Ireland

08.02.13

Sisk starts on £200m Nestlé coffee factory

John Sisk has started work on Nestlé’s £200m extension to its factory in Tutbury, Derbyshire.

The scheme is the Nestlé group’s largest construction project worldwide and will bring together all of the firm’s UK coffee production, including freeze dried, spray dried and pod technology.

http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2013/02/08/sisk-starts-on-200m-nestle-coffee-factory/

Source : Construction Enquirer

26.10.12

Monster lift sends east London tunnelling machines 40 metres underground

Crossrail has marked a major milestone in the construction of London’s new rail line with the lowering of a 550 tonne tunnelling machine into a 40 metre deep shaft in east London last ahead of the start of tunnelling for Crossrail’s eastern section of the new rail line.

The delicate operation required one of the largest cranes in Europe to lift the equivalent of 280 London taxis.

Perfect weather conditions were needed and the light winds and no rain allowed for Elizabeth to be moved underground.

Source : Crossrail

14.09.12

Business Update Irish Times, 14 September 2012

SISK runs out of road in Poland after two years.

Company to abandon two projects

Suzanne Lynch

Irish Construction group Sisk are pulling out of Poland at a cost of between €50 million and €60m.

The decision was taken after it encountered a series of delays and extra costs linked to what it says are intractable and ongoing difficulties with the Polish road authority.

Source : Irish Times

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Business Update Irish Independent 14 September 2012

SISK Partners €50m action after row with Polish roads authority

John Mulligan

A JOINT venture between Ireland's biggest construction firm, Sisk, and Limerick-based Roadbridge is preparing to launch a €50m-plus legal action against the Polish national roads authority.

Source : Irish Independent

Garry Crabtree

MD of John Sisk & Son

Garry joined John Sisk & Son in July as the new Managing Director of the construction business. Qualifying as a Civil Engineer, Garry has over 30 years of construction experience across a wide spread of sectors and markets with international experience in USA, Middle East, India and SE Asia.

John Sisk & Son win Supplier Award at Diageo

John Sisk & Son won the European Beer Regional Award for "Supplier Excellence" at Guinness St. James' Gate Site in Dublin. This is a wonderful achievement reflecting performance of the Sisk Team in meticulously planning and monitoring our now maturing Zero programme.

Their attention to detail in relation to logistics, site cleanliness, quality and communications with all project parties is exemplary and led to the successful handover of a laboratory and office block within the Diageo campus with challenging client interfaces on all sides.

Primark Hannover opens ahead of Schedule

The Primark retail store, or Penneys as it is known in Ireland, opened one week earlier than initially programmed in Hannover Germany on 27th October. As has now become the norm, huge crowds gathered in advance of the official opening. This store is the largest Primark store to date in Germany and one of the largest in the group overall with a retail floor area over four floors of 94,000ft². In addition to this there are staff facilities, stock rooms, plant and circulation areas bringing the total gross area to 215,000ft²over six and a half floors.