O'Halloran & O'Brien Ltd. was incorporated in 1972. It is now in the sole ownership of Tom O'Brien. The company has evolved from a small groundworks company to a multi disciplined major contractor, encompassing the full spectrum of Civil Engineering and ground remediation. Over the past ten years, the inhouse planthire department was set up as a separate company, B&T Plant Hire Ltd.- www.bandtplanthire.co.uk The company now incorporates a Reinforced Concrete Frame division. This sector of the company, from small beginings in 1997, accounted for nearly 50% of the turnover in 2004.