News
CEF Awards 2023
CEF 2023 Excellence Awards Winner | One Elmwood, Queens University Belfast It was a fantastic night celebrating construction industry achievements at the 2023 CEF awards and a great opportunity to mix with friends and colleagues throughout the sector. FOH are proud to have not just picked up...
![All Ireland Sustainability Awards 2023](/media/uploads/IMG_1605.jpeg)
All Ireland Sustainability Awards 2023
All-Ireland Sustainability Awards 2023 | Young Change Maker of the Year Our success continued last Thursday night at the inaugural All-Ireland Sustainability Awards with our Construction Carbon Associate Una Barrett being awarded Young Change Maker of the Year. Úna Barrett is working...
![Air Ambulance NI Visit](/media/uploads/felix_ohare_2.jpg)
Air Ambulance NI Visit
Following a very successful Annual Christmas Jumper Day Fundraiser for Air Ambulance Northern Ireland, our staff were invited to their base in Lisburn last week. They got the opportunity to visit and hear from paramedic Caroline, who can really tell you about the day in the life of a crew member at...
CEF AWARDS
The Merchant Square team are truly delighted to have not just picked up Commercial Project of the year for £1m+ but also Overall Winner at the Construction Employers Federation (CEF) awards last Thursday night. It was a fantastic night celebrating our industry achievements, and...
![CIOB Chartered Membership Programme](/media/uploads/IMG20220622193620.jpg)
CIOB Chartered Membership Programme
Pictured at the Student Achievement Awards event held by The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) and CITBNI. Congratulations to our long serving members of staff Kevin Forsythe, Eamon Nogher and David Brown (absent from the photo) who successfully completed the CIOB Chartered Membership...
![New Project - NIFRS](/media/uploads/nifrs_1.jpg)
New Project - NIFRS
Felix O’Hare & Co. Ltd have successfully been appointed as the Main Contractor for Phase 2 of the Learning and Development Centre, Cookstown. This project marks a significant milestone for NIFRS, and we are delighted to work alongside the Project Team to deliver a real life’,...
![Christmas Jumper Collection December 2021](/media/uploads/lighthouse_presentation_110222_(2).jpg)
Christmas Jumper Collection December 2021
Christmas Jumper Collection for Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity. Tom McConkey Charity Ambassador from the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity was invited to our Head Office to be presented with a donation to support the only charity that is 100% dedicated to providing...
![QUB Student Centre Project team Fundraiser](/media/uploads/kbrt_1.jpg)
QUB Student Centre Project team Fundraiser
Philip Spiers was repatriated from Australia a short while ago. His uncle, Leslie Chambers, has been a mainstay on Felix O’Hare & Co projects now for many years. Philip's remains were brought home with the help of The Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust and Leslie couldn’t...
![Christmas Jumper Collection for Suicide Prevention](/media/uploads/pips_pres.jpg)
Christmas Jumper Collection for Suicide Prevention
PIPS Hope and Support were invited this afternoon to our Head Office to be presented with a fantastic donation to support suicide prevention services. A massive thank you to our team and supply chain for your contribution and generosity to raise some much needed funds for PIPS Hope & Support...
![Project Phase Handover - AIB Ann St Belfast](/media/uploads/20201128_113506.jpg)
Project Phase Handover - AIB Ann St Belfast
Last week we were delighted to handover the second phase of AIB Ann St, located in the heart of the Greater Belfast area, having successfully handed over the GF Reception Area earlier in November. The works involved the removal and replacement of the existing curtain walling and...
![NI Environmental Benchmarking Survey](/media/uploads/201117_NIEBS_silver-1.png)
NI Environmental Benchmarking Survey
Felix O'Hare & Company Ltd was delighted to take part in the 2020 NI Environmental Benchmarking Survey. Ranking as one of the highest new entrants we achieve a Silver Level status in our first year evidencing our commitment to improving our company environmental performance. The...
![Continued Quality from »Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ](/media/uploads/integrated_management_2.png)
Continued Quality from »Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ
We are delighted to announce that have received compliancy with the following international standards after a week long audit. - ISO 9001 Quality Management - ISO 14001 Environmental Management - ISO 45001 Health & Safety Management Congratulations to everyone involved in the audit process...
![Cyber Essentials Certified](/media/uploads/new_ce_badge.png)
Cyber Essentials Certified
We delighted to announce that we have complied with the requirements of the Cyber Essentials Scheme and are now Cyber Essentials Certified. Thanks to CyberSmart and Newry Computer Centre for their help during this process. #felixohare #contractor #construction # #cybersecurity...
![Southern Regional College, Armagh](/media/uploads/src_ab_2(1).jpg)
Southern Regional College, Armagh
Delivered within the heart of Armagh the new Southern Regional College will provide enhanced educational experiences to its users. “The new SRC Armagh campus represents a major investment in dramatically improving educational and training attainment across the city and wider area and is...
![Bespoke Joinery at Merchant Square](/media/uploads/ms_ab_1.jpg)
Bespoke Joinery at Merchant Square
In the words of John Ruskin – Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort. Developed and delivered in house by our Specialist Joinery & Fit-out Division the bespoke Birch Panelling for Merchant Square was delivered using the latest Scanning & CNC...
![MERCHANT SQUARE, BELFAST](/media/uploads/merch_sq_1(1).jpg)
MERCHANT SQUARE, BELFAST
Delivered within the heart of Belfast’s vibrant city centre Merchant Square has been transformed into one of the city’s most iconic and catalyst structures. Initially three separate 7 & 8 storey buildings comprising of Oyster House, Ferguson House & Royston House each building...
![Northern Court, Gloucester Street, Belfast](/media/uploads/northern_court-9(1).jpg)
Northern Court, Gloucester Street, Belfast
It’s always great to see our work come together. We are delighted to handover the new offices of McCartan Turkington Breen Solicitors in Northern Court, Gloucester Street, Belfast. This project, completed in partnership with Michelle Atkinson, has provided McCartan Turkington Breen...
International Women's Day 2020
As it's International Women's Day on Sunday we wanted wish everyone (especially own ladies!) a very happy International Women's Day from everyone at Felix O'Hare & Co Ltd! #womeninconstruction #internationalwomensday #iwd2020...
![Felix O’Hare invests in new sustainability software](/media/uploads/sustain_iq.png)
Felix O’Hare invests in new sustainability software
Felix O’Hare & Co Ltd is well-known as an innovative, progressive organisation embracing new technologies and digital construction practices to improve efficiencies across all of its operations. With this in mind, the Newry based construction firm has recently signed up to...
![Apprenticeships](/media/uploads/team.jpg)
Apprenticeships
Last week we were delighted to attend the Southern Regional College Big Apprenticeship event in the Newry Campus. Our team met with many local budding apprentices who are very keen to enter the construction industry. We are delighted to offer the platform that will kick start their successful...
-
Project Handover - Category B Fit Out - Glendinning House, Belfast
We are delighted to announce that we have now completed the handover of our last project for 2018! On Thursday of this week the project was handed over to the client GLENDINNING MCLEISH & CO LIMITED. This project was based on the design of WDR & RT Taggart. Category B fit-out consists of...
-
Cyber Essentials Certified
We delighted to announce that we have complied with the requirements of the Cyber Essentials Scheme and are now Cyber Essentials Certified. Thanks to CyberSmart and Newry Computer Centre for their help during this process. #felixohare #contractor #construction # #cybersecurity...
-
Project Handover - CDE Global Headquarters, Cookstown
We are proud to announce that we have successfully handed over this prestigious project in Cookstown to the client CDE Global which will now become their headquarters. Congratulations on a job well done by our site team! The project was carried out based on architectural and structural...
-
Fast Track to Success for Felix O’Hare & Co Ltd.
The first class upgrade and refurbishment of Portadown Railway Station by Felix O’Hare & Co Ltd has been awarded this year’s Transport Infrastructure Award at the Construction Excellence Awards. The former 1970’s building, which created a wide range of accessibility issues for...
-
»Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ receives Health and Wellbeing in the workplace award
Our Procurement Director Damian Gill had the pleasure of representing Felix O'Hare & Co Ltd at Health Matters' "Maintaining Momentum" coffee morning, where several other businesses within the Newry and Mourne area attended. During the morning Felix O'Hare & Co Ltd were...
-
Project Handover - Down Leisure Centre, Downpatrick
Today marked the handover of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council's Down Leisure Centre. This state-of-the-art project is based on Kennedy Fitzgerald Architect's design, RPS's structural design and Williams & Shaw consulting engineers' Mechanical and Electrical design. This...
-
IDA Advanced Office Building, Finnibair Industrial Estate, Dundalk
IDA Advanced Office Building, Finnibair Industrial Estate, Dundalk. Client’s Project Team: Client – IDA Ireland Architect – Van Dijk Architects Quantity Surveyor – Turner & Townsend M&E Consultants – HOH Partnership Structural & Civil engineer...
-
MCIOB Chartership for Senior Site Engineer Wayne Nolan
Congratulations to our Senior Site Engineer Wayne Nolan received chartership to CIOB, “Becoming a Chartered member of the CIOB was something I had considered for quite some time throughout my years within Felix O’Hare & Co Ltd. With a young family, it was always hard to find that...