Author: PJ Hegarty

On Monday 3rd February, the extension of the Guinness Storehouse Gravity Bar at St.James Gate, Dublin 8 opened for the first time to visitors.

PJ Hegarty & Sons have been involved in this project since late 2018, it comprised of the alteration and extension to the existing Guinness Storehouse Gravity Bar of c. 466m² at 7th floor level; 360m² of alterations at 5th floor level; 151m² alterations at lower ground floor level.

A new build Guinness Storehouse Hub directly adjacent to the Guinness Storehouse building is also included in the project. This four storey building will provide additional space for the Guinness Archives and general staff facilities.

PJ Hegarty & Sons are delighted to announce that the Haulbowline East Tip Remediation Project has been chosen as the Engineering Project of the Year 2019 at the Engineers Ireland Excellence Awards held in Dublin on November 15th. The Design and Build Project has seen the 22-acre Haulbowline Island East Tip in Cork Harbour transformed from a desolate, toxic, industrial site into a magnificent public recreational facility for local residents, workers and visitors in what has been one of the biggest environmental works in the history of the State. The project won in the flagship category of Project of the Year which is voted for by a panel of judges and the public, and was also the joint winner of the Local Authority Engineering Initiative Award.

Congratulations to Paul Feeney and his team on the deserved recognition for this project.

Congratulations to all the organisations who received awards at the NISO awards on Friday last. A special recognition to the PJ Hegarty Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) team for receiving a higher distinction award. This award demonstrates their continued hard work and commitment.

Photo –  PJ Hegarty & Sons EHS Manager – Sinead Gaines accepting the award at the ceremony.

1,650m³ concrete pour at Project Fitzwilliam

Blog article: Successful nights work at the ESB Project Fitzwilliam last month. A 1,650m³ concrete pour, from 10pm Friday night to completion on Saturday morning. Great team effort!

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Well done to all of the 10 teams from PJ Hegarty’s that took part in the Staff Relay Series in the Phoenix Park last week.

In recognition of PJ Hegarty’s completion of 250,000 hours of work without a recordable injury or illness on site at Eli Liliy, Cork; Finbarr Kelly (Construction Director Fluor Ireland)  presents Ciaran McCann of PJ Hegarty’s with a Safety Excellence Award.

Project Fitzwilliam’s Project Director Dave Casey presenting certificates of completion to our Supervisors who have recently completed a “supervisory skills leadership programme” facilitated by WhyNot Partnering.

This programme has helped to further develop our supervisors in our positive safety culture in everything they say and do on the project. We are proud of them and their commitment to personal and professional development

Congratulations to IPUT plc and Henry J Lyons on their success at the Building and Architect of the Year Awards 2018. Their project at No.10 Molesworth Street won the ‘Building of the Year – Large Office’ Award at the gala ceremony held in the Mansion House last night.

P.J. Hegarty & Sons U.C. were the main contractor on this prestigious office development which was completed earlier this year.

Recently there was a significant milestone on the Haulbowline Island East Tip Remediation project as the last section of liner material was laid, capping the island off and making it safe.

The project is the design & build of the remediation & capping of the former Haulbowline East Tip site including metal recovery, perimeter engineered structure, slag processing, site re-profiling, capping and landscaping. The new public green space will include playing pitches, walking/jogging circuit, picnic areas, viewing points and a car park.

Please see above a photograph of the site team at Haulbowline just prior to the event. We would like to congratulate them on reaching this significant milestone on the project.

The recently completed new office development at 10 Molesworth Street has achieved LEED Platinum Certification.

LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is the most widely used green building rating system in the world. LEED provides a framework to create healthy, highly efficient and cost-saving green buildings. The Platinum certification is the highest classification that can be achieved.

PJ Hegarty & Sons U.C. were the main contractor on this project.