Sisk monthly: January ‘25 Review

Delivering crucial Children’s Cancer Centre for Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children

We have been appointed to deliver a state-of-the-art Children’s Cancer Centre (CCC) at the renowned Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH) in central London.

The development is being supported by Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity (GOSH Charity) who are in the midst of the biggest and most ambitious fundraising appeal in their history. The 'Build it. Beat it' appeal aims to raise ￡300 million to help build the CCC, deliver transformation in cancer care, advance research and save lives.

At just under 19,000 metres squared, the building will provide a high-quality environment consistent with the hospital’s world-renowned paediatric care and research activities.

The full press release can be found here.

First anniversary of Supply Chain Sustainability School

We marked one year since the establishment of the Supply Chain Sustainability School (IE). To mark the occasion a summit was held in University College Dublin (UCD) where Programmes Manager Andrew Wilson told of how the school has now grown to 23 high-profile partners.

Anthony Burrows, Social Value Manager, Sisk participated in a panel discussion on social impact and the renewed focus this year on getting better measurement and evaluation of activities.

Another notable speaker at the summit was Ingrid De Doncker, member of our external Sustainability Advisory Council.

Making an impact to communities around the Etihad Stadium in East Manchester

We are currently expanding and enhancing the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, the home of Manchester City Football Club.

Alongside the club’s local community activities, our onsite team is also focused on enhancing social value and sustainability in the surrounding areas of East Manchester. Our article published in January looks at some of the stories so far.

Read it here.

Sisk Rail on track in latest framework

Sisk Rail, a division of Sisk, was recently announced as a winner on the latest Pagabo facilities management framework in the UK.

We have been successful on Lot 3 on the Total Facilities Management Framework in the following geographical areas:

• South West
• London & South East
• Wales
• Midlands
• North

Chilling feat helps brings home the medals

Our Head of Quality, Brian Dillon, represented Ireland as team captain at the IISA (International?Ice?Swimming?Association) World Championships 2025 that took place in January at Molveno, Italy. Ice Swimming?is swimming in water temperature of 5.0C / 41.0F or lower, unassisted, wearing one standard swimming?costume, one pair of goggles, and one standard swimming silicon cap.?IISA first introduced the?Ice Mile?as its ultimate achievement.

Brian managed to finish in the Top 10 in the world for his age, for an extreme ice kilometre.

Not only that but he also helped motivate the rest of the Irish team to win 27 medals, plus one world record and several personal bests in extreme ice swimming conditions.

An incredible effort - well done Brian!

In depth: Embracing innovation in concrete road replacement projects

In 2024 we successfully completed the A14 J47A-49 Concrete Roads reconstruction project in Suffolk.

In January we released the article below, which looks at how our team embraced innovation to ensure the project finished on time and under budget...and how the challenging subgrade was overcome.

Read the full article here.

Image of the month

Our work on the Moda Great Charles Street project is now over 50% complete. This image was shot from one of the hoists in mid-January, showing the heavy activity that is happening daily at this impressive BTR development in central Birmingham.

The latest project update can be found here.