Tata Steel, Europe’s second largest steel producer opens the UK’s largest profiling centre for steel plate
Tata Steel, Europe's second largest steel producer, has today opened the UK's largest profiling centre for steel plate at its Steelpark plant at Wednesfield in [...]
BAM to become an Official Sponsor to the Irish Open Golf Championship
BAM, Ireland’s largest public works construction company, has announced that it will become an Official Sponsor to the Irish Open Golf Championship which will take [...]
Sisk wins major UK housing contract
Building group Sisk has won the contract for the first phase of a €144 million housing construction project in Clapham in south London. The UK capital’s oldest [...]
Increased funding for every local authority in 2014
Minister Jan O’Sullivan allocated €38.4m to local authorities for a range of private housing grants in 2014. The increased funding supports home adaptations for [...]
Evidence of Construction Recovery
€7bn worth of Contract & Supply opportunities detailed in New Report on Key and Major Construction Projects for 2014. Published by Construction Information Services (CIS) [...]
Bruton urges all parties in Liebherr pay dispute to reach resolution
Minister Richard Bruton has said the State's industrial relations machinery remains ready to provide support to help resolve a dispute at the Liebherr plant in Killarney, Co [...]
€32.5M for sustainable transport projects in Greater Dublin Area – Varadkar
Funding of €32.5 million for almost 200 sustainable transport projects in the Dublin region from the National Transport Authority, including the further development of 47 [...]
Building Information Modelling (BIM) – Innovation in Construction
Innovation in Construction Over 300 people attended the BIM conference recently in Dublin, representing over 20 stakeholder organisations from government and private sector, with over [...]
Irish Water states set-up costs have been cut by €150m because of Bord Gáis expertise
Irish Water today told the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht that the set up costs for the new utility will [...]
UK Watchdog orders Lafarge to sell cement plant
The UK's Competition Commission has ordered CRH rival Lafarge to sell a cement plant in Britain to facilitate the entry of a new competitor into the market. The watchdog has [...]
CBRE predicts development wave in the commercial property market
Leading commercial property consultancy, CBRE is expecting a fresh wave of office development to engulf the capital this year, with prime office rents in Dublin [...]
New EU public tendering laws mean better value for money
Labour MEP Phil Prendergast hailed the final agreement between the European Parliament and Member State governments on a two-year long review of EU public procurement [...]
BAM – A Lesson in PPP
It’s been a good year for BAM Contractors. The country’s largest public works construction business recently reported a 47.5% rise in annual profits. Turnover was [...]
Finn Valley Leisure Centre – Crossing the finish line
In the pipeline for nearly 40 years, the €5 million Finn Valley Centre complex opened its doors earlier this year. The project has an interesting [...]
Howlin sets out plans for public sector reform
The Minister for Public Expenditure & Reform Brendan Howlin has announced the latest public service reform proposals. Public service reform has been a challenging cornerstone [...]
Home renovation tax break paying off as building activity rises
Labour TD Eamon Maloney has welcomed today’s news that the home renovation tax break introduced in the Budget has driven a recent rise in construction [...]
Enterprise Ireland reports highest net gain in jobs in the past decade
Enterprise Ireland supported companies created 18,033 new jobs in 2013, resulting in the highest net gain for Irish companies in the last decade, the Government agency [...]
Shelbourne loans bought by US firm
US investment firm Kennedy-Wilson Holdings is set to buy debts connected to Dublin's Shelbourne Hotel from the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, according to reports. Sources [...]
Pure performance core to Hilti’s new 8 kg combihammer
Pure performance core to Hilti's new 8 kg combihammer. Lower vibration and a reduced power-to-weight ratio have been cited by Hilti as two key performance developments [...]
Construction activity sees significant increase again in December
The Irish construction sector recorded further strong growth of activity at the end of 2013 as new orders rose sharply again. Purchasing activity and employment [...]
Wind energy helped bring down the price of household electricity in December
As the wind blew in December, turbines contributed a record level of energy to the Irish energy grid, with 24% of the Irish energy mix [...]
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