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LIGHTHOUSE CHARITY NORTHERN IRELAND LUNCH SET FOR SEPTEMBER 12
L-R: Graeme Greenwood, Katrina Dodds, Siobhan Graham, Edel McLaughlin, Max Petrushkin and Maire Patton, Choice Group.
Europa Hotel Belfast.
MERGER COMPLETED BY LOCAL HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS CHOICE AND CONNSWATER
An afternoon of networking, entertainment and fundraising in support of the Lighthouse Charity is to be held in the Grand Ballroom of the Europa Hotel Belfast on September 12. The Lighthouse Charity Northern Ireland Lunch will be held at 12 noon, with tickets available for £150 per person or £1,500 for a table of 10 and including a drinks reception and three-course lunch. The event will feature a panel discussion and a raffle, offering the chance to win unique items and experiences, with Michael Conlan, Cate Conway and Aaron Smyth confirmed as guest speakers. The dress code is business attire/smart casual. The Lighthouse Charity provides 24/7 holistic support to the UK and Ireland construction community, covering all aspects of emotional, physical and financial wellbeing. It offers a free and confidential 24/7 helpline, live web chat service, text facility and app, which provide a range of information, guidance and support related to wellbeing issues. For further information, contact the team at northernireland@lighthousecharity.org
Northern Ireland housing associations Choice Group and Connswater Homes Ltd have completed a merger, formally uniting almost 1,300 homes under the Choice Group brand. As one of the largest housing associations in Northern Ireland, Choice currently provides 12,000 homes to meet the diverse needs of tenants and residents in Northern Ireland, with another 1,042 in development. With 1,285 units across several schemes and a further 161 in development, Connswater Homes Ltd has provided quality affordable homes for 50 years. With an initial
focus in the East Belfast area, the association has expanded across the city and into housing projects throughout counties Antrim and Down from Larne and Bangor to Moira. Over 30 employees from Connswater Homes Ltd have transferred to the Choice Group across several departments. Choice Housing has also announced it is investing £5m in a new housing development in Lurgan, to be delivered by Newpark Homes in partnership with contractors Martin O’Connor Contracts and McCreanor Company Architects. www.choice-housing.org
MCLAUGHLIN & HARVEY CELEBRATES OPENING OF JANET HARVEY HALL
Representatives from McLaughlin & Harvey joined client BAE Systems on June 25 to celebrate the official opening of shipbuilding site Janet Harvey Hall in Govan. The project combined expertise from McLaughlin & Harvey’s construction and civil engineering teams to deliver a more efficient and safe shipbuilding facility for BAE Systems. Phase one saw civil engineering experts drain and infill the wet basin where the Janet Harvey Hall would be situated. Over 430,000 tonnes of sand and stone were used to infill the site, including around 318,000 tonnes of sand dredged directly
from the River Clyde. Before constructing the foundations with reinforced concrete, 5,000m of steel piles were installed. Phase two was completed by McLaughlin & Harvey’s construction team and used over 6,000 tonnes of steel and 20,000 cubic metres of concrete to create
a vast facility housing two electric overhead travelling cranes and two Goliath cranes weighing 280 tonnes in total. Based in Newtownabbey with a Glasgow office in Bellshill, McLaughlin & Harvey
recently commenced a major new housing development at South Stirling Gateway. www.mclh.co.uk
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