Company environmental policy objectives form an integral part of the operating procedures of Stewarts and senior management pursue these objectives with all staff to continuously strive to develop and enhance these goals.

Stewarts has quickly recognized the need for environmental change within the built environment and has been at the forefront of this change. Sustainable building projects are very much a part of the Stewart portfolio, which includes delivering the 1st Second Level School in Ireland to be built to Airtight Standards in 2006, and also in delivering the country’s 1st publicly funded BREEAM EXCELLENT Office Block to be procured under a Design & Build Basis in 2010. Stewarts is currently aiming for LEED GOLD Accreditation for another Design & Build Office Block Project, which is being delivered utilising the Building Information Modelling (BIM) Process.

This experience and company policy objectives puts Stewarts at the forefront of environmental change within the Construction industry

Following on from Stewart success in the Chartered Institute of Building – Construction Manager of the Year 2011 Awards earlier this year fourth generation construction company, Stewart, accepted the award for Sustainable Construction at the CMG Building and Design Awards 2011 presented by well known Broadcaster Ivan Yates at a glittering gala evening in the Four Seasons, Ballsbridge on Friday night, December 2nd.

The company’s commitment to a sustainable environment was demonstrated through its’ proactive environmental policy, leading the way in delivering buildings to benchmark Standards, such as BREEAM and LEED on prestigious projects such as OPW Decentralised Property Registration Authority Offices in Roscommon, the first Design & Build Public Building in Ireland to be classified ‘EXCELLENT’ under BREEAM sustainability standards and the on-going Tipperary Civic Plaza Campus which comprises new offices for both the Department of Justice and Equality and Tipperary Town Council. Upon completion of Tipperary Civic Plaza Campus Stewart will be the first contractor in Ireland to have projects certified under both international sustainability standards.

Stewart was also shortlisted in 2 other categories, “ Contractor of the Year” and “Retrofit Project of the Year” for “The Street” Project at GMIT Galway Campus.

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Award for Sustainable Construction 2011 – sponsored by ESB Electric Ireland

Winner: Stewart

Pictured (l-r) Brian Dowd – ESB Electric Ireland, Steven McGee – Managing Director, Stewart, Brian Gorman – Senior Contracts Manager, Stewart, Ivan Yates, MC

Hundreds of local people who help to make Kilkenny a nicer place to live in and visit were honoured at the annual Keep Kilkenny Beautiful Awards presentation in Hotel Kilkenny.

Several special awards were presented on the night, including The Environmental award which went to the recently completed Aldi on the Waterford Road built by Stewart.

Also nominated for this award were Butler House (garden), Kilkenny County Council (Circular Road), and Kilkenny Courthouse.

Please see link to article in Kilkenny People for more detail on the Awards:

http://www.kilkennypeople.ie/community/keep_kilkenny_beautiful_awards_2011_1_3177179

This project is a result of a competition to design and build new offices for local and national government in Tipperary Town, which was won by STEWART.

The scheme is located in a green field site located at the edge of the town.

The offices are designed as public buildings in a new public space anchored by existing mature beech trees and enclosed by stone walls, which share a palette of form, scale, fenestration and materials. They are clearly seen to enclose separate functions with the council chamber clearly expressed to give prominence to the seat of local government.

The new civic space extends across the public road to strengthen pedestrian links to the town centre. The landscape is designed to create semi private garden spaces to the offices and utilise landscape features and ponds to control storm water, and improve biodiversity. Carparking is located to the rear of both buildings in landscaped secure area, enclosed by rebuilt stone walls.

Each building is entered into a full height atrium to provide ease of movement and orientation. Office spaces are relatively narrow to ensure a comfortable, natural lit and ventilated work environment. The structure is highly insulated with ceiling soffits exposed to provide high thermal mass to moderate the internal conditions. Vertical air shafts are provided in both buildings to allow future provision of assisted ventilation to future proof against climate change. Most offices spaces have east and west aspects with solar louvre protection provided to south elevations.

The energy demands of the buildings have a BER of B1/A3.

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BIM Modelling OPW Decentralised Government Offices, Tipperary

Two of Stewarts Contracts Managers accepted awards at the CIOB Construction Manager of the Year Awards announced at the CIOB CMYA awards dinner in Bewleys Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin on Friday, June 10th.

Paul Stewart won 1st in the category of Green Buildings (all values) and also came 2nd in the category of projects between €10m – €30m. Both awards were for his role in the construction of the OPW Decentralised Government Offices in Roscommon, a Design/ Build competition promoted by the OPW, to procure new offices for the Property Registration Authority in Roscommon Town. This building is the first design and build Public Building in Ireland to be classified as ‘EXCELLENT’ under BREEAM (International Awards) sustainability standards.

Brian Gorman claimed third place in the projects under €10m category for “The Street” at GMIT. This project consisted of the building of a new link building which forms a street through the existing college campus area, a contract where the co-ordination and management of the works were crucial considering the location of the work site in a “live” campus environment.

Other finalists included the Construction Managers for projects such as Aviva Stadium, O2 Arena, The Criminal Courts of Justice and The National Convention Centre.

In a long and distinguished history, Stewarts, now building for 109 years, has accumulated a vast portfolio of prominent public and private sector projects and has continued to remain profitable, despite the severity of the recession in construction work and are currently in a period of managed growth.