Sisk monthly: Review of March 2024
Spring has sprung and as we head towards the Summer, here’s a look at some of the stories from March across Sisk.
Minister Harris visits Sisk’s Wembley Park project
In March, Sisk hosted Simon Harris TD, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science of Ireland at our NE02/NE03 Wembley Park site in London.
Sisk’s Darragh Nunan and John Dennehy discussed the latest innovations in the industry being implemented by Sisk, including offsite construction and Modern Methods of Construction (MMC).
You can read more here.
Sisk appointed to €330m Astellas Pharma facility in County Kerry
In late March, Sisk announced that it has been awarded the contract as Construction Manager for a major new pharmaceutical facility in Tralee, Co. Kerry.
The €330-million fill-finish production facility will be constructed on the IDA’s greenfield site at the Kerry Technology Park and will create 600 construction jobs over the course of the build.
Read the full press release here.
Focus on tackling road worker abuse
In support of the inaugural 'Respect our workforce' week, led by Safer Highways and the Think Respect campaign, Sisk ran ‘Respect our road workers’ week in March.
The key focus was to highlight why the abuse of workers isn’t acceptable across highways projects, and that reporting any abuse is key, whether you’re a member of the public or a worker on site.
Across Sisk in the UK, the week saw site safety stand downs taking place across all of our civil engineering sites, in addition to Sisk-hosted virtual stand downs for all of our civils supply chain. There were public awareness events and a strong awareness push on our LinkedIn page. Everything was centred around the powerful messages in the video you can see above.
You can read a review of the week here.
Sisk supporting women in construction
We launched two videos in March that coincided with International Women’s Day, featuring some of our female colleagues from across the Sisk business discussing how Sisk have supported them throughout their journey with us so far.
Below is part 1 – part 2 is available on our YouTube channel.
Don’t forget, if you’re interested in joining Sisk, click here to see our latest roles.
Sisk’s doors opened for Open Doors
We supported Build UK ’s Open Doors week in March where some of our sites welcomed those interested in a career in construction to have a first-hand experience of the construction industry.
We welcomed Build UK Chair Julie White and Vice Chair - and Sisk CEO - Paul Brown for the first Open Doors visit of the week at our Moda Great Charles Street site in Birmingham.
See our review post of the week here.
Sisk Rail team all aboard with tree planting initiative
Sisk Rail is supporting a social value initiative to benefit The Forest of Avon Trust, a charity committed to planting trees and hedgerows across the West of England.
The work included fitting out a shipping container at the Trust’s plant nursery and a subsequent tree-planting day, helping to achieve our commitment of planting 1.7 million trees by 2029.
Read more in this post.
Image of the month – Isle of Man Ferry terminal berthing trial
This great drone shot was taken as the initial berthing trial occurred at the Isle of Man Ferry terminal building. The project – which includes Sisk’s construction and civils teams - is nearing completion.
And finally…
Inside Sisk podcast: Series 3 Episode 2 – Malmo Data Centre project
Our #InsideSisk podcast has reached series 3 and in the second episode of the series, we learn about how Sisk is rapidly becoming a leader in the delivery of these vital pieces of infrastructure around Ireland and Europe, for some of the world’s biggest technology companies.
Listen via this post or you can also download on Apple and Spotify – simply search ‘Inside Sisk’.