We were delighted to be awarded the Commercial – Over €20m for Spencer Place and BIM Excellence – Over €50m for ESB Project Fitzwilliam at the recent ICE Awards.
These awards are a testament to our team’s commitment and dedication to excellence in our field. Congratulations to all finalists and fellow award winners!
We recently hosted the Road Safety Authority Shuttlebus on one of our Limerick projects – an interactive resource that brings road safety education to life and part of their #VisionZero campaign.
Inside the shuttle, our team got to experience realistic road scenarios using simulators and virtual reality headsets. From simulating hazardous road conditions to understanding the impact of braking and road speeds, it was an eye-opening experience on the importance of safe driving.
The technology onboard, including car, motorbike, and bicycle simulators, offered our staff a hands-on approach to sharpen their driving and hazard perception skills. The day was packed with essential lessons:
Our team walked away with invaluable insights into driving safer on our roads. Thank you to the RSA and our EHS team for organising this initiative.
We are thrilled to be shortlisted for four categories at the upcoming 2024 Irish Construction Excellence Awards.
We are incredibly proud of our team, who have demonstrated excellence in the following categories:
• Leisure Tourism Project– Midleton Distillery Experience
• Commercial – Spencer Place
• BIM Excellence – ESB Headquarters
• Innovation in Construction – Digitalising a Paper Based SBO Record Process
Thank you to our clients for entrusting us with your projects, and congratulations to the other nominees. We are looking forward to attending the awards this May!
PJ Hegarty are proud to have picked up the Residential Project of the Year at the 2023 Irish Construction Industry Awards.
Spencer Place Residential is a sustainable development nestled in the heart of Dublin’s Docklands. The development, providing 329 build-to-rent apartments and 64 co-living units, boasts ample amenity space, gardens, and shared community facilities.
PJ Hegarty is thrilled to have taken away two awards at the prestigious Irish Construction Excellence Awards at the gala ceremony in the Convention Centre Dublin on Thursday 27th April.
Our first award of the night was the ‘Fit Our or Refurbishment Over €30m‘ award for refurbishing and developing the protected building, Tropical Fruit Warehouse.
This project was notable due to our approach to the off-site repair and refurbishment of all thirty original trusses from the 1890s, each spanning 14m and weighing over 1000kg. We also successfully undertook restoration work on the protected warehouse structure, salvaging materials such as natural slate, limestone rubble walls, and original brickwork for later reuse. The project included constructing a cantilevered steel structure above the warehouse and constructing a 5-storey reinforced concrete core in-situ to support the new frame.
Another notable accomplishment was the design and installation of a modern bespoke twin-skin glass facade, creating the illusion of a floating glass box above the warehouse. Overcoming additional challenges, such as piling in three phases, dealing with contaminated ground, dewatering a double-basement, and ensuring extreme tolerances and deflection control for the steel frame to accommodate the glass cladding, demonstrated our ability to negotiate complex hurdles successfully. Furthermore, we skillfully reinstated the warehouse roof beneath the newly constructed glass-clad structure.
We want to thank our client IPUT Real Estate and architects Henry J Lyons, sub-contractors, and supply chain for their support throughout this project, especially during the difficult periods we faced as an industry during the pandemic.
Brian Mooney, John Gavigan, Danny Rankin (Surety Bonds), Declan Kelly (IPUT), Eoin Flanagan (Henry J Lyons) & Deirdre O’Kane
Our second award of the night was the ‘Health, Safety & Wellbeing Initiative – T/O Over €200m‘ award for our “Don’t Walk By” safety programme.
Our winning initiative, the “Don’t Walk By” safety program, emphasises the practice of good daily safety habits by all our staff and site personnel. We have found that promoting safety through conversation is one of the most effective methods. Our initiative focuses on the practical aspects of having positive safety conversations. We understand that only some naturally feel comfortable addressing safety concerns, so we enlisted the help of external sources to coach and mentor our staff. These educational mentorship sessions provided valuable insights into coaching, hazard identification, and effective engagement with on-site personnel, resulting in positive outcomes.
Our initiative also aims to dispel misconceptions about addressing unsafe observations and build confidence to do so. Since implementing this program, we have seen a significant increase in safety interactions and observations. The feedback from our staff has been overwhelmingly positive, offering us valuable insights on how we can further support our team in taking ownership of safety.
Brian Mooney, Karen Killoran (Arthur Cox LLP), Sinead Gaines, Shane McDonnell and Deirdre O’Kane
The Gala in the Convention Centre Dublin was an outstanding success. Our team and guests had a fantastic night, and hearing our name announced for both awards made it even more special.
