Ardmac Pharma Solutions : Apr 2022

Ardmac Pharma Solutions : Apr 2022

We’ve got News Ardmac Pharma Solutions Quarterly Newsletter Apr 2022

Hello from Ardmac, In this month’s issue of our quarterly newsletter, we feature our regional manager, Mark Seymour, who heads up the operations team for UK Cleanrooms. Mark manages all day-to-day activities on our construction sites. He is heavily involved in Health and Safety and manages his team with the aim of empowering them and ensuring they successfully deliver on projects. We are excited to share with you some photos from Phacilitate Advanced Therapies Week in Miami and to announce that wewill be bringingour Germfree trailer to the Advanced Therapies Congress 2022 in London next month. This month our feature focus is on women in construction. Ardmac are celebrating the women that make up our company. We are working to #BreakTheBias. We offer a variety of construction related job opportunities for all and we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We’re delighted to launch the second leadership development programme in partnership with Trinity Business School. Forty-three employees from across the Ardmac business came together for the five module programme. Finally, we look forward to the awards season ahead.

04 MEET MARK SEYMOUR

06 WUXI BIOLOGICS

10 PHACILITATE ADVANCED THERAPIES WEEK MIAMI 2022

12 WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION

14 WOMEN IN STEM

18 TRINITY BUSINESS SCHOOL LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME

20 AND THE AWARD GOES TO...

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Chat to Dermot McKenna Associate Director Business Development

Chat to Enda Murphy MD Cleanrooms

[email protected] 35385 8888340

dermot.mckenna @ardmac.com 353868135475

Chat to George Walker Associate Director Business Development

Chat to Mark McCullagh Director Cleanrooms

[email protected] 35386 8127170

[email protected] 353868051723

Chat to Philippa King-Smith Business Development Manager

Chat to Mark Seymour Regional Manager UK

[email protected] 00447785 324599

Philippa.king-smith @ardmac.com 00447703730678

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Mark Seymour is our regional manager, heading up the ops team for UK Cleanrooms. He manages all the day- to-day activities on the construction sites. He is heavily involved in Health and Safety and manages his teams aiming to empower them and ensure they successfully deliver on projects. Mark also gets involved in business development and tendering activities and is on hand to help with anything else the business needs. Ardmac’s mantra – to be a contractor of choice – is something that Mark feels is well embedded within the business saying; “We all buy into it, and we all look at how we can play our part in contributing to it. Anyone we deal with gets treated the same, no matter what, so we always represent a united approach.” For Mark, inevitably every day is different and comes with new challenges. At the beginning of the day, Mark checks in with his site teams, making sure they have everything they need and helping where-ever possible. The rest of the day involves systematically working through the different aspects of his role. Checking up

M E E T Mark Seymour

Regional Manager

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on paperwork and checking in to Ardmac’s remote project software Procore.

“Safety is paramount, and we make sure that everyone on site has that understanding. We encourage them to speak up if they see problems, if things don’t feel right, they stop and deal with it. We need to ensure people are doing their jobs right so that they go home safely at the end of the day.” Mark is also one of Ardmac’s trained mental health first aiders. He said, “being a mental health first aider has really enabled me to support my team during this difficult period. It has really helped me manage my own mental health and that of friends, family, and colleagues as well. I certainly feel better placed to lend assistance and encourage conversation. His top two mental wellbeing tips are – going to the gym and spending time with family. Over the last 12 months, life has really made him appreciate what he’s got. With a single figure handicap at golf, Mark is a keen golfer and family man. With a wife and daughter who is starting out in her career pathway, he is looking forward to getting back to a holiday in the sun with them very soon.

COVID-19 has inevitably brought about challenging aspects, but Mark was very clear about the positive consequences of this saying: “Over the last 18 months, thanks to our systems, we have been able to continue with business quite well despite COVID. Thanks to Procore, we know we can work collaboratively on latest, live information and still work remotely.” The best part of Mark’s job is, by far, being on the construction sites. Whilst he loves the management side of his role in empowering others and learning himself, he still loves to roll up his sleeves and get involved. Mark continues: “I really enjoy the camaraderie that comes from the site team coming together to deliver on a common goal. I am also really fortunate to have the opportunity to view things from a senior management point of view, building key relationships that really make a big impact on the business.” Prior to working for Ardmac, Mark worked in construction all over the world on some major projects in theUKandMiddleEast. Heworked for Siemens, in the gas, water and nuclear industries and in clean rooms in other business sectors. Mark said, “attention to detail and precision is really important in the pharmaceutical industry, it’s about making sure all the boxes are ticked properly and safely. I believe that if you have to put the brakes on to make the job right, then you should have the confidence to do it, change what needs changing and ultimately succeed safely without worrying about a date in the diary.”

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Wuxi Biologics

Ardmac were contracted to complete a full cleanroom installation within two buildings on the Wuxi Biologics site in Dundalk. The project involved detailed design assist with execution including project management, procurement and installation of all architectural elements within the cleanroom envelope. This included but not limited to Modular Ceilings [incl. lights and grilles] Walls, Double Flush Vision Panels,

Doors, Furniture, Flooring and Stainless Steel Protections. The scope also included Door Automation & Interlock Controls along with eight number Downflow Booths for client processes and manufacturing.

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The walk-on ceiling systemwas designed and installed to facilitate 1.5kN/m ² and 2.5kN/m ² at varying locations complete the Ardmac supply and install Interstitial Area Handrails/Edge Protection and Stair units. The cleanroom floor installations complimented a flush floor finish interface with wall panels, furniture and client equipment. The cleanroom scope spanned c.15,000m ² with Grade C, Grade D and CNC room classifications. As part of design development and field execution a significant amount of trade partner constructability and coordination reviews were held focusing on the build sequencing and timing for planned works. The project was successfully PC’d in May 2021 with a an extremely high quality finish and very satisfied project team and client.

Client:

Wuxi Biologics, Dundalk, Co. Louth

Location: Project Size:

15,000m ²

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Advanced Therapies Congress & Expo 2022

Ardmac are excited to announce we will be gold sponsors at the Advanced Therapies Congress & Expo 2022.

We will be showcasing our BioGO Mobile cGMP mobile Cleanroom at the exhibition in London from May 23 - 25. We are excited to join the industry leaders in showcasing the latest technologies and advancements in the industry and to bring the Germfree trailer out on the road and overseas. See our photos fromm Advanced Therapies Week in Miami, Germfree’s team of experts answered questions on the show floor about the “Future of Biopharma Innovation.” The BioGO ® Mobile cGMP Cleanroom was there all week and open to walkthrough tours.

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THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY NEEDS TO EMPLOY MORE WOMEN IF IT IS TO HAVE A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE.

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Construction is a fast paced industry and full of opportunities for creativity and growth for all. The industry focuses on teamwork, creativity and in many instances, international opportunities, this can provide varied career andpersonal growth. Employee retention has challenged companies to look at flexible ways of working and take on board feedback from employees on how personal agendas at all levels can be supported – this in turn can help attract women into our industry by supporting the work life balance that many women seek.

Women startingofftheir careers inengineering, design, QS or architecture should want to join a company where there are opportunities for growth, investment in people development and an opportunity to work with different cultures and sectors – construction provides all of these opportunities.

Ardmac will continue to work to break the bias and support our female professionals

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women in STEM Michael Quinn Director of Engineering

As part of their guidelines for the 2018 employment policies of the Member States, the council of the European Union determined that all Union members should work to ensure gender equality and increased labour market participation by women. CSO figures indicate that the construction industry in Ireland currently has the highest number of women working in the industry on record, with the figure increasing by 25% in 2021 to a total of 14,400. Despite this, women still only make up approximately 9% of the overall construction workforce in the country. The figures specific toWomen in STEM in Ireland make for slightly better reading, with the CSO reporting 25%of jobs that require STEM skills are currently occupied by women. However, with only 1 in every 6 engineering graduates being female the likelihood is that the figure for Women in Construction related STEM roles is much lower.

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Given the career opportunities available, the impact made by the industry worldwide and the innovation happening on an ongoing basis, this no longer makes sense. Along with current global supply chain issues, the shortage of personnel is seen as the greatest challenge facing the construction industry in Ireland. Over the coming years, this is likely to be the single biggest barrier to achieving Government targets for house building, the current National Development Plan and continuing to support the growth of multi-national companies in Ireland. Over the past 20 years, I have seen the construction industry undergo significant advancement in terms of health and safet harder’ philosophy being adopted. At Ardmac, we “Work Smart”, meaning we deploy innovative technology throughout our business to empower our people, drive performance and delight our customers. To support this advancement, the types of roles within the construction industry have had to evolve with multiple new technology-based roles emerging and the level of physically demanding roles reducing. This is especially true in the high-tech sectors in which Ardmac operate. As a leading provider of complex turn-key solutions to the cleanroom and >Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22

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