Continued success at Jamestown
Jamestown has increased output and
broadened its range of services to the
structural steel and heavy engineering
sectors following its move some
three years ago to a state-of-the-art, 17-acre
facility in Portarlington, 40 miles south of
Dublin. Company Director Fiacre Creegan
said: “The scale of the task in moving an
entire fabrication plant, relocating staff,
moving IT systems etcetera, is one that
not all companies could cope with. With
the input from managers, great staff input,
and the support of our key customers this
has been a very long journey, but a great
success.”
Jamestown’s new General Manager Niall
Fortune says that the company’s workload
is gradually shifting away from basic steel
fabrication towards higher-end projects
where the project architects and engineers
have much more input throughout the
manufacturing stages. “This is especially
true regarding aesthetic features and visual
quality of steelwork,” he says. “It’s much
more common now to hear terms like
semi-automotive paint finish in relation
to a heavy structural column, where even
the slightest surface imperfection is not
allowed.”
He adds that it is not unusual for an
architect to demand a particular level of
finish on a welded structure or member,
which is above any of the common NSSS
requirements. “Jamestown has embraced
a number of projects of this type and met
and exceeded client expectations,” said Mr
Fortune.
Jamestown’s Compliance Manager
Mark Morris added:“Focus on the clients’
requirements and a thorough understanding
of the relevant quality standards is vital in
our sector now, and without a strong drive
in this department a service company will
not thrive.”
Jamestown stresses the importance of
continued support of Steel for Life, the
BCSA and New Steel Construction. “This
comes from the underlying belief that
development of the steel market is good for
the industry and good for the economies
of both Ireland and the UK,” says Mr
Creegan. “With continued support from
shareholders, with focus on innovation and
process improvement and with ongoing
investment Jamestown will continue to
develop and grow.
“As well as our structural steel output for
the construction sector, we produce steel for
the maritime industry, power generation,
crane handling, shipping, and engineering
applications. With continued effort and with
a renewed focus Jamestown is set to expand
further and continue on the success path.”
Steel for Life: Headline Sponsor
Architects and engineers are having greater input through the constructional steelwork
fabrication process on ‘higher-end’ projects says structural components specialist
Jamestown. The visual quality of steelwork is also increasingly important.
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sponsor of
Steel for Life
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