11/6/10 - O'Connor Design appointed to nursing home project
We are delighted to announce that we have recently been appointed as consulting engineers to a
new 90-bed nursing home in Bray, Co. Wicklow. The building will be 3 storeys over part basement
and will be fast-tracked for completion by June 2011.
Wicklow Business Expo 2010
Join us for the Wicklow Expo this Friday 21st May between 11am and 7pm at Marriott Druids Glen Hotel.
We'll be at Stand 18 and over 70 business will be there in total - see he
May 2010 - 'The Last Furlong'
Following on from our work on the new Steven Soderbergh film, Knockout, we have been asked to work
on another film called 'The Last Stand' shooting in Wicklow and Meath this month. We will be assessing
several temporary structures and parts of an old castle for use by the cast and crew.
12/2/10 - Knockout!
Our work on the new Hollywood film 'Knockout', directed by Steven Soderbergh of 'Traffic' and 'Ocean's 11' fame is now complete. We were asked to analyse over ten different rooftops in Dublin's city centre with a view to desiging safe working platforms for heavy camera equipment, crew and actors. Work was carried out for our client, Somerset Productions, who are responsible for all the film's shooting in Ireland. Filming is due to move on to Barcelona later this month with a release date this autumn - see he
16/12/09 - Merry Christmas!
Wishing all of our clients and colleagues a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Our office will be closed from Friday 18th December and re-opening Thursday 7th January 2010.
1/11/09 - November is MOvember at MO'Connor Design!
For the month of November we are proudly supporting and raising funds for Movember, a drive to raise awareness of prostate cancer in Ireland and around the world. Through your donations, you will help raise vital funds for the Irish Cancer Society and help them help others less fortunate. 1 in 9 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their life. Help us raise funds for this great MOvement by clicking through to http://ie.movember.com/mospace/4013 and donating what you can. Every penny you do goes straight to the Irish Cancer Society and helps my MOustache grow!
Older News
October 2009 - Early this year we were involved in the Women's Mini Marathon Event, specifically the Health & Safety aspect of all of the temporary structures on the course. Our client, Women's Mini Marathon Ltd., were delighted with our work and we are in discussion again about next year's event. See what they have to say about us here.
September 2009 - New website launched! Thanks to David and Jennifer at Avenir Design who have helped us create our new branding and website. We hope you enjoy our new site. We will update our site regularly as projects are completed and new ones come on stream. In the meantime, if you need any further information on our company or services, head to the contacts page, fill in your details and we will get back to you promptly.
September 2008 - O’Connor Design has been appointed as Consulting Engineers to oversee temporary structures on the 2009 Dublin Women’s Mini Marathon. Over 40000 women take part in the mini marathon each year and raise an enormous amount of money for charities throughout Ireland. We are very proud to be associated with such an important event and look forward to working with the WMM team in 2009 and beyond. www.womensminimarathon.ie
April 2008 - PLAN magazine published an article in the March 2008 edition of one of our recent projects, the new Sushi King takeaway on Baggot St. Designed by Lynch Architects, this small unit packs a fully equipped kitchen for daily preparation of food, staff toilet, serving counter and display area. Read the PLAN magazine article here or go to our Portfolio for more photos. Be sure to check out the Japanese art on the rear wall of the shop which is illuminated each night. www.sushiking.ie