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An award-winning year A year of project milestones

The very next month, in July, the the top 50 medium-sized employers photography, commissioned by Sisk , At Wembley Park, meanwhile, Sisk
company achieved a President's at National Undergraduate taken over the lifespan of the and Quintain’s partnership
Award – 13 consecutive golds – in Employability Awards. This is based project, showing the transformation continued with the topping out of
the internationally-renowned ROSPA on the company’s performance in of the spaces and explaining some the highest point to date. Known as
Health and Safety Awards, the the eyes of summer and year-long of the major challenges we faced. Block G, the building is one of seven
longest-running industry awards placements in the UK between 2017 in plot E03 that will be a part of the
Elsewhere in Ireland, the summer saw
scheme in the UK. Our Rail and 2018, as a result of students’ Elsewhere area’s regeneration in creating
hundreds
department
anonymous reviews about their
department also received a anonymous the One Wilton site reach a major hundreds of new homes, of which
President's Award for ten experiences. Furthermore, we made milestone by commencing the the majority will be for rent. The same
Consecutive Gold Awards. The it to the RateMyApprenticeship Top structural deconstruction of Fitzwilton project also scored 46/50 in a
National Procurement Awards in 100 Employers Table for 2018 to 2019. House, while the Sisk Living project, Considerate Constructors Scheme
Dublin honoured us with the Supply Finally, our Holiday Inn Express Cheevers Skeffington Meadow, was visit, joining the A19 –A1058 Coast
Chain Team of the Year accolade. development in Birmingham was completed to join George’s Place in Road Junction Improvement
Dun Laoghaire as two significant
shortlisted for this year’s West Dun Scheme and UK and PDM Plant
Upgrade Phase 2’s result earlier in
September was a successful month Midlands Celebrating Construction achievements in 2018. Upgrade
for two Irish projects, as the Sisk Luas Awards, whilst the Sisk team at the year in being top of the charts.
Cross City team and M17/ M18 Gort Wembley Park received a high Though the summer was a busy time
to Tuam Motorway PPP teams were commendation at the British for Blackpool, the Sisk team were Over in Belgium, the team who are
shortlisted in the Engineers Ireland Construction Awards for the working hard on the seaside town’s working on the Johnson & Johnson
Construction
Excellence Awards 2018, in the Community Engagement Initiative of tram extension. During that time, project in Beerse achieved two
Engineering Project of the Year the Year category. they reached a major milestone in milestones in August, as the highest
Award category. We also won three
Award opening the Abingdon Street point of the concrete construction
awards at the Civil Engineering Autumn was a successful season for Junction on time. was reached and 100,000 hours
Excellence Awards in Dublin, as the the company, as it also achieved the were worked without injury. To
celebrate
On
great work at Osberstown CPD Accredited Employer Standard On the subject of transport, the celebrate the landmark in the
Underbridge and Luas Cross City was with Engineers Ireland and Martina A1058 Coast Road LEP Phase 3 scheme, they held a town hall event,
recognised, with the Royal Sammon, Health & Safety Manager, Norham Road team was also before signing the flag that was
Academy of Arts in London also was presented with three awards on celebrating as the route in the flying on the rooftop.
receiving a nomination for this year’s
receiving behalf of the company at the 27th northeast of England reopened. The
Annual
Building Awards. Annual National Irish Safety project comprised the replacement The site that will be Grangegorman
Organisation / Northern Ireland of the existing Norham Road Bridge Campus of the Dublin Institute of
with a new structure, to allow four
October saw John Sisk & Son Safety Group Awards. with Technology hosted a sod-turning
represented at the North West three-metre traffic lanes and two ceremony in April, whilst The
Charity Awards at the Principal Hotel We additionally came away with three-metre-wide footways. Earlier in Mountain Ash Cross Valley Link
in Manchester. The result from the both the Contractor of the Year the year, the project also reached 24 project – a 60-metre road bridge
night was Circle Square and Affinity Award and the Overall Winner months without a single day of lost that will be built in the village of
Perthcelyn in Mid Glamorgan – and
Living scooping the ‘Outstanding Award at the KPMG Irish time through injury and received the Perthcelyn
Charity Support by a Large Independent Property Industry Highways England Supplier Awards’ our development site at St.
Community
Company’ Excellence Awards. With almost Community accolade for its Cuthbert’s Park in County Dublin had
Company’ award, whilst our charity
partner, Mancunian Way, received 1,000 people in attendance, the outstanding approach to the same events later in the year.
the ‘Small Charity - Big Impact’ ceremony was held at the community engagement and
ceremony
accolade. 2018 also saw Sisk Convention Centre in Dublin, a relationship management.
named, for the first time, as being in Sisk-built project.

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