The Office of Public Works (OPW) is pleased to note the inclusion of one of its major capital projects within Ireland’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) 2021, announced by Government yesterday. The Public Sector Retrofit Pathfinder Project at Tom Johnson House, located in Beggars Bush Dublin 4, will involve a significant refurbishment of this […]
A total of 4,362 mortgages valued at €1,089 million were approved in April 2021; highest value for April since BPFI started collecting this data in 2011 1st June 2021 – Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI) has today published the latest figures from the BPFI Mortgage Approvals Report for April 2021. The following are the key elements: A total […]
In a move aimed at those engaged in indoor demolition, confined, challenging site works and disaster rescue, Komatsu has unveiled details of its first fully electric, remote-controlled mini excavator concept machine. Powered by a 31.5 kWh lithium-ion battery, the 3 tonne mini excavator has a 0.09 m3 bucket capacity and rear-swing radius of 970mm. With […]
Chadwicks hasofficially announced the launch of the first Chadwicks ECO Centre at its Galway branch on Wellpark Road. The Chadwicks ECO Centre is a one-stop shop for green projects of any size, providing the very latest in renewable products for everything from deep retrofits to new builds. The launch of the first ECO Centre forms part of […]
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD has welcomed the announcement by Initiative Ireland of its new sustainable finance partnership, for the construction of residential homes, with Fairfield Real Estate Finance. Through this partnership, Initiative Ireland will significantly increase the scale of its lending activity by €600 million enabling small, medium and […]
KSN Energy has earned ISO 27001 accreditation for their achievements in information security management. Thanks to this certification, the data that KSN Energy handles and processes on behalf of homeowners and employees alike is now confirmed as highly secure by Certification Europe. For KSN Energy, ICT has always been vitally important. While high-quality ICT systems, […]
It was all systems go at the start of May at Limerick’s Opera Site as the 2021 demolition and enabling works programme on the city’s biggest ever commercial property development finally kicked off following delays due to COVID restrictions. John Sisk & Son Ltd was back on the ground after a four-month hiatus enforced on […]
The video of Emmegi’s striking new Fusion 4H PVC-U Quad Welder being installed at O’Grady UPVC’s factory in Kiltormer, Galway has already been viewed almost 5000 times on LinkedIn, demonstrating the level of interest which exists right across the market in this innovative, automatically adjustable, fully digital CNC machine. This is the first installation carried […]
Green cement company Ecocem today announced the completion of a €22.5m equity investment by Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) and Breakthrough Energy Ventures-Europe (BEV-E). BEV will also nominate a director to the company’s Board of Directors. Ecocem has long been a pioneer and market leader in slag-based and other green cements. This investment will enable […]
Two new Komatsu excavators, both with latest generation iMC 2.0 intelligent machine control, have been introduced on the European market. In Ireland – where Komatsu is distributed by McHale Plant Sales of Birdhill and Rathcoole – focus will fall on the PC360LCi-11 version, the second model offering being its PC360NLCi-11 stable mate. Singularly one of […]
