LOCAL STORY
Concordia Academy in Essex has only been in existence since 2016, but some of the structures on site date back to 1893. Others, like this imposing archway by MKM Contracts, have no history.
The Mr and Mrs of MKM Contracts Ltd, Padraig and Ailish McAtamney.
Just how far they’ve comewas further illustrated recentlywhenMKMcompleted a refurbishment in the Royal Mews at BuckinghamPalace for MalcomCharles Contracts Ltd.
methods of plastering, the Lime and Lath rendering that is required on restoration and refurbishment projects. We’ve been working on a massive refurbishment project for The Maybourne Hotel Group (Claridge’s, The Ritz, and Connacht) over the past two years.” Now with a base in Fulham, south- west London, MKM Contracts Ltd employ between 20 and 30 skilled workers on a range of projects. Hand-picked to ensure the highest standards, this network of self- employed tradesmen is mentored and managed by the boss. Padraig has an over-view on each project, delegating responsibility to supervisors, but never afraid to pick up the hawk and trowel and get his hands dirty. “I go to London on a Monday and try to get back on a Friday evening. With expensive flights and bad flight times during the Covid-19 crisis, it’s been more like a trip home every two weeks. My job is challenging, but not to the same degree physically as it once was, although I still like to rock up for
a couple of days and get back on the tools. I’m actually back at the Claridge’s job because there’s a lot of work to be completed, so I’m helping out.” Padraig and Ailish (wife, mother and MKM Contract’s Marketing Manager) have watched the company go from making ‘peanuts’ to a tidy turnover for a small business. Just how far they’ve come was illustrated recently when MKM successfully completed a project at the Royal Mews in Buckingham Palace for specialist building contractor, Malcolm Charles Contracts Ltd. Despite the royal seal of approval for his work, Padraig has learned the hard way not to take anything for granted. “I feel fortunate to have a successful and developing company at a
time when so many others are struggling. I also look at what happened to Cormac McAnallen [the Tyrone GAA star who passed away aged 24 from Sudden Adult Death Syndrome] and count myself very lucky to have come through having a pacemaker fitted and the injuries to play football as long as I did. We have been through a lot as a company and as a family. I’m still here to tell the tale.”
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