Minister officially opens new office for local company at the cutting edge
The Minister of State with special responsibility for Housing and Urban Development, Damien English, has officially opened the new offices of MKO on the Tuam Road.
MKO, who employ over 65 people, moved into the Faustina Building earlier in the year, and the official office opening was attended by over 150 people.
Those in attendance heard how the company had grown since originally founded by three individuals nearly 20 years ago, to be the largest company of its type in the country.
MKO works on large infrastructure and commercial development projects, providing specialist planning, environmental and project management services to both private and public clients.
MKO has grown to now include six specialist teams, offering services across the fields of planning, environmental, ecology, ornithology, estates and project management and land solutions.
The company took possession of the Faustina Building at the end of 2018 after it had lain idle for over a decade, commencing their office fit-out using all Galway-based contractors and suppliers.
MKO is occupying 8,500 square feet on the first floor, fitted out to a very high standard.
MKO came through the recession in a relatively strong position, managing to retain their key people and win work to keep them busy, and then quickly began to grow again.
For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.
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