The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland has awarded the Gandon Medal of Lifetime Achievement in Architecture to Rupert Maddock of Waterford City and County Council. The Gandon Medal is the highest personal award given to an Architect in Ireland. Rupert Maddock studied at the School of Architecture at UCD and joined Waterford City Council in […]
Global real estate firm Avison Young has announced that Brian Kelly has joined the Practice as Principal and Head of Planning for Ireland. Previously Head of Planning at Turley, Kelly will bring with him over 20 years of experience in Ireland’s urban planning landscape. He is a chartered member of both the Irish Planning Institute […]
Uppercross Enterprises, a leading wholesale distributor of plumbing, heating, and bathroom products, has announced its new strategic partnership with bathroom manufacturer, Geberit. This collaboration signifies a key milestone in Uppercross’s journey, as it now proudly represents Geberit as their distributor in Republic of Ireland. Since October, the NIKO Bathrooms division are the authorised distributor for […]
The Engineering Industries Ireland, an Ibec group representing the engineering sector, has announced the appointment of Ed Byrne, Group Managing Director of Galco Steel, as its new Chairperson. He succeeds Niall Fay, Director of Grant Engineering, while Claudia Binder, Managing Director of Liebherr, assumes the role of Vice Chair. The announcement was made during EII’s […]
1 Cumberland Place, a high-profile office building in central Dublin owned by Hibernia Real Estate Group, is leading the way on sustainability by demonstrating how retrofitted properties can deliver industry-leading reductions in energy demand while retaining much of their original structure and skin, thus avoiding the significant additional embodied carbon associated with newly constructed buildings. […]
Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, Iarnród Éireann and the National Transport Authority (NTA) are pleased to announce that construction has now started on the new DART station at Woodbrook. The station, located between Bray and Shankill, is set to become the essential transportation hub for communities in Woodbrook and Shanganagh and will open in 2025. […]
Trading for over 45 years, Multicrete Agri-Products Ltd is a leading supplier of Readymix concrete and precast products to the agriculture, construction and DIY sectors in the North-West. The family-run business prides itself on its top-quality products and exceptional customer service. Based in Killygordon, Co. Donegal, Multicrete Agri-Products was established by Pat Lafferty in 1977 and has been a […]
Operating across Ireland, Breedon’s quarries produce a range of essential materials for a variety of uses in roads, runways and general construction. There are four Breedon quarries in County Cork at present, including Bweeng Quarry, which produces high PSV aggregates. Building Ireland headed to the Rebel County for a chat with quarry manager Roy Willis. […]
DJ Cahill Construction Ltd is an exceptional building company in Charleville, Co. Cork specialising in educational, social housing and residential projects. Owner David Cahill explains more. Construction has been a way of life for David since he was eight years old when his late father Dan brought him to his first building site. Fast-forward 50 years and David is […]
Turner & Townsend has been appointed by airport operator daa as its Integrated Delivery Partner on a five-year framework. The Turner & Townsend team, supported by its partners AECOM, Arup and Wilson James, will augment daa’s existing in-house Infrastructure teams in the ongoing delivery of daa’s Capital Investment Programme 2020+, while developing a “single integrated […]
