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Success as CPD Accredited IGBC
Employer The Irish Green Building Council (IGBC) was launched
On 6 July we received the fantastic news that Sisk in 2011 with organisations and businesses from the
has been awarded Engineers Ireland ‘CPD Accredited entire value chain of the built environment. These
Employer’ status for a further two years. Continued include universities, professional institutes, NGOs
Professional Development, or CPD, plays a vital role in local authorities, contractors, architects, engineers,
keeping staff upskilled, and companies agile. energy companies, leading national and transnational
This employers standard is a benchmark used by companies. All are united in one common goal to
companies across all sectors in Ireland. Over 160 leading provide leadership to accelerate the rate of change in
engineering employers use it to raise competence levels Ireland to a sustainable built environment.
and deliver tangible business benefits. Sisk are members of the IGBC and our Head of
The team at Engineers Ireland were very impressed Sustainability, Brian Handcock (pictured), has recently
and commented, ‘May I take this opportunity to been appointed to the Board of Directors of the IGBC.
thank you for the professional manner in which you Brain says, ‘As members of the Irish Green Building
facilitated the audit.’ Congratulations to all the team Council, our common goal is
involved in achieving this status. to improve the sustainability
of the built environment. Being
an active member of IGBC,
we’ll be working with others
from across the sector to
promote the environment and
sustainability agenda for our
industry and Ireland’.

Ross Cullen and Winifred Ryan with
the accreditation

East Region Golf Society Outing 40 years working together -
Sisk and Roadstone
On 1 July the annual East Region Golf Society Outing
took place in Kilkenny. The game was played at Donal Rigney from Roadstone, Ireland’s leading
Gowran Park Golf Club, with dinner and prize giving supplier of construction and building materials, made a
later that evening at the Pembroke Hotel. Thirty five presentation to Jim Byrne, Purchasing Manager in our
tee’d off with Donal Clavin, M&E Estimator, taking 1st Dublin Office, to celebrate their business relationship
Prize. The golfers were joined by 20 more non players, which now exceeds 40 years.
some of whom had cycled to Kilkenny for the dinner.
Many thanks to Ken Ahern and Brendan Daly for
another great event.

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