We are very pleased to have been joined this month by Alice Makin, who is here on work experience. Alice is at present completing her studies at Malvern College in Worcestershire. She then hopes to study to become a Quantity Surveyor.

Carreg Construction was the winner of the South Wales small commercial category (under £1 million) for its conversion work into luxury apartments and leisure facilities at the Granary, Slebech Park Hotel, Haverfordwest.


MD Andrew Phillips said “the fact that the Building Control officers at Pembrokeshire County Council recommended Carreg for this award makes it very gratifying and shows the high standard and hard work of Carreg staff”.

Carreg was the only Pembrokeshire winner of this event out of more than 90 companies that were shortlisted. Carreg is now a contender for the National LABC Awards that will be held in London.

12th March 2010, Cardiff. This evening Carreg Construction won a top award at the annual LABC Building Excellence event. Full details to follow.

Oriel y Parc, built by Carreg Construction, was recently praised at the Royal Town Planning Institute's (RTPI) Awards for creating a "real focal point at the entrance to the cathedral city." The project received the top Award for Rural Areas and the Natural Environment at the RTPI's ceremony held in London recently.

Described as "one of the most eco-friendly buildings in Wales" judges praised its environmental credentials. You can read full details on the BBC News website here.

Carreg Construction completed work on Oriel y Parc in 2008. Read all about the project here.

Carreg is very pleased to have been nominated for the prestigious finals of the LABC South Wales Building Excellence Awards 2010. This is in recognition of the ‘outstanding work on the conversion of the old granary into luxurious apartments, kitchen and leisure facilities at Slebech Park.

Work at Slebech Park was recently completed on time and on budget. The Building Excellence Awards dinner takes place in Cardiff on 12th March 2010.

We’re delighted to announce that a sister enterprise - Pren Joinery, will commence trading later this month. Pren Joinery will be manufacturing high quality, hardwood and softwood doors, window frames and staircases from its spacious, well equipped workshop in the St David’s Assemblies building. There has been a significant investment in plant & machinery and skilled & qualified staff taken on. Much of the manufacturing will be to meet Carreg Construction’s needs for quality joinery in its building projects. But Pren Joinery has more than enough capacity to meet demands from other building firms and private customers.

If you have a requirement for locally manufactured, high quality joinery products, please give us a call on 01348 831711 and speak to Andrew Phillips.

Carreg Construction recently sponsored a St John Ambulance charity fund raising event that was held at Slebech Park. The event itself was a black-tie ball, held in a magnificent marquee at Slebech Park, courtesy of Dragon LNG - who has used the marquee on the previous evening for their own conference.

The charity event was organised as an auction of products and services donated by local and national businesses, in order to raise thousands of pounds for St John Ambulance activities.

For more information about the work of St John Ambulance, have a look at their website.

Carreg Construction is very pleased to have been awarded the contract to build new public lavatories adjacent, to Oriel-y-Parc in St David's. The contract was awarded by Pembrokehire Coast National Park and the work will commence in October 2009. Completion of the works is expected by the spring of 2010 - in time for the new holiday season.

Carreg Construction takes its responsibility for environmental issues very seriously and is committed to finding ways to reduce the environmental impact of its business operations. Here are just a few practical examples of what we do:

We strive to minimise waste on site and in our office. We crush and grade rubble stone to be re-used in future projects. Waste timber is re-used in wood burning stoves and wood boilers. The company directors, Andrew & Sue Phillips, founded Croesgoch Community Plastics Collection in 2005. This is now part of St Davids Peninsula Plastics Group for waste plastic, with hundreds of members. Waste paper from our office is shredded and re-used as horse bedding and all waste cardboard is recycled.

Carreg Construction is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract for the renovation of Penrhiw in St Davids. Penrhiw is a former convent and a Grade 2 listed building.

Penrhiw is a magnificent structure that has suffered from many years of neglect. The new owners intend to transform it into an exclusive retreat and Carreg will be undertaking the sympathetic modernisation of the building during the next 12 months.

For more information, please phone Annie Loch on 01348 831711 or use the Contact Us form.

Carreg Construction is proud to be sponsoring the Really Wild Food Festival for the next three years.

St. Davids in Pembrokeshire, Britain’s smallest City, is the venue for this unique event. Set in the stunning Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, The Really Wild Food and Countryside Festival is a ‘Celebration of Food and Countryside Crafts Originating from the Wild’. It shows how we can all explore, understand and make use of wild materials in the same way that our ancestors did, but with some new ideas.

The 2009 festival will take place on 5th and 6th September in St Davids. For more information contact The Really Wild Food and Countryside Festival.

Carreg Construction is delighted to have been awarded a prestigious contract at Slebech Park Hotel for refurbishing the ‘old granary block’ into luxury 5-star accommodation apartments, amongst other requirements for the client.

The project is expected to be completed by January 2010. Slebech Park is a stunning setting for weddings and corporate events - as well as being a first class hotel destination. You can read all about Slebech Park here.