This month, a new sign went up over six well-known builders’ merchants across Dublin. That sign read ‘CORE’ and with a new slogan ‘We Supply. You Build’ – it officially announced the rebrand of these dedicated and long-standing expert builders providers and tool and plant hire specialists.
CORE is the result of an ambitious growth strategy overseen by Emma Maye and Alan Hegarty since the couple acquired their first builders’ merchants in Clondalkin village in 2016.
Clondalkin Builders Providers, as it was then known, was widely recognised as a ‘real builders’ merchant’ supplying numerous housing schemes, schools, hospitals and infrastructural projects since it was established in the 1980s.
It is a source of personal pride to Emma and Alan that many of the employees who started with Clondalkin Builders Providers in the 1980s remain with the CORE group today.
CORE CEO Emma Maye says, “Employees are the cornerstone of our business. To use an apt building metaphor, they are the foundation of every business decision we make.
In fact, not just the foundation. They are the mortar holding the bricks of our business together. By valuing our employees and their well-being, we have built a team around us that shares our vision for the future.”
CORE Founding Director Alan Hegarty says about CORE’s future, “CORE’s objective for the future is to continue to invest in our employees and to improve and enhance our customer service. We have maximised our offering to customers in the Dublin area by acquiring builders’ merchants in key locations in Coolock, Blackrock, Ringsend and Kimmage. We hope to continue our growth through further acquisition and to encourage building throughout the Leinster area.” The CORE group also owns www.build4less.ie one of Ireland’s first eCommerce sites for building materials.
