Experience is vital in the construction industry and being able to come up with solutions for clients’ needs is an important aspect of any business involved in the building trade.
The top construction firms in Ireland always need some help and advice in projects and for this, they turn to consultancy firms.
Consultancy is offered in a range of disciplines and comprises of the practice of, helping organisations improve their performance, primarily through the analysis of existing business problems and development of plans for improvement.
One of Ireland’s leading Consulting Engineering firms is Hayes Higgins Partnership (HHP) who have over 35 years’ experience providing their service to a large customer base.
Hayes Higgins are a multidisciplinary consulting engineering firm that cover Structural Engineering, Sustainable Building Services, Health & Safety, Energy Management Systems, Civil Engineering, Traffic and Transport, Project Management, Front End Planning, Risk Management, Asset Recovery, Environmental, Highways Engineering, BER Cert as part of the many services that they provide.
HHP work in the educational, healthcare, residential, commercial, hotels, sports & leisure, industrial, pharmaceutical, custodial and health & safety sectors to name just a few.
Managing Directors John Hayes and Donal Higgins have ensured that the experience they and their staff of 40 have is used to deliver the highest standard for their clients as a leading provider of consultancy services.
With offices in Dublin, Kilkenny and London, the company has been involved in many prestigious projects both in Ireland and the U.K.
“Our designs are created to offer value, quality and sustainability on all our projects, while we also have the ability to gather top class professionals to ensure that each project is carried out to the highest standard possible,” John told Building Ireland.
HHP continues to evolve as a business and regardless of the size of the task, they possess the staff, skills, confidence and experience to determine what the best solution for all concerned is.
“We offer a professional service and in doing so we provide world class, sustainable, cost effective, innovative and timely solutions to our clients’ needs.”
HHP work for the majority of Ireland’s leading construction firms, all of who have sought the advice of the consultancy firm.
“We have been involved in projects for the top building firms both here and the U.K. We are currently very busy and have been for the past couple of years. Like every business, we were affected by the recession, but I do feel that the experience we have stood to us and helped us get through that period.”
HHP place a huge focus on their employees and getting the best out of their staff. To achieve this, they are involved in Continued Professional Development (CPD).
Hayes Higgins Partnership is an Accredited Member of Engineers Ireland for Continual Professional Development (CPD) Compliance and has been committed to the CPD programme since 2000.
This programme is focused on the continuing development and up skilling of all personnel. This commitment to CPD ensures that the staff are kept up to date with new developments in Engineering and related areas.
“Our aim is to not only attract the best staff, but to also keep them and help them develop their full potential through a range of training courses.”
When it comes to standards and accreditation, HHP strive to meet all targets and goals. ISO 9001:2014 is the world’s foremost quality management standard, used by hundreds of thousands of organizations in over 170 countries around the globe.
It sets out the essential requirements for a practical and effective quality management system (QMS) which is, in essence, a system for minimizing risk and maximizing opportunity.
“We are dedicated to the maintenance of an effective Quality Management System which complies with the requirements of the IS EN ISO 9001: 2000 standards. Our QMS is certified by NSAI.”
“Sustainability is now central to everything we do. And we believe the greatest impact we can make is in the delivery of sustainability principles through the projects we work on.
“We work on a diverse range of projects across a variety of industries, yet in all of these projects we aim for outcomes that consider the economic, social and environmental impacts of both our work and our corporate footprint.”
John admits that they are happy with the direction that the business is heading, but he stressed that they would continue to strive to improve on the high level of service that they already provide.
“Business is going well at the moment and we can see a significant growth in the last couple of years. Our aim will be to maintain and improve on that while ensuring that we keep working closely with our customers to give them the end result that they desire.
“Our goal is to deliver projects that by their nature define what it means to be sustainable – in terms of economic, social and environmental outcomes.”
Contact Details:
Hayes Higgins Partnership
John Hayes Partner in Charge
(Strategic Planning and Client Liaison)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +353 (0)86 2550698
Taken from Building Ireland Magazine, September 2016, Vol 2 No 5
