Turning pipe dreams into dream pipes at our client JTL’s latest gas and electrical training facility
Site Manager Mark Hann and his team have just handed over a spotlessly finished project to JTL, for whom we have stripped out and reconfigured an office block to convert it into a new gas and electrical training centre specifically suited to the delivery of the highest-quality Electrical and Plumbing apprenticeships. This is McCarrick Construction’s […]
Red Gables makes the front page of the Sunderland Echo – well done team
Great to see some really positive news on the front page of the Sunderland Echo today showcasing Together for Children‘s new respite home for children at Red Gables. Such a lot of hard work is going into renovating this project on behalf of the Sunderland-based children’s charity, and it’s already looking great thanks to the […]
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 […]
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.
Generation4Change Awards 2022 nomination for McCarrick Construction’s James Brown
Generation4Change is a network of young professionals set up to represent voice of the UK built environment industry, and an integral part of Constructing Excellence. By connecting young people in the industry, the network helps them to influence decision-makers, develop their ideas and further their careers.
PROFILE: As we mark Apprenticeships Week 2022, former apprentice and our current Contracts Director Tony Pearce looks back on 43 years at McCarrick Construction
In 1979, aged 16, I came in to the office which was then in the yard for an interview with Mr James McCarrick, Matthew’s grandfather, for a joinery apprenticeship. The joinery post was gone by then so I got the bricklaying apprenticeship instead. I was over the moon just to have got a job. I completed my apprenticeship in 1983 – then I spent seven years as a bricklayer
Well deserved recognition for our whole team – Highly Commended at the National Apprenticeship Awards 2021
We’ve recently been asked what we’re most proud of achieving as a company over 2021. It’s a difficult question – despite the challenges the whole industry has faced over the last year we’ve had many highlights in terms of completions, contracts won, the usual ups and downs of construction contracting. On reflection though, the highest […]
A solid foundation for our Trainee QS James Foster
We have a highly-qualified team keeping our projects on track at McCarrick Construction, but nothing beats on-site experience as our Trainee Quantity Surveyor James Foster can testify.
Looking back on an extraordinary year
Despite the intense worry of the pandemic in the background and the logistical challenges of two lockdowns, I’m extremely proud that thanks to the professional attitude of our staff and careful forward planning, we have kept disruption to an absolute minimum for our clients during the 2020 pandemic. During lockdown one, although some of our […]
From tuneful to spoonful – achieving great results at All Saints Academy
It was all hands on deck this summer to transform a music room into a kitchen/servery at All Saints Academy in Ingleby Barwick in time for the start of the school term in September. Thanks to some careful preparation prior to commencing the job, when some issues arose on site our Site Manager, James Brown, […]