NEWS

13 October 2017

An O’Hare and McGovern scheme which transformed an iconic Belfast building into five star student accommodation was been acclaimed as Northern Ireland’s finest restoration building project. The firm’s top management team, headed up by managing director Martin Lennon, was presented with the Construction Employers Federation award for the company’s work at John Bell House. The former Belfast Met Building in College Square was refurbished at a cost of £16m to provide

10 August 2017

  OHMG Managing Director Martin Lennon has recently achieved Fellowship status of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB). Fellowship is the highest class of membership, and is only awarded to applicants who hold very responsible positions in their chosen field as well as bringing distinction to the construction industry and adding to the prestige of the CIOB. Others within the company who have attained this status include Eamon O’Hare along with those pictured, Noel McKee, pre-

27 July 2017

The new film studios on the shores of Belfast Lough is one of four major OHMG projects which have been shortlisted for the annual Northern Ireland Construction Employers Federation awards for excellence. The winners will be announced at a gala ceremony at Belfast’s Culloden Hotel in October. The £20m studios at Giant’s Park covers an area 120,000 square feet on the North Foreshore and is in the running for the Commercial Award. Owners Belfast Harbour announced The Superman p

21 June 2017

A senior OHMG staff member has been judged as Ireland’s Construction Manager for 2017. Nick Oldfield, 59, who was in charge of the £35m redevelopment of the National Stadium at Windsor Park, Belfast, was awarded one of the industry’s highest accolades at a special reception in Dublin. He was judged the Construction Manager of the Year (CMYA) in Ireland by the Chartered Institute of Building, the world’s largest and most influential professional body for construction man

14 June 2017

O’Hare and McGovern staff were out in force to support Newry Hospice. Everyone gathered at Newry Rugby Club to enjoy a hog roast which had earlier been auctioned off and bought by OHMG director Eamon O’Hare. There was music and dancing, and the evening’s entertainment included a pub-style quiz with some of the questions focusing on the history of OHMG. OHMG is heavily involved in a series of charities, especially those linked to cancer research.   All the proceeds

5 June 2017

OHMG has won a major new award for developing a former military base in North Belfast into a showpiece local amenity. Girdwood Army barracks, in the city’s Crumlin Road, area was lying derelict before one of the company’s construction teams moved in and transform the site into the £20m Girdwood Community Hub. The state of the art shared space venue, one of the finest of its type in Northern Ireland, offers first class leisure, community and education facilities. OHMG pre-Con

5 April 2017

Queen’s University’s spectacular new computer science hub - redeveloped by O’Hare & McGovern - has been officially opened by a former graduate who heads up Google’s sales operations in the United States Geoffrey Archer, OHMG’s commercial director, was among the VIPs who met with Ian Loughran from Armagh, during the impressive opening ceremony at the £14m building with its ultra-modern exterior of coloured glass fins. They represent digital code, a main m

28 March 2017

OHMG staff have attended a series of school and college careers events highlighting job opportunities within the construction industry. Special presentations, which involved the use of company apprenticeships video, were delivered to almost 300 pupils and students, as well as teachers and lecturers. The three Southern Regional Colleges in Craigavon, Armagh and Newry, as well as schools which included Parkhall Integrated College, Antrim, St Mark’s High School, Warrenpoint, St Paul’s

9 March 2017

Two O’Hare & McGovern projects have been short-listed for the prestigious RICS Awards – Northern Ireland’s so-called property Oscars. The Girdwood Community Hub in North Belfast, as well as the redevelopment of the new National Football Stadium at Windsor Park, are among 32 schemes across eight categories being considered by a judging panel. The awards will be presented at a special ceremony at The La Mon Hotel & Spa, Belfast on May 25th. All the category winners wil

8 March 2017

O’Hare & McGovern Managing Director Martin Lennon has met with senior London-based construction industry leaders to discuss the UK’s forthcoming exit from the European Union at a major conference in the House of Commons. He also spoke with the former Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain, Donegal Fine Gael TD, Joe McHugh, the Republic’s Minister for the Diaspora, as well as Dr Alasdair McDonnell, the south Belfast SDLP MP who sponsored the event.  It was organised by