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  • CUBIS Industries confirmed as exclusive BT Recessed Cover supplier

    CUBIS Industries confirmed as exclusive BT Recessed Cover supplier

    CUBIS Industries has been named as the sole approved supplier of recessed covers and frames for BT Openreach. CUBIS has held product approval since 1999 but their AX-S™ Recessed Covers are now the only cover approved for installation on the BT Openreach network. more »

  • CUBIS secure Manchester Metrolink order

    CUBIS secure Manchester Metrolink order

    CUBIS Industries has secured a significant order to supply access chambers and cable duct protection systems to the Manchester Metrolink project. more »

  • SERC Students visit construction sites in Bangor

    SERC Students visit construction sites in Bangor

    South Eastern Regional College (SERC) Construction and Environmental Sustainability students recently attended a tour of our two biggest construction projects in Bangor, the Olympic swimming pool and the new Bangor Grammar School. more »

  • The Prince’s Trust helps unemployed young people build solid foundations with Get into Construction programme

    The Prince’s Trust helps unemployed young people build solid foundations with Get into Construction programme

    Sixteen unemployed young people recently celebrated their graduation from The Prince’s Trust’s Get into Construction programme with six completing work placements with Farrans (Construction) Limited. more »

  • Hermann joins CUBIS team in Germany

    Hermann joins CUBIS team in Germany

    CUBIS has appointed Hermann Klein as the new sales director for Germany. Hermann joins the company having worked in the telecommunications industry in Germany for many years and brings a wealth of experience in that market sector to the team. more »

  • Toomebridge's Got Talent

    Toomebridge's Got Talent

    Many of us thought that the search for new acts to appear on the Britain’s Got Talent television show had finally reached Toome when a camera crew appeared at the Northstone Hutchinson’s sand production site to film a television programme on 10 June 2011. more »

  • New Cubis Industries Brochures

    New Cubis Industries Brochures

    CUBIS has released the first three brochures in a series of market-specific literature. Customers who are involved in the Telecoms, Rail and Highways markets can download our brochure from the link below or through the Industry Sector pages. more »

  • Addressing Unemployment the Northstone Way

    Addressing Unemployment the Northstone Way

    Northstone is actively supporting and also sponsoring the efforts of local charity, Business in the Community, in its efforts to help address unemployment in West Belfast and Greater Shankill. The unemployment rate in these areas of Belfast is at 40% despite their having one third of Belfast’s working age population. more »

  • Hydrant system approved by NI Water

    CUBIS' STAKKAbox™ Hydrant system has been approved for use by Northern Ireland water. more »

  • M80 Stepps to Haggs - Substantially Complete

    M80 Stepps to Haggs - Substantially Complete

    The M80 Stepps to Haggs Project has now attained substantial completion more »

  • Northstone NI Shortlisted for the Childcare Works Awards 2011

    Northstone NI Shortlisted for the Childcare Works Awards 2011

    Northstone NI has been shortlisted as a finalist for the Childcare Works Awards 2011. more »

  • UKSTT Young Engineer of 2011

    UKSTT Young Engineer of 2011

    United Kingdom Society for Trenchless Technology Award for Brian White more »

  • CUBIS win France Telecom contract

    CUBIS win France Telecom contract

    STAKKAbox™ is now the only approved system for building access chambers in the footway on the France Telecom network. CUBIS’ widely-specified range of access chambers were first approved for use on the network in 2005 alongside existing products but is now the only accepted method of construction. more »

  • Work Begins at Wormingford Pumping Station

    Work Begins at Wormingford Pumping Station

    The Civils Division of Farrans has commenced work on the new pumping station at Wormingford to abstract water from the River Stour to pump to the Abberton Reservoir. more »

  • Launch of CRH Transport Safety Campaign

    Launch of CRH Transport Safety Campaign

    Accident statistics within our industrial sector generally and CRH plc in particular, show that transport is the primary cause of fatal accidents.  more »

  • New School for Bangor Grammar

    New School for Bangor Grammar

    New state of the art Bangor Grammar School... Farrans have commenced work on a new state of the art Bangor Grammar School valued at over £15m with a completion date early 2013. more »

  • Show Time for Northstone Materials

    Show Time for Northstone Materials

    Northstone Materials will again be showcasing their products and services at this year’s Self Build Exhibition to be held at the Kings Hall, Balmoral, Belfast on 18th, 19th and 20th February 2011. Meet our sales and technical support team on stand number C7 in the main hall at Balmoral. more »

  • CUBIS exhibiting at Traffex and Railtex in 2011

    CUBIS exhibiting at Traffex and Railtex in 2011

    CUBIS will be exhibiting at two UK exhibitions in 2011. Visitors to Traffex, 28-31 March at the NEC in Birmingham, will be able to see CUBIS range of products for the Highways market at Stand H52. This includes our systems for Motorway Communications, Traffic Signalling and Street Lighting and our Guardian Goalposts overhead cable warning units. more »

  • New Primary School for Taughmonagh

    New Primary School for Taughmonagh

    Farrans continues its track record in providing state of the art education facilities. more »

  • Farrans Take Healthcare Expertise to Merseyside

    Farrans Take Healthcare Expertise to Merseyside

    Farrans, along with joint venture partner, Heron Brothers, have been nominated as preferred constructor on a £85 million framework project to build five new mental health facilities on Merseyside. The Client is the National Health Service (NHS) in conjunction with their private partner Liverpool and Sefton Health Partnership. more »

  • Gardening for the Kids

    Gardening for the Kids

    It is not often that construction site staff trade in their laptops, smart phones, white boards and Blackberries for garden rakes, paint brushes and power hoses but that is exactly what happened when Farrans people volunteered to work for a day at the Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice in Belfast. They were joined by representatives from NI Water and fellow contractor Lagan Construction, from the multi million pound Water Mains Rehabilitation contract. more »

  • Supporting Kenny to help Others

    Supporting Kenny to help Others

    In years gone by when Kenny Dalglish, the famed Celtic, Liverpool and Scotland striker was prince of Anfield he was ably supported by such illustrious stars as Ian Rush and Emlyn Hughes.  In 2010 however, Kenny is leading the line for the Bethesda Care Home and Hospice Fund raising campaign supported by Farrans own Liam O’Hagan and Matthew Murphy. more »

  • Future Proofing the Cubis Workforce

    Future Proofing the Cubis Workforce

    The Cubis Factory in Liverpool has just successfully completed a comprehensive training programme to develop the key skills of production employees. Charlie Gibson, the factory’s Process Improvement Specialist, who was the champion behind the planning and delivery of the training, refers to it as “future proofing the Cubis workforce”. more »

  • Environmental benchmarking survey reveals NI’s ‘eco-giants

    Environmental benchmarking survey reveals NI’s ‘eco-giants

    The 12th Northern Ireland Environmental Benchmarking results have been announced by Business in the Community's ARENA Network. more »

  • New Cubis Website Launched

    New Cubis Website Launched

    In October 2010 the Northstone Utility Chamber Division, Cubis Industries, launched its new website which showcases the Division’s extensive product portfolio as well as it’s structure, people and capability. more »

  • Farrans Awarded Bangor Pool & Leisure Project

    Farrans Awarded Bangor Pool & Leisure Project

    Farrans are delighted to have been awarded the prestigious Bangor Pool Project, which is valued at £30m and will showcase Northern Ireland's first 50m Olympic-sized swimming pool. more »

  • Safety Locations of the Year Announced

    Safety Locations of the Year Announced

    After much deliberation and checking of audit score, the ten best performing locations in 2009 in respect of health and safety have been announced. They are as follows:- more »

  • Safety Sam Pays A Visit

    Safety Sam Pays A Visit

    Safety Sam visited the children of Barrhill Village Primary School on the 23rd June 2010 prior to their break-up for the summer holidays. With the School being only 1 mile from the entrance to Farrans' Arecleoch Windfarm Development, it was important that the dangers associated with construction sites and traffic were communicated to the children. more »

  • Tendering Success for Farrans in Scotland

    The Farrans Team in Scotland have continued their rich vein of tendering success with the award of more contracts. more »

  • Farrans Healthcare Deliver Craigavon Hospital Scheme

    Farrans Healthcare Deliver Craigavon Hospital Scheme

    The Farrans Healthcare team have just completed a two phase Scheme at Craigavon Area Hospital to improve facilities for patients. more »

  • Farrans Construction preferred bidder on Springfield WwTW.

    Farrans Construction preferred bidder on Springfield WwTW.

    Scottish Water has confirmed Farrans Construction as the preferred bidder on the £360,000 sewage project at Springfield, Fife Scotland more »

  • Northstone Materials achieve preferred bidder status in Measured Term Contracts

    Northstone Materials achieve preferred bidder status in Measured Term Contracts

    The DRD Road Service has recently awarded preferred bidder status to Northstone Materials on their Measured Term Contracts in the North and East of Northern Ireland. more »

  • Farrans Construction Contract Award

    Farrans Construction Contract Award

    Farrans Construction, as part of the FMP(Farrans/Martin/Patton) Joint Venture, have been confirmed as preferred bidder by Sgoiltean Ura LLP on the Western Isles School Project. The Project is due to commence in August 2010 and is valued at £60 million. more »

  • Preferred bidder status at Clydesmill Fire Station Cambuslang

    Preferred bidder status at Clydesmill Fire Station Cambuslang

    Farrans Construction has recently been awarded preferred bidder status by Strathclyde Fire and Rescue for their new Clydesmill Fire Station, Cambuslang project. more »

  • Farrans Construction preferred bidder on Water Main Project

    Northern Ireland Water has confirmed Farrans Construction as the preferred bidder on the £50 million Water Mains Rehabilitation Framework . more »

  • Contract Award - East End Regeneration Route Phase 2, Glasgow

    Farrans Construction have been awarded the contract to provide a transport route from the M74 motorway at Polmadie through the east end of Glasgow to the M80/M8 junction at Provan Road. more »

  • Contact Award - New £4 million Phoenix Centre

    Farrans Construction have been awarded the contract to build the new £4 million Phoenix Centre at North Walsham High School in Norfolk. more »

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