Small and medium-sized businesses interested in grants to help them invest in sustainable measures increased by over 40% in the past year, according to the bi-annual Uisce Éireann SME Sustainability Sentiment Survey. The increase indicates a strong desire from businesses to reduce the environmental footprint of their operations. More than a third of Small-Medium Enterprises […]
National Broadband Ireland (NBI), the company responsible for delivering the Government’s National Broadband Plan (NBP), has announced in its end of year update that the project is on time and on budget with 216,898 of the premises covered by the network ready to connect. NBI has also reported take-up rates approaching 50% in areas where […]
For its industry-leading delivery of the Derrylea Bridge Widening Scheme, Cavan-headquartered McCabe Group was shortlisted as a finalist in the prestigious Civil Construction Project of the Year category at this year’s Irish Construction Industry Awards. Building Ireland touched base with founder and managing director Declan McCabe to discuss this magnificent award-nominated project and the successful […]
Guerbet, a pioneer global pharmaceutical company specializing in medical imaging and contrast agents, has launched its first solar farm at its API manufacturing site in Dublin, coinciding with the celebration of its 30th year in operation. Guerbet entered a contract with Enerpower powered by Greenvolt, a leading renewable energy company, for the construction of a 2.4MW […]
Allen Cranes Ltd is a leading crane hire and sales company based in Blessington, Co. Wicklow. While it has only been trading since 2015, its founders Robbie and Alan Allen have decades of experience in the sales, hire, erection, dismantling, servicing, refurbishment and testing of all construction cranes. Allen Cranes caters for all its customers’ needs, from erection and dismantle of all crane models to the services, […]
Delivering high quality construction projects across a range of public and private sectors, both north and south of the border, for coming up on four decades, County Down headquartered Glasgiven Contracts was shortlisted for the Contractor Health / Education Project of the Year at the 2023 Irish Construction Industry Awards in recognition of their outstanding […]
Chadwicks Group has unveiled its newly revamped Wexford branch. Wexford GAA stars Lee Chin, Simon Donohoe, Eoin Porter and Eoghan Nolan were on hand to cut the ribbon with branch manager Enda O’Brien. This marks the next branch in Chadwicks Group’s ongoing nationwide branch upgrade programme, which began in 2018 and has seen 33 branches […]
A new funding scheme under Ireland’s two European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Regional Programmes is providing €120m to support local authorities and their citizens to re-imagine town centres and to transform publicly owned vacant or derelict heritage buildings within those town centres through renovation, renewal, and adaptive reuse. THRIVE – the Town Centre First Heritage […]
SKC Providers’ status as one of Ireland’s premier bathroom, heating and plumbing supplies specialists has been further consolidated with the opening of two additional stores in Clonakilty, County Cork and Greystones, County Wicklow. Building Ireland sat down briefly with proprietor Shane Connolly to discuss the continued growth and success of his industry-leading business. As has […]
Ecocem has announced that its groundbreaking ACT technology has obtained an ETA (European Technical Assessment) from EOTA (European Organisation for Technical Assessment) for a revolutionary, new eco-efficient cement. This independent assessment is a critical step towards CE marking and will enable the introduction of this new low carbon cement throughout Europe. The ETA provides Ecocem […]
