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Breffni Plant Hire raises the bar
An all encompassing list of modern plant and machinery, competitive pricing,
unrivalled levels of customer service and an ability to move with the
times have been the cornerstones of Breffni Plant Hire Ltd’s success
for more than three decades.
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Sean and Annette Flynn, of Leitrim and Cavan respectively established
the appropriately named Breffni Plant Hire Ltd in 1971. Down through the
years, the company has built up an impressive customer list in both the
public and private sectors.
Nowadays the company works for the various county councils in Dublin and
surrounding counties as well as Iarnrod Eireann, the Office of Public
Works and a host of building and civil engineering contractors throughout
the country.
While the bulk of the company’s work would be located in the greater
Dublin area, Breffni Plant Hire is ready, willing and able to carry out
projects throughout Ireland.
The company is involved in a myriad of activities including plant hire,
site clearance, landscaping, construction, demolition and rail works.
Like many of its peers in the plant hire sector, part of Breffni Plant
Hire’s success can be attributed to the boom in the construction
sector in Dublin since the early 1990s. However, the company played a
huge part in moulding its own destiny.
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Sean
and Annette Flynn established the company in 1971
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The company has been able to expand into numerous areas that can all
be pulled in under the loose heading of plant hire. Of equal importance
is the fact that this expansion has been achieved while complying with
all relevant legislation governing the various sector the company has
entered.
Another vital ingredient in the company’s success is it staff, which
number upwards on 70 people. Breffni Plant Hire prides itself on having
a relatively low turnover of staff. “A lot of the staff have been
between 10 and 15 years service with the company, while many more would
be with us for at least five years. We feel our staff are one of our biggest
assets,” Sean explained.
Throughout the company from administration to machine and lorry operators
to general operatives, Breffni Plant Hire has an experienced, well trained
and customer friendly staff intent on delivering high levels of customer
service. “All our staff are equally important to us. They are all
part of the same chain leading to a successful company and they have important
roles to play with in the company,” he added.
To facilitate the smooth running of operations, the company utilises an
extensive list of plant and machinery comprising of artic and tipper trucks,
track and mobile excavators, dozers and dump trucks along with a range
of smaller plant items.
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company employs upwards on 70 people
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Right across the company’s entire plant and machinery list, Breffni
Plant Hire has a mixture of new equipment, which is complemented by well-maintained
older stock. “You can’t replace every machine every year, which
means you will have a certain amount of older equipment. Having said that
we are constantly upgrading our equipment,” Sean revealed.
“The advantage of running modern equipment is that you don’t
have breakdowns. Downtime in this business is crucial. Many of our machines
would be working in tandem with each other. You just could not afford
to have labour and machinery idle for a lengthy duration because one machine
is broken-down on a particular site,” he added.
In order to keep the fleet in tip-top condition, the company has a well-apportioned
workshop in North Dublin where an experienced crew of fitters along with
Service Manager Ken maintain the entire plant and machinery stock. Much
of the work the fitters undertake would be preventative maintenance.
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Breffni
Plant has a wide and varied catalogue of products
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The workshop crew’s lot is made that little bit easier by virtue
of the fact that the company carries a spare machine in each category
be that a tipper truck, track and mobile excavator, dozer or dump truck.
“That means our fitters can take a machine in and give it the once
over before any such breakdown can occur,” Sean added.
Sean is acutely aware that maintenance and repairs are costly, whether
they are conducted “In house” or by a third party. But the company’s
excellent preventative maintenance programme means breakdowns are the
exeption rather than the norm. “In the unlikely event of a breakdown
we can provide a replacement machine to any site with the utmost efficiency,
which makes for peace of mind,” he remarked.
Since the turn of the last century, companies working in the construction
sector reported a general slowdown in the industry however this has not
adversely affected Breffni Plant Hire. “That is down to our reputation
for giving high levels of service using quality plant and equipment manned
by experienced staff. Price will always be an important consideration,
with our rates being extremely competitive however a quality service is
as important within the construction industry in the 21st century,”
he commented.
Sean concluded: “In the construction industry if your not going forward
your falling backwards and you can fall behind in a matter of weeks, not
years. So you have to be flexible and move with the times. In that respect
we are continually looking to the future.”
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