62 | SME Business Elite Supplement 2020 116 | Q1 2021 Ireland’s Leading Light Founded in 1985 as an electrical contracting company by Tony Clarke, AJC Group has since grown and diversified into a market-leading lighting and electrical services specialist with a nationwide reputation for technical excellence and family values. We find out more about the group and speak to co-Director Declan Murdock, who shares an insight into what makes AJC shine and why it deserves the title of Most Outstanding Festive Lighting Specialists, 2020 – UK. For more than thirty-five years, Ireland’s biggest festive lighting installer, AJC Group, has been illuminating town centres and tourist destinations across the UK and Ireland with magical lighting displays that create unforgettable moments. Inviting warmth and excitement into events and spaces on even the coldest winter nights, AJC’s team of seasoned experts in design and installation are experienced in creating environments that inspire and invoke a sense of wonder in visitors of all ages. Formed in 1985 as an electrical contracting company by Tony Clarke, AJC has seen a great deal of growth over the past three decades. Still a family-run enterprise headed by Tony and Michael Clarke and fellow Director, Declan Murdock, AJC’s electrical contracting services complement the group’s award-winning specialism in festive lighting. Offering full, in-house lighting scheme services that encompass concept, design, manufacture, installation, removal and storage, AJC does not rely on any third parties or subcontractors. Instead, clients are able to trust in the AJC team to carry out every project from start to finish with meticulous care. AJC works with BIDs, centre management companies, councils and the general public to create bespoke lighting displays for a broad spectrum of projects. Whether it be for a town centre, retail area, hospitality establishment or event, AJC’s multi-faceted team are able to design showstopping light displays that match the wildest imaginings of their clients, bringing every element of their vision to life with precision, technical excellence and just a touch of wizardry. For AJC, the possibilities are endless. Empowered by innovation in design and engineering, AJC is constantly pushing the boundaries to create its next world-class display, aspiring for creations that are so fantastical they are out of this world. AJC Illuminations AJC Illuminations was created in 2017 when AJC established itself as a multidimensional group providing services in lighting and electrical contracting. AJC Illuminations is a dedicated creative hub of lighting solutions and themed displays for a myriad of occasions and retail or public spaces. Unsurprisingly, the team truly comes into its own during the festive period, sprinkling locations across the UK and Ireland with the magical, twinkling lights that are so vital to an ambiance of Christmas cheer. From dazzling canopies to showstopping store fronts to entire winter wonderlands, AJC knows how to make festive settings that would make even Santa’s elves jealous! Having installed the UK’s largest digital LED Christmas tree at over 20 metres tall at Christmas Tree World in Bournemouth, and provided lighting schemes for prestigious landmarks such as The Shard in London, AJC Illuminations has earned its welldeserved reputation as the best in the industry. The creation of these vast, often complex lighting displays is by no means an easy feat. AJC’s team of technicians and installers oversee every stage of each project to ensure seamless, safe and reliable delivery of all of their creative solutions in bespoke services. The graphic design team begins by collaborating with clients to establish the vision for a project, giving clients total control over what the finished product will look like by discussing every element of the design, from colour schemes to scale of projects. Once plans are confirmed by the design team and clients, it is over to the technical team to engineer and manufacture all the elements of the project. Ensuring the structures meet and surpass regulations, the AJC team also factors in the immediate loads and any demanding weather conditions that may impact the scheme, and ensures every structure is constructed and tested rigorously to deliver outstanding finished products. For AJC, the bigger the better, and as a result, AJC’s manufacturing team has achieved some monumental constructions, including the UK’s longest walk-through digital RGB tunnel that measured a staggering 100 metres, and the UK’s longest sound to light sky canopy as well. The construction team then relies on AJC’s installers to put the many elements they have created together on site. As with any construction or installation project, safety and best practice are the priority. AJC works with site managers to facilitate the required permissions for installation and access, as well as carrying out risk assessments and close site management. The team is also on hand to run project management and repairs throughout the event where necessary, and can carry out Portable Appliance Testing of all elements once
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