Celebrating 20 years in business, GMG Mechanical Services Ltd is a leading heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC), piping and renewables contractor serving a multitude of commercial, industrial and institutional clients.
The company has grown rapidly since it was established by husband-and-wife and joint directors Gregory and Mary McGrory in Laghey, Co. Donegal in 1996. It opened a regional office in Dublin ten years ago and also has offices in Northern Ireland and mainland UK.
Offering many solutions for large scale mechanical challenges, GMG Mechanical Services Ltd has been involved in a wide variety of contracts from shopping centres and hotels to office blocks, schools and mixed use developments over the past two decades. Its dedicated staff members work on a regional basis to serve new and existing clients.
“We’ve been providing a nationwide service since 1996 when we started working for large building contractors like Sisk, Bennett Construction, PJ Hegarty and Sammon Builders. We’ve built strong relationships with our clients by exceeding their expectations every time. Our outstanding reputation has won us many contracts not only in Ireland, but also in the UK,” MD Gregory McGrory explains.
Every project undertaken by GMG comes with a number of assurances and, more importantly, encapsulates the company’s commitment to Service, Craftsmanship, Integrity and Experience. From facilities service contracts to the most complicated commercial HVAC installations, repairs and retrofit projects, GMG always delivers, with each project completed to the highest standards of quality and being fully compliant with all Health & Safety and environmental legislation.
The company is registered and certified for ISO 9001 and IOSH Management Safely, and is therefore committed to maintaining the highest quality management systems to ensure a consistently high quality product, service and delivery. GMG’s commitment to conserving and protecting its environment, employees, clients and community is reflected in its ISO 14001 accreditation. The family-run business is also registered and certified for ISO 18001, which underlines it adherence to Health & Safety legislation.
GMG Mechanical Services Ltd employs dedicated project managers who liaise with the client in all aspects of the job, including budgets, estimating, purchasing and labour coordination. As a client of GMG, you have peace of mind knowing your project is in the best and safest possible hands.
The Donegal-headquartered firm strives to carry out the best mechanical contracting job possible at the most competitive price. That’s why it employs the best-trained and most experienced plumbers, fitters and commercial HVAC professionals. The company’s goal is to provide every client with a commitment to quality by constantly upgrading its employee training, systems and equipment to provide a better finished project. It’s this long view approach to business that makes GMG a strong contracting partner.
The full list of services provided by GMG are – HVAC: air conditioning systems, VAV air handling systems, HEPA air filtration systems, DX systems, humidifiers, boiler service. HVAC Piping – chilled and hot water systems, condenser water systems, steam systems, DX piping systems, fusion welding, large diameter piping. Retrofit – system replacements, energy efficiency upgrades, pump repairs and retrofits, rooftop units, control valve retrofit, system capacity upgrades, control system add-ons.
Green Energy – geothermal heating, sustainable / renewable heating, biomass heating, biomass plant rooms, heat recovery ventilation, solar collectors- hydronic and photovoltaic. Specialist Gas Installations – laboratories, pharmaceutical, environmental, process, fire protection, air conditioning, gas installations.
GMG also incorporate the latest technologies providing 2D/3D AutoCAD drafting services ranging from layout/schematic drawings to 3D buildings and detailed assembly components to the latest building information modelling services. Their services extend to virtual building walkthroughs and photorealistic visualisation. The company utilises these latest tools and technologies to provide the full MEP (M&E) coordination services to their various clients in the healthcare, education, commercial, industrial, retail, and hospitality sectors.
GMG Mechanical Services is able to provide the full Building Energy Management System. These systems allow the many and varied control elements within a building to become integrated together sharing information as needed. This allows the owners and occupiers to have complete flexible control across all elements of the building.
GMG Mechanical Services Ltd boasts an impressive customer-base in both the private and public sectors that includes many blue chip companies. Among its clients are Udaras na Gaeltachta, IT Sligo, PJ Hegarty, OPW, NUIG, JJ Rhatigan, IT Tallaght, PM Group, Sisk, HSE, Health & Social Care in Northern Ireland, RPS, Bennett Construction, Baxter, Atkins, Abbott Laboratories, Donegal Creameries, Delap & Waller, Letterkenny IT, UCD, BAM, JVT, BDP and a host of local authorities.
One of the recent contracts GMG has been part of was the construction of the 300-bed South West Acute Hospital in Enniskillen. The services provided by GMG for main contractor FCC Elliott Construction to this £400 million project were soils and waste-water services, rain water services, surface water services, foul waste services, sanitary ware installation services.
Other recent examples of GMG’s work can be found at the IT Tallaght Centre for Applied Sciences and Health (C.A.S.H.) Building, the new Cork Prison, the PCB Building at Dublin Airport and the IDA Resource Centres in Castlebar and Sligo. BAM was the main contractor to the IT Tallaght C.A.S.H Building for which GMG provided the mechanical services, including LPHW services, CHW services, technical gas services, ventilation services, BMS services, compressed air services, gas services, chemical exhaust services, air conditioning services, water services and soil and waste services.
GMG was also responsible for the installation of mechanical services to the new 166-cell Cork prison, which had PJ Hegarty as its main contractor. For the PCB Building, Dublin Airport – Sammon Contractors was the main contractor for this project – GMG supplied and installed the gas fired heating system in conjunction with a heat recovery air conditioning ventilation system.
The successful Donegal company is always on the look-out for apprentices and experienced professionals for all of its locations. GMG offers a challenging and varied career path for motivated and driven people.
“We employ staff from all parts of Ireland and the UK who are dedicated, experienced and have a great work ethic. They have and continue to play a key role in our on-going success,” Gregory concludes.
GMG Mechanical Services Ltd
Head Office
Unit 1,
Lacklum,
Laghey,
Co. Donegal F94WV30
Telephone: +353 (0)74 9734477
Dublin Office
Unit 7A,
Centrepoint,
Rosemount Business Park,
Ballycoolin,
Dublin 15
Telephone: +353 (0)1 8991770
Northern Ireland Office
50 Campsie Road,
Omagh,
Co. Tyrone BT79 OAG
+44 (0)7512 083250
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.gmg.ie
Taken from Building Ireland Magazine, September 2016, Vol 2 No 5
