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CONSIDERATE
CONSTRUCTORS
SCHEME LAUNCHES
IN IRELAND
John Sisk & Son is the first international
contractor to register a site.
T
he Considerate Constructors Scheme - the
organisation established to improve the image of the
construction industry - is now international, having
launched its first registered site in Ireland.
The Scheme is delighted to welcome its first contractor
to register projects in Ireland - family owned John Sisk &
Son - a member of the international construction company,
SISK Group.
The first registered Irish site is located at The Exchange,
which forms part of the International Financial Services
Centre at the heart of Dublin’s financial district. This project
involves the construction of a six-storey office block with a
basement car park and two retail units at street level.
The Scheme – which introduced site registration in
the UK in 1997 – has received increasing interest from
contractors with sites in Ireland asking to register
construction activity. All are keen to improve the image
and reputation of the construction industry, in line with
the Scheme’s Code of Considerate Practice, which commits
those registered to care about appearance, respect the
community, protect the environment, secure everyone’s
safety and value their workforce.
Sisk led the pilot of site registration to help ensure that
this model of registration within the Irish construction
industry was appropriate and fully tried and tested, before
making it available to all construction activity in Ireland.
Considerate Constructors Scheme Chief Executive
Edward Hardy said:
“The opportunity for contractors to now register sites
in Ireland is a huge step forward for the Considerate
Constructors Scheme. With over 18,000 monitoring visits to
UK-based sites, companies, and suppliers every year, the
Scheme is highly regarded across the construction industry
as a central part of instigating positive long-lasting change,
for the benefit of the workforce, local communities and t he
environment.
“We are delighted to now be able to provide monitoring
and support services to Irish-based construction sites to
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help raise their standards beyond statutory requirements –
pushing the bar of considerate construction to a new level
in Ireland.”
Brian Handcock, Head of Sustainability at Sisk
commented:
“We are proud to have worked with the Considerate
Constructors Scheme to deliver the first project registered
in Ireland. Indeed, Sisk was one of the early supporters
of the Scheme, and has attained the highest standards
possible on its projects on numerous occasions.
“As a business that is over 158 years old and with over
1300 staff employed, it is important to all of us to be
recognised for the good work our industry does for the
communities, workforce and environment that we live in,
are a part of and care for. Being part of the Considerate
Constructors Scheme gives us an objective viewpoint of our
performance, helping us and the wider industry to improve
our image and reputation. We look forward to seeing the
Scheme being taken up by our peers across Ireland so that
the whole industry benefits.”