Liam Kenny
CEO, John Paul Construction
Excellence drives Excellence
Reflecting on John Paul Construction’s journey over the last five years, it’s readily apparent that our organisation has evolved into a truly international business.
We are in a privileged position at John Paul Construction whereby we work with a wide range of US-based organisations who are leaders in their respective fields. Their own ability to maintain progress is driven by an insatiable desire to consistently raise standards. This sense of excellence rings true with our own culture and has helped drive the development of a skillset that empowers us to compete at a global level.
Raising Standards
Foreign Direct Investment has been critical to the evolution of our business in recent years. It has brought exposure to leading US clients in the sectors of data centres, semiconductors and life sciences. Securing projects with these clients has enabled John Paul Construction to pursue innovation, working in a dynamic underpinned by a true sense of collaboration. As an added benefit we are exposed to new learnings these clients garner across the globe, providing fresh insights into safety, engineering and technology. A great example of this came from our work with a US-owned MedTech provider that is building their first manufacturing facility in Europe. The energy and focus the client committed to the project had an incredibly positive effect on the delivery approach adopted by our own team.
Going Further
Looking forward, our Company has an opportunity to build on this platform. We will be investing in our people, driving innovation and setting a path for the future direction of our business. Our ambition is to maintain this sense of excellence and to continue to work alongside our US-based clients as the realms of artificial intelligence drive new thinking and new opportunity.
In parallel, recent commentary on the need to deliver on the government’s National Development Plan to deliver critical infrastructure and housing cannot be underlined enough. Its correlation with the attractiveness of Ireland as a place to do business is self-evident. Our recent success in delivering Rosslare Europort Terminal 7 and the related enabling works, both on time and on budget, has underlined that infrastructure can be achieved in an efficient manner when all parties put collaboration at the heart of a project. In that spirit, we look forward to playing our small part in delivering on behalf of the nation once more in the near future.