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Tom O’Brien Construction were delighted to be announced as WINNERS of the ‘Healthcare Project of the Year’ Award at the Irish Construction Industry Awards 2024 for our Wexford General Hospital Fire Remediation Project! The Awards Night and Gala evening was held at the Dublin Royal Convention Centre on November 7th 2024. Well done to to […]

Tom O’Brien Construction have been appointed by Waterford City & County Council to carry out a Major Restoration and Conservation Works Contract on the Mall in Waterford City to the Historic and Landmark c. 1740’s City Hall / Theatre Royal Buildings & to the Bishops Palace. Works will commence in earnest in early 2025. As […]

We are pleased to commence works on another New Healthcare Project for the HSE this week, this time in Drinagh, Co. Wexford. Works will include for the extension and complete refurbishment of an existing building along with substantial external works including new car parking areas, to provide for a new modern Healthcare Facility for our […]

Works have commenced this week on a new Refurbishment & Upgrade project of the existing facilities at Ely Hospital in Wexford Town for our valued Clients in the HSE. This project will involve: The upgrading and alteration of the Hospital’s existing facilities Construction of new consultancy suites and ancillary areas Complete upgrade of mechanical & […]

Tom O’Brien Construction have reached Practical Completion Stage at St. Senan’s School in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford. This Major c. €12m Primary School development was overseen by TOBC’s management team consisting of Dan, Joe, Mark and Frank and was delivered on a complex sloping site in the heart of a busy residential housing estate. TOBC worked […]

We are pleased to share that we have been shortlisted as a finalist for the esteemed Irish Construction Industry Awards 2024! Our Emergency Re-build of Wexford General Hospital, following a devastating fire outbreak and subsequent full evacuation in March 2023, has been nominated in the Category of: Health Project of the Year. This project was […]

Tom O’Brien Construction are happy to confirm that we have been appointed by Carlow County Council to carry out the construction of a new housing scheme on Barrack Street in Co. Carlow. We look forward to working with the Design Team and the Client on this prestigious new Town Centre development, including Bluett & O’Donoghue […]

A Major Milestone has been reached as the 4th & Final floor of Wexford General Hospital has now been handed over following last year’s devastating fire. Following the previous successful handovers over the past year of floors 1, 2 and 3, along with a suite of New Modular Temporary Facilities installed externally, the last remaining […]

Tom O’Brien Construction have this week commenced works on another Major Multi-Million-Euro Healthcare project at University Hospital Waterford for our long-time Clients in the HSE. This project will involve the construction of a new Pathology Laboratory Extension, a striking 2-storey state of the art Laboratory building, located beside the A&E Department on the existing Hospital […]

Tom O’Brien Construction have just commenced a significant Deep Energy Retrofit, Decarbonisation and BER Upgrades Project this week at SETU Carlow to the Burrin Building. Working as Main Contractor and Project Supervisor Construction Stage (PSCS), our team will deliver this project over the summer months working to an accelerated programme, consisting of a comprehensive energy […]

Tom O’Brien Construction were delighted to recently deliver new MRI facilities into Wexford General Hospital. Working to a severely tight programme, practical completion was achieved in just approximately 3 months. Tom O’Brien Construction also oversaw a highly technical and complex enabling works package, including the remodeling of existing services and the establishment of new underground […]

We were privileged to this week welcome Minister Heather Humphreys to the Sod Turning ceremony at Thomastown Library’s New Redevelopment Project. We will be hard at work over the next year with Kilkenny County Council to deliver this new State-of-the-art Multi-Million Euro Library premises.

Another Milestone reached this month in Enniscorthy as the scaffold has been dropped revealing the school’s striking new extension. Both External and Internal finishes are now well underway at St. Senan’s Primary School. Refurbishment works to the existing school buildings are also well advanced. This major new c. €12.0m school development will be delivered to […]

We are delighted to announce that construction works have commenced this week on the Extension and Refurbishment of Thomastown Library in Thomastown Co. Kilkenny for our Clients, Kilkenny County Council. We are looking forward to working with the Client and Design Team on this exciting multi-million euro project over the coming months. – Reddy Architecture […]

It’s a year ago to the day that we commenced work on reinstating the patient services at Wexford General Hospital following an unprecedented fire at the Hospital which resulted in Wexford General Hospital closing for several months. Wexford General Hospital experienced extensive damage in a devastating fire, including a partial roof collapse alongside water and […]

Our cir. €15.0 million Blackwater Community College Project in Lismore Co. Waterford is progressing well and now nearing completion. Works on this Major School Project have been carried out on a live and occupied campus in 5 separate phases, with the final stages well underway. Works have included: – Multiple New Large extension blocks. – […]

Tom O’Brien Construction are Proud Members of the Prestigious “Heritage Contractors Association of Ireland” again for 2024. Registered Heritage Contractors are skilled companies that deliver the traditional building trades for the conservation and restoration of heritage properties or sites. Our most recent Heritage works include the Restoration and Conservation of an Historic detached five–bay two […]

A new project commencing this week for our long time partners in the HSE at Wexford General Hospital with an extension to the MRI Unit. This project entails a fast-track Enabling Works package designed for a new MRI unit. Phase 1 Works commence this week and will include all Civils Works and Building Services connections. […]

We have just completed Phase 2 of Major Renovations to the AMAU ward at Tipperary University Hospital Clonmel for the HSE, following the successful completion of the Phase 1 refurbishment a number of weeks ago. Well done to all of our subcontractors for their help in completing both phase 1 and phase 2 on time. […]

A huge amount of Fire Damage Repair works have been carried out in Wexford Hospital by Tom O’Brien Construction and our subcontractors since the Fire to the Hospital Building occurred this past March, including: The Hospital’s Fire Damaged roof has been fully refurbished and is now nearing full completion. A New Temporary Endoscopy building has […]

Congratulations to Tom O’Brien’s Site Manager Murt Hourigan and his team who have just completed Phase 1 of Major Renovations to the AMAU ward at Tipperary University Hospital Clonmel for the HSE. Handover of the 1st Phase of the AMAU was completed last week in line with the programme dates. The 2nd Phase of the […]

TOBC were recently appointed by the HSE to oversee the Emergency Demolitions and Removal of fire debris and the subsequent Refurbishment Works to the Hospital after last month’s fire outbreak. Much of the demolitions have now been completed by the TOBC team and our subcontractors, and we are pleased to have got to the Reinstatement […]

We are delighted to commence works this past week on another New Project for the HSE consisting of Major Refurbishment works to the Existing AMAU at Tipperary University Hospital in Clonmel. We are delighted to be working with RKD and Malone O’Regan.

Tom O’Brien’s are delighted to again be certified as one of the Select few Members to the Register of Heritage Contractors Ireland 2023. Registered Heritage Contractors are skilled companies that have demonstrated they have the knowhow and experience to deliver the traditional building trades for the careful Conservation and Restoration of Important Heritage properties or […]