIN: Clancy Construction TWITTER: @CLANCYCONSTRUC1 KEY EXECUTIVES: John O’Shaughnessy, Managing Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Building, Fast-Track Construction.

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lancy Construction’s origins date back to 1947. Today, the contractor plays a pivotal role in the development of Irish construction. Its personnel are recognised leaders in the Irish construction sector, helping to drive change, innovation and greater efficiency.

INNOVATION

In recent years, Clancy invested in the necessary technology to integrate building information modelling (BIM) into its operations to enable its teams to work remotely, which facilitated the switching of its project management teams over to the virtual environment at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.

PROJECTS

At the beginning of Covid-19, Clancy negotiated and delivered two of the quickest fast-track construction projects ever to be completed in Ireland for HSE Estates. The two 24-bed isolation wards, at University Hospital Limerick and Croom Hospital, were built in 14 weeks and 17 weeks, respectively. It also completed work on Bloomfield, a multi-phase residential development of 154 units over 16 acres in Limerick, developed by its sister company Clancy Homes.

In addition, it is completing the €6.5m restoration of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, with comprehensive works that include the refurbishment of cathedral roof with 2,500 new slates and kilometres of lead work, as well as the restoration of over 30 original clerestory window units.

OUTLOOK

Clancy approaches 2022 in a strong position, with an order book that is more than full for the rest of this year and filling up rapidly for next year.

John O’Shaughnessy, Managing Director, Clancy, acknowledges the contractor’s exceptional internal team and subcontractors. “Our teams have done a fantastic job over the past 18 months in enabling us to make our sites safer and more efficient,” John O’Shaughnessy comments. “As individuals, we still have responsibilities to stop the virus from spreading by continuing to follow Covid-19 guidelines.

The industry has shown exceptional resilience and leadership so far.

But other challenges lie ahead, including Brexit and increasing costs.

We must remain vigilant and continue to adapt to meet what new challenges emerge.”

Croom hospital theatre. Co Limerick

St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin.

South Infirmary, Victoria University Hospital, Cork .

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THE MEICGROUP

TOTAL TURNOVER: €70,276,378 ROI TURNOVER: €51,751,663 INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €18,524,715

YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: Railway House, Station Rd, Loughrea, Galway.

PHONE: 09188 0332 WEB: www.glanagua.com/www.meicltd.com LINKEDIN: MEIC Ltd/Glan Agua Ltd KEY EXECUTIVES: Horácio Sá, Chairman and CEO; Tiago Cruz, Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer; Tom O’Connor, Chief Commercial Officer; Karl Zimmerer, Chief Operating Officer.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Civil Engineering.

Killala Wastewater Treatment Plant.

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EIC and Glan Agua are the sister companies that form the MEIC Group. They are subsidiaries of the Mota-Engil Group, a multinational company with operations focused on construction and infrastructure management in the engineering, construction and environmental sectors.

Mota-Engil has had a presence in Ireland since 2000, establishing Glan Agua and MEIC in 2008 to operate in the water and wastewater sector. In 2017, Glan Agua also expanded to the UK.

Kerry Central Water Treatment Plant.

In 2021, the company was shortlisted for the Water Industry Awards ‘Outstanding Contribution to Environmental Improvement’ for its work with Irish Water on the National Pilot Scheme for Carlow Sludge Drying Reed Beds.

PROJECTS

Recent projects include Castletownbere WWTP, Mallow WWTP and Killala, Foxford and Charlestown Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs).

In the civils and building sector, projects include the Donabate distributor road for Fingal County Council, as well as design and build contracts for St Francis’ Special School Community College and Community Facility, Portlaoise; and Maynooth Educate Together National School.

AWARDS

In 2019, the group won the ICE ‘Civil Engineering’ award for the

Foxford Wastewater Treatment Plant.

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Castlemaine Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Kerry Central Wastewater Treatment Plant.

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TOP 40 BUI LDI NG CONT RACTORS TK Maxx extension in Liffey Valley, Dublin.

VISIONCONTRACTINGLIMITED TOTAL TURNOVER: €61,493,270 ROI TURNOVER: €61,493,270

YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: Melbourne House, Melbourne Business Park, Model Farm, Cork.

PHONE: 021 487 4930 WEB: www.visioncontracting.ie LINKEDIN: Vision Contracting KEY EXECUTIVES: Niall O’Meara, Managing Director; Mick Allen, Construction Director; Aidan Drummond, Pharma and Industrial Director; Colm Fehily, Commercial Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Building.

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ne of the youngest firms on the Irish Construction News Top Contractors’ list, Vision Contracting celebrates 10 years in business in 2021. The company was established in 2011 by Niall O’Meara, Mick Allen, Aidan Drummond and Colm Fehily. They all have extensive and in-depth experience in delivering medium- to large-scale projects across Ireland and the UK. The Cork-based firm’s turnover of €61.5m in 2020 is a 16% increase on its turnover for 2019, despite Covid-19 shutdowns.

Vision Contracting also has a strong pipeline of secured contracts for 2022 and into 2023.

2020 included The Paddocks, Terenure, Dublin, a high-spec nearly zero energy building (NZEB) development for clients Turkington Rock; Blackhall Place apartment scheme in Dublin 7; and a TK Maxx extension in Liffey Valley. On the pharma front, the warehouse, cleanroom facility and wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) expansion project at MSD, Brinny, Co Cork, was also completed. The countrywide Term Maintenance and Fire Remediation Framework for the Department of Education & Skills, involving more than 30 schools, was also successfully concluded.

SECTORS

Looking to the company’s future sustainability, Vision Contracting has a strong foothold in several specialist niche markets, where entry barriers are high. The company concentrates its efforts on securing repeat business as it works to secure more framework opportunities.

It also has several key developer and funder partnerships that provide a steady pipeline of new projects as an alternative to traditional tendering and procurement arrangements.

“We partner on developer-led projects, and we provide design, build and turnkey building services where required.

“We can deliver all groundworks, building work and fit-out works from our own resources,” Niall O Meara continues. “This makes us responsive to clients’ changing needs and allows for greater flexibility at site level. We also have a proven background in pre-construction, value engineering, project and construction management and provide complete delivery solutions.

“Our strategy is to scale out rather than scale up. By doing this, we spread the risk. We are not your standard building firm. We have a broad base of expertise within the company, and we are adding to this all the time. Experience has taught us that it is better to have diversity in what we do rather than focus on one market area where many companies are competing,” Niall O’Meara concludes.

According to Niall O’Meara, Managing Director, Vision Contracting, the company’s success in 2020 can in part be attributed to having a strong pharma presence as well as being agile enough to quickly introduce the new industry Pandemic Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) as well as its own additional measures on sites.

Niall O Meara explains: “We had a good mix of exempted/essential work across the regions, with a spread in pharma, residential, nursing homes, education and healthcare areas.

“We were agile in our approach to addressing Covid-19. Working with our customers, we moved quickly to get our sites set up properly so they were safe for everyone. We streamlined operations and staggered times on site for trades to cut site numbers at any one time.

We introduced the new CIF SOP, adding rapid antigen testing as the year went on. Our teams fully engaged in the programme and were quick to adopt the new practices. Where some sites were closed and others open, we were able to divert resources to the active sites.”

COVID-19 RESPONSE

Vision Contracting has significantly changed how it operates its projects as a result of its response to Covid-19, with many of the new procedures and practices here to stay.

“Our sites have less traffic and people on them now, with more focus on offsite fabrication,” O’Meara continues. “Project and personnel management have become much more efficient, and monitoring and reviewing work has also greatly improved. We are achieving efficiencies across the board that we could not have anticipated 18 months ago. The Irish construction sector as a whole has achieved so much since the start of the pandemic, and we in Vision Contracting are delighted to have been able to play our part in that.”

SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

PROJECTS

Projects that Vision Contracting had on site or completed during

Blackhall Place apartment scheme in Dublin.

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MONAMI CONSTRUCTIONLTD TOTAL TURNOVER: €61.2M ROI TURNOVER: €61.2M

YEAR END: 31/12/20 ADDRESS: Unit 12 Briarhill Business Park, Balybrit, Galway.

PHONE: 091 876312 WEB: www.monami.ie LINKEDIN: Monami Construction KEY EXECUTIVES: Brendan Davey, Director; Bryan Quille, Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Building.

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The N22 Baile Bhuirne to Macroom Road scheme.

JONS CIVIL ENGINEERING COMPANY LTD TOTAL TURNOVER: €61M ROI TURNOVER: €61M

UL Climbing Wall, Limerick .

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onami Construction provides a dynamic, innovative and highly experienced building service to clients of the construction industry. With offices in Dublin, Galway and Limerick, it has extensive expertise in a wide range of sectors within the construction industry, including commercial, healthcare, residential, hotel & leisure, industrial and educational.

Monami employs a dedicated team of highly-educated and talented professionals whose individual experience is supported through the company’s integrated quality management structure.

“Our people are our business, and respect is at the cornerstone of how we build and develop our project teams,” comments Brendan Davey, Director, Monami. “We have established a reputation for integrity, trustworthiness and for delivering quality projects to a continuously expanding and highly reputable client base.”

He continues: “At Monami, our ethos is to forge and maintain professional working relationships with our clients, design teams and project stakeholders to ensure we deliver a superior end product. We have completed numerous projects for many of Ireland’s foremost companies and institutions, and our continuously high level of repeat business and referrals is a testament to our commitment to delivering a bespoke and quality service that exactly matches our clients’ expectations.”

Monami Construction operates a Quality Management System that is certified to the ISO9001 Standard and is a registered member of CIRI (Construction Industry Register Ireland), the national register for competent builders.

In addition, Monami Construction’s health and safety management system is certified to ISO45001 Standard and endorsed by the Institution of Occupational Safety & Health (IOSH). Its environmental management system is certified to ISO14001 Standard.

Monami Construction is a member of the national trade organisation for construction, the Construction Industry Federation (CIF). It is also a member of the Master Builders Association, Homebond and the National Irish Safety Organisation.

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YEAR END: 31/08/2020 ADDRESS: Carranstown, Duleek, Co Meath.

PHONE: 041 982 3682 WEB: www.jonscivil.ie LINKEDIN: Jons Civil Engineering Company Ltd TWITTER: @MotorwayNetA KEY EXECUTIVES: John Pentony, Managing Director. Management Team: John Killen, Barry Mathers, David Lenehan, Gerry Caffrey, Gina Gibbons, David Pentony.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Civil Engineering.

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ons Civil Engineering Company Ltd (JCEL) has been in operation since 1983. Since that time, it has successfully delivered over 330 major infrastructural projects. JCEL specialises in the innovative execution of complex civil engineering works, deploying direct skills and resources, as well as its large fleet of modern plant and equipment, to support the infrastructure projects of key clients, including city and county councils, Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), Office of Public Works (OPW), Irish Rail, Irish Water and the National Transport Authority (NTA), as well as many private companies.

PROJECTS

Recently completed projects include the Royal Canal Premium Cycle Route; Ferganstown and Ballymacon Local Distributor Road, Balbriggan Water Supply Scheme Phase One - Network and Reservoir; Dunkettle Interchange intelligent traffic system works, and Cherrywood Strategic Development Zone.

Current projects include the N22 Baile Bhuirne to Macroom Road scheme, a joint venture with John Cradock Ltd; Motorway maintenance and renewals contracts, a joint venture with Globalvia; Athlone Marina to Castle cycleway, Loughshinny wastewater pumping station and rising main, High-speed road pavement renewals works and M50 traffic flow optimisation works.

CULTURE

JCEL is committed to creating a successful and sustainable work environment where everyone is treated with dignity, fairness and respect. It works to enable collaboration with its partners and key clients to deliver critical infrastructure projects while exercising the company’s values of safety, engineering excellence, respect, collaboration, cost control and efficiency.

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ABMGROUP

TOTAL TURNOVER: €59,762,000

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Cherrywood Strategic Development Zone, Dublin.

GEMGROUP

TOTAL TURNOVER: €59,827,990

ROI TURNOVER: €41,047,000 INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €18,715,000

YEAR END: 31/10/2020 ADDRESS: Unit 2B, Feltrim Business Park, Drynam Road, Swords, Co Dublin.

PHONE: 01 883 3016 WEB: www.abmdesignandbuild.com LINKEDIN: ABM Europe KEY EXECUTIVES: Pat O’Neill, Company Director; Sean Minihane, Company Director; Brendan O’Neill, Company Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Building, Civil Engineering.

ROI TURNOVER: €59,827,990

YEAR END: 30/06/2020 ADDRESS: Athlone Road, Longford.

PHONE: 01 885 0432 WEB: www.gemgroup.ie LINKEDIN: Gem Group Co Ltd TWITTER: @gemconstruction KEY EXECUTIVES: Martin Healy, Joint Managing Director; Vincent Fay, Joint Managing Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Building, Development and Specialist Joinery.

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ith almost 45 years in business, GEM Group has become one of Ireland’s leading construction development and joinery companies. GEM has completed a wide-ranging portfolio of projects for blue-chip clients. It has accumulated extensive experience in all sectors, including the design and build of residential/student accommodation, education, public, commercial, science, health and retail projects.

PROJECTS

Over the past 20 years, GEM Construction has delivered 2,388 homes, building over 300 homes in the past year [2020] alone.

Most recently, GEM has delivered some landmark projects, with the completion of executive residential homes on Shrewsbury Road and a prestigious development of 69 apartments above basement car parking and newly developed park and playground area at the Knockrabo development in Goatstown, Dublin. GEM continues working on several notable housing developments.

In the healthcare sector, Gem also completed the rapid-build of a Covid-19 test centre in Mullingar, Co Westmeath, to enable the HSE continue the ongoing fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. The building itself was designed in house, and works on site were fasttracked and completed within six weeks.

GEM operates an integrated management system, which is accredited to ISO 45001, ISO 9001, and ISO 14001.

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILIT Y

GEM is very proud of the enormous health and safety efforts made by its teams since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. In this time, it has focused on the wellbeing of all its workers, having open discussions around mental health, and providing everyone in a GEM workplace with a help book, A Friend in a Difficult Time.

Its direct teams, subcontractors and supply chain also collectively raised over €53,000 for Pieta House.

Swords Community College project comprised the construction of a post-primary school building, sports hall, ancillary student and staff facilities.

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stablished in 1994, headquartered in Swords, Co Dublin, and operating internationally, ABM Group is a market leader in construction, civil engineering and the manufacturing of precast concrete and bridge formwork products.

ABM Group has built its business on the quality of its people and relationships with clients, delivering construction and civil engineering projects to government agencies, private developers, major retailers, and international civil engineering contractors.

INFRASTRUCTURE

The contractor has demonstrated its infrastructure capabilities by consistently delivering for clients. These clients include the Department of Education and Skills, where ABM has completed over 1.5 million sq feet of school projects to the value of €270m. It has provided social housing for local authorities, as well as developing key projects at Dublin Airportand for Irish port companies.

INTERNATIONAL WORK

In the UK and eastern Europe, ABM continues to build upon established relationships with the leading civil engineering contractors and consultants, participating in many strategically important road, rail and port infrastructure projects.

ABM STAFF

A vital part of the ABM Group’s success is its talented and committed staff who manage a team of supply-chain partners, including design professionals and specialist subcontractors to deliver projects successfully.

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Decathalon’s Dublin flagship store in Ballymun.

Radharc An tSaile, Kinsale, an NZEB development for Cluid Housing.

MANNINGS CONSTRUCTION GROUP

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ROI TURNOVER: €20M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €30M

TOTAL TURNOVER: €49,425,858

TOTAL TURNOVER: €50M

YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: 9 Cookstown Industrial Estate, Belgard Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24.

PHONE: 01 466 5555 WEB: www.manningsgroup.com LINKEDIN: Mannings Construction KEY EXECUTIVES: Aidan Delamere, Chairman; Colm Delamere, Managing Director; Ronan Quinn, Financial Director; Sinead Savage, Head of Business Development.

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Building, Design and Build.

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annings Construction Group is an innovative main contractor and design and build partner with a reputation for delivering value engineering and fast-track projects since 1975.

The firm has set a high standard in delivering construction projects within impressive time-frames across the retail, logistics, tech, pharma, health, mixed-use, office and residential sectors in Ireland and the UK.

MODERN CONSTRUCTION METHODS

Projects range in scale and value from minor refurbishments to large-scale high-tech projects, including a €70m 77,000 sq metre facility in Co Dublin, which, when completed, was the ninth-largest building in the world by volume.

Mannings delivered the first Passivhaus retail project in the world and the first non-domestic Passivhaus project in Ireland, adhering to the Passive House Institute’s exceptional standards for energy efficiency. The company subsequently adopted the principles of lean construction and completed projects to top BREEAM standards (equivalent to LEED Gold).

The techniques devised on these projects are now applied widely across the industry.

Mannings’ ability to implement “invisible methodology” on live projects and devise innovative solutions has led to high levels of repeat business and client retention. Mannings registered on the Considerate Constructor scheme during 2020 and promotes best practice in construction and health and safety.

PARTNERSHIP APPROACH

Colm Delamere, Managing Director; Mannings Construction Group, says that the contractor’s partnership approach to project delivery with its ability to innovate while delivering within budget and programme has been the basis of its success over the past 45 years.

“We have that old-fashioned value of taking pride in our work and how we deliver projects,” Colm Delamere explains. “Combining this with innovative construction technologies, we yield client satisfaction time after time. This is what drives everyone in the company.”

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MMDCONSTRUCTION ROI TURNOVER: €49,425,858

YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: Unit 1 Building 2500, Avenue 2000, Cork Airport Business Park, Cork.

PHONE: 021 497 5979 WEB: www.mmd.ie LINKEDIN: MMD Construction Cork Ltd KEY EXECUTIVES: Tomás O’Donovan, Managing Director; Cormac Smith, Director; Kevin O’Leary, Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Building, Civil Engineering.

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MD Construction is a progressive building and civil engineering contractor based in Cork.

It offers a broad range of construction and construction management services in areas such as pharmaceutical, healthcare, residential and civil infrastructure.

PROJECTS

In 2020, MMD Construction completed work on Radharc An tSaile in Kinsale for Cluid Housing, a social housing project that is a nearly zero energy building (NZEB) development. It was delivered close to schedule despite the first Covid-19 national shutdown in March of last year and the introduction of MMD’s new Covid-19 standard operating procedure.

Other works recently completed include a 4,000 sq metre primary health care unit with a public library; Colaiste Chairain, a 10,000 sq metre state-of-the-art school in Croom; an Aldi retail unit in Douglas, Cork; and a new filling line facility in Carrigtwohill for GE Healthcare.

The contractor is currently on site with a number of social housing schemes, including Beechgrove, a 51-house scheme in Clonakilty for Cork County Council.

In other sectors, MMD Construction is working on the design and rapid-build of a 60-bed nursing home at St Mary’s Health Campus, Cork city; a new anodising plant in Little Island, Cork, for Architectural Metal Systems; a new extension at St Joseph’s Community Hospital, Millstreet, as well as three schools on the Carrigaline Education campus.

Upcoming projects include constructing a new three-storey school in Blarney for Scoil Mhuire Gan Smál. When completed, this will be the largest school in the country.

SERVICE

Cormac Smith, Director, MMD Construction, says: “From inception to completion, our experienced skilled professional staff offer expert advice on buildability, alternative construction methods and materials We take pride in our capacity to apply optimum professionalism in the management of all projects.”

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GANSONBUILDING& CIVIL ENGINEERINGLTD TOTAL TURNOVER: €48M ROI TURNOVER: €35M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €13M

YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: Units 19/20 Balbriggan Business Park, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin.

PHONE: 01 690 5716 WEB: www.ganson.ie LINKEDIN: Ganson Building And Civil Engineering Contractors TWITTER: @GansonLtd KEY EXECUTIVES: David Rogers, Managing Director; Paul McQuaid, Managing Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Building, Civil Engineering.

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Premier Inn, South Great Georges Street, Dublin.

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ELLIOTT BUILDING& CIVIL ENGINEERINGLTD TOTAL TURNOVER: €45M ROI TURNOVER: €35M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €10M

YEAR END: 31/12/20 ADDRESS: Station House, Drumnavanagh, Co Cavan.

PHONE: 049 433 1066 WEB: www.elliottgroup.ie LINKEDIN: elliott-building-&-civil-engineering-ltd KEY EXECUTIVES: Darragh Elliott, ROI Managing Director; Noel Elliot, UK Managing Director; Ray Fallon, Finance Director, Gary O’Sullivan, ROI Construction Director, Matthew O’Dowd, HSEQ Director; Eddie Sheridan, Commercial Director; Gareth Cooney, UK Regional Director; Damian O’Kane, UK Regional Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Building, Civil Engineering.

anson Building & Civil Engineering Ltd was established in 2003 by joint managing directors David Rogers and Paul McQuaid. Both have over 30 years of experience in the construction industry, managing small- medium- and large-scale projects across Ireland, the UK and overseas.

With offices in Dublin and Castlewellan, Co Down, Ganson undertakes projects for public and private clients throughout Ireland and the UK. The contractor offers a full range of construction services, including management contracting, construction management, design and build, partnering arrangements and traditional contracting. The contractor has recently completed works in the education, healthcare, residential, restoration/refurbishment, hospitality, commercial, industrial and pharmaceutical sectors.

The majority of Ganson’s workload comes from repeat business, which the contractor’s joint managing directors attribute to Ganson’s competitive edge and reliable execution of projects.

David Rogers explains: “We attribute our continued success to our teams’ vast experience and their relentless attention to detail.

We complete all of our projects to the highest standard, on time and within budget, meeting our overriding goal of ensuring client satisfaction on every project.”

hile the past 12 months have presented challenges to the industry, Elliott Group’s long-standing experience in the healthcare sector has stood to it throughout this challenging period, with the group now heavily involved in delivering large-scale construction projects in Ireland and the UK. Headquartered in Cavan, Elliott Group also has offices in Dublin, London, Cork and Birmingham. The group is led by third-generation brothers Darragh and Noel Elliott, supported by experienced and trusted management teams. The company is focused on sectoral and geographical diversification and is delivering on secured turnover of over €100m in 2021.

OPERATIONS

PROJECTS

Ganson is certified to ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001: 2004 standards.

It also has had Safe-T-Cert accreditation since 2012. It deploys significant resources to maintaining a safe working environment for all employees and ensuring best practice is adhered to in all areas of health and safety.

Ganson continues to invest in modern business practices and management techniques to ensure that it remains at the cutting edge of its industry.

Paul McQuaid explains: “Looking to the future, we continually analyse how we operate with a view to growing the business in a sustainable way to deliver in new and innovative ways. Our goal has always been to deliver quality projects and value for money to our clients,” he concludes.

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Elliott Group is currently active in the energy, data, healthcare, high density (PRS) residential and hospitality sectors. It recently opened an office in Cork off the back of winning repeat business to design and build the new 181-bed Premier Inn hotel on Morrisons Quay, Cork. This contract was awarded to Elliott following the successful delivery of Premier Inn, South Great Georges Street, Dublin, which is Ireland’s first new-build Premier Inn. The company is currently on site with 638 PRS apartments in Ireland, 100 units in Manchester, a state-of-the-art VHI clinic, a Dub10 energy centre, and various projects for HSE. Its client portfolio includes names such as Quintain, Richmond Homes, Kimptonvale, Kirby Group, HSE and Centrica, to name a few.

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PURCELL CONSTRUCTION TOTAL TURNOVER: €43M ROI TURNOVER: €43M

Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI).

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CLONMEL ENTERPRISES

TOTAL TURNOVER: €41,454,527

ROI TURNOVER: €41,454,527 YEAR END: 31/01/2021

YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: 57 Briarhill Business

ADDRESS: Unit R, M7 Business Park., Newhall, Naas, Co. Kildare PHONE: 045 981900 WEB: www.clonmelent.com LINKEDIN: Clonmel Enterprises Ltd KEY EXECUTIVES: Eamonn Stapleton, Managing Director; Niall McElwaine, Director; Tom Corcoran, Director; Brian Gravin, Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Civil Engineering.

Drummartin Link Road and Blackthorne Drive junction, Dublin.

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COFFEY CONSTRUCTION(I) LTD

TOTAL TURNOVER: €41.3M ROI TURNOVER: €38.8M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €2.5M

Ballycoolin water tower, Dublin.

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YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: Moanbaun, Athenry, Co Galway.

PHONE: 091 844 356 YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: Sansheen Business Campus, Strandhill Road, Sligo.

PHONE: 071 916 2206 WEB: www. kilcawleyconstruction.com LINKEDIN: Kilcawley Construction KEY EXECUTIVES: Fergal Meagher, Managing Director; Brendan G Henry, Director; Teresa Henry, Director; Anne McGowan, Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Building, Civil Engineering.

Park, Briarhill, Galway.

PHONE: 091 780800 WEB: www.purcell.ie LINKEDIN: Purcell Construction KEY EXECUTIVES: Michael Bane, Managing Director; Gerry Dolan, Construction Director; Alan Lawless, Construction Director; Tom Whelan, Surveying Director; Derek Timlin, Commercial Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Building.

WEB: www.coffeygroup.com LINKEDIN: Coffey Group.

TWITTER: @CoffeyGroup KEY EXECUTIVES: Odran Madden, Managing Director; Simon Coffey, Director of Business Development and Plant; Sean Coffey, Director of Human Resources and IT; Eoin Colgan, Engineering Director; Gary Coffey, HSQE Director; Mark Coffey, Property Director; Rory Donnelly, Operational Director; John Gibbons, Operational Director; Kieran Ryan, Operational Director; Joe Lavan, Commercial Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Civil Engineering

Wasdell Group EU Production and Administration facility, Dundalk .

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DAA new head off ice at Dublin Airport.

T&I FIT-OUTS

TOTAL TURNOVER: €38,741,209

ROI TURNOVER: €38,741,209

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ADSTONGROUP HOLDINGS LTD TOTAL TURNOVER: €37,665,290

ROI TURNOVER: €14,979,812 INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER:

YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: Longtown, Straffan,

YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: Unit 11 Creeny Business Park, Belturbet, Co Cavan.

PHONE: 049 9529200 WEB: www.adstonconstruction. com KEY EXECUTIVES: Sean McNally, Executive Chairman; Francis Smith, CEO; Gary Meehan, Managing Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Building.

€22,685,478

Avery Dennsion facilty, Longford.

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ARKIL HOLDING LTD TOTAL TURNOVER: €36.3M N71 Derry to Roscarberry Road.

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TOWNLINK CONSTRUCTIONLTD. TOTAL TURNOVER: €35M ROI TURNOVER: €35M

YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: 10 Greenhills Business Park,

ROI TURNOVER: €36,268,000 INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €32,000

Dublin 24.

PHONE: 01 462 7131 WEB: www.townlink.ie LINKEDIN: Townlink Construction Ltd KEY EXECUTIVES: TJ Walsh, Company Director; Joe McCarron, Company Director and Chairman; David Caulfield, Managing Director; Joe Boyle, Commercial Director; John Barden, Construction Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Building.

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ROI TURNOVER: €31,854,702 INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €1.8M

YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: Drennanstown, Rathangan, Co Kildare.

PHONE: 045 524520 WEB: www.arkil.ie LINKEDIN: Arkil Ltd TWITTER: @ArkilIreland KEY EXECUTIVES: Seamus Mannion, Managing Director; Paul McGlynn, Financial Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Building

Spencer Hotel, Dublin

DFL DFL head off ice, Paragon House, Waterford.

Co Kildare.

PHONE: 045 861799 WEB: www.tandi.ie LINKEDIN: T I Fitouts Ltd KEY EXECUTIVES: Dave Merriman, Managing Director; Enda O’Brien, Operations Director; Ben Lambe, Director; Noel Haverty, Associate Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Building, Fit-Outs.

YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: Paragon House, Cork Road, Waterford.

PHONE: 051 373713 WEB: www.DFL.ie KEY EXECUTIVES: David Flynn, Managing Director; Ken Flynn, Facilities Director; Thomas Holden, Contract Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Main Contracting with Specialist Fit-Out.

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TOP 20 MEC HANIC AL & ELEC TRIC AL ENG INEERING C ONTRAC TO RS 2021 ROBBIE COUSINS, Editor, Irish Construction News, introduces the ‘Irish Construction News Top 20 Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Contractors 2021’ and explains how the list was compiled.

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e are delighted to publish the Irish Construction News Top 20 Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Contractors 2021 listing. This is a snapshot of the overall Irish M&E sector at the end of 2020.

Irish M&E contractors have been carving a substantial niche at home and abroad over the past few years, with many seeing a larger percentage of their income coming from overseas activity each year. For many, this can be attributed to relationships built with foreign direct investment clients in Ireland who have contracted them to deliver in other countries. Their delivery record in sectors such as data centres, life sciences and pharma, have meant that Irish M&E contractors built up sought-after expertise in these fields. Irish M&E contractors have also been quick to innovate and set the standards for others to follow. This can be seen in the large number of successful M&E contractors that have made substantial investments in offsite and fabrication facilities, as well as the care that is being taken by them to ensure that their teams are reaching their full potential through in-house career and personal development programmes.

‘Ireland’s Top 20 M&E Contractors 2021’ had a combined turnover of €4.24bn in 2020. They recorded €2.35bn in exported services and €1.89bn in activity in Ireland. Over 55% of the top 20 Irish M&E contractors’ turnover in 2020 was a result of exported services.

The entry figure for inclusion in this year’s Top 40 was just under €20m.

HOW THE TOP 20 MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS LISTING IS COMPILED

Foundation Media Ltd, publisher of Irish Construction News and the constructionnews.ie, compiles the Irish Construction News Top 20 Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Contractors listing annually.

A more comprehensive listing can be found at www.constructionnews.ie M&E contractors are listed according to their overall turnover figure (combined Irish and international) for their last trading year. We record each company’s Republic of Ireland (ROI) turnover and international turnover figure, where available. Turnover figures are sourced directly from contractors.

Companies must have their primary business based in the Republic of Ireland to be included in the list.

Foundation Media contacted M&E contractors directly to request available turnover figures for the business year that concluded on 31st December 2020 or their business year-end that was closest to that date. All end of business year dates are recorded in the entries. The turnover figures requested must relate to Irish-based M&E contractors or Irish-based subsidiaries of foreign-based M&E contractors. Companies are also asked to return the overall turnover figures for business conducted in Ireland and internationally. This includes turnover related to direct overseas trade conducted by an Irish subsidiary of a foreign-based company. Each company making a return must have this return validated by a director of the business or accompanied by an auditor’s letter that verifies the returned figures. All returns received were checked and verified by the editor of Irish Construction News.

Rankings for inclusion in the ‘Irish Construction News Top 20 Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Contractors 2021’ listing are based on the overall turnover figures supplied.

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MERCURY

TOTAL TURNOVER: €1.04BN ROI TURNOVER: €375M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €665M

YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: Mercury House, Ravens Rock Road, Sandyford Business Estate, Dublin 18.

PHONE: 01 216 3000 WEB: www.mercuryeng.com LINKEDIN: Mercury Engineering TWITTER: @mercuryeng KEY EXECUTIVES: Eoin Vaughan, CEO; David Byrne, PreConstruction Director; Rickie Rogers, COO; Alan Gorman, Managing Director; Colm Burke, Managing Director; Tony Duddy, Managing Director; Jo-Ann Garbutt, Sustainability Director; Joanne Cluxton, Group HR Manager.

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Contracting.

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ercury is a European contractor that builds and manages complex engineering projects that reimagine how people work and live in the built environment. Mercury’s focus and determination enable it to deliver leading-edge construction solutions across a range of key sectors, including enterprise and hyperscale data centres, advanced

technology and life sciences, fire protection, technical support services (TSS), data centre facility management, healthcare and building services.

Mercury is a full services contractor, providing solutions from design and planning to construction and commissioning using the highest levels of safety, quality and delivery. Mercury also has the ability and capacity to provide management of clients’ facilities post-construction. The company continues to innovate, making use of the latest in digital technologies and modern methods of construction, such as offsite assembly (OSA). Mercury’s expansive OSA strategy and digital-edge transformation programmes aim to ensure its success continues to mount as it steps into the future.

PEOPLE

Mercury employs more than 6,500 people, including subcontractors, across over 15 countries throughout the EMEA region.

Mercury invests heavily in training and education, ensuring that its people are well equipped to deal with the modern challenges facing the industry.

HEALTH AND SAFET Y Precast structure on a semi-completed data centre for Interxion in Paris, France.

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Mercury is dedicated to achieving the highest possible standards of health and

TOP 20 MECHANICAL & ELECT RICAL CONT RACTORS MERCURY BEYOND50 WuXi Biologics in Dundalk .

In 2020, Mercury launched Beyond50, its five-year strategy designed to harness the momentum that Mercury has built during its 50-year history to push further and reach wider.

Beyond50 is a platform that aligns Mercury’s business and people. It’s a new way of thinking that reaffirms Mercury’s purpose to deliver leading-edge construction solutions to Mercury’s clients and build relationships that thrive. This forwardlooking client-centric strategy will drive Mercury’s sustainable growth beyond 50 years of sector-leading delivery.

Mercury continues its service offering and market approach, playing to its strengths while putting its clients’ changing needs at the heart of how it delivers.

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safety.

Safety is embedded in Mercury’s DNA – from design to construction, commissioning, and handover. Mercury’s

safety processes ensure clear coordination and communication to enable projects to be constructed safely.

Mercury believes that we each have a role to play in contributing to the sustainable development of our planet. With this in mind, Mercury launched Our Planet, Our Duty, its plan for responsible business and one of the foundation blocks of the Beyond50 strategy.

Our Planet, Our Duty is Mercury’s promise to help create a more sustainable environment. Mercury’s five platforms of responsible business are: “Environment & Climate Change”; “People”, “Wellbeing & Safety”; “Technology & Innovation”; “Operations & Value Chain”; and “Society & Community”.

Mercury team delivering off site assembly works on a large, advanced technology project in Ireland.

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JONES ENGINEERING TOTAL TURNOVER: €750M

ROI TURNOVER: €375M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: circa €375M

New Children’s Hospital, Dublin.

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ones Engineering Group currently employs over 4,000 people with a turnover of circa €750m per annum and a training budget of in excess of €2m. Operating throughout Ireland, the UK, Europe and the Middle East, it delivers projects in the data centre, medical, life sciences, building services, industrial, semi-conductor, and power and energy sectors.

RECENT PROJECTS

As an industry leader in the data centre sector, Jones Engineering delivered over 215MW for the world’s largest tech companies in 2020, bringing its combined total to in excess of 1,100MW. In Ireland, it completed a Kelwin-2 battery storage project for Statkraft in Kerry.

This is the largest battery storage facility in Ireland to date, with 26MWs of battery storage installed. Throughout the pandemic, Jones Engineering has continued to work with over 90% of the world’s leading life-sciences companies. Its current project with WuXi is a new 48,000-sq-metre facility in Dundalk, and when complete, it will be the world’s largest single-use biologics manufacturing plant.

Jones Engineering has a long history of working with the HSE across most of the major hospitals in Ireland. Jones installed the complete mechanical services to St James’s Hospital in the original energy centre and has been providing maintenance services in various capacities since.

Jones Engineering employed 571 new people in 2020.

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YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: Jones Engineering House, 83 Pembroke Road, Dublin 4.

PHONE: 01 474 9800 WEB: www.joneseng.com LINKEDIN: Jones Engineering TWITTER: @JonesEngHQ KEY EXECUTIVES: Eric Kinsella, Executive Chairman; Jim Curley, Group Chief Executive Officer; John King, Group Financial Director; Shane Gillece, Group Director; Stephen McCabe, Group Director; Paul Nicholls, Group Director; Ray Murphy, Group Commercial Director; Sandra Guilfoyle, Group HR Manager; Barry Steele, Group Business Development Manager.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Mechanical, Electrical and Fire Protection; Offsite and Modular Fabrication.

JOURNEY THROUGH COVID-19

Jones has been in business for over 130 years and has weathered the impact of wars, recessions and now a global pandemic. It has managed to keep its exceptionally strong teams intact during this pandemic, and in addition, its workload resulted in it employing 571 new people in 2020. This was achieved by adapting to phone and online interviews as well as virtual careers fairs. Jones’ management says none of this would have been possible without its outstanding teams’ exceptional dedication, innovation, and commitment. As a multi-national contractor, the strength of its teams is not just in its breadth but also in its diversity. Jones Engineering believes in equal opportunities for all employees and has achieved higher than the industry average in relation to gender diversity and female employee participation.

COMMUNIT Y ENGAGEMENT AND CSR

Jones Engineering has a tradition and culture of encouraging cooperation and partnership with its clients and within its local communities. Throughout these challenging times, Jones continues to support local teams, charities, educational facilities, and clubs, both in Ireland and abroad. It has maintained its support of the ESB Science Blast since its launch three years ago. This is a STEM education programme designed and delivered by the RDS. It is one of the largest science education programmes for primary schools of its kind anywhere.

Following the opening of the Jones Engineering European office in Utrecht, the Netherlands, it has been developing a schedule of community outreach events over the past number of years. Most recently, it installed much-needed air conditioning in the Red Cross offices and store in Lulea, Sweden.

Eric Kinsella, Executive Chairman, Jones Engineering, recently announced a donation of €30m to help fund Trinity College Dublin’s planned docklands campus expansion.

Jones Engineering continues to focus on supporting, enhancing and powering the communities it works in through real and lasting engagement.

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WINTHROP ENGINEERING& CONTRACTINGLTD TOTAL TURNOVER: €560,006,114 ROI TURNOVER: €91,820,525 INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €468,185,589

YEAR END: 30/04/2021 ADDRESS: Turnpike Business Park, Turnpike Lane, Ballymount, Dublin 12.

PHONE: 01 460 0214 WEB: www.winthrop.ie KEY EXECUTIVES: Barry English, Director; Anne Dooley, CEO; Bernard Keane, Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: General Contractor Specialising in Data Centre Construction

Data Centre for a confidential client.

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inthrop is a dedicated data centre construction company providing turnkey solutions to meet clients’ needs.

Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Dublin, Winthrop has a portfolio of projects that stretches across Europe. The company had a turnover of over €560m in 2020, of which over 80% is attributed to work carried out in continental Europe. Winthrop now employs over 750 people directly.

SERVICES

Winthrop’s specialist turnkey service covers the full range of requirements for data centre construction, from design to construction and commissioning. Clients can rely on the company to carry out all works, including civil and structural engineering, architecture, construction, mechanical and electrical services installation and commissioning.

Over the past few years, Winthrop has been one of the fastestgrowing and most trusted companies in the Irish construction sector.

Anne Dooley, CEO, Winthrop, comments: “Our operations are engineering-led by people with a strong technical background. We take a solutions-based approach to meeting our clients’ needs.

“We are currently constructing multiple turnkey data centre projects in eight different European countries, equating to over 220MW of IT load.”

She continues: “Data centres are not complex building structures, but the mechanical and electrical installations are very complex. Our technical knowledge helps us drive projects. This gives us an edge when it comes to delivering projects efficiently and cost-effectively.”

STAFF

Winthrop operates a comprehensive continuous professional development (CPD) programme for all staff and is a CPD-accredited employer. It is continually investing in improving its capabilities and in developing its people.

“We are an engineering company, led by engineers with highquality staff,” comments Anne Dooley. “Many of our people are degree-qualified engineers, some with a previous trades qualification.

All our engineers are highly adaptable and practical-minded. It is the quality and calibre of our staff that have developed our position in the market and helped ensure that 90% of our contracts derive from repeat clients.”

HEALTH AND SAFET Y

An integral part of Winthrop’s offering is its attention to health, safety and environmental practices. Having attained ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 accreditation, Winthrop does not compromise in these areas, and safety on site is embedded in the company’s fabric.

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DORNANENGINEERINGLTD TOTAL TURNOVER: €488M ROI TURNOVER: €115M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €373M

Dornan’s off site manufacturing facility.

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020 was a bumper year for Dornan, having the largest turnover in the company’s history.

According to Micheál O’Connor, Managing Director, Dornan Engineering: “On the back of an exceptional year in 2020, 2021 has shown some pause in certain sectors following the impacts of Covid-19 on the broader European and global economies. The commercial sector and office development, in particular, has been impacted due to some uncertainties toward post-Covid working practices. However, we have now seen evidence of an imminent resurgence in this sector as clients have solidified their future strategies, and we expect 2022 and beyond to be strong years in this area. This, coupled with continued growth in our data centre, life sciences and industrial sectors, means 2022 is expected to outstrip our 2020 performance and will continue on an upward trajectory for subsequent years.”

CLIENTS

At its core, Dornan is a project delivery company that has adapted its offering over the years to meet its clients’ evolving needs. This laser focus on “sticking to the knitting” has seen Dornan grow with its blue-chip clients. Dornan’s collaborative work ethic, its solutions-driven approach and constant desire to meet the demanding needs of its clients have meant that Dornan receives repeat business from many household names in the data centre, life sciences and semiconductor sectors across Ireland, UK and Europe.

COVID-19 IMPACT

Micheál O’ Connor, Managing Director, Dornan Engineering Ltd.

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By and large, Covid-19 has not impacted the Dornan business, apart from some lagging impacts to specific sectors, but it has resulted in Dornan adapting.

Micheál O’ Connor notes: “Dornan took early steps to put the correct measures in place to protect our people from Covid-19.

We adapted these measures to respond to the various waves and strands we

YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: 10 Eastgate Avenue, Eastgate, Little Island, Cork.

PHONE: 021 233 0900 WEB: www.dornangroup.com LINKEDIN: Dornan Engineering Ltd TWITTER: @TheDornanGroup KEY EXECUTIVES: Brian Acheson, Chief Executive Officer; Micheál O’ Connor, Managing Director; Joe Conway, Head of Business Development, Ireland.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Mechanical & Electrical Installation.

encountered over the past 18 months. At the beginning of the pandemic, it was a case of implementing measures and adhering to guidelines and advice to reduce the spread of Covid-19.

“However, as the pandemic wore on, the potential mental impact became an increasing priority,” he continues. “To that end, wellbeing and mental health was a key focus for us. When isolation was at its peak, we encouraged colleagues to check in on one another and chat remotely. We used digital platforms to adapt our sports and social club to encourage people to remain active during isolation and set group challenges. We also used the initiative to raise money for charities monthly. As restrictions lifted, we encouraged personnel to ‘Take a colleague for a walk’. We also encouraged walking meetings and continued to support and be there for those who needed us most. We are very proud of the flexibility shown by our people, the care and support shown to one another and the resilience they have demonstrated during this period.”

THE FUTURE

The future for Dornan hinges on its people and clients.

Micheál O’Connor says that Dornan is determined to continue to develop and grow its people through training and development.

It is keen to utilise technology to strike an appropriate balance in a flexible working environment.

He explains: We are continuing to enhance our graduate development programme and provide advancement opportunities for existing and new personnel who are prepared to stretch and challenge themselves to be the best the industry has to offer. To that end, the company continues to support STEM programmes in schools. We have established a Women in Dornan network and will continue to put programmes and support measures in place to embrace diversity within Dornan.”

The company is equally determined to meet and surpass the evolving needs of its clients. It continues to add offerings to its core project delivery services and invest in modern methods of construction, both internally and through its supply chain, to push the barriers of timescale and value for its clients.

“At Dornan, we are very clear that we want to be the best at what we do. We are clear on our offering and aim to be the best at it. To achieve this, we are certain that placing our clients’ needs central to our strategy and steering the continuous development and improvement of our people is a sure way of attaining our goal,” Micheál O’Connor concludes.

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KIRBY GROUP ENGINEERING TOTAL TURNOVER: €292,746,938 ROI TURNOVER: €157,728,319 INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €135,018,619

Wishaw substation project, Scotland.

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stablished in 1964, Kirby Group Engineering is a valuesdriven business that has taken pride in providing quality and value for its clients for over 55 years.

A family-founded, privately-owned company, Kirby provides complete mechanical and electrical contracting services. The company also provides specialist high-voltage (HV) and mediumvoltage (MV) design and construction services.

Despite the challenges of the global pandemic in 2020, Kirby delivered a turnover of €293m. The engineering contractor now employs over 1,200 people, with 200 new employees joining throughout 2020. Eighty of these new hires were apprentices.

In mid-2021, Kirby announced plans to create 300 additional jobs as demand for its services grew in Ireland and Europe. Kirby has also undertaken a €2m upgrade of its headquarters in Co Limerick to keep pace with the predicted growth.

Mark Flanagan, Group Managing Director, Kirby, has navigated the recent global crisis for the company. Despite the ongoing challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, under his stewardship, 2021 is set to be another highly successful year for the company.

Mark Flanagan says: “Our clients like our honesty, integrity and our values-based approach. Our success with key clients and winning repeat business has been driven by consistent delivery and ensuring no surprises. Every day we aim to deliver innovation through synchronised world-class engineering and operational excellence.

“We have a solid reputation of trust and integrity, and this trust has been earned by consistently delivering on our promise, going the

YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: Raheen Business Park, Raheen, Limerick..

PHONE: 061 226060 WEB: www.kirbygroup.com LINKEDIN: Kirby Group Engineering TWITTER: @KirbyGroupEng KEY EXECUTIVES: Mark Flanagan, Group Managing Director; Jimmy Kirby, Executive Chairman; Henry McCann, Group Operations Director; Derry McMahon, Group Finance Director and Company Secretary; Ray Ryan, Group QEHS Director; Conor O’Brien, Group Commercial Director; Aidan J Kerins, Group Business Development Director; John Grogan, Engineering Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Contracting, HV and MV Design and Construction.

extra mile, and being a values-driven business. Our core values of people, safety, quality, delivery and value are central to what we are as a business, and there is a clear link between our core values and our success.”

MARKETS

While Kirby has been performing well in all of its sectors, the most significant growth has been in data centres. It has invested heavily to build its specialist data centre engineering and commissioning expertise.

Kirby has established a strong foothold in Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. The company is also expanding its offering into several additional countries across Europe amid further development plans.

INVESTORS IN PEOPLE

Kirby has gained a reputation for knowledge, capability, and unparalleled experience within specialist disciplines. It continuously focuses on training to maximise potential. Kirby was recently awarded platinum accreditation from the ‘Investors in People’ programme, placing it in the top ranks of the architectural, engineering and construction activities category.

TECHNOLOGY

Kirby’s investment in technology has seen the company using the deployment of off-site manufacturing (OSM). In addition to this, Kirby runs process-driven, best-in-class, digital-construction technology on all its projects.

PROJECTS

L to r: Fergus Barry, Group Head of Human Resources; Michelle Powell, HR Business Partner; and Mark Flanagan, Group Managing Director.

Kirby’s portfolio of recent projects includes several large-scale data centres for confidential clients, as well as works for Phibro Animal Healthcare in Co Sligo, and a shell and core commercial Cat A fit-out of an Arkle Road office building in Dublin, amongst others. Within the HV/MV division, Kirby has recently delivered the electrical works on the new IFA2 HVDC interconnector in England and several substations in Scotland, including at Currie, Wishaw and Strathaven.

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DESIGNER GROUP ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS HOLDINGS LTD TOTAL TURNOVER: €203,426,638 ROI TURNOVER: €114,568,009 INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €88,858,629

One Nine Elms, London.

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ounded in Dublin three decades ago, Designer Group is an international provider of innovative and sustainable electrical, mechanical and instrumentation engineering solutions. Its global operations span Ireland, the UK, mainland Europe and Africa, with a client base spread over 14 sectors. The group pushes the boundaries in delivering sustainable environments, utilising the latest building information modelling (BIM) cutting-edge technology and software, reflecting the need to balance the impact of construction on our collective futures while maximising the value of its clients’ assets.

Designer Group has a vast portfolio of sophisticated and challenging MEP projects across the pharmaceutical, data centre, manufacturing, commercial, life sciences, infrastructure and energy sectors. Designer Group’s precision of work, optimisation of design, personable approach and the strictest adherence to protocols and regulations have built its longstanding reputation in the industry.

PEOPLE AND CULTURE

Designer Group directly employs a dedicated team of more than 1,000 staff, including over 500 expertly trained operatives, and through its supply chain, supports the employment of hundreds more. The value the team brings to its clients is evident in the large quantity of repeat business Designer Group has been awarded over the years. The business has also made a number of important appointments to its senior leadership team recently, including several internal promotions.

PROJECTS

The group’s latest international milestone projects include expansion into the Nordics, adding to its global presence, delivering the first of six phases of a high-profile 36MW data centre near Oslo. This mission-critical facility for a global data provider is powered with 100% renewable energy and is designed with efficiency at its core.

TU Dublin Grangegorman campus.

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YEAR END: 31/03/2021 ADDRESS: Clyde House, IDA Blanchardstown Business and Technology Park, Snugborough Road, Dublin 15.

PHONE: 01 860 0520 WEB: www.designergrp.com LINKEDIN: Designer Group KEY EXECUTIVES: Michael Stone, Chief Executive Officer; Tim Kenny, Chief Financial Officer; Nick Baish, Managing Director (UK); Niall Stone, Director of Engineering.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.

Other stand-out recent and current projects include One Nine Elms landmark towers, which on completion, will be the tallest residential towers in Europe. Linked together with a glazed bridge, the new development will provide over 730,000 sq feet of residential apartment space and panoramic views of London across the River Thames. Additional works at One Nine Elms include the complete MEP and fit-out package of the luxury Park Hyatt five-star hotel, which will occupy the first 18 floors of the river tower.

In Ireland, the electrical specialist works on two critical buildings within Technical University Dublin’s (TU Dublin) Grangegorman campus is another milestone project, which was completed in the spring of this year. TU Dublin’s history stretches back over 120 years, and Designer Group delivered this BIM level 2 project, which will bring TU Dublin’s various city facilities together in a single vibrant environment.

OUTLOOK

Designer Group anticipates continued growth to 2025 and beyond, with a strong order book of tier-one clients and a great range of projects in the pipeline. It is also actively recruiting new apprentices and bringing in new graduate engineers and surveyors to support its big growth plans.

Looking ahead, Michael Stone, Chief Executive Officer, Designer Group, says: “Designer Group will continue to invest heavily in its people, upskilling our employees and committing to resourcing technological advancements and sustainable developments. By doing this, we will have better project cooperation, compliance, teamwork, workplace efficiencies, and continue to improve our service offering for clients.”

Data centre project, Oslo.

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SUIR ENGINEERINGLTD TOTAL TURNOVER: €190M ROI TURNOVER: €157.5M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €32.5M

Dublin data centre for confidential client.

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uir Engineering has over 35 years of mechanical, electrical and instrumentation (M,E&I) expertise, with offices in Waterford, Dublin, Sweden, Denmark and Germany and a direct workforce of more than 1,200 people.

The business carries out in the region of €200m in project work annually. The sectors in which Suir Engineering operates include data centres, energy and utilities (sub-stations and power infrastructure projects), renewables (wind farms and battery energy storage systems), pharmaceutical, food and beverage, and commercial offices.

PROJECTS

Most of Suir Engineering’s business comes from repeat clients in Ireland and abroad. Suir analyses each client’s operations on an ongoing basis to best understand their unique requirements and puts in place structures that will help it meet their needs.

Recent projects include a 100MW battery storage facility in Co Offaly; the Barnageeragh 110kV substation for a confidential client; the electrical and instrumentation packages at the WuXi biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Dundalk; as well as projects at MSD, Carlow; Johnson & Johnson, Limerick; and Intel, Kildare, to name a few.

PEOPLE

According to Mick Kennedy, Managing Director, Suir Engineering, the keystone of Suir’s business success is its people.

“At Suir, every individual team member is valued, encouraged to embrace personal responsibility and supported to develop and maximise their potential.” Mick Kennedy comments. “Suir Engineering has a proud track record of retaining staff and cultivating our talent from apprentice to director. We are meticulous about the health and safety of our teams and support their ongoing professional development.”

CLIENTS

Suir Engineering views each client as a partner, and it views their projects, plans and goals as an extension of its own objectives.

200MW battery energy storage systems (BESS) at Lumcloon and Shannonbridge.

YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: Unit 9A, Cleaboy Business Park, Old Kilmeaden Road, Waterford.

PHONE: 051 359500 WEB: www.suireng.com LINKEDIN: Suir Engineering TWITTER: @suirengineering KEY EXECUTIVES: Michael Kennedy, Managing Director; Patrick Aylward, Operations Director; Joe Lavin, Operations Director; John Flynn, Regional Director; Ronan Tyrrell, Financial Director; David Phelan, Business Development Director; Kimm Phelan, Proposals Director; Fintan McCleane, Commercial Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Mechanical, Electrical and Instrumentation Engineering.

Suir has adopted lean principles, the latest 3D modelling platforms and quality assurance and quality control (QAQC) systems into its operations, as well as having a state-of-the-art offsite fabrication facility.

Mick Kennedy adds: “Our ultimate goal is to help our clients’ businesses thrive. By doing this, we are securing the future vitality of our own business. We have invested in technology and control systems, and offsite manufacturing facilities to ensure that we can deliver projects as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible.

“We have integrated digital construction technologies across our operations to facilitate the smooth delivery of projects. All of this has been done to ensure our clients can reach their specific goals, and this is what has placed us at the cutting edge of our sector at this exciting time.”

HEALTH AND SAFET Y

Suir has also significantly reduced the volume of manhours on site, together with the reduction in manual handling and working at height activities, while enabling a decrease in site compound requirements and waste materials to landfill.

“These innovations have also had the benefit of driving continuous improvement across the company in safety, quality, employee job satisfaction and the reduction of our carbon footprint,” Mick Kennedy concludes.

Suir Engineering on site at MSD Carlow 2.

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SPECIALIST TECHNICAL ENGINEERINGSERVICES (STS GROUP) TOTAL TURNOVER: €182M ROI TURNOVER: €73M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €109M

Data centre project in Switzerland for a confidential client.

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ounded in 2006, Specialist Technical Engineering Services (STS Group) is a leading provider of electrical engineering, design, instrumentation and commissioning services across Ireland, the UK, Europe and the Middle East. Its industry-leading teams work on some of the world’s most prestigious projects within life sciences, data centre, utilities, energy, commercial, food and beverage and transport sectors.

COVID19 IMPACT

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has created issues for all businesses across the globe. STS Group has projects in many countries where government stances on the pandemic have varied from region to region and were also constantly changing. This resulted in a requirement for agility in coordination around the movement of staff and regulatory changes that affected work practices.

Liam Linehan, Business Development Director, STS Group, explains: “Even with restrictions and the resulting challenges, all of our staff members were flexible. There was a mix of staff working from home and staff that continued to work on essential servicesdefined projects. It is amazing to see the impressive examples of collaboration and the continuous efforts made by all to strive for excellence.”

DIVERSIT Y AND INCLUSION

STS Group is committed to a culture of inclusion, from productivity to profitability to sustainability and is dependent on having the right people in place. The company has a diverse staff, across the age ranges, from young people entering trades to people at senior management level with four decades of experience.

Pride Month was an opportunity to promote and support diversity both inside and outside of the workplace. Across the month of June, in recognition and support of Pride Month, STS Group changed the

STS Group Pride logo.

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YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: Block 10A, Cleaboy Business Park, Old Kilmeaden Road, Waterford.

PHONE: 051 508009 WEB: www.stsgroup.ie LINKEDIN: specialist-technical-engineering-services-sts.

KEY EXECUTIVES: Edward Walsh, Chief Executive Officer; Richie Hogan, Managing Director; Liam Linehan, Business Development Director; Terry Kelleher, Finance Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Electrical and Instrumentation Engineering and Contracting.

colours of its logo to represent the iconic rainbow flag.

HEALTH, SAFET Y AND WELLBEING

Health and wellbeing are areas in which all companies need to be constantly proactive. Health, safety and wellbeing are central to the STS culture. It has a comprehensive wellbeing programme that is active throughout the year, with events scheduled on a regular basis.

Liam Linehan comments: “The challenging modern world with all of its pressures can be overwhelming at times, and we recognise that we must keep pushing the wellbeing programme and supporting our people.”

OUTLOOK

STS Group is currently working on several pharmaceutical projects and confidential data centre projects across Europe for many US blue-chip clients, including Johnson & Johnson, Sanofi, Teva and CSL, to name a few.

One of the company’s goals for the year ahead is to expand into new regions.

Liam Linehan concludes by commenting: “STS Group’s aims are to continue growing in the countries in which we are active and to enter the sectors in those countries in which we are not currently active, while also adding new regions to our portfolio.”

STS Group’s Construction Safety Week 2020 events in Europe.

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KING& MOFFATT BUILDING SERVICES TOTAL TURNOVER: €114.8M ROI TURNOVER: €37.2M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €77.6M

YEAR END: 30/06/2020 ADDRESS: Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim.

PHONE: 071 962 0378 WEB: www.kingmoffatt.com LINKEDIN: King and Moffatt Group TWITTER: @KingMoffatt KEY EXECUTIVES: Pat King, Group Chief Executive Officer.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Design, Installation and Maintenance of Mechanical and Electrical services, Offsite Prefabrication.

A GMP alcohol manufacturing facility for Greenfield Global in Portlaoise.

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ing & Moffatt Building Services is an award-winning turnkey provider of MEP design, installation, and maintenance services for the built environment. During 2020, it delivered some prestigious projects in Ireland, the UK and mainland Europe, primarily in the food, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, logistics and data centre sectors.

King & Moffatt has gone from strength to strength internationally, opening an office in Würzburg, Germany, and completing its first project in the Netherlands.

PROJECTS

Recently completed and current King & Moffatt projects in Ireland include Bonham Quay offices, Galway, a world-class GMP alcohol manufacturing facility in Portlaoise for Greenfield Global; and Cherrywood Town Centre 2, Dublin.

In the UK, projects include a BMW manufacturing facility in Swindon; a logistics centre for Gazely in Lutterworth; Alexander Stadium, Birmingham; a Uniserve facility in Felixstowe; a LIDL regional distribution centre, Luton; and Pinewood Studios, London.

In mainland Europe, it has been contracted on a distribution centre in Munich; data centre, Frankfurt; and a pharmaceutical

Logistics centre for Gazeley in Lutterworth, England.

laboratory in Amsterdam.

INNOVATION

King & Moffatt’s recently set-up enterprises King & Moffatt Connected and King & Moffatt Offsite have continued to grow and further the group’s expansion strategy.

King & Moffatt Connected is focused on the design of MEP projects in a 3D BIM environment, as well as the maintenance of all clients’ MEP systems, and electrical controls and automation services for industrial and manufacturing clients.

King & Moffatt Offsite develops offsite MEP solutions to improve speed of delivery, safety and quality on projects, and it operates from a purpose-built prefabrication facility in Carrick-on-Shannon.

OUTLOOK

Ciaran King, Group Strategic Director, King & Moffatt Building Services, says: “The outlook for King & Moffatt over the next 12 months is very positive, with our continued focus being on core expertise in our chosen sectors and markets, as well as pursuing innovative offerings, such as BIM and offsite prefabrication.”

Uniserve facility, Felixstowe, England.

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RADLEY ENGINEERINGLTD TOTAL TURNOVER: €58,830,153 ROI TURNOVER: €57,746,117 INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €1,084,036

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adley Engineering Ltd is one of Europe’s leading specialists in the design, manufacture, fabrication and site installation of high-quality stainless steel, carbon steel and exotic materials.

Established in Dungarvan in 1972 by brothers John and Thomas Radley, the company operates from a state-of-the-art facility in Dungarvan, from where it provides steel fabrication and welding solutions to a range of industries, including manufacturing, oil and gas, petrochemical, biopharma, power generation, food and dairy processing.

PROJECTS

Over the years, it has been contracted on many iconic projects, such as The Spire of Dublin; The Heron Tower, London; and The Waterford city by-pass Suir cable-stay bridge. These bespoke projects provide a clear indication of the skill and flexibility of its workforce and design capabilities.

More recently, Radley Engineering has been contracted on the IE2B facility for Eli Lilly in Kinsale, Co Cork. This project included the fabrication and supply of a number of stainless steel vessels and approximately 27,500 metres of pipe of various specifications. It required off-site manufacturing of pipe racks, modules and various skids. Radley’s in-house rigging crews also installed all equipment associated with the project.

Radley was contracted at MSD Carlow 2 to fabricate and supply a number of stainless steel vessels and approximately 25,000 metres of pipe of various specifications. These were fabricated and installed by Radley. The project included off-site manufacturing of modules, pipe racks, AHU assemblies and skids. Radley’s in-house rigging crews also installed all the project-associated equipment.

GROWTH

Following a continuously busy period over the past five years, particularly in 2020/21, Radley is focusing on further developing its capabilities and expertise to provide innovative engineering solutions.

Radley has doubled its employee numbers over the past five years due to the increasing demand from mechanical contractors for design, engineering, modern methods of construction (MMC) and commissioning support.

YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: Dungarvan, Co Waterford.

PHONE: 058 41199 WEB: www.radleyeng.com LINKEDIN: Radley Engineering Ltd KEY EXECUTIVES: John Radley, Joint Managing Director; Thomas Radley, Joint Managing Director; Kevin Walsh, Director/General Manager; Brian Gill, Finance Director; Caimin Radley, Project Director; Mark Radley, Project Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Mechanical Fabrication and Installation.

COVID-19 RESPONSE

Despite the many challenges that the Covid-19 pandemic brought to the industry, most of Radley’s work continued as it was deemed “critical essential”. The company recorded the best turnover in its history in 2020.

Kevin Walsh, General Manager, Radley Engineering, comments: “Throughout the pandemic, the health, safety and wellbeing of our employees and their families has been our priority. Our management and crafts teams across our numerous sites and at our fabrication facility in Dungarvan put in a massive effort to follow the new standard operating procedure developed by the Construction Industry Federation, as well as following any additional requirements introduced by our clients.”

MODERN METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION

MMC has become a key area of focus over the past number of years.

Covid-19 has brought MMC to the fore across the sector, enabling contractors to construct a high percentage of their projects using off-site manufacturing (OSM), and in turn, reducing engineering and craft numbers on sites while still being able to meet tight schedules.

Kevin Walsh explains: “Radley Engineering Ltd has made significant OSM investments over the years. We have three large facilities with excellent overhead cranage capacity to handle and meet the demands that OSM requires. This enables us to manage the construction of off-site modules from design input through to commissioning. We will continue to invest in this area to further support and improve the manufacture and delivery of off-site modules to meet client needs.

OUTLOOK

Radley Engineering’s fabrication works in Dungarvan.

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Following its sustained growth over the past number of years, Kevin Walsh is optimistic that the company’s strong performance in 2020/21 will continue into the longer-term future.

“Our objective is to continue meeting our clients’ requirements with our excellent service,” Kevin Walsh adds. “The pharmaceutical sector has experienced massive growth in recent years. We expect that this growth will continue over the next five years as more companies invest in Ireland.

“The construction industry has played a critical role in supporting the pharmaceutical sector to adapt quickly and respond to Covid 19 and other health issues. We at Radley Engineering look forward to continuing to support and meet our clients’ changing requirements into the future,” he concludes.

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MSL Engineering’s 140,000 sq foot fabrication facility in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork .

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MSL ENGINEERINGLIMITED TOTAL TURNOVER: €51,340,083 ROI TURNOVER: €48,688,031 INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €2,652,052

YEAR END: 31/01/2021 ADDRESS: Ringport Business Park, Ringaskiddy, Co Cork.

PHONE: 021 451 3550 WEB: www.mslengineering.ie LINKEDIN: MSL Engineering Ltd TWITTER: @mslengineering KEY EXECUTIVES: Brian McGrath, Managing Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Mechanical Engineering.

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ounded in 1979, MSL Engineering is a full-service mechanical engineering contractor that operates across a wide range of industry sectors. It specialises in the fabrication and installation of process, utility and high purity pipework, platforms and steelwork and equipment installation across many industry sectors.

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

In recent years, MSL has significantly increased turnover and expanded its markets to include the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Sweden and Denmark.

MSL SERVICES

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

With a workforce of over 400 people, MSL has grown to become one of the leading players in an industry that has seen parallel growth in the pharmaceutical, biopharma, chemical, oil and gas, energy, data centre and food and beverage sectors.

INNOVATION

MSL has a modern 140,000-sq-foot fabrication facility in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork. This new facility includes a large-scale modular fabrication workshop, a piping fabrication workshop and an 8,000-sq-foot clean piping workshop.

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

OUTLOOK

MSL Managing Director Brian McGrath comments: “We are fortunate to have an excellent mix of young, talented engineering professionals and experienced proven achievers driving the company forward, and we look forward to continuing our growth into the future.”

Dublin Airport Authority Terminal 2 Energy Centre.

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TOTAL TURNOVER: €50M ROI TURNOVER: €50M

YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: 16 Fonthill Industrial Park, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.

PHONE: 01 626 1144 WEB: www.leolynch.com LINKEDIN: Leo Lynch KEY EXECUTIVES: Sean Smith, Group Managing Director; Conor Lynch, Group Commercial Director; Brian Sterling, Director; Ciaran O’Donnell, Business Development Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Mechanical, Process and Electrical Engineering Services.

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stablished in 1956, Leo Lynch provides a full range of construction engineering services to the life sciences (biotechnology, primary and secondary pharmaceutical), medical technology, food, microelectronics, healthcare, educational, commercial and public sectors.

PROJECTS

Leo Lynch was involved in some high profile and exciting projects during 2020. These included the completion of a significant plant expansion for Pfizer Newbridge and the start of a very high-profile brownfield project for a confidential client.

“Existing, repeat-business clients are a mainstay of the business and are truly valued,” says Ciaran O’Donnell, Business Development Director, Leo Lynch.

Long-term clients include Pfizer, Abbott, BMS, SK biotek, Diageo, Takeda, Glanbia, Analog Devices, Tyndall National Institute, IPUT and Kennedy Wilson.

INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Leo Lynch takes a proactive approach to health and safety. The company’s integrated management system interlinks the ISO 9001:2015 accredited quality system with its Safe-T-Cert accredited health and safety system and its ISO 14001:2015 accredited environmental management system.

Rigorous implementation of its IMS has shown significant benefits and savings in project execution, which are passed on to clients. Leo Lynch uses lean practices and BIM as part of its IMS.

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LYNSKEY ENGINEERINGLTD TOTAL TURNOVER: €45M ROI TURNOVER: €20.7M INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER: €24.3M

YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: Dartmouth House, Kylemore Road, Dublin 10.

PHONE: 01 460 1556 WEB: www.lynskeyeng.ie LINKEDIN: Lynskey Engineering Ltd KEY EXECUTIVES: Sean McElligott, Managing Director; Bernard Corrigan, Director; Eamonn Heery, Director; Kevin Carolan, Company Secretary.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Mechanical Engineering.

Primark store, Prague.

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ynskey Engineering Ltd, founded in 1964, is one of Ireland’s leading mechanical engineering contractors. It has a reputation for quality installations delivered on time and within budget.

Lynskey operates on the basis of delivering quality design, construction, installation and maintenance of mechanical systems within Ireland and mainland Europe, and in the process building sustainable relationships with clients, its supply chain, employees and site teams to deliver class-leading projects in a spirit of cooperation.

RECENT PROJECTS

Lynskey Engineering provides services to a broad range of sectors, including data centres, office developments, retail, healthcare and hotels. It has an extensive range of completed projects in its portfolio.

These include Lidl regional distribution centre in Newbridge, Co Kildare. Completed in 2019, this was the largest construction project undertaken by Lidl in Ireland, with 58,000 sq metres of warehousing and storage. The mechanical project value was €3m.

More recently, Lynskey Engineering completed work on the Termini Building, Sandyford, Dublin, a 25,000-sq-metre office development to LEED Gold standard. This project comprised shell and core works, followed by Cat A fit-out of all floors. It was completed in October 2020 and had a mechanical project value of €7.5m.

Other recent projects include a 48MW data centre in Dublin, completed in Q1, 2021; the 240-room Beckett Lock Hotel on North Wall Quay, Dublin, also completed in Q1, 2021, with a mechanical project value of €4.8m and a Primark store in Prague.

Its current on-site portfolio includes a Lidl distribution centre in Mullingar; data centres in Grangecastle and Clonshaugh in Dublin; a 27MW data centre in Frankfurt, Germany; and a hotel in Mannheim, Germany.

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BMD’s Balbriggan facility with 60,000-sq-foot fabrication workshop.

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TOTAL TURNOVER: €43,284,071 ROI TURNOVER: €43,284,071

YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: 8 Eastgate Avenue, Little Island, Cork.

PHONE: 021 486 9500 WEB: www.bmd.ie LINKEDIN: BMD Co Ltd KEY EXECUTIVES: Mike Walsh, Managing Director; Frank O’Keeffe, Engineering Director; Kevin McKiernan, Director, Eastern Region; Paul Keegan, Offsite Manufacturing Director; Kieran Murphy, Project Director; Kevin McCarthy, Commercial Director; Kieran Horgan, Financial Controller/Company Secretary.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Mechanical Engineering.

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ith almost 50 years, as one of Ireland’s leading mechanical engineering companies, BMD & Co Ltd has a track record of delivering complex projects across a wide range of industries, including life sciences, semiconductor, modular manufacture, oil and gas.

BMD is a solution-driven organisation that has delivered multiple, customised one-off projects over the years. All prefabrication is carried out directly in its workshops in Cork and Dublin.

BMD & Co Ltd offers a wide range of services, including: • Mechanical, process, oil/gas project delivery • High purity systems and specialist services, including passivation • Specialist off-site manufacturing (OSM), delivery and installation • Utility maintenance with 24/7 emergency response • Mechanical process and utility equipment installations • Complete QA/QC commissioning and validation services

CLIENTS

BMD’s client list includes many of the leading multinational corporations. It has also collaborated with many top designers and engineers.

OUTLOOK

With its fiftieth anniversary in business just around the corner, BMD has entered a phase of significant expansion.

Mike Walsh, Managing Director, BMD, explains: “In 2019, BMD opened a new Dublin facility in Balbriggan. This now includes a 60,000-sq-foot fabrication workshop with a state-of-the-art cleanroom facility. As our Cork and Dublin operations continue to grow, we currently are undertaking a major recruitment campaign to attract the best-skilled talent across engineering, craft, safety, commercial and admin support staff. There are exciting times ahead for BMD. And, we look forward to further expanding our team to meet the needs of our growing client base,” Mike Walsh concludes.

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LMCENGINEERING

TOTAL TURNOVER: €42,670,000 ROI TURNOVER: €42,670,000

LMC pod being craned into place.

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ounded by managing directors Martin Lydon and Stephen McConnell in 2008, LMC Group comprises three distinct businesses – LMC mep Ltd, LMC FM and LMC Modular. The company is accredited to the Quality ISO 9001:2015, Environmental ISO 14001:2015 and Safety ISO 45001:2018 standards.

LMC offers clients the complete building services management package, from design and coordination to programming, procurement, fabrication, installation, testing, commissioning, demonstration, handover, decommissioning and total life cycle care.

Martin Lydon comments: “Our facilities management business has grown by 40% (or €5m) in the past two years. We have managed to re-secure a contract with the Irish Prison Service for the next seven years, and we’ve increased our work with the HSE, the OPW and many of our other clients.”

On the mechanical and electrical contracting side, LMC had several sites that continued operating, including social housing projects, and it managed to secure additional work through the year. This work included a large project in Charlemont Square in Dublin with JJ Rattigan, several projects with BAM and some schools projects. Residential and fit-out have also been strong, with LMC securing a new project with Fidelity Investments in May. Lydon and

YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: 5 The Courtyard, Kilcarbery Park, Nangor Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 PHONE: 01 599 4920 WEB: www.lmcgroup.ie LINKEDIN: LMC Group Ltd. TWITTER: @LMCGroupLtd KEY EXECUTIVES: Martin Lydon, Managing Director (Partner); Stephen McConnell, Director (Partner).

KEY ACTIVITIES: Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Facilities Management, Modular Construction.

McConnell set up LMC Modular in 2017, initially focusing on the manufacture of bathroom pods. It has grown rapidly since, with turnover climbing by around 50% year-on-year.

The managing directors used the downtime during the pandemic to evaluate management teams across the group and add strength and depth to them. They are excited about the current direction of LMC Group and, in particular, LMC Modular. With the move to a 160,000-sq-foot manufacturing facility, massive investment in R&D, continual product innovation, and imminent NSAI certification for 3D volumetric construction, LMC Group’s future looks very bright.

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Riverside Mechanical Ltd. Unit A6 Centerpoint, Rosemount Business Park, Ballycoolin, Dublin 11. D11Y727 Tel 01 866 5862 • email info@riverside-mechanical.com • www.riversidemechanical.ie

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ADDRESS: Six Cross Roads Business Park, Waterford.

PHONE: 051 594000 WEB: www.weltec.ie LINKEDIN: Weltec Engineering TWITTER: @WeltecEng KEY EXECUTIVES: Ger O’Leary, Managing Director; Shane Ryan, Operations Director; John Murphy, Quality Director; James Hackett, EHS Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.

WELTEC ENGINEERING

TOTAL TURNOVER: €37,150,000

ROI TURNOVER: €37,150,000 YEAR END: 30/04/2021

Plant room from a recently completed Bausch & Lomb project.

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M&E fit-out of new OPW off ices in 1 Georges Quay, Dublin.

CJK ELECTRICAL LTD TOTAL TURNOVER: €29,058,774

ROI TURNOVER: €29,058,774

YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: Unit 1, The Business Centre, Stadium Business Park, Ballycoolin Road, Dublin 11.

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RIVERSIDE ENGINEERINGLTD

TOTAL TURNOVER: €21M ROI TURNOVER: €21M

YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: Unit A6, Centrepoint, Refurbishment of St Mary ’s Hospital annexe, Dublin.

Rosemount Business Park, Dublin 11.

PHONE: 01 866 5862 WEB: www.riverside-mechanical.com LINKEDIN: Riverside Mechanical KEY EXECUTIVES: Derek Brennan, Executive Director; Tony Ptohopoulos, Managing Director; Joseph Kenny, Director of Finance; Marcus Sutcliffe, Construction Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Mechanical Engineering.

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TRITECHENGINEERINGLTD TOTAL TURNOVER: €20M ROI TURNOVER: €20M

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ROCKWELL ENGINEERING

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YEAR END: 31/08/2020 ADDRESS: Clonlara House, Clonlara Road, Baldonnell Business Park, Dublin 22.Ballycoolin Road, Dublin 11.

YEAR END: 31/12/2020 ADDRESS: Clogheen Business Park, Blarney Road, Cork PHONE: 021 4211000 WEB: www.rockwell.ie LINKEDIN: Rockwell Engineering KEY EXECUTIVES: Michael Field, Owner; Martin Conheady, Managing Director; James Devaney, Engineering Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.

PHONE: 01 882 9700 WEB: www.cjkengineering.ie LINKEDIN: CJK Engineering TWITTER: @CJKEngineering KEY EXECUTIVES: Vincent Bruen, Managing Director; Conor Kearney, Executive Director; Aidan Bird, Director; Tom Coyne, Construction Director; Eamonn Thornton, Operations Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.

Riverside head off ice.

PHONE: 01 413 1000 WEB: www.tritech.ie LINKEDIN: Tritech Engineering TWITTER: @Tritech1 KEY EXECUTIVES: Joe Delaney, Managing Director; Peter Keane, Maintenance & QEHS Director; Tom Comerford, Commercial Director; Fergal Reilly, Electrical Director.

KEY ACTIVITIES: Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.

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C ONTRAC TO RS (IRELAND)

COMPANY

TURNOVER IRELAND

1 John Sisk & Son €705,700,000 2 PJ Hegarty & Sons UC €553,000,000 3 BAM Ireland €461,000,000

4 Mercury €375,000,000 4 Jones Engineering €375,000,000

6 John Paul Construction €363,000,000 7 Bennett (Construction) €284,000,000 8 Walls Construction €273,500,000 9 JJ Rhatigan & Company €255,000,000 10 Kirby Group Engineering €157,728,319 11 Suir Engineering €157,500,000 12 Roadbridge €146,818,386 13 mac-group €145,000,000

14 Collen Construction €135,000,000 15 Murphy International €120,000,000 16 Dornan Engineering €115,000,000 16 SIAC Construction Group €115,000,000 18 Designer Group Engineering Contractors Holdings Ltd €114,568,009 19 Duggan Brothers (Contractors) Ltd €106,800,000 20 Flynn Management & Contractors t/a Flynn €105,000,000 21 Stewart Construction €102,000,000 22 Winthrop €91,820,525

23 Conack Construction Ltd €76,366,004 24 Specialist Technical Engineering Services (STS Group) €73,000,000 25 Clancy €70,670,000 26 Vision Contracting Limited €61,493,270 27 Monami Construction €61,200,000 28 Jons Civil Engineering Company Ltd €61,000,000 29 Wills Bros €60,000,000 30 Gem Group €59,827,990 31 Radley Engineering Ltd €57,746,117 32 Townmore Construction €55,000,000

33 MEIC Glan Agua, €51,751,663 34 L Lynch & Company Ltd €50,000,000 35 MMD Construction (Cork) Ltd €49,425,858 36 MSL Engineering Limited €48,688,031 37 Ardmac €47,939,372 38 BMD & Co Ltd €43,284,071 39 Purcell Construction €43,000,000 40 LMC Group Ltd €42,670,000

41 Clonmel Enterprises Ltd €41,454,527 42 ABM GROUP €41,047,000 43 Kilcawley Building & Civil Engineering (Sligo) Ltd €41,000,000 44 Coffey Construction (I) Ltd €38,800,000 45 T&I Fitouts €38,741,209 46 King & Moffatt €37,230,000 47 Weltec Engineering €37,150,000 48 Errigal Contracts Ltd €37,000,000 49 Arkil Holding Ltd, (Arkil Ltd and Park Plant Hire Ltd) €36,268,000 50 Ganson Building & Civil Engineering €35,000,000

SECTOR

General Building, Civil Engineering General Building, Civil Engineering Construction, Civil Engineering, PPP, volumetric housing and FM, focusing on sustainability, industrialisation and digitisation General Contractor Mechanical, Electrical & Fire Protection Contractors; Offsite and Modular Fabrication.

General Building, Civil Engineering General Building General Building General Building Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Civil Engineering Main contractor specialising in warehousing and logistics, residential, commercial offices and commercial fit-out General Building Civil Engineering Mechanical & Electrical Installation Civil Engineering, Specialised Subcontracting Mechanical & Electrical Engineering General Building General Building General Building.

General Contractor Specialising in Data Centre Construction General Building Electrical Engineering General Building General Building General Building Civil Engineering Civil Engineering General Building Mechanical Fabrication & Installation Main Contracting, Management Contracting, Design & Build, Cleanroom Construction Civil Engineering Mechanical & Electrical Engineering General Building Mechanical & Electrical Engineering General Building Mechanical Engineering General Building Mechanical & Electrical Contracting, Facilities Management, Modular Manufacture Civil Engineering General Building, Civil Engineering General Building, Civil Engineering Civil Engineering Fit-Outs Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Mechanical & Electrical Engineering General Building, Fit-Outs General Building General Building, Civil Engineering

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COMPANY

TOTAL TURNOVER EXPORT SECTOR TURNOVER IRELAND TURNOVER

1 John Sisk & Son €1,503,000,000 €705,700,000 €797,200,000 General Building, Civil

Engineering 2 Mercury €1,040,000,000 €375,000,000 €665,000,000 General Contractor 3 Jones Engineering €750,000,000 €375,000,000 €375,000,000 Mechanical & Electrical

Engineering 4 PJ Hegarty & Sons UC €564,000,000 €553,000,000 €11,000,000 General Building, Civil

Engineering 5 Winthrop €560,006,114 €91,820,525 €468,185,589 General Contractor

Specialising in Data

Centre Construction 6 Dornan Engineering €488,000,000 €115,000,000 €373,000,000 Mechanical & Electrical

Installation 7 BAM Ireland €461,000,000 €461,000,000 – General Building, Civil

Engineering 8 John Paul Construction €447,800,000 €363,000,000 €84,800,000 General Building, Civil

Engineering 9 Collen Construction €413,000,000 €135,000,000 €278,000,000 General Building 10 Bennett €367,000,000 €284,000,000 €83,000,000 General Building 11 Kirby Group Engineering €292,746,938 €157,728,319 €135,018,619 Mechanical & Electrical 12 JJ Rhatigan & Company €288,000,000 €255,000,000 €33,000,000 General Building 13 Walls Construction €273,500,000 €273,500,000 – General Building 14 Roadbridge €262,866,194 €146,818,386 €116,047,808 Civil Engineering 15 Designer Group Engineering Contractors Holdings Ltd €203,426,638 €114,568,009 €88,858,629 Mechanical & Electrical

Engineering 16 mac-group €195,000,000 €145,000,000 €50,000,000 General Building 17 Suir Engineering €190,000,000 €157,500,000 €32,500,000 Mechanical & Electrical

Engineering 18 Specialist Technical Engineering Services (STS Group) €182,000,000 €73,000,000 €109,000,000 Electrical Engineering 19 Wills Bros €143,000,000 €60,000,000 €83,000,000 Civil Engineering 20 Errigal Contracts Ltd €141,000,000 €37,000,000 €104,000,000 General Building,

Fit-Outs 21 Murphy International €138,000,000 €120,000,000 €18,000,000 Civil Engineering 22 SIAC Construction Group €130,000,000 €115,000,000 €15,000,000 Civil Engineering, Specialised

Subcontracting

23 Ardmac €129,098,189 €47,939,372 €81,158,817 General Building 24 King & Moffatt €114,760,000 €37,230,000 €77,530,000 Mechanical & Electrical

Engineering 25 Flynn Management & Contractors t/a Flynn €108,000,000 €105,000,000 €3,000,000 General Building 26 Duggan Brothers (Contractors) Ltd €106,800,000 €106,800,000 – General Building 27 Stewart €102,000,000 €102,000,000 – General Building 28 Townmore €85,000,000 €55,000,000 €30,000,000 General Building 29 Conack Construction Ltd €76,366,004 €76,366,004 – General Building 30 Clancy €70,670,000 €70,670,000 – General Building 31 MEIC Glan Agua, €70,276,378 €51,751,663 €18,524,715 Civil Engineering 32 Vision Contracting Limited €61,493,270 €61,493,270 – General Building 33 Monami Construction €61,200,000 €61,200,000 – General Building

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TOTAL TURNOVER EXPORT SECTOR TURNOVER IRELAND TURNOVER

34 Jons Civil Engineering Company Ltd €61,000,000 €61,000,000 – 35 Gem Group €59,827,990 €59,827,990 – 36 ABM Group €59,762,000 €41,047,000 €18,715,000

37 Radley Engineering Ltd €58,830,153 €57,746,117 €1,084,036

38 MSL Engineering Limited €51,340,083 €48,688,031 €2,652,052 39 Mannings Construction Limited €50,000,000 €20,000,000 €30,000,000 39 L Lynch & Company Ltd €50,000,000 €50,000,000 –

41 MMD Construction (Cork) Ltd €49,425,858 €49,425,858 – 42 Ganson €48,000,000 €35,000,000 €13,000,000

43 Lynskey Engineering Ltd €45,000,000 €20,700,000 €24,300,000

43 Elliott Building & Civil Engineering Ltd €45,000,000 €35,000,000 €10,000,000

45 BMD & Co Ltd €43,284,071 €43,284,071 – 46 Purcell Construction €43,000,000 €43,000,000 – 47 LMC Group Ltd €42,670,000 €42,670,000 –

Civil Engineering General Building General Building, Civil Engineering Mechanical Fabrication and Installation Mechanical Engineering General Building Mechanical & Electrical Engineering General Building General Building, Civil Engineering Mechanical & Electrical Engineering General Building, Civil Engineering Mechanical Engineering General Building M & E Contracting,

Facilities Management,

Modular Manufacture 48 Clonmel Enterprises Ltd €41,454,527 €41,454,527 – Civil Engineering 49 Coffey Construction (I) Ltd €41,300,000 €38,800,000 €2,500,000 Civil Engineering 50 Kilcawley Building & Civil Engineering (Sligo) Ltd €41,000,000 €41,000,000 – General Building, Civil

Engineering 51 T&I Fitouts €38,741,209 €38,741,209 – Fit-Outs 52 Adston Group Holdings Ltd €37,665,290 €14,979,812 €22,685,478 General Building 53 Weltec Engineering €37,150,000 €37,150,000 – Mechanical & Electrical

Engineering 54 Arkil Holding Ltd, (Arkil Ltd and Park Plant Hire Ltd) €36,300,000 €36,268,000 €32,000 General Building 55 Townlink €35,000,000 €35,000,000 – General Building 56 DFL €33,654,702 €31,854,702 €1,800,000 General Building 57 Sonica €30,244,490 €25,271,519 €4,972,971 Fit-Outs 58 Glenbeigh Construction €30,200,000 €30,200,000 – General Building 59 CJK Electrical Ltd €29,058,774 €29,058,774 – Mechanical &

Electrical Engineering 60 ShareRidge €27,504,953 €27,504,953 – Civil Engineering 61 Mythen Construction €27,276,815 €27,276,815 – General Building 62 ClearyDoyle €22,500,000 €22,500,000 – General Building 63 Riverside Mechanical Ltd €21,000,000 €21,000,000 – Mechanical Engineering 64 Tritech Engineering Ltd €20,000,000 €20,000,000 – Mechanical & Electrical

Engineering 65 Rockwell Engineering €19,500,000 €19,500,000 – Mechanical & Electrical

Engineering

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BUILDING C O NTRAC TO RS COMPANY

TOTAL TURNOVER

TURNOVER IRELAND

EXPORT TURNOVER

SECTOR

1 John Sisk & Son €1,503,000,000 €705,700,000 €797,200,000 General Building,

Civil Engineering.

2 PJ Hegarty & Sons UC €564,000,000 €553,000,000 €11,000,000 General Building,

Civil Engineering.

3 BAM Ireland €461,000,000 €461,000,000 – General Building,

Civil Engineering.

4 John Paul Construction €447,800,000 €363,000,000 €84,800,000 General Building,

Civil Engineering.

5 Collen Construction €413,000,000 135000000 €278,000,000 General Building 6 Bennett (Construction) €367,000,000 €284,000,000 €83,000,000 General Building.

7 JJ Rhatigan & Company €288,000,000 €255,000,000 €33,000,000 General Building 8 Walls Construction €273,500,000 €273,500,000 – General Building 9 Roadbridge €262,866,194 €146,818,386 €116,047,808 Civil Engineering 10 mac-group €195,000,000 €145,000,000 €50,000,000 General Building 11 Wills Bros €143,000,000 €60,000,000 €83,000,000 Civil Engineering 12 Errigal Contracts Ltd €141,000,000 €37,000,000 €104,000,000 General Building,

Fit-Outs 13 Murphy International €138,000,000 €120,000,000 €18,000,000 Civil Engineering 14 SIAC Construction Group €130,000,000 €115,000,000 €15,000,000 Civil Engineering & Specialised

Subcontracting.

15 Ardmac €129,098,189 €47,939,372 €81,158,817 General Building 16 Flynn Management & Contractors t/a Flynn €108,000,000 €105,000,000 €3,000,000 General Building 17 Duggan Brothers (Contractors) Ltd €106,800,000 €106,800,000 – General Building 18 Stewart €102,000,000 €102,000,000 – General Building.

19 Townmore €85,000,000 €55,000,000 €30,000,000 General Building 20 Conack Construction Ltd €76,366,004 €76,366,004 – General Building 21 Clancy €70,670,000 €70,670,000 – General Building.

22 MEIC Glan Agua €70,276,378 €51,751,663 €18,524,715 Civil Engineering 23 Vision Contracting Limited €61,493,270 €61,493,270 – General Building 24 Monami Construction €61,200,000 €61,200,000 – General Building 25 Jons Civil Engineering Company Ltd €61,000,000 €61,000,000 – Civil Engineering 26 Gem Group €59,827,990 €59,827,990 – General Building 27 ABM Group €59,762,000 €41,047,000 €18,715,000 General Building,

Civil Engineering.

28 Mannings Construction Limited €50,000,000 €20,000,000 €30,000,000 General Building 29 MMD Construction (Cork) Ltd €49,425,858 €49,425,858 – General Building 30 Ganson €48,000,000 €35,000,000 €13,000,000 General Building,

Civil Engineering.

31 Elliott Building & Civil Engineering Ltd €45,000,000 €35,000,000 €10,000,000 General Building,

Civils 32 Purcell Construction €43,000,000 €43,000,000 – General Building 33 Clonmel Enterprises Ltd €41,454,527 €41,454,527 – Civil Engineering 34 Coffey Construction (I) Ltd €41,300,000 €38,800,000 €2,500,000 Civil engineering 35 Kilcawley Building & Civil €41,000,000 €41,000,000 – General Building,

Engineering (Sligo) Ltd Civil Engineering 36 T&I Fitouts €38,741,209 €38,741,209 – Fit-outs 37 Adston Group Holdings Ltd €37,665,290 €14,979,812 €22,685,478 General Building 38 Arkil Holding Ltd, €36,300,000 €36,268,000 €32,000 General Building (Arkil Ltd and Park Plant Hire Ltd) 39 Townlink Construction €35,000,000 €35,000,000 – General Building 40 DFL €33,654,702 €31,854,702 €1,800,000 General Building

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COMPANY

TOTAL TURNOVER

TURNOVER IRELAND

EXPORT TURNOVER

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Mercury Jones Engineering Winthrop Dornan Kirby Group Engineering Designer Group Engineering Contractors Holdings Suir Engineering Specialist Technical Engineering Services (STS Group) King & Moffatt Radley Engineering MSL Engineering L Lynch & Company Lynskey Engineering BMD & Co LMC Group Weltec Engineering CJK Electrical Riverside Mechanical Tritech Engineering Rockwell Engineering

€1,040,000,000 €750,000,000 €560,006,114 €488,000,000 €292,746,938 €203,426,638 €190,000,000 €182,000,000 €114,760,000 €58,830,153 €51,340,083 €50,000,000 €45,000,000 €43,284,071 €42,670,000 €37,150,000 €29,058,774 €21,000,000 €20,000,000 €19,500,000

€375,000,000 €375,000,000 €91,820,525 €115,000,000 €157,728,319 €114,568,009 €157,500,000 €73,000,000 €37,230,000 €57,746,117 €48,688,031 €50,000,000 €20,700,000 €43,284,071 €42,670,000 €37,150,000 €29,058,774 €21,000,000 €20,000,000 €19,500,000

€665,000,000 €375,000,000 €468,185,589 €373,000,000 €135,018,619 €88,858,629 €32,500,000 €109,000,000 €77,530,000 €1,084,036 €2,652,052 – €24,300,000 – – – – – – –

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John Sisk & Son Mercury Winthrop Jones Engineering Dornan Collen Construction Kirby Group Engineering Roadbridge Specialist Technical Engineering Services (STS Group) Errigal Contracts Designer Group Engineering Contractors Holdings John Paul Construction Bennett Wills Bros Ardmac King & Moffatt Wills Bros mac-group JJ Rhatigan & Company Suir Engineering Townmore Mannings Construction Lynskey Engineering Adston Group Holdings ABM Group MEIC Glan Agua Murphy International SIAC Construction Group Ganson PJ Hegarty & Sons UC

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INTERNATIONAL TURNOVER

€797,200,000 €665,000,000 €468,185,589 €375,000,000 €373,000,000 €278,000,000 €135,018,619 €116,047,808 €109,000,000 €104,000,000 €88,858,629 €84,800,000 €83,000,000 €83,000,000 €81,158,817 €77,530,000 €64,400,000 €50,000,000 €33,000,000 €32,500,000 €30,000,000 €30,000,000 €24,300,000 €22,685,478 €18,715,000 €18,524,715 €18,000,000 €15,000,000 €13,000,000 €11,000,000

SECTOR

General Building, Civil Engineering General Contractor General Contractor Mechanical & Electrical Installation Mechanical & Electrical Installation General Building Mechanical & Electrical Civil Engineering Electrical Engineering General Building, Fit-Outs Mechanical & Electrical Engineering General Building, Civil Engineering General Building Civil Engineering General Building Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Civil Engineering General Building General Building Mechanical & Electrical Engineering General Building General Building Mechanical & Electrical Engineering General Building General Building, Civil Engineering Civil Engineering Civil Engineering Civil Engineering, Specialised Subcontracting.

General Building, Civil Engineering General Building, Civil Engineering

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