Etex acquires Horizon Offsite
Building solutions innovator Etex has announced the acquisition of Horizon Offsite, headquartered in Tipperary. This acquisition follows closely on the group’s purchase of Cork-based [...]
2020 Turnover at Ireland’s Top-50 contractors tops €10bn
Ireland’s Top-50 main and specialist services contractors achieved a combined turnover of €10.54bn in 2020 up from €9.74bn in 2019. An increase in extraordinary [...]
Sicon reports a strong set of financial results for 2020
Sicon Limited, the parent company of the Sisk Group’s construction and construction related activities in Ireland, the United Kingdom and Europe, announces its financial [...]
PM Group appoints Brendan Jennings as Chairman
PM Group, the international project delivery company, has announced the appointment of Brendan Jennings as Chairman. Brendan is the former Chief Executive Officer of [...]
Groundforce launches new division
Specialist supplier Groundforce is further expanding its product offering with the launch of a new division, Groundforce Safety. Groundforce Safety will be dealing in [...]
Kirby Group Engineering to create 300 new jobs
Kirby Group Engineering has announced plans to create 300 new jobs as part of a significant expansion to meet demand for its services in [...]
A new model of delivery for Water Services Infrastructure
The Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) Programme is a new capital delivery model that encourages engagement with contractors from the start of the project life [...]
Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions lands China offshore prize
The end of subsidies for China Offshore Wind in 2021 means that the industry in the area will need to become more competitive, by [...]
BAM Ireland Project wins IABSE Award
The Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Bridge, the longest bridge in Ireland, has been awarded the 2021 International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) Outstanding [...]
Chadwicks shares its support for DIY SOS: The Big Build Ireland
Chadwicks has announced its involvement in DIY: SOS The Big Build Series 2. As the exclusive building materials supplier for the season, Chadwicks will [...]
Engineering a world of opportunity on International Women in Engineering Day
Today marks International Women in Engineering Day, Engineers Ireland is calling on Ireland’s female engineering talent to take centre stage as role models to [...]
Sisk hits first 2030 Sustainability Roadmap target
John Sisk & Son has announced that it has reached the first milestone in its 2030 Sustainability Roadmap by being certified a carbon neutral [...]
Murdock Builders Merchants acquires Brooks
Murdock Builders Merchants (Murdocks), the Newry headquartered timber suppliers and builders’ merchants, announces the acquisition of Brooks Group, comprising Brooks Builders Merchants (Brooks) and [...]
IDA Ireland – Meeting the Property and Construction needs of Multinationals
Denis Curran, Divisional Head of Regional Development and Property, IDA Ireland, tells Irish building magazine about their new strategy for post-pandemic recovery and sustainable [...]
Chadwicks: Building for the Future on a Foundation of Excellence
Established by William Thomas Chadwick in 1902, Chadwicks has contributed to the fabric of everyday life in Ireland for over a century by supplying [...]
Sisk delivers over 1,200 homes at London’s Wembley Park
John Sisk & Son in partnership with Quintain has delivered a combined total of 1,201 new homes at two major new landmark developments E03 [...]
Lidl Ireland set to invest over €75m in Mullingar distribution centre
Lidl Ireland is set to invest more than €75m in a state-of-the-art extension of its regional distribution centre in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath. The extension [...]
Sod turned on Ireland’s first publicly owned, not-for-profit energy company
South Dublin County Council’s (SDCC) Tallaght District Heating Network at TU Dublin in Tallaght has broken ground. Trading as Heatworks, Ireland’s first publicly owned, [...]
Micheál O’Connor appointed Dornan Managing Director
The Irish Headquartered Dornan Group has confirmed the appointment of Micheál O’Connor to the role of Managing Director for the business. A Chartered Quantity Surveyor [...]
Activity ramps up amid record rise in new orders
The Ulster Bank Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index® (PMI®) – a seasonally adjusted index designed to track changes in total construction activity – posted 66.4 [...]
Where There Is No Engineer (WTINE) National Finals: Creating a Community of Global Designers
The COVID-19 pandemic and climate change emergency make it clear we need to throw out the old development playbook and write a new one. [...]


































