Jones Engineering Staff raise €60,000 for Make-a-Wish Foundation
Twenty employees of Jones Engineering have completed a gruelling 3 day cycling challenge from one end of the country to the other, raising over [...]
Value of Construction projects up over €1.7 billion in first three quarters of 2015 – Building Information Index
The value of construction projects commenced saw a significant increase in the first three quarters of 2015, rising by €1.7 billion to €4.25 billion [...]
310 Major School Building Projects Announced
Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O’Sullivan, TD has announced a new programme of capital investment in schools. Running from 2016 to 2021 this [...]
Global Irish Design Challenge Launched
The Global Irish Design Challenge invites designers of Irish lineage, or those with a strong affiliation to Ireland, to present products, projects and concepts [...]
Savills Completes Sale of National Portfolio for Over €175m
Savills, the international real estate advisor, has today announced the sale of the National Portfolio to Davidson Kempner. The estimated sale price, in excess [...]
96% of developers surveyed by Knight Frank say ‘new Central Bank regulations will have a negative impact’
With the heightened media coverage of the current housing crisis, the voice of developers and builders has largely been absent from the debate. Given [...]
€40m investment in five water and wastewater projects in Waterford nearing completion
Speaking at a regional IBEC seminar taking place in Waterford, Ervia, Irish Water’s parent company outlined the key objectives of the recently published business [...]
Coillte – Smarter Osb Panels Across the Board
As the construction industry continues its recovery, architects, designers and contractors are under pressure to specify building products that deliver proven performance, cost efficiencies [...]
Limerick City and County Council outlines proposed Housing Budget for 2016
Limerick City and County Council is committing €2.9m for Housing Adaptation Grants in 2016 while it is increasing its overall investment in Local Authority [...]
The CitA BIM Gathering 2015 – An Integrated Future, An Overwhelming Success
The Construction IT Alliance (CitA) held a world-class BIM event last week, The 'CitA BIM Gathering 2015 - An Integrated Future' was described by delegates as [...]
West Action Plan for Jobs, part of €250million regional jobs strategy launched
The Government will today launch the West Action Plan for Jobs, aimed at delivering 10-15% employment growth in the region over the coming years. The Plan [...]
L&M Keating Director wins Engineers Ireland Chartered Engineer of the Year 2015
Richard Browne, Director of L&M Keating has been awarded the prestigious the title of Engineers Ireland, Chartered Engineer of the Year for 2015. The [...]
Wavin… Setting the Standard
While there is always work in the pipeline at Wavin, Ireland’s leading manufacturer and distributor of plastic pipes and fittings, Country Director for Ireland [...]
SCSI welcomes measures to tackle supply problem but calls for their prompt implementation
The Society of Chartered Surveyors has welcomed new measures introduced by the Government to address the housing rental crisis and said the supply measures [...]
Apple to build new facility to house up to 1000 staff in Cork
Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Jobs Minister Richard Bruton today welcomed the significant announcement that Apple will be expanding its campus in Hollyhill, Co.Cork and [...]
300 New Jobs for Dublin
Indeed, a leading job site, just announced its expansion plans for the Dublin-based headquarters adding 300 new employees in the next two years. The company has [...]
Savillls note a flurry of property sales on Dublin’s Prime Retail Streets
After a long period of inactivity, the sale of retail premises on Dublin’s main shopping streets re-ignited in the third quarter of 2015. According [...]
Latest phase of Microsoft Data Centre expansion complete
Microsoft has just announced that the latest phase of expansion for its data centre facilities in Ireland and the Netherlands, both of which serve [...]
Up to €100 million available to finance high-quality office development and construction projects in Ireland
The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) and institutional clients of US-based Quadrant Real Estate Advisors LLC have committed up to €100 million for financing [...]
Safety Standards in construction a major issue – Tom Parlon, CIF
While the BC(A)R amendments, introduced in 2014 have been widely welcomed throughout the industry, there is a need to increase the level of participation [...]
New measures to give boost to housing construction announced
Minister for the Environment, Community & Local Government, Alan Kelly T.D., and the Minister for Finance Michael Noonan, T.D., have just announced a number of [...]
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