A busy and exciting year at Bennett Freehill
2021 has been a busy and exciting year for the Bennett Freehill team. We’ve rebranded and refurbished our office. Enhanced our professional skills and accreditations and therefore the services we offer to clients as Licensed BREEAM Assessors, Certified Passive House Designers and NZEB Designers. As a member of NIBRAC our MD Cormac Freehill is helping […]
New build Rowandale Integrated Primary School gets the green light
The Bennett Freehill team is delighted that the new proposed Rowandale Integrated Primary School in Moira, has received planning approval. We are providing M&E Engineering services as part of the Hamilton Architects ICT. The school is one of the fastest growing schools in Northern Ireland and the new build school will provide a state of […]
Proud to announce that we are now Licensed BREEAM Assessors
Our BREEAM and Sustainability team is led by Senior Engineer Craig Bennett. Craig said: “Our BREEAM and Sustainability team has extensive experience of sustainable low energy building designs and delivering BREEAM ‘Excellent’ and ‘Outstanding’ rated buildings throughout the UK and Ireland including the recently completed South West College Erne Campus.” Craig and the sustainability team […]
As a NIBRAC member Cormac Freehill will help influence important changes to NI building standards
Earlier this year Cormac Freehill, our Managing Director, was appointed as one of four new members to the NI Building Regulations Advisory Committee (NIBRAC) for three years. Cormac and other NIBRAC members will advise the Department of Finance on the amendment of building regulations and on other associated matters referred to it. Cormac is a […]
Enhancing our education portfolio with St Killian’s College new school
Bennett Freehill is part of the Hamilton Architects Integrated Design Team appoint to deliver a new school for St Killian’s College on one of the Antrim Coast’s most outstanding headlands. The project proposes the construction of a new 800 pupil school on the existing 11-hectare site, which sits on an elevated sheltered location on the […]
11.5% of electricity has been generated through Solar PV panels on the roof of DAERA HQ
A project which we’re proud of is the three-storey DAERA Headquarters office accommodation ‘Ballykelly House’ which achieved the BREEAM rating of “Excellent”. Ballykelly House has a rainwater harvesting system to reduce the usage of mains water supply and also a sustainable heating source through using a Biomass Boiler. According to DAERA NI “Since 2018, 11.5% […]
South West College in Enniskillen gets UN green recognition
The South West College Erne Campus in Enniskillen has been recognised as one of 26 UN Centres of Excellence for High Performance Buildings around the world. The £30m campus which opened in September 2021, is the world’s first educational Passivhaus Premium rated building and the first UK building to achieve both Passivhaus Premium status and BREEAM outstanding […]
Construction excellence recognised at 123 York Street student accommodation
This project has received a Multiple Occupancy Award, Highly Commended at the CEF Construction Excellence Awards 2021. Congratulations to Turkington & Sons and the entire project team. These awards are the largest and most sought-after NI construction awards, providing a wonderful opportunity to showcase the best of the construction industry in Northern Ireland and to […]
The Old School House at Methody has been restored and refined
The Grade B1 Old School House at Methodist College Belfast has been refurbished and extended to provide a new state of the art education facility for students and staff. This project addressed the previous cramped conditions for teaching staff and the general lack of associated storage / resource areas and included replacing an existing single […]
Minister Lyons Opens World Beating £30m Campus
Today we were very proud to attend the official opening of Erne Campus at South West College at which Gary Bennett’s legacy in sustainable building design was recognised with the launch of the Gary Bennett Scholarship. The 8,200 m2 state-of-the-art campus opened its doors to students at the beginning of September and can accommodate 800 […]