McAvoy becomes first Offsite Modular company to join the leadership group of the Offsite Management School
The McAvoy Group has become the first offsite modular company to be represented within a new industry-wide leadership group aimed at helping suppliers meet the challenges facing the construction industry over the next five years. The company has confirmed it has joined the leadership group of the newly established Offsite Management School alongside industry heavyweights, […]
Salisbury 6th Form Celebrate Topping Out Ceremony of New Modular Building
The “Topping Out” ceremony took place on Wednesday 24 February on the roof of Salisbury 6th Form new modular building. A Topping Out ceremony is traditionally held when the last part of a building is in place and the building has reached its full height. The S6C building was at full height some weeks ago […]
McAvoy host a factory visit to Salisbury College students
Teachers and students from Salisbury Sixth form college came to visit our Lisburn factory on Friday 12 February 2016 to see where their new sixth form college was built and to understand offsite modular construction. Having a tour around the factory has enabled me to realise the benefits of modular building and I am now able […]
8 Employees successfully pass the MCIOB examinations
The CIOB Awards and Annual Lecture & Awards in partnership with CITB NI was held on 27 January 2016 to present 8 employees with their certificate for passing their examinations. We would like to say a big well done to Ciara McVeigh, Claire Flanagan, Leanne Gribben, Sean McGrath, Mark Coleman, Glen Busby, Stephen Daly and […]
Salisbury’s new Sixth Form Centre rises from the ground
Work on the Tollgate Road site is progressing very quickly, with students having been in temporary accommodation at Wiltshire College. The new Sixth Form building is essentially being slotted together like Lego, with ‘pieces’ built in a factory in Ireland. The modular classrooms are forming the top two floors of their brand new building. It’s […]
Dublin order sees 19 new AV units manufactured for PJ Carey
The McAvoy Dublin depot secured an order from PJ Carey for the purchase of 19 Anti-Vandal units. The 24ft x 10ft units which were manufactured last month include canteen, office and drying facilities. The units were branded in the PJ Carey colours and livery and will be used for projects across the UK and Ireland.
McAvoy donates premises to local boxing club
As part of a companywide community initiative The McAvoy Group have donated a modular building and stores to local boxing club Clonoe ABC for use as training premises. The club which was established by the late Frank Gervin in 1972 has been responsible for turning the fortunes of young men and women and has produced champion boxers through out […]
McAvoy joins open Bim community
McAvoy are now members with Building SMART UK, BuildingSMART UK has been working in partnership with government and industry for over 15 years to create standards and supporting programmes to ensure the UK remains at the forefront of global adoption and use of BIM. All centrally procured HM Government projects must be BIM level 2 compliant by 2016. This is […]
McAvoy School Building Article hits Shelves
The McAvoy Group have featured on the front cover of the November edition of School Building magazine as well as in a double page article. The article discusses the Group’s capabilities as a Principal contractor as well as supply chain management, Construction 2025 and Business Information Modelling. The full article is available on pages 24-25 […]