NEWS
ADDITIONAL £8.1M ALLOCATED TO REPAIR ROADS
Infrastructure Minister John O’Dowd has allocated an additional £8.1m in capital investment to the structural road maintenance programme this year.The announcement follows a new report published by the statistics branch of the Department for Infrastructure on road length, condition and expenditure in Northern Ireland for 2019/20 to 2022/23. It identifies a drop in total expenditure on roads here by 7.5% year on year to £441m over 2022-23. Announcing the additional funding, the Minister said it regrettably fell well short of the amount necessary to maintain the road network to the required standard due to budgetary constraints. “I recently addressed the Assembly to announce the allocation of an extra £1m to target areas of highest priority with small scale resurfacing schemes,” he said. “I am now in a position to announce an additional £8.1m of funding for my Department’s Structural Maintenance Programme to deliver additional resurfacing schemes and continue to address the poor condition of our road network. Work will start immediately on the planning and delivery of these new schemes.” www.infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/topics/statistics-and- research/road-network-and-condition
LAGAN MEICA AND UU TEAMS COME OUT TOPS AT NISG’S ANNUAL QUIZ L-R: front row, the Lagan MEICA team of Mark McAuley (non-competing), Steven Beattie, Patrick McLaughlin and Rian Fullerton, with, back row, Bill McAllister, Safety Advice Centre, Wendy Beatty, NISG, and Bryan Monson, HSENI.
Lagan MEICA
and Ulster University Students’ Union were among winners at Northern Ireland Safety Group’s annual Occupational H&S Quiz on March 14. Held at UU’s Belfast campus,
L-R: front row, the Ulster University Students’ Union Team of Chris McCauseland, Rebecca Allen, Shannon McAfee and Robert Millar, with, back row, Bill McAllister, Safety Advice Centre, Wendy Beatty, NISG, and Bryan Monson, HSENI.
the quiz was sponsored by Safety Advice Centre and UU. Lagan MEICA, an M&E company within Lagan Specialist Contracting Group, scooped the novice category and the UU SU team triumphed in the category for previous entrants. A total of 18 teams completed eight rounds of questions in a pub quiz-style format. H&S professionals and anyone in a full-time H&S role are not eligible to sit on teams as the quiz is aimed at improving safety knowledge generally. Both teams now head to Limerick to complete in the NISO/NISG All-Ireland Occupational Health & Safety Quiz Finals. www.nisg.org.uk
Further funds have been allocated for road maintenance.
HENRY BROTHERS APPOINTED TO UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER CONSTRUCTION FRAMEWORK
Magherafelt-based contractor Henry Brothers has been appointed onto the University of Manchester Construction Framework for the first time. The company has won four contracts to deliver developments at the university over the past few years, with the appointment opening up a pipeline of future projects. The four-year framework specifies schemes from £5m to £20m, with Henry Brothers one of five contractors awarded a place. Ian Taylor, Managing Director at Henry Brothers Construction, said, “This appointment will support us as we continue to expand our North West office, which opened in Manchester in
2022, and has already relocated to larger office space in the city. “Henry Brothers has wide-ranging experience of working with universities in the East Midlands, West Midlands and the North West, supporting our partners to invest in their buildings and facilities.” Henry Brothers is part of The Henry Group, which comprises a number of manufacturing and construction sector companies with a portfolio spanning the education, defence, accommodation, commercial, industrial, transport and healthcare sectors. www.henrybrothers.co.uk
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