€16.8M storm fund allocated to Clare County Council
Clare County Council has received confirmation from the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government of its decision to provide €16,205,637 to undertake repair works to local authority...
View ArticleMainstream appoints Barry Lynch to its Board of Directors
Mainstream Renewable Power announces the appointment of Barry Lynch to its Board of Directors. Barry has been with Mainstream since 2008 and is responsible for the procurement, construction, project...
View ArticleDalata Hotel Group to seek listing on the Irish Stock Exchange
Ireland’s largest hotel operator, The Dalata Hotel Group, is seeking to raise between €150m and €200m as it confirmed it’s intention to trade on the Enterprise Securities Market (ESM) market of the...
View ArticleIrish wind energy tech firm Airsynergy raises €2m
Irish wind energy technology company Airsynergy, whose board includes TV personality, Eddie Hobbs, announced today that it has completed its latest funding round which values the company at €40...
View ArticleStructural Success with Smartply OSB3
SmartPly OSB3 has recently been selected for the construction of 76 houses and four apartments in one of the biggest housing association schemes in Belfast. Selected for its durability and versatile...
View ArticleNAMA announces €3 billion Senior Bond redemption
National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) Chairman, Mr. Frank Daly, has today said that NAMA will redeem €3 billion in Senior Bonds within the next two weeks and expects to redeem a similar amount before...
View ArticleHilti rises to 24th in Sunday Times’‘Best Companies To Work For 2014′
Global construction products manufacturer Hilti, which has its UK and Northern European headquarters in Trafford Park, Manchester has risen to 24th position in The Sunday Times ‘Best Companies to Work...
View ArticleCompletion Of 35 New Homes For Elderly And People With A Disability welcomed
Ms. Jan O’Sullivan T.D., Minister for Housing and Planning and Labour TD for Limerick City today (28th February 2014) warmly welcomed the provision of 35 new modern homes for older people and people...
View ArticleNAMA Chairman says Nama likely to wind up before 2020 deadline
The National Asset Management Agency is likely to wind up before its original expiry date of 2020, its chairman Frank Daly told The Irish Times on Saturday. He said he was “quite optimistic” about Nama...
View Articleinsolvencies fall by third for construction companies
Latest figures have shown that the number of construction companies to go bust has almost halved since 2008. Credit risk analyst Vision-net have confirmed that 14% of all company failures this month...
View Article14 audits and 28 complaints followed up on school building projects
The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn T.D., has outlined the work undertaken to date to ensure compliance with pay and conditions clauses in the Public Works Contract used on all major...
View ArticleCork City office development to support 300 construction jobs
Planning permission has been granted by Cork City Council for a city centre office development that could see as many as 2,000 new jobs come into the heart of the second city by the end of 2015. BAM...
View ArticleMinister Bruton announces €75million second Development Capital Fund
The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD, today (Monday) launched a €75 million fund under the Development Capital Scheme, to support established Irish companies targeting...
View ArticleNew Passive House categories also rate building energy gains
The efficiency of the clearly defined Passive House Standard has been proven with thousands of buildings – in order to also offer a reliable means of orientation regarding the additional use of...
View ArticleNew Building Regulations in force – Surveyors appeal to Government to...
The Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI), the largest representative body for construction professionals and estate agents, has reminded the public that new building regulations – contained in...
View ArticleNAMA chairman says time was right to sell Battersea site
NAMA Chairman Frank Daly has stated that the timing was right when selling the Batersea site in London. The disposal was described as “the deal of the century” by Kevin McCauley, senior director of...
View ArticleGrangegorman development to create 3,500 construction jobs
Monday saw the sod finally been turned on the new unified campus at Grangegorman for DIT. The new Grangegorman site is a strategic project for Dublin and will provide much needed construction jobs over...
View ArticleHousing Construction Sector set to see growth from next quarter
The housing construction sector is set to see growth from the next quarter, according to the analysis from Link2Plans, the authors of the National Housing Construction Index. The latest edition of the...
View ArticleMortgage arrears decline for a second successive quarter
Mortgage arrears and repossessions statistics released this morning by the CSO show that total industry arrears have declined for a second successive quarter in Q4 2013. This chimes with industry...
View ArticleEIB support for crucial Luas project welcomed
The European Investment Bank has agreed to provide €150 million to support construction of a new connection between the Red and Green lines on Dublin’s light rail tram system, LUAS. The new engagement...
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