Declan Wynne | Gaeltec Utilities | Powering the Future
Having had a landmark year in 2017 in terms of its internationalisation strategy, Gaeltec Utilities is on track for sustained and controlled growth, says [...]
Roadmap to success abroad: Germany
The German construction market is the subject of our first article in a series in association with Enterprise Ireland, focusing on Irish contractors and [...]
Sika helps to restore piece of World War II History
A World War II navigational sign has been restored to its former glory with a little charitable help from 100 litres of high performance [...]
Padraic Rhatigan | JJ Rhatigan & Company | Regional, National & International Success
JJ Rhatigan & Company's Managing Director Padraic Rhatigan talks about the company’s projects and expansion, construction’s challenges, Ireland 2040 and safety in construction, an [...]
Sean Smith | Leo Lynch | Inner resources
A cornerstone of Leo Lynch Group’s strategy under managing director Sean Smith is to maintain and invest in its loyal workforce, which has played [...]
Conor Gilligan | Roadbridge | Taking Stock
Conor Gilligan reflects on 2017 in construction, and its effects on the market as a whole. With over 800 staff employed globally, operations in [...]
Eddie Walsh | STS Group | Success and growth at home and abroad
Founder and CEO of STS Group, Eddie Walsh, talks about his company’s work across sectors, its success in entering new markets and the challenges [...]
Are pension savings only for construction site workers?
It may be well established at this stage that CPAS are considered to be the pension provider of choice for the construction sector, however, [...]
Paul Bruton | Bennett (Construction) Ltd | Delivering Award Winners to Clients
Paul Bruton Joint Managing Director of Bennett (Construction) Ltd. tells us about the company’s growth since the recession, delivering award-winning projects for clients and [...]
Michael Stone | Designer Group growth
Employing 1,100 people across three continents, Dublin-headquartered Designer Group is on a programme of sustained growth. The electronic visualisation lab at Designer Group’s new [...]
Eamon Booth | John Paul | Safely Delivering Quality & Building Relationships
After a year of awards and high turnover, Eamon Booth, Managing Director of John Paul Construction talks about the company’s successful year, project portfolio, [...]
Jimmy Kirby | Kirby – Investors in People
Kirby Group Engineering Managing Director Jimmy Kirby talks to Irish building about the past year, expanding into new markets, overcoming the challenges of the [...]
Last chance to Sign up and Attend Kilsaran International’s Essential Learning Series as it goes on the road
Kilsaran International are taking the hugely successful Essential Learning Series suite of technical seminars to the road with events to be held at the [...]
Oliver Lonergan | Dornan Engineering | Embracing change
With over 50 years' experience as one of the country’s top engineering contractors, the team at Dornan Engineering are focusing on harnessing the change [...]
Surety Bonds – Carillion – A case against cost certainty
Recent history has shown that construction firms are not too big to fail even though they may have annual revenues ranging from millions, hundreds [...]
Theo Cullinane | BAM | Building better
CEO of BAM, Theo Cullinane took some time out of his busy schedule to chat to Irish building about how he sees the Irish [...]
Sisk | Stephen Bowcott | The art of construction
Being selective about the projects it works on is paying off for Sisk, which has just posted details of another very successful financial year. [...]
Company Directors – the most important assets in a business
2017 was a record year for new business start-ups in Ireland. Sixty-one new companies formed daily, which surpassed the previous record year for start-ups [...]
Colm Burke | Mercury Rising
Firmly focused on a strategy of continued development and improvement, Mercury Engineering is looking forward to a future of sustainable growth. Originally set up [...]
Government Launches €1.25bn Land Development Agency to build 150,000 New Homes
The Government has launched the Land Development Agency to build 150,000 new homes over the next 20 years, the next step of Project Ireland [...]
Ardmac receives certification for new ISO 45001: 2018 Occupational Health and Safety Management Standard
Ardmac, a leading international construction specialist, has received certification for compliance with the new ISO 45001: 2018 Occupational Health and Safety Management standard, becoming [...]














