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Message from CEO, Paul Tierney

Firstly I would like to thank Ronan Lonergan and all the team at Cairn for facilitating last month’s members day in Seven Mills, it is a very impressive new town that is under construction and it is great to see so many elements of MMC being employed both off and on site.

Next year’s MMC Ireland National Conference takes place in The Johnstown Estate on March 11th and 12th. The Chairs of our working groups will work with the team in shaping the conference but we want all our members to have their input into what the programme looks like. There will be a whiteboard on the website in the Member’s Portal where you can add your suggestions for topics, speakers and anything else you’d like to propose. You will be asked for your comments in your respective working groups on the 11th, however, in the meantime you input any suggestions into the members portal.

As you are aware, on Thursday December 12th we will be holding an event in the Head Office of EY in Harcourt Street, Dublin. The event will take place from 2pm and will focus on MMC Skills and the work EY and the Government are undertaking in this space as well as a review of all members suggestions around MMC Procurement.

Below you will find a link to a whiteboard on the Members Portal and your suggestions around procurement both current and future are vital to allow us put together a proposal to government as to what best practice in the procurement of MMC projects and frameworks look like.

After the event we will have some Christmas networking with food and drinks next door in the Camden Court Hotel. Please RSVP to Katie as soon as possible to allow us plan for numbers. It would be great to see as many of you there as possible and whilst I know December can be a busy time with wrapping up year ends and various events, if you can make the time it would be great to see you there.

Lastly, we are very excited to welcome Anna Whiting (annawhiting.com) on board. Anna has joined us this month and will see you at our event on the 12th. Anna will takeover from Katie with all member’s activities and we will focus on growing this part of MMC Ireland in 2025 with more networking events as well as a focus on members working together. Katie will solely focus on our National Conference in March, The Construction Summit in April and The Offsite Expo in September.

Anna will try to meet as many of you in person in January and February to see how we can further improve your experience within MMC Ireland.

Kind regards,

Paul

Have Your Say – Public Sector Procurement

EY has recently been appointed by the Government to further develop and deliver on the six key recommendations contained in their recent report – ‘Skills for Modern Methods of Construction’. Given the expertise of its members, MMC Ireland is one of the key stakeholders assisting in this initiative.

One of the key recommendations, ‘Knowledge for Senior Management’, will focus on the gaps that can exist in public sector clients/contracting authorities (including at times an inconsistent view and misunderstanding of MMC), and the optimal ways to procure and deliver MMC projects. 

As key stakeholders, MMC Ireland members have the opportunity to highlight how public sector clients should procure MMC projects, highlighting and protecting the good practices that already exist, using the structures currently in place while also putting forward a set of recommendations to improve potential knowledge gaps and deliver a more appropriate procurement process.

MMC Ireland has developed a collaboration tool to capture members’ comments and suggestions split across different sectors to recognise the differences in existing procurement requirements across each. The Policy working group will collate all comments/suggestions into a clear and concise insights document, which will be presented to EY at the 12th Dec and be circulated to all members.

Have Your Say – https://mmcireland.ie/have-your-say/

Where to submit comment – https://padlet.com/mmcireland/procurement-qf83ois5oj6xntqv

*Should you have any trouble accessing these, email Amey on info@mmcireland.com

MMC Ireland Christmas event 🎅🏻

As many of you will know, on Thursday December 12th at 2pm, EY has kindly offered to host us in their Head Office on Harcourt Street where we will get insights regarding their Skills report and additional initiatives. 

After this, we will be heading to the Camden Court Hotel bar from a few pints and some nibbles.

*For Camden Court*

Christmas jumpers not mandatory, but greatly encouraged! Lets deck the halls and fa-la-la-la-la 🎄

The upcoming working group meetings (recorded) and links are as follows – members ought to have received a diary invite directly: 

Education & Awareness Working Group- Wednesday, December 11th, 9am-10am

Link to attend: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ODY0OWFkMzctYWE1YS00N2UxLWE5YTktYWNmZjdmZDEzMWZj%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2262f9e7c4-cb39-40f7-8be1-bb569d26ba7d%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22c2cf8bbb-c7d3-4a9a-858c-9dae2f4cff2c%22%7d

Technical Guidance & Knowledge Sharing Working Group- Wednesday, December 11th, 10:30am-11:30am

Link to attend: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MTg2ZGQ4NTctOGIyZS00ZWJmLWE4YTUtM2RmMzU5M2EyOTJh%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2262f9e7c4-cb39-40f7-8be1-bb569d26ba7d%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22c2cf8bbb-c7d3-4a9a-858c-9dae2f4cff2c%22%7d

Policy Support & Integration Working Group- Wednesday, December 11th, 12pm-1pm

Link to attend: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZjVhNzc0MjgtNDhmMy00NzJhLTlmZDgtZjFmZmE4ZjI4Nzc0%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2262f9e7c4-cb39-40f7-8be1-bb569d26ba7d%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22c2cf8bbb-c7d3-4a9a-858c-9dae2f4cff2c%22%7d

*All members are invited and encouraged to participate in any of the above working groups

Member Achievements and Initiatives

Portakabin Women’s Network committee

Great to see the Portakabin Women’s Network committee joining forces to look ahead for 2025, focusing on how they can empower all and create lasting change at Portakabin and in the wider industry 👏

Considerate Contractors Scheme Awards 2024

Congratulations to JJ Rhatigan team members Aoife Healy, Community Liaison Officer, and Tim McKnight, Quantity Surveyors, for winning the prestigious Rising Star Awards!

Contractor of the Year 2024

Well done to all the team at John Sisk & Son Ltd and SISK Group on being awarded ‘Contractor of the Year’ 2024 at the Property Industry Excellence Awards last night 👏

Skillnet MMC Accelerate X Midland Steel

Well done toe the Midland Steel team for hosting such a successful Skillnet MMC Accelerate event earlier this month. It was absolutely excellent and great to see the demonstration of traditional vs FasterFix!

20 Years of Etag!

Congratulations to Etag on their 20th anniversary, an impressive milestone to reach – many more to come 👏🏻

We are delighted to have the expertise in MMC Ireland!

Asia Matters Business Awards

Huge congratulations to the Capon Engineering team being named Exporter of the Year and Life Sciences & Climate Tech Exporter of the Year at this year’s Asia Matters Business Awards 2024.

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