This project which is currently on-site consists of the restoration of the historic Thompson Pump House building and scheduled monuments. The finished building will be home to the HMS Caroline Visitor Reception & Tickets area along with dedicated Exhibition space.

External works on the Thompson Pump House include demolitions; repair, replacements & repointing of brickwork; new carved keystone with ‘BHC’ logo; roof repairs & re-slating; window repairs and replacements; render repairs etc.

Internal works include strip-outs; dry-lining; construction of new ramps between spaces; stud wall construction; installation of toilet cubicles & vanity units; M&E Installations; cleaning & re-pointing of exposed brick surfaces; plasterwork & painting etc.

The works to the historic Alexandra Dock include infrastructure and services works, lifting & relaying of historic Galleted & Belfast cobbles/setts, new natural stone paving, setts & kerbs, construction of a new bridge link across the dock and construction of two brows onto the HMS Caroline.

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25 October 2019

SW College Erne Project ‘Topping Out’ Ceremony

Tracey Brothers hosted the ”topping out” ceremony at the SW College Erne Project to mark a key milestone in the construction of this state-of-the-art Campus. The Erne Campus will be a flagship for sustainable construction with its pioneering PassivHaus premium standard and modern design and construction and is pushing the boundaries of technology in almost

4 December 2017

New Bridge at HMS Caroline

As the Hard Landscaping and Historic Building Contract at HMS Caroline nears completion a major milestone was achieved when the new 25 meter steel and timber footbridge was installed, providing access across Alexandra Dock. This provides visitors with direct access from the Thompson Pump House building, now home to the HMS Caroline Visitor Reception, Exhibition

13 March 2019

South West College Erne Project Passive House Workshop

We held a very successful Passive House workshop / training session at our SWC Erne Campus site. The workshop focused on airtightness, which is probably the most critical matter in achieving a Passive House Project. The new SWC Erne Campus, will see the delivery of the FIRST educational building WORLDWIDE to achieve the highest international

20 June 2021

Restoration of The Grand Opera House Belfast completed

The restoration and development of the Grand Opera House in Belfast has been completed. On Thursday 10th of June2021 the results of the restoration project were unveiled prior to its planned re-opening in July 2021. The works included painstaking restoration and conservation of the many ornate features of the auditorium along with redesign of the

7 March 2017

Works On-Going at Cleaver House

Works 0n the Cleaver House Building, Belfast are on-going and consist of refurbishment & office accommodation fit-out of the second, third, fourth & fifth floors, ground floor structural alterations, full strip-out of and installation of new mechanical, electrical & sprinkler services and installation of a roof top external plant room. Ground and first floor accommodation

23 April 2026

IDA Mullingar Student Visit

As works continues to progress at pace we were delighted to Welcome @Darren ODonoghue and @Mark Grincell and all the Year 2 and 3 students studying BSc in Architectural Technology at the South East Technological University to our new Advance Building Solution project for IDA Ireland at the IDA Ardmore Business & Technology Park , Mullingar

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