Bowen Construction Ltd has been awarded a contract by the DAA for the Design & Build of the Terminal 2 multi-storey car par phase 1.  Phase 1 of the development consists of circa 1300 car park spaces and is part of a phased development of the 2562 multi storey car park and hotel development. 

Bowen Construction will deliver the MSCP in conjunction with Project Architects and O’Connor Sutton Cronin.
 
The project comprises all necessary works to provide a fit for purpose multi-storey car park including public concourse, car hire shell & core and T2 concourse bridge constructed over a footprint area of approximately 2.7Ha. The total new build area as divided over the ground, level 1, level 2 and level 3 is approximately 42,000sq.m. The project further includes the design, supply and installation of all principal M&E, specialist car parking system and ICT systems in accordance with the DAA‘s requirements

The contract for the construction and operation of the new Kinsale Wastewater Treatment Plant was signed on Wednesday June 3rd 2009 at County Hall.

The Contract was awarded to the ''EPS - Bowen Consortium'', comprising EPS from Mallow and Bowen Construction.

Funding for the €5.6M contract is being provided by the Department of the Environment, Heritage, & Local Government under the Water Services Investment Programme. The contract involves the construction of a new waste water treatment plant at Cappagh, Kinsale, Co. Cork to serve a population equivalent to 10,000 persons. The construction period on the site will be for approximately 12 months. The Contract provides for the operation of the treatment plant by EPS-Bowen for an initial 20 year period.

 
Seated from left:  John Bowen, Bowen Construction, Tim Lucey, Divisional Manager CCC,Cllr. Noel Harrington, Mayor of County Cork, Tom Ruddy, Electrical Pump Services. Standing from left: Cllr Veronica Neville, Sheila O'Connell, Bowen Construction, Cllr Kevin Murphy, Duane O'Brien, Project Team CCC, Cllr Alan Coleman,Martin Riordan, County Manager, Des Houlihan, Jacobs Engineering, Noel O'Keeffe, County Engineer, Richard Byrne, Jacobs Engineering, Michael O'Sullivan, Malachy Walsh & Partners.

Pictured at the InterTrade Ireland event in Cork on Tuesday 28th April are L-R Jerry Kennelly, Entrepreneur (Speaker), Liam Nellis, CEO InterTrade Ireland, and John R Bowen, Chairman & CEO The Bowen Group who addressed the event on the subject of "Doing Business on an All-Island basis".

Bowen Construction has won a contract to build the new Church of Ireland Deanery in Cork.  The new Deanery will be built on the site of the existing building at the Episcopal Palace with the entrance off Gilabbey Street.  Construction will begin later this month and is due for completion in February 2009.

Pictured at the contract signing for the construction of the new Church of Ireland Deanery in Cork were: (seated, left to right) John R. Bowen, Chairman and Chief Executive, The Bowen Group and Very Reverend Nigel Dunne, Dean of Cork with (standing, left to right) Mick Allen, Bowen Construction, Edwin Vincent, Secretary of St. Finbarre’s Cathedral, Andrew Lane, Architect, Karl Slyne, Quantity Surveyor, Dan Corcoran, Glebe Warden and Jim Walsh, Architectural Technologist.

Asheesh Dewan, owner of the Jaipur chain of Indian restaurants in Dublin and Wicklow, has been named the permanent tsb Ethnic Entrepreneur of the Year 2008. Mr. Dewan, who won the Best Service Ethic Entrepreneur category sponsored by The Bowen Group, was also presented with the overall award at a ceremony in the Morrison Hotel in Dublin on Friday 18th April.

The annual Awards, divided into five categories; Best Business Idea, Service, Technology, Social and Emerging Ethnic Entrepreneur, aims to promote participation and community integration of evolving ethnic entrepreneurs. The judging panel, chaired by John R Bowen, Chairman and Chief Executive of The Bowen Group, considered the innovation and vision of candidates, as well as growth and impact on employment.  Lord Diljit Rana MBE was honoured with the judges’ Special Award in recognition of his exceptional contribution in entrepreneurship.

Minister for Integration Policy within the Irish government, Conor Lenihan TD, said: "The ethnic community continues to make an outstanding contribution to the Irish economy and to our overall reputation both nationally and internationally.  The challenge is to embrace diversity and inclusivity both socially and economically and maximise the successes and entrepreneurial skills of the ethnic community for the common good."

For further information on the permanent tsb Ethnic Entrepreneur of the Year Awards, visit www.ethnicentrepreneurs.com

Pictured at the permanent tsb Ethnic Entrepreneur of the Year Awards in the Morrison Hotel on Friday 18th April, are (l-r) John R Bowen, Chairman and Chief Executive, The Bowen Group, Denis O’Brien, Chairman, Communicorp Group, Lord Diljit Rana MBE, winner of the Judges’ Special Award, and Conor Lenihan TD, Minister for Integration Policy.

John R Bowen yesterday gave the keynote address on the Future of the Construction Industry as the guest speaker at the PwC/Foresight Business breakfast in Trinity College Dublin.

Bowen-Somague JV, a joint venture beween Bowen Construction and Somague (Portugal), has been awarded a contract by the National Roads Authority (NRA) to design and construct the N7 Castletown to Nenagh dual carriageway.

The project forms part of the National Development Plan’s (NDP) to improve the N7 Dublin to Limerick Road and will include a high quality dual carriageway, approximately 36kms long with 46 structures including over-bridges, underpasses and culverts.  The existing N7 carriageway will remain in place to serve local road needs.  

Construction will start at the most easterly junction of the Nenagh bypass in North Tipperary and finish in County Laois at the proposed Borris-in-Ossory interchange which will be constructed as part of the M7/M8 project.

The Bowen-Somague JV is currently completing the €40 million design and build of the new Irish Rail Train Care Depot in Portlaoise.  Together with Sacyr, the Spanish parent company of Somague, the JV has also been awarded an €85 million contract by the RPA for the extension of the LUAS Line B1 from Sandyford to Cherrywood in Dublin.

The contracting authority for the N7 Joint Venture is Laois County Council and McCarthy Grontmij are the consulting engineers on the project. The project will commence shortly and is due for completion in 2010.

The Bowen Group has been announced by the Irish Rugby Football Union as official sponsor of the Under 18 Six Nations Rugby Festival 2008 that will be hosted in Cork this Easter. 

The brightest young talent of European rugby will showcase their skills across the nine matches of the festival, which will be played from March 24th to April 2nd.  Festival matches will be played at Musgrave Park, UCC Mardyke, Cork Constitution RFC and Highfield RFC, with Ireland kicking off the festival under lights at Musgrave Park against Wales on Wednesday 26th March. 
Admission to festival matches is free and rugby supporters from across Ireland are encouraged to come out and see the stars of the future in action.

Commenting on the hosting of the festival in Cork and The Bowen Group sponsorship, IRFU President Der Healy said, “I have no doubt that all those involved in rugby in Cork and throughout Munster will take great pleasure in welcoming the visiting teams and spectators to this proud rugby region for what promises to be a great celebration of the game we all love, played by the best young talent from across Europe.”

“We are especially pleased to have The Bowen Group come on board as the official festival sponsor.  As one of Ireland’s leading construction organisations, The Bowen Group will lend strong and passionate support to ensuring that the event is a great success, and that rugby in general continues to thrive throughout the country.”

All the festival details are available on the IRFU and Munster Rugby websites at www.irishrugby.ie and www.munsterrugby.ie, with regular updates throughout the festival.

Bowen Construction has concluded negotiations with O’Callaghan Properties for the overall development of a central site within Cork city that encompasses the main commercial thoroughfares of Patrick Street, Academy Street, Emmett Place and Bowling Green Street.

The €90 million development will create a new pedestrianised shopping street in the city centre with a total of 315,000 sq. ft. of high-end retail and residential units within a six storey building over a two-storey basement that will also include car parking.

There are a number of protected structures within the footprint of the site, such as the façades on the former offices of the Irish Examiner and the Automobile Association, and particular care is being taken in the engineering design and construction activity to ensure the integrity of these structures is maintained throughout.  Bowen Construction and O’Callaghan Properties are also working closely together with the local business and residential community to minimise any disruption during the construction and to keep people fully informed on progress with the development.

The development is designed by Project Architects and is due for completion in October 2009.

Bowen Construction has secured the contract to build the Tyndall National Institute’s new €26 million laboratory building at University College, Cork.

The new laboratory building at Tyndall will be a key element in the growth of the Institute which provides a focal point for Information & Communications Technology (ICT) research in Ireland. The building, which will be specially constructed to create a flexible range of low-vibration laboratory and cleanroom environments with control on acoustic noise, radio frequency and electromagnetic interference, will allow the Institute to host greater numbers of researchers from across Ireland and from international research laboratories in the areas of photonics, electronics, materials and nanotechnologies.

Bowen Construction is working with project architects, Scott Tallon Walker, and project managers, PM Group, on the Tyndall project which is currently under construction and is due for completion in December 2008.

BMD has secured a contract valued at €6 million from developer O’Flynn Construction Ltd. for the mechanical services installation at the landmark Elysian development in the heart of Cork city.

“We are delighted to win this contract on such a flagship project against very strong competition” said Mike Walsh, Managing Director, BMD. “High-rise buildings are likely to become much more commonplace in our cities over the next decade and this project will position BMD as a very strong and credible contractor for similar developments.”

The Elysian project is a development of over 74,000 sqm including an 18-storey tower block, the tallest building in Ireland.  It incorporates residential, office and retail space as well as a 2-storey basement car park and a central energy centre.  BMD brings to the project the ability to undertake off-site manufacturing of the utility and plant rooms utlising its own workshop facilities in Cork. This has created significant time savings on the construction programme, allowing completion of the development within the client’s required 18-month schedule.

John R. Bowen, Chairman and Chief Executive, The Bowen Group, is pleased to announce that Pat O’Sullivan has been appointed as Managing Director of Bowen Construction Ltd. in succession to Barry Crowley who remains with the company as an executive director.

Pat O’Sullivan is a Civil Engineering graduate of UCC and has an MBA from UCD. Prior to joining Bowen Construction Ltd., he spent two years as Managing Director of Kingspan Off-Site in the UK, before which he held a number of senior roles with CRH, both in North America and the UK.

Bowen Construction Ltd is part of The Bowen Group, one of Ireland’s largest construction organisations with annual revenues in excess of €320 million. Employing 1,000 people, The Bowen Group has offices in Cork, Dublin, Belfast, London, Limerick and Waterford.