At Delmec, keeping our employees safe and healthy is at the heart of our daily operations. Sometimes this is relatively straightforward: we employ health and safety experts, we use cutting-edge safety equipment and we continuously strive to ensure our offices, sites and client towers are secure places to work. Protecting our employees’ mental health can [...]
The last eighteen months have been tough for everybody in the industry, from TowerCo owners to on-site maintenance teams, all the way to the many engineers, technicians and consultants who kept global communications flowing, ensuring that communities around the world stayed connected. As we all grappled with rapidly evolving circumstances and governmental instructions, the traditional roles [...]
It’s been a tough start to 2021, with surging Covid-19 numbers and new strains putting serious pressure on our health system and our safety. Here in Ireland, we’re in Level 5 lockdown, and likely to stay that way for some time to come. My family isn’t immune; all five of us contracted Covid-19 in early [...]
The tree is up, the presents are wrapped and we’re awaiting the arrival of the big man in red. In many ways, it all feels very familiar, but in others, Christmas 2020 is very different indeed. This time last year I was returning home from a sales trip around Asia. I’d covered eight countries in [...]
Like many CEOs right now, I’m running my company from my home. After more than twenty years working from our headquarters in Carlow, Ireland, it’s been quite the change. In March, when Ireland first went into Covid-19 lockdown, I converted my kids’ playroom into an office, creating a business hub within the house. It worked [...]
Drones are increasingly being used in the telco field for telecoms infrastructure surveys, providing up-to-date information on towers without the need for climbing crews. Here at Delmec we’re watching this development closely: the technology is progressing quickly, and we intend to be at the forefront of this newest evolution in our industry. We offer a [...]
In talking to many telecoms industry experts, attending conferences and reviewing articles written on 5G roll-out, I believe the industry has formed the following view of 5G roll-out and its effect on existing infrastructure. This view being, the 5G equipment will be positioned on infill street furniture type installations and this will require new small [...]
As a leader, it is uncommon that you will ever have a clear schedule. When you took on your role as a founder, CEO, or president, you sidelined a more flexible schedule in exchange for the responsibility of making your vision a reality. Yet, while you will rarely not have a busier schedule, that does [...]
Entrepreneurs are a passionate bunch — they have to be. That tireless passion is what drives them forward, helping them overcome the inevitable hurdles in their pursuit of success. Yet, this passion can also be detrimental if left unchecked. It is easy to lose yourself in endless to-do lists, meetings, and deadlines. This happens to [...]
As we close out 2019, you are likely reflecting on all of the goals you set for yourself this same time last year. Ideally, you were able to cross off all the goals on your list — but, if we are being honest with ourselves, this is not usually the case. More commonly, we are [...]