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C ounty Down based Graham has completed the ambitious Little Patrick Street accommodation in Belfast City centre ahead of the new academic year. The project, carried out for Lacuna Developments and Watkin Jones Group for leading UK-wide provider Student Roost, will ramp up the student accommodation offering in the city with a host of facilities and amenities. Construction on the 12-storey, 430-bed site began in 2018 and over two years has given way to a contemporary student provision with multiple facilities. During the project’s 24-month duration 1,070 construction workers have gone through the turnstiles Speaking about the building, Paul Rush, Site Manager from Graham, said, “This project has been completed amid the most unprecedented circumstances, Covid-19 presented some challenges, but we are extremely proud of the concluded offering. “We believe that this site will offer students studying at Ulster or Queen’s universities a premium accommodation setting in which they will thrive.”
C onstruction work to create 150,000 sq ft of Grade ‘A’ offices in Belfast’s Titanic Quarter is now underway. Titanic Quarter and Belfast Harbour are co-promoting the development of ‘Olympic House’, designed to accommodate 1,500 jobs in a modern, efficient and sustainable working environment. O’Hare and McGovern Limited (OHMG) will be constructing ‘Olympic House’, employing around 250 construction workers. “This is an exciting and prestigious development in an area of historical importance, and we will N orthern Ireland Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NI Chamber) has launched a new forum to provide members with an opportunity to feed into the new Skills Strategy for Northern Ireland. ‘The Future of Skills’ forum regional sessions will address the skills-related challenges facing businesses here, assess what local employers are already doing to combat the skills shortage and what more must be done to facilitate economic recovery
be working with some of the best in the construction industry,” says Seanie O’Hare, OHMG Construction Director. “It sends out a hugely significant message to local, national and international investors that Belfast is continuing to build for the future, and OHMG is delighted to be part of that process.” James Eyre, Commercial Director, Titanic Quarter says “This is another important milestone as we move from masterplan to reality.” For more information call OHMG on: 028 3026 4662, email carnbanehouse@ohmg.com or visit: www.ohmg.com.
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and growth. A series of regional sessions will be held in partnership with NIE, at which attendees will have the opportunity to share their own experiences and contribute to recommendations made to the Department for the Economy on the Skills Strategy for Northern Ireland. The first event will be hosted online on Friday 18 September. Register for the event here: www. northernirelandchamber.com.
Louise Turley (NI Chamber), Gordon Parkes (NIE Networks) and Ian Henry (NI Chamber) are pictured with Holly Brown, a Quantity & Building Surveying Apprentice at NIE Networks
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