All non-essential construction was halted from 6pm Friday, 8 January by the government in response to rising numbers of Covid-19 cases in the country. Ahead of the shutdown last week, Ireland’s Construction Industry Federation (CIF) suggested the measure wasn’t necessary because the industry was operating safely and because the infection rate among Ireland’s 147,000 construction […]
Could you design a home for everyone? Look around where you live: the construction industry has designed and built everything you see. Your school, the roads you travel, hospitals, the streets and shops of your town. Even your home was designed and built by people working in the construction industry. Today, Ireland faces challenges: a […]
Limerick City and County Council has appointed contractors Sole Sports & Leisure Limited to begin construction of a new Regional Athletics Hub in Newcastle West in the coming weeks. The new Regional Athletics Hub on the Cork Road in the town includes the construction of an athletics track to international World Athletics standard, floodlights and […]
Callaghan Engineering Acquired: RED, a company of ENGIE Impact, today announced the acquisition of Callaghan Engineering, one of Ireland’s leading engineering consulting firms. Operating out of Dublin and Cork, Callaghan Engineering will add more than 30 years of experience providing multi-discipline professional engineering design, validation, procurement, and project and construction management services. They also bring specialised expertise […]
The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Michael McGrath TD, has launched a competitive challenge-based grant call to deliver the Build Digital Project for the Construction Sector in 2021. Increasing innovation in the Irish Construction Sector is more necessary than ever over the coming years in order to deliver on the ambitions set out in […]
100 Jobs Created in Longford: The Longford Leader has reported that 100 new jobs will be created in Longford as a result of construction firm Framespace Solutions' plans announced this week as part of an overall €7.5m planned investment drive. Framespace Solutions is a company involved in the establishment and manufacturing of metal housing systems. […]
The Irish Construction Excellence (ICE) Awards are providing the industry and its partners with a unique and immersive evening to celebrate excellence in Irish construction. The ICE Awards 2020 Gala at Home experience will take place on 7 November and will see the industry coming together for a much needed night of unity and celebration […]
You can register now to attend The British Construction Industry Awards (BCIA), which is going virtual for the first time ever as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Registering for the live awards event, which will start at 4pm on 5 November, will also give you access to pre-event content and details of all the […]
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has welcomed the Government’s historic investment in sustainable energy action, as set out in Budget 2021. This is a significant milestone for both Irish society and the economy as we take fossil fuels out of Ireland’s energy mix, in a just fashion. This commitment means that homes will […]
Activity in the construction sector has fallen since July and declined for the first time in three months in August, according to the latest monthly measure from Ulster Bank Ulster Bank Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index® (PMI®), a seasonally adjusted index designed to track changes in total construction activity. Construction Activity Slows in August After bouncing […]
