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Category: Education

A Building Engineered for Excellence – One Campus That Changed Everything

Mosart, who served as the lead certifier throughout the South West College Erne Campus project, recently published an insightful article on the project “£2 Million Saved. 90% Less Energy. One Campus That Changed Everything” What if a college campus could do more than host students? What if it could lead a movement? What if it […]

Work Progressing to Redevelop Connolly Barracks Longford

Work to redevelop the historic Connolly Barracks in Longford continues to make significant progress. The barracks complex is a protected structure and is considered an important part of the area’s architectural and historical heritage, and this project will repurpose the historic former gymnasium into state-of-the-art workshops to support the introduction of electrical apprenticeship training. Additionally, […]

South West College honoured with Beacon Award for comprehensive Climate Action Initiative

Congratulations to South West College which last month was named winner of the esteemed Beacon Award in the Education for Sustainable Development category! Often referred to as the ‘Oscars of Further Education,’ the AoC (Association of Colleges) Beacon Awards celebrate excellence across all facets of college operations, and showcase innovation and outstanding practices within the […]

Delivering M&E Engineering design for New Sixth Form Centre at St Killian’s College

Bennett Freehill is proud to be providing Mechanical and Electrical Engineering services on the new purpose-built Sixth Form Centre at St Killian’s College, located in one of Northern Ireland’s most beautiful settings, as part of the Hamilton Architects led design team. The design of the new centre features: A dedicated Careers Department to help students […]

Exciting opportunities to join our team in Belfast and Cavan

We are currently recruiting for a number of roles to join our team in Belfast and in our new Cavan office: Associate Electrical Engineer (Belfast) Mechanical Engineer (Belfast) Senior Electrical Engineer (Cavan) Mechanical Engineer (Cavan)   We are people focused and recruit, nurture and retain the most technically accomplished talent in the industry. At Bennett […]

End of Summer BBQ Celebration

We had a fantastic evening at our end-of-Summer BBQ last month at the stunning Tetto Lounge Rooftop Garden! The rooftop setting provided the perfect backdrop for networking, celebrating our shared successes and enjoying delicious food together. Thank you to our valued clients, innovative design teams, dedicated consultants and contractors who joined us, and our amazing […]

We’re exhibiting at Education Buildings Ireland Conference & Exhibition 2024

We’re exhibiting at Education Buildings Ireland Conference & Exhibition 2024 in the RDS Dublin on 6-7 November 2024. Come along and speak with our team at Stand No. NB7 to learn about our extensive education portfolio including the South West College Erne Campus – the world’s first educational and currently the largest Passivhaus Premium rated […]

Shortlisted in CIBSE Young Engineers Awards 2024 Employer of the Year

We are absolutely thrilled to be shortlisted in the CIBSE Young Engineers Awards 2024 Employer of the Year – Small. Congratulations and good luck to all the shortlisted Employers, Undergraduates, Apprentices and Graduates. We look forward to the awards event on 10th October in London.

Planning approval granted for Redevelopment of CAFRE Loughry Campus

Planning approval has been granted for the Redevelopment of College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) Loughry Campus which has sustainability at the core of the design. The Bennett Freehill team is delivering mechanical, electrical and public health design as well as undertaking the Passivhaus Designers role, Commissioning Management and BREEAM Assessors role on […]

Paul O'Neill

MIET CEng MEng

Paul joined Bennett Freehill in late-2021 as part of the organisations drive towards technical excellence, an employee-focused culture, strategic growth and NZEB focus. 

A Chartered Engineer with 14 years’ experience in the construction and electrical industries, Paul has particular specialisms in electrical engineering, conservation, power generation and vertical transportation having worked on projects in the education, healthcare, hotels and office sectors. 

As electrical engineering design lead, Paul is responsible for technical delivery and project responsibility related to electrical engineering, and more critically, directing technical, quality and standards within the engineering teams.

Paul brings his passion for technical quality, buildability, progressivity and efficiency to the Bennett Freehill team.

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Aaron McCarthy

MCIBSE CEng BEng

Aaron is a Chartered Engineer who specialises in sustainability and low carbon design, with detailed knowledge of passive design techniques and thermal modelling procedures.

Aaron joined Bennett Freehill in mid-2021, having previously gained 10 years’ experience as an Energy and Building Services design engineer within leading multi-national building services practices. Aaron brings extensive experience in managing and delivering large scale multi-disciplinary projects and has a wealth of experience in MEP Project Management.

Aaron is responsible for client liaison, technical delivery and management of design teams to ensure we meet our clients aspirations.

Aaron brings his passion and drive for successful project delivery through collaboration with clients and design teams.

In May 2022 Aaron was appointed as Partner.

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Cormac Freehill

MCIBSE MIET CEng MSc BEng

A Chartered Building Services Engineer with over 15 years’ experience working with some of the UK’s foremost engineering companies, Cormac has been pivotal to the successful award and delivery of multi-million pound projects since being appointed to the role of Managing Director in June 2020 and rebranding the business as Bennett Freehill.

Cormac brings a new vision, new energy and fresh leadership to the team and is responsible for the strategic growth and development of the business, through supporting and undertaking marketing activities, and the training and development of our technically accomplished staff.  In the role of design team leader and client liaison Cormac ensures that the team delivers pioneering, pragmatic MEP design excellence for our clients. 

Cormac specialises in Passivhaus and Nearly Zero-Energy Building (NZEB) construction and is passionate about, and professionally skilled in, Renewable Energy Systems, Energy, Procurement, Design Management and Consulting Engineering.

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Cormac Freehill

MCIBSE MIET CEng MSc BEng

A Chartered Building Services Engineer with over 15 years’ experience working with some of the UK’s foremost engineering companies, Cormac has been pivotal to the successful award and delivery of multi-million pound projects since being appointed to the role of Managing Director in June 2020 and rebranding the business as Bennett Freehill.

Cormac brings a new vision, new energy and fresh leadership to the team and is responsible for the strategic growth and development of the business, through supporting and undertaking marketing activities, and the training and development of our technically accomplished staff.  In the role of design team leader and client liaison Cormac ensures that the team delivers pioneering, pragmatic MEP design excellence for our clients. 

Cormac specialises in Passivhaus and Nearly Zero-Energy Building (NZEB) construction and is passionate about, and professionally skilled in, Renewable Energy Systems, Energy, Procurement, Design Management and Consulting Engineering.

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