Fantastic way to start 2017 with a nomination at this years Green Awards for the ‘Green Construction Award’. The category recognises sustainable development through innovative construction methods, sustainable use of resources and a design that prioritises the needs of the wider environment and society. The awards are the long-standing benchmark for excellence for those demonstrating best green practice in Ireland.
Winners will be announced at the awards ceremony in the Clayton Hotel Burlington Road, Dublin on Tuesday, February 21st.
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All the team at Cygnum Timber Frame would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Very Happy New Year!
We are closed for the Christmas holidays from 22nd December – 3rd January 2017. You can still send in any enquiries or attach your plans to info@cygnum.ie and we will respond to your e-mail on the 3rd Jan.
Thanks to our friends at Morgan Sindall who awarded Cygnum with a ‘Perfect Delivery Certificate’ for our work on the design, manufacture and insulation of the timber frame for The Enterprise Centre at the University of East Anglia. The projects team’s commitment and determination to specify locally and domestically helped achieve its BREEAM and Passivhaus credentials.
The collaborate effort across the whole of the supply chain has been rewarded with an impressive list of awards and achievements including Cygnum’s ‘Best use of Timber Frame’, Best Low Energy project at the Structural Timber Awards 2016 and ‘Best Use of Timber’ at the Offsite Awards 2016.
Recent site images taken by project lead architect George Mikurcik, Architype showcases the impressive speed our latest #Passivhaus school is being erected. The new school is planned to replace the old building which is in a poor condition and will cater for 210 children with 30 nursery places. The project is being delivered through Carmarthenshire County Council’s Modernising Education Programme and the Welsh Government’s 21st Century Schools initiative.
photo credit: Juraj Mikurcik
Echoing the timber frame features used in our award winning Burry Port primary school, the building incorporates the use of locally sourced Welsh timber. It also features impressive circular glulam posts that form the structure of the covered walkways.
Running alongside the RIAI Annual Conference we are delighted to be exhibiting at Architecture Expo, RDS Dublin on 24th and 25th November. A highlight in the RIAI calendar, Architecture Expo is the premier annual event in architectural and construction products and a showcase in design and innovation. Come and visit us at stand C20.
Looking forward to exhibiting at The SelfBuild and Improve Your Home Show, Millstreet, Co Cork 12-13 Nov. Our Technical Manager Heber McMahon will be giving a presentation on the ‘Benefits of Building a Low Energy Timber Frame House’ We will be at stand G16, come and say hello to Garrett and Heber who will be on hand to give you advice on your future projects. To register for free tickets.. : https://selfbuild.ticketbud.com/cork-2016?pc=cygnum
Due to exciting new developments and to meet growing demand in Ireland we are currently recruiting the following roles.. Customer and Operations Support, Estimating Administrator & Design Technicians
After picking up the ‘Best Use of Timber’ award for the Enterprise Centre at the Offsite Awards, we are over the moon to announce we were awarded 4 more at last night’s Structural Timber Awards!
‘Best Low Energy Project’ – The Enterprise Centre – The University of East Anglia
Presenter on the night ‘Mark Durden Smith’ commented this was one of the toughest categories with no less than 10 stand out Low Energy Projects contending for the top prize. However the Judges singled out the Enterprise Centre in particular for the innovative use of local Corsican pine that grew just 30 miles away from site, exploding the myth that British timber sources aren’t suited to structural uses in buildings.
‘Best Use of Timber Frame’ -The Enterprise Centre – The University of East Anglia
The Enterprise Centre was selected for this very prestigious award as it was highest scoring of all timber frame projects entered!
Highly Commended – Best Education – Burry Port Community School – Joint Entry with Architype
We were thrilled that our Brettstapel beauty Burry Port Community School was recognised in what was another hotly contested category – with 12 outstanding Education projects it was great to be Highly Commended along with our friends at Architype.
Highly Commended – Client of the Year – The Enterprise Centre-The University of East Anglia
Delighted that the University of East Anglia was rightly highly commended as Client of The Year. This category requires contestants to show exceptional ways of integration and collaborative working, excellent health and safety, fair terms and forms of contract and a desire to involve all stakeholders, local community and supply chain partners in any decisions throughout the project.
After beating off some tough competition we were delighted to be announced as winners in the ‘Best Use of Timber’ category for the The Enterprise Centre !
The awards celebrate the best in precision building design and delivery and reward outstanding examples of prefabrication and factory-based methods, products, systems and disciplines that increasingly strive to develop a sustainable, streamlined and cost-effective way to deliver a better built environment.
Our self-build client Andrew Bradley has built two houses using the Cygnum timber frame system. He recently spoke to the Irish Times about his self-build experience and the benefits of using our adaptable wall systems.
There’s a steep learning curve when you’re building or carrying out a big refurb. People who have lived through it describe what they did – and what they’d do next time
Follow this link to read the full article Irish Times
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