2019 Errigal Newsletter

2019 Errigal Newsletter

Our people are our business. With a workforce of over 1500, it is the commitment, care, experience and knowledge of our people and their dedication to our industry that continues to drive our growth and distinguishes Errigal in the marketplace.

NEWSLETTER 2019

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DEVELOPING OUR FUTURE

A reflection on some of our high points over the past few years from our directors.

The new clients and relationships we have developed have helped us grow and given us the confidence that we have the right approach for our industry. Our workforce from Romania, Ireland, UK and other parts of Europe have made their commitment to our company and see their family life closely linked to Errigal and what we do. This gives us the drive to be successful. Working in 11 countries across all sectors of the construction industry has brought invaluable experience to our diverse workforce. This will stand us in good stead for years to come.

Training and Apprenticeships are now visible in all areas of our business and it gives us immense pride to see young people develop and grow professionally under the safety net of the Errigal family. All of the long serving leaders within our company have helped others along their journey. They believe in the message they deliver and help all understand. Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with our staff, supply chain, fellow sub contractors and contractors

Some of our Errigal family at work across UK & Europe

For those who have worked in our company and gone on to pursue a career elsewhere, we hope that they take some of our culture and ethos they have been exposed to with them.

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Our Industry, our Future as we enter a new decade.

We will continue to play our part in helping our industry become more professional and accountable, lead by example and try to better understand the reasons why our company has developed and improved. Learning from our industry and industries around us, we will promote good practice and culture within the wider construction family “If we dream it is possible and work hard, light will shine on the right path for all of us” - Damien Treanor The most enjoyable thing working at Errigal is working with your friends everyday and constantly learning, especially from the young people, who bring a fresh approach and see things differently. This drives all of us to do a little better each day. As we grow, our office also grows and we have invested heavily in our infrastructure in 2019 which sets us up for the years ahead. A massive thanks to all in our company who worked hard to make this happen, from vision to final design and successful completion of the works.

We are proud that many of the goals we set for Errigal and our people have been exceeded and this can be seen across all areas of our company. This November our organisation broke through the £100m turnover barrier with a strong margin, our culture and our outlook for the future intact. The ‘Errigal way’ is alive and strong.

“ For 2020 the focus is to deliver on all the commitments we have made to clients, supply chain and to our people. It will also be a year of reflection and improvement internally to safeguard what we have and to prepare for the years ahead”- Cormac McCloskey

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Our new office development at Estra House

At Errigal, we are all about our people. Over the past year we have focused on improving the standard of health and well-being we offer our employees and ensuring we can provide the best possible working environment.

Breakout area and boardroom at office HQ

From the development of our new London base at Estra House, to our ever-expanding facilities at our headquarters in Ireland, our goal is to provide a happy and healthy work environment for the people who make Errigal the company it is today.

HQ forestry walk

Reception area at Estra House

We will be installing state of the art Gym facilities in both our head office and at our London hub in Estra House. We have designed our work areas with numerous breakout and common areas to encourage a positive approach to the health and wellbeing for our staff. We have also developed a 1.5km forestry walking path around our office at HQ where our employees can take a break and get some fresh air and exercise while enjoying the natural beauty that surrounds us everyday and brings nature into our working environment. With the ever-increasing demands and fast-paced working life in construction, we at Errigal strive to maintain a healthy, happy and supportive work environment for all our team. What sets us apart, is our people. Webuildour company aroundour peopleandour communities. Errigal ismuchmore thana sub-contractor -we pride ourselves on being a family working together for the future.

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HEALTH & SAFETY UPDATE

We continue to achieve the highest results in accreditations such as Achilles, Constructionline, Safe-T Cert, SMAS and CHAS. “We understand safety is a deeply personal issue, one that reaches beyond our sites to impact families and individuals. We are continuing to enhance our standards across the business to promote safe working practices on all our sites.” ” Here at Errigal, the safety of our workforce and all site personnel is the number one priority. We always aim to achieve the highest levels of Health and Safety on all our sites and the message ‘safety first’ is instilled across the whole company.

Cormac McCloskey Director 2019 KEY STATISTICS

Management hours in H&S Training 2,820

Number of hours worked in 2019 2,932,788

Safety Audits successfully completed 357

Number of current projects 57

RIDDOR Free Man Hours 6,243,070

Audited by Achilles, Safe-T Cert, Constructionline, CHAS & SMAS for the past number of years achieving excellent results.

Training records continuously monitored using our specially tailored Training Management System.

Site Management are all trained to NVQ Levels 3, 6 & 7, SMSTS and First Aid as a minimum standard.

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Mental Health Awareness We recognise that, while working in construction is rewarding, the stresses and pressures of work can be high. At Errigal, we are committed to promoting positive mental health and well-being across our workforce. We are proud to be members of ‘Mates in Mind’ who do excellent work in creating awareness and addressing the stigma of poor mental health. We have also introduced Mental Health First Aiders into our site teams promoting our open door policy and giving every person on our team an opportunity to ask for help if and when they need it.

Health and Safety starts with management and leadership; our health and safety team meet regularly with site managers, supervisors and black hats to share ideas on how to create the best standards of health & safety to ensure we are always improving. H&S Focus – Continuous Training & Upskilling We understand that a highly trained and skilled workforce is essential for ensuring that high standards of safety and quality are maintained at all times. Over the past year, we have had over 2,800 hours of H&S training within our management teamand with continuous training, onsite workshops and refresher sessions, we are committed to ensuring each task is completed the right way and in the safest way every time. Scaffold Training We continuously carry out on-site scaffold training with our workforce to ensure we are aware of the dangers of working at height.

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We have trained many of our management team to be accredited face fit testers and supplied kits to all our sites. Face fit testing is carried out on a regular basis across all sites. Face Fit Testing

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Due to the number of MEWPs we use across the business, we asked one of our supply partners, Advanced Access, to come to a number of our sites to carry out Emergency Situation training whereby the operatives were shown how to react and how to bring an MEWP to ground level in the event of an emergency; for example if the operative at height gets into difficulty. MEWP Training

Recognition Corner

It’s great to see the hard work that has been put into Safety by the Errigal team on all our sites being recognised and rewarded. Congratulations to all Errigal operatives and teams who have taken part in site safety initiatives and been recognised and rewarded for demonstrating good H&S practise and behaviour.

Considerate Constructor of the Year Award

Supply Chain Quality Award

We are pleased to announce Errigal won both the Supply Chain Quality Award for 2019 and the Silver Award for Considerate Constructor of the Year 2019 for our work carried out at Brunel Street in Canning town and 22 Bishopsgate in Central London respectively. Our SHEQ team work tirelessly to ensure the environment is kept at the forefront of our minds during construction works alongside Health, Safety and Quality.

Leonard Melut winning McLaren Construction Group H&S award on wembley W06 project. Presented by project manager Michael Butcher

Congratulations to Anthony and Lonel Buta who were awarded SHEQ awards by AstraZeneca.

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OUR COMMUNITY

Community is at the heart of everything we do. At Errigal, we believe in supporting our local communities, from schools and youth club initiative to local infrastructure. We will continue to support and encourage community development at all levels.

Errigal are proud to continue our long-standing sponsorship of Kevin Lynch hurling cub.

Errigal continue to support St Josephs GFC in London

Errigal are proud to continue sponsoring St. Colm’s GAC Drum, St Patricks and Truagh Ladies CLG football club.

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Monaghan’s fittest company

Mizen to Malin Head

Errigal were proud to support Adrian, Alan & Ian on their charity cycle for AwareNI from Mizen Head to Malin Head (approx. 380 miles). AWARE is the depression charity for Northern Ireland and the only charity working exclusively for people with depression and bipolar disorder.

We are proud of our teammembers who took part in Monaghans Fittest company to raise funds for Errigal Truagh Special Needs School.

Atlantic challenge of endurance

In December 2019, Dylan Woods, Hugo Mitchell-Heggs, Callum Fraser and Matt Harvey will row 3,000 miles unsupported across the Atlantic Ocean departing from the Canary Islands to reach Nelson’s Dockyard Antigua a month later. Their aim is to be the first team to cross the finish line and to raise over £100,000 to provide Mental Health and Wellbeing support to the submarine community. Errigal are proud to be involved and support these young men in their endeavour as it displays attributes we believe help young people in their career and everyday family life . They have trained hard for what is a life-threatening journey . They understand and must support each other and through strength, willpower, humility and freindship together they will achive their goal. We wish them every sucess with their journey and fundraising for mental heath and well-being.

The crew getting ready to set sail.

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Charity Mud Run Multiplex Boat Race Errigal retained their title at this year’s MultiplexDragon Boat Fundraiser event on the Thames, raising money for Chickenshed charity.

In March we had 9 Energetic employees competing in Runamuck to raise funds for Sosad Ireland.

Awards

We were honoured to win the Gold award at this year’s FIS awards for Adare Manor, Limerick in the category for Fibrous & GRG - New Build.

Well done to our site teamon Victoria Square, Woking who received the ‘Quality Awareness’ award from Sir Robert McAlpine.

Errigal won the ‘best Labour Contractor’ and ‘Best Residential Building’ at the Aquarian Cladding Installer Awards for 2017-2018.

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ERRIGAL TRAINING ACADEMY

The Errigal Apprenticeship

The Errigal Apprenticeship has now become a highly sought-after career choice for young people across the UK and Ireland. Since becoming a City & Guilds certified learning centre, the apprenticeship has gone from strength to strength. We have always believed in training our apprentices to the highest possible standard and helping them to progress in their careers in the industry. City & Guilds

Errigal rise to the top... WorldSkills UK is all about helping young people go further, faster in their careers, gaining the skills that they require to be the absolute best in the industry. This year, Errigal Apprentices went forward to represent the company in the Worldskills UK Live Finals, where they claimed Gold and Silver in the Plastering and Drywall Systems. Huge Congratulations to Brendan, Kalem and Jack on placing 1st, 2nd and 4th resepectively. BrendanandKalemhavebeenselectedtorepresent theUK inWorldskills Shanghai 2021. They are dedicated to the training programme set out and we will support, encourage and provide all the training necessary

to ensure our apprentices have the confidence, knowledge and skills required to represent our industry on a global stage.

Well done to Kalem, Jack and Brendan

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ERRIGAL DEGREE PROGRAMME

Undergraduate Programme

The Errigal Degree Programme commenced in 2017. We currently have 19 undergraduates enrolled. Run in conjunction with Ulster University, our programme has become highly sought-after by students wishing to pursue a career in the construction industry. Our undergraduates are exposed to everything involved in becoming a successful professional in the construction industry from day one. They are mentored by our senior management team, learning from experienced professionals on a daily basis. They will have the confidence and knowledge to take the industry by storm upon completion of their degree programme, with having already secured permanent employment, having no college debt and being at the top of their game. Our degree programme has proven extremely successful and we will continue to invest in and train young, eager professionals for the industry.

Undergradutes with Construction Director Peter McCloskey

Undergraduates participating in group tutorial

“The mentoring and guidance we get as undergraduates from senior personnel within Errigal allows us to gain the understanding of how to successfully execute our roles. Completing my degree with Errigal also has massive bonuses that include Errigal paying my university fees and the incentive of ‘Earn as you Learn.’” Eimear McCloskey - Undergraduate “ The degree program offers a unique opportunity to gain an advantage on other students who are studying Quantity Surveying Full Time, as the experience and knowledge I have gained over the past 3 years is incredible. Working with Errigal while studying has allowed me to gain experience in all aspects of Quantity Surveying. From the quantification and costing of works right through to agreeing final accounts.” Ciaran McKenna - Undergraduate

Undergraduates with Pre-Construction Dept

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ERRIGAL FACADES

Our Facades division continues to grow and diversify and now offers balustrades and rainscreen systems. We are excited to continue expanding in 2020.

We have continued to develop and expand the Errigal facades division over the past year. We have grown and developed our in-house procurement, commerical, design and contracts management departments to ensure we have the ability to offer our clients vast experience and understanding in providing full envelope facade solutions. We have a number of live projects, designing and supplying systems such as Gebrik, Corium and Alsecco brick slip systems, rainscreen systems, curtain walling, windows and doors, GRC, louvre screens, glass and metal balustrades, privacy screens, plantroom screens and balustrades, glass wind mitigation screens and canopies, along with building signage. We also provide re-cladding facade solutions for facades that are no longer compliant with the current regulations. We have been heavily involved in systems testing also, including CWCT and BS fire and systems testing, both off and on site. Errigal facades ensurewe are constantly abreast of the latest building regulations to ensure the best solution is provided for each individual project.

Example of metal balustrade on Brunel St Works

Progress on Block C Brunel St Works

Vertical section through GRC on Block C Brunel St Works

Q-Rail Glass balustrade on Brunel St Works

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Hounslow House Errigal recently completed this project for Bennett Construction. The package comprised of 6 buildings between four and eleven storeys, including 293 homes and 900m2 of commercial space. The Facade works included 9,000m2 of Gebrik cladding, 2,000m2 of insulated render and 2,500m2 of PPC aluminium cladding and soffits along with all PPC aluminium copings and flashings.

Conceirge front entrance on Hounslow House

Block D&E external facade on Hounslow House

Fire Testing Errigal have continued carrying out façade fire testing to BS8414 standard for various clients throughout the UK. Errigal’s remit for this testing was to design, procure and construct a full-scale façade replicating various key interfaces on the project. These tests were conducted at Fire Safety Research and Technology Centre (FireSERT) at the Ulster University Campus in Belfast in April and May.

Construction and burn of fire test rig

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DESIGN TEAM

Design Team update Design Capabilities

Errigals in-house design resources have the capability to value engineer projects and develop detailed design information. The Errigal design team consists of in-house and site-based designers, document controllers, graduates and undergraduates. Our team have varied levels of qualifications and experience, including chartered members of the Society of Facade Engineers and graduates with BA Honours in Architectural Technology. This provides us with a diverse understanding of design and installation. ---- Investment in our design team is a constant focus and through this year’s investment, our highly skilled team are equipped with all of the latest 3D software in our new, state-of-the-art office facility which helps us provide project design solutions to the highest quality. We focus on high-end façade, internals & fitout projects with a variety of design solutions. Errigal’s design team work in partnership with leading system suppliers so we can produce creative and practical design solutions to all our clients.

Fabrication design of rainscreen to rear entrance of conceirge on Hounslow House

Head Office design department

Mock-up of Rainscreen to rear entrance of concierge on Hounslow house

Revit overview of Brunel St works Block C

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FEATURED PROJECTS

22 Bishopsgate

Lobby

We are almost at completion of the multi-million pound fit-out of the Super Lobby & Viewing Gallery on the tallest office block in London, 22 Bishopsgate. Bill Amberg’s leather hand-crafted reception ‘library’ adorns the Entrance Lobby, while up top the building boasts London’s highest and free to public access viewing gallery, offering new ways to experience the city.

Value - £4.8m Due for completion in March 2020

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Janet Paul talking about her life in the construction industry

Janet with some of the Errigal team at a visit on 22BG

At Errigal we pride ourselves on working in partnership with our clients not just on the project in question but on identifying and implementing the needs of the of the construction industry as a whole. Janet Paul, Senior Project Manager for Multiplex very kindly took the time to speak with a number of Errigal employees about the need for women in the construction industry. Focusing on the challenges andopportunities available towomen in the industry, Janet sharedher experiences and knowledge with the group, and encouraged them to pursue their careers in the industry, giving insight into the skills, personality and drive that is required to succeed as a woman in construction.

Typical lift lobby on 22BG

“ Errigal’s presence on our project has been a joy, the way they go about their work is refreshing and the quality they have delivered consistently over the past 2 years is among the best I’ve seen over a lifetime in this industry” Peter Rogers CBE Lipton Rogers Developments LLP - Client

Typical floor plate on 22BG ready for client fitout

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Battersea Development

Battersea prior to works commencing

We are currently mid-way through construction on the refurbishment of Switch House East Apartment Block at the iconic Grade II listed Battersea Power Station. The high-end properties within the development are all unique, simply through their physical location within the converted structure and will be among the most im- pressive and exclusive addresses available in London. Value - £7.5m Completion date – April 2020

Battersea during development

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SELECTION OF COMPLETED PROJECTS 2019

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