Advanced Manufacturing/R&D

Lidl, Charleville, Co. Cork

Lidl Charleville involved the construction of an extension to the existing distribution centre to accommodate new freezer installation.

Panelto Foods, Co. Longford

As main contractor this project required an extension of 5,500m² to an existing food processing (bread) facility for Panelto Foods in Co. Longford.

Coca-Cola, Edmonton

Design & construction of building works associated with a new automated storage and retrieval system for Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd. Sisk’s works consisted of the construction of a high tolerance concrete slab founded on CFA piles up on which a specialist contractor constructed a 33 metre high racking system to which the external cladding was directly fixed.

Around three sides of the area, Sisk constructed a three storey office area, forklift truck transit area and a new seven bay dispatch canopy complete with extensive external works. All works were carried out while the existing manufacturing and distribution plant continued to operate. Extensive out of hours working and temporary facilities were provided to facilitate this.

Frank Roberts & Sons, Northwich, UK

UK Midlands-based family baking company Frank Roberts & Sons awarded John Sisk & Son the €4.2m project to extend the existing production area at their Northwich site into a 26,500m2 factory space.

This involved completing four phases of work within a live production facility, with the first phase requiring the construction of a new primary access road through the site to facilitate redirected delivery vehicles.

Sisk brought a high degree of logistical cooperation between all working parties, including phased handovers to allow the client switch production lines as needed, in order to ensure that full production continued with no losses during Frank Roberts & Sons’ 24/7 operations.

Diageo, Co. Waterford

Construction of the new three storey roaster building, grain loading, storage areas and control rooms necessitated the demolition and removal of the existing facility in a sequenced approach to ensure production was maintained. The new brewery also included, tank farm, process rooms, welfare facilities, plant mezzanines and pipe bridges.

Nestlé, Derbyshire, UK

At Nestlé’s coffee production facility in Derbyshire, John Sisk & Son was awarded a £50m contract to centralise the client’s beverage manufacturing and distribution activities.

A total of 15 buildings were delivered as part of the project, including freeze-drying facilities capable of plunging to temperatures of -50°C.

Project Bond, Co. Wexford

Sisk carried out the main construction package including equipment installation and storage facilities on Project Bond which is a large Greenfield flavour production facility at the IDA Business Park in Wexford.

Emeri, Co. Meath

The project is located in the IDA Business Park, Athlumney, Navan, Co Meath. It is a baby food and baby formula production facility.

University College Dublin (UCD) O’Brien Centre for Science, Dublin

These facilities include teaching and research accommodation comprising of:

• Wet, Damp & Dry Laboratories
• Lecture Theatres
• Classrooms
• Offices
• Catering & General Support Areas
• Social, Exhibit & Interaction Facilities

National Institute for Bio-Processing Research & Training Facility, Dublin

The National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT) is a world-class institute that provides training and research solutions for the bioprocessing industry in state of the art facilities.

NIBRT is located in Dublin, Ireland and is based on an innovative collaboration between University College Dublin (UCD), Trinity College Dublin, Dublin City University (DCU) and Institute of Technology, Sligo.

A 65,000m² facility built as a medium-scale bio-processing plant comprising seven research laboratories, a bio-processing pilot plant and training / office facilities completed in 2011 at a value of €13.5m.

We were awarded the construction of this unique facility following an open public tendering process which placed an equal emphasis on quality as on cost.

Sisk’s dedicated pharma division clearly demonstrated their knowledge and experience in winning the project. Getting the project built right first-time with seamless handover between all stages and stakeholders is critical for all projects, but particularly for this client, representative of the different colleges. Having built over €1.4 billion in pharmaceutical facilities since 2000, many of which included large laboratory facilities Sisk had the competence to meet the cost and schedule targets while still constructing a facility that met all laboratory quality standards.

NIBRT which is part funded by the IDA Ireland, has a remit to support the development of the existing bioprocessing industry in Ireland and to attract additional bioprocessing companies to Ireland by:

• Training highly skilled personnel for the bioprocessing industry.
• Conducting world-class research in key areas of bioprocessing.
• Providing a critical mass of multipurpose bioprocessing facilities.

This project entailed the construction of the two storey, 6,000m², bioprocess simulated GMP pilot plant, laboratory, training and office facility, including receipt of free issue process equipment and a novated automation contract.

Analog Devices

Sisk's history with this cutting edge company stems back as far as 1983. During that time, we have completed a number of developments at their Limerick facility, with a value exceeding €250m. Our latest project was a new European Research and Development Centre.

Pirbright Institute, Surrey, UK

Cytec Aerospace Materials Manufacturing Facility

Sisk completed a 4,000m², three storey carbon fibre aerospace materials manufacturing facility in Wrexham, North Wales.

Featuring clean manufacturing areas, laboratories, high spec offices and distribution facilities, this successful project has been carried out on schedule and budget whilst achieving zero LTA and AFR figures with the number of man hours exceeding 350,000.