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Cygnum CIT Alumi Attend Connect with CIT Event

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Thank-you Cork Institute of Technology for another successful Connect with CT event today. What better way to connect with students to talk design construction than our very own CIT Alumni, Architectural Technologists Aine and Kieran who graduated a number of years back. Looking forward to welcoming more CIT Graduates to the Cygnum team soon! connectwithcit, construction,careerpathways alumni.

Supporting the I Wish Seminar with CIF

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Great turn out of students attending this year’s @IWish_ie event in Cork city hall which aims to encourage more females into a career in Stem. We are delighted to be supporting the Construction Industry Federation talking to students about Careers in Construction iwish19 BuildingEqualitywomeninconstruction womeninengineering pictured is Bríd Cody  from the CIF talking to students.

Fundrasing For SVP

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Cygnum employees held their annual fundraising raffle recently and this year our chosen charity was  St Vincent De Paul. The charity is the largest voluntary charitable organisation in Ireland. SVP volunteers work tirelessly in their local communities to help combat poverty and help the disadvantaged. Regional Vice President for SVP, Paddy O’Flynn was thrilled with our fundraising efforts and said the money raised would stay local and go towards to help fund education projects.

Presenting the cheque on behalf of Cygnum is M.D. John Desmond to Phil Barry, Head of the Macroom branch. Also pictured is SVP’s Regional Vice President Paddy O’Flynn with Cygnum employees Heber Mc Mahon and Ian O’Regan.

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Site Update

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Full steam ahead on one of our new housing developments. Great shot of our insulated and airtight external wall panel being lifted into place.

Cygnum Awarded STA Assure Gold

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We are thrilled and honoured to be awarded the Structural Timber Frame Associations highest accreditation level possible ‘STA Assure Gold’.The criteria set out for a Gold member means that Cygnum has demonstrated the highest levels of quality, performance and best practice across a range of industry standards.

 

Goldsmith Street Shortlisted for 2 Structural Timber Awards

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We are delighted to announce that Goldsmith Street, Norwich has been shortlisted for Social Housing Project of the Year & Low Energy Project of the Year at the 2018 Structural Timber Awards.

The awards are a celebration of innovation, best practice and expertise in timber technology. With over 200 exemplary entries packed full of outstanding, pioneering projects it was a real achievement that our Goldsmith Street project was nominated in 2 categories.

Goldsmith Street, Norwich is one of the largest collections of Passivhaus homes in the UK, this truly ground-breaking scheme contains 105 homes: 56 one-bed flats and a mix of two, three and four bedroom flats and houses, all of which will be let for social rent through Norwich Home Options.

Delivering such a highly ambitious large-scale Passivhaus scheme was achieved by all the team working closely from the feasibility stage. The team includes award-winning architects Mikhail Riches alongside contractors RG Carter for the Client Norwich City Council. 

The awards will be held on 10th October at the National Conference Centre in Birmingham.

Loaded up and Ready to Go!

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Loaded up and ready to go! Timber Frame panels en route to another busy site. Factory fitted plasterboard to the party walls included and weathered for the trip