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Minister Breen Publishes Revised Code of Practice under the Construction...
The Minister for Employment and Small Business, Mr. Pat Breen T.D., has published a revised Code of Practice Governing the Conduct of Adjudications under Section 6 of the Construction Contracts Act,...
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Michael Stone, CIF President – Fulfilling Ambitions
For the past 20 months, Michael Stone has fulfilled the role of CIF President. He has been at the forefront in making the Construction Contracts Act a reality for the industry and has also been a...
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Center Parcs Irish village a go!
Center Parcs has welcomed the decision by An Bord Pleanála to grant planning consent for its first village outside of the UK. The company plans to develop a 395 acre site near Ballymahon in County...
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BAM Ireland leads the way in Building Information Modelling
BAM Ireland is leading the way in the implementation of Building Information Modelling & Management (BIM) in the Republic of Ireland, having become the first organisation in the country to achieve...
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CitA launch the ‘Irish BIM Innovation Awards 2016’ in association with Irish...
CitA in association with Irish building magazine and BIMIreland.ie are launching the ‘Irish BIM Innovation Awards’ today. The awards will consist of a one-day conference, on November 10th, where...
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Irish Exchequer surplus of €862m in the period to end-July
Exchequer Returns just published by the Department of Finance (DoF) reveal a healthy position, with the Exchequer in surplus to the tune of €862m in the first seven months of the year, compared to a...
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First Phase of New Children’s Hospital awarded to BAM
BAM Contractors have been awarded the contract for the first phase of works at the New Children’s Hospital. Minister for Health, Simon Harris along with the CEOs of the three children’s hospitals, the...
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‘Leaders in Construction’ Eamon Booth, Managing Director, John Paul Construction
Irish building magazine speaks with Eamon Booth, Managing Director of John Paul Construction about growth after the economic downturn, and the areas he believes that the industry needs to focus on in...
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Activity rises sharply in July
Growth of construction activity picked up to four-month high in July according to the Ulster Bank Construction PMI survey Simon Barry, Chief Economist Republic of Ireland at Ulster Bank, noted that:...
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Turner & Townsend successfully completes handover of the new Mercers...
Global construction and programme management consultancy, Turner & Townsend, has successfully completed handover of the new Mercers Institute for Successful Ageing (MISA) at St. James’s Hospital in...
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First big investment by a major institution following Brexit
Joint receivers Luke Charleton and David Hughes of EY today announced the sale of One Spencer Dock to AGC Equity Partners Limited for €242m. Joint selling agents Savills and CBRE sold the property on...
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Submit now for the ‘Irish BIM Innovation Awards’
Last month, CitA in association with Irish building magazine and BIMIreland.ie launched the ‘Irish BIM Innovation Awards’. The Awards event has received a very high level of interest across the Irish...
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CIF calls on SMEs to think safety to reduce workplace accidents
The Construction Industry Federation has launched its annual construction safety week campaign today and called on all construction companies to set aside time this week to reemphasise the importance...
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Irish Cranes & Lifting to erect six Raimondi Cranes on premier Dublin jobsite
A total of six Raimondi tower cranes are to be erected on one of Dublin’s most ambitious jobsites to date. Capital Dock by Kennedy Wilson, one of the largest commercial projects awarded in Ireland in...
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Engineers Ireland urges students to look at all routes into engineering
Students who don’t get the points they need to study engineering at third-level should look at other routes into the sector to fill the huge number of job vacancies that exist, Engineers Ireland has...
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Newly refurbished and extended Emergency Department at Temple Street...
Minister for Health Simon Harris TD was today joined by Alan Brogan to officially open the newly refurbished and extended Emergency Department at Temple Street Children’s University Hospital. The...
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IDA appoints contractor for new Tralee Advance Technology Building
A contractor has been appointed to construct IDA Ireland’s new Advance Technology Building (ATB) in Tralee, Co.Kerry. Contracts were signed in recent days allowing Eamon Costello (Kerry) Ltd. to...
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Planning Permission Granted for the Construction of Major New Road Network at...
Hines Ireland has welcomed Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council’s decision to grant planning permission for the development of a major new road network at Cherrywood, marking the next important phase...
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CAO applications for construction related courses have shown a sizable jump
CAO applications for construction related courses have shown a sizable jump in this year’s Leaving Certificate. Architecture and engineering courses saw an increase in interest by students of 13%, and...
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Heritage Week: a career in heritage construction brings its reward
With National Heritage Week 2016 underway, now might be the time to think about how to become part of the interesting world of heritage and conservation construction. Peter McMurray, a trained thatcher...
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