LED Retrofitting: Best Practice, as established by McKeon Group having retrofitted 12,000+ luminaires Stephen Weir, MCIBSE IEng,Electrical Services Director, McKeon Group LED retrofitting refers to the replacement of older, generally fluorescent type lamps and luminaires. The long-term benefits of replacing dated lighting systems include significant saving on energy costs and lowering…
2020 marks the 70th year in business for McKeon Group; you can catch up on earlier celebratory initiatives here: https://mckeon.ie/mckeon-group-celebrates-70-years-in-the-industry/ As part of the anniversary celebrations, we collaborated with Ashbourne & District Lions Club to search for local heroes through the www.AshbourneHeroes.ie community campaign. This theme of giving back continues as the Group, through its…
The McKeon Group team recently completed an interesting restoration and fit out project on one of Dublin’s most iconic Georgian buildings, Trinity Townhouse. The hotel remained open for business and overnight guests as the works were ongoing. One of the most transformative elements of the development was the construction of a new restaurant, called Allta,…
Fit Out Project of the Year – Retail The team at McKeon Group are delighted to be named amongst the selected finalists in the Fit Out Awards 2020 for our retail project at Dublin’s iconic Royal Hibernian Way. You can read more about this project here: https://mckeon.ie/project-detail/royal-hibernian-way/ Launched in 2012, the annual…
McKeon Group Brings State of the Art Heating to Ancient Ireland In a manner of speaking! Brú na Bóinne Visitors’ Centre at Newgrange While 2020 marks the 70th year of operation for McKeon Group (and you can read about our celebratory community initiative here), October this year marks a decade since the…
~ By Jim Wheatley, Mechanical Services Director at McKeon Group As professionals in the commercial mechanical services industry, our focus year-on-year has been energy efficiency, carbon footprint reduction and constantly reducing the financial and resource cost of human comfort in our built environment. Then 2020 came along and everything got COVID-flipped. Offices and company…
McKeon Group was originally established back in 1950 under the name McKeon Construction by Tom McKeon. Back then, as one man and his van, Tom began providing construction and maintenance services to many of our current clients in and around Ashbourne. From making bricks to crafting his own hand tools, Tom was an innovator whose…
As part of McKeon Group’s commitment to staff training and upskilling, we have partnered with TechCon International Ltd., a specialist controls supplier, to provide BMS training for our electrical and mechanical teams. BMS or Building Management Systems are the technologies that bring a building to life and enhance the experience and comfort for the…