Happy new year from M O’Brien!

M O’Brien would like to wish all of its staff, customers and supply chain partners a very happy new year full of happiness and prosperity! Thank you for all your hard work and trust placed in the M O’Brien group of companies. We look forward to welcoming you all back on the 3rd of January and working with you throughout … Read More

Christmas Cards

This year as an alternative to Christmas cards M O’Brien have been making donations to chosen domestic charities to support those in need throughout this festive time of year. The charities we have been supporting include; FareShare UK, The Trussell Trust and Action for Children. We have also been supporting our customers efforts to collect food, supplies and Christmas presents for those in most … Read More

M O’Brien Plant Hire achieves Costain blue recognition for Thames Tideway project.

We are really pleased to have been recognised by Costain Group PLC with a Costain Blue award for exceptional performance on the Thames Tideway Tunnel project in consecutive quarters. Our fantastic operations team, Plant operators and delivery drivers are very proud of the achievement and we thank them for their team work and enthusiasm that allows M O’Brien to stand out as … Read More

M O’Brien ready’s to embark on Aid Alliance convoy.

We are delighted to become a member of the Plant & Hire Aid alliance, set up by like minded companies within the plant sector who have formed an alliance to provide aid and support to the people of Ukraine. We will be taking part in a convoy from the 16th to 19th of October, transporting much needed supplies and humanitarian … Read More

World Mental Health Day 2022

Today is World mental Health Day, an important day for everyone to get involved with. The campaign provides us an opportunity to come together and start the conversation around mental health and wellbeing. Sadly those working in the construction industry are three times more likely to be affected by mental health problems, which can often be overlooked due to the … Read More

M O’Brien signs new and updated Supply Chain Sustainability School Plant charter

The Supply Chain Sustainability School (the School) is leading the way for the UK’s built environment to drastically reduce onsite emissions of air that are harmful to human health and the planet, such that they will reach net zero by 2040 and contribute to UN Sustainable Development Goals 3, 11 and 13. The School’s Plant Group developed the Plant Commitment Charter to encapsulate … Read More

Monthly recognition award – September

This months recognition award goes to Sheila O’Connor, from M O’Brien Civil Engineering’s delivery team. Sheila has been working on the Riverlinx project and coordinating the site logistics for the excavation of the shaft works undertaken by the team. Sheila has liaised with our in house transport team as well as our supply chain in order to facilitate the successful … Read More

Caterpillars Next generation Dozer range, Explained!

Caterpillar D6 VPAT Blade

Having taken delivery of a large number of the Next Generation Caterpillar dozer’s this week, it seems like as good a time as any to explain the changes to Cat’s new numbering system for its new Dozer lineup. Initially, Cat dozers were named with letter modifiers to differentiate machines that existed within the same size class, such as D6T, D6N … Read More

Monthly recognition award – August

This months recognition award goes to Stuart McCabe from M O’Brien Plant Hire’s service department. We received overwhelming praise from one of our valued clients for Stuarts approach to maintaining excellent service levels, and ensuring machinery uptime on this unique and complex project. The service team play a vital role in delivering consistently high standards across our group of companies, Well done … Read More

Operator recognition: Gheorgeh Sumlanschi

We like to recognise and reward whenever we see our companies values being demonstrated positively in the field. We received some very positive feedback about our operator Gheorgeh on one of our Birmingham based projects last week. The clients works manager and Director of safety were conducting a site visit when they seen our 8 tonne excavator working adjacent to … Read More