Kingspan donates €500,000 to TU Dublin Centre of Excellence for Construction
Kingspan has announced a five-year partnership with TU Dublin to support the development of the University’s innovative Design and Construct Centre. The Centre, located [...]
Irish building sector urges EU to prioritise decarbonising the built environment
Leading Irish construction companies have joined a coalition of building sector leaders and The Irish Green Building Council calling on the European Commission to [...]
Atkins appointed to advise on schools bundle Project Boyne
Atkins – a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group – has been appointed by Ireland’s National Development Finance Agency (NDFA), on behalf of the Department [...]
Consortium to develop new Dublin City Quarter at Poolbeg
A consortium of Ronan Group Real Estate, Oaktree Capital Management, and Lioncor Developments has today finalised an agreement with the National Asset Management Agency [...]
Professor Orla Feely inaugurated as 129th President of Engineers Ireland
Professor Orla Feely, Vice-President for Research, Innovation and Impact and a Professor of Electronic Engineering at University College Dublin, has been inaugurated as the [...]
Electric Ireland and Tipperary Energy Agency announce landmark home retrofit JV
Electric Ireland and Tipperary Energy Agency have announced a new joint venture, ‘Electric Ireland SuperHomes’, with the ambition of delivering 35,000 deep home energy [...]
King & Moffatt – Future Focused
Efficiencies at scale, from prefabrication to embracing the latest technologies, are driving ambitious growth plans at King & Moffatt. The end of their 2020 [...]
Chadwicks opens first ECO Centre in newly revamped Galway branch
Chadwicks has announced the launch of the first Chadwicks ECO Centre at its Galway branch on Wellpark Road. The Chadwicks ECO Centre is a [...]
Generation Apprenticeship 2021 winners announced
Organised by SOLAS on behalf of the national Apprenticeship Council, the competition invited teams from post-primary schools, Community Training and Youthreach to create either [...]
Irish Water progressing development of the National Water Resources Plan
Irish Water has adopted the Framework Plan for the National Water Resources Plan (NWRP) which will safeguard public health, support growth and meet the [...]
Deloitte reports number of residential units submitted for planning in Q1 down 29%
The number of residential units submitted for planning in the first quarter of 2021 is down by 29% compared to the same period in [...]
Above Your Station!
Will Merriman, John Sisk & Son and Colin Grimes, Iarnród Éireann tells Irish building magazine that a landmark project to re-roof Pearse Station – [...]
Sisk sowing the seeds of the future with 11 new apprentices
John Sisk & Son’s new carpentry and joinery apprentices have completed one of Sisk’s first tree planting exercises as part of its commitment to [...]
Home Builders concerned at impact of increased cost of building materials
A survey carried out by the Irish Home Builders Association (IHBA) of its membership has found that increased timber prices and supply chain issues, [...]
Initiative Ireland to Lend €600m to Build 5,000 New Homes
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O'Brien TD has welcomed the announcement by Initiative Ireland of its new sustainable finance partnership, for [...]
Investing In People Brings Rewards For Kirby
Kirby Group Engineering just announced it has achieved ‘platinum’ accreditation from the ‘Investors in People’ programme. It follows a highly rigorous assessment process for [...]
VPS Group’s Charity Cycle ride passes half-way target for mental health campaigns
On Sunday 23 May, Darron Cavanagh, chief operating officer at the site security specialist VPS, and Lee Newman, their CEO, will start pedaling on [...]
Premier Inn presses on with three Dublin hotels under construction
Whitbread, the owner of Premier Inn, the UK’s largest hotel business, is pressing on with its expansion plans in Dublin city centre with three [...]
Osborne + Co acquires CIF and CWPS Grand Canal site
International property developer Osborne + Co has acquired the site by the Grand Canal that houses the headquarters of the Construction Industry Federation (CIF). [...]
Housing activity returns to growth as restrictions ease in April
The Ulster Bank Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index® (PMI®) – a seasonally adjusted index designed to track changes in total construction activity – rose to [...]
Farrans Construction begins investigation stage of Irish Water supply upgrade project
Farrans Construction has started site investigation works ahead of its delivery of planned strategic water supply upgrade projects for Irish Water, working in partnership [...]

































