1974.
Bruce Shaw is born. Peter Bruce and Roy Shaw form ‘Bruce Shaw Partnership’, operating from 51 Camden Street, Belfast. Peter and Roy’s first clients include the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, Belmont Bowling Club and Nobles Hospital.
Profile
We lead.
We protect our client's interests.
We achieve our client's project goals.
We don't give up.
We always get it done.
Our Ethos.
Our Team.
Over the past 45 years we have been providing industry–leading cost and project management consultancy across many sectors including Commercial, Education, Healthcare, Recreation/Leisure, industrial, Religious, Mixed Use and Residential developments.
Our commitment is simple. We deliver projects on budget and on time. We achieve this through proactive management, cost accuracy and attention to detail. We are with our clients until the job is done – from the initial concept stages, right through to completion and beyond.
It’s our industry knowledge and ability to build strong relationships that set us apart. Our partners alone have more than 140 years of consultancy experience. Our team as a whole are driven by innovation and a commitment to excellence.
Looking to the future, our vision is to deliver value to clients no matter where they are. Skope’s roots are founded in Belfast but their client base and expertise extends throughout Great Britain and Ireland.
Our Culture.
We are proud to have fostered a culture of inclusivity, flexibility and commitment to excellence. Our clients are at the centre of our business, giving them our very best means being at our best. We’ve founded a culture of open doors and open dialogue.
Inclusivity breeds innovation, and as industry leaders we’re ahead of the game. It ensures we deliver the best value for our clients. We’ve been doing this for the past 45 years and it’s the reason our clients keep coming back.
We’ve adapted to market and industry changes, a sign of our resilience amidst global recessions and downturns. Our breadth of sector experience together with specialised services have, and will continue to, hold us in good stead.
We are driven by our results; for our clients, contractors and the construction industry as a whole. We seek excellence and innovation in everything we do. We have a reputation of trust, and getting the job done.
4 Decades of Experience.
1976.
Bruce Shaw’s relationship starts with Queens’ University Belfast and continues to this day.
1976.
Major projects for the year include: Belfast Airport Redevelopment and Queens’ University Theatre Building.
1980.
John McIlwaine joins Bruce Shaw and continues to work with the company to this day.
1980.
Major projects for the next several years include Belfast Airport Redevelopment, Shorts Ltd Factory Extension and the Massereene Hospital.
1985.
Bruce Shaw appointed by Marks & Spencer for the first out of town store at Sprucefield.
1986.
Bruce Shaw appointed for the first shopping centre project in Belfast City Centre, Castlecourt.
1987.
Bruce Shaw involved in Falklands Islands’ Stanley Airport restoration post Falklands War.
1995.
Bruce Shaw manage the Hilton Group Hotel at Lanyon Place, Belfast and BT Tower.
1996.
Harbour Commissioners relationship with Bruce Shaw begins.
2002.
Bruce Shaw involved with major remediation and reclaimed land at D5 Harbour Estate.
2005.
The Titanic Quarter relationship is born. Gateway Offices and Phase 1 are first projects.
2010.
The Obel Tower, Ireland’s tallest building, is completed. Bruce Shaw provides cost management and project management services.
2012.
Bruce Shaw a part of the redevelopment and refurbishment of an existing industrial unit to create a Tier 3, modular data centre – Data Centre Birmingham.
2016.
State of the art Northwest Cancer Centre at Altnagelvin Hospital is opened managed by Bruce Shaw.
2018.
Bruce Shaw awarded cost and project management services for £500 million pound Tribeca Belfast transformation, a project proclaimed “to push Belfast to the forefront of European cities”.
2020.
Skope is born. Looking to the future Skope’s vision is to continue to deliver the best value to its clients while simultaneously making a positive contribution to the social and economic future of communities through excellence in the built environment.
“We bring our clients reliability, honesty, experience, and the ability to think outside the box in order to add value.”
James Henderson
Managing Partner