Roadbridge

04/02/2022

During our most recent work on the A465 Heads of the Valley Section 5 and 6 we had a busy 48 hours! Together with Future Valleys Construction and our supply chain partners, we delivered an 8m deep Road Crossing with 1500dia pipes and a large volume of Earthworks and Stabilisation whilst the road was closed. A big thank you goes to our supply chain Peter Gravelle Plant Hire, Reeds Construction and Engineering Ltd, Tracey Concrete Ltd, MGF, Tarmac, Selwood Ltd and GT Jones Contracting Ltd

28/01/2022

With the opening of the N4 Collooney to Castlebaldwin Road Improvement Scheme in October 2021, Roadbridge’s John Duggan and CCC’s Seán FitzSimons look back at the adoption of Nature Based Drainage Solutions on this important road project in the north-west as outlined in this article published in the Engineer’s Journal in January 2022.
John Duggan acted as Contract Director for Roadbridge while Sean Fitzsimon's acted as Design Project Manager on behalf of Fehily Timoney and Company, Clandillon Civil and Consulting and ByrneLooby

Click on link to read full article https://lnkd.in/dFcyQwrw

The N4 Collooney to Castlebaldwin is a 14.7km highway project, developed to replace the existing substandard single carriageway. The project consisted of 13.8 km of Type 2 dual carriageway; 0.9km of greenfield single carriageway; 12 structures including two No 20m span river bridges, four overbridg...

20/01/2022

Congratulations to our very own Sean Bruic who recently received a Recognition Award from Future Valleys Construction for going above and beyond in securing a safe working environment for his team and others on the A465 Heads of the Valley Section 5 and 6

22/12/2021

22/12/2021

Roadbridge participated in the National Christmas Jumper Day last week to help raise funds for Children's Health Ireland in Crumlin & Temple Street Hospitals and Connolly Urgent Care Centre in Ireland and the Great Ormond Street Hospital and Children's Charity in the UK
We also saw a great effort put in for our annual Food Drive which also took place across each of our offices and sites in both Ireland and the UK, with the donations delivered to their local food banks
Thank you to all our wonderful staff who participated in these events and contributed to such great causes

01/12/2021

Sinead Whelan, Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity Ambassador in Ireland, recently visited our Coonagh Knockalisheen Distributor Road Project where she held a lunchtime talk with staff and subcontractors.

Sinead outlined the important work the Construction Industry Charity do throughout Ireland and the UK and spoke of the supports available to all Construction Workers & their families including their Wellbeing 24/7 Confidential Helpline, the Construction Industry Helpline App, their Wellbeing Support Training and of their Help inside the Hard Hat Campaign. She encourages anyone who works in the Construction Industry to seek their support when needed

You can contact the Construction Industry Helpline on the following numbers 1800 939 122 (Irl) and 0345 605 1956 (UK) or by visiting their website www.lighthouseclub.org

Thank you Sinead and to the Lighthouse Club for vital work you are doing for our industry

24/11/2021

Great progress is being made on the Coonagh to Knockalisheen Distributor Road where Beam Placement took place recently on one of the structures over the existing Railway Line.

Well done to all the team with a special thank you to our Subcontractors and Supply Chain on achieving this great milestone in the project

22/11/2021

It was an honour to attend the Enterprise Ireland, Wales Trade Visit at City Hall, Cardiff last week. We were delighted to have the opportunity to discuss sustainability, skills, and opportunities in Wales and the UK with An Taoiseach Micheal Martin T.D, Enterprise Ireland, and their clients across various sectors

15/11/2021

Last Thursday, Roadbridge were honoured to welcome Ambassador Austin Gormley and the team from Enterprise Ireland Nordics to Project AURA, Europe's largest onshore windfarm. It was a great opportunity to showcase the work that we have been doing in northern Sweden on behalf of our Client Luxcara since 2020. Along with our Irish, Swedish and International supply chain partners, we successfully poured our 69th turbine foundation last month and are continuing to accelerate the delivery of this flagship project in preparation for more turbine deliveries in 2022!

12/11/2021

With the official opening of the Limerick Greenway having taken place on Friday November 5th , we wanted to take this opportunity to congratulate and say well done to the team who recently completed the project. The 40km Greenway follows the old Limerick to Kerry Railway stretching from Rathkeale to the Kerry border, taking in the towns and villages of Ardagh, Newcastle West, Templeglantine and Abbeyfeale along its route and contains some beautiful scenery

The project involved improvement and conservation works to the existing Greenway including the widening of the existing railway embankment, resurfacing of existing trail, drainage upgrades, installation of service ducts, upgrade of farm crossing points, repairs and conservation works to 5 stone arch bridges and to the Barnagh Tunnel, improvements to public and private road junctions and the construction of various ancillary works

09/11/2021

Great to see the impressive Roadbridge Komatsu 800 in action on the A465 Heads of the Valleys Section 5 and 6

05/11/2021

Our team at our Ballycoolen to Forest Little - Trunk Main Site following a toolbox talk for Safety Week