ECB playing hardball with Greece
The ECB yesterday declared that it would no longer accept Greek government bonds, nor government guaranteed bank bonds in its liquidity operations. In practice this means that Greek banks will no...
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Coffey announces extension of pyrite remediation scheme to Dun...
Mr. Paudie Coffey, T.D., Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, announced today (05 February 2015) that he has approved the extension of the pyrite...
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High end Dublin Apartments on Offer from €615,000
31-33 Merrion Road – once home to the British Embassy in Dublin and then converted into 38 apartments in Dublin’s Ballsbridge are being brought to the market by international real estate advisor,...
View ArticleCITA Smarter Building Series Event to start on February 18th
Over the course of 2015, CITA will be holding a series of six Dublin event and six regional events focused on BIM, smarter building initiatives and the PAS1192-2 specification for information...
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Attracting more women and the convergence of IT and engineering are the two...
Attracting women to engineering and harnessing the convergence of technology and engineering are the two big challenges facing the engineering profession today, Regina Moran, President of Engineers...
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200 new jobs and €40 million investment by Combilift in new manufacturing...
An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD and the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton TD today (Friday 6 February 2015) announced the creation of 200 new jobs over the next five years by...
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Lakeland Dairies begins €36 million expansion of milk powder processing...
Lakeland Dairies begins €36 million expansion of milk powder processing operations at Bailieboro, Co. Cavan Minister Bruton announces the creation of 81 new jobs and 180 construction jobs as part of...
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The Public Works Contracts: Where do we go from here?
The Office of Government Procurement published its Report on the Review of the Performance of the Public Works Contract (the “Report”) on 11 December 2014, setting out its conclusions following the...
View ArticleObtaining Bonding Capacity
The Construction industry is now seeing expansion with an increase in public sector and a boost in private sector funding; there is now a positive long-term outlook. While many of the well known surety...
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DLR Lexicon – Building an Icon
Like all iconic buildings, the DLR Lexicon (the name given to the new library in Dun Laoghaire) has attracted its share of controversy. Opened specially for an event on Culture Night 2014, controversy...
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Invest in the West – MJ Conroy & HP Ballybrit
The IT giant Hewlett Packard has chosen again and again to expand its presence in Galway, with 700 workers about to move into a new purpose built R&D centre this February. Not only is the...
View ArticleSIS – Advancing Surveying Technology
Over the last decade, and as Leica Geosystems’ Distribution Partner in Ireland, Survey Instrument Services (SIS) has grown the HDS (High Definition Surveying) industry in Ireland from a handful of...
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Software as a Service making Autodesk BIM more affordable
BIM software market leader Autodesk is the latest IT company to start moving towards the software as a service (SAAS) model that has already been adopted by the likes of Microsoft and Adobe. Cian...
View ArticleProject OVE: Arup’s 170-meter-tall BIM man
Project OVE, a virtual replication of the human anatomy, exemplifies the potential of Building Information Modelling (BIM). What originally started as an internal project by Arup, known for its...
View ArticleCostX: Fully Integrated 2D And 3D Estimating Software
Published by the Cabinet office on 31 May 2011, the UK Government Construction Strategy announced its intention to require collaborative 3D BIM on its projects by 2016. Essentially, the objective of...
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€118m invested in energy upgrades maintain 2,400 jobs in 2014
Energy upgrades worth €118m saw 24,600 homes and 900 public and commercial buildings improved, and 2,400 jobs maintained through the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources’ Better...
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RDS looks at funding options for redevelopment
The RDS in Dublin is currently looking for new ways to come up with the estimated €20m redevelopment cost. All options are on the table included naming the facility after a sponsor in the tune of the...
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Hibernia REIT buys former Garda HQ for €70m
Hibernia REIT, has said today that it has bought the former Garda Siochana regional HQ at Harcourt Square, for €70m. Contracts have been exchanged with Gangkhar plc in an off-market transaction. The...
View ArticleShortage of specialist contractors leading to higher prices
The latest Construction Tender Price Index published by the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) shows that tender prices increased by 5% in 2014. The SCSI Construction Tender Price Index,...
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Construction Financing Options Dublin event
The Department of Finance, as part of the Government’s Construction 2020 programme, will host a conference/ networking event to promote awareness and access to the increasing levels of risk capital...
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