News

February 2011

Safety at the UK's tallest building

For 18 years One Canada Square, more commonly known as the Canary Wharf tower, has dominated the London skyline and held the title of Britain's tallest building. However, as 2010 came to a close it fell into second place behind Byrne Bros's latest high-profile project The Shard London Bridge. As

January 2011

Byrne helps Building Lives

Byrne Group is supporting a new publication aimed at highlighting the wealth of opportunities in construction for young people of all backgrounds. In it, senior figures from across the industry speak candidly on how they overcame tough beginnings to build successful careers in the sector. Building

November 2010

Byrne Bros. shortlisted for Building magazine's Sustainability Awards

Byrne Bros. made the shortlist in the Sustainable Contractor of the Year category of Building magazine's prestigious Sustainability Awards. The awards recognise and reward outstanding achievement in sustainability in the built environment and are a key benchmark for achieving best practice in the

September 2010

Dyslexia Action Support

Guinness World Record Attempt to break ... the number of people playing a game of ?Hide and Seek?! Byrne Group will be supporting Dyslexia Action when the charity tries to break a Guinness World Record on 26 September. Dyslexia Action is anticipating to hold the largest game of Hide and Seek at the

July 2010

Byrne Bros. supports significant art installation

Byrne Bros. is supporting the work of artist Angela Palmer, who brought rainforest tree stumps to Europe for an important art installation called Ghost Forest. Ghost Forest consists of 10 primary rainforest tree stumps which were brought from a commercially logged forest in western Africa. Byrne

July 2010

Byrne Bros. hosts American students' visit to Shard

A group of American students recently visited The Shard London Bridge as part of their summer exchange programme with Brighton University. The 25 students from California Polytechnic began their visit with a presentation about the award-winning engineering, hosted by Byrne Bros. Project Director,

April 2010

Byrne Bros. Construction Methodology receives ICE London Award

The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has recognised Byrne Brothers innovative construction methodology at The Shard in London with The Building Award at The London Civil Engineering Awards 2010. The Shard is part of the £2 billion mixed use London Bridge Quarter redevelopment around to

April 2010

Fourth Gold safety award win for Byrne Bros.

For the fourth year in a row Byrne Bros. has scooped a high-profile Gold RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards. The company won the Gold Award in recognition of its continued commitment to developing the highest standards of workplace health and safety. Byrne Bros. achieves excellence in

March 2010

Best Practice Award Win

Byrne Group?s management and control of more than 1,300 items of equipment, plant and tools has been recognised as one of the UK construction industries most innovative asset management techniques. The new approach has identified more than £300,000 in savings and contributed to improved

March 2010

Irish legends edge past England

More than 10,000 rugby fans watched Ireland win the inaugural Stuart Mangan Memorial Cup in aid of the Matt Hampson Trust and Keith Wood?s Paralysed Rugby Players? Fund by 17-15. The match was sponsored by Byrne Group. The Twickenham Stoop crowd witnessed Jason Leonard, England?s most capped

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