Established in 1979, W Gore Construction in Tara, Co Meath has been a success story for some time now, providing high quality construction services to the community. Building Ireland spoke to the company’s project manager Liam Gore to find out more.
These may have been tricky times for those in the construction industry, but W Gore Construction have still managed to prosper over the past few years despite the economic downturn.
Based in Rathfeigh, Tara in Co Meath, with another working location in Ashbourne, the family run business has earned a glowing reputation for an expert service it has provided throughout five different decades, with its owner and founder William Gore maintaining the high standard approach from the very start.
William’s son, Liam, has been on board with the company for a decade now and has grown into his role with an outfit which has a very professional method when it comes to the projects they take on.
“We’re established since 1979,” Liam explained. “We have approximately eight people employed full-time here and we employ a large range of subbies on top of that, depending on the size of the project.
“My position is Project Manager and I’ve been working here since I finished college, which would be about 10 years now. I enjoy it and couldn’t ask for better than working in the family business.
W Gore Construction specialise in extensions, renovations, refurbishments, new builds, insurance building works, and commercial fit outs. They are also renowned for offering a comprehensive service from start to finish, in building and construction.
In forming a successful partnership with its clients, W Gore Construction provides them with unbeatable quality and cost effective solutions, in the context of experienced judgment, strong management, and technical excellence.
Liam enthused: “We are private residential specialists and we concentrate primarily on the residential sector. We also aim to do a professional job on all our projects and work with clients from the start.”
The history of the company comes down to William and his combined knowledge of the industry and willingness to make his business a success.
“My father’s background had always been in construction before he started up the business,” said Liam.
“He was a block layer and started doing contracts and it just got bigger from there. He has a good reputation and the more and more jobs he did, people started to see that and that’s why the company’s become a success. He’s very trustworthy and I think people want that when they go to build their homes.”
There can be no arguments there. Gaining business through word of mouth is an essential part of gaining client for W Gore Construction and the word going around has been good for them for so long now.
The aim has always been a simple one; to bring together some of the finest talents and tradesmen in the business, (including – engineers, architects, and surveyors) in order to complete every assignment to the highest standard – on time and squarely within budget.
New customers mainly come on foot of a recommendation from a satisfied former client and this stands as a testament to the firm’s ability and reliability.
So how’s business at the moment?
“Very good,” Liam confirmed. “We are nearly at our peak now. We’re actually looking to expand at the moment because of the demand and hopefully the regulations will allow us to do so.”
As for the downturn, which affected so many in the industry in the last few years, Liam is glad to report that things are fine out Rathfeigh way, with a slight altering in the company’s pricing on projects being the main aspect of change to their operations.
“It has affected us in terms of pricing because we basically had to drop our prices to compete,” he said.
“The quality of our work is the biggest things for us. The day a contract is signed, the next eight to nine months will see everything done professionally. We find that that’s what our customers care about much and we maintain that approach with every job we do.”
There are plenty of other companies throughout Ireland that would have settled for merely dropping their prices to come through the difficult economic times since 2008, and W Gore Construction are now starting to experience the good times again given their large project load.
What separates them from other construction firms in competition with them is one thing in particular, according to Liam.
“It’s the quality aspect,” he said. “The personal touch is a big thing for us and whenever they want us on the phone they can get us. The biggest issue for some clients is that they can’t get hold of their contractors when they call them, but we make sure that we’re always available to talk to them if they’ve anything on their mind.
He added: “It’s very important for us to have zero negative feedback.”
At present, W Gore Construction are working on private houses all over Meath, with a particular focus on the the Navan, Trim and Dunshaughlin areas. Their work will even bring them beyond the Royal County’s borders, delving into Dublin on occasions, as they continue to carry out repetitive work for some of their corporate clients.
The latest thing they’ve delved in to is energy efficient building, where less energy is required to heat and light a building.
“We have to know what we’re talking about,” said Liam. “It’s not good enough to offload to another sector and we’ve delved into the geothermal system and the ventilation system as well.”
So if it’s a professional job you’re looking to get done, look no further than W Gore Construction in Co Meath.
If you are interested in viewing W Gore Construction’s previous work and gallery, you can do so on their website (wgoreconstruction.ie) or on the company’s Facebook page.
W Gore Construction
Address: Rathfeigh, Tara, Co. Meath
Tel: 041 9825489
Mob: 0863502155
Mob: 0872515192
Web: www.wgoreconstruction.ie
Email: info@wgoreconstruction.
Taken from Building Ireland magazine Vol 1 No 2, Winter 2015
