The Shannon Airport Group and ESB have completed a major lighting project which will see Shannon Airport’s energy consumption in lighting cut by two thirds. The project, funded through ESB’s Smart Energy Services saw the replacement of over 4,000 indoor and outdoor lighting with ultra-modern LEDs bulbs. The 66 per cent reduction will see the airport’s energy consumption in lighting reduced to 442 thousand kWh from 1.37 million kWh. The project involved upgrading existing lights across the terminal building, car parks […]
Leading electrical contractor to the construction and commercial sectors in Ireland, Callaghan Electrical, is creating 8 new jobs as part of a 2024 expansion plan. The announcement came at the firms official opening of their new 2,200 sq.ft custom-built office headquarters in Cavan on Friday 1st September 2023. “Small-to-medium sized companies like Callaghan Electrical are […]
ORS, one of Ireland’s leading multidisciplinary building consultancy firms, has acquired GSP Fire Ltd, a respected fire safety and disability access consultancy based in Waterford and Kilkenny. The value of the transaction is not disclosed. In January of this year, one of the country’s leading Private Equity businesses, Erisbeg acquired a majority stake in ORS. […]
Transport Infrastructure Ireland has appointed a multidisciplinary client partner team for Dublin’s MetroLink programme – Ireland’s first metro railway. This partnership will be made up of Turner & Townsend, WSP supported by O’Connor Sutton Cronin, Mace and PwC. Running for 18.8km, MetroLink will be a high-capacity, high-frequency metro railway with 16 new stations running from Swords […]
TU Dublin is delighted to welcome Ethos Engineering as partners in a state-of-the-art facility, Design + Construct, which will bring students, academic researchers and industry stakeholders together in a collaborative, transdisciplinary learning environment. Design + Construct will foster leading industry talent to advance sustainability, digitalisation, modern methods of construction, and construction innovation. As Ireland’s first […]
QBM, one of Ireland’s leading suppliers of flat roofing systems, has today announced the appointment of Des Stapleton as Roofing and TechnicalConsultant. In this role, his responsibilities will include providing expert guidance to commercial property owners and managers on the design, installation, maintenance, repair, and replacement of flat roofing systems roofs and supporting the business’s ambitious growth strategy within Ireland. Des brings over 30 years of construction and roofing industry expertise […]
Arboretum, the independent family-owned garden and lifestyle centre located in Kilquade, Co Wicklow has started work on the €4 million redevelopment of its 2,390 m² garden centre. When work is complete in Spring 2024 the entire retail space – including the garden centre, health and wellness, fashion and gifting sections and food hall – will […]
Cork headquartered Wilson Architecture has, for the second year running, been named as the only Irish winner at the prestigious International Architecture Awards. Hosted by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies, the Awards recognise 130 of the best-designed buildings and landscapes from around […]
A secret room in the 800-year-old gothic-revival Johnstown Castle in county Wexford was discovered for the first time by a joiner carrying out conservation works. The historic Johnstown Castle Estate Museum & Gardens in Wexford is one of the properties in the care of the Irish Heritage Trust and it has undergone substantial conservation and […]
Northern Irish construction company Henry Brothers has been appointed by the University of Nottingham to help develop its Castle Meadow Campus (CMC) in the city. The company has won a £7m contract to remodel and refurbish two of seven buildings on the 3.75 hectare site – preparing them for future occupation. The university plans to […]
