Happy Christmas from the Bennett Freehill team
Thank you to all our clients for your support in 2022. Our office closes on Friday 23rd December 2022 and will reopen on Tuesday 3rd January 2023. Happy Christmas and Best Wishes from the Bennett Freehill team.
Gary Bennett Memorial Award Winner 2022
Congratulations to Conor McLean who was awarded the Gary Bennett Memorial Award for the Best Final Year Design Project 2021/22. Conor is studying a BEng (Hons) Architectural Engineering degree at the Ulster University Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment. Craig Bennett, Bennett Freehill’s Senior Sustainability Engineer & BREEAM Lead, and Ulster University Course […]
Redevelopment of Ardhowen Theatre Enniskillen
We have been appointed to provide MEP and BREEAM Assessor services on the circa £7m refurbishment of the Theatre to meet contemporary standards and requirements for arts and culture venues in terms of the provision of universal accessibility and environmental sustainability by incorporating compliance with Near Zero Energy Building (NZEB) guidance. It is anticipated that […]
Technical Bulletin: Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)
Many construction professionals across various disciplines and areas of expertise are sure to have heard an increase in the use of the acronym ‘BESS’, which is a simple moniker for Battery Energy Storage Systems. Whilst battery technology isn’t new, realising batteries for domestic, commercial and even grid level energy storage is becoming a much more feasible […]
Drive your career and achieve your maximum potential as part of our team
We were delighted to meet with so many students at the Ulster University Construction & Surveying Careers Fair last week. We currently have Graduate and Placement Opportunities for: Electrical Engineers Mechanical Engineers Sustainability Engineers BIM Engineers At the Bennett Freehill Graduate Academy young engineers are given a platform to drive their career and achieve […]
Working together to build resilience, reduce stress and balance good mental health
Stress, depression and anxiety are responsible for almost half of work-related illness reports. According to the British Health and Safety Executive (HSE), of the 1.7 million workers suffering from a work-related illness in 2020-21, 822,000 were down to stress, depression or anxiety. At Bennett Freehill we care about our team’s welfare and, this week in […]
Join us at Ulster Uni to learn about Graduate and Placement Opportunities
The Bennett Freehill team will be at the Ulster University Belfast Campus Construction and Surveying Careers Fair on Thursday 10th November 12- 3pm. If you would like to work with one of the UK and Ireland’s leading Building Services and Sustainability Engineering Consultancies come along and have a chat with us. Be part of our […]
SWC Erne Campus wins RICS Awards UK Project of the Year
We are delighted that South West College Erne Campus in Enniskillen has won the RICS Awards UK Project of the Year. Bennett Freehill undertook the role of Mechanical and Electrical Engineers, Sustainable Consultant and Passivhaus Observer role on this remarkable project. At the prestigious awards ceremony in London on Friday 21 October, which celebrated the UK’s […]
Construction begins on new school for Roe Valley IPS designed to BREEAM Excellent
Education Minister Michelle McIlveen has cut the first sod on the new £6.3m Roe Valley Integrated Primary School (IPS) building in Limavady which will help to create a positive learning environment for young people. Bennett Freehill is providing mechanical, electrical and sustainability engineering design services, as part of the Hamilton Architects Integrated Consultant Team, on […]
Education Minister cuts the first sod on new school for Ulidia Integrated College
Education Minister Michelle McIlveen has cut the first sod on a new 700 pupil school for Ulidia Integrated College, Carrickfergus. Bennett Freehill are delivering mechanical and electrical engineering design on this significant £25 million new school project, which further enhances our education project portfolio. The new modern post primary three-storey school in Carrickfergus, on the […]