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Walls Construction announce Design + Construct donation

20 Dec , 2022  

Walls Construction has announced it will support Design + Construct, Ireland’s first Centre of Excellence for Architecture, Construction and Engineering (AEC) education and research from TU Dublin. Building on over a century of delivering education for the AEC sector, Design + Construct will leverage TU Dublin’s expertise to address the key challenges of 21st-century construction. […]

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JD ROBERTS Elevates Irish growth with HAI Membership

14 Dec , 2022  

JD ROBERTS, Ireland’s oldest importer of the well-known Blue Diamond and Ultra Diamond slate ranges, has today announced its membership in the Hardware Association Ireland (HAI) for 2023. Since its founding in 1971, JD ROBERTS has established long-term supply chain arrangements with its European suppliers and ensured repeat business through long-term relationships with clients in […]

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Sensori FM secures major contract to deliver facilities in healthcare sector

13 Dec , 2022  

Sensori FM has announced a signed agreement as part of a design, build, and maintenance project for seven Community Nursing Units (CNUs), at locations throughout Ireland, under the HIQA compliance programme and through Public Private Partnership (CNU PPP Project).  Sensori FM, as part of the EquiSisk Consortium, will provide a full range of integrated facilities […]

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Chadwicks Group lends its support to upgrade Irish Wheelchair Association centre in Listowel 

9 Dec , 2022  

Chadwicks Group has supported the Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA) centre in Listowel to revamp its outdoor garden area.  The project is part of Chadwicks Group’s ongoing nationwide partnership with IWA to supply building materials to  IWA community centres across the country to help improve accessibility for its users. The IWA operates 58 full and part time community centres nationwide which offer training, social activities and therapies […]

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BGF invests £5m in Ballymena-based façade specialists Clarke Group

6 Dec , 2022  

BGF, one of the UK and Ireland’s most active growth capital investor, has invested £5m in Clarke Group, a Ballymena-based specialist façade provider, to support its growth across the UK and Ireland. Founded in 1996 by Michael Clarke, the family-owned business specialises in innovative design-led façade projects, providing an end-to-end service to blue-chip construction industry […]

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New quality standard achieved by National Broadband Ireland is 7th ISO certification in 2 years

2 Dec , 2022  

National Broadband Ireland, the company delivering the new high-speed Fibre-to-the-Home network under the National Broadband Plan on behalf of the Government, has been awarded ISO certification 27701 for its high standards in privacy information management. In the short space of two years, NBI has achieved certification to seven international standards in quality (ISO 9001), environmental […]

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Health and Safety takes centre stage for AG Safe Day initiative

1 Dec , 2022  

AG has reinforced the importance of health and safety to its 300 strong workforce with its annual safety campaign and ‘Safe Day’ last month. The specialist building products business which has manufacturing locations in Fivemiletown, Toome, Ballygawley and Carryduff chose Health and Safety as its core employee engagement theme for the month of October. During […]

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Galway students win Construction Leadership Challenge

30 Nov , 2022  

A  team of construction industry students from Galway’s Atlantic Technological University (ATU) have won the Chartered Institute of Building Ireland’s (CIOB) coveted Tomorrow’s Leaders Challenge. The Galway team, comprising Liam McDonagh, Kenneth Hynes, Kara Earle and Simon O’Grady fought off competition from four other teams in the competition, which was held on November 22 at […]

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Ecocem announces Breakthrough in cement technology to reduce industry carbon emissions by up to 70%

29 Nov , 2022  

Ecocem, one of Europe’s leaders in low carbon cement technologies, has today announced a major step in enabling the global cement industry to decarbonise on a trajectory compliant with the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to 1.5°C. ACT, a breakthrough cement technology, combines a range of technical innovations with the use of widely available […]

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Suir Engineering acquired by private equity group Duke Street

22 Nov , 2022  

It’s been announced that Suir Engineering, one of the country’s leading providers of mechanical, electrical and instrumentation engineering services, is to be acquired by private equity group Duke Street. Suir, which employs 1,300 people and is headquartered in Waterford was a jointly owned subsidiary of Dalkia and EDF Energy. The company said the transaction, which […]