SECTOR F OCUS
Jameson Heights, Kilmacanogue, a 22-house social housing scheme for Wicklow County Council.
Kellys Hotel Sea Spa, Wexford. technologies into our operations is essential to grow and be competitive over the coming years,” explains Doyle. “All our sites are linked to our head office, each equipped with high-speed broadband to access our secure cloud-based server. We have had an excellent response from our site teams on this, who have shown great enthusiasm to adopt new practices and technologies and learn with the ongoing development of the company.”
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN Looking at prospects for the construction industry for the coming years, Brian Byrne comments that the National Development Plan (NDP) has been dealt a major blow by the pandemic, with the vast majority of the construction industry being closed for months. “The timeframe to delivery of the NDP programme has been thrown into flux as a result of so many sites being shut down for
CGI of the Cherrywood Business Park development.
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long periods as a result of the pandemic. Now, as we once again are ramping up to deliver NDP elements, there are huge issues with the availability of workers, skilled professionals and tradespeople, and an unprecedented jump in the cost of building materials. As a sector, we need a new plan for the industry and indeed the country to pull back this lost time.”
GROWTH PROSPECTS
John P Doyle says that despite the challenges presented by Covid-19, ClearyDoyle has continued to grow, which he attributes to the company’s ethos and the dynamic individuals that make up the ClearyDoyle team. “ClearyDoyle continues to be a large employer in the industry, both directly and indirectly. The calibre of people that are coming through the business gives me great confidence that we will continue to grow in the coming years.”
IN CONCLUSION
The last word on the current chapter of the company he co-founded 60 years ago this year must go to John Doyle Sr. “When we started in 1961, we could never have imagined the journey that we would take and the impact that ClearyDoyle would have on our industry. I am very proud of all that the company has achieved over the past 60 years, particularly the fact that we have maintained a supportive familial culture. This has always been important to Eugene and I. The current generation that makes up the company and how they support each other in everything they do means this tradition will continue long into the future.” For more information about ClearyDoyle, visit www.clearydoyle.com