Trading since 2009, Trim Formworks Ltd is a well-established and trusted shuttering formwork and reinforced concrete construction company with a vastly impressive portfolio of builds in Dublin, Limerick, Meath and beyond.
With a turnover that has increased by nearly 900% since established, Managing Director Kevin Griffin describes their experienced management and skilled tradesmen as the life blood of the competition.
Trim Formworks Ltd has grown from a small family-run company to a company with a host of managers all controlling different aspects of the daily business.
Edel Griffin Director who manages the offices alongside her colleague Karen Fay and their team of trained personal.
The commercial team is managed by Senior Quantity Surveyor Gerry Durkin to the sites being managed and controlled by Senior Contracts Manager Tommy Spollen and Larry Murtagh, the Technical & Operations Manager.
The very strong site teams are controlled by Project and Site Managers Allen Ayers, Jimmy Spollen, Danny McBearthy, Chris McCabe and Chris Droney. They in turn are backed by a strong team of supervisors and highly trained operatives.
“We have maintained a good workforce in recent years and would expect employee numbers to grow to approximately 200 in the middle of the upcoming year,” Managing Director Kevin Griffin informed Building Ireland. “We’re very busy at the moment and expect to get busier from April/May on with at least three more large scale projects in the greater Dublin area and a number of smaller Projects throughout Leinster.”
Trim Formworks employs a highly motivated and experienced site staff who manage their projects focusing on quality, programme and procurement whist making Health & Safety their No 1 Priority
There is the 10 man strong team who look after the logistics pre-planning etc. of projects (Prefabrication of Formwork and steel off site) to enhance our programme ability.
The County Meath based company can boast of having two business premises located in Trim Co Meath with access to 25,000sq metres of Doka deck system and similar provided by Gaelform Ltd, with a full range of edge protection to make safe. There are 6,000sq metres of Doka panels with accessories enhanced with the firm’s very own platform system to jump Cores/Shafts.
“We also have in our possession a full fleet of lorries, vans, mobile concrete pumps, static pumps and placing booms all dedicated to ensuring our workforce is well catered for at all times. This is just one of the reasons we are confident in achieving our set targets
“We have a 90 strong team currently on site at Spencer Place North, a commercial, Hotel residential and aparthotel scheme, on behalf of PJ Hegarty & Sons.
“We started on site May 2019 and the programme is to be complete June 2020. Whilst we also covering a number of projects for Bennett Construction Ltd.”
When it comes to preconstruction planning, the Trim Formworks team will meet with potential clients pre-construction stage to provide them with the most cost effective route and method of achieving their desired RC structure. They also specialise in architectural modelling and have a proven track record in RC framework.
“We pride ourselves on construction management and our ability to bring projects in safely, on time and on budget.”
That goes a long way to explaining why they currently count high profile companies such as PJ Hegarty & Sons and Bennett Construction amongst our list of satisfied clients.
“Our impressive project portfolio, meanwhile, includes multiple student accommodation projects such as the Point Campus and Dorset Point projects.”
Point Campus consists of two vast seven story blocks house facilities for 935 bed student accommodation, the development also consists of 866sq metres of commercial retail space and 462sq metres of communal facilities.
Dorset Point is a six-storey mixed-use development facilitates for 447 students. The project layout consisted of five blocks. The various blocks ranged from three to six floors above ground with a basement plant room below. The blocks were set around internal court yards.
“From a construction point of view the planning and building of these developments were executed with pinpoint accuracy.
“Safety is always our priority – Safety first and then Quality and programme,” Kevin pointed out.
“We greatly appreciate the support we receive from our clients such as Bennetts, PJ Hegartys & Sons amongst others.
“These are very well established and organised companies and we are very lucky to have grown a-very good working relationship with them. “
Trim Formworks’ resources begin with the philosophy of continuous investment in the most up to date practices available in today’s market and they find this ensures a very high standard of work and commitment to their clients.
“The future outlook is very good for the company,” Kevin added. “We are always trying to improve and come up with new construction methods, we are always looking at more cost effective ways to construct buildings.
“Myself and Tommy travel to the UK and beyond to source new ideas. With almost a combined 60 years experience between us we believe every day is a learning curb in Construction.”
Trim Formworks Ltd
Hillview
Tullaghanogue
Trim
Co Meath
Tel: +353 (0)46 943 7705
Website: www.trimformworks.com
This article was published in Building Ireland Magazine, May/June 2020, Vol 6 No 3
