Kieran Holohan, Marketing Director of Saint-Gobain Ireland, announced that the Saint-Gobain Build Better Roadshow will travel to Galway (25th June), with Waterford and Limerick following in October and November. This announcement follows the success of the first two Build Better Roadshows which took place in Belfast on 3rd April, 2019 and in Cork on 14th May 2019. The […]
The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) and the Office of Public Works (OPW) today announced the winning architect of the competition to design a new commemorative bridge at the Irish National War Memorial Gardens in Dublin. The design competition was launched in November 2018 and submissions were received from 61 architectural practices […]
The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) today awarded the RIAI Silver Medal for Housing to Southill Older Persons’ Accommodation, Limerick by ABK Architects. The RIAI Silver Medal for Housing is the highest award for housing design given by the RIAI. It is a biennial award made to encourage excellence of design in […]
Blaney Motor are excited to launch a new mini loader – the BIONIC S1 035. The new Blaney BIONIC though small in size offers massive capabilities for many tasks involved in any building project and throughout the construction site. This new superhuman helper can lift six times that of a man and 12 times what […]
The new €325 million state-of-the-art WuXi Biologics facility has begun to take structural form as steel erection begins on the company’s 52-acre campus site in Dundalk. Work is on schedule for the new contract manufacturing biologics facility which, at 48,000 square metres in size, is set to become the world’s largest single-use biologics manufacturing facility. […]
Specialist general Contactors McCabe McGinn and one of Ireland’s leading architectural design practices, Module Design have recently completed a stunning interior fit out for one of Dublin’s well-known retail stores. Established in 2012, McCabe McGinn (MCMG) specialise in Fit-Out for the Retail, Leisure and Commercial sector, offering a comprehensive service with the ability to […]
The CIF has warned that the decision to increase wages by 2.7% per annum for the next two years will put pressure on regional construction companies still in recovery mode. CIF Director General Tom Parlon said, “The reality in regional Ireland is that there is not enough activity to sustain construction companies in those areas. […]
A new report from the Construction Industry Federation (CIF) shows that 10,600 extra workers joined the construction workforce in 2018, up 8% year on year and bringing the total workforce to 145,500. Construction Investment There was a 20% increase in investment in building and construction in 2018, with €26 billion invested during the year. The […]
The Construction Industry Federation are proud to support the school housebuilding competition, which took place at 10:00am on the 3rd May in St. Mary’s Convent Primary School Trim. The programme aims to tap into the students’ creativity by challenging them to build their own house. CIF Director General Tom Parlon assessed all of the projects on […]
Over a third (36%) of Irish parents would not support their child’s choice to work in the construction industry, according to new research from the Construction Industry Federation (CIF). Of those parents who would not support their child pursuing a career in construction, the perceived ‘hard, physically demanding work’ was cited by half (50%) of […]
