GSA Group announces Bennett Construction as partner on Brunswick Street Development
GSA (Global Student Accommodation) has just announced the appointment of Bennett Construction as the contractor on its purpose-built student accommodation project in Brunswick Street, Dublin [...]
Lean Construction in Spain with Dr Eugenio Pellicer
Dr Eugenio Pellicer is a prominent Spanish Lean Construction expert, engineer, professor, and researcher with over two decades of experience in lecturing and research. [...]
Irish Concrete Society’s ‘Concrete Ticket’ Programme Launched
A new initiative to promote excellence in concrete practice has been unveiled which will see concrete operatives in Ireland offered a formally recognised education [...]
Hines Ireland completes acquisition of student housing development
Hines, the international real estate firm, has accelerated its growth into the student accommodation sector in the UK and Ireland with the launch of [...]
Engineers Without Borders Ireland National Conference announced
Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Ireland has just announced that its National Conference will take place on Thursday, March 9th, 2017 at Engineers Ireland's offices, 22 Clyde [...]
Murphy acquires AECOM design build Ireland
Murphy has today announced it has acquired AECOM Design Build Ireland (ADBI). The decision to buy ADBI helps Murphy broaden its water offering to [...]
Biggest-ever Ireland Hardware Show set to generate over €20 million in deals
Taking place every two years, The Hardware Show 2017 is sold out with over 150 suppliers and manufacturers set to generate sales of over [...]
Construction starts on €24m South Dublin Office Building creating 210 jobs
Construction has commenced on the construction of a 60,000 square foot office building at The Park, Carrickmines, Dublin 18, by Park Developments Group. ‘The Hampstead [...]
Near-record increase in January construction employment
Activity in the Irish construction sector continued to rise in January on the back of higher new orders. The key highlight from the latest [...]
Office Tenants in Dublin Snapping-Up Pre-construction space
Savills have released a new report which states that there has been a surge in office ‘pre-letting’ – the practice of tenants committing to [...]
Initial Phase of €160m Cherrywood Infrastructure Plan to create 180 new construction jobs
Hines Ireland has officially broken ground on the first key phase of construction at Cherrywood in South County Dublin. Today’s landmark event will pave [...]
Dublin office market all set for 2017 Brexit boost
HWBC has reported that Prime office rents in Dublin will rise 8% in 2017, continuing the more modest growth experienced in 2016, when Grade [...]
National Planning Framework is contingent on thriving regional construction companies
The CIF has warned that the ambition of balanced regional development can only be delivered by a thriving construction industry. The Government must set [...]
SIG Roofing launches new website
Ireland's leading Roofing distributor – SIG Roofing has just launched a brand new website: www.sigroofing.ie Making the right choice is important, whether you are a [...]
Diageo announces distillery investment plans at St. James’s Gate
Diageo is set to invest €25 million over three years in the once Power Station at St. James’s Gate. The investment will be used [...]
Lidl to build a store, retail units and student apartments in Ballymun
Lidl is planning a new development in Ballymun. The development will be located on a €2.5 million site off Main Street on Balcurris Road, [...]
Coveney approves €20.4m of funding for 83 rapid build homes
The Minister for Housing, Planning, Community & Local Government Mr. Simon Coveney, TD, recently outlined progress on the Rapid Build projects initiative. Under Pillar [...]
Home Builders Welcome Help to Buy Incentive
Over 100 CIF Irish Home Builders gathered on Tuesday morning for a breakfast briefing on the Help to Buy incentive led by a team [...]
EIB confirms EUR 825 million backing for Irish investment in 2016
The European Investment Bank (EIB) provided more than €825 million for long-term public and private sector investment across Ireland during 2016. Backing for 12 [...]
Peter O’Grady Walshe appointed Chairman of John Paul Construction
The Board of John Paul Construction have just announced the appointment of Peter O’Grady Walshe as Chairman. Peter succeeds Donal O’Brien who has recently retired [...]
CIF calls for 2017 to be the Safest Year in Construction
CIF Director General, Tom Parlon, has asked construction companies to redouble their efforts to reduce accidents on site for 2017 at a meeting of [...]














