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Construction Excellence Awards
We love the Toome bypass
A road project in Co Antrim is bypassing the competition in an online poll to
find Northern Ireland’s best loved construction project.
Comment: 1
Inside Construction Excellence Awards
Is Toome bypass on the road to victory?
Friday, 25 September 2009
Forget your luxury spas, world renowned concert venues and landmark shopping
centres — it’s the Toome bypass that really drives the public’s admiration.
Comment: 1
A decade of construction excellence
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
The Construction Employers Federation (CEF) is celebrating the 10th
anniversary of the Construction Excellence Awards and it wants your help to
pick the best construction project in Northern Ireland that was completed
within the last 10 years.
Comments: 2
Toome Bypass
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
The Toome Bypass was constructed in 2005 by FP McCann at the request on DRD
Road Service. Costing £18million, the bypass cut journey times between
Belfast and Londonderry by up to 15 minutes and removed approximately 22,000
vehicles per day from the streets of Toome.
Comments: 8
Linen Hall Library restoration
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
The Linen Hall Library, established in 1788, is the last surviving
subscription library in Ireland. Famous for its unrivalled Irish and local
studies archives, consisting of some 186,000 books, and its definitive
Northern Ireland political collection, which contains in excess of 135,000
items from all parties.
Comment: 1
Ballyharry Housing Development
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
Built in 2002 and with an estimated value of £5m, the first housing scheme
undertaken by Ferguson Homes in the Newtownards area was Ballyharry.
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Millar Street, Belfast
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
Completed by the Carvill Group in 2004, the Millar Street housing project was
one of the first design and build mixed tenure housing schemes in one of
Belfast's oldest suburbs.
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Victoria Square
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
Completed in 2008 at a cost of £400m, Victoria Square took four years to
complete and was also the largest excavation ever carried out in Northern
Ireland
Comments: 3
Fofanny Water Treatment Works
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
Fofanny Water Treatment Works, constructed by Farrans (Construction) Ltd in
2005, epitomises innovation in design and construction as the only
underground water treatment facility in the whole of Ireland.
Comment: 1
Lough Erne Golf Resort
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
Situated between the shores of Lower Lough Erne and Castlehume Lough with a
backdrop of loughs, islands and woodlands just a few miles out of
Enniskillen, the five star Lough Erne Golf Resort & Spa was opened in
2008.
Comments: 13
Causeway Hospital, Coleraine
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
In 1990 the decision was taken to provide a new hospital to facilitate those
living in the Causeway area.
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Odyssey Arena, Belfast
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
Opened in 2000, the Odyssey was Northern Ireland’s largest-ever civil
engineering project, a multi-purpose indoor venue hosting concerts, shows,
sports events, exhibitions and conferences
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St Paul's High School, Newry
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
Located on the outskirts of Newry, this secondary school with 1285 pupils was
a complex project for Felix O’Hare Ltd given that all pupils plus 150
members of staff remained onsite for the duration of the work.
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CEF construction poll
What do you think is the best construction project completed in the last 10 years?
| Ballyharry Housing Development |
 0% |
| Causeway Hospital |
 4% |
| Fofanny Water Treatment Works |
5% |
| Linen Hall Library restoration |
1% |
| Lough Erne Resort and Spa |
7% |
| Millar Street, Belfast |
0% |
| Odyssey Arena |
6% |
| St Paul's High School, Newry |
0% |
| Toome Bypass |
51% |
| Victoria Square |
24% |
- This Poll is now closed.
- 154 comments
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