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What better way to cool down during this fabulous weather than with some ice creams.Our RESTORE committee organised a treat for our office staff today to

We are delighted to have been shortlisted for Finance Team of the Year at the prestigious Irish Accountancy

This week we hosted the first of 3 supply chain engagement mornings at the Seamus Heaney Centre,

Last week we attended the Housing 2022 Conference in Manchester, Europe's largest Housing Event

June hosts the annual “Men’s Health Week” across the globe, which is a time to bring awareness to important health issues that affect men

CFM were delighted to be recognised in this year’s Harbinson Mulholland’s Top 50

We are delighted to partner with the North West Regional College (NWRC) to help deliver their 2022 Construction Pre Employment Programme

We are delighted to have secured a position on the Fusion21 4 year ‘ Decarbonisation Framework' for Northern Ireland

We are delighted to be taking part in the Construction Employers Federation (CEF) annual Safety Reboot throughout the month of January.

In an ideal world, we wouldn’t need to collect coats to help keep people within our communities warm, however, this is unfortunately is the sad reality

CFM have been recognised for our environmental performance in this year’s Annual Environmental Benchmark survey conducted by

CFM are very proud to have achieved a Silver rating from Investors in People 2021. Investors in People set the standard for effective people management and defines

Last month 35 Team Members sacrificed the warmth and comforts of their homes and took to the open air as part of our “Sleep Out” initiative to help raise awareness

Today our Team went pink to mark “Wear It Pink Day” in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. As always, our fabulous CFM team came out in force to show

Double celebrations as CFM scoop two awards at this years CEF Construction Excellence Awards! We were thrilled to pick up not one, but two awards at yesterday

We are delighted to welcome the latest intake of apprentices to our successful training academy. These eager and enthusiastic young individuals have just

35 CFM Team Members sacrificed the warmth and comforts of their homes and took to the open air as part of our “Sleep Out” initiative to help raise awareness

Team CFM were delighted to join the virtual Best Managed Companies Awards this week as we requalify as a Gold Standard Deloitte Best Managed Company

Today team CFM celebrated International Week of Happiness at Work. Everybody wants to be happy, both inside and outside of work. At CFM, a happy workforce is

CFM were recently presented with a ‘Community Champion’ award from Kinship Care for our team’s commitment and support during what was a difficult

We were delighted to make several drop-offs this week to our local community groups, of the outdoor furniture constructed by our apprentices during our 'pallet furniture competition'.

Last Friday team members from across our depots came together for a friendly round of golf in aid of our charity partner Aware NI. 10 teams, 10 holes and too

CFM are delighted to be announced as a finalist in this year’s CEF Construction Excellence Awards. The Construction Excellence Awards were launched in 1999

We are delighted to have received ‘Highly Commended’ in this year’s Go Awards NI - Social Value category, in partnership with our client the Northern Ireland Housing

To recognise World Earth Day 2021, during the month of April CFM ran a ‘Bin smART’ competition for our team members children where they were challenged to create their best art sculpture using blue bin items only.

We are delighted to announce the launch of our 2021 Apprenticeship Programmes. CFM have been providing all trades apprenticeship opportunities since 1974. Our

CFM are delighted to secure a place on the Procurement for Housings ‘Planned Maintenance & Property Reinvestment Framework’ as one of five National

This week the ladies at CFM celebrated International Women’s Day, a day which is set aside to celebrate the social, economic and cultural achievements of women

CFM’s apprenticeship strategy is a key focus to ensure we #BuildTheFuture. We encourage, attract and recruit young people into the industry, bringing with them

In January our staff embarked on a corporate wellness challenge to commit to spend the next 6 weeks focusing on exercise as a means of looking after and promoting

We would like to congratulate our team member Helen Doherty has recently passed her NEBOSH Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety. Helen works within our Projects Department,

Despite the challenges that 2020 brought to the Construction & Maintenance Sector, CFM and our teams remained resilient as we successfully mobilised and opened our 5th operational

CFM are delighted to be supporting the Construction Employers Federation (CEF) Safety Reboot throughout January 2021, a month long initiative where we will stop works for 15 min

Our staff teamed up this year to help us support toy appeals across our local areas. The generosity shown by our staff, especially at such difficult time

Today we celebrate Christmas Jumper Day 2020. Our teams were feeling very festive today as they dusted off their Christmas Jumpers to get involved in todays

We are very pleased to welcome Roisin Kearney to the CFM Team. Roisin takes on the role of ‘HR, People and Culture Manager’ responsible for

Today we were delighted to welcome Leoné and Alan from The Olive Branch (Respecting Minds) to collect a cheque for the funds raised by our staff in aid of World Mental Health Day 2020.

CFM have just completed and handed over the last of 521 properties, which were part of an External Cyclical Maintenance Improvements Program

CFM have recently been awarded a contract with the Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service for the refurbishment of their Magherafelt Station.

We are delighted to have been shortlisted in the Investors in People Awards 2020 'Health & Wellbeing Award'.

This week we were delighted to welcome and on board 55 new staff to the CFM team who will help us deliver our recently awarded Maintenance and Improvement Contract with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive

Following cancellation of this year’s Belfast Marathon, our eager staff instead signed up to complete a virtual marathon where each of them challenged themselves to complete 26.2 miles

CFM are delighted to further expand our partnership with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, having been awarded a recent contract to deliver building,

CFM have successfully secured two further projects with our clients Triangle Housing & Habinteg Housing Association via our Fusion21 Construction &

Our staff and their kids recently got creative for our ‘Rainbow Competition’ in support of the NHS, where they spent time creating their best rainbow to be in with a chance of winning an Amazon tablet. There were some fantastic entries..

We are delighted to say that 3 of our Senior Management Team have now completed their CMI Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management & Leadership with the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).

We would like to congratulate our Corporate Services Director Paula Loughlin, who has just recently completed the course ‘Finance for Non-Finance Directors, Level 8’ with the Institute of Directors in Ireland.

We are delighted to continue our relationship with Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council having recently renewed our position on their Building Framework to carry out maintenance and minor works projects to their estates.

This week brings our “100 Day Challenge” to an end. In January past, our staff embarked on a corporate wellness challenge to commit to exercise every day for the foreseeable 100 days. 49 of our staff signed up for the challenge, and their results are remarkable!

Through the powers of technology and remote working, training will continue for our staff, making best use of this time to complete and update worthwhile training across the business. Our CIOB Level 4 staff who are completing their certificate..

Last month the ladies at CFM celebrated International Women’s Day, a day which is set aside to celebrate the social, economic and cultural achievements of women across the world. CFM support females across all roles within the business, from trades apprenticeships...

At our Annual Staff Engagement Event 2020, we recognised the fantastic service and commitment of some of our longer serving team, as 2020 marks a milestone in their CFM careers. Eugene Lynn our Southwest Depot Manager...

CFM have recently been awarded a place on Mid and East Antrim Borough Council 'Minor Works Building Framework'. CFM are one of four contractors placed on this framework to complete building repair..

Team CFM were delighted to attend Deloitte’s ‘Best Managed Companies Symposium 2020’ on Friday past in the Convention Centre Dublin, having requalified as one of 14 Gold Standard Best Managed Companies in Northern Ireland.

CFM are delighted to have secured a place on two of Fusion 21’s recent 4 year frameworks, including their ‘Heating & Renewables’ framework for Northern Ireland and their ‘Energy Efficiency’ framework for Northern Ireland and Scotland.

For the past few weeks, CFM have been holding a series of company wide Business Stakeholder Engagement events across each of our sites. These events reflected on the successes of 2019, with key themes including trust, leadership and business improvements

To kick off National Apprenticeship Week 2020, we were delighted to join CITB NI and our client Radius Housing yesterday as the CITB Mobile Training Unit made its first school appearance, parking up at Dunclug College (Ballymena) for the day.

CFM were pleased to host members from the CITB NI and C-STEmp (Construction Skills Training and Empowerment Project) for a joint tour of our Training Academy at our Mid Ulster Depot.

CFM in partnership with our training provider the North West Regional College (NWRC) were thrilled to pick up the award for "Best Apprenticeship Scheme" last week at the UK NHMF awards in Birmingham.

For the past 8 weeks our staff have been battling it out to be named ‘CFM’s Biggest Loser.’

CFM were delighted to welcome the inspirational and talented Paddy Heaney from Train Station Fitness Academy to our Head Office to deliver his 'life changer' presentation.

Last Week, our Managing Director Pat Keenan travelled to London to attend the Green Apple Awards hosted at the prestigious Houses of Parliament.

CFM have recently secured three new Planned Maintenance Works Contracts with our key client the Northern Ireland Housing Executive.

Last week we welcomed members from the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, the Central Housing Forum, Supporting Communities and NIHE tenant representatives to our Mid Ulster depot for a tour of our bespoke training facilities and an overview of our Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives, where we actively target and engage with the communities of which we service.

CFM were thrilled to present Margaret Mc Crossan from Aware NI with a cheque for the money raised from our recent Spin-A-Thon event marking National Fitness Day 2019

CFM have recently been awarded Accreditation against the Investors in People Standard 2019. Attending the celebration event last week at Belfast Castle, Paula Loughlin (Corporate Services Director) and Ciara O’Connor (HR & Accounts Administrator) were delighted to collect our accreditation, demonstrating our commitment to realising the full potential of our people.

Last month over 200 CFM staff and family members gathered at the Jungle NI for a day of family fun and adventure. 2019 is CFM’s 45th year in business and this was a great event for staff and families to come together to celebrate this milestone.

On Wednesday 25th September, National Fitness Day, CFM staff put their endurance to the test and underwent a spin-a-thon in aid of Aware NI.

We are delighted to have been short listed as ‘Employer of the Year’ in the 2019 Investors in People Awards.These awards celebrate the best in people management practice amongst Investors in People accredited businesses and we are thrilled to be recognised as an employer of choice.

We are delighted to have won an ‘International Green Apple Award’ in the campaign to find the greenest companies 2019.

CFM have handed over a further restoration project to the Education Authority having recently completed works to Corrick Residential Youth Centre, Plumbridge

CFM, in partnership with Apex Housing, have recently completed phase 2 of fit out and improvement works to Foyle Foodbank Social Enterprise Facility based in Springtown Derry City.

CFM have recently completed repairs to the historic library at Falls Road Belfast.

Following competitive tender CFM are delighted to have renewed our Mechanical Maintenance contract with the Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council, for both planned and reactive maintenance throughout the council’s estates.

Works have commenced at the Central Fire Station Belfast, where CFM are carrying out the installation of a new fire alarm system, suspended ceilings and lighting throughout.

In line with our “RESTORE” Health and Wellbeing Strategy, during ‘National Walking Month’ CFM employees were encouraged to walk for 20 minutes a day, to promote a healthy, active lifestyle contributing to their overall mental and physical wellbeing

CFM are delighted to be announced as a finalist in this year’s CEF Construction Excellence Awards.

CFM were recently appointed by the Mid Ulster District Council to undertake complex restoration works to a Grade B1 listed former railway ‘Goods Shed’ built c.1870 and which is now used as a storage warehouse.

Ten of our management team of recently qualified ‘Chartered Construction Managers’ attended their Chartered Institution of Building (CIOB) graduation on Saturday hosted by the Lord Mayor of Dublin in the beautiful surroundings of the Mansion House, Dublin.

CFM have recently been awarded a further contract with Apex Housing for oil to gas conversions to several of their commercial residential properties throughout the West.

CFM’s management team recently joined forces with David Meade’s ‘Give a Hand’ Programme, to partake in a team building exercise like no other. Our staff were given the opportunity to build real clinical prosthetic hands that are donated through this programme to needy individuals in the third world.

CFM in partnership with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive are among several companies shortlisted in the Business in the Community, NI Responsible Business Awards.

CFM have recently committed towards reducing plastic waste in the workplace and embracing the global movement towards reducing plastic ending up in our oceans.

CFM are delighted to have recently been appointed on “Fusion 21’s” Construction Works and Improvements Framework for Northern Ireland. Going live on April 1st, this framework offers a range of internal and external refurbishment and improvement works to public sector bodies.

CFM have recently been awarded a contract by the Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service (NIFRS) for refurbishment works to the Newtownhamiton Fire Station.

CFM has been named as one of Ireland’s Best Managed companies in the 2019 Deloitte Best Managed Companies Awards programme. This is CFM’s fourth year of participating in the program and by demonstrating continued evolvement, growth, best practice and governance helped secured us recognition as one of thirteen Gold Standard Best Managed companies

Apprentices from each of our operational depots recently visited our in-house training academy at our Mid Ulster depot to take part in an apprentice training day.

At our recent stakeholder events we took time to recognise some of our long serving staff as 2019 marks a mile stone in their CFM careers.

In January 2019 we held our annual Companywide Business Review/Stakeholder Engagement events.

At our Head Office in Magherafelt we have remodelled one of our meeting rooms and named it the “MG room” after one of our most inspirational employees Quantity Surveyor, Myles Gallagher.

CFM have recently been awarded a contract for refurbishment works to the Falls Road Library, Belfast, on behalf of the Education Authority.

Working alongside our client Antrim and Newtownabbey Bourgh Council, CFM have recently completed pavement upgrade works to the area surrounding the Ballyclare War memorial.

Apex Housing Association have appointed CFM to complete their ‘Cosy Home Upgrades’ to 122 properties across the West area.

Last week, CFM attended the Mid Ulster Business Awards at Corrick House, where we grabbed the award for ‘Excellence in People Development’.

CFM are delighted to announce that we have been appointed to Lot 3 for Minor Building Works, along with placement on the Lot 1 & 2 frameworks of Response and Planned Preventative Maintenance for the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service.

CFM have been an accredited Investors in People company since 2015, and have just completed our reassessment against the latest sixth Generation Investors In people Standard and are delighted to announce we not only met the standard but exceeded it.

CFM are delighted to have won at this year’s CEF Specify Construction Excellence Awards!

On Saturday 22nd September, CFM and Beam held our annual team building charity event at the Jungle NI’s, completing the ‘Crystal Maze Challenge’

CFM were delighted for Agata Brussy, a year 12 pupil at Pius X College to take home the CFM Cup for the first year running at last month’s School Prize Giving Ceremony.

CFM are delighted to be announced as a finalist in this year’s CEF Construction Excellence Awards

CFM recently completed Fit Out works to the James Clow Apartment Block overlooking the Belfast Docks.

As a new member of the 5% club, CFM become one of 250 UK companies committed to providing ‘earn & learn’ opportunities to develop the skills and talents of our people for long term careers.

CFM were invited to speak at this years Northern Ireland's Schools & Careers Association Spring Conference about our in house Taining Academy

CFM have been awarded a place on the Northern Irelands Education Authority Building Works Framework

Apex Housing Association have appoint CFM to carry out installation of new natural gas and oil fired central heating systems to 109 of their properties in Glendale, Derry City.

CFM have been awarded two Major Building Adaptions contracts (North & South Regions) with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive.

This year CFM staff took part in Belfast City Marathon to raise vital funds for Cash For Kids NI.

CFM have been appointed to Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Councils Minor Works and Building Repairs Framework

Some of the CFM team attended Deloitte’s Best Managed Company Symposium this month in Dublin having requalified as one of ‘Irelands Best Managed Companies’ for the third year running.

CFM were pleased to work in partnership with Apex housing association as main contractor in the fit out of their new Foyle Foodbank social enterprise facility based in Springtown Derry City

CFM maintenance team have embarked on a 12-week 'Lean Services' training programme.

CFM partner Social Enterprise Roe Valley Residents Association and NIHE with vital first aid awareness training.

This January we recognised the amazing service and commitment of some of our longer serving team as 2018 marks a mile stone in their CFM careers.

CFM are pleased to be shortlisted as a finalist in the National Housing Maintenance Forum 'Best Practice in Maintenance Awards' 2018.

CFM Placement Student Shortlisted for 'Student of the Year Award' at the All-Ireland Topcon, Plant & Civil Engineer Awards

CFM have been successful in being awarded a place on the APEX Building, Mechanical and Electrical Frameworks for both Lots 1 & 2. Framework projects will be throughout Northern Ireland and include all services/works relating to internal & external cyclical maintenance as well as mechanical and electrical installations/maintenance upgrades.

Combined Facilities Management Ltd has been named as one of Ireland’s ‘Best Managed’ companies in the Deloitte Best Managed Companies Awards Programme.The awards event in Dublin’s Convention Centre on 3rd March 20

CHOICE Housing have appointed CFM to carry out Multi Element Improvement works to 70 of its properties in the Greater Belfast area.

Improvement works to community groups buildings

Complying with industry legislation

Internal Improvement Works

Joinery & Building Works

Servicing the West of Northern Ireland

Newtownabbey & Antrim Council

Creating a modern classic internal design

NIHE Social Housing Repair Contracts

Asset Management to Social Housing Portfolio

Guaranteed Quality Workmanship

Consecutive Years for nominations

Belfast Met College Apprenticeship & Training Awards 2016

1000+ properties avail of Maintenance services

Fifteen Floor Apartment Block gets facelift

Best Newcomer

CFM recognised at Deloitte Best Managed Companies ceremony

CFM begin construction of Commercial Units and Offices

CFM nominated contractor for insurance restoration project

Beetling Mill gets new lease of life

Communal Allotments benefit from Rain Water Harvest System

Continuing to work Safely & Responsibly

Apartment Block Fit Out

CFM Accept Award for Excellence In People Development

Excellence in People Development Finalist

Celebrating achieving the Investors in People standard

CFM guest speakers at the Launch of Mid Ulster Economic Development Plan

Planned installations underway

Sharing Best Practice

Raising awareness of Gas Safety

Civil engineering works

Protecting vulnerable householders from the effects of rising fuel bills

Commercial ventilation installation

Facilities Management Awards 2015

Building to PassivHaus standards

Installation of vacuum and ventilation ductwork

Best Building Maintenance Provider Category

8 Week Programme to reinstate family home

Expanding our range of services to insurance industry

Providing M & E Services to NHS Hospital

40 years of Commitment to Excellence

18,000 homes provided with Response Maintenance Service

Works include Refurbishments and Multi Element Improvements

Providing maintenance to 2,300 homes

Training Programme benefits young Apprentice

Class alterations to local Primary Schools

Working in occupied buildings

Policing & Community Safety Partnership

Residential Heating Installation

Providing Planned & Reactive Maintenance to 3400 homes

Residential Heating Installation

11,000 Sandbags Urgent Response Delivery

Commercial Building Project for Translink

Providing Planned & Reactive Maintenance to 2950 homes

Bespoke Building Maintenance Services

Major Building - Disabled Adaptations

Facilities Management service to Cancer Focus

Providing Planned & Reactive Maintenance to 2950 homes

Sheltered Accommodation benefits from boiler & heating upgrade

Less than 30 minutes to any Works location

Providing Planned & Reactive Maintenance to 12,300 homes

Building Maintenance & Bus Projects

100% Quality Guarantee

A commitment to delivering the highest quality building & specialist services makes the difference for CFM

CFM is proud to announce they have been shortlisted as Installer of the Year in Northern Ireland's Plumbing and Heating Awards 2012.

CFM recently sponsored the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) 50th Anniversary celebrations.

Providing Insurance Repairs to RBS clients throughout the UK

CFM is pleased to welcome Chris Megoran to it's growing team of Quantity Surveyors.

CFM's project team, working in partnership with one of Northern Ireland's leading Social Housing Associations, have commenced work to reinstate an extensively fire-damaged property to a fresh and re-lettable standard.