Author: Kevin Barry BSc(Hons) MRICS

Material prices are moving apace. According to the Construction Leadership Council, plastics, cement, timber, roof tiles, bricks and imported materials such as plumbing and electrical products are in short supply. It should also be noted that the £1.6 billion funding for re-cladding unsafe blocks of flats could lead to a shortage of cladding generally. The […]

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All input costs are rising as the Brexit/NI Protocol and the slow post COVID-19 scenario unfolding to the ‘new normal’ An example of the crossover has seen 12-15% increase in tender prices on particular projects, such is the near drastic change in the cost base of suppliers, trades and contractors attitude to risk in a […]

Clients are demanding high quality facilities and below is an example of such. Click on image for YouTube video of the type of new facilities being designed and built.

A view of roadside pavement works completed this week by Morrow Contracts as a subcontractor to DEENA Construction Ltd forming new sightsplays off the very busy Purdysburn Road, Belfast. Remainder of in-curtilage works nearing completion to facilitate access to new building sites within.

Update: 24th February 2021 Works complete February 2021. Complex works in live working environment. Other internal works undertaken also. Job well done. Earlier progress photos

QUANTUM COMMERCIAL Dear Kevin Barry Reference: CG1461  Many Thanks for the submission of your Concept Grant Application Form. Your proposal has received an eligibility check and we are pleased to inform you that you have made it through to the next stage in the application process – the “Pitch and Q&A” session. All eligible applicants have been […]

An historic day ! Last day for male VP also !

As the COVID-19 pandemic gathers pace, and the outworkings of Brexit become evident, we are witnessing the total meltdown in the health service provision across the full range of services where severe pressures are mounting, and also for the general economy, not withstanding the financial props which exist (albeit not for everyone #excludedUK, #excludedNI) And […]