Construction BUSINESS

Tipperary-headquartered Horizon Offsite Ltd has been awarded NSAI Agrément Certification for its Offsite Steel Frame Building System. Established in 2017, the company currently employs 22 people at a 35,000 sq ft facility in Cahir and is involved in projects across the private rented sector (PRS) in Ireland and the UK.

The team at Horizon Offsite Ltd provides world class structural light gauge steel (LGS) building systems that enable rapid build of structures up to six storeys in height. The facility in Cahir currently has the capacity to produce in excess of 2,000 units per year and the pipeline of work for 2020 has increased across both the Irish and UK markets.

Managing Director Ger Fahey received the certificate of accreditation from Minister for Trade, Business & Employment Pat Breen TD at a ceremony hosted by the National Standards Authority of Ireland.

Speaking about the significance of this standard, Ger Fahey, Managing Director of Horizon Offsite Ltd, explained: “Getting the NSAI accreditation has driven Horizon Offsite to the next level, enabling us to take a position of leadership within this industry, at a particularly crucial time for construction in Ireland. Having a fully-tested, accredited system is important for us, however, it is even more important for the design team and clients for whom we work. They have the certainty that our Horizon Offsite Steel Frame Building System has achieved a standard of excellence up to six storeys and, significantly, it will be accredited to 10 storeys from the beginning of 2020”.

The team at Horizon Offsite have decades of combined experience pioneering non-traditional or modern methods of construction (MMC).

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Pictured (L-R): Geradine Larkin, NSAI Chief Executive; Ger Fahey, Managing Director of Horizon Offsite Ltd; and Pat Breen TD, Minister for Trade, Business & Employment.