NVM IRELAND, First Floor,
Boyne Business Park, Drogheda,
OUTSTANDING SMALL BUSINESS
Co Louth. Tel: 041 9837435.
www.nvm.ie
Good
vibrations
Specialisinginenvironmental
monitoring,NationalVibration
Monitoringismakinginroadsin
newmarkets,despitethedownturn
‘We have started to run
in-house seminars for
architects and engineering
consultants where we
demonstrate how
geotechnical equipment
is used’
Edward Meade and Noel Carr
N
OEL Carr and Edward Meade decided to dataacquisitionservicestothemtomonitortheirimpact,” investheavilyinmarketing,bankingonourexperienceand
join forces in 2004 to specialise in the effec- Carr explains. track record to date. We are also looking at adding com-
tive monitoring of noise, dust and vibration “During the construction of ground or below-ground plementary services to our offering such as pre-construc-
and already they have their sights set on installations, soil or structural movements outside of tion surveys. Alliances could be the way to go about that,”
projects such as Metro North. accepted tolerances can lead to costly construction delays. says Carr.
Their company, National Vibration Monitoring (NVM) With the installation of our systems, we can continuously “Wehavestartedtorunin-houseseminarsforarchitects
Ireland,startedinasmallroominCarr’shousedoingsmall measuremovementandprovidesiteengineerswithdailyor and engineering consultants where we demonstrate how
local council jobs. The directors took on three more full- weeklyreportsthatwillallowforcorrectiveandcontrolling geotechnicalequipmentisusedoneverydaysites.Somecom-
timeandonemorepart-timememberofstaffin2005and action to be taken.” panies can see environmental monitoring as a hindrance,
won the contract to be solely responsible for environ- Thecompanyfocusesallofitseffortsonprovidingthemost butimplementingpreventativemeasuresandsolutionson
mental monitoring on the M50 motorway. NVM then cost-effective and efficient solutions, and technology plays data acquisition is far cheaper in the long run than having
moved into a 1,000 sq ft office in Boyne Business Park, an important part in this. to take corrective measures when guidelines aren’t met.”
Drogheda in 2006. “Wewatchoutforanynewtechnologythat’savailable;we’ll NVMistunedinto“anybigconstructionjobinthecoun-
“Having both worked for other companies, we felt we gototheUK,bringitbackandimplementitquicklyonnew try”, dealing with the likes of PJ Hegarty & Sons, Treasury
could do things a lot better in this area, as we could pro- sites. We also encourage clients to look at equipment they HoldingsandJohnSisk,Carrnotes.“Weworkedonphase
vide a more personal service. Edward had worked on already have, perhaps in storage. We can recalibrate it and oneofDundrumTownCentreandaredevelopingideasfor
projects such as the Jubilee Line on the London Under- get it up and running for them,” says Carr. phase two, while we have also worked on Athlone Town
ground,whileIwasintheserviceindustryinoccupational “Environmental monitoring used to be about plugging Centre.WearewatchingTransport21verycloselyandhave
noise monitoring,” Carr recalls. inadownloadleadintoanoisemeter,forexample,andget- alreadytakeninitialnoisereadingsonMetroNorthforcom-
“BeforewesetupNVM,alotofthecompaniesdoingour ting a result from there to a laptop. This is still the case, panies tendering for the project.”
typeofbusinessherewereUK-based.AnythatwereIrish- butnewtechnologyischangingeveryfewmonths.Wenow CarrsaysNVMhasn’tbeentouchedyetbytherecession.
basedweren’tcompletelyfocusedonenvironmentalmon- dial into our instruments using SIM-card technology, The company doubled its turnover every year until 2008,
itoring services.” which means we can download results online in real- and he expects the same to happen this year.
NVMsuppliesgeotechnicalinstrumentationregarding time. This saves clients money, as it stops us having to go “We won more business in the past four months than
settlement and movement when companies are undergo- on as many site visits, although a lot of them still like us we had done previously in a year,” says Carr. “A recent mar-
ing construction work. to download the data manually.” keting survey of our clients showed 100pc satisfaction
“Most companies would have to adhere to environmen- NVMrecentlydevisedanewbusinessplan,withaggres- from all of them and this has translated into repeat
tal impact statements, and we provide the equipment and sive growth targets set for three years. “We intend to business and referrals.”
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