Established in 1974, Tim Kelly Group is today one of Ireland’s leading Mechanical, Electrical and Data Communications companies. Building Ireland touched base with the man himself to find out about some of its current projects and the overall state of business at the moment for the company.
Business is good these days at Tim Kelly Group and the plans for its Managing Director, along with its 160 staff, is to try and keep things that way right through to next year.
Set-up by Mayo native Tim Kelly 47 years ago, the company has grown from humble beginnings into the thriving business venture it is today with four offices nationwide.
Tim Kelly Group is headquartered in Ballinrobe, Co Mayo and specialises in the design, installation and maintenance of Mechanical, Electrical & Construction Services.
Building Ireland caught up with current MD Tim Kelly recently to hear all about the ins and outs of the business and some of the projects it has on-going at the moment.
“Business is pretty good,” said Tim. “We started a job recently with John Paul Construction in the Radiation Oncology Project at University Hospital Galway.
“We’re working on the IDA Office Block in Sligo and have on-going work in Data Centre’s in Dublin.”
The team at Tim Kelly Group is highly experienced and the company has always been dedicated to recruiting the best talent, guaranteeing an unmatched level of experience and expertise.
With bases in Galway, Dublin and Letterkenny, Tim Kelly Group is continually expanding its operations both in Ireland and internationally.
When Tim Kelly first started his business back in 1974 with 20 employees, he implemented the core ethics of its success. These involved hard work on behalf of the clients, high standards among staff and an intense focus on combining quality with efficiency in each project.
Today, those core ethics still remain as strong as ever within the company – even in these unprecedented times.
The Covid-19 pandemic, and the government lockdowns which followed in order to combat the spread of the virus, affected almost every business throughout the country and the Tim Kelly Group was one that certainly felt the impact as well.
As Tim himself outlined, it was a matter of working through those challenging times to get where they are at the present time; busy with projects nationwide.
“We were badly hit but it’s just something that we have had to work through,” said the MD.
“Thankfully, things are getting better and we have a lot of work right now. The industry seems to be very buoyant at the moment and we’ll be hoping to expand again when we get the opportunity.”
The Tim Kelly Group operates across three different divisions Mechanical, Electrical and Engineering, this helps the company’s cause when it comes to obtaining projects from clients looking for a diverse range of services.
Tim Kelly Mechanical was formed after purchasing Thomas McManamon & Co. Ltd more than 16 years ago when the Tim Kelly Group took the decision to expand into the Mechanical Industry.
Today, it’s a leading mechanical contractor to the Irish pharmaceutical industry, with a highly skilled team which install and construct a host of mechanical systems to the pharmaceutical, commercial, data centre, manufacturing, infrastructure, and healthcare sectors.
Tim Kelly Electrical is renowned as being one of the leading and most experienced contractors in Ireland. It specialises in the provision of mechanical, electrical, fire protection and technology services to a range of sectors including pharmaceutical, commercial, data centre, manufacturing, infrastructure, and healthcare, the company’s electrical division is highly experienced in a range of electrical services and installations.
So, the burning question is what has been the secret to success for a company like Tim Kelly Group after close to 50 years in operation?
According to its Managing Director, providing a wide range of services combined with quality and reliability has stood to the company down through the years.
“We’re very lucky in that we are able to offer clients a combination of different services.
“We concentrate a lot on staff training that helps to ensure quality and efficiency on each project, which is what the client is looking for at the end of the day.”
Delivering quality and excellence for clients is what the Tim Kelly Group is all about.
Since ‘Day One’, the company has been committed to the principles and practice of excellence and will comply to the requirements of the ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System Standard.
The Tim Kelly Group use BIM on its projects and provides fast economical solutions for its clients through Off Site Manufacturing solutions.
Looking towards the months ahead for the business, Tim is as optimistic as ever despite the challenges out there at the present time.
The Co Mayo native feels that a storm has been weathered with regards to the Covid-19 pandemic, and says the team at Tim Kelly Group is eager to pick up where they left off pre-Spring 2020.
“Right now, we feel as though everything is very positive and things are in a lot better place than they were 12 months ago.
“Hopefully, over the next couple of months and into next year, they’ll continue like that,” the Managing Director concluded.
Tim Kelly Group
Claremorris Road,
Ballinrobe,
Co Mayo
Tel: 094 954 1283
Fax: 094 954 1670
E-mail: [email protected]
This article was published in Building Ireland Magazine, December 2021, Vol 7 No 12
