Accreditable Performance by P.C.Plant & Construction

With it’s head office based in Warrenpoint, Co.Down, P.C.Plant & Construction are the civil engineering brand of the business.

P.C.Plant & Construction have the capability of undertaking varied contracts of a diverse and complex nature.  We currently hold the Small Scale & Responsive Works Contract for the Armagh and Newry & Mourne areas up to 2009 / 2010.  This work involves carrying out small scale remedial work to footpaths, carriageways, kerbing and drainage etc for DRD Roads Service.  We also hold the Term Contract for Structural Repairs in partnership with COLAS (NI) Ltd.  This work ranges from repairs to masonry arches and bridges, retaining walls as well as the re-construction of bridges and bridge decking in the Newry & Mourne for DRD Roads Service.  

In terms of residential development, through our dedication to excellence in the design and construction of the houses we build, the quality of the locations we choose and the customer service we provide, PC Plant & Construction in conjunction with Warren Proeprties have gained the respect of many homebuyers across the district and further afield with a whole range of quality housing schemes.  These can be viewed in detail by visiting the developments section of this website.

We have a purpose built workshop and storage area in Burren, Co.Down with a concrete mixing facility as well as a whole range of products which are used by the small scale responsive workforce.  This ensures that quick response times can be achieved for the Department as and when required. 

The skilled operatives employed by the company are time served craftsmen, many of which have been with the firm throughout their working lives.  The low labour turnover percentages are a reflection of the excellent working arrangements and conditions that P.C.Plant & Construction commit to with all of our employees.  There is a strong commitment and ethos to providing quality workmanship and this is further evidenced by the provision of a specific training room for any off the job training and refresher courses that are required.  All operatives are required to have the appropriate training for their specific work area and the necessary CSR card.  Sub-contractors are vetted and approved through the company’s quality assurance procedures. 

The company have implemented a formal Integrated Management System which has been used to provide management and staff with an objective method of establishing and maintaining good working practices, so as to meet the company’s policies on Quality, Environmental, Health and Safety as well as the achievement of ISO 9001 : 2000, ISO 14001 : 2004 and OHSAS 18001 : 2007.

This Integrated Management System was recently awarded all three standards by SGS UK in 2007.  Copies of our certificates are available on this website by clicking on the ISO logos on the homepage. 

Such a recommendation has been met with great praise by the Proprietor, Mr Brian Cunningham :

“We are delighted with our recent achievement of the above standards which is testament to the excellent workmanship and commitment to quality of my employees.  I firmly believe that an integrated approach to quality management when applied with constructability concepts can lead to a timely construction project delivery outcome.  Such an approach facilitates better project planning which, in turn, facilitates a better construction time performance.  The integration of occupational health and safety and environmental systems into a holistic quality management approach is without doubt a very useful way in which to achieve better construction planning.”

The company do not consider this ISO achievement as an end in itself.  Rather they are concerned with moving beyond such notions of quality systems compliance to subsume them in a natural progression towards commitment to better planning and project control management.