Octabuild Builders Merchants Excellence Awards 2024
Telfords Portlaoise Ltd is the winner of the overall Octabuild Award for Excellence at the 2024 all-island Octabuild Builders Merchant Excellence Awards. The company also won the Leinster Regional Award. Other winners came from Belfast, Cork, Donegal, Dublin, Galway, Meath and Wexford.
Octabuild was established in 1984 and is unique among representative groups in the building and construction industry. The objective of the group is to promote the benefits of high quality, Irish manufactured products. Each Octabuild company is committed to excellence in providing an efficient and reliable service to builders merchants.
Between them, the eight Octabuild companies make a significant contribution to the Irish building and construction industry. Their manufacturing plants are spread throughout the country providing significant employment (2,000 employed directly) and contributing substantially to the economic well-being of their local communities. Their combined product portfolio represents an impressive range of high quality Irish manufactured brands. The companies between them make 20,000+ quality products available every day.
The Octabuild Builders Merchant Excellence Awards 2024 ceremony was held recently at a gala event in the Round Room at the Mansion House in Dublin. It was attended by over 250 guests including shortlisted merchants and representatives of the builders merchant trade from across the country. The event was hosted by the eight Octabuild members, Dulux, Etex, Glennon Brothers, Grant Engineering, Gyproc, Irish Cement, Kingspan Insulation and Wavin.
This year builders merchants competed for five Individual Category Awards, four Regional Awards and a Rising Star Award, which acknowledged up-and-coming talent in the industry.
Octabuild Chairperson, Declan Conlon said: “It’s important for Octabuild that the Awards highlight the excellence of Irish builders merchants to the building and construction industry amidst its ever-changing landscape. Congratulations to all finalists and winners from all over the country who represented absolute excellence in the industry.”
In total eleven awards were presented at the awards ceremony as well as the Octabuild Lifetime achievement Award, which was presented to Ian Haldane, CEO of leading independent supplier to the construction industry, Haldane Fisher.
In addition to the two awards won by Telfords Portlaoise Ltd, other winners were:
Connacht/Donegal/Monaghan/Cavan Regional Award: Joyce’s Hardware & Home, Galway
Munster Regional Award: Cork Builders Providers, Togher, Cork
Northern Ireland Regional Award: JP Corry Springfield Road, Antrim
Excellence in Business Management Award: Cork Builders Providers, Togher, Cork
Excellence in Customer Service Award: Rooneys Home & Hardware, Meath
Excellence in Sales & Marketing Award: Wallace’s Homevalue, Wexford
Excellence in Sustainable Business Award: Chadwicks Robinhood Road, Dublin
Excellence in Community Outreach: Inishowen Co-Op, Donegal
Rising Star Award: Luke Martin – JP Corry Dromore, Down
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Declan Conlon, Octabuild Chairperson, with Liam McAvoy from Telfords Portlaoise Ltd, Laois, winner of the Octabuild Leinster Regional Award and Octabuild Award for Excellence.
