Roy Millar | Ardmac | Performing for Clients and Growing Business
Roy Millar, Managing Director of Ardmac talks to us about the company’s recent appointments, impressive growth and performance, what is required in delivering Ireland [...]
John Paul commences work on new €100m Lidl Distribution Centre
Work commences on new €100 million Lidl Distribution Centre in Newbridge. Up to 2,000 construction jobs created with additional 100 new full-time jobs on [...]
Tommy Drumm | Collen Construction | Team Player
Under the stewardship of former Dublin football captain Tommy Drumm, family business Collen Construction is building on its strong track record by endeavouring to [...]
Pat King | King & Moffatt | Future Proof
How King & Moffatt’s ethos of investing in the future will ensure their continued success as one of our industry leaders. 2017 was a [...]
The SME Public Procurement Challenge
Challenges for SME contractors bidding for public works projects include authorities bundling projects together, excessive qualification criteria, inflation and excessive risk loading. Here we [...]
Eugene O’Shea | Walls Construction | Solid foundations
Three years on from a management buyout, Walls Construction is focused on a course of steady and sustainable expansion. Growth is high on the [...]
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 [...]














