Electric.ie January/February 2022

ELECTRIC.IE • The Magazine & Website for the Irish Electrical Industry • 5 Editorial electric.ie Electric Bureau Ireland Ltd., Bluebell House Business Centre, Bluebell Avenue, Dublin 12 Tel: (087) 6698028 Info@electric.ie Reg. Dublin: 512293 Colin Sherlock Sales & Marketing Manager Layout/Design colin.sherlock@electric.ie DISCLAIMER Electric Bureau Ireland Ltd. accept no respon- siblity for the accuracy of contributed articles or statements appearing in this publication. Electric.ie is published by Electric Bureau Ireland Ltd. The magazine is circulated throughout Ireland and is available on wholesale trade counters and from representatives of electrical distributors who are members of EMDA The editor welcomes: contributions of technical papers, information on new products, details of installation projects and all editorial input of interest to our readers. Printed by W&G Baird J oe Walsh, General Manager of Siemens Ireland. H appy new year to all our readers, advertisers and supporters. As 2022 begins with some restrictions still in place, it feels like we have a while to go before we can get back to normality. 2021 has certainly brought its problems with shortages in material supplies and rising costs. However, the industry reports it is in good shape and these issues will improve over time. Last year in these pages we spoke about the lack of the availability of specialist training across all sectors of the industry. We are pleased to note that the various associations led by the EIFI have responded to this challenge. Mark Keogh has made great progress through Engineering Skillsnet. Ken Legros has introduced suitable training for electrical wholesalers, with support from EIFI and in association with EDA. The AEW will present their own awards event this year. This is great support and encouragement to participants in the scheme. The government has also supported interest in training with increased finance assistance support for apprenticeships and increased access to skilled training to take advantage of this new digital age. 2022 marks the tenth year of the publication of ELECTRIC.ie . Hager Electrical Wholesaler Spotlight: CSGL Electrical Our magazine continues to grow as the trade magazine of choice for all sectors of the Irish Electrical Industry. Our website and our social media platforms are delivering great results. We now have over 2,500 LinkedIn Followers and our website got over half a million page views in 2021. We are delighted to note the success of electrical companies at the ‘2021 NISO Occupational Health and Safety Awards'. Congratulations to the following who featured in the top awards: Supreme Award: Designer Group Gold Award: Welltec Engineering Silver Award: Jones Engineering Group President’s Award Construction: Winthrop Engineering/Contracting Congratulations to Joe Walsh who is now the new General Manager of Siemens Ireland (See page 31). Also to Gearóid McKenna who takes over the chair of the LAI (See page 21). In other news Ovia Lighting launch their new catalogue (see page 10) and Hager have a spotlight on CSGL Electrical (on page 8).