Toolbox talk

Construction team attending a toolbox safety talk

๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป. At our ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฎ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ, the ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป team is taking part in the ๐—–๐—œ๐—™ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜† ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป through toolbox talks focused on everyday safety, health and wellbeing. Across the two weeks, weโ€™re covering six key topics: โ€ข ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐Ÿญ: Back to Basics, Critical Risks, and Health & […]

Skoda

Skoda building exterior construction project

Weโ€™re pleased to share that site clearance and groundworks are now underway for the ๐—ฆฬŒ๐—ธ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ / ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ผ Showroom & Workshop in Naas. The project is being delivered for ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. The design team includes ๐—˜๐— ๐—— ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€, with ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ขโ€™๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ providing structural and services engineering and quantity surveying services. ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป is proud to […]

Grennan sod turning

Ormonde Construction team at the Grennan sod turning event

A milestone for Grennan Equestrian Centre, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny. Ormonde Construction was delighted to welcome Minister James Lawless TD for the official sod-turning ceremony on Friday marking the development of new education and training facilities for Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board. The project will replace existing prefabricated buildings with a new multipurpose educational […]

New social and affordable housing scheme in Kilkenny

Stradbally Fire Station, Co Laois - Ormonde Constructions

Construction has started on a new social and affordable housing scheme in Thomastown, Co Kilkenny. Located at Abbeyhill on Ladywell Street in front of the new Primary Care Centre, which is within walking distance of Thomastown town centre, this development will transform a 1.24-hectare disused site into a vibrant community, providing 42 social and affordable […]

Tool Box Talk โ€“ KO Safety Week 12th October 2026

Exterior view of a modern industrial facility and processing plant featuring steel silos

As part of KO Safety Week, Ormonde Construction held a Tool Box Talk on 12th October 2026, reinforcing the importance of maintaining a safe working environment across all construction activities. The session focused on raising awareness of workplace hazards, following established safety procedures, and encouraging everyone on site to take responsibility for their own safety […]

Quality in Quantity

A smiling man and woman embracing during a photo in front of a Newstalk radio station backdrop.

Lisa Oโ€™Sheaโ€™s surveying journey began when she started her apprenticeship in plastering, which is where she found her love for all things construction. Later, she realised that she wanted to go back to college to do a course in construction studies with quantity surveying. She admits that at this point she didnโ€™t know much about […]

Green light for large new primary care centre

Architectural 3D rendering of a large multi-story primary care center building situated next to an Aldi entrance sign.

Kilkenny County Council have granted conditional planning permission for the development of a large new primary care centre on the Hebron Road in Kilkenny City. In plans submitted to the local authority early last year the existing primary access road from Hebron Industrial Estate was proposed to serve as the principal access route to the […]

International Womenโ€™s Day

Five professionally dressed individualsโ€”four women and one manโ€”posing together indoors for a group photo.

We are on the countdown to the Construction Industry Federations International Womenโ€™s Day event which takes place on 7th March! Lisa was part of the panel discussion at last years event where the discussion centred around the wide breadth of opportunities for women in this sector, the importance of bringing more women to the sector […]