Author: Kevin Barry BSc(Hons) MRICS

      A DOWNPATRICK-based engineering firm has built a new £1 million manufacturing hub in response to growing demand. CM Precision Components Ltd opened a new 16,000 sq ft facility at Invest NI’s Killough Road Industrial Estate last year. The advanced engineering firm, which produces precision machined components for the automotive, materials handling and […]

A compromise brexit deal is good for all the people in Northern Ireland and Ireland generally. For business and agriculture, as practical as possible. 10 NI industry bodies have voiced their support of a deal, including the Ulster Farmers Union. Our children deserve opportunities which we did not benefit from, growing up through the Troubles. […]

Click on image above for People’s Vote tactical voting information.   For reasons totally unknown 🤔, the prospect of an early General Election is high, especially if regulatory alignment in the Irish Sea is not on the table as a means of solving the main Brexit issue. Brexit is the defining issue of our times. Boris […]

  Within NI, it has been a while pricing large dwellings, especially dwellings over 5,000ft2, until now. For further information on costs comparisons, please contact for details.        

Coulter completes dominant Irish Girls’ Close win 

Not withstanding the traditional, cultural activities taking place over the next few weeks, it is business as normal for QUINTIN QS. Please forward any inquiries as normal.

      Updated 27th June 2019:   Tenders received back and being assessed via the Priceable Schedule of Works (BQ) in Excel. A proposed two storey dwelling as above image. Contractors asked what they thought of Priceable Schedule (BQ) and feedback was positive. Notwithstanding the onus on the tenderer to check the computation and our […]

        QUINTIN QS has today been approved a global supplier of QS services through Perfect Circle, a network of global business consulting firms. Through contacts in the Belfast office of Gleeds, with 71 offices in 20 countries over 6 continents, Gleeds are very much a global consultancy. Each and every one of […]

As a family outing, we travelled to Newry via the coast road from Portaferry, through Newcastle and onwards to Greencastle (Co. Down) and landed in Greenore (Co. Louth) via the Carlingford Lough ferry. Visited Newry and returned home via same route. Thumbs up from family as scenery impressive !