Bursar’s Review ISBA Annual Conference 2019

obriencontractors.co.uk 01926 423 918 Unbeatable sports construction at Winterfold House School When it comes to sport pitches, O’Brien are the contractor with all the right credentials. One of only 23 International Hockey Federation (FIH)* accredited field builders in the world, O’Brien’s high standards of work and consistent quality of delivery have been fully recognised. Coupled with their considerable experience in the educational and sporting sector, you can feel confident they’ll offer unbeatable sports construction on your next school project. Notable contracts include a recent multi-million-pound contract with a football club (relocating their training grounds, and enabling works for nine natural pitches and one 3G pitch) and the design and build of a fabulous sand dressed synthetic grass hockey pitch for Winterfold House School. O’Brien have proven themselves time and again, to be a professional contractor who focus their efforts in the right places – providing a best practice, high quality service for their clients, no matter what the challenges or environment. A testimony clearly demonstrated in their work at Winterfold, where the new pitch and courts were completed in a live environment. O’Brien ensured communication with the client was paramount in order to navigate this challenge and successfully delivered within the 14 week timeframe, to the required budget. O’Brien’s team completed the hockey pitch with a spectator area, black twin bar fencing and floodlighting. In addition to this, O’Briens constructed two porous macadam tennis and netball courts with black twin bar fencing and floodlighting, access pathways and access road. "The new pitch and courts were completed in a live environment and during the construction of the pitch and courts approximately 20,000 tonnes of sub base aggregates were imported and incorporated into the pitches’ construction." Mick O’Brien, director, O’Brien Contractors Ltd * FIH Certified Field builders are companies that specialise in building hockey fields to an international standard required by the game. 13 @the_isba Annual Conference 2019 ADVERTORIAL