Extreme Balconies Visit
Extreme Balconies, a multi-award-winning Irish company specialising in innovative balcony systems for the residential construction sector. A leader in Modern Methods of Construction (MMC), the company delivers high-quality, engineered balcony solutions to Ireland’s largest residential developers. Known for rapid growth and technical innovation, Extreme Balconies was recently recognised with the ICE Awards’ MMC Product of the Year honour.
“In just one day, we set an Irish construction industry record for installing 52 balconies in one day. They were among the 1,000+ units we have fitted to date at the Seven Mills site, the single largest balcony installation project in the history of the Irish State. This simply wouldn’t be possible without MMC.”
Managing Director, Extreme Balconies
Anthony Keeler next delivered a presentation titled ‘Delivering Homes at Scale through Standardisation & MMC’. This talk was focused on how Cairn’s approach to digital ‘Kit of Parts’ has enabled the developer to adopt and promote the use of MMC on a range of residential projects across the country. Anthony then talked specifically about standardising a small range of balcony designs, to reduce the need for variation across different projects, and subcontracting to Extreme Balconies to achieve this efficiency.
Brendan Corcoran closed the first part of the Business Support Event by discussing Glenveagh’s gradual progression to delivering residential projects that require balcony installation. He also discussed the partnership with Extreme Balconies and how it has evolved across different developments. Brendan focused on the project efficiencies delivered with offsite modular construction while also highlighting the flexible approach Extreme Balconies takes to adapting to the needs of each individual Glenveagh project.
After the presentations, the speakers were invited back to the stage for a short Q&A. The discussion covered topics including future plans for the Skillnet MMC Accelerate Initiative and the operational benefits of modular construction. Cairn and Glenveagh were also asked for their perspectives, as the two largest residential developers in Ireland, on the most promising categories of MMC for delivering housing at scale.
This Business Support Event was capped off with a live demonstration of a balcony being assembled by the Extreme Balconies team, before a guided tour of Extreme Balconies’ assembly facility and an overview of the manufacturer's chain of logistics.
