Sodexo to work with MTU
An on-site services provider is to deliver facilities management and technical services at MTU Cork, it was announced this week.
Sodexo confirmed on Monday it will deliver these services to MTU Cork as part of a €250 million (ex. VAT) higher education Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project recently announced by Minister Simon Harris.
Sodexo said this is it largest PPP project in Ireland to date and once construction is completed, Sodexo will be central to the delivery of a suite of facilities management and technical services on 6 new buildings at technological iniversity campuses in Cork, Tralee, Athlone, Dublin and at IADT in Dun Laoghaire. Those services will include contract management, building and asset management, energy and utilities management, waste management, health and safety, cleaning, security and waste management.
When all 6 buildings are completed, they will comprise circa 38,060sqm of additional building space at the campuses and will cater for 5,147 additional student places. The project is being delivered under Project Ireland 2040 which recognises that investment in education is central to achieving a strong, future-proofed economy, balanced across the regions, and a just society in which all citizens are enabled to fulfil their potential.
Deirdre Saunders, divisional director, Schools and Universities, Sodexo Ireland, said: “We are delighted to be part of a national, strategically important project that will elevate third level educational facilities.
“For Sodexo, people are at the heart of everything we do, and our objective is to deliver first-class, responsive and flexible facilities management services to create a welcoming environment that reflects positively on each campus and improves the quality of life for students and faculty alike.”
Sodexo already delivers integrated facilities management for the central and east quads at the TU Dublin campus in Grangegorman in addition to full services at 1 primary level and 9 secondary level PPP schools throughout the country.