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A record nine higher level apprentices studying civil engineering at South West College (SWC) have been awarded scholarships by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). Awarded through the Queen’s Jubilee Scholarship Trust (QUEST) and worth £1,000, the scholarships are open to eligible students across the UK. Applicants from SWC were assessed on academic performance, industrial experience and career ambitions before progressing to interview with a panel of professionally- qualified civil engineers. All enrolled on the UU Foundation Degree in Civil Engineering at the College’s Omagh campus, the successful apprentices are Katie Harper, Bonnie Harper, Mollie Darcy, Aine Cunningham, Niamh Colton, Seamus Cleary, Odhran Brolly, Sean Morris and Ben McAvoy. Mollie Darcy was also recognised as one of the top two candidates across all UK regions and awarded the prestigious Francis Connolly QUEST Technician Scholarship. SWC recipients are expected to assist the ICE in promoting the civil engineering profession at career events and school visits and ideally become qualified ICE Technician Members. www.swc.ac.uk SWC celebrates Civil Eng scholarships
L-R: Ray Hutchinson, MD, Gilbert-Ash, and Emma O’Shiel, Whitbread Property Project and Programme Manager Ireland.
Gilbert-Ash tops out two Dublin hotels
Gilbert-Ash has celebrated a milestone with the topping out of Premier Inn Jervis Street and Premier Inn O’Connell Street in Dublin alongside the hotel brand owner Whitbread PLC. Premier Inn Jervis Street is a 215-bedroom hotel, with the project including demolition of the existing building and construction of a seven-storey hotel plus a basement and roof, with an onsite restaurant and bar on the ground floor overlooking Wolfe Tone Park. Premier Inn O’Connell Street is
a 229-bedroom hotel, with works including construction of an eight-storey building plus a basement and roof, with restaurant and reception on the ground floor. Both Jervis Street and O’Connell Street have been designed to achieve BREEAM Excellent, are scheduled for completion at the end of 2026 and expected to open and welcome guests in early 2027. Gilbert-Ash Ireland recently opened new headquarters on Dawson Street in Dublin. www.gilbert-ash.com
Fermanagh Lakeland Forum gets underway
Construction has commenced on a £70m investment to deliver a leisure, health and wellbeing hub in Enniskillen, with completion expected in 2028. With the Fermanagh
Lakeland Forum supported by £20m of UK Government funding, representatives from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government and Fermanagh and Omagh District Council joined main contractor GRAHAM to break ground. Gerry Rowe, Regional Director at GRAHAM, said, “We are privileged to be delivering what will become Ireland’s first Passivhaus-certified leisure centre. Adopting this stringent standard underscores our focus on exceptional energy efficiency and substantially minimising the environmental impact of the new facility.” Meanwhile, GRAHAM has been appointed to deliver a £37m redevelopment of The Castle Rock School in Leicestershire and redevelopment of Cambridge Halls student accommodation at Manchester Metropolitan University. GRAHAM also recently handed back the Northland Building at NWRC in Derry/Londonderry, marking the successful completion of a 27-year partnership involving the design, build, financing and operation of the building. www.graham.co.uk GRAHAM breaks ground for the Fermanagh Lakeland Forum.
Mollie Darcy has received the prestigious Francis Connolly QUEST Technician Scholarship.
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