About Us
At Farrans, our Mission Statement is:
'Farrans will seek to deliver first class customer service through high quality and cost effective solutions for projects using a team work approach'
We prioritise:
- Health & Safety
- Client Satisfaction
- Pride in Quality
- Performance
- Service
- Sustainability
- Environment
- Employee Satisfaction
As a Company we are very conscious of the importance of our Clients and our employees. We strongly advocate both a Partnering and a Teamwork approach as a means of successfully delivering projects.
We are a long-standing Company within the Construction Industry as well as being the leading Contractor in the Province. Our key asset is our people. We have a very loyal staff and, indeed, several have over 35 years of service to the Company.
Our annual Turnover was approximately £181m (2007), which was evenly split between civil engineering and building related works.
The following is a short list of the many awards presented to the Company in recent years.
- RoSPA Gold Award 2009.
- NISO/NISG Construction Sector - Civil Engineering Award 2009.
- RIBA 2009 Award for "Architectural Excellence" to the Knockbreda Centre.
- RICS 2009 Category Award for Victoria Square.
- Constructing Excellence in Northern Ireland - 2009 Northern Ireland Demonstration Projects for Belfast Education & Library Board Strategic Partnering Projects under the Category "Procurement & Integration and Client Leadership. One of only Four projects chosen.
- Considerate Constructors Scheme National Awards 2009 - Gold Award for Belfast Sewers.
- Considerate Constructors Scheme National Awards 2009 - Silver Award for Belfast Streets Ahead.
- Considerate Constructors Scheme National Awards 2009 - Silver Award for Thaxton Mill Gardens Private Development.
- Civic Trust 2009 Regional Award Winner - Victoria Square, Belfast.
- 2009 RoSPA Occupational Health & Safety Award.
- Construction Excellence Awards 2008 - Winner of the "Most Outstanding Entry" and also the "Construction-Commercial Category" for Victoria Square Belfast.
- CIOB Construction Manager of the Year Awards 07/08 - Darrell McGuckian - Silver Award (First Place) in Category 2008.
- Silver Medal in the Considerate Constructors National Award Scheme for Belfast Sewers.
- 2007 Utility Industry Achievement Awards - Fofanny WTW.
- Winner of Construction Excellence Awards - 2007 "Farrans Utilities (EnterpriseFarrans).
- Winner of the Construction Excellence Awards - 2006. "Civil Engineering Projects over £3m" Category with Foyle Bridge Strengthening and Refurbishment.
- Winner of the Construction Excellence Awards - 2006. "Achieving Excellence in the Public Sector" Category with Fofanny Water Treatment Works.
- R.I.B.A. "Award for Healthcare" for Holywood Arches Community Care and Treatment Centre.
- NISO/NISG Prestigious Award for Occupational Health & Safety (2006).
- ARENA Network First Quintile Award for Environmental Management (2000-2007).
- CEEQUAL 'Excellent' Award for High Environmental Performance at Carran Hill Water Treatment Works.
- Stephen Foster awarded NHBC Quality Award 2005/2006, for the second consecutive year.
- David Henry is awarded a Bronze Medal in the 2005 CIOB examinations. Only one silver and two bronze medals were awarded throughout the UK.
- Irish Concrete Society Award 2005 for our work in the Irish Concrete Head Office in Platin, Drogheda.
- Runner Up award in the ICE 2004 United Kingdom Site Manager of the Year Award (David Parr)
- Award for the top candidate in the United Kingdom 2004 CIOB examinations.
- Category Winner in the CIOB 2001 United Kingdom Building Manager of the Year Award (John Wilson)
- Winner of the Construction Excellence Health & Safety Award in the 2003 CEF Awards
- Winner of the Construction Excellence Training Award in the 2002 CEF Awards
- Confirmed as the highest ranked company in the Construction Category in the 2004 re-assessment of the 'Investors in People' Accreditation
- The coveted Edmund Hambly Medal, awarded by the Institution of Civil Engineers, for our work at the Belfast Wastewater Treatment Works
- The Brunel Medal, which is awarded every 10 years by the ICE and very rarely in Northern Ireland, for our Services to Civil Engineering on Laganside Projects
- Movement for Innovation M4i for our Aquarius Project for identifying Innovation and Best Practice
We are accredited to the following Industry related Statutory Bodies:
- Safe-T-Cert
- Investor In People
- ISO 9001 : 2000 for Quality Assurance
- ISO 14001 for Environmental Management
- OHSAS 18001 for Occupational Health & Safety