EDC appoints two new Associate Directors
Engineering consultancy EDC is pleased to announce the appointment of two new Associate Directors to its management team. The appointments of Bernie Burchill and [...]
Kirby achieves Investors in Diversity Silver Award
The team at Kirby Group Engineering has proudly announced that it has reached another milestone in the company’s commitment to diversity and inclusion, with [...]
The ECB’s Interest Rate Fast Track starts to Slow
The European Central Bank’s fast track of higher interest rates starts to slow, with an increase of just 0.25% on 4 May is a [...]
OECD study on procurement in Ireland published
An OECD report, ‘Procurement for better value – a case study of Ireland: measuring the impact of centralised purchasing’, which was commissioned by the [...]
Tuath Housing partners with credit unions nationwide to deliver social housing
Ireland’s largest approved housing body, Tuath Housing, has delivered the first 52 social homes through a new private finance facility for AHBs. The Credit [...]
Designing and constructing more energy-efficient buildings with Soprema’s PAVATEX insulation
PAVATEX is a sustainable wood-fibre thermal insulation from Soprema and is well-known for its excellent thermal performance and heat storage capacity, superior breathability moisture control and good acoustic [...]
Glan Agua becomes Glanua announcing 250 new jobs
BHSL, the Irish company behind a series of acquisitions in the water and wastewater sector and the parent company of Glan Agua, is rebranding [...]
Clúid welcomes new funding model for Cost Rental homes delivery
Clúid Housing has welcomed the Government’s announcement of changes to the funding options for the provision of Cost Rental homes. The announcement included changes [...]
SuperValu and Centra retailers achieve 9% carbon reduction in 12 months
SuperValu and Centra retailers have achieved a 9% carbon reduction, a year on from the launch of the €25m Musgrave Sustainability Fund. SuperValu and [...]
Topcon introduces integration platform for Civils
Topcon Positioning Systems has introduced Aptix™, a new integration-platform-as-a-service (iPaaS) to optimise how heavy civil construction projects are managed. Aptix seamlessly integrates Topcon solutions [...]
Kingspan announces the acquisition of a majority stake in Steico SE
Kingspan Group plc, has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Schramek GmbH (“Schramek”) to acquire c.51% of the shares of Steico [...]
Kirby opens new office in Cape Town
Kirby Group Engineering has officially opened its new office in Cape Town, the company’s first base outside of Europe. Management welcomed Tánaiste and Minister [...]
Green light for new National Maternity Hospital project to go to tender
Cabinet approval has been given to go to tender for the construction of the new National Maternity Hospital (NMH) at St Vincent’s University Hospital [...]
Irish Planning Institute survey finds resourcing of planning system is a significant challenge
A new survey from the Irish Planning Institute (IPI), the all-island professional membership body for spatial planners, has revealed that both public organisations/local authorities [...]
Dublin’s local authorities to activate more housing sites in Dublin
Dublin's local authorities have launched a new initiative to support the Dublin housing market and are looking to activate or complete housing sites with [...]
Ministers Donohoe and Smyth announce package of Public Works Contract reforms
The Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, Paschal Donohoe TD, and Minister of State with responsibility for Public Procurement and [...]
Associated Hardware and National Hardware Merge to Create Ireland’s Largest Independent Co-operative Hardware Group
Associated Hardware ('AHL') and National Hardware ('NHL'), have completed a long-term merger process, switching over to a single entity trading under the United Hardware [...]
QBM appoints Fabian Emig as General Office and Export Manager
QBM, a leading Irish supplier of flat roofing systems, has announced the appointment of Fabian Emig as General Office and Export Manager. In this [...]
The CIF welcomes Hubert Fitzpatrick as its new DG
The Construction Industry Federation has announced that Hubert Fitzpatrick will take the role of its new Director General. Hubert Fitzpatrick takes over the position [...]
Ibec – Skills and investment in MMC critical to addressing housing issues
Skills discussion with Minister Simon Harris at Mount Lucas National Construction Training Centre focuses on the role training and upskilling will play in unlocking housing challenges [...]
OpenBIM workshop shares knowledge, experiences, concerns, and challenges
An OpenBIM workshop, the first of a series of practical workshops by the EU BIM Task Group (EBTG), took place in the Grangegorman Campus [...]


































