Building Services Engineering journal embarks on a new chapter

 

The team behind Irish Construction News and constructionnews.ie have entered into a new venture with Tower Media Ltd to publish Building Services Engineering.

Joe Connolly, Foundation Media Ltd, Robbie Cousins, and Philip McGaley of Tower Media Ltd have entered into a partnership to continue the long tradition of the industry journal, which Pat Lehane of Pressline has published for the past 50 or so years.

In continuous publication since it was established in 1961 as the Irish Plumbing + Heating Contractor, the journal has undergone various name changes through the years. Every name change was devised to reflect the changing nature of the industry and to reflect its terminology and language.

Having spent 50 years editing and publishing Building Services Engineering, Pat Lehane commented: “The time has come to pass the baton on to a new team to progress and develop the journal going forward. It has been a wonderful journey for me, and my thanks to all who have supported me, both professionally and personally, down through the years. I’m particularly grateful for the many friendships made, and I have every intention of maintaining these. I’m not leaving the building services sector entirely, but I will no longer be involved in the publishing of Building Services Engineering.

“That said, the incredible legacy of the magazine is now in the capable and safe hands of Philip McGaley, Joe Connolly and Robbie Cousins. Between them, they have a wealth of experience in business-to-business publishing and already have several other construction-related journals in their stable. Building Services Engineering is the perfect addition to that portfolio.”

Pat Lehane’s long-time sales colleague, Joe Warren, ensures continuity and remains as an independent consultant to the new publishers.

Regarding the new venture, Robbie Cousins acknowledged Pat Lehane’s long tenure at the helm of Building Services Engineering and said he was excited about the publication’s future.

“I have known Pat for a number of years and have enjoyed getting the opportunity to work more closely with him in recent times in preparation for the magazine’s transition. I wish Pat every success in the future. I now look forward to working with the sector as editor of Building Services Engineering to highlight the pivotal role of engineering services in our built environment sector.”

Uniquely, every edition of the magazine published since April 1961 is currently available to download freely in pdf format from the TU Dublin Institutional Research Repository at https://arrow.tudublin.ie/bsn/

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