Work placement programme and college presentation for National Apprentice Week
Well done to James Brown MCIOB, MAPM for engaging with future apprentices this week as a guest lecturer for construction and engineering students at Tyne Metropolitan College‘s Tyne Coast campus where we currently have 4 teams working concurrently to refurbish the construction and engineering blocks. James’s presentation gave 50 young people an insight into our sector […]
First Completion of four at Tyne Coast College
Delighted to announce that the first of four blocks on our renovation project at Tyne Coast College is nearing completion thanks to the hard work of our Site Manager Stu McDonald and his team. Well done to all those involved.
Empowering Future Leaders – Matthew’s role judging the APM Awards 2024
Awards ceremonies create a real sense of achievement and momentum in our industry by rewarding effort and recognising potential in both young and more seasoned construction professionals. However, these events can take an enormous amount of organising, and it’s not just about booking the catering – meticulous care is taken to retain the integrity of […]
Canning Street Primary School classroom remodel
Well done to Mark Hann and team for another successful school job – this was a unique building design to start with, consisting of a curved corridor with classroom spaces open to the corridor so it was in dire need of some soundproofing and room enclosure. It sounded simple enough but it wasn’t until we […]
First ever Apprentice Skills Day a great success at McCarrick Construction
Huge thank you to everyone on our team who pulled together to make our first ever Apprentice Skills Day such a success on Saturday. After a fantastic response and a really difficult selection process we invited three groups totalling 30 potential apprentices to our yard to try out their future trade. To welcome each group, […]
Rebuilding Shotton Youth Centre
We’re proud to announce the successful completion of the newly built Shotton Youth Centre, a 30-week project we undertook for our clients d3associates and Shotton Parish Council. Despite several dispiriting challenges to our groundworks posed by extremely wet and windy weather last winter, our team displayed extraordinary resilience and have delivered an attractive multi-use building […]
Looking for a nice new office? Office block refurb at Smulders on-shore wind farm production plant
We were delighted to hand over this freshened up office facility to our client Smulders Projects UK last week. The building, comprising 14 offices within their wind farm construction complex at the former shipyards in Wallsend, which were in need of full strip out and refurb. We also renovated their staff canteen, the kitchen, two […]
Review of ‘Is The Industry Broken?’ The latest 21CC podcast
An article in Construction Management caught our eye this week which gave a rather damning summarisation of the state of the construction industry today and the political roots of the current situation. Stuart Green, author and Professor of Construction Management, was speaking to the 21CC podcast about the reasons for and results of the hollowing […]
CELEBRATING 70 YEARS OF MCCARRICK CONSTRUCTION
On 18th May 1953, within weeks of the young Elizabeth II’s coronation and at a time of immense national pride and optimism, Captain James McCarrick registered a new construction company from his home in Crichton Avenue, Chester-le-Street.
From sealers to healers
Ged’s main body of work was a 350m2 complex of new classrooms, offices, corridors, a shower room, WC’s and a staff dining rooms which were constructed to one side of the original large warehouse space to fit the specific training requirements of the client.